Palin Says She Did ‘Nothing Unlawful or Unethical’

THE “OUTSIDER” IS JUST ANOTHER INSIDER
Sure she says she’s “innocent”. She also said she knew nothing about all this a couple days ago. She cleared herslf.
But the investigation found otherwise.
GUILTY OF ETHICS VIOLATIONS
She was aware of what was happening AND she participated in it.
The METHODS used were what was unethical. The way they applied pressure to settle a PERSONAL vendetta was unthical.
And why is her husband, an UNELECTED person, spending 50% of his time using government power?

Her statements about this investigation and what was revealed in the report are totally contradictory.
Is this the “reformer” who is going to “clean up” government?
Is this the one who’s been spewing about “honesty” and “ethics” in her speeches?
Who is the REAL Sarah Palin?

CROOK

Palin DID NOT break the law…and that should be the head line.
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You guys will rationalize anything.
Obama has never broken the law, but you smear his name every day. Sarah Palin is GUILTY on ethics violations. That’s a fact now.
There are ethics codes for reasons! To make sure that our leaders don’t abuse the power granted to them by the public.
Cheney and Bush fely they could do whatever thay wanted without recourse. They operated with impunity.
Now, Ms Reformer is shown to have the same concept of “leadership”.
Not a good trait for a VP candidate.
They never vetted Ms Palin and everyday it becomes more obvious they should have.

You guys are out of your mind calling her a crook.She took on big oil in alaska and forced them to give an addtional 1200 for every citizen in alaska.I dont know about you thats pretty good!

weird that a Republican would abuse their power…go figure

Soon the Republican trolls will be doing the “Yah, our candidates suck, but what about this unsubstatiated accusation” response.

Until I see some decent proof, I’m not falling for it.

Another good choice from McCain. This guy make bad choice after bad choice when he is not flip floping. We don’t want it as a president.

Maybe she’ll agree to be interviewed so she can clear her name. But don’t hold your breath.

Troopergate is the tip of the Alaskan Iceberg. The AIP and Todd Palin’s seven year membership is next.

tennisguypitt – same standard for the Ayers and Rezko association? or more bs from a small minded republican?

Sarah Palin is only a reflection of the real powers behind her and her appalling statements. The hands of Rove, Cheney and their kind are st work here; beyond dangerous and inciting hatreds that should chill the hearts of decent people everywhere. I am horrified. Palin is a puppet. The puppetmasters are at large … again.

This woman is a delusional idiot. She needs to step down from the McCain campaign.

Seems that Sarah Palin is about as much of an INSIDER as they come.
Didin’t you just know this was going to happen?
Those who live in glass houses should not throw lipstick!

She will be brought up on Ethics charges. You can defend her all you want but the facts remain–10 republicans and ONLY 4 demacrats found her guilty of this Dangerous abuse of power. So unless your a Pro-Bono attorney thats in contact with Mrs. Palin then your slanted,wish this would go away, OMG what a continuing nightmare,opinions are simply worthless. Now, say Goodnight Gracie.

She abuses power, lies, and has Karl Rove. Executive Privilege!! Oh– Sorry Karl, she cant say that. George Bush in a dress or better know has “Joe Six Pack” is needing a case of beer about now. McCain/Palin/Rove– Slip Sliding Away. I will give McCain credit for taking the mic from a lady that called Obama an Arab at his Town Mob Meeting.

Enjoy your last few weeks riding on the Straight Talk and Country First Express. May they be the beginning of the end of your political career, SP. Go back into journalism — where you can wink all you like on the evening news and stick to what you know — praising your kids for getting pregnant, moose hunting…and watching Putin circling your [h]air space. Meanwhile the big kids will get back to work on the real issues affecting our country — you won’t even need to keep your passport.

I wonder what the next move for the McCain camp will be? What do they say and do now? I’m sure they will find a way to blame this on Obama as well. You all better get use to saying President Obama, because of McCain’s poor judgement on his VP pick (nice). We are all smarting than we were four years ago, and won’t fall for the same BS coming from the republicans. Your time has come to an end my friends…

The GOP will find away to defend Todd Palins Associations with the AIP.
To be truthful the GOP would like to separate themselves from America anyway.
I can’t wait till they leave.
Since they hate liberals and living in the most liberal country in the world.
There racist views don’t fit here.
They need to move to Eastern Europe.

I don’t blame her at all for resisting this investigation. I thought the committee should have been disbanded when the spokesperson spoke to the press and said a lot of things he shouldn’t have, hinting at outcome before they had even launched their investigation. That report was on ABCNEWS.com and I really wondered how the committee could have any credibility after that. I’m willing to pay attention to what the Alaska personnel board has to say, but this committee seems to be tainted by partisan politics, so I fully understand why Palin got uppity with them. They should have been disbanded, if what ABC News said was true.

Oh what a wicked web we weave….McCain is kicking himself in the buttocks now because the vetting procedure for VP was such a poor job.
Well Captain you have made a mess of this one…..
Lt. USN ret (mustang)

To Mike: I find your portrayal of Ms. Palin as a Nazi offensive! Sig sarah. Many Nazi’s, as horrific and abusive and mentally sick as they were, as corrupt and perverse and….oh screw it, Sig Sarah- when your right -your right.

Palin is sooooo Busted!!!!!She KNOWS she abused her power, she acts so innocent and naieve! I cannot stand her or trust her…everytime she speaks that voice is like a nail is being driven through my head!!! Now she is blaming the Obama camp, saying they are out to get her…the investagating team was majority Republicans, she is just too dumb to live. Her “betcha’s, and winks and darn tootin’ hockey mom does NOT qualify her to be a Vice President!!
It is sooo unethical for a politician to WINK about anything!!NO CLASS at all!
I wish that the canidates would quit bashing each other and just tell us what they plan to do as President! I think at this point either one knows what the truth is! God Help the USA!!!

For the GOP it’s Erratic/Unethical ’08!
The GOP is dead just in time for November 4.

Keep in mind– The investigation was started before her VP selection. 10 Rep and 4 Dems on the board that came out with this report. Sorry Reps. Not a leg to stand on and Karl Rove and Palin cant even yell Executive Privilege. Now I know you Reps, as usual want to change the subject. Ayers, the big terrorist. Which prison is he in? Why isnt the FBI knocking on his door?

she was the freakin governor people
are you going to pull these excuses when she is the Vice president
do you pull them for Cheney already
haven’t we been throguh these problems with excuses for ethics
FOR 8 YEARS OF DESTRUCTION TO OUR COUNTRY!?

She did nothing wrong, and she’ll have arrested anyone who says otherwise!

between her ignorance over what she is doing in her rallies
her ignorance in the interviews
her ignorance obviously on ethics and what is ethical
John… it’s time.
You know what needs to be done.
way over her head…
and way uninformed
you didn’t know who she was.. admit it…
and fix it.

Sarah Sarah..see if you had just come out and said “I think my brother in law is a jerk and yes I pushed to get him fired and yes I let my husband use my office but I realize I was wrong but my heart was in the right place.” Americans can understand that…standing up for your family…it’s the deny deny deny that we don’t like. Now you’ve got this over your head and anything you say about truth and honesty well…you get it don’t you.

I am sure Alaskans are predominantly embarrassed at this point.

Like I said before, we can file troopergate investigation under the ‘INVESTIGATION TO NO WHERE’ along with that ‘ROAD TO NO WHERE’ that Sarah built with the money for that ‘BRIDGE TO NO WHERE’ which Sarah Palin claimed to have told Congress “THANKS BUT NO THANK” but the Republican VP candidate still kept the Federal Taxpayers Money and built that “ROAD TO NO WHERE” which ‘NO ONE’ on the Island Uses because it ‘GOES NO WHERE’.

This doesn’t appear to be damamging to McCain’s campaign. A minor distraction at best.
However the real problem is she has dictatorial tenedencies which a democratic america should be afraid of. Both parties are guilty of abusing power and that is real danger to America. However Bush administration is the one that has scant respect for the democratic principles.
More serious about Palin is she didn’t anything to protect the women of alaska.
Outrageous is that women who were raped were charged for their rape kits. She being a woman should have done more and that she did not shows she is not the right candiate for women.

Karl
their are ethics laws
and yes they are important.
read a little.

I read some of that report. You can download the pdf. I must say, the amount of phone calls and energy put into this Wooten guy by Sarah, Todd, and her staff was amazing. And, she doesn’t think she did anything wrong? Sure put alot of energy into keeping it quiet too. Still waiting on the emails. Cheney, Rove, Palin. No more.

Obama is presidential!
McCain erratic. wanna know why?
Formula to there economic & foreign policy plans ( 3Cs )
Meaning, for Obama,
1. Consultation
2. Consolidation
3. Confrontation.
McCain.
1. Confrontation
2. Consolidation
3. Consultation
The difference is that Obama approach leads to “confidence” and “leadership”, while McCain’s lead to “confusion” and being “erratic”
My theory of leadership entails that before you take action i.e on economy, you consult with your advisers before coming out to make any statement, this also applies to consulting your allies before going to war.
But, he will do otherwise and at the long run he becomes confused. If you take a closer look, McCain is yet to get a stable slogan for his campaign.
First, it was “experience”
Secondly, it becomes “ready to lead”
thirdly, “Country first”
and now, “Change is coming”
McCain need to take a nap, period!

Wow. I’ll tell you who I’m afraid of.
I’m afraid of people like “Rose” – whoever that is – who incredibly find Alaskan airhead Sarah Palin the only admirable figure in this campaign.
Plenty of the ugly mud being thrown has stuck to this person, that’s obvious.
The far-right wing of the Republican with its blind religious faith in failed “principles,” is what’s just plain scary.

Why do you always try to dishoner the Republicans.but never saying bad about OBAMA.and his Ties to ACORN who are destroying our right to VOTE.Please be hon

It would truly be a terrible moment in our nation’s history if McCain and Palin were to be elected on their platform of hate and lies. There was a time I had some respect for McCain. But he has completely lost my respect. In fact I must have been mistaken all along to think that he had any honor. If he becomes president I will still have no respect for him. But even worse if he becomes president it will show the world that the days of an inspiring America are over. If he becomes president the world will see that America is ruled by hate, fear and bigotry and that every other country had better be afraid because a hate filled, angry old man and his ill-informed religious fundamentalist vp are in charge and they are erratic and filled with negativity. In fact negativity is their platform.

John McCain, you blew it big time

Sarah, you are the ultimate case of being the WRONG person at the WRONG time for the position of VP. Do the country a favor, and FIRE YOURSELF.

A typical Karl Rove trained response. Deny the reality. But it seems she is more than just a little disconnected from reality to begin with. Sugar, an INDEPENDENT investigation said you abused your power. And that it was unethical. You need to remove yourself from the ticket.

If McCain put the effort into vetting Palin as Palin put in trying to fire her ex-brother in law, he never would have picked her. The sad truth is that McCain gambled on an risky pick for VP without doing his homework. He was willing to put ‘That Women’ a heartbeat away from the presidency just to pander to the most extreme factions of the republican party. That shows a lack of judgment and character and (along with a long list of other reasons) disqualifies him from being the President.

Wow – at least the Dems don’t have any corruption – William Jefferson, Barney Frank and his Fannie Fanny, Chris Dodd’s loans, Tony Rezko, Lou Farrakhan, Billy Ayers – no just Palin.

TROOPERGATE,
Yes, Palin ABUSED HER POWER. The question, unbelievers should ask themselves is why her husband had such a role? It her dismissal was indeed legitimate and not for personal reasons then WHY WAS HER HUSBAND SO INVOLVED?
Joe

She has no shame… she allowed her husband to use her office and staff and there is evidence that supports that she also was obsessed with firing the trooper.
No amount of spin from the media or McCains camp will prove different.
She is on the stump talking about how Obama is not honest… but she is the dishonest one… from the moment she took the stage at the RNC she has been lying about everything..
That so called pipeline hasn’t even been started yet…. and she keeps referring to it as if it has.
Her and her husband both belonged to the AIP and you don’t see anything about that in the media… she lied on her taxes by not reporting the per diem money she took and now she is unethical… YUP YUP she’s a winner alright.
Come monday, all you will hear again is Ayers…. ABC loves that story and they keep harping on it… the moment she takes the stump and utters that name, ABC will have 3 stories on it…
ABC where is the story about the other lawsuit that was heard on Friday also?
The one about the other private email accounts….
Kinda funny you don’t mention that one, since even in Branchflowers report it shows that people did testify that she was copying state business to her husband.
Palin is a pathological liar and a cheat and no way should she be allowed near the white house.
She is old politics as usual

