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Posted By capj71 1 year, 2 months ago in NewsA bipartisan Alaska legislative panel has found that Sarah Palin Abuses her authority as governor in firing the state’s public safety commissioner. The report finds that she violated the public trust. We can now close the book on the Sarah Palin gamble. Palin now has no credibility, and has likely destroyed her own ticket.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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Actually, they'll say she's being picked on for partisan motives, completely ignore that the ruling was unanimous and people from both party's agreed. Then they'll say the panel wasn't legitimate, morons will believe all of that, and nothing will change with die hard right wing kooks.
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Marquus1 year, 2 months ago
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I'm one of those right wing kooks who knows a con job when I see one. If all of the facts presented are totally true; guilty as charged, so what? Financial gain? No. Personal gain? No. Hmmm. Anyone lose any money? Nada.
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None of this raises to the level that the LIBS are guilty of. She did not break any laws. This is just a shame on you. Wow! and this is all the libs can find.
Oh, I'm so embarrassed to admit I like her.
Am I voting for McCain/Palin Nope. Not voting at all. Will not vote again until there is a true conservative. I did not like Palin's answers at the debate. I am a thinking person. Both parties need destroyed. We need an amendment to the Constitution to outlaw parties. As long as we have parties we'll continue to get these liberal weirdos claiming either to not be liberal or claiming to be conservative.-
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traveler20001 year, 2 months ago
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Can you please explain what you have against a liberal?
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Don't you like free and constructive thinking?
As for Palin, well yes, that "power abuse" in Alaska is a small matter. It's wrong, but....... I'm sure a lot (not all) of people (on BOTH sides) may do the same once and a while.
However, if you (like her) always pretend that you are the best, with no faults, a pure Christian, criticizing the others (sometimes without foundation) then you should yourself be blameless.-
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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traveler, perhaps not anything against liberals, but against the plans of the candidate.
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Please read an opinion from the Wall Street Journal:
http://www.propeller.com/story/2008/10/11/obamas-m...-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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Klarissa has a "minor" obsession with Obama. Whether she gets paid to spend as much time as she does digging up dirt on him (while not ever trying to convince us of what McCain CAN offer us, anyone's guess but she does seem to have a very unhealthy preoccupation with the guy. I have a feeling the Secret Service will need to keep an eye on her. ;-P
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MajJohn1 year, 2 months ago
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From what I read the report by the legislative panel was not unanimous and members urged caution in their interpretation that Ms Palin may have violated ethics law and that it was an opinion only and that no legal action was recommended. Would it be fair to conclude that this is an interpretation by left wing kooks? And of course anyone who does not agree with you is a moron, how incite full. Some would suggest that the fact that the incompetent trooper was not fired was proof of inside influence. And what did Ms. Palin gain again? I missed that part.
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DeadXXXManXXXTalkin1 year, 2 months ago
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the allegation is the firing of not the intended target, but the firing of someone who refused to fire that target for her:
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"The inquiry looked into her dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, who said he lost his job because he resisted pressure to fire a state trooper involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister."
http://news.aol.com/elections/article/panel-finds-...
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Bacalao1 year, 2 months ago
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she said no thats not what i fired him for. Unfortunately for her 10 reps and 4 dems on the board disagreed with her. thats hardly what i would call bi partisan. She got run over by a republican majority board of inquiry. "bless her heart".
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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The panel agreed she did not do enough to stop her husband from following up on the trooper who was a former brother-in-law. She told him not to do it, according to his testimony. The reassignment itself was not shown to be a problem.
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Sounds like Todd was angry about the threats against the family and the tasering of the child and thought the drunkenness in his cruiser would be enough to put him off the force. In my state, the trooper would have been out for tasering the child.
So it looks like Todd's emotions got the better of him and he didn't listen to the governor. But Gov. Palin didn't come on strong enough to stop him, so it's a breach of ethics for her.-
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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That is the question I been trying to find the answer to and there is nothing I can find about Todd being appointed to a position to carry out actions for the governor. If he did fire the trooper, he carried out an act that he did not have authority to carry out. so, since Todd didn't have the authority to fire anyone, the ruling that she did not do enough to stop Todd from firing the trooper is a misleading statement.
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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I've found a clarification of this question in another story.
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Alaska Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by letting her husband press for the firing of a state trooper, a legislative probe found, while adding that she acted within her authority when she dismissed the state's public safety commissioner.
``Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda,'' said the state legislative investigator's report released yesterday in Anchorage. The report also said Palin's dismissal of the commissioner, Walt Monegan, was a ``proper and lawful exercise'' of her power to fire department heads for any reason.
He didn't fire the trooper but he tried to pressure someone else to do it.
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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The difference slate is that this is a proven fact and the accusations by Palin that Obama is palling around with terrorist is not. You see, the committee in question is sponsored by a conservative friend of Ronald Reagan with conservative businessmen and conservative activist all setting at the same table with Ayers. So what Palin is doing is accusing all those conservatives and Reagan's friend of palling around with terrorist too.
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The accusation against Obama concerning his pastor flies in the face of ignorance to believe that Obama has been influenced by what a pastor believes but Palin being the recipient of a ceremony to have the witch removed from her is proven by documentation of film.
The accusation that he has advisers that had ties to Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac has been debunked by Snopes.com and others but McCain who now has Rick Davis on his campaign is a proven fact. Rich Davis' firm by the way was being paid by Freddie Mac for work they never performed until last month.-
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Bruedaddy1 year, 2 months ago
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the october surprise I believe relates to the actual DATE ENDING the investigation...It could've also been a Sept. surprise if that was the date for the investigation to be finalized...
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who set the date? I don't know, mopre Repubs on that council than demos so look at YOUR own party.
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rrobin61281 year, 2 months ago
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How many of you truly read the report? It is quite evident this person should not have been an officer any more and Palins firing of Monogen was justified according to the reports. This was just a pure waste of tax payers money.
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There have been to judges who have looked at this on the news last night who felt the ruling was mis represented and there were no ethical issues envolved as there was no real personal or finacial gain.
People will read into this all they want, but when you have people from the police officers own town suggesting he should have been fired long ago, it seems to me that the Palins were correct!-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"How many of you truly read the report? It is quite evident this person should not have been an officer any more and Palins firing of Monogen was justified according to the reports."
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--*sigh* No one disputes the legality of the firing itself. Palin broke the law when she abused her office to get the guy fired. She was right to fire him but her approach was wrong.
"There have been to judges who have looked at this on the news last night who felt the ruling was mis represented and there were no ethical issues envolved as there was no real personal or finacial gain"
--This argument perplexes me. Of course there was personal gain involved. Palin wanted the guy fired because because she claimed he threatened her family. She wanted to punish her former brother-in-law and get him to back off. That was the personal gain.
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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More than that...They had to move a few rallies in florida because the location that was primarily selected was too small....
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But it's truly funny, how this investigation was "rushed" to get done BEFORE the election whereas the ACORN voter fraud, Freddie and Fannie Mae buyout and other investigations where Obama was involved were put on hold becausee they didn't want to risk potential voter bias because of these investigations.....LMAO !!!
I tell ya... libs and Democraps are the sleeziest, "lying-est", biggest sack of crap, hypcrits that I have ever seen!
The Democraps ALWAYS get a pass on just about EVERYTHING....
But this story isn't anything unexpected....You have investigators with allegiance to Obama trying something...anything...to get Barack elected...
She didn't abuse her power, she was basically charged for not reigning her husband in when she should have....But she didn't abuse any power, as you libs are desperately reaching for...Wooten's boss wouldn't fire this thug, so she fired Monegan....Perfectly legal....
More power to her....If Monegan wasn't going to get it done, then he needed to go....The guy tasered a 10-yr old boy, was a drunk and hunted elk illegally and threatened Palin's dad...
Sorry, but if it was YOUR parents or family at risk, you would do the same...
And I for one would want my governor to exercise any authority to rid this menace to society and get him off the streets....He was bad news...
Libs, stop being the a$$es that we all know you are.....This is NOTHING compared to the mess that Obama is in and HE'S running for president....You've got a lot of American haters out there endorsing Barack Apollo Obama and we're finding out more and more everyday that it's not longer "guilt by association" but "guilt by alliance"......
More is going to come out on this in the next few days about this "taser gate" and I will be sure to forward you the stories that show how much partisan bias was involved in this whole thing....When you have investigators, who are avid supporters of Obama, involved in this trial, how can you possibly believe this slop?
Well, at least Farrankhan, Ayers and Rev. Wright still endorses your candidate....
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sinophil491 year, 2 months ago
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FSU - There may indeed be wrongdoing uncovered in the ACORN investigation. However, there is one essential diference.
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Wrongdoing in the ACORN case involves staffers or over-eager volunteers. It does not and never has involved Obama personally.
The troopergate affair involves wrongdoing by Palin personally.
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amervtrn1 year, 2 months ago
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For those fighting the party wars.
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Party is the madness of many for the gain of a few.-Alexander Pope
If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain--Sir Winston Churchhill
Grow up you know nothing children who have never served nor have a true view of real life. Socialism offers pretty words, pretty dreams,slogans, and rhetoric but no answers to the real problems of the world. Standard idealogy straight from the Communist handbook.-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"Socialism offers pretty words, pretty dreams,slogans, and rhetoric but no answers to the real problems of the world."
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--Ohhh, gee...An "impartial" person regurgitating idiotic neocon talking points. How many chances do we get to guess *your* voting record? ;-(
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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The fact that Todd Palin was trying to go after a bad guy and she is being slapped for not doing enough to stop him probably doesn't make her look like a bad governor to most fans.
