Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, was a fixture at governor's office »
Posted By bluetexasvalley 1 year, 1 month ago in Political NewsBarely two weeks after Sarah Palin had been sworn in as Alaska 's governor, in December 2006, then-Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan's executive secretary got a confusing phone call from Palin's office: The first gentleman would like to schedule a meeting with her boss.
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bluetexasvalley1 year, 1 month ago
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"Testimony compiled as part of the inquiry, and The Times' own review of e-mail logs from the administration, show that Todd Palin was a fixture in the governor's office, spending about half of his time there. He attended Cabinet meetings that are supposed to be closed to the public, and was copied on a wide variety of high-level government correspondence on issues such as contract negotiations with the police officers union, Alaska Native issues and the privatization of a dairy near the Palins' hometown of Wasilla." -
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miklkit1 year, 1 month ago
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But according to the legislative inquiry, the "first gentleman's" influence was so pervasive that senior staff members began to be uneasy about his constant phone calls about Wooten. Former legislative director John Bitney, the report said, took several calls a day from Todd Palin on his cellphone.
"Todd . . . would call me about once a day, sometimes two or three times a day, just on a myriad of things" -- very often about Wooten -- Bitney testified.
"You were kind of caught in the middle here?" Branchflower asked him.
"Yeah, but I didn't want to tell him I wasn't going to do anything . . . I didn't think that was appropriate, but I didn't want to tell Todd that."
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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Todd looks like a "pretty boy" who lets the wife wear the pants. He likely had nothing to do with the attempted firing. (He should have been keeping an eye on the kids.)
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Sarah comes across as one of those "religious zealots."
How can she claim to be a Christian when she tries to "unfairly" fire someone?
Also, all the lies she is saying about Obama make one think she's not really walking the walk. -
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Tcaros1 year, 1 month ago
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Yeh, she sure has a strange family.
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She abused her office when SHE tried to fire her sister's ex-husband. That's illegal and unethical. How would you like to lose your job because you divorced some women?
That's why her family is in the news. It's her fault,
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