Republicans don’t need to dress up for Halloween this year. They’re scaring the pants off Barack Obama’s followers by their mere presence. Anything they say, wear, or do provokes instant cries of “RAAAAACISM!” Wink, blink, or think critical thoughts about Obama? You’re a bigot!
How many racial bogeyman have Obama operatives and sympathetic journalists discovered lurking in “coded language” and attire? Let us count the ways:
*At Tuesday’s presidential debate, John McCain referred to Obama as “that one.” Official Obama press agitator Bill Burton sent off an e-mail blast to reporters: “Did John McCain just refer to Obama as ‘that one’?” Horrors. Taking their cue from Burton, spooked Obama supporters hyperventilated like teenagers on the set of the Blair Witch Project movie. “The racial undertones were subtle but unmistakable,” declared Maya Wiley of the leftist Center for Social Inclusion. “McCain was tapping into a current of superiority among white voters. It was an attempt to ‘otherize’ Obama.”
“Otherize?” Sounds like something you do to your car tires to prepare for winter.
UC Berkeley linguistics prof George Lakoff was also haunted by “That One:” “The phrase was meant to say, ‘You and I are in the same area, but he’s the outsider.’”
Memo to McCain: Next time, call him “The One.”
*Obama supporters on the heavily-traffic Democratic Underground website (where such mainstream Democrats as Elizabeth Edwards hang out) saw the ghost of the Ku Klux Klan in Sarah Palin’s white suit jacket. Yes, white clothes = racism.
“Palin is wearing white again, inciting the racist crowds. She should just drop all pretense and put on her white hood and light up a cross. She is a despicable human being,” fumed a DU poster. “Grand Princess of the KKK,” proclaimed another. They’re “trying to send subtle signals to their rabid base,” yet another member of Obama’s rabid base declared.
My racial decoder ring must be on the fritz. Because I’m not getting the signal. If she wears white stockings, drinks a vanilla milk shake, and refers to budgetary black holes, are those incitements, too? And what about her gorgeous white teeth? Perhaps she should drink more coffee — hold the white cream! — to avoid emitting further racial radiation.
*Such paranoia is not limited to the fever swamps of the Internet. Earlier this week, the Associated Press disseminated an “analysis” accusing Palin of injecting a “racial tinge” into the campaign because she criticized Obama for his longtime relationship with Weather Underground terrorist Bill Ayers. Palin’s comments were completely unobjectionable: “This is not a man who sees America like you and I see America.”
I saw a vice presidential candidate drawing stark philosophical differences between two tickets. The AP saw Freddy Krueger with lipstick and a noose.
“Whether intended or not by the McCain campaign, portraying Obama as ‘not like us’ is another potential appeal to racism. It suggests that the Hawaiian-born Christian is, at heart, un-American,” the AP piece frothed.
Obama is half-black. Ayers is white. One of the Weather Underground’s victims was black police officer Waverly Brown of Nyack, New York. Where do I buy a pair of the super X-ray glasses that can detect the racism in Palin’s remarks about the Obama-Ayers alliance?
*I’ll have to borrow those hysterical-colored spectacles from Time’s Karen Tumulty, who spotted racist goblins in the recent McCain ad criticizing Obama for seeking advice from Fannie Mae corruptocrat, Franklin Raines. “Sinister images of two black men, followed by one of a vulnerable-looking elderly white woman,” Tumulty balked in a blog post titled “McCain plays the race card.”
Um, “sinister?” The ad’s photos of Obama and Raines were standard shots — some with dour expressions, others smiling. The fact that Tumulty perceived them as “sinister” suggests that she should perform a self-racism exam before diagnosing anyone else.
*A parade of Congressional witch hunters for Obama also detects the specter of George Wallace behind every policy bush. Democrat New York Gov. David Paterson says conservative criticism of Obama’s community organizing days is code for “black.” Democrat Rep. Gregory Meeks complained to the New York Observer: “They are trying to throw out these codes.” In the same piece, Democrat Rep. Yvette Clark divined segregationist intent in Palin’s references to Joe Six Pack and hockey moms. “It leaves a lot of people out.”
And Democrat Sen. Majority Leader Harry Reid echoed Time’s Tumulty on the McCain camp’s Obama/Raines broadsides: “The only connection that people could bring up about Raines and Barack Obama is that they both are African-American, other than that there is nothing.”
The Washington Post reported that Obama’s office phoned up Raines for housing advice and has stood by its reporting. Is the newspaper part of the McCain/Palin hooded racists’ coven, too?
Obama’s witch hunters better beware. When there’s racism in every hiccup, nobody’s air supply is safe.

She says “read the report” — well, the report says she “violated state ethics law.”

Again Republican lies are filling this board.
Obama did admit to using drugs the last few months of his last year in high school but quit when he reached his first year of college and realize that was the wrong path to take. What, three or four months?
Compare that to GW BUSH caught with Cocaine when he went AWOL while in the Military. Now how old was Bush at that time, was that really his first time? And then decade later caught once again on the White house lawn when his Father Bush was VP for Regean. Now what was Bush age at that time. Bush was never deserted by his father, and as a boy did not loose his mother to cancer so what was his excuse. Yet Republicans put cocaine crackhead Bush into office TWICE.
But then what would election year be without REPUBLICAN DOUBLE STANDARDS!

Oh BS. She used her office and can’t control her husband. JUST what we need in a VP or Pres. She is unethical and needs to be removed from the ticket.

you loontune socialists aren’t lawyers but parrots of the Obama talking points, and to think that your politics are being taken seriously is very scarey

oh,the irorny posted “I know everybody hates corporations right now but the fact of the matter is they are the ones who create jobs.You think Obama is going to raise taxes on mega corporations”
They were supposed to trickle down the tax cuts to lower and middle class. They shipped our jobs to China and Mexico. Raise the FRIGGEN taxes on these pricks and make them pay for the hijacking of US Taxes!

ray
parrots can tell facts too
seems you should try listening
the other team doesn’t seem to be winning on straightforward facts.
same team
same tactics 9th year.

I think Palin is not fit to lead anybody. How could she put her hand on a bible and swear to defend and uphold the constitution and laws of the United States? But then, this is also a lady who claims to be a Christian, but who has acted in a MOST UNCHRISTIAN manner since she was given authority over others. Meek and mild, Sarah. That is how Christians should behave. Not like Nazis. Shame!

Yet again she is refusing to be interviewd. They will point the finger at someone else, go and speak at more rallies to promote hatred toward Barack Obama so they can use fear to gain votes, and her supporters will defend her every step of the way even if she refuses to speak to anyone about it like she has a few times already. Maybe she is getting coached first. If she would be such a great VP than why does the McCain campaign hide her and protect her as much as they do? She told the country she did nothing wrong, then they tried to stop the investigation when it started BEFORE she was picked for VP, then she said she wouldn’t cooperate. Now we know why the McCain campaign tried so hard to keep her away from that investigation because she did in fact do something wrong and they wanted to hide it from the American people.

Palin = liar

First, how does Palin make any comments when she did not cooperate and submit her e-mails. First, she went against oil companies, however, she kept the money for the bridge to nowhere and request and accepted more money in earmark, even though she lied and said she has not. SHE IS A LIAR JUST LIKE BUSH AND MCCAIN. SHE IS ON THE RIGHT TICKET.

One of my favorite bits is when Todd spent the day stalking Wooten and photographed the trooper riding on his snowmobile.
Todd proud of this eveidence that Wooten rode a snow mobile while out on workers comp showed Monegan the photos.
Little did secret agent Todd know that he spent all day in the cold for nothing. Wooten’s doctor had authorized the snowmobile trip.
Poor Todd, i hope you didnt get a cold hiding in the droves of snow with your cell phone camera.

Posted by: Oh, the Irony | Oct 11, 2008 10:21:04 AM
I know everybody hates corporations right now but the fact of the matter is they are the ones who create jobs.You think Obama is going to raise taxes on mega corporations.Did you know Ireland which had the worlds highest corporations tax lowered it and actually created more jobs and revenue???
Posted by: reddog0216 | Oct 11, 2008 10:25:57 AM
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I guess you don’t realize the Bush Tax cut was suppose to create joba. What happen? Job lose 750,000.000 in last 9 months. The corporations are getting tax cuts and creating jobs in another countries. Your opinion does hold water.

PALIN: AGREE TO BE INTERVIEWED!!!

Rezko,Rezko,Rezko. Keep throwing that sick of butter to wall. Keep posting Ayres,Ayres,Ayres. Hillary threw that stick of butter too. It is not sticking.
These news agencies have checked and checked these allegations. There is little at best.

It’s unfortunate McCain appealed to the loony right fringe when picking this incompetent VP candidate. If the fellow had picked a Hutchinson or Liz Dole, he could have cut a wide swath down the middle as Reagan and Nixon did. Palin is now a millstone around the McCain’s neck…one he chose himself. Only Republican groupies are so blinded to see her as a competent President in January.

Sarah Palin is the mean pretty girl we all knew in high school. Most of these mean girls grew out of it. The proof that Palin did not grow out of it is that she still believes she did no wrong. She has no remorse.

She may not have broken the law, but they did find she violated ETHICS rules. Isn’t that bad enough? I think Palin should put a muzzle on when it comes to speaking about Obama’s character. Wouldn’t you agree? After all her character is now in question.

OBAMA BARACK has a beautiful name and was fortunate that his name was not taken from him and he was given a slave master name. TO ALL THE MCCAIN SUPPORTERS THAT ARE WORRY ABOUT AYERS, HOW ironic, from my perspective, We all know who has cornered the market on Domestic Terrorist and its funny to hear White America have a conscious now about being concerned about Ayers. I’m sure Dr. King, Medgar Evers and the thousands of blacks that were victims to America’s domestic violence are turning over in their graves!!! Is there a politician or government agency that was not a participant and is the University of Chicago now a terrorist?

Yup, Yup, they all say that!

Palin is in violation of the law, that she swore to uphold. Palin, therefore, must resign the office that she has betrayed. No more round-about e-mails, or refusing to answer questions by the duly elected legislature or feigning ignorance. 10 republicans and 4 democrats signed on to the single Gov Palin is in VIOLATION. Regular six-pack Joe’s get sacked for VIOLATIONS on the job. Or Is Palin just another bare-faced hypocritical Republican?

Why does she deny something that we now know to be a fact? Simple! It’s a pattern of behavior!
Just look at all the ridiculous claims she has made and continues to make: Obama pals around with terrorists; she sold the governor’s plan on eBay; she’s against pork and the bridge to nowhere; now add that she didn’t abuse or power as governor; all of these are outright lies, but anything to further her agenda is fair game in her eyes.
And that’s what makes this woman a serious danger to society if she ever gets in any real position of power. Wholly unqualified and intellectually incurious about anything outside her narrow-minded circle, she attempts to compensate with irrational confidence and manufactured “folksy” charm. I’m telling you this woman is the female version of George Bush…maybe even worse. At least Bush now admits that severe global warming is a man-made phenomena. Palin is still denying that.
Posted by: TVI | Oct 11, 2008 10:50:52 AM
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This statement is absolutely right on!

Vet1973 is trying to justify this by using the trooper.
Again, the investigation was about abuse of power and the firing of a DIFFERENT employee.
This was not about the trooper.
The METHODS used and the fact that a NON-ELECTED individual used the offce of the governor for personal vendettas was the point!

Guys the Rep from Acorn was on Larry King last night and she made the perfect response to all this non-sense.
‘Good thing we have system that works, see everyone in every state needs to show a government issued ID so they can vote’
Disaster evaded.

Yes, there are those good Christian values at work promoting vendettas, breaking the law and harassing a well respected man until he loses his job because he wouldn’t do the same thing.
As a Christian Ms. Palin’s proud ability to bear false witness is one reason I wouldn’t vote for her for dog catcher.

Sometimes what appears right is wrong.. and was appears wrong is right.
There’s more than meets the eye here- -and frankly, Gov Palin had no time to fight or justify her case. It seems to me the “victim” in question has been after Gov Palin for quite a while. She was fighting back justly– and now had to deal with all this backlog. This is just a non-issue..
(And yes.. I’m not a Palin voter– just a fair say).

If elected, she won’t even have to clean out Cheney’s desk.

ABC describes her sister’s divorce as messy. That’s a blatant example of editorializing and bias within the mainstream media.
Tell me ABC, do think having the lives of you and your family threatened by the ex-spouse and your 10 year old child tazed by the same person is just your average messy divorce.
Do you believe this is proper behavior for a cop who is suppose to protect the public. This is where the real abuse of power occurred. If Sarah wanted this cop fired, she was doing the community a service by trying to get this guy off the force.

I am so discusted with the smears, the lies, and the hate coming from the GOP. I will never VOTE for a Republican and this is why. Sarah Palin abused her power! If her dismissal was legitmate than why was her husband so involved?? Republicans are such hypocrits and full of double standards it’s amazing! I never have been so appauled by a campaign as the one being run by John McCain and his supporters.

Palin broke Alaska’s ethics law. This was determined by an independent prosecutor, hired by a Republican legislature. The report was made public by a Repbulican dominated committee (10-4 Republican-Democrat) by a unanimous vote.
Anyone out there still feeling good about McCain’s fifteen minute vetting process?

Palin had every opportunity to address this issue and she chose as she has throughout the campaign to hide froml the questions. Whether from the press or the ethics panel exploring Troopergate.

Posted by: Oh, the Irony | Oct 11, 2008 10:21:04 AM
I know everybody hates corporations right now but the fact of the matter is they are the ones who create jobs.You think Obama is going to raise taxes on mega corporations.Did you know Ireland which had the worlds highest corporations tax lowered it and actually created more jobs and revenue???
You say: I know everybody hates corporations right now but the fact of the matter is they are the ones who create jobs.
Duhhh, have you read how many 10s of thousands of jobs have been lost? Yeah, your corporations are sure doing a good job of keeping our jobs with Republicans lowering their taxes.

The WORST candidate in my lifetime.
What she died is a violation of all laws covering dismissal of Law Enforcement Officers.
She will be a danger if she ever gets close to the White House.
Hitler in a DRESS.