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I think Palin and Obama have a lot in common. They both came in without all the facts and they're having to play catch-up. He had some months' head start, and has finally found his groove, and she's having to do a crash course. Both of them and their partners have some very strong opinions I don't agree with, and I'll have to go on the attack to retain my rights, irrespective of who wins the election.
My biggest concern is that we don't get another single party controlling the administration and both houses of congress. It doesn't work well, irrespective of party. We see how the Republicans add "God" to everything, and Obama just doesn't get the reality that countries are going to have to use tools like birth control and not just depend on wealth redistribution--especially since the U.S. is beyond broke (it was broke even with the surplus, but no one likes to point that out).-
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earthlingerer1 year, 2 months ago
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"My biggest concern is that we don't get another single party controlling the administration and both houses of congress."
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Amen to that! Haqving only one, criminal, bought off party holding congress AND the White House for the past almost eight years has brought us to where we are now.
The so-called "two party" system is the basis for the rot we find ourselves unable to treat.
It would be great if lobbyists and corporations were forbidden to contribute ONE CENT to ANY party.
But that would leave everything to the citizens, and while we have money on the conscience of politicians, they will continue to exercise "conscience over constituents".
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tchef1 year, 2 months ago
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We need the Democrats to control the whole thing for at least one congressional term so that we can undo the changes that the Bush administration made. Then I'll be happy to see it split up because things do seem to work much better for the nation that way.
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Klarissa1 year, 2 months ago
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The Democrats have had the last to years to introduce legislation. You will say the repubs would block it.
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If the Dems really wanted to do it they would have introduced what was important to them, made sure the media and their constituents knew about it, and fought for it.-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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But based on your logic and reasoning, Klarissa, the world economy wouldn't be crashing as a result of actions undertaken by the neocons' latest whipping posts, Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd (since Congress was under GOP control for the previous 12 years), right? The GOP had control so unless Barney Frank and Christopher Dodd simply overpowered the Republicans (granted, we know they can *outthink* the GOP) then your arguments that they are to blame for Bush's extreme failure holds no water whatoever.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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We had that with Carter and it was a disaster. Obama's financial ideas are the same as Carters. High unemployment, inflation hitting 15%, interest rates over 20% at times. Great times that the Democrats gave us and Obama would give us again.
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NO THANK YOU!!!!!!
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"We had that with Carter and it was a disaster."
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--No, you people elected a disaster twice over the last 8 years and the result has been a hellish nightmare for both our country and the world. You clearly do not know the meaning of the word "disaster". -
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sinophil491 year, 2 months ago
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endo - Of course Carter's economic record was poor. No one argues with that. It is ancient history in our modern world of instant second to second changes in stock indexes. So What?
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Contrast that to Bush's record which McCain is so adamant about continuing.
Continuing tax cuts for the ultra-rich and corporations.
Continuing pursuit of the ruinous Iraq War.
Expanding drilling and increasing our dependence on oil. Unemployment/underemployment rate up to 9.9% (in July - BEFORE the crash). Unemployment rate alone up to 6.1%. Predicted to rise to 7%
Loss of 4.4 million jobs under Bush. Under Clinton we had 22.5 million NEW jobs created
Highest inflation ever under Clinton was 3.6%; under Bush now approaching 6%.
Poverty level under Clinton dropped from 15.1% in 1993 to 11.8% when he left office. Under Bush, poverty level ROSE to 12.7%.
Complete disappearance of over 1 trillion in asset values in past week alone. Transfer or withdrawal of $8.4 trillion from accounts and retirement plans. Wiping out of numerous pension plans.
Loss of hundreds of thousands of homes.
Closure of at least 35 banks.
45% drop in dollar value since Bush took office.
Refusal to ratify the Kyoto Accords and worsening of global warming.
Why talk about Carter from 30 yrs ago? Why are you scared to compare Bush to Clinton?
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Everything was going good until the CRA foreclosure mess tripped the crash in housing prices that led to the banks and other institutions going bankrupt and many being bailed out. Credit dried up because of all of the money sucked out when the real estate prices dropped. CRA was a Democrat compassionate creation. Obama working for ACORN sued Citibank in Chicago to force them to give out more bad loans. Obama is part and parcel in this mess. ACORN lobbied Congress starting in 1990 to loosen up the guidelines for Fannie and Freddy. They were successful in doing so after Clinton was elected.
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Obama - ACORN - CRA - housing bubble - foreclosures caused the bubble to burst.
All connected.
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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The reason this whole mess came was McCain's adviser and former senate banking chairman Phil Gramm who pushed a deregulation veto proof bill through the senate in 1999 that took all regulation off the banking institutions. It was only a matter of time after that for the collapse to happen. He collected over $1.5 million for his effort.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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But the GOP took control of Congress in '94 and only lost control (of the Congress, that is) in '06. Bush has been in office for the last 8 years and yet you're saying that the Republicans were against this when they were in control of Congress but they were totally powerless to do anything about it? What stopped them. Regale us with the chronology of events starting with when the GOP took over in the early 90s (because cons seem to think Barney Frank and Chris Dodd held the GOP hostage all those years).
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ProudBlueTexan1 year, 2 months ago
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JEFFERSON CITY, Missouri (CNN) -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin on Friday said Sen. Barack Obama put "ambition above country" after a newspaper reported that Obama may have tried to influence Iraqi politicians negotiating with the United States.
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That's the icing on the cake!!! lol
ABOLISH THE gop!!!
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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You really, REALLY need to read this from NEWS WEEK reporters. They went to Alaska, and looked at the court records. Palin and her family accused the trooper of a lot of things, WITH ABSOLUTELY NO EVIDENCE THAT HE HAD DONE ANYTHING! Before Palin became governor, she was warned by a judge that if she and her family didn't stop bad mouthing the trooper to the children, the children would be moved away from there, & full custody would be given to the father. The law in Alaska recognizes that turning children against a parent is CHILD ABUSE. I'm going to say it again. She was told to knock it off three years before she became governor! The trooper was never charged with anything. He was found guilty of nothing. A court investigator found that the family was alienating the children from the father. They found no evidence that the accusations against the trooper was true. The mother apparently didn't want him to have custody rights at all. AGAIN! The trooper was found guilty of NOTHING! He was charged with NOTHING.
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techsupport1 year, 2 months ago
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Wow. Good find, Jordan.
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This isn't just some spurious accusation. A judge found her actions to be alarming and possibly illegal. Pitting children against their own Father? Apparently Gov. Palin is only "pro-family" when the family member in question is on her good side.
This article is over a month old, yet it wasn't a particularly widely-reported news story. I get the feeling Gov. Palin has become "Teflon Sarah" at this point. Not much is going to stick to her. She's anti-abortion, and that's all that's important to the masses who show up at her rallies.-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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Wow...It's like you're reading my mind. I think as soon as right wingers heard about baby Trick or Trigger or whoever, they just swooned and their eyes glazed over. They've been lying for the past two years that they don't know enough about Obama (all the while talking about freaking flag pins and refusing to believe anything other than what they've been spoonfed by Limbaugh and told to think by FOX) but *overnight* they knew the beauty pageant runner up was their queen. LOL...Cons are so FOS and they actually think that if they pretend people don't remember their blatant lies, hypocrisy and flipflopping, they don't have to acknowledge them.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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jordan, he did admit to the tasering, and if he had tasered my child I'd have done waaay more than the Palins did to him. If I had the same judge they had, I'm sure I would have been put away for a long time. Did you read the report? I'd have fought tooth and nail to keep the man away from my children as well!
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ETproductions1 year, 2 months ago
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memestryker wrote: "My biggest concern is that we don't get another single party controlling the administration and both houses of congress. It doesn't work well, irrespective of party."
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Amazing how the lie-du-jour New Republicans lurch from this to that lie. After working so hard to get control of the entire government, they now claim that control of the government is a bad thing. Funny, it worked well under FDR to bring an end to the great depression that the Republicans brought on. It worked to win WWII. Government gridlock with the Roadblock Republicans in the Senate is a great deal of what's wrong right now.
The New Republicans claim that government can't do anything right, yet they desperately want control of the government, so much so they will tell any lie and use any smear to get their hands on the reins of power. And as soon as they are in control, they drive the ship of state straight onto the rocks.
Bring back the real fiscal conservative Republicans I used to be a part of. Let this economic disaster be the end of the deficit doubling New Republicans and their belief in trickle down Reaganomic .-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"After working so hard to get control of the entire government, they now claim that control of the government is a bad thing. "
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--You just reminded me how the sudden chorus of new "Independents" (aka, lying cons who after 2006 are actually so ashamed they voted for Bush twice that they can't dare to call themselves Republicans anymore) began wailing about how horrible and catastrophic it would be for America to have a "Bush, Clinton, Bush, Clinton" phenomenon (which we heard none of following Bill Clinton's Presidency. -
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alakazam1 year, 2 months ago
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"Bring back the real fiscal conservative Republicans I used to be a part of. Let this economic disaster be the end of the deficit doubling New Republicans and their belief in trickle down Reaganomics "
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Now there is an idea I could really get behind.
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secondbornson1 year, 2 months ago
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To compare Obama and Palins knowledge of the "facts" is a joke. Obama was Magna *** Luade at Harvard Law, that is the number one Legal Doctoral Student at on of the world most renouned Law School. He has taught constitutional Law and as an undergrad he studied Political Science with emphasis on Foreign affairs at Columbia University.
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Sarah Palin pieced together a Bacheleors of Journalism over five years at four different schools (Hawaii Pacific U,N Idaho college, Mantanuska-Sustina College and U of Idaho).-
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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Who gives a chit about Osama's schooling....
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Bush has degrees from Yale and a MBA from Harvard...
What's your point ?
And please don't use that stupid line that Osama is smarter because of his degrees.....Degrees don't mean crap....Bush had some nice ones and you libs constantly implied that he was stupid....But Osama, who basically went to the same schools is miraculously NOT ? How can that be ?
