Palin currently being investigated for abuse of office

inmytree

from here:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CNBC_McCain_picks_Alaska_governor_as_0829.html



Palin currently being investigated for abuse of office

The Associated Press reports, "More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper."

The commissioner, Walt Monegan, was fired on July 11, because Palin "wanted to take the department in a new direction," according to Bloomberg. "Monegan than alleged that he had been pressured to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, who was married to Palin's sister and was involved in a contentious divorce, according to the Anchorage Daily News."

The Bloomberg story continues, "Palin has denied any wrongdoing. The state Legislature voted on July 28 to hire an independent investigator to probe whether Palin, her family or members of her administration had pressured Monegan to fire Wooten, according to the Daily News."

"Palin hasn't been implicated in the four-year-old federal corruption investigation, which has resulted in convictions of or guilty pleas from three state legislators, Murkowski's former chief of staff and two executives of an oil-services company, as well as the indictment of Senator Ted Stevens," Bloomberg's report concludes.

Last month a Democratic official told the Wall Street Journal that Palin was facing possible impeachment.

"This is a governor who was almost impervious to error," Hollis French, a Democratic state senator told the Journal. "Now she could face impeachment, in a worst-case scenario."

inmytree

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6UojMnCgqVA&eurl=http://talkingpointsmemo.com/

I wonder, if Obama's VP was being investigated like this, would anyone care...

spyguy

inmytree wrote:

I wonder, if Obama's VP was being investigated like this, would anyone care...

I'm sure you wouldn't

inmytree

spyguy wrote:

I'm sure you wouldn't

really, what makes you say that...?

spyguy

inmytree wrote:

really, what makes you say that...?

your obvious partisanship

macgyver06

shes kinda cute

inmytree

spyguy wrote:

your obvious partisanship

he he..:) is it that obvious...?

thanks for assuming...

I suppose I can say you blindly follow mchouse...right...?

spyguy

inmytree wrote:

he he..:) is it that obvious...?

thanks for assuming...

I suppose I can say you blindly follow mchouse...right...?

yes its very obvious and no I dont support mccain

DeLukin

macgyver06 wrote:

shes kinda cute

Yea, she can 'abuse' my 'office' any day, am I right fellas?

Keiran

I think the whole state of Alaska is under investigation!!! lol She's just fittin' in.

inmytree

spyguy wrote:

yes its very obvious and no I dont support mccain

not to me...

I can assume too...

it's fun, ain't it...

fanch75

inmytree wrote:

from here:

http://rawstory.com/news/2008/CNBC_McCain_picks_Alaska_governor_as_0829.html



Palin currently being investigated for abuse of office

The Associated Press reports, "More recently, she has come under the scrutiny of an investigation by the Republican-controlled legislature into the possibility that she ordered the dismissal of Alaska's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law as a state trooper."

The commissioner, Walt Monegan, was fired on July 11, because Palin "wanted to take the department in a new direction," according to Bloomberg. "Monegan than alleged that he had been pressured to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, who was married to Palin's sister and was involved in a contentious divorce, according to the Anchorage Daily News."

The Bloomberg story continues, "Palin has denied any wrongdoing. The state Legislature voted on July 28 to hire an independent investigator to probe whether Palin, her family or members of her administration had pressured Monegan to fire Wooten, according to the Daily News."

"Palin hasn't been implicated in the four-year-old federal corruption investigation, which has resulted in convictions of or guilty pleas from three state legislators, Murkowski's former chief of staff and two executives of an oil-services company, as well as the indictment of Senator Ted Stevens," Bloomberg's report concludes.

Last month a Democratic official told the Wall Street Journal that Palin was facing possible impeachment.

"This is a governor who was almost impervious to error," Hollis French, a Democratic state senator told the Journal. "Now she could face impeachment, in a worst-case scenario."

Weak.

This "brother in law" drank while on duty, among other things.

http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html

Hardly a controversy.

inmytree

fanch75 wrote:

Weak.

This "brother in law" drank while on duty, among other things.

http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html

Hardly a controversy.

yeah, I guess being investigated for abuse of power is no big deal...

what was I thinking...she'll just be a heartbeat away from being President...

I guess we should just ignore everything about her and embrace her with open arms...

fanch75

Did you read the story?

If a real "abuse of power" story comes up, then it's up for discussion.

I read that and go, "Okay he had these incidents as a trooper that could warrant getting him fired."

inmytree

fanch75 wrote:

Did you read the story?

If a real "abuse of power" story comes up, then it's up for discussion.

I read that and go, "Okay he had these incidents as a trooper that could warrant getting him fired."

I said I was mistaken...who cares if she fired this guy because he wouldn't fire her brother-in-law...

I'm sure she is ready to jump in the drivers seat if McCain takes ill....

she's great...I'm sure you knew all about her prior today...so I take your word for it...

cincybearcat

inmytree wrote:

yeah, I guess being investigated for abuse of power is no big deal...

what was I thinking...she'll just be a heartbeat away from being President...

I guess we should just ignore everything about her and embrace her with open arms...

Being investigated for something isn't a big deal...innocent until proven guilty mean anything to ya?

Where do you stand on the West Memphis 3?

cincybearcat

inmytree wrote:

I said I was mistaken...who cares if she fired this guy because he wouldn't fire her brother-in-law...

I'm sure she is ready to jump in the drivers seat if McCain takes ill....

she's great...I'm sure you knew all about her prior today...so I take your word for it...

Actually, I believe Fanch did know about her before today.

fanch75

That's right!

I've been preaching Palin since Feb-April, around there.

kenny olav

i mean, at worst this is a rather tepid scandal. Keating Five... now that's a scandal.

fanch75

^^^^^I agree

88keys

The scandal is weak, plus there are reports that the state trooper bro-in-law was physically abusing Palin's sister. If that turns out to be true, it could work in her favor.