Why does she deny something that we now know to be a fact? Simple! It’s a pattern of behavior!
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Great post.
Of course it will fall on deaf ears.
Put a waving flag on a screen, play the national amthem, say a few psuedo patriotic platitudes and Republican supporters will believe anything you say – even though the facts show just the opposite.
The RNC convention proves this.

I was watching ABC’s Good Morning America today 10-11-08. How disappointing and biased. I listened to CNN and Fox news last night about the report that came out yesterday concerning the firing of Monegan. The report cleared Palin of any wrong doing in the firing of Monegan. He was dismissed simply because of budget issues and failure to fill troop vacancies. What the news does not tell you that he was offered another position as executive director of the Alcohol Beverage and Control Board, but at lesser pay. He resigned instead of accepting that new position. You twisted the facts. The ethic implication was that her husband and staff used Government facilities for addressing concerns over Trooper Wooten. A man who tasered his son, illegally shot a moose, drinking in his police car. He lied about injuring his back on duty to collect workman’s comp, but could not collect. He had to return back to work after proof that the injury did not impede his ability to ride his snow machine. He also threatened Sarah’s father’s life in a phone call.
I just listened to the full 24 minutes of the Baley Phone Call that the media is referring to the connection between Monegan and the firing of Trooper Wooten. It exonerates rather than implicates the Palin’s involvement. Baley stated that Gov. Palin does not hold a grudge, she likes Walt Monegan, and that Sarah and her husband Todd told her people to stay away, there is nothing we can do.
The Palins were coopering with the investigation until the involvement of democrats State Senator’s. Kim Elton, the chairman of the Legislative Council, and Hollis French, the Judiciary Committee chairman became directly involved in the probe. Later French stated in an Sept 2 interview with who else but ABC an “October surprise” that would “likely be damaging to the administration.” ABC was only too happy to give the American public a one-side view this morning. Shame on you ABC GMA, I only has two words for you, YELLOW JOURNALISM.
From Obama’s web site, any of these names look familiar.
The following Alaska elected officials are supporting Senator Obama’s campaign for president:
State Senators (8)
Bettye Davis, Anchorage
Johnny Ellis, Anchorage
Kim Elton, Juneau
Hollis French, Anchorage
Lyman Hoffman, Bethel
Albert Kookesh, Angoon
Joe Thomas, Fairbanks
Bill Wielechowski, Anchorage

How many of us would accept “likely” as a legally prevailing standard if we were to be put on trial? What happened to “we have determined” or “the evidence makes clear”? Unfortunately, these stronger terms opens the accusers to a higher standard and in this case that standard obviously could not be met. This “mixed motive” finding smells of a fishing expedition with a predetermined conclusion. It is also strange that the panel cleared Governor Palin of the charge of unlawful termination that was the basis for the inquiry but still went on to smear her with an ethics accusation that was not part of the review. This is even more concerning when it appears the statute she was accused of breaking specifically requires some type of financial component. The investigator ignored this to make his allegation – also troubling.

The WORST candidate in my lifetime.
What she died is a violation of all laws covering dismissal of Law Enforcement Officers.
She will be a danger if she ever gets close to the White House.
Hitler in a DRESS.

The facts from this story:
“The legislature’s inquiry concluded that Palin abused her power in the case, and that Monegan’s refusal to fire Wooten “was not the sole reason” but was “likely a contributing factor” to his firing.
The report, however, also concluded that Palin was within her right to remove Monegan from his position.”
“Troopergate” is a politically motivated non-issue.

kool:
Mind your own business. You Canadians wouldn’t appreciate it if Americans went onto a Canadian blog and threw in their opinion of Canadian politics.
This is our fight — you stay out of it.

When I see the Palin/Heath families, I swear I hear dueling banjos from Deliverance.. If they honestly thought that the trooper that was married to Sarah’s sister threatened to kill the father (the Heath guy) the trooper would be history. This is just Alaskan family trash and the good folks in Alaska deserve better then this garbage.

This gives us great insight as to what a Palin vice presidency would be like. Shew ignores the findings of her own state.

It was nice of the committee to dump this information on a Friday night. I find it the portrayal of the committee as a partisan attack as laughable. I mean there was 8 republicans and 4 democrats.
I love the spin of the mccain camp. agreeing with state law that she can fire anyone. Of course she can, but she can not abuse her power to get someone fired

Ethics Violation – John McCain
Ethics violation – Sarah Palin
Drug Charges – Cindy McCain
Seems what we really need to “reform” is the Republican party.
(Nomally I would leave Cindy McCain out, but since she feels she can say Obama has run the “dirtiest campaign in history”, we certainly can look into her credibility as well.)

I cringe when I think of Bush representing us at this financial meeting with world leaders. It is embarassing but then I think of possibly Palin in the meeting and Bush doesn’t seem so bad. It would be even scarier to have a President Palin in these troubled times. We need smart educated leaders representing the USA in these meetings. . . .like Obama/Biden. I get sick when I think that some people vote for the person they want to have a beer with. I vote for who I want in a meeting with world financial leaders.

http://politicalhumor.about.com/od/johnmccain/ig/John-McCain-Pictures/What-Was-I-Thinking.htm

“Stepped-up negative attacks on Obama, stirring up crowds with hatred, but wait!… I’m beginning to believe in Karma.”
They probably knew this report was going to look be for Palin and all the negative attacks were just pre-emptive damage control.

“Tell me ABC, do think having the lives of you and your family threatened by the ex-spouse and your 10
year old child tazed by the same person is just your average messy divorce.
Do you believe this is proper behavior for a cop who is suppose to protect the public. This is where the
real abuse of power occurred. If Sarah wanted this cop fired, she was doing the community a service by
trying to get this guy off the force.”
No, this is typical white trash behavior and it’s what’s wrong with America. The trouble is, Palin and her husband are right in the middle of it.
Nobody should be above the law. The Governor is not the Attorney General. In the Wild West, she might have made a citizen’s arrest but this isn’t the Wild Wild West. We’re talking about the VP.
It is not enough to respect the letter of the law. The spirit of the law must be upheld by our elected officials and they must retain a level of propriety that is an example for all of us.

Okay Rob. You said, “Regardless if she broke the law or not, this displays poor decision making, which we DON’T need in the white house.”
You made a typographical error, it should be he rather than she.
HE, Obama, demonstrated poor decision making skills when HE chose to associate with Wright, Ayers, Raines, Johnson, Acorn, Woods Foundation.
Come on, when are you people going to stop drinking the kool aid, and see Obama for who he is. He will thrust this country into a far deeper recession if Obama and his congressional cronies have their way.

This is laughable, because for days she has been forcing the issue of Ayers being a “close” friend of Obamas and QUESTIONING Obama on that. Now she is just getting back what she dished up. She abused her power. Simple. KARMA!!

…and it turns out she’s just another neocon politician.

to the peron who wrote”You guys are out of your mind calling her a crook.She took on big oil in alaska and forced them to give an addtional 1200 for every citizen in alaska.I dont know about you thats pretty good!”
WHERE DOES THE BIG OIL GET THE MONEY FROM?
(GUESS IT IS NOT CHINA)
THAT IS WHY NOW IN NEVADA I AM PAYING THE ADDITIONAL 1200 FOR EACH ALSAKAN? WH

Bottom Line:
By an unanimous vote of 14 to 0 (10 Republicans, 4 Democrats)the Alaskan Legislature finds S. Palin “GUILTY” of COMMITTING AN UNLAWFUL ACT. She’s a CRIMINAL!!She has no credibility when it comes to TRUST,LAW-ABIDING,AND AS A ROLE- MODEL FOR THE OFFICE OF VICE-PRESIDENT.

Paul L
read the freakin report
the investigator looked into it and said those threats were convenient and didn’t believe them
and he gives very good reasoning why.
ignorance and a match can burn down a house.

The report cleared Palin of any wrong doing in the firing of Monegan
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Terri,
Sorry, you are wrong. The investigation also indicated that Sarah Palin was also involved. (Though her husband much more so)
McCain campaign released a statement clearing Palin of all wrong doing. They cleared themselves. But that means nothing considering the source.
The findings were released last night and found Palin guilty of ethics violations.
And what is an UN-ELECTED person doing using the office of the Governor anyway? Who the hell is Todd Palin to think he can do that? Sarah Palin knew this was going on and she obviously thought it was ok.
BAD JUDGMENT! And it shows she’s just like every other politician she points fingers at.
The Pubs have a weak candidate and a weaker VP choice. Both have shown exteremely poor judgment and they are in no way “reformers”.
Palin says in her speeches now that this election is about trust.
Well, we certainly can’t trust someone who will let her husband run her office.

Lets give a shout out to obamas wife who hates white people.
How quaint – A racist first lady…
You won’t find this in the drive by media, so pass it on.This is one of the reason you have not seen much of Michelle Obama, they are trying to keep her hidden till after the Election.
According to Snopes.com, Princeton was requested to put a ‘restriction’ on distribution of any copies of the thesis of Michelle Obama (a/k/a/ Michelle laVaughn Robinson) saying it could not be made avai lable until November 5, 2008 but when it was published on a political website they decided they would lift the restriction.
http://www.snopes.com/politics/obama/thesis.asp
Subj: Thesis – Michele Obama aka Michelle LaVaughn Robinson
OBAMA’S MILITANT RACISM REVEALED
In her senior thesis at Princeton, Michele Obama, the wife of Barack Obama stated that America was a nation founded on ‘crime and hatred’.
Moreover, she stated that whites in America were ‘ineradicably racist’. The 1985 thesis, titled ‘Princeton-Educated Blacks and the Black Community’ was written under her maiden name, Michelle LaVaughn Robinson.
Michelle Obama stated in her thesis that to ‘Whites at Princeton , it often seems as if, to them, she will always be Black first…’ However, it was reported by a fellow black classmate, ‘If those ‘Whites at Princeton ‘ really saw Michelle as one who always would ‘be Black first,’ it seems that she gave them that impression’.
Most alarming is Michele Obama’s use of the terms ‘separationist’ and ‘integrationist’ when describing the views of black people.
Mrs. Obama clearly identifies herself with a ‘separationist’ view of race.
‘By actually working with the Black lower class or within their communities as a result of their ideologies, a separationist may better understand the desperation of their situation and feel more hopeless about a resolutionas opposed to an integrationist who is ignorant to their plight.’
Obama writes that the path she chose by attending Princeton would likely lead to her ‘further integration and/or assimilation into a white cultural and social structure that will only allow me to remain on the periphery of society; never becoming a full participant.’
Michele Obama clearly has a chip on her shoulder.
Not only does she see separate black and white societies in America , but she elevates black over white in her world.

I’m sick of liberal smear tactics when you’re guilt of something, point the finger at your opposition and create a distraction.
This issue with Sarah Palin is sucking a lot of attention away from the guilt in the democratic party for the real cause for your financial crisis.
Begining with Carter and implemented by Clinton the mortgage business went haywire when they wanted housing to be available to everyone whether they could afford it or not. Creative loans were developed to achieve this goal. Zero down, arms etc. What they ignored was when greety speculators hopped on this bandwagon and inflated the balloon. Years ago, members of the Democratic congress squelched efforts by the Republican party to put curbs on it.
Now the balloon has burst and now those same Democrats are pointing the finger at everyone they can in the Republican Party.
If you want your life run by the Government and you can’t find a job outside the Government, vote for Obama. Of course the people paying the Government payroll are the few of you left working outside the Government. Guess how you will pay for it? Maybe you don’t care but you will.

What a crock. The investigative team was formed before she was even named the VP and she agreed to coperate completely. If you agree to coperate completely then you also agree with the findings. It wasn’t until she became the VP nominee that she flip flopped. She needn’t worry about bringing that type of behavior to the White House. MAVERICK my A*S. What a hypocrite. She she do the honorable thing (if she know honarable is) and recuse herself for legal reasons and a need to address issue in which she was elected to do. Her nomination by one man does not over ride what the voters of Alaska expect from her. She would know that if she had any type of legal or constitutional training. But what can you expect from a person with a degree in Journalism. She thinks this is a story, and not her own personal issue.

Thank God, no one will remember Alaska after November 4.

To Annie,
How naive ang gullible of you!!! Do you honestly believe that an Alaskan State panel appointed by Governor Moose will be impartial? They will be scared for their jobs if they find otherwise for Ms. Newscaster. They themselves will get fired. This is the sole reason why this Putin wants her own board, so they can decide at her own becking, and then fire any or all of them if they rule against her.
In essence, Gov. Putin is calling these 10 Rep. Senators mindless morons because according to her they were misguided by 4 Dem. Senators!!! If she can’t even count that 10 is more than 4, and all 14 of them voted she abused her power, then lo and behold, she can shoot you, too, while hunting!!! This is very laughable. Don’t get on my way, or “I will fire you.” You betcha you!!!!