Point is, common sense, character, and judgement...Stuff that cannot be taught at a hoity-toity academic institution, is something Barack Apollo Obama is lacking...
I know a lot of people that went to Ivy league schools but are dumber than a box of rocks....doesn't mean anything to me...
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disraeli1 year, 2 months ago
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FSU92grad
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"Bush has degrees from Yale and a MBA from Harvard...Degrees don't mean crap....Bush had some nice ones and you libs constantly implied that he was stupid....But Osama, who basically went to the same schools is miraculously NOT ? How can that be ?"
To answer your rhetorical question. I've heard them both speak. One uses complete sentences, the other has a degree from Yale. So my evaluation is more empirical and less theoretical.
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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Is Bush running for president again??
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If you knew what a Magna C u m Luade at Harvard Law was you might be impressed but since that was way out of your reach I can understand why you wouldn't be impressed.
"Point is, common sense, character, and judgement...Stuff that cannot be taught at a hoity-toity academic institution, is something Barack Apollo Obama is lacking..."
Here's where you are so far off it's pathetic. Obama has the good sense to not get in the gutter with the Republican campaign and refrain from placing lies in their ads as the McCain campaign has been doing.
"I know a lot of people that went to Ivy league schools but are dumber than a box of rocks....doesn't mean anything to me..."
Yeah, one is in the White House as a lame duck. Another that went to a big Academy is running for prez.
"Maybe he wrote a thesis on inflating tires up at Harvard.....Seems to be his passion...."
Another attempt to poke fun at Obama by the McCain group that backfired. You see, the DOT put out a pamphlet giving just that information and the benefits from it. Of course elitist Republicans like McCain would not even know where the air goes in the tires much less how to use a tire gauge. -
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amazedandsaddened1 year, 2 months ago
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It amazes me how pathetic the left wing is. They totally skew the media and try to smear this woman all the while IGNORING Obama's associations with total loons! I was 8 years old when John Kennedy was assasinated but I think that when I was the age Obama was when he decided to run for the senate I would have remembered who LEE HARVEY OSWALD WAS and what he had done to our country. I think those of you living the delusion whould wake up and if you want to live in a socialist country go to one and leave ours to those of us who still believe in our Constitution not the distorted veiw the media tries to shove down our throats! God HELP America!
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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One thing we can agree on is that people like you (who believe that you alone are so special and your way of life is the only way) are DEFINITELY in need of help. The notion that cons can render the US FUBAR and then should actually be allowed anywhere NEAR the White House again is delusional in the extreme.
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amervtrn1 year, 2 months ago
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Do you really consider the panel impartial? Was the preconceived judgement by the Dumbocrats a surprise? God help America. We dearly need it. But even God doesn't have a chance around Leftist Dumbocrats and their propaganda.
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If your 20 and not a Liberal, You have no Heart. If you are 40 and not a Conservative, You have no Brain--Sir Winston Churchhill-
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Poor mesodude can't read even a hatchet job correctly. NO criminal activity.
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Even the worst the report says "concluded that the Governor abused her power by conducting a campaign to have her former brother-in-law Mike Wooten fired as a state trooper, or by failing to prevent her husband Todd from doing so. "
The main problem is that almost all of that happened before she became Governor.
What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father and tasered your nephew to show him what it felt like. This among other findings by the state troopers.-
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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Endo said:"The main problem is that almost all of that happened before she became Governor."
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Poor Endo cannot follow a story properly. There were two rulings in this case.
#1 the one right wing cons want to point is the ruling that she did not break the law in the reassignment of Monegan's was within the law and within her rights as governor but her actions .
#2 was a little different. Sarah Palin, John McCain’s running mate, unlawfully abused her power as Alaska’s governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, according to an ethics investigation released last night.
“Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: To get Trooper Michael Wooten fired,"
Both of these happen WHILE she was governor. ROFLMAO
"What would you do if someone threatened to kill your father and tasered your nephew to show him what it felt like. This among other findings by the state troopers."
I'd press charges against him. If found guilty, remove him from office. Problem with her actions is her feeling that she is all powerful and above the law which she knows nothing about. Not ready for the high office of VP.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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The "bipartisan" witch hunt found something against her. What a surprise. Once she was nominated for VP that was the inevitable result. The Democrats made sure of that. Notice that it was only a possible contributing factor th the firing.
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Goppy1 year, 2 months ago
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Endo ... I notice that while you so often ridicule others for not being 'Christian-Enough' ... by whatever measure you use ... you REGULARLY excuse ANY type of Malfeasance ... Lying .... Death .... Destruction .... Intimidation ..... and Incompetence .... if these behaviors are exhibited by the POLITICAL IDEOLOGY you agree with.
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And what is the corner-stone of that Ideology?
Waging Indiscriminate War.
Lying to Initiate War.
Welfare for the Wealthy.
Short-Changing our troops.
Huge Paychecks for BlackWater Mercenaries.
Excuses and Unaccountability for Polluters.
Excuses and Unaccountability for malfeasance by Insurance Companies
Excuses for this administration's Perversion of Justice.
and best of all ... ... ...
the Ideology of fighting against Children getting Health-Care.
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Endoscopy1 year, 2 months ago
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Poor Goppy
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Amnesia I think. I keep telling you that you should stop saying the lie that you are a Christian and a Conservative. Then you try to put words in my mouth that I never said. You are accusing me of doing what you do as a "Christian Conservative".
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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Explain to me how it was the Democrats that found this when she was already under investigation before McCain picked her as his running mate. It was the Democrats who were on an investigating committee consisting of 10 cons and 4 dems that found her guilty and the cons had nothing to do with it. Well, that does falls in line with your blaming the Democrats for every else.
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epiphannyy1 year, 2 months ago
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Just look at her defenders on this site.....they see nothing wrong with her abusing powers and seem to believe the McCain/Palin version that the report actually cleared her. Never underestimate Sarah Palin? The real warning should be to never underestimate the power of stupid people with a cause and the Sarah Palin crowd is the perfect case study to prove that warning should be heeded.
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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Look at us ? You see nothing wrong with Osama being involved with American haters like Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright and Louis Farrankhan....
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What's the difference?
I would much rather vote for someone who got a slap on the risk for not reigning her husband in and getting rid of a thug trooper that was a menace to society and a threat to her family than a Socialist with a questionable American-hating past....Which is more dangerous to America, do you think, McFly ?
Tell me something, dipchit, if your family had been threatened would you have responsed accordingly? Especially, if his boss wouldn't do the firing ?
You guys act so "holier than thou" as if you wouldn't have done the same and I for one am glad she used whatever measures necessary to get rid of him....Even if she abused her power, which she did not....
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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FSU said:
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"I would much rather vote for someone who got a slap on the risk for not reigning her husband in and getting rid of a thug trooper that was a menace to society and a threat to her family than a Socialist with a questionable American-hating past....Which is more dangerous to America, do you think, McFly ?"
I would agree with you if you can explain why you voted for G W Bush. He palled around with Osama Bin Laden, had DUI's, left the Guard before his time was up, and was involved with the Savings and Loan scandal and still got your vote so what's your problem with Obama?? Because he isn't on the Republican ticket.
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Klarissa,
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When caribou barbie was oh so popular some were calling it the "palin/mc cain ticket". As a matter of fact , I was at a gun show about 3 weeks ago and they had a booth for the republicans selling Mc Cain-Palin T-shirts---with only Palin's face on the shirt. Hey , what happened to the old guy that was supposed to get top billing?It's not the dems doing it. Both eyes open now or you are going to miss some things. -
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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Here's some reading for you klarissa. I hold out hope for you, I really do.
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chuck-the-canuck1 year, 2 months ago
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“The problem is that there aren't enough of her fans left to matter.”
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Were that only the case. Best to remember, that the ones that are left, are packing bibles and guns. That can be a very dangerous combination. Democrats should consider applying the “Bush Doctrine”.
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Aotearoa1 year, 2 months ago
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reidgator, what planet are you from? your just like all the neocons. when all else fails beat on president Clinton and first lady Hillary. The country was sweet under their guidance. The republicans in the past 8 years sent america down the toilet . America can't afford another boat of corrupted , gun slinging and incompetent thugs to run the country.
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I suspect Mcbush will be looking for another running mate.
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DeauxNut1 year, 2 months ago
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"The country was sweet under their guidance". Right, "I never had sex with that woman". Uh huh .. yah .. sweet. Makes Palin's alledged wrongdoing pale in comparison. Clinton did more to undermine the credibility of the highest office than most anyone else in history. Wonder what brand of cigar he smokes now. :-D
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What's more, she didn't break any laws and after listening BOTH sides, I'm not so sure she's guilty of abuse either. You have to read the entire story, both sides. Wooten was a loose canon and Monegan disobeyed Palin on budget matters aside from the family squabble, etc. He deserved what he got, imho of course. Even the lawyer - An Obama supporter - on Larry King live last night sided with Palin for the most part (he did give that impression) and called it a non-issue.-
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diogenes21st1 year, 2 months ago
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First, she did violate a state ethics law, according to the report. So stop this nonsense that the report says she did not violate the law. Just read the thing for yourself. Second, she lied. She lied to Alaskans and then lied to the rest of America. She did not say in July that she was justified in her actions because Wooten was a bad guy. She denied that anyone - her, her staff, her husband - had applied any pressure at all. She was still saying that the week of the Republican Convention. Then, when it became clear that wasn't clear, she claimed that her staff had pressured state officials without her knowledge (Do you believe Todd did this without her knowledge, too?). Now we know all of that was BS. So we have 3 issues here: Did she break state law? Did she abuse her power? Did she lie and try to cover it up? Even if - and this is big if - she passes sniff test #1, she clearly fails #2 and #3. If you are an ethical and law-abiding person, how can you defend her?
