Sarah Palin Resigns

[ricket]

Re: Sarah Palin Resigns

She was a disaster from day 1 and an embarrassment to America as a political candidate. Good riddance, I hope this is the last I hear from her but I doubt that will be the case.

Absolutely have to agree 100%. I just don't get those who are all goo-goo eyed over Palin. It's like theyve never seen a woman politician before. If McCain/Palin wouldve won the election, the US would have bombed Iran and invaded North Korea already. Not saying Obama/Biden is doing a great job (I didnt vote for either party), but I think they are taking the less obvious, less brazen, and less megalomaniacal approach to US imperialistic policy.

I think there's a scandal about to break . . .
One can only hope . . . .

You heard it here first: I smell a sex tape...

Wait, bad choice of words...

[ThePythonicCow]

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Absolutely have to agree 100%. I just don't get those who are all goo-goo eyed over Palin. It's like theyve never seen a woman politician before.

It's not gender. I favored Fred Thompson (definitely not a woman) and Sarah Palin, while strongly detesting Clinton, Clinton and Obama.

Honest people are hard to find in or anywhere near high office these days.

[ThePythonicCow]

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You heard it here first: I smell a sex tape...

By the way, Ricket, let me congratulate you on getting all the way through an entire post without condemning usury. Good work.

[ricket]

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By the way, Ricket, let me congratulate you on getting all the way through an entire post without condemning usury. Good work.

Haha. Thanks.

It's just that, it makes all of the other higher level economic discussions a moot point as long as it continues to be practiced. You can't solve *anything* without remedying the underlying cause.

It's like we're all standing around the corpse of the US economy trying to figure out how it died. It appears to have drowned (subprime mortgages) as the clothes are wet and it was found in a river, but as (economic) detectives, we seem to not notice the gunshot (interest) to the back of the head.

[WDCRob]

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Almost too good to be true, this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-tOzXQOsk

Not just a quitter, but a hypocrital quitter.

[flintlock]

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Almost too good to be true, this vid:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nC-tOzXQOsk

Not just a quitter, but a hypocrital quitter.

Hilarious.

[swgprop]

Re: Sarah Palin Resigns

A listing of known ethics complaints filed against Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin:

1. July 28, 2008: Alaska lawmakers launched an investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan over his refusal to let go a state trooper involved in a contentious divorce with Palin's sister. Stephen Branchflower, a special counsel leading the investigation, concluded Oct. 10 that Palin violated a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain. The firing itself was deemed lawful since Monegan was an at-will employee.
2. Aug. 6, 2008: Complaint filed by outspoken Palin critic Andree McLeod of Anchorage contended Palin and some staff members used their influence to get a Palin supporter a job in state government. Complaint alleged Palin staffers helped Tom Lamal, who once co-hosted a Palin fundraiser, to get a job as a surveyor. Dismissed by state personnel board, although the board's investigator recommended ethics training for one staffer who made questionable comments in e-mails.
3. Aug. 20, 2008: Complaint accused Palin of breaking election law by taking a public position on a mining ballot initiative days before the vote. Filed by Brian Kraft, founder of the Bristol Bay Alliance, a group that opposed the Pebble Mine prospect. Rejected May 8 by the Alaska Public Offices Commission.
Aug. 29, 2008: Palin named as John McCain's running mate.