Todd Palin was apart of this Alaskan Independence Party up until 2008. Sarah Palin recorded a video showing Todd being apart of this group this year. During the 1970s, Vogler founded the Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) and Alaskans For Independence. He also claimed to have organized the meeting which led to the formation of the Libertarian Party in Alaska. The AIP and AFI, as Vogler explained, were intended to function as strictly separate entities — AIP primarily to explore whether the 1956 vote by Alaskans authorizing statehood was legal, and AFI primarily to actively pursue secession for Alaska from the United States.
The Alaskan Independence Party quotes Vogler as stating “I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.”[1] [2]
Todd Palin first registered to vote in 1989. From 1995 to 2002 he was registered to vote as a member of the Alaskan Independence Party.[11] In late August 2008, The Politico reported that Palin was registered to vote as an independent (“undeclared”), and had never registered as a Republican.[12]

Incredible, simply incredible that Alaska voters (regardless party affiliation) should tolerate this clearly $100,000 partisan attack paid for by taxpayers, which was quite clear to any rationale mind “pay back” for the courageous changes Palin made on behalf of all Alaskans. Bottom line, this brave woman has done more good for Alaska than any man in history…period.

McCain Poor Decision making….
[The Keating 5]
[G.Gordon Liddy]
His Campaign Mgr. Lobbyist for [Fannie and Freddie Mac]
Selecting sarah Palin, without having her Clearly Vetted.
McCain’s Wife Cindy, who still did Big Business with Keating after the Keating 5 Savings & Loan Scheme that Cost the US Tax Payers Billions.
McCain sat on a Board of Racist and Anti-Semetites for YEARS
And this Country will be in Big Debt for some Time and this happened under a Republican, Predominantly White Male & Female Republican & Democratic Senate, Congress and Republican President, who EXPANDED BIG GOVERNMENT…
OPPOSED TO MAKING BIG GOVERNEMNT SMALLER, AS HAD BEEN PROMISED BY BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY, ANNE COULTER, GLENN BECK AND OTHER SO CALLED [CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS]…..
Obama is Clearly not the one who is Responsible for this Universally Bunked Economy….
But John McCain & Joe Biden has their hand prints all over this Bottomed out Economy, Not Barack Obama…
Don’t Blame Obama
Sorry All You Low Life Obama Haters…
Look at what Your established Seantors, Congressmen and Women have done to this Society….
Its not Obama’s Fault

Obama and his cronies in Alaska are smearing Palin. In addition, any Republicans who allowed this to happen are just mad at Palin for taking them on, being the maverick that she is. Nevertheless, the report found no illegal activity on the part of Gov. Palin and said as governor she has the right to fire whoever she wishes. Now I call on the pro-Obama media to really investigate in great detail Obama’s associations with convicted felon Rezko, anti-White, anti-American Rev. Wright; unrepentant US terrorist Bill Ayers, and anti-Semetic, anti-White, anti-American Louis Farrakan. Also let the public know the truth about ACORN (who Obama gave $800,000 to and who submitted to the democratic Secretary (Brunner) bogus voter forms in favor of Obama. Investigate Obama’s (and Acorn’s) trying to steal the election from McCain in all the swing and battleground states with the use of bogus ACORN voter forms. Stop the fraud now pro-Obama media!!!

Go Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McCain/Sarah 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am Hillary’s supporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!Now am so sorry I gave donation to democrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Go Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McCain/Sarah 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am Hillary’s supporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!Now am so sorry I gave donation to democrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!

It seems that her husband was a little TOO involved in her work as GOV. I am sure that Gov Palin could have handled her job without his involvement, she was elected to that post, not him. I am sure that the people of Alaska did not elect her just so that they would get a “shadow” GOV in her husband. Is this the kind of VP we could expect if she and McCain do manage to get elected? We have already had such shady dealings with Cheney for the last eight years.

Here’s an article, written by Robert F, Kennedy Jr on Sarah Palin and her links with the separatist Alaskan Independence Party, which appeared in the Huffington Post:
“In 2004, America’s malleable mainstream media allowed itself to be manipulated by artful Republican operatives into devoting weeks of broadcast attention and drums of ink to unfairly desecrating John Kerry’s genuine Vietnam heroics while obligingly muzzling serious discussion of George W. Bush’s shameful wartime record of evasion and cowardice.
Last week found the American media once again boarding Republican swift boats against this season’s Democratic candidate armed with unfair and hypocritical attacks artfully designed by GOP strategists to distract attention from the cataclysmic outcomes of Republican governance. Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin has taken to faulting Senator Barack Obama for his casual acquaintance with a respected Illinois educator Bill Ayers, who forty years ago was a member of the Weathermen, a movement active when Obama was eight and which he has denounced as “detestable.” Palin argues that the relationship proves that Obama sees “America as being so imperfect that he is palling around with terrorists who would target their own country.”
The Times dedicated a page one article to Obama’s relations with Ayers and CNN’s Anderson Cooper obliged Palin by rewarding her reckless accusations about Obama’s patriotism with a major investigative report. Fox, meanwhile, is still riveting its audience with wall to wall coverage of this pressing irrelevancy.
But if McCarthy-era guilt-by-association is once again a valid political consideration, Palin, it would seem, has more to lose than Obama. Palin, it could be argued, following her own logic, thinks so little of America’s perfection that she continues to “pal around” with a man–her husband, actually–who only recently terminated his seven-year membership in the Alaskan Independence Party. Putting plunder above patriotism, the members of this treasonous cabal aim to break our country into pieces and walk away with Alaska’s rich federal oil fields and one-fifth of America’s land base–an area three-fourths the size of the Civil War Confederacy.
AIP’s charter commits the party “to the ultimate independence of Alaska,” from the United States which it refers to as “the colonial bureaucracy in Washington.” It proclaims Alaska’s 1959 induction as a state “as illegal and in violation of the United Nations charter and international law.”
AIP’s creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler, “I’m an Alaskan, not an American,” reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP’s current website, “I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.” According to Vogler AIP’s central purpose was to drive Alaska’s secession from the United States. Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, “should be an independent nation.”
Vogler was murdered in 1993 during an illegal sale of plastic explosives that went bad. The prior year, he had renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that, “The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government.” He cursed the stars and stripes, promising, “I won’t be buried under their damned flag…when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home.” Palin has never denounced Vogler or his detestable anti-Americanism.
Palin’s husband Todd remained an AIP party member from 1995 to 2002. Sarah can be described in McCarthy-era palaver as a “fellow traveler.” While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the AIP’s 1994 convention where the party called for a draft constitution to secede from the United States and create an independent nation of Alaska. The McCain Campaign has reluctantly acknowledged that she also attended AIP’s 2000 Convention. She apparently found the experience so inspiring that she agreed to give a keynote address at the AIP’s 2006 convention and she recorded a video greeting for this year’s 2008 convention. In other words, this is not something that happened when she was eight!
So when Palin accuses Barack of “not seeing the same America as you and me,” maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska. In any case, isn’t it time the media start giving equal time to Palin’s buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?”

Palin graduated from high school with a 2.2 GPA. Her SATs show that between 61 and 69 percent of the Amercian public are smarter than she is…she is not a person that I want running anything, must less MY country.
Columbia University, Harvard Law School, editor of the Harvard Law review, that’s the person I deserve.

Sarah Palin couldn’t even spell the word ‘ethical’ let alone know what it means.

JOE,
It’s not about the trooper. Get over that line of reasoning.
If you can read, the scandal centered around Palin’s firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.

“If you want to see what type of VP Palin will be look at Cheney.”
indy_voter,
This is most unfair to Mr. Cheney. Whatever else you can say about him, Cheney is smart. Palin is stupid.
You’re right about everything else, though!

Look, obviously….how can you take anyone seriously who ‘clears’ themselves in a report?
“Palin Pre-empts State Report, Clears Self in Trooper Probe”
http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/10/10/palin-pre-empts-state-report-clears-self-trooper-probe/
Palin is about as trustworthy as the former Iraqi Information Minister, maybe you remember him?: “We have them surrounded in their tanks”. Actually, I would trust that guy over Palin.

I love the way Gov. Palin is such a threat to all you libs. She’s the most honest, straight-shootin’ person to set foot in Washington in a long, long time … maybe ever.
——————-
Self delusion IS a powerful thing isn’t it?
Seriously, you guys amaze me. At this point you’re still buying all the hype from the RNC convention?
What has Palin shown other than an ability to read sarcastic speeches?
That would be- nothing.

Nothing unlawful or unethical??? Oh Boy, just wait till this family gets near the WH! You can betcha that first dude will run the show, and if you thought Cheney is DANGEROUS, just wait till the Palins get to town. If you thought that the Bush/Cheney team has, under cover of “security”, broke a lot of laws, just wait till you get the Palins in there. OMG, when did a “first dude” get that kind of power anywhere??? Everyone ought to take a good and clear look at this pair of “secessionists” (of Alaska from the United States), and think of where you will really be if people are FOOLISH enough to support them. You must never allow people like the Palins to enter national politics even if Alaskans are foolish enough to be led by their noses to a separate “country” by the Palins.

3 more weeks before the only news she will make will be in an Alaskan courtroom.

Go Sarah!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
We are love you!!!!!!!!!!!!!
McCain/Sarah 2008!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
I am Hillary’s supporter!!!!!!!!!!!!!Now am so sorry I gave donation to democrates!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Posted by: Maca—————Yea Right. You must think everyone is dumb.
Doesnt work anymore.

Palin + AIP = Treason!

She’s a maverick OK. Taxes, honesty accountability = hating America.

Michelle Obama is a raciest that my friends is a fact. Read her Princeton thesis, but I am sure she got in because of affirmative action. That is a double standard if I ever heard one. But the Dems are ok with voting for a terriorist supporter and his wife that hates the whites.

And another thing: DO you really want a vice president who has NO reading comprehension skills? She can’t (or WON’T) even read the document, or she would see in PLAIN text what the ethics problems are.
It’s very straight-forward and cut-and-dried. Any reasonable person can see that.
All of you who hate Obama and his wife, look at like this:
It would be like Obama getting elected and having Michelle hang out in the Oval Office telling United States Cabinet Members that she needs help with some family problems.
Does that not sound wrong? Because it IS!!

Of course, Republicans never see their acts as unlawful or unethical, even after 8 years of the most corrupt administration in the history of the US.
Face it, Palin is a loser, she only got her position by appealing to the same small time bigots she’s inciting now. McLame should be ashamed of the campaign he is running.
PS – Looks like Ayers has done a lot more for his community in recent years then most of you right-wing nut jobs ever have, get over it!

Bogey/Curious George:
Look up ‘Dreams From my Father’ by Barack (Barry) Obama. This will give you insight into how he feels towards “Whitey” as Michelle Obama refers to white people. God help us if Nobama is elected! I hope he raises taxes on the 5% of large corps and those small businesses that make over $250K….there are quite a few. These are the businesses that hire most of us hard working people. When he does, and businesses are forced to lay off workers, then maybe all the idiots that voted for him will realize their mistake.

A fraud is someone who hides behing a lie, OBAMA is the biggest fraud out there. Wont come clean on relationship with Ayers. Sat in the pew with a white hating, government hating pastor. Then when he saw it would bring him down turned his back on his pastor of 20 years. Thats loyalty. Fraud, the real case is his realtionship with Rezko who actually is getting investigated for fraud. Talk about fraud, the Dems Pres candidate is a Fraud.

To be honest, I really like having Sarah Palin around. She has brought out the worst in McCain and ruined any chance he may have had to be elected.
He has been exposed as a hateful, erratic old man who makes hasty decisions he goes on to regret. He’ll do or say anything – including lying and inciting hatred towards a presidential candidate – in order to further his political career.
Don’t feel sorry for John. He and Cindy McSniff will be OK… in their eleven houses.
… and the maverick road off into the sunset – sorry – flew off in his Learjet…

McCainpres08
I read ‘Dreams From my Father.’ If you ever did, you would find that there is nothing remotely racist in it.

I am an American. Served in the USAF. Love this country and I am voting for Obama/Biden. Does anyone think the next President will have an easy job? The next President will be handed two wars, high unemployment, a broken economy and a damaged reputation around the world. Is Palin with her smart alleck mouth and McCain with his old war stories the answer we need? McCain ran a good campaign in 2000, but, that was then…this is now. The world has changed. We need people who think out problems and not just have a trigger pull reaction to them. I want to be assured that the President is not off being MAVERICKY and getting us involved in more wars. I have had enough maverickness with Bush/Cheney…two more mavericks doing mavericky things is to much for me. ;-)

The presidential campaign ends on Nov 4 with Palin returning to Alaska in defeat just to be greeted at the airport by a judge. Troopergate part 2.

Boo hoo hoo. Palin got a scumbag fired who happened to be an ex brother-in-law. If that’s the most they can get on her, and by God you know they’ve tried, I would say she’s a true hero. You Dems jumped on that like flies on honey like it was a big deal. It’s the ONLY deal and in reality, not all that big. Now let’s go look at your guy. What about the secret meeting with the muslim faith group in September???
Here it is if you’re curious:
http://deepbackground.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/10/09/1525564.aspx

Some of you people are SO clueless.
Sarah “launched” a separate investigation that has nothing to do with the report that came out yesterday.
The ORIGINAL investigation was authorized by a Legislative Council made up of
TEN (10) Republicans
FOUR (4) Democrats
The Council unanimously voted to investigate her ethics problems, only three weeks after she fired Monegan. For those of you who don’t know what “unanimous” means, it means that all 10 Republicans and all 4 Democrats voted to investigate her.
THAT is the report we are seeing now… NOT Sarah’s “own” investigation. How ethical is it to “investigate” yourself??? She can FIRE the people she ordered to “investigate” her, what does THAT tell you??
It never ceases to amaze me how people will make up their minds based on lies and rumors. You people need to do your research before you come here acting like you know what you are talking about!