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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The clinton's have nothing to do with it. This is about Palin. Not only is she unethical, she clearly broke the law. A judge told her three years before she became governor to STOP bad mouthing the trooper. She defied a court order.
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sinophil491 year, 2 months ago
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reidgator - I do NOT overlook the actions of Bill and Hillary Clinton. Bill's was the greater offense. I am liberal, but I am also religious and frown on adultery.
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However, I am also a citizen and a taxpayer, so I can see the economic and political good that Bill Clinton did.
Moreover, Bill Clinton's sins were of a personal, private nature that harmed only himself and his family. He has to deal with the consequences with his family and his God.
Palin's transgressions affected another human being and his career. The abuse of power also has deep significance in the pursuit of one's responsibilities in the White House. That is why Palin's ethical sins merit far greater thought and consideration in this year's election as to who will guide our country the next 4 or 8 years.-
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bamababy1 year, 2 months ago
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Over look her actions? I think not. We've had enough of government using and abusing power for personal gain. She thinksa wink and a smile can move her into position, I think not. She spews her message (incorrectly,I might add) of hate and ignorance in regards to Senator Obama paling around with terrorists, when in fact it is they, the republicans who've given our own homegrown terrorist,ie, GWB and Chaney the free hand in spreading hate and terrorism all over the world. Look at the mess we're in, can you not see what a joke they've made of America in the eyes of the world at large? No, McCain is the croney to the terrorist not the other way around. A vote for McCain is a vote to finish destroying this great nation called America. Wake up, stand up. vote Obama '08. Revolution people, let us regain our liberties and our nation and return it back to the peolple.
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asl11031 year, 2 months ago
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McCain gets what he deserves for not properly vetting his VP. Sarah Palin is the most unqualified potential VP ever... and now a joke to the ticket. Her words have no power of being a "change maverick". Seems the pitbull with lipstick is just as guilty as those she accuses!
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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You know what's sick? Turning children against their parent. It's child abuse. Palin and her family were told by a judge to stop doing it. A court investigator found they were trashing the man to his children. Not ONE of the accusations by palin and her family had any evidence, and he was not found guilty of ANY wrong doing. Palin defied a court order to knock it off. Her entire family defied that court order. Palin has NO respect for the law.
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RumorsKari1 year, 2 months ago
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Def. Food for thought. I agree. I think he did it to shock the nation. Maybe to replace hillary ? Maybe because she is new like Obama ? Maybe because she's likable ? But even so ., There's no way she's gonna win in this election. I just don't see it. Obama is hot . No matter what happened before , The Obama we see dailey , Has become the president we all desire. I think he is gonna rock the white house apart.
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Lurch1 year, 2 months ago
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no truer words ever spoken.
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McCain was reckless and irresponsible for choosing such an inexperienced and unethical person to be a heart beat from the presidency.
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DeauxNut1 year, 2 months ago
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"Sarah Palin is the most unqualified potential VP ever". Sure, just like those "other governors", Carter, Clinton, et al that made it to PRESIDENT. Better a VP with a little tarnish than a PRESIDENT with the same non-experience, 'eh?
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sinophil491 year, 2 months ago
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twiceasnutty - Just last night, I heard Ted Koppel comment on Carter that immediately raised my estimation of Carter. This was on the Charlie Rose Show.
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Apparently after the embassy staff were captured and held hostage, one of Carter's options was to punish the Iranians by bombing Iran. He refused to do so because it would kill too many innocent civilians. He refused to do so even at the cost of his presidency. That is holding on to a morally and ethically principle at a significant cost to oneself.
As far as Clinton is concerned, I do not recall any national or international economic crash. I do not recall ever increasing budget deficits and soaring national debt. I do not recall a universal collapse of financial loss of confidence and national loss of sense of well being. I do not recall a rising tide of despair and panic. I do not recall a loss of over a trillion in assets within a one week period. I do not recall the pursuit of an illegal, immoral, useless, ruinous war.
In fact, under Clinton, I only recall the exact opposite of everything above.
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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So she's a criminal. Why am I not surprised. I can't wait to hear the spin they try to put on this one. It was a bipartisan commission. So politics isn't the excuse. McCain has shown poor decision making ability in picking this woman (and I use that term loosely) as his running mate. Sha-na-na-na, Hey, hey, hey, goodbye! And they tried to make Obama look like the Chicago thug. Hypocrites!
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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IF what I've read of Odinga is true, Mr. Obamas cousin, yes he does, Ayers aside. Anyone that bombs the Pentagon, the Capitol, IS a terrorist. Whether Mr. Obama is friends with him or just used him for political gain is the question, not IF they are/have been associates. I do think, I also read more than the latest headlines. The Weatherman became The Weather Undrground when he and Ms. Dorhn went underground to avoid proscecution. When they surfaced in 1981(?) and turned themselves in, they were set free due to legal technicalities, not because they were innocent. Attacking me personally will not whitewash the destruction and death caused by Ayers and The Weatherman.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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You people are really something. OK. How about mccain sitting on a board with a card carrying member of the group that backed the eugenics project? You don't know what that is, do you? Honey, just admit you don't like Obama, and would grasp at anything to demean him. These 'terrorist' assertions are so ridiculous. I know I won't change your mind, but sure as hell can't let immature comments like yours stand as the truth. You look so foolish.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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I wasn't commenting on McCain, that is a different subject. Me immature? Well, HONEY, you should open your mind and actually make a debatable point instead of personal attacks. The history of the Weatherman is a fact, it was long enough ago it has been verified. I have not accused Obama of advocating their views or actions from the 60s. I have acknowledged he has had some type of relationship with Ayers, so has Obama.
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FSU92grad1 year, 2 months ago
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jordan dipchit,
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No one is questioning what happened when Obama was 8....Stop using the same soudbite that your King Apollo Obama, the Messiah, keeps saying...
The question is when he was 30-40 years of age and what happened then...He sat on boards with Ayers and Ayers even funnelled money through Obama to have him disseminate amongst various schools to help "radicalize" Illionois children....He attended the million-man march, has Louis Farrankhan and other terrorist thugs wanting him to be President, referring to him as the "Messiah"....The Messiah ? Talk about Jim Jones, Kool-Aid drinkers like yourself who can't see their a$$ from a hole in the ground....
And then there's the ACORN fiasco....Donated $800,000 to ACORN for help with Voter Registration...Osama actually represented ACORN as one their counsels and also helped in training these thug organizations....
So, again...This isn't guilt by association....This is guilt by "alliance" and I for one, am more scared of Osama's American- hating past, than Palin getting rid of a scumbag trooper Wooten who deserves to get much worse than what he did....If he would have threatened my family, I would have probably done the same, maybe more...
So get off your soap box, jordan and put your fangs back in....Geez, I've never seen a retard such as jordan get so "excited" about nothing...
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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Which assertion? The one Obama made when he said he knew Ayers, was a guy in his neighborhood, sat on some boards? Or the history of the weatherman underground? Do a google and do your own reading if your unfamiliar with the thugs that made up the Weatherman. It's not an assertion, it's history. Ayers education reform ideas are easily found as well.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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It isn't possible to have a debate with someone who spews subjective nonsense. When the weather underground was active, Obama was a little boy. Any association he's had with Ayers since then, was AFTER Ayers cleaned up his act. Shall we say that McCain is a bum for having a strong friendship with a convicted felon who helped South American terrorists? (Liddy). Shall we say mccain is a bum for actually contributing his own money to those terrorists in the 1980's? (I'm speaking of the Contra's.) Shall we say that McCain is a bum for sitting on a board with a man who has ties with the group who backed the Eugenics Project? And no, McCain is NOT a different subject. If you're going to judge one man by his associates, you judge them all the same. Otherwise, you'll be seen as biased.
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lfergie8121 year, 2 months ago
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FSU You're either an idiot or a compulsive liar. I myself answered those charges in another comment of yours and debunked them. You see, the boards you speak of were sponsored by Reagan friend and were attended by conservative businessmen and conservative activist so if you have a problem with Ayers, call out the conservative sponsor that invited him. Gee
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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I'm not a CON, don't approve of unethical behaviour, and believe that a truly ethical politician is so rare, we wouldn't know what they look like. Dig in anyone politicians background, you'll find something ugly the vast majority of the time.
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jordan111 year, 2 months ago
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What you have done in your post is participate in deflection from the subject. We're not talking about "any one politican", we're talking about Palin. Here, look at this.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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The subject I am addressing is the post of mine that said "Sje is a politician, that's no surprise to me.", and the attacks that followed from some on this board. I read the link you sent, and if you reread my posts with a fresh eye, you won't see approval of her actions, only that I'm not surprised. I didn't mention Obama or any other politician in my original posts, the attackers did.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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Ethics is why I can not vote for Obama, btw. The people he has thrown under the bus after they become liabilities barely scatches the surface. He has backed out or off many promises he has made when they became unpopular, or he got schooled by some in his own party. He has 'nuanced' his positions to the point of saying nothing you can beleive in. His excuse for voting against the Born Alive was laughable. An ethical man doesn't say allowing a child born alive OUTSIDE the mothers body shouldn't be allowed to live because "it would make the mother rethink her decision"? Does the phrase "Above my paygrade" ring a bell? He says I'm for change, and then picks a VP with more years in the Senate than McCain? HUH? Rips McCain for his tax ideas, but his will inflate the debt more?
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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She's not a criminal, jovial. It's a slap for not acting strongly enough to stop Todd's actions. The criminal part was dropped.
