[snarkytart]

What’s the world coming to when CNN is more balance than FOX.

[Chet 99]

Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to sack him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.

Yet, he declares she "abused her power", which will the breathless headline all weekend. No wonder they wanted to shut this joke down.

[CatOwner]

How can a Governor abuse power but break no laws?

[T Lady]

Related Thread:

http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2102761/posts

[gusopol3]

- A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner.

AP report also at MSNBC. Somebody needs firing.

[linn37]

It is what is was in the beginning . Democrats going after her on BS. She says she fired him for good cause and I’m fine with that.

[FlingWingFlyer]

Aw shucks. All the heavy breathing from the Tinglers in the Obamedia over the last couple months was wasted. Sorry CNNPMSNBCabcSeeBSNBCNYT and of course, the WaPoHos.

[bigbob]

This is and always has been a nothing issue. People understand that state employees get fired by the Gov. Period, end of story.

Normal people, that is.

[cgk]

This is quite a different headline from CNN than the one Fox was just writing, isn’t it?

And I didn’t realize BRANCHFLOWER was the one behind it.

Never mind!

[Chet 99]

CNN JUST CHANGED ITS HEADLINE, SAYS SHE BROKE THE LAW

[pray4liberty]

She abused power? What about the trooper? He broke laws and was a public danger and nuisance, but no one did anything about it!!

If the trooper wasn't her ex-brother-in-law, there would be no "abuse of power" allegations -- she would have been well within her authority to fire him, his boss and his boss's boss if they were told and did nothing.

Maybe she should have just have sent the Attorney General after him.

Gov. Palin needs to address this issue right away, face the cameras and say why she wanted him fired. He'll get no sympathy.

[6SJ7]

Do you know what this means!!! OMG! It means Gov. Palin made an executive decision. One of many. Something Obama has never had to do. And no, voting 'present' does not count.

[airborne]

And by “abused her power” they mean “used her power properly, but in doing so fired a back stabbing Democrat”.

[Wild Irish Rogue]

Gov Palin didn’t violate laws should be the lede..

[mass55th]

"Panel: Palin abused power, broke no laws in trooper case"

Ha ha ha! They felt compelled to find her guilty of something, so they simply said she abused the power of her office, even though she was within her right to fire the dope. When they're out to get you, if they can't find any actual wrongdoing, they pick a violation out of a hat and pin it on you, then try to justify it. It's all BS, and a waste of time and money.

[olezip]

Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin abused her power as Alaska's governor in the firing of her former public safety commissioner, but violated no laws, a report for the state Legislature concluded Friday.

Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's refusal to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law from the state police force was "likely a contributing factor" to Monegan's July dismissal, but Palin had the authority as governor to sack him, the report by former Anchorage prosecutor Stephen Branchflower states.

Palin violated no law and had the power to sack her former public safety commissioner. I took a look at the 263 page report that contains excruciating detail about nothing of substance. It should be one page. It looks like some political hack weasel-worded the "abuse" statement on the basis of subjective judgement and dislike for Sarah Palin and/or her family. What a waste of time and money and trees. The report is certainly not green!

[BallyBill]

Who said she was inexperienced? Sounds like she has a good handle on that whole politics thing.

[Bahbah]

Staying within the confines of the law is now an abuse of power?

Being concerned as a family about an out of control ex-member of that family who is armed and has made threats is an inappropriate thing?

[Parley Baer]

The state trooper tasered a 10 year old boy. The supervisor would not fire him. Sarah got rid of the bunch. Go Sarah.

[Soliton]

Just finished going through the thing. There is NOTHING there. The prosecutor, Breakwind, spent lots of Alaskan time and money to create a one day DemonRat talking point.

He found that she had other reasons to fire him.

He found that she didn’t need a reason to fire him.

He found that she legally fired him.

There is no evidence that SP ever told Monoxide to fire Wooten.

Wooten wasn’t fired.

Monoxide didn’t even have the power to fire Wooten, and Palin knew it. Wooten was a union employee.

It’s all BS, but you have to read 240 pages to figure it out.