Francheska
Well said.
We don’t need a maverick at the nuclear switch or ready to start up a few more wars and reinstate the draft.
We need a cool head.

All the people who keep harping on Rezco, Ayers, and Wright are just too cowardly to come out and say “I’m a racist, there is not way I’d vote for a black” I know this because the allegations are all BS, and none of you have a single good thing to say about the two pathetic losers you are supporting.

So many of you pro McCain / Palin folks just don’t want to see the truth here.
Don’t confuse me with the facts… I wouldn’t understand them anyway.
…. hmmmm

Todd & Sarah Palin’s America is an America MINUS Alaskans an all those Natural Resources, [Oil, Gas & Gold]….
The Former AIP Leader, makes Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers look Angelic !!
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AIP’s charter commits the party “to the ultimate independence of Alaska,” from the United States which it refers to as “the colonial bureaucracy in Washington.”
It proclaims Alaska’s 1959 induction as a state “as illegal and in violation of the United Nations charter and international law.”
AIP’s creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler….
“I’m an Alaskan, Not an American,” reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP’s current website,
“I’ve got no use for America or her Damned Institutions.” According to Vogler AIP’s central purpose was to drive Alaska’s secession from the United States.
Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, “should be an Independent Nation.”
Vogler was murdered in 1993 during an illegal sale of plastic explosives that went bad.
The prior year, he had renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that….
“The Fires of Hell are Frozen Glaciers compared to MY HATRED for the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.”
He cursed the Stars and Stripes, Promising…
“I won’t be buried under their DAMNED FLAG …
When Alaska is an Independent Nation they can bring my bones home.”
Sara Palin has not DENOUNCED Vogler or his Detestable [Anti-Americanism].
Todd Palin: Palin’s husband Todd remained an AIP party member from [1995 to 2002]
Sarah can be described in McCarthy-era palaver as a “fellow traveler.”
While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the AIP’s 1994 convention where the party called for a draft constitution to secede from the United States and create an independent nation of Alaska.
The McCain Campaign has reluctantly acknowledged that she also attended AIP’s [2000 Convention].
She apparently found the experience so inspiring that she agreed to give a keynote address at the AIP’s [2006 Convention] and she recorded a video greeting for this year’s [2008 Convention].
In other words, this is not something that happened when she was [Eight]!
So when Palin accuses Barack of “not seeing the same America as you and me,” maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska.
In any case, isn’t it time the media start giving equal time to Palin’s buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?”
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The investigation was started by Sarah Palin and this was going on, well before she’d ever thought she would be selected as McCain’s VP choice….
10 Republicans & 4 Democrats in a Republican State…Please, the Witch is Guilty of Abuse of Power…Simple.
Regarding her “Great Contributions to Alaska”
Ha !!!
Wasilla had a 1 Million Dollar Debt, before palin, after palin’s Mayoralship, the Town incurred a 25 Million Debt !!!
So much for [Executive Experience]
Bridge To Nowhere…Ha !!!
Her Alaskan Gas & Oil Pipeline is a Joke…Because there is’nt any Gas-Oil Pipeline, otherthan…
The Gas & Oil Pipeline currently being Built by [Big Oil]
Palin’s Canadian-Alaskan Gas-Oil Pipeline is a stalemate, the canadian Native Americans will not Allow Canada using it’s Land…
You Palin-Holics need to really get off the Palin Sauce and Research…
She’s a FRAUD, FAKE and LIAR !!!
Her Husband was a Member of the of the [Alaskan Independence Party] 7 Years and is still an Unofficial Member.
He controls Sarah and he’s a [Shadow Governor]
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McCain Poor Decision making….
[The Keating 5]
[G.Gordon Liddy]
His Campaign Mgr. Lobbyist for [Fannie and Freddie Mac]
Selecting sarah Palin, without having her Clearly Vetted.
McCain’s Wife Cindy, who still did Big Business with Keating after the Keating 5 Savings & Loan Scheme that Cost the US Tax Payers Billions.
McCain sat on a Board of Racist and Anti-Semetites for YEARS
And this Country will be in Big Debt for some Time and this happened under a Republican, Predominantly White Male & Female Republican & Democratic Senate, Congress and Republican President, who EXPANDED BIG GOVERNMENT…
OPPOSED TO MAKING BIG GOVERNEMNT SMALLER, AS HAD BEEN PROMISED BY BUSH, CHENEY, RICE, RUSH LIMBAUGH, SEAN HANNITY, ANNE COULTER, GLENN BECK AND OTHER SO CALLED [CONSERVATIVE REPUBLICANS]…..
Obama is Clearly not the one who is Responsible for this Universally Bunked Economy….
But John McCain & Joe Biden has their hand prints all over this Bottomed out Economy, Not Barack Obama…
Don’t Blame Obama
Sorry All You Low Life Obama Haters…
Look at what Your established Seantors, Congressmen and Women have done to this Society….
Its not Obama’s Fault
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(CBS/AP) Sarah Palin unlawfully abused her power as governor by trying to have her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper, the chief investigator of an Alaska legislative panel concluded Friday. The politically charged inquiry imperiled her reputation as a reformer on John McCain’s Republican ticket.
Investigator Stephen Branchflower, in a report for a bipartisan panel that investigated the matter, found Palin in violation of a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain.
The report said Palin played an active role in a vendetta against the trooper, Michael Wooten, involved in a bitter divorce and custody battle with the governor’s sister.
Branchflower said Palin violated a statute of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act, which states, “…each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.”
The inquiry also looked into her dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan, who said he lost his job because he resisted pressure to fire Wooten. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.
The investigation revealed that Palin’s husband, Todd, who is not a state employee, has extraordinary access to the governor’s office and her closest advisers. The report said that he used that access to try to get trooper Wooten fired, and that there is evidence the governor herself participated in the effort.
The report found that Palin let the family grudge influence her decision-making even if it was not the sole reason Monegan was dismissed.
“I feel vindicated,” Monegan said. “It sounds like they’ve validated my belief and opinions. And that tells me I’m not totally out in left field.”
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Read “Troopergate” Report Findings
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Branchflower also said that the Attorney General’s office failed to “substantially comply” with his request for e-mails related to the case. After a delay in locating more than 200 e-mails from several employees in Palin’s office, the Attorney General notified investigators that he was asserted privilege over them.
The report criticized Palin, saying in her role as 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. She had the authority and power to require Mr. Palin to cease contacting subordinates, but she failed to act.
“Such impermissible and repeated contacts create conflicts of interest for subordinate employees who must choose to either please a superior or run the risk of facing that superior’s displeasure and the possible consequences of such displeasure. This was one of the very reasons the Ethics Act was promulgated by the Legislature.”
As the reports underscores, “Compliance with the code of ethics is not optional.”
Among the reasons Palin has stated as why she sought the termination of Wooten was because of alleged threats made to her extended family. However, the report questions the validity of that excuse, for several reasons:
“Governor Palin has stated publicly that she and her family feared Trooper Wooten. Yet the evidence presented has been inconsistent with such claims of fear. The testimony from Trooper Wheeler, who was part of her security detail from the start, was that shortly after [being] elected to office, she ordered a substantial reduction in manpower to her personal protection detail in both Anchorage and Juneau, an act that is inconsistent with a desire to avoid harm from Trooper Wooten or others. Moreover, assuming that Trooper Wooten was ever inclined to attack Governor Palin or a family member, logic dictates that getting him fired would accomplish nothing to eliminate the potential harm to her or her family. On the contrary, it might just precipitate some retaliatory conduct on his part. Causing Wooten to loose his job would not have de-escalated the situation, or provided her or her family with greater security. …
“I conclude that such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins’ real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family related reasons.”
Branchflower wrote that an interview with Palin (who refused to provide testimony to the investigation, after having first agreed to participate) “would have assisted everyone to better understand her motives,” and explain why she allowed the pressure to fire Wooten continue unabated for several months, even after knowing the trooper had already been disciplined and that his casebook was closed.
The report said that Palin had the constitutional authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads. Branchflower said that Monegan’s refusal to fire Wooten was “likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety,” but that it was not the sole reason.
As reason for terminating Monegan, Palin offered what she termed his “rogue mentality,” an example of which was his work with a Republican state legislator to seek funding for a program that she had previously vetoed.
Monegan, a former Anchorage police chief who was hired by Palin shortly after she took office, testified that he received repeated communications against Trooper Wooten’s employment.
In one case in August 2007, the governor had found out that Wooten was to work “light duty” at the state fair – in costume as “Safety Bear.” Despite the fact that Wooten would be unrecognizable in the mascot’s outfit, Monegan received a call from Kris Perry, director of the Governor’s Anchorage office, saying they had learned Wooten would attend at the same time that Palin was to put in an appearance. Monegan then suggested to Wooten’s supervisor that he not attend, suggesting the bear costume might restrict his vision or ability to move.
When asked if the reason Monegan had Wooten switched off the state fair duty was over concern for the trooper’s health (because of the confining suit) or some other reason, Monegan replied that he was more worried about his own health.
“Your employment health?” the investigator asked.
“Yes,” Monegan said.
The report notes that the governor “lost confidence” in Monegan when, on the eve of this year’s annual Police Memorial Day ceremony in May, he forwarded her a poster of a trooper holding a flag for her to sign and present at the event, not realizing that the photograph was of Trooper Wooten. Palin cancelled her appearance at the event.
Palin and McCain’s supporters had hoped the inquiry’s finding would be delayed until after the presidential election to spare her any embarrassment and to put aside an enduring distraction as she campaigns as McCain’s running mate in an uphill contest against Democrat Barack Obama.
Several Republican state legislators went to court last week to try to block the release of the legislative council report, and appealed to the state Supreme Court when their request was denied. The high court affirmed on Thursday that the courts should not block the report.
Trying to head off the potentially damaging report, McCain campaign officials released their own report Thursday that stated Palin was clear of any wrongdoing.
But the panel of lawmakers voted unanimously to release the official report, although not without dissension. There was no immediate vote on whether to endorse its findings.
“I think there are some problems in this report,” said Republican state Sen. Gary Stevens, a member of the panel. “I would encourage people to be very cautious, to look at this with a jaundiced eye.”
The nearly 300-page report does not recommend sanctions or a criminal investigation; lawmakers don’t have the authority to sanction her for such a violation and they gave no indication they would take any action against her.
“It is out of the Legislative Council’s hands. It goes to anyone’s hands who got a copy or clicks the link on the Web,” said Democratic state Senator Kim Elton, the chairman of the committee that released the report. “I can’t tell you how the process ends.”
Under Alaska law, it is up to the state’s Personnel Board, not the Legislature, to pursue the governor’s violations of ethics laws.
The Personnel Board is made up of three members who are appointed by the Governor. One of the board’s members was re-appointed by Palin when she took office; another contributed to her gubernatorial campaign.
If action is approved, the board must refer the matter to the Senate president for disciplinary action. Violations also carry a possible fine of up to $5,000.
An attorney for Palin disagreed with the findings.
“In order to violate the ethics law, there has to be some personal gain, usually financial. Mr. Branchflower has failed to identify any financial gain,” attorney Thomas Van Flein said.
On The Early Show, GOP strategist Ed Rollins said that, with the McCain campaign “sputtering,” the Troopergate revelations are just “one more little thing.”
He focused on the report’s finding that she did not overstep her authority as Governor in firing Monegan. “There’s no evidence she did anything improper in firing the commissioner. She can fire anybody in her cabinet she wants to.”
Democratic strategist Kiki McLean, however, said, “I think most people have probably already settled on their opinion on Sarah Palin about whether they want her to be one heartbeat away.”
A Long-Running Dispute
Wooten had been in hot water before Palin became governor over allegations that he illegally shot a moose, drank beer in a patrol car, and used a Taser on his stepson.
In proceedings revealed by the report, former Alaska State Trooper Col. Julia Grimes told investigators that Sarah Palin called her in late 2005 to discuss why Wooten hadn’t been fired, and Grimes told her the inquiry was confidential by law.
“Her questions were how can a trooper who behaves this way still be working,” Grimes said. “I asked her to please trust me, that because I can’t tell her details I would ask her to please trust me that I would take the appropriate action if and when I knew what the findings were. … I couldn’t have another conversation with her about it because, again, it’s protected by law.”
Grimes said Todd Palin also contacted her by telephone in late 2005 to discuss the confidential investigation of Wooten.
Wooten’s disciplinary case was settled in September 2006 – months before Palin was elected governor – and he was allowed to continue working as a trooper.
After Palin’s election, her new public safety commissioner, Monegan, said he was summoned to the governor’s office to meet Todd Palin, who said Wooten’s punishment had been merely a “slap on the wrist.” Monegan said he understood the Palins wanted Wooten fired. “I had this kind of ominous feeling that I may not be long for this job if I didn’t somehow respond accordingly,” Monegan told the investigator.
For months afterward, Todd Palin filed complaints about Wooten, saying he was seen riding a snowmobile after he had filed a worker’s compensation claim and was seen dropping off his children at school in his patrol car. Monegan said Wooten’s doctor had authorized the snowmobile trip and his supervisor had approved his use of the patrol car. Monegan said Alaska’s attorney general later called him to inquire about Wooten, and Monegan told him they shouldn’t be discussing the subject.
“This was an issue that apparently wasn’t going to go away, that there were certainly frustrations,” Monegan said. “To say that (Sarah Palin) was focused on this I think would be accurate.”