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I don't know if Obama was naive, just an opportunist who grabbed what came his way, or what, but he does have some strong associations over time with some bad people. I suspect he wasn't really aware of it. Even with Rev. Wright, it had to be brought to his attention after 20 years. I suspect he's so busy being involved in productive action that he really doesn't learn about the seedy side of his associates.
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FairNBalanced1 year, 2 months ago
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What?
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(( suspect he's so busy being involved in productive action that he really doesn't learn about the seedy side of his associates.))
I can't even believe you said that out loud! That reveals some pretty big judgement problems. Like wanting to sit down with leaders of rouge nations. -
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jovial1 year, 2 months ago
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Yeah, it's not a criminal action unless they would have found out that Obama had done it or for that matter any middle -class schmoe. We would have to stand in court, pay fines and would be likely to face jail time or community service. Yet when a politician or celebrity does it, People seem so damn forgiving all of a sudden. Don't jump up on your high horse with me, she claims to be one of us. A simple soccer mom from Alaska, so why should she face a different justice than the soccer mom down the street?
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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This report doesn't bother me at all. The bottom line is she didn't break the law. It said his refusal to fire Wooten "likely contributed" to the firing. In other words, they couldn't find ANY PROOF, and they did find other legal reasons for his reassignment. The worst this report shows is that she's a politician. That's no surprise to me........
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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You seem to have anger management problems. Perhaps you are unfamilar with the American Constitution. OR, perhaps you can't read, I don't know what your problem is, but, don't you feel better now that you've trashed another person?
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diogenes21st1 year, 2 months ago
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But the report says she did break the law. When you violate a state law - in this case an ethics law ruling over political behavior - it is by definition unlawful. Outright, plain and simple. If you can't accept and acknowledge that, I don't know what to say. And if you read the report - you can download the pdf - and the Alaskan law - you can go online and find it easily - you'll see that conclusion is clear. You're practicing moral relativism and situational ethics here when you defend her. Conservatives hate moral relativism and situational ethics. In the neocon playback, they're two of the evils from the liberal 20th century. Yet they practice them all the time when you spin somebody's bad behavior. Isn't anyone thinking at all out there?
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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I'm not a conservative, first. I admit I didn't read the entire report. I will go back and do that. The info I commented on was the cable media assertion that she broke no laws in her reassignment/firing of Monegan. The abuse of power was becuse she did not stop her husband from pressuring him for the removal of Wooten. Yes, I am thinking, I'm thinking this is normal for a politician, it's nothing new. That is what is no surprise to me. Does anyone here truly believe ANY politician is not guilty of the same thing at some time in their career? In modern politics it's SOP, standard operating procedure. It's just my opinion, and in America, I still have the right to voice it, so far.
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diogenes21st1 year, 2 months ago
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Sure you have the right to your opinion, even the right to be wrong. But is this the new aspiration for Americans, to use free speech to demand the right to be wrong, the right to abrogate moral responsibility, the right to ignore reality? Is this the best we can offer as citizens? If so, we have sunk low indeed. To say everybody does it is not an excuse. When our children say "but everyone is doing it," do we then say as parents that that excuses bad or questionable behavior? No, we say that each individual is responsible for making good, wise, sound choices despite what others are doing. Why do you seem to have trouble applying that same moral standard to Palin? In this instance, I don't care what other politicians may or may not be doing. It's about her in a very specific incident. The report says her actions in applying pressure to the situation were unlawful. If you let cable news tell you what is true or not true, you're going to be horribly misled. Part of being a citizen sometimes demands informing yourself and doing some work. I'm sorry if you don't see such responsibility as part of being a good American. And again, no one is saying you don't have the right to voice your opinion, and no one is going to take that away. But you should be able to account for it when asked.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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Thank you for being civil in your reply, it's refreshing. You were not the poster I was referring to with my "voice my opinion" comment, but you can't say no one is saying I don't have the right..psychohose for one.....I don't have a problem 'accounting' for my opinion when asked in a civil manner, I have the ability to disagree without personal attacks or assuming attitudes not expressed by another person. Your polite lecture on responsibility and the assertion that I have the right to be wrong is condescension personified.
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If you reread my original post you won't see approval of her actions. Lack of surprise is what I said."The report doesn't bother me" may be where I didn't make myself clear, I didn't intend that to be taken as approval or an excuse for her actions. Yes, I should have read the report for myself, and I will. But if the report said her actions towards Monegan were unlawful, why would the media report otherwise? You seem to be reading far too much into my lack of confidence that either party acts with the highest of ethics. If this is the worst skeleton in her closet, it doesn't bother me. Her environmental record does.-
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HannibalBarca1 year, 2 months ago
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Good answer as you are right about all politicians do this, as does the media.
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Whether it is clint and his not keeping it in his pants or ray-gun making a movie and thinking it was real (as a tail gunner) cheney and his many comments "SO" or "FO" or his hunting accident, or 5 deferments, shrub and his Nat'l Guard experience or lack of, all have twisted or spun details, and will continue.
More than 90 % of elected officials are lawyers, and they are masters of spin, so why expect anything else out of their mouths, but the media has found it more important to cover Paris or Brittney.
Time to elect some ordinary people, salt of the earth type.
Is Palin a mistake,,,,yes as she is in over her head, I can just see her winking at Putin or loud mouth from Iran (who may very well be voted out of office next year) or just trying to deal with another Katrina, she will drop the ball.
Besides, she is a mud slinger, this terrorist BS is a dead issue, it is just a smear on Obama who was 7 when these allegations happened.
And also all politicians have dealt with unsavory characters past, present or future in their lives, and will continue to do so.
What is important? Is it the rising unemployment? Vet care? falling dollar? economy? or is it allegations on McC and the Keating 5 BS (25 years ago) or this terrorist BS when Obama was 7.
Maybe we should debate how they part their hair, or colour of their shoes next.
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diogenes21st1 year, 2 months ago
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I certainly didn't mean to be condescending. But when you said in an earlier post that ethical breaches are "SOP" for politicians and therefore her actions didn't bother you because of that, to me it rang as cynical and uncritical. I'm glad hear this is not the case.
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Just so you don't think I'm pulling your leg, Finding No. 1 of the report states that Palin "abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.11(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act."
As to the media: Every news channel I saw cover it last night - CNN, CBS, MSNBC, BBC - reported the findings as an "unlawful" act. I didn't see Fox, and I don't know if Fox is what you saw, but I could tell you in advance that Fox would probably not highlight that part of the report. However, all the major news channel websites last night - including CNN, CBS, NBC, ABC, and even Fox - did report it as an "unlawful act." All the major print organizations covered the story as an "unlawful act." It was even in the headlines of most. Why? Because as I started out with, the very first thing in the report's findings, in Finding No. 1, the special prosecutor says outright that Palin violated the state's ethics law.
We can disagree over how much that violation bothers us, but anytime an elected official is shown to have violated ethics laws, especially a candidate at the very top levels of the ticket, it should be a huge red flag about that person's character, leadership and attitude toward the law. Don't forget she spent weeks lying about this. She is still lying about this this morning, if you believe the 263-page report and its 1,000 pages of documentation. She thinks she's above the law. That's more dangerous than nearly any policy view she could have, in my view, because it speaks to a level of corruption we should be unwilling to accept.-
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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It was Anderson Cooper, for one, I flip around the channels. I get tired of the same pundits predictably saying the same cr*p over and over. I haven't had time, but still intend to read the report for myself. The distinction made was her violation came from not restraining her husband, not her actions regarding Monegan. I agree with much of your post, but yes, I find myself more cynical with each election cycle. It's why I'm an Independent. I feel I'm voting for the lesser of two evils. I think more than anything else, watching Wooten admitting, on video, he tasered his 10 yr old step son put me in the postion of excusing what she did. His excuse that the boy wanted to be tasered doesn't excuse his bad judgement in the least.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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I have read the report, and don't see a reason to change my position. It smacked of small town politics, and detailed instances of his conduct that would have had him removed eventually regardless of the Wooten issue by any govenor, not just Mrs. Palin.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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No, it is the point entirely. I, as well as the rest of the posters here, can only guess why a law enforcement officer kept his job with nothing more than a 5 day suspension after admitting on video to tasering an 11 yr old child, his step son, never mind the rest of the complaints. Common sense tells many of us he has no business representing any law enforcement agency, and doesn't have the judgement necessary to carry a badge and gun with authority to shoot to kill. We have all heard of 'the thin blue line', but unless there is someone here within the Alaskan Trooper Dept. with intimate knowledge, we'll NEVER know.
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GehlLady1 year, 2 months ago
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That's the way I read the report as well. Personally I don't think Todd did anythink wrong, either. The only complaint raised by the Palins that I read in the report I didn't think fair was the shooting of the moose. Wootens wife, Molly, held the permit and was with him when he shot it. Mr. Palin, Sarah and Mollys Dad, helped butcher the doe, and the family shared in the meat. It still was an illegal shooting, and as a Trooper he knew it, and didn't care. The man has no business with a badge.
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hdthehn1 year, 2 months ago
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GehlLady "The bottom line is she didn't break the law."
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FTA
Remember, that the committee that ruled that Sarah Palin violated an ethics law consisted of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats.
Now pay close attenetion GehlLady: 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats ruled that Sarah Palin violated an ethics law !!!
The GOP collective has no relationship to reality it's all about anything to win baby and that includes subversion of their own integrity and McPander is leading the pac.
I Lewis Libby didn't break any laws either according to the republican tush kissers and as a consequence of his impeccable integrity Bush had to commute his jail sentenance for a felony conviction. According to your ilk, GehlLady, there was no proof in the Libby case either, brilliant, just brilliant. I think I'll write in your name when I vote for the President on NOv 4.