4. Sept. 2, 2008: Palin filed a "self disclosure" with the state personnel board over the Troopergate affair, saying a state legislative probe had become too political. On Nov. 3 -- the day before the election -- Timothy Petumenos, a lawyer hired by the board, said that Palin violated no ethics laws when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.
5. Sept. 3, 2008: Complaint by the Public Safety Employees Association alleged Palin or her staff had unauthorized access to and improperly disclosed information from personnel records of Trooper Mike Wooten, Palin's ex-brother-in-law. Complaint was later amended to include an allegation of harassment. The PSEA's allegations were investigated alongside Palin's filing and also dismissed.
6. Oct. 13, 2008: Monegan asked the board for a hearing to clear his name. Petumenos, in his Nov. 3 Troopergate report to the panel, said there was no legal basis or jurisdiction for such a hearing.
7. Oct. 23, 2008: Complaint with the Federal Election Commission by Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics alleged the $150,000-plus designer wardrobe the Republican Party bought to outfit Palin in her vice presidential quest violated Federal Election Campaign Act. The Washington watchdog group argued that candidates aren't supposed to use donor money for personal expenses. The FEC ruled May 19 that party money is not covered by the ban.
8. Oct. 24, 2008: Complaint contended Palin abused her power by charging the state when her children traveled with her. The personnel board found no wrongdoing, but in a Feb. 23 settlement Palin agreed to reimburse the state about $10,000 for costs associated with 10 trips found to be of questionable state interest among 72 travel authorizations studied. The money is due to the state on Tuesday.
9. Nov. 14, 2008: Accused Palin of partisan "post-election damage control" for talking to reporters about the campaign in her state office. Filed by Zane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, Palin's hometown. Dismissed by state personnel board March 23.
10. Dec. 2, 2008: Alleged Palin violated ethics law by campaigning for Republican Sen. Saxby Chambliss of Georgia. Filed by Anthony Martin of Talkeetna. Dismissed by state personnel board March 23.
11. Dec. 18, 2008: Complaint contended Palin misused funds of the Alaska Seafood Marketing Institute, a quasi-government entity, to promote her political ambitions with advertisements featuring her, violating ethics law. The ads promoting Alaska seafood ran in the National Fisherman last year through November. Dismissed Jan. 12 after a personnel board investigation determined Palin's only involvement was to give permission to use her image long before she was named McCain's running mate.
12. Jan. 12: Complaint alleging interference in a job hiring was filed under the name of Edna Birch, a busybody character on the British soap opera Emmerdale. Palin's attorney, Thomas Van Flein, said no one by that name could be found living in Alaska and the filer refused to use a real name, so the complaint was dismissed Feb. 20.
13. and 14. Jan. 26: Two complaints filed by McLeod alleged two of Palin's top aides misused their official positions for Palin's personal and political gain. The complaints said then-press secretary Bill McAllister and Kris Perry -- director of the governor's Anchorage office -- worked on state time to benefit Palin's interests during and after her vice presidential quest. Pending.
15. March 18: Contended Palin improperly used state staff, property, time and equipment for partisan political purposes. One of the grievances cited was Palin's posting of her veep candidacy on the official state governor's Web site -- http://gov.state.ak.us/archive.php?id=1439&type=1 Complaint filed by McLeod. Dismissed May 27 as lacking merit by personnel board May 27.
16. March 24: Contended conflict of interest by Palin because she wore Arctic Cat logo gear during the Tesoro Iron Dog snowmobile race. Palin's husband, Todd, is sponsored by Arctic Cat in the race. Filed by Linda Kellen Biegel, a Democratic blogger. Dismissed June 2.
17. April 22: Alleged that work with Palin's political action committee violated two provisions of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act by misusing her official position and accepting outside employment. Filed by Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins. Dismissed as lacking merit by state personnel board May 8.
18. April 27: Contends Palin is misusing the governor's office for personal gain by securing unwarranted benefits and receiving improper gifts through the Alaska Fund Trust. The fund was recently established by supporters to help Palin pay off more than $500,000 in legal debts stemming from other ethics complaints, including troopergate. Complaint filed by Eagle River resident, Kim Chatman. Pending.


http://www.adn.com/palin/story/838912.html

[BK]

Re: Sarah Palin Resigns - Gov-ships is the Job-TO-NO-WHERE

Perhaps she finally realized that a Governors job is a dead end. Its a fine job if you are wealthy and don't need cash - see Gov Weld formerly of Massachusetts. Meanwhile Gov Deval Patrick makes regular trips to Washington-DC looking for work. A Governorship is like a game of Musical Chairs (if you are still Governor when the Music stops you have to get re-elected or your lost all your Political capital).

But, McCain (senior moment )selecting her for his running Mate is her best chance to find the next job.

She would be an idiot to complete her term as Governor of Alaska.

BTW - I wouldn't vote for her for President or VP - but, remaining in the Alaska Gov role is the Job to Nowhere!

[stanley2008]

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I presume Palin resigned so she could spend more time rebuilding the Republican base and possibly preparing for a run for President.