Which means your candidate is incompetent, not that we are racist. Clarified.

She fits right in!
I’ve been working for the government for the past 10 years and I’ve never seen such a childish hen house!
Anyhow, these power struggles go on and on in the house the tax payers built.
That’s what politics is. Childish little games. The politicians the puppets to which the big players pull the strings…
As long as the house plays these foolish little games of payback… we’ll always be in a mess of confusion.
For example, we have one director that didn’t agree with a managers direction. So, he squeezed the manager out by bad mouthing him to his colleagues. A simple little game. But, just a small example of the childish things that goes on.
Someone should be able to sue for defamation of character in this instance. But, would cost the manager thousands of dollars to ever have that heard in court.
All comes back to accountability.
Directors and managers have to be accountable.
Otherwise, the decisions they make that are not in the best interest of the country will end up hurting the common tax payer at the end.
We need some major reform and whistle blowing legislation to help protect those that wish to halt the process in place that may not be in the best interest of the country or is some biased decision of “pay back time”.
Childish games are played.
Usually at the expense of the tax payer.

Yeah, Palin should left the guy the alone so that he could taser his next victim in the sheer delight that he seems to derive from it. With the guy’s mentality, I wonder what color his next victim might have been? Palin is a hero.

“Which means your candidate is incompetent, not that we are racist. Clarified”
Still can’t say why you like McLame huh?
Guess that one stung you a bit. Obama will probably be the best President we have had in many years, if he can get past the mess your party put us into.
The “race card” was put into play by Mclame, not Obama, and I stand by my comment. I have seen the people at their rallys.

So, if Palin got the guy fired because he tasered a little black boy… I wonder if things might be seen a little bit differently here…..??……..

Ay Bendito…! of course not…
….Saraha…Did you put the hands in the cookie jar..? (and Sarah answers with her mouth full of crums)”No sir, you better read the report” hahahaha what a bimbo!

Funny how Repubs think anyone who does not vote for their idiot candidate is on welfare. I have three kids, both my wife and I work, and I’m voting for Obama. Keep choking on your ignorance though. If you want more of the same after 8 years, bendover I say!

The kid who was tasered was the Trooper’s son. The kid was curious about what it felt like to be tasered, so he ASKED his dad to do it. The taser was not on full power, and the incident happened in FRONT of the mother!!
What is WRONG with you people??? You are so easily manipulated you will believe ANYTHING!!
Not to mention, the trooper WAS disciplined for it. He had already paid his dues and had kept his nose clean for over two years. When Sarah got elected, she continued to harass him and try to get him fired. There were NO LEGAL grounds to fire the guy. He had a union contract; you can’t just go firing people for no reason.

Wow barack,, $800,000.00 funneled from your campaign to Acorn through a front group and Acorn currently under investigation for voter registration fraud in 13 states????? Say it aint so Obama, or is it Soetero? Not looking good for you and your cheating corrupt bed buddies.

Michael I am proud of you for working, I do too. We are part of the 65-70% that pay taxes. Would you want someone who CAN work that chooses NOT to work to get the same benefit as you and your wife? I wouldn’t. There was no mention of Obama voters all being on welfare.

Since when is wanting a deranged trooper who tazers a 10 year old a bad thing?
Then again, Obama supporters are for denying medical attention to born alive infants.

I’ve been voting Republican since Nixon, but I won’t be voting for this Republican ticket.

“I dont think you are on welfare if you vote for Obama I think you want WELFARE!!!”
Well, maybe, how much do you get a month, Dumbdog?

BUSTED!!!! This link with very damning photo of the troopergate in the tank for obama investigators, and oversight man, will vindicate Sarah Palin.
http://www.libertynewsforum.com/cgi-bin/news/YaBB.pl?num=1221142758;start=all

Sarah Palin is a lying racist.

reddog: stop justifying the unjustifiable…she’s a crook and that’s what she is.
Now, corporations don’t reinvent a country in problems, it’s grassroots movements like the one started by Obama the ones that change a nation for good.
Don’t look overseas for examples also can’t compare Ireland to USA…Ireland fits inside Texas 7 or 8 times.

The nearly 300-page report does not recommend sanctions or a criminal investigation;
Lawmakers don’t have the authority to sanction her for such a violation and they gave no indication they would take any action against her.
“It is out of the Legislative Council’s hands.
It goes to anyone’s hands who got a copy or clicks the link on the Web,” said Democratic state Senator Kim Elton, the chairman of the committee that released the report.
“I can’t tell you how the process ends.”
Under Alaska Law, it is up to the state’s [Personnel Board], not the Legislature, to pursue the ..
Governor’s [Violations of Ethics Laws].
The Personnel Board is made up of three members who are appointed by the Governor.
One of the board’s members was re-appointed by Palin when she took office; another contributed to her gubernatorial campaign.
If action is approved, the board must refer the matter to the [Senate President for Disciplinary Action].
Violations also carry a possible fine of up to $5,000.

Obama is the racist with his 20 year racist church, and his endorsement by none other than the most infamous racist Louis Farrakhan. Obama is also a Marxist pig.

oh, i get it now. She did nothing wrong because she is special– meaning, laws and rules don’t apply to her.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/21820808/

Why do Obamanuts cry racism, when it is there candidate and his wife who have the DOCUMENTED record of antipathy towards whites?
OBAMA: I ceased to advertise my mother’s race
at the age of 12 or 13, when I began to suspect that by doing so
I was ingratiating myself to whites.
From Dreams of My Father: I found a solace in nursing a pervasive
sense of grievance and animosity against my mother’s race.
From Dreams of My Father: There was something about him that made me wary, a little too sure of himself, maybe. And white.
From Dreams of My Father: It remained necessary to prove which side you were on, to show your loyalty to the black masses, to strike out and name names.
From Dreams of My Father: I never emulate white men and brown men whose fates didn’t speak to my own. It was into my father’s image, the black man, son of Africa, that I’d packed all the attributes I sought in myself, the attributes of Martin and Malcolm, DuBois and Mandela.
From Audacity of Hope: I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction.
If you need anymore proof, Just ask Obamas “typical white grandmother”

No mention of the corporate welfare that the Republican Party expouses. Yes, as a taxpayer, I’d rather see my taxes help out poor people and our schools, etc.., then go to line the pockets of Halliburton and Blackwater.

reddog: stop justifying the unjustifiable…she’s a crook and that’s what she is.
Now, corporations don’t reinvent a country in problems, it’s grassroots movements like the one started by Obama the ones that change a nation for good.
Don’t look overseas for examples also can’t compare Ireland to USA…Ireland fits inside Texas 7 or 8 times.
Posted by: Jibarorock | Oct 11, 2008 1:09:51 PM
Think what you wish

Appears as if Palin is prepared to easily step into the evasive, illegal and corrupt shoes of VP Cheney. She’ll do well, just deny, claim executive privilege when needed or exemption from the judicial investigations because you are a part of the legislative branch. Meanwhile, incite hatred and diviseness among the populace. I think we’ll see more of this ‘secretive and hidden’ government in a McCain/Palin Administration.

Wow barack, $800,000.00 funneled from your campaign to Acorn through a front group and Acorn currently under investigation for voter registration fraud in 13 states????? Say it aint so Obama, or is it Soetero? Not looking good for you and your cheating corrupt bed buddies.

Just goes to show the American people that Sarah Palin is the RIGHT person to clean up Washington. I would have done the same thing in order to protect the child. If Mr. Wooten would haved tasered a dog, he would have been cited for animal abuse, fined and probably thrown in jail. Just goes to show the the “DEMS” don’t use the right side of the brain.

DR Daneker said
“Yes she was within her legal rights, but the pressure was not. Not a criminal case, but a great civil case. They stated they were pressuring him to fire the trooper – not allowed to use your office as a personal vendetta machine.”
Excuse me , but there finding is actually a matter of speculation. look at who headed the investigation, and lokk at the man who was supposed to make sure the investigation was fair. COINCIDENTLY they are both Obama supporters, seen in this photo at Obama headquarters
http://www.libertynewsforum.com/cgi-bin/news/YaBB.pl?num=1221142758;start=all

Mr. Palin in his affadavit admitted to it. Asking that this man be fired for the threats against family, etc. etc.

D.R. Daneker,
Have you ever been involved in a domestic dispute???They usually write a report and move along unless there is some evidience.who was going to areest this trooper another trooper rotflmao

Generally with child felonies, the child themselves are the best evidence. No laughing matter.

Btw if McCain thinks Obama is ‘palling around’ with terrorists, why did he just recently at a rally told a racist old bag who said that Obama is ‘an arab’:
“No, ma’am. He’s a decent family man [and] citizen that I just happen to have disagreements with on fundamental issues and that’s what this campaign’s all about. He’s not [an Arab].”
“But I will be respectful. I admire Sen. Obama and his accomplishments, and I will respect him.”
Republicans, dont you think its strange that McCain respects and admires someone who is ‘palling around’ with terrorists?
Can someone who ‘palling around’ with terrorists be decent?
John McCain will be the butt of many jokes on the senate floor for a long time to come.

Political jobs 101 and being reasonable -
Ok, so anyone who understands the law and politics will know that Gov. Palin’s statement is 100% correct – she was well within her powers to relieve Monegan of his position. She did no wrong in firing him. His job was considered “serving at the pleasure of the Governor”. Basically this means that she can fire him without cause or reason. The report, same as in Whitewater, expanded the scope of it’s investigation to cover incidents reported that relate to the trooper in question. That’s where the abuse of power charge came into play. Now putting aside all partisanship, I’d like to believe that anyone here wouldn’t hesitate to act within the entire scope of their powers – even into a “gray area” – if there was someone out there threatening their family, tazing their nephew, etc. All of these charges have been substantiated in the report. She wasn’t doing anything for personal profit or monetary gain. out This is why I can give Gov. Palin and her husband the benefit of doubt.

Wing-Nuts may love her.
I may dislike her.
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But the polls are CLEAR.
She grows more and more and more
UNFAVORABLE every day with people who were neutral before knowing anything about her.
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McCain’s Reckless, erratic Judgment has been revealed again and again. He picked the wrong person to help him win. PERIOD.

Palins approval rating may have been 80% in Alaska but i think its closing in to be 80% NEGATIVE rating in this race.

10 republicans, 4 democrats. A bipartisan committe found she abused her power unlawfully.
THANK you! Her campaign releases a statement that said the investigation was started by Obama supporters. Please! Nobody outside os Alaska–or maybe Russians when they reared their heads–knew who Palin was before McCain decided to add her to his trophy case!

To all of you butthurt and ignorant McCain/Palin apologists who whine about Rezko, Ayers, Wright, ACORN, or whatnot, PUT UP OR SHUT UP!
Here is the deal: The media HAS investigated these issues… there is no story. Obama’s opponents in the Democratic primaries brought all of these issues up, with the exception of ACORN. Obama is now the party’s candidate in part because these issues have no feet. These issues are dead horses that no amount of beating will move. Newspapers don’t like to print articles that don’t contain any NEWS.
On the other hand, if you clownish, mouth-breathing morons have anything remotely like evidence that Obama has done evil deeds, why don’t you just post that evidence in these blogs and discussions?
Answer: You have nothing but your own mindless hysteria to go on. Even FauxNews, smelly Rush Limburger and blustering “loofa-man” Bill O have nothing beyond cheap and empty smear and innuendo to throw at Obama. Even your main man McCain’t neglected to bring up any of these ‘issues’ at the last debate, though these issues seem awfully important to him now.
Guess what? McCain won’t be bringing these issues up in next week’s debate either. You wanna know why? Because McCain KNOWS this whole effort by his own campaign is total bull. He doesn’t want to give Obama the opportunity to politely force McCain to eat his own excrement on national television.
Fact is, everyone with an IQ over about 80 can see the garbage about Ayers, Rezko, etc for what it is: A desperate strategy of smear and innuendo by a pair of ambitious career politicians whose campaign is tanking badly but who have nothing of substance to offer. Why can’t you see that? Probably because your IQ is well under 80. In words that you might be able to understand “You’re really DUMB!”.
Now shut up and stop interfering with discussions among adults. Go back to lurking under your bridge (to nowhere?).

==The media HAS investigated these issues… there is no story.==
There wouldn’t be in a news media “that is” in the tank for Rezkobama.

==A bipartisan committe [sic] found she abused her power unlawfully.==
Which Finding, 1, or 2, says that?

I heard OJ is seeking a new trial, he should just skip that and write a report to ‘clear’ himself. Hey if Sarah can do it then what the heck…

==he [O.J.] should just skip that [seek a new trial] and write a report to ‘clear’ himself. Hey if Sarah can do it then what the heck…==
Sarah cleared herself of what, Finding 1, or Finding 2?

I saw O’bama yell “YO” at someone the other day.
Do we need a ‘YO-YO’ president!!??
Is such illustrative of a true presidential demeanor!!??
YO, YO, YOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO…………………..