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memestryker1 year, 2 months ago
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They did find she did not act strongly enough to stop Todd Palin from following up on the bad cop. Todd said she told him to stop and he did it anyway. So she's being taken to task for not handling him. The personnel issue is not complete.
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I like a guy who thinks troopers should be fired for a combination of tasering a child, death threats, driving drunk in a cruiser, and illegally killing game. But he should have backed down after Gov. Palin asked him to. Are there official sanctions for first ladies and gentlemen who don't listen to the Gov?!
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alakazam1 year, 2 months ago
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Erm...How exactly do you propose to grant her that authority?
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Only the People can remove representative members of the House and Senate and even then only by the electoral process.
You apparently don't understand the the implications of your suggestion.
What you suggest is pure Totalitarianism.
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bill-smith1 year, 2 months ago
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There are actually people out there that disagreed with your comment. Either they just attack anyone who points out the obvious flaws in their arguments or they really do want to give dictatorial powers to some politicians. Wow, that's scary! But maybe even scarier is that they get the same vote as everyone else. Thank God, for now those people appear to be a minority.
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diogenes21st1 year, 2 months ago
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First, she did break the law. Read the darn report. Second, you do understand that what you're suggesting is called a totalitarian government, not a democracy, right? I have long suspected based on comments, behaviors and excuse-making for lying, corrupt politicians that there are conservatives who actually hate American Democracy. They don't understand the Constitution (esp. separation of powers) and don't care how many laws or principles are violated so long as their guy wins. You do know that the guys who follow Leo Strauss' philosophy - Rove, Wolfowitz, Pearle, Cheney among them - believe that it's their right to throw the constitution out the window in the service of their own ideology, right? Seeing these ridiculous defenses of Palin on here just help make this clear - Many conservatives do not like American Democracy and basic democratic principles. Unlike you guys, though, I would never say "America, love it or leave it." You're welcome to stay, but you've got to obey the constitution and the laws. And Sarah Palin did not do that, according to this report.
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alakazam1 year, 2 months ago
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You hope Palin goes after her own parties representatives for investigating her?
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I got news for ya...I hope she does too.
That will prove to the point of certainty that she is a megalomaniacal nutcase.
What...you would make her a Queen or something?
I got news for ya about that too.
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reidgator1 year, 2 months ago
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You are full of $hit. Her "abuse of power" pales in comparison to Bill & Hillary. If we can let B & H's behavior slide, we can let Sarah's behavior slide. She is still far more ethical than both of them.
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epiphannyy1 year, 2 months ago
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reidgator..........YOU are the hypocrite!
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Bill was impeached and Hillary didn't win. What's your point?
You people are so desperate that you'll embrace the people who commit the crimes you vilify in your enemies and you have the audacity to call someone ELSE a hypocrite?
I have to admit though....this reaction from you bottom feeders is exactly what I expected. I have yet to see even ONE of you admit when one of yours is wrong. Had this been reversed and Obama been found guilty of abusing his power, etc...you all would have formed a lynching party before it ever got off the presses. Its pathetic the hypocrisy you all embrace in your ignorance and hatred. I'd say I pity you, but really your repeated nastiness defies any worth of pity. Honestly, you all get what you deserve in your miserable, hate-filled world.
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Marquus1 year, 2 months ago
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Ok libs let me see you defend this.
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O'bama is for jamming scissors in the backs of little babies heads and sucking their brains out. And if that doesn't work throw them in the corner and watch them DIE.
I can see you now with O'bama; big smile on your faces. Mental cases. If you can't defend it or don't have the guts, you'll complain about this post.
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ibstilyn1 year, 2 months ago
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Those partisans that were predetermined to be 'for" her will not be swayed much by this. It's the independent and "swing" voters that will be turned off by this sort of behavior and leave McCain's camp. I'll bet McCain is wishing he had picked a viable woman candidate like Olympia Snowe. Ahh , but she wouldn't appeal to the religious kooks and anti-abortionists. Sorry republicans--keep this in mind the next time--your share will look bigger if you can take your half out of the middle. In other words , pick a moderate with a brain next time that has a good track record of bi-partisan compromise under their belt. Not another divider with skeletons in the closet with pending investigations. Let me guess.. the McCain handlers thought they could squelch this with legal manuvering....
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"the babe" dies due to a lack of health insurance all the time but the only crying I hear is about the evils of "socialism" from cons. Socialism is fine when you're butting into someone else's life before a baby is born. You just don't think it's your place to butt in when kids are dying because their parents wait until their children need to go the emergency room before they seek attention. So when abortion cultist cons lie about their concern for the unborn, intelligent and rational people know you're absolute hypocrites. We know this. ;-(
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ETproductions1 year, 2 months ago
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We'll see how it plays out. But something obviously changed in the inner circles of Repug management 2 days ago. All her staff who had refused to even respect subpoenas to testify suddenly switched course. Even Tod Palin himself testified, and gave pretty damning testimony.
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It certainly looks like the man behind the curtain has decided she's a liability, and she will soon withdraw from consideration for VP in order to clear her "good name" in this politically inspired smear campaign against her. Mind you, the Alaska legislative committee that found her guilty of abuse of power is made up of 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats. Obviously a Democratic witch hunt -- NOT.-
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fsev411 year, 2 months ago
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Not exactly correct. The original "troopergate" investigation was a legislative committee investigation sought by the whole Alaskan legislature. When the McCain campaign butted in they made a claim that the accusations should be heard by a state personnel board and so there was a second "investigation" by that board composed of three members, all appointed by Palin.
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The legislative committee subpoenaed Todd and the governor's aides and it was those subpoenas that were disregarded. Todd Palin and the aides agreed to "testify" before the personnel board but I don't beieve it was under oath.
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ETproductions1 year, 2 months ago
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What I wrote was EXACTLY correct. The report just delivered was from th 14 member legislative committee, 10 of whom are Republicans.
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Palin originally said she would fully cooperate with the legislature's investigation, then refused after being tapped for VP. Tod did, however, testify in a sworn statement to the legislative committee. The Alaska Supreme Court has headr arguments this past week on whether the legislature's subponeas can be enforced, but has yet to issue its ruling.
Claiming that her own appointed personnel board is the only proper body to review her actions is like expecting a team of Mafia lawyers to decide on Al Capone's innocence.
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epiphannyy1 year, 2 months ago
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The Wall Street Journal reports the official McCain/Palin response to this report is as follows:
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“Today’s report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan. The report also illustrates what we’ve known all along: this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern regarding Trooper Wooten given his violent and rogue behavior. Lacking evidence to support the original Monegan allegation, the Legislative Council seriously overreached, making a tortured argument to find fault without basis in law or fact. The Governor is looking forward to cooperating with the Personnel Board and continuing her conversation with the American people regarding the important issues facing the country.”
http://blogs.wsj.com/washwire/2008/10/10/mccain-pa...
Ummmmm...."Today’s report shows that the Governor acted within her proper and lawful authority in the reassignment of Walt Monegan." Did they read the same report that the rest of us did?????? They are truly delusional, and I see that her supporters are already jumping on board with this revisionist version in her defense....incredible!-
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most_reasonable1 year, 2 months ago
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Isn't the Wall Street Journal now owned by Murdock?
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It has never been comfortable with political accuracy, but now is just another mouth of the same right wing lie machine.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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I object to the tone of your post, sortofcatty...and the content (including spelling, punctuation, grammar, sentence structure and subject and verb agreement errors). None of us is running for President or Vice President so calling me cheap, easy, extremely available, wanton, trampy, a gigolo or loose is uncalled for. Please stay on topic. ;-(
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kmack12k1 year, 2 months ago
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You are mistaken about what she said--- she said she would cooperate with the Personnel Board and not the investigation that just released this report. As stated in Alaska law the Personnel board is who should have been investigating this from the very beginning and now this other investigation has now turned this over to the Personnel board since they are not able to charge her with anything.
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fsev411 year, 2 months ago
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One problem, the Alaska supreme court said that the legislative inquiry was appropriate as legislative oversight of the executive branch. And yes she will probably cooperate with the personnel board as she appointed all three members.
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DaGeneral1 year, 2 months ago
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I would be a hypocrite if I said I was not glad this report shed some light on McCain's trophy Bimbo. She was a joke from jump street. McSame picked a nobody that knows nothing, and is a power freak. If the trooper was a threat to anyone he would at the very least been assigned to the rubber gun squad. Palin felt so threatened by this trooper she reduced the size of her personal security squad, she reduced her body-guards, is that the act of someone concerned about their personal safety??
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I never liked her from the word Go, the big grin she had plastered on her mug was as phony as the game she and McSame are trying to play on the American people. Obama in 2008 and 2012 -
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jbomb1 year, 2 months ago
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It's too bad that Obama will probibly get elected now and all the socialists in this country will be shouting from the rooftops on Nov. 5th. I wonder how long it will take for the killing of hundereds of thousands to begin in Iraq after we pull out or how soon Iran tries to wipe out Israel. How soon oil goes to $300 a barrel because Dems. won't drill and how soon our take home pay is 30% of what we make and how soon we all start singing the Star Spangled Banner in spanish. Good luck folks.
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Goppy1 year, 2 months ago
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Thank you for posting, jbomb.
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ahem.
Ladies and Gentlemen .... Members of Propeller .... visitors from the world over .... (all 25) this member ... jbomb ... represents the essential Right Wing ... Christian Conservative ... 'vote for the candidate who personally harms me the most' ... base of the Modern Republican Party.
I ask you to consider ... would you join a political party that attracts so many people who share this type of 'thinking'?