Yeah, she's a true political genius. She is so well spoken too!

Her knowledge of the world would have been so good for America. I'm sure she'll be building up the "base". But first she might have to tend to her lucrative book offers and speech tours, but then right back to building up the base. Right after she passes grade 3 geography make up classes.

Or maybe she quit because she knows that the evil media found more dirt on her.

Who's the next nutbar governor to crack I wonder?

Good chuckle for the day - Sarah for President!

[stanley2008]

Re: Sarah Palin Resigns - Gov-ships is the Job-TO-NO-WHERE

Perhaps she finally realized that a Governors job is a dead end. Its a fine job if you are wealthy and don't need cash - see Gov Weld formerly of Massachusetts. Meanwhile Gov Deval Patrick makes regular trips to Washington-DC looking for work. A Governorship is like a game of Musical Chairs (if you are still Governor when the Music stops you have to get re-elected or your lost all your Political capital).

But, McCain (senior moment )selecting her for his running Mate is her best chance to find the next job.

She would be an idiot to complete her term as Governor of Alaska.

BTW - I wouldn't vote for her for President or VP - but, remaining in the Alaska Gov role is the Job to Nowhere!

Yeah, I think she'd make a killer analyst for CNN - bwaahaha!

[ThePythonicCow]

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Sarah for President!

Well, I'll agree with that part of your post.

I can't say I quite understand the vitriol that has been targeted at Sarah Palin since the day after she was picked to run with McCain (it took a day, because she was a surprise pick and the opposition research was lacking on her.)

[cjppjc]

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By the way, Ricket, let me congratulate you on getting all the way through an entire post without condemning usury. Good work.

Haha. Thanks.

It's just that, it makes all of the other higher level economic discussions a moot point as long as it continues to be practiced. You can't solve *anything* without remedying the underlying cause.

It's like we're all standing around the corpse of the US economy trying to figure out how it died. It appears to have drowned (subprime mortgages) as the clothes are wet and it was found in a river, but as (economic) detectives, we seem to not notice the gunshot (interest) to the back of the head.


He couldn't do it.:cool:

[Slimprofits]

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Governor Palin is as phony as they come. Small government? Anti-corruption?

THE $12.5 MILLION sports complex and hockey rink that is the lasting monument to Palin's two terms as Wasilla mayor is also a monument to the kind of insider politics that dismays Americans of both parties. Six months before Palin stepped down as mayor in October 2002, the city awarded nearly a half-million-dollar contract to design the biggest project in Wasilla history to Kumin Associates. Blase Burkhart was the Kumin architect on the job—the son of Roy Burkhart, who is frequently described as a "mentor" of Palin and was head of the local Republican Party (his wife, June, who also advised Palin, is the national committeewoman). Asked if the contract was a favor, Roy Burkhart, who contributed to her campaign in the same time frame that his son got the contract, said: "I really don't know." Palin then named Blase Burkhart to a seven-member builder-selection committee that picked Howdie Inc., a mostly residential contractor owned at the time by Howard Nugent. Formally awarded the contract a couple of weeks after Palin left office, Nugent has donated $4,000 to Palin campaigns. Two competitors protested the process that led to Nugent's contract.

http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-...ook-of-sarah/5

[cjppjc]

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Governor Palin is as phony as they come. Small government? Anti-corruption?

The opposite of damned by faint praise.

[Slimprofits]

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The opposite of damned by faint praise.

Those are her alleged principles.

Reality is that she sold out as a mayor and probably wouldn't have been a candidate for Governor, never mind the winner, without doing so.

I'll say it again despite being called immature or a brat or some other stupid shit like that the first time around - if you think it works any other way in this country than you probably still believe in the Tooth Fairy.

Even I fall for a good line on occasion. Disclosure: I supported Ron Paul and voted for Bob Barr, held on to a glimmer of hope that Obama wasn't a total sellout and thought that McCain was more of a wildcard for military misadventure. Also engaged in discussions here and elsewhere about a setup of one party controlling the White House and the other controlling the Congress being better than total control for one party.

Not so sure about that and never have been at the federal level. The corruption runs to deep. I think people romanticize the shutdowns of the Clinton era. They managed to team up on plenty of crap legislation despite that deadlock.