Hmmmmmm!…..
Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
The Associated Press
By MIKE ROBINSON – 7 hours ago
CHICAGO (AP) — Jailed political fundraiser Antoin “Tony” Rezko, the Chicago real estate developer who helped launch Barack Obama on his political career, is whispering secrets to federal prosecutors about corruption in Illinois and the political fallout could be explosive.
Democratic Gov. Rod Blagojevich, whose administration faces multiple federal investigations over how it handed out jobs and money with advice from Rezko, is considered the most vulnerable.
Rezko also was friendly with Obama — offering him a job when he finished law school, funding his earliest political campaigns and purchasing a lot next to his house. But based on the known facts, charges so far and testimony at Rezko’s trial, there’s no indication there’ll be an October surprise that could hurt the Democratic presidential nominee — even though Rezko says prosecutors are pressing him for dirt about Obama.
“I think this strikes fear into the Blagojevich administration and the Statehouse Democrats but not into the Obama campaign,” says state Sen. Kirk Dillard, R-Westmont, a John McCain delegate to the GOP convention but an old friend of Obama.
Rezko, 53, a real estate developer, was convicted in June of scheming to use his clout with the Blagojevich administration to squeeze $7 million in kickbacks out of a contractor and seven money management firms seeking to do business with the state.
Within two months, Rezko was seen in U.S. Attorney Patrick J. Fitzgerald’s office, along with his attorneys.
There has been no official confirmation that Rezko is talking but his sentencing has been postponed indefinitely and both sides say they are going to “engage in discussions that could affect their sentencing postures.”
“They never would have delayed the sentencing if he weren’t talking — it’s proof positive,” said Jay Stewart, executive director of the Better Government Association of Chicago.
In addition, attorneys say federal investigators have been questioning Blagojevich contributions around the state using information that only Rezko could have supplied. Finally, courthouse personnel requesting anonymity because grand jury probes are secret said Rezko has been repeatedly brought from his cell to the U.S. attorney’s office to talk to prosecutors.
Rezko could have a lot to tell. He has raised millions of dollars in campaign money for many Illinois politicians and according to federal prosecutors used his clout to control appointments to state boards.
Obama has sent to charity $159,000 that Rezko raised for his campaigns for the state legislature, the House and the Senate. Rezko raised nothing for Obama’s White House run.
Obama’s name came up in testimony at the trial four times, twice in connection with an obscure legislative memo, as a guest at a Rezko party and when defense attorney Joseph Duffy told jurors his client was a friend of the senator.
None of the witnesses accused the Democratic nominee for president of doing anything improper.
But questions concerning Obama’s relationship with Rezko linger, particularly over Rezko’s role in the purchase of the Obamas’ home.
The two have known each other for years, starting when Rezko offered Obama a job after he graduated from Harvard Law School in 1991. Obama didn’t take it, but a friendship developed.
The men talked politics frequently and occasionally dined together with their wives.
In 2005, the Obamas paid $1.65 million for their home near the University of Chicago. The sellers wanted a parcel they owned next door to sell on the same day, and Rezko’s wife, Rita, was the buyer. At the request of the Obamas, Mrs. Rezko later sold them a 10-foot strip of land to enlarge their lot. They paid $104,500.
The deal took place while Rezko was under investigation and when details of the cozy relationship surfaced, Obama said it was a “bonehead” error to have asked for the additional land because it looked like he was getting a favor.
“I regret it,” Obama said at the time. “I’m going to make sure that from this point on I don’t even come close to the line.”
McCain and vice running mate Sarah Palin have mentioned Rezko little if at all. But Republicans have aired a television ad focusing on Rezko. And McCain aides have repeatedly tweaked their opponent over the real estate deal in e-mails to reporters.
“We’re delighted to have a debate on judgment with Barack Obama, who bought his million-dollar mansion in a shady deal with a convicted felon,” McCain spokesman Brian Rogers said in August.
Blagojevich, meanwhile, got a black eye from the trial.
One witness testified that Blagojevich talked about hiring him for a major state job while his $25,000 donation to the governor’s campaign fund was lying on the table.
Two attorneys testified that Blagojevich hinted that they could get lucrative state contracts if they raised money — possibly for a future White House campaign.
Obama’s name has not surfaced in accounts of the investigation since the trial. But Rezko himself raised it in a letter to the judge months ago.
“Your Honor, the prosecutors have been overzealous in pursuing a crime that never happened,” he wrote. “They are pressuring me to tell them the wrong things that I supposedly know about Gov. Blagojevich and Sen. Barack Obama.”
© 2008 The Associated Press.
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQmszDq4LOiRMcYNSaUdrmvTcB2AD93O8N500

I wonder what the next move for the McCain camp will be? What do they say and do now? I’m sure they will find a way to blame this on Obama as well. You all better get use to saying President Obama, because of McCain’s poor judgement on his VP pick (nice). We are all smarting than we were four years ago, and won’t fall for the same BS coming from the republicans. Your time has come to an end my friends…
Posted by: jeff
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Ahaha…ha! Not so fast Mickey Mouse!
HOT OFF THE PRESS…
TONYGATE!!
Obama fundraiser, convicted of fraud, spills beans
The Associated Press
By MIKE ROBINSON – 7 hours ago
http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5hQmszDq4LOiRMcYNSaUdrmvTcB2AD93O8N500

FOX NEWS, the most powerful Conservative channel, has been pounding the Media w/Rezco, Ayers, Rev. Wright since The Primaries w/Hillary Clinton.
Its continuing doing so now……almost 24/7.
Didn’t work then, it isn’t working now, and even McCain had to backup from his angry crowd before the negative campaign totally destroys him.
The Troopergate scandal is getting infinitely much more attention !
Does anybody believe that all this Rezco thing against Obama will actually break through ?

Sorry Obamanuts, Palin was found NOT GUILTY of any wrong doing in firing Monegan. So the Obama supporter led investigators decided after spending all that money to make it worth their while by determining that Sarah was un ethical. HILARIOUSLY OBVIOUS partisan political BULLSHTT.
Here are the Democratic Skunks who headed this investigation coincidently in OBama headquarters.
http://www.libertynewsforum.com/cgi-bin/news/YaBB.pl?num=1221142758;start=all

Well, Mr. Incredible, don’t leave things in the hands of the “liberal media” then. You clearly believe Obama has done evil deeds. Only a total f`tard would believe something without any evidence, so where is the evidence? Post it here and convince all of us too. Come on, dooshnozzle, cough up the evidence.
Or… maybe you are a simpleminded f`tard who believes things without evidence. If so, your opinions are worthless. Why should anyone listen to you?

PALIN in 2008 says “there is no cover-up!”
“I AM NOT A CROOK!”
NIXON in 1974 says “there is no cover-up!”
“I AM NOT A CROOK!”
Palin is a pathological liar, and her and her husband the “First Dud” need to be behind bars!!
Maybe Bush can pardon them on his way out of office!!!

The outcome of Troopergate is not surprising. Palin is extremely smart when it comes to covering her unethical actions. Many people in office become either greedy or sordid after they get away with something a few times.
By history they eventually get caught.
24 days left and McCain’s numbers remain the same, that’s all thats counts.

Seriously, is this all you people can dig up about Palin? That a commissioner (who has a domestic violence record himself) quits because he didn’t fire a child abusing trooper. Really?
As governor of a state, it is within her boundaries to take action, and she did. Big Whoop!
This is just a tactic by the Obama campaign to divert the attention from his horrible judgement with terrorist friends and criminals who are about to start singing against your little man-child.
How about all the questionable donations sent from people named jpigh jopikh from Anywhere, Utah. or Jem bojangles with a made up address in Boston. I would wonder if these contributions are from terrorist organizations. Highly likely considering Obama’s connections to Hatem El-Hady, of the Kindheart foundation, whose assets are frozen by the govt and on FBI watchlist for funneling money to Hamas, who by the way endorsed Obama.

Todd & Sarah Palin’s America is an America MINUS Alaskans an all those Natural Resources, [Oil, Gas & Gold]….
The Former AIP Leader, makes Jeremiah Wright and Bill Ayers look Angelic !!
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AIP’s charter commits the party “to the ultimate independence of Alaska,” from the United States which it refers to as “the colonial bureaucracy in Washington.”
It proclaims Alaska’s 1959 induction as a state “as illegal and in violation of the United Nations charter and international law.”
AIP’s creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler….
“I’m an Alaskan, Not an American,” reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP’s current website,
“I’ve got no use for America or her Damned Institutions.”
According to Vogler AIP’s central purpose was to drive Alaska’s secession from the United States.
Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, “should be an Independent Nation.”
Vogler was murdered in 1993 during an illegal sale of plastic explosives that went bad.
The prior year, he had renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that….
“The Fires of Hell are Frozen Glaciers compared to MY HATRED for the AMERICAN GOVERNMENT.”
He cursed the Stars and Stripes, Promising…
“I won’t be buried under their DAMNED FLAG …
When Alaska is an Independent Nation they can bring my bones home.”
Sara Palin has not DENOUNCED Vogler or his Detestable [Anti-Americanism].
Todd Palin: Palin’s husband Todd remained an AIP party member from [1995 to 2002]
Sarah can be described in McCarthy-era palaver as a “fellow traveler.”
While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the AIP’s 1994 convention where the party called for a draft constitution to secede from the United States and create an independent nation of Alaska.
The McCain Campaign has reluctantly acknowledged that she also attended AIP’s [2000 Convention].
She apparently found the experience so inspiring that she agreed to give a keynote address at the AIP’s [2006 Convention] and she recorded a video greeting for this year’s [2008 Convention].
In other words, this is not something that happened when she was [Eight]!
So when Palin accuses Barack of “not seeing the same America as you and me,” maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska.
In any case, isn’t it time the media start giving equal time to Palin’s buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?”

Obama has run with radical left racist ideologues his whole adult life.
He went from being a self proclaimed heavy user of drugs as a teen right into a black nationaistic church and politics.
He then rubs elbows with adoring terrorists, racist radical left ideologues.
No chance obama, or is it soetero? Head back to chicago and make good on those failed community organizer projects.

Posted by: reddog0216 | Oct 11, 2008 10:18:40 AM
You guys are out of your mind calling her a crook.She took on big oil in alaska and forced them to give an addtional 1200 for every citizen in alaska.I dont know about you thats pretty good!
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She did “did not take on big oil and force them to give us an additional $1200″. The extra $1200 was from our investments in the Permanent Fund Divident to help defray the costs of electric, fuel, etc. I don’t care how they “spin” it she is guilty of abusing her power and we certainly don’t need someone like that in or near the WH!!!

Posted by: Badger | Oct 11, 2008 4:37:08 PM
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Obama or his supporters had nothing to do with this investigation. It was started long, long before Palin was selected to be on the McCain ticket. We, who live in Alaska, know better than to believe the “spin” they have tried to put on this matter. She is guilty of abusing her power!

askimo
save your BS. As soon as She was tapped for Veepee, this investigation became a witch hunt.
Here are the Democratic Skunks who headed this investigation coincidently in Obama headquarters.
http://www.libertynewsforum.com/cgi-bin/news/YaBB.pl?

I think her name is misspelled , should be Plain, Plain and Simple and unqualified to be VP

Just file this as the-troopergate-investigation-to-No-where along with that Bridge-to-no-where which Palin claimed to tell congress “thanks but no thanks, of which she still kept the money and spent it on that ‘Road to no where’ which Sarah Palin built, but no one on the Island can use because That Road Goes No Where.

Sorry, msa123, but the opinion of a moron is not the same as the opinion of a thoughtful and intelligent individual who carefully considers the issues. It does not matter how passionately one believes something, a moron’s opinion is still worthless.
You (msa123) say “They are the sock puppets for those that truly rule.” It is true, both Obama and McCain are staunch capitalists (verbal diarrhea from morons saying one or the other is a communist aside). “Those that truly rule”, as you call them, are facing a fundamental and systemic failure of their entire economic model. The titans of capitalism are deeply divided on how to fix things, or even if they should bother trying. One side thinks things are fixable, but the other side says “Grab everything of value that you can carry on the way out…we’ll just let it burn”. I (a REAL communist) would like to see the entire finance industry nationalized; not just the debt, as the current plan is structured, but the assets too. Put it all under the control of a democratically elected committee. THAT isn’t going to happen any time soon, so we have to choose between two capitalist plans. Both plans will ultimately fail (both are predicated upon finance being controlled by the “Invisible Hand of the Market”, which is what got us here in the first place), but we can support one if it seems like it will hurt us regular folks less than the other.
So, msa123, which plan do YOU think will hurt us little folks the least? Obama’s “Tax the rich to feed the poor” approach or McCain’s “Give it all to the rich and hope it ‘trickles down’ to the rest of us”? Remember that this “Trickle-down Economics” experiment has been going on since 1980… and IT DOESN’T WORK! In retrospect, it is obvious that it couldn’t work. When money was given to rich people they found that they could make MORE money with it by speculating on real estate, oil, etc, than they could on creating new jobs (ie: investing in creating new manufacturing capacity). When new manufacturing capacity was developed, it was built in China. Soooo….give money to the rich and they will drive up oil prices, drive up real estate prices and move jobs to China…. GOOD PLAN!
On the other hand, we have Obama’s plan “Tax the rich!” “Isn’t that cruel”, you think, “picking on a tiny minority?” Well, let’s listen to the richest person in the world, Warren Buffet. He has been saying for many years “Tax us, you f`n morons! TAX US! We pay less taxes than you do, you simple-minded cretins!” Furthermore, Buffet is using his own cash to prop up failing finance companies, so he is certainly putting his money where his mouth is.
Just so that you know, Warren Buffet is on the side of the capitalist schism that thinks we can save modern civilization and get things moving forward again. The ones that still support “Trickle-down Economics” and deregulation are on the “Let it burn!” side.
McCain is politically aligned with the “Let it burn” faction, but he obviously has fundamental disagreements with them. Unfortunately, he doesn’t have enough understanding of economics (his own admission) to put up much of a fight against them. This is the cause for his confusion and contradictory policy statements since the economic crisis became impossible to ignore. All McCain can offer is to put on a brave face while he rides the nation into the ground.
So… capitalism has crashed hard. Everything was in its favor: Low taxes, weak regulation, war (you know that war is good for business, right?), low barriers to trade, supportive regulatory bodies worldwide. Unionism was down, wages were “under control”, productivity was up. What more could big business want? Nevertheless, the entire global economic system has just gone into cardiac arrest. (I know, I know, but time scales are different. You know how you have “dog years”(about 10 to 15 human years) and “cat years” (about 7 human years)? Well, only a couple seconds has passed in “Global Economy years”. Bystanders are still looking over the body on the ground and saying “Gee, that must have hurt. Should we call an ambulance?”) So, go with McCain’s solution to bomb and drill our way out of this mess or Obama’s “Tax the rich and try to move ahead” approach?

akskimo
youre still not providing any evidence of wrong doing on Sarah Palins part. Most of Alaskans polled said that they would do the same thing in trying to get an unstable trooper who carries a gun and a tazer fired.
If this is all they can dig up on Palin,, if this the extent of troopergate, its a joke, and a waste of time and money.

I think her name is misspelled , should be Plain, Plain and Simple and unqualified to be VP

WHy is Obama so protective to his own college days? What’s he ashamed of? That’s the scarriest part of his whole existance…good grief, America deserves better that this…Mrs Clinton could have been much better…but yet again, Biden even was against him befre he was chosen by him…haha…talk about politics…they are all the same…

The wrong doing was as I stated,”she knowing let her husband use the office of the Governor to try to get someone fired”. I’m not disputing the fact that the trooper is a poor excuse for a human being and should be disposed of. Also, first she said she fired Wooten because of a department reorganization and offered him another position elsewhere (which he declined). Then it was because he didn’t have her permission to travel to D.C. Then when there was evidence contrary to that, she said he was let go for insubordination, which I find questionable because she had offered him a position in another department. She had several different stories. Also the use of her personal email for State business was questionable. Her husband sat in on all the Governor’s official meetings and was cc’d official correspondence. We did not elect him to be governor. For the record, I did vote for her and supported her until it became clear that she was not much better than her predecessor!

before* oops!

PALIN is an unethical, pushy, dumb, uninformed you know what…I like that, they should be called ERATIC and UNETHICAL running for P & VP, what a team. Mc C. thought that women would vote for him because he got Palin for his running mate.. Guess what Mr. Mc Cain…These women ain’t stupid and not falling for your BS.

Sarah Palin is by far the best of the 4 candidates in this race.

bubba: I appreciate your thoughtful response. But the Robin Hood Plan doesn’t work. That system is also broken. Look at our welfare system. Look at the government housing and projects and squalor people live in. This keeps people uneducated and uninformed, just waiting for the government handouts. It doesn’t encourage any type of accountability or responsibility. I don’t agree that someone who makes over 250k should pay more in taxes. He may have earned his way to making that kind of money and more power to him. I am not that fortunate. I have my own business. I truly cannot afford health care for my employees. If I am forced to give them healthcare, some of them will lose their job. I do agree with some of what you are saying. But Obama’s philosophy is no better than McCain’s. It’s all about the extremely wealthy few at the top no matter how you slice it. They will always win, and we, the middle class and lower, will always lose.

She VIOLATED Public trust( not my words -its paraphrased from the report)
Branchflower said Palin violated a statute of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.
This is Ethics – this is how you conduct yourself as a professional!
Looks like for Sarah Palin there is no line between personal and professional!
- especially disgusting in a public office!

Todd Palin wrote in his affidavit, “I have heard criticism that I am too involved in my wife’s administration. My wife and I are very close. We are each other’s best friend. I have helped her in her career the best I can, and she has helped me.”
Todd Palin had contacts with Monegan in the Governor’s office to discuss trooper Wooten. Now the McCain camp says Sarah Palin “did not learn of these contacts by Todd Palin, until August of this year.”
They are best friends, yet he doesn’t tell her what he’s doing in her office for two years? Hogwash… with or without lipstick.

Sarah Palin was absolutely right, and did NOTHING wrong. Unfortunately the main stream media is not putting out the facts of the case and are spinning it in the worst light. Whats new. We all know the media doesnt want to discuss obamas ties to acorn ayers, alinski, auchi, amd I’m not even out of the A’s yet.
Palin is a true american hero, Obama is true un-american zero

When an official report is released stating that the object of investigation is ” guilty of abuse of power”, only an idiot would exclaim “I am not guilty!!”. This shows how stupid she is, and how irresponsible and arrogant she would be. Time for all those Alaskans to take a good look at the one who is bringing their state into disrepute. Meanwhile, the legislature should take a long hard look at who they have selected to lead the state and do what is right for all those law-abiding citizens who deserve better. OUT WITH THE PALINS, for the dude Todd has admitted himself that he had been greatly involved in state matters, even treating the office of the gov as his own domain.

Jailed Obama Fundraiser Spills the Beans
Obamas boy Rezko. You bonehead Dems have been swindled. And you will still vvote for this clown. Pathetic.

concerned citizen: Thank you, for your thoughtful response and information you presented. Obama’s plan does solve the issue of the uninsured; however, I do not feel it is the responsibility of the employer to provide/foot the bill for insurance for employees. I do not understand why it should have to be this way. I do not like being forced to do so by the government. Yes, of course I would like everyone to have health insurance. But I don’t understand the concept that the employer should pay for it.

– Jailed Obama Fundraiser Spills the Beans –
He did fundraising for Obama in 2004, not this election, and Obama gave the money he raised to charity. The Horror! And even GOP supporters have said there is no smoking gun and Obama is in no way implicated.. The state legislature is getting a bit worried, but that’s about it.

Employers should not be mandated to pay for health insurance. It all started as a perk to attract high quality employees.
This nonsense that government should now provide health insurance for all is ridiculous. The absolute most that government should do is to step in when an unfit or otherwise failure of a parent is unable or unwilling to provide for their children.

LA Times: January 20, 2008
“Sen. Barack Obama announced Saturday that he would donate to charity $40,350 in past political contributions, after his identity surfaced in a public corruption case headed to trial.
The case and the contributions involve Antoin Rezko, one of Obama’s earliest patrons. Rezko, 52, is scheduled to go on trial next month on federal charges alleging he joined a scheme to force investment firms seeking business from Illinois state pension funds to pay kickbacks.”
Please don’t make Obama look like a saint in this. It insults the intelligence…

Obama’s change means that middle class money will change hands with those not willing to work for a living. Go Obama!
Go away!

The Boston Herald
It is what it is: Obama allied with scoundrels
Saturday, October 11, 2008
In the best tradition of Bill Clinton’s declaration that the answer to the question of whether he was having an affair depended on “what the definition of is is,” Sen. Barack Obama was clearly concealing the truth when he said that William Ayers was “just a guy who lives in my neighborhood.”
The Ayers-Obama connection was, in fact, an intimate collaboration that it led to the only executive or administrative experience in Obama’s life.
After Walter Annenberg’s foundation offered several hundred million dollars to American public schools in the mid-’90s, Ayers applied for $50 million for Chicago. His purpose was to “raise political consciousness” in schools.
After he won the grant, Ayers’ group chose Obama to distribute the $50 million, and the future senator raised another $60 million from other civic groups to augment it. In doing so, he was following Ayers’ admonition to grant the funds to “external” organizations, like American Community Organizations for Reform Now (ACORN), to pair with schools and conduct programs to radicalize and politicize the students.
Reading, math and science achievement tests counted for little in the grants, but the school’s success in preaching a radical agenda determined how much money it got.
Obama should have run screaming at the sight of Ayers and his wife, Bernardine Dohrn. Ayers has admitted bombing the U.S. Capitol and the Pentagon, and his wife was imprisoned for failing to cooperate in solving the robbery of a Brink’s car in which two police were killed. Far from remorse, Ayers told The New York Times [NYT], in September 2001, that he wished he “could have done more.” Ayers only avoided conviction when the evidence against him turned out to be contained in illegal wiretaps. He was, in fact, guilty as sin.
So let’s sum up Obama’s Chicago connections. His chief financial supporter was Tony Rezko, now on his way to prison. His spiritual adviser was the Rev. Jeremiah Wright, of “God damn America” fame. And the guy who got him his only administrative job is former terrorist Ayers.
Not a good recommendation for a president.
The Boston Herald
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/opinion/op_ed/view.bg?articleid=1124922

Palin took on big oil in Alaska???? Maybe we should study the facts!!! and while she did refund each Alaskan $1200 she also let big oil raise the price of gas almost $1.00 a gallon..today guess who pays the most for gas in USA??? thats right ALASKA!!! yet with no state tax and import costs they should be paying the least!!!! was a nice political move for those who dont understand corruption…the oil companies just raised their prices and got all the money back PLUS!!!!!

Obama wants to force us all into what he says is right (a tactic of.. hmmm maybe SATAN!). Ha! What a goof! A vote for Obama is a vote for socialism! McCain is not perfect but probably less harmful to normal Americans.
And for all you Demos, Palin is not running for President. It’s McCain remember?

Who is the REAL Sarah Palin?
Seems she is Bush in Lipstick and a Dress.

– And, what is the definition of a “small business”? –
The cutoff point, used throughout his plan is $250,000 in taxable income. According to IRS data, small businesses earning less than that amount in taxable income represents 97.6%.

Rick_VT, You babble about this like it means something. Palin’s ethics vs Bidens and Obama’s ethics? Get real. the great and powerful Obama is up to his ears in fraud! Biden, read a little about his doings.

– And for all you Demos, Palin is not running for President. It’s McCain remember? –
Go visit http://www.kosovoliberationarmy.com and see what McCain supported, both in Congress pushing for funding and arms for them, then sitting on the board of an organization who covertly continued doing so after Congress cut off support, subverting the law while he did. And he continues to voice his support, as recently evidenced in the last debate and his statement that he supported the US involvement in Kosovo.

Theres a positive here!!! We dont have to worry about seeing Palin addressing important issues that concern Americans..It’s said she will only do interviews with the Bush News network..that way they can show her the question and give her the answer to read from a teleprompter..How dare the media ask such tough questions as..What books or papers do you read???? I can see why she was upset..they should have asked something like..your daughter is getting married on what date??? or is this another of her many lies???

“Concerned…” You speak ignorance.
Posted by: Damocles
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Damocles- don’t waste your time – he is a Marxist Moron, like That One!

concerned: another correction (sigh) i want to know what threshhold OBAMA uses for his small business exemption, not what the IRS uses. The $250k he has mentioned did NOT pertain to businesses in anything that I have heard or read.

“Concerned…” Kosovo! You are grasping at air. You wouldn’t know the truth if it jumped up and bit you on the nose. Obama has accomplished nothing. biden has been a stifling factor for 30 years! Biden used his wife and child’s deaths for personal gain. Don’t spout crap!

Rick_VT, You must be kidding! You are delusional! There is no hope for Democrats so entrenched in believing the BS of headlines! read the whole story. Not just one source but all of them!

Natasha, AMEN!

rick: “Ethics, a thing that should never be of question is a so-called religious person. Ethics… something we lost so much of during the Bush administration. Yes.. Ethics.”
Yes, ethics. Yeah, these names certainly come to mind when we think of “Ethics”: Rezko, Ayers, Rev. Wright, Daly…

McDumb, do you know who McCain is married to? I think they can afford as many cars as they want. People who have money, inherited or not, seem to lust after that money. Hence the Obama Plan. Take from those who have and give it to those who don’t. Sounds like socialism to me. But hey, you might get an extra grand a year voting for the big O.

Should have read…. McDumb, do you know who McCain is married to? I think they can afford as many cars as they want. People who have money, inherited or not, seem to get those who do not have money to lust after their fortune. Hence the Obama Plan. Take from those who have and give it to those who don’t. Sounds like socialism to me. But hey, you might get an extra grand a year voting for the big O.

I know. Let’s ask Obama what important piece of legislation he was responsible for getting passed. Key word is ‘important’ here.

Being a middle class American I dont have to worry about having 7 glass houses rest assured! Its all I can do to afford my single house and one car..but I can see why we should have tax cuts but only for the wealthy..look how many jobs it has created..lolol..NONE.the rich get richer..poor get poorer..middle class takes it up the ***..and for all the Palin (Mrs.Ethics) supporters I issue you a challenge..can you name just ONE other Gov. that charged their taxpayers a per diem for being home on Sunday??? I couldnt find one..their excuse..shes on call 24 hrs a day..lmaoooo..I guess everyone is! and here I thought being on home on Sundays with your family was family values!!! I didnt realize it was at taxpayers expense..will be waiting to hear your list of other Governors who charge taxpayers to stay home on SUNDAYS to be with family…post away!!!!

– concerned: i want to know what threshhold OBAMA uses for his small business exemption, not what the IRS uses. The $250k he has mentioned did pertain to businesses in anything that I have heard or read. –
The threshold is dependent upon industry