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"I wonder how long it will take for the killing of hundereds of thousands to begin in Iraq after we pull out or how soon Iran tries to wipe out Israel. How soon oil goes to $300 a barrel because Dems. "
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--Maybe you should go there and find out for yourself... ;-(
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DonKey11 year, 2 months ago
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McCain is the one calling for socialism, by wanting to buy out mortgages. Look up the difference between socailism and capitalism, moron. What if Michelle Obama was a member of an organization that wanted to seceed from the union? You right wing nuts would be calling "Off with her head."
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inverse1 year, 2 months ago
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Perhaps we should all be scared. If Sarah Palin could abuse her power as a Governor to fire public safety commissioner, as a Vice President she could put many of us in prison for don't agree with her. No wonder McCain address us as my fellow prisoners.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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Speaking of the mannequin and her flaccid clown of a running mate, Palin and McCain are more like the malodorous piles that will need to be cleaned up from the ground after the elephant act is finally over and the GOP leaves town next month.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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Ok...haunting_mom? Look around your country and what do you see? Exactly... Not a pretty picture, is it? Bush, Republicans and their con cult followers have turned the US into a virtual TOILET in just under 8 years and they've also managed to DESTROY the world's economy. No one is scare by your paranoid and maniacal ranting about "socialism" so stop peddling what you learned on FOX this morning and go read a book. ;-(
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ljponejolic1 year, 2 months ago
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to the liberal press to bad shes here to stay shes is head and shoulders better than the gifted one why dont you bring up some dirt on obama hes up to his eyeballs in it oh you wont do that the liberal press better watch out after what was said in waukesha thursday the american people are getting ****** OFF THIS IS AMERICA NOT RUSSIA GET IT
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sassmantwo1 year, 2 months ago
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Wow , I would do everything in my power to see justice served to a person that tasered my nephew. She did what she had to do to protect the public from the abuse of power within a public service, we here and see over and over again about a small percent of police abusing Their power. You go Sarah !!!!!
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OBAMA_LIES1 year, 2 months ago
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Do you libs really think that with enough negative propoganda you can change the outcome of this election? Redneck voters account for how much of the voting public? Pro life voters account for how much of the voting public? Hillary Clinton McCain supporters account for how much of the voting public? Conservatives account for how much of the voting public? Do the math you idiots = YOU LOSE. You could not recruit enough of the homeless and new US citizens to overturn this election... YOU LOSE IDIOTS ! McCain / Palin 08 NO ROSS PEROT, NBC,CBS,CNN,ABC,NEW YORK TIMES CANT SAVE YOU... YOU LOSE>>>>>>>>>>>&g... McCain / Palin 08 ACORN CANT SAVE YOU !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Oh, and for those of you that want to throw the electoral college argument in there( based on speculation )... Good luck with that... YOU LOSE >>>>>>>>>>>>&g... with it: YOU WILL LOSE !!!!!!!!McCain / Palin 08
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"Do you libs really think that with enough negative propoganda you can change the outcome of this election?"
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--Maybe you're right...The con strategy of blaming Barney Frank, Christopher Dodd and a guy who joined Congress four years ago for bringing down the world's economy (when Bush and the GOP have controlled our government for most of the last 16 years) seems like a much more practical strategy. That'll REALLY get McLib's poll numbers to rebound, silly con. LOL -
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deeA9101 year, 2 months ago
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I think we need to hear all the details of Gov. Palins actions.
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There was probably a good reason for what she did, but in usual "News Media" fashion , they didn't tell the "Whole" story
behind Her decision. I will bet that if all the facts were known, she acted properly. Typical election year "mud slinging"
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OldBetty1 year, 2 months ago
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Re reliable: Neither are the postings on the internet or the rationalizations of the converted. It is amazing that the same people who say "the media didn't tell the whole story" about Sarah Palin are not willing to apply that idea when Palin says Obama "pals around with terrorists."
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OldBetty1 year, 2 months ago
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No one's cause is helped with all the name-calling -- bimbo, terrorist, moron, over-the-hill, socialist, etc. If these are the people chosen to run for President in the primary process, the deserve a certain amount of respect, as do their choices for VP. Painting them as all one thing or the other creates stereotypes that are too easy to hate. Does no one remember what happened to Malcolm, Martin, Jack and Bobby?
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ningyo1 year, 2 months ago
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a "bipartisan panel" that she has been at odds with since she took office...she got one their own old boys club tossed out and this is a payback..she fired this guy because he went behind her back , undermining her authority to govern..to get backing for his own flimsy agenda..you get rid of people like that...and if you actually listen to the statement its full of words like..it SEEMS to us...it APPEARS to be...we THINK that its obvious that..more witch hunting from the obama hit squad of lawyers
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Om1 year, 2 months ago
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This is the most hate-filled campaign in anyone's memory. The current party in power has introduced socialism for the upper class. Socialism for the lower end of our socio-economic system already exists. The middle class still pays the way for these other two groups. "Houston, we have a problem..." Democracy only works when a country has an educated, responsible, economically viable middle class. Support the party that supports that.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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I blame cons. We let Bush have the Presidency. He lied and mumbled about being a uniter and not a divider and cons re-elected him after he drove us into massive debt. When his wartime tax cuts and Cheney's secret meetings led to the bankruptcy of the world's economy, instead of taking responsibility for their lack of judgement in voting for Bush not once but twice, they turned around (as cons always do) and try to pin the blame on Democrats. I don't understand why cons are bitter and angry-- they had a royal flush and squandered the chance to do good and flushed people's life savings down the toilet along with BILLIONS of war funding and tax cuts.
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nybob1 year, 2 months ago
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Im an independant.I was going with Clinton but the dems threw her under the bus.I like Obama but im not voting for him.When it takes the entire media,newspapers,hollywood,pop stars,the internet,scewed polls just to get this guy in the whitehouse i sense somethings wrong.Like this Palin thing is gonna sway anybodies undecided vote.This reminds me of Bill and Monica and the inpeachment.I watched that proceding daily and i couldnt understand how these sleezeballs in Washington wanted to hang this guy for lying.But apparently the dems have there own bunch of sleezeballs trying to make a point of nothing.
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crikit1 year, 2 months ago
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Even though candidate Sarah might be gone, all is not lost during the next four years; we have uncovered a great VP replacement for Chaney bashing with the wit and wisdom of Uncle Joe Plugs Bidden, remember Joe’s classic hits:
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1. When Joe asked a good paraplegic friend of his in a wheel chair to stand up and be recognized.
2. When Joe stated that you cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent, and I am not joking.
3. When Joe stated that ‘President Roosevelt responded immediately to the Stock market crash of 1929 by appearing on Television to explain it and reassure the public.
4. When Joe offered his brilliant solution for the Iraq war stating that Iraq should be split into three parts: Sunni-Iraq, ****e-Iraq and Kurd-Iraq. Just think of how “cool” it would be now if Bidden type wisdom had prevailed in revolutionary war times, we would now have three Americas: French-America, British-America & Indian-America. -
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Even though candidate Sarah might be gone, all is not lost during the next four years; we have uncovered a great VP replacement for Chaney bashing with the wit and wisdom of Uncle Joe Plugs Bidden, remember Joe’s classic hits:
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1. When Joe asked a good paraplegic friend of his in a wheel chair to stand up and be recognized.
2. When Joe stated that you cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent, and I am not joking.
3. When Joe stated that ‘President Roosevelt responded immediately to the Stock market crash of 1929 by appearing on Television to explain it and reassure the public.
4. When Joe offered his brilliant solution for the Iraq war stating that Iraq should be split into three parts: Sunni-Iraq, ****e-Iraq and Kurd-Iraq. Just think of how “cool” it would be now if Bidden type wisdom had prevailed in revolutionary war times, we would now have three Americas: French-America, British-America & Indian-America.-
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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"1. When Joe asked a good paraplegic friend of his in a wheel chair to stand up and be recognized."
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--Yeah, that was really a hoot. Almost as funny as Bush cracking jokes about a blind reporter's shades during a press conference (Rush forgot to tell you about that one, huh?)
"2. When Joe stated that you cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent, and I am not joking."
--This is actually quite funny...You and your silly fellow con nut cult members are going around talking about "Barack Hussein Obama" and you have the gall to bring this up. Joe's voting record on women's and minority rights speaks for itself. And so does that of racist, bigoted cons (but I guess it never occurred to you there's very good reasons minorities avoid the Republican party like the plague it is).
"3. When Joe stated that ‘President Roosevelt responded immediately to the Stock market crash of 1929 by appearing on Television to explain it and reassure the public."
--I know, you probably prefer that beauty pageant runner up chick who winks and smiles a lot during debates (like she's on some freaking game show, the twit) who played college hopscotch for 6 years to get a journalism degree (even though she can't speak in complete sentences and can't tell a reporter what newspapers she reads). She seems very stable, "THAT ONE". LOL . ;-P
"4. When Joe offered his brilliant solution for the Iraq war stating that Iraq should be split into three parts: Sunni-Iraq, ****e-Iraq and Kurd-Iraq. Just think of how “cool” it would be now if Bidden type wisdom had prevailed in revolutionary war times, we would now have three Americas: French-America, British-America & Indian-America."
--Good point. I guess Secessionist Sarah would have used a book of spells to come up with a way more brilliant solution. ROTFLMAO
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DeauxNut1 year, 2 months ago
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Actually it should be the investigative commission that should be found guilty of abuse, the reason being is that they used public funds to pursue a personal vendetta. According to Alaska law, an Ethical Violation is one that is used to pursue financial issues which, by any sense of the case, was not. Palin did not break any laws, she had every right as governor to fire Monegan and therefore there was no abuse. According to the report it is only an opinion and there is no penalty whatsoever. In fact, the matter should have been, and probably will be, investigated by the Personnel Board and Palin has already indicated that she and her husband will cooperate fully with that board's investigation.
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BravoSierra1 year, 2 months ago
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Add the list of her incompetencies together and you have someone who has been judged to abuse power, who lied about meeting with a foreign diplomat and who has already had to appologize for the lie, someone who didn't know the Bush Doctrine and how it is a change from the Doctrine of Mutually Assured Destruction....
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mrsdenisedolpin1 year, 2 months ago
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I can't believe anyone would believe anything read in the Enquirer, you need a job! and further more if you find a marriage that has lasted more then 10 years and said there was never any trouble, I would like to interview them. or put them on a polygraph!!!!!
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BravoSierra1 year, 2 months ago
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Thou shalt not commit adultery. It's pretty clear cut.
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But you can defend immorality, incompetence and abuse of power all you want if it justifies what you need to believe to do the things you do.
Thou shalt not lie...and she did in regards to an international meeting that never took place....one that required an appology to a foreign government...
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BravoSierra1 year, 2 months ago
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So, the Right wants to support someone who is:
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1. Incompetent in understanding principles of peace/warfare mechanisms in a global nuclear age
2. An adulteress
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Poulenc1 year, 2 months ago
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Alas, this will hardly matter a whit to her "base," who enjoy--now, demand--the red meat she throws them. You know, the ones who are being told--by McCain, at a recent town-hall meeting, in fact--that "Mr. Obama's career was launched in Mr. Ayers living room."
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Meanwhile, Sarah on the removal of N. Korea from the list of terrorist states:
“Condoleezza Rice, of course, having worked on this strategy for quite sometime, I have faith in her that they’re making this wise decision. Speaking with the other countries they’ve been working with in promising verification. That end of the bargain has got to be lived up to.”
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Tcaros1 year, 2 months ago
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There is a "radical" and "harmful" philosophy followed by Neo-conservatives that most people do not condone.
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This is the need for them to PUSH values on other people. For some reasons the "crazy conservative" base thinks it's okay to commit crimes for some purported "higher cause."
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Bucotch1 year, 2 months ago
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But it's fine to corrupt the voting system and hang out with terrorists and all the other nut cases Obama hangs with. Anyone with any sense at all looking at the crap Obama has been involved in wouldn't be close to supporting such a joke.
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frankmich1 year, 2 months ago
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Grow up...over for Palin, you wish. Romney and her will blow away anyting the Dems can throw at them the next election. No one can fix the economy in 4 years, and Obama will be blamed for it, just like Bush is blamed this time around, eventhough Congress had a bigger hand in it than he did. And no, I am not a Bush lover by any means, just realistic.
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mesodude1 year, 2 months ago
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What you fail to understand is that just because Republicans ruined our country in virtually every aspect imaginable, all Obama and Democrats have to do to regain the public's trust is address two or three of the major things that Bush destroyed or failed miserably at managing. The economy is crashing and no one with a brain (which essentially rules out most Bush voters) thinks it can be repaired overnight.
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If I were Obama, I would make sure this mortgage crisis is straightened out, try to get gas prices back down (winding things down in Iraq would help with that) and insure the 45 million plus Americans (including 10 million children) who are uninsured and underinsured. Americans may have trouble finding work for a while but they won't have to worry that extortionist gas prices will continue to suck up all of their earnings and savings. They also won't have worry about their children getting sick or losing the roof over their heads. Obama will be just fine. Have faith. ;-)
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mrsdenisedolpin1 year, 2 months ago
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Hurray for Todd!!! If this trooper was anyone but a brother in law he would be on administration leave and investigated!!!! Sarah didn't do anything, she just didn't stop Todd. If this was Obama's wife what would he have done. The news media said something about her and he flew off the handle and said she was off limits!! Of course he could have call Mr. Ayers to handle it for him!!
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orndorffter1 year, 2 months ago
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Ido not care how much power a person has they have right to abuse it for any reason. I know sisters are going to stand together, but, do you ever think of what Sarhas sister deep in her heart feels about this. It is possible that she could still love him and maybe they have talked about going back together as husband and wife, if's that's so Palin has messed that up. There is one thing that you don't do and that is never use your power for anything other then what it is for. We none know how Palins sister is really feeling about what her sister and her husband did, it was wrong never ever take what power you may have and drity it up by doing things to hurt someone trying to get a man fired from his job-no!I cant see that, your messing with peoples lifes and feelings. What wen on in Sarhas sistre life between her and her husband was no concern of hers. Do you think that she would allow someone even her own sister to jump in where she had no right to. I beleave that you leave well enough alone when it's not your life.Nobody seems to know the damage Sarha might just have caused her own sister, she might of been mad and thought she was doing hrr sis a favor and then if I know sisters they don't tell everything, say perhaps like I said before just maybe she still loved him or talked of going back as man and wife, (WRORG YOU INTREFEAR IN SOMEONES MARRAIGE).
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crikit1 year, 2 months ago
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Even though candidate Palin might not make it to Washington, all is not lost during the next four years; we have uncovered a great VP replacement for bashing with the wit and wisdom of Joe Bidden, remember Joe’s classic hits:
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1. When Joe asked a good paraplegic friend of his in a wheel chair to stand up and be recognized.
2. When Joe stated that you cannot go to a 7/11 or a Dunkin Donuts unless you have a slight Indian accent, and I am not joking.
3. When Joe stated that ‘President Roosevelt responded immediately to the Stock market crash of 1929 by appearing on Television to explain it and reassure the public.
4. When Joe offered his brilliant solution for the Iraq war stating that Iraq should be split into three parts: Sunni-Iraq, ****e-Iraq and Kurd-Iraq. Just think of how “cool” it would be now if Bidden type wisdom had prevailed in revolutionary war times, we would now have three Americas: French-America, British-America & Indian-America. -
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mrsdenisedolpin1 year, 2 months ago
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Your right about a marriage, things sometimes workout. But we are talking about threats to a family and a gov. and nothing done to stop them. What is the next step? Death? To many people have filed restraining orders through the court and have been found dead - this man was drunk on the job - He admitted to this on national Radio, Taserd his own 10 year old son - This is still a small boy!!! and made additional threats to other members of the family. He hunted without a hunting lisence. He has admitted to doing these things. they were not made up. Yet he is not under investigation. Maybe you would like to be stopped by this trooper?
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bamababy1 year, 2 months ago
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Ethics and morals....Maybe I'm from another planet or something, but I beleive if we'd have had leadership with "ethics and morals" our country would not be in the crisis it is in at this moment in time. A total failure of ethics, morals and leadership have gotten us in this mess. Little Miss Glass House wants to throw stones and yet can't withstand stones thrown back. Fragmented, at best is her attempt at leadership, exactly what this country DOES NOT NEED right now. Someone said earlier, we're all taking the election too seriously, duh!!! This is the absolute most important election in our young history, as far as I am concerned. Never have we yearned for ethics and morality in our leaders as we do right now. This administration has failed the American people miserably and yet folks still seem to not want to see it or beleive it, let alone take the time to understand it. Failure to understand the illegalities of this administration will lead to future failures in leadership. Senator Obama understands what has happened here. All the BS in regards to Ayers and the like is so pathetically sad,it's laughable. It all goes back to ethics and morality, we can't or fail to understand the real issues so we'll try to win by libelous means. I beleive McCain is growing weary of the recent turn of ugliness in his party and attempted, however meagerly to dissuade his supporters from personal attacks. Too little, too late, I'm afraid, way too little, way too late. Sarah Palin will go back to Alaska to "govern" and they can have her, they're welcome to her, Americans as a collective whole DO NOT WANT HER!!! God knows, we do not need her or her kind anywhere near the whitehouse or in a position of higher authority than she has already, People had better wake up real fast and get educated on the real issues facing us. It is do or die time for America, not time for joking and poking and name calling between parties.
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I understand that ignorance begets ignorance, but ignorance can be rectified, stupity, is just that stupidity. So hopefully the ignorant among us will wake up and do something to correct themselves and make EDUCATED votes on November 4th. Nothing more dangerous than an ignorant voter except a stupid one. So please don't be ignorant on November 4th, take the time to understand each candidates plans for America and vote on that, not on some, he said,she said BS mentality. Change is here America and it's not too late to become a part of it. The freedom train is welcoming all who want to ride and I'm riding all the way to the end. I beleive in the cause and the man. Leadership from the bottom up, not the top down as has been the way for much too long. Revolution, America, revolution. Wake up, stand up, vote Obama "08 on 11/4/08.. -
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frctm51 year, 2 months ago
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My sister works for a large computer and communications firm and they are under contract to secure Sarah Palins personal data and lock it down. Palin's E-mail was hacked so there was a security breach but it still sounds a little fishy to me. I am guessing she has a few more skeletons in her closet. Of course she's married to a sessesionist. Sarah Palin must hate America.
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Tcaros1 year, 2 months ago
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The Sarah Palin e-mail hack is a Karl Rove like tactic.
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Rove Rule 1- Called "exchanging victims"
When your candidate get's caught poking the pooch you have to "create" some scandal that makes it appear as if your candidate has been victimized themself. Stupids will say "ah, well you know they did hack her e-mail and that was wrong." You hope for a scratch in public sentiment on the original issue.
Rove Rule 2- Called "name it claim it"
This is the best one of all. If your opposition has really good ideas who's to say they own them? For example if your opposition is a "maverick" or "reformer" then your candidate just comes out and say's "I'm the reformer." Keep saying it and eventually people will be stupid enough to believe it for hearing it so many times.
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jeffieny1 year, 2 months ago
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Can't imagine what this Trooper had to go through just to see his children.
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Such attack could have happened to any one of us for any possible reason!
They may want something belong to you or deny your rights in their favor just like that.
Very frightening to have such abusive people in power.
Do Something People, it is serious. Look at the mass we are in.
They ate up the country to the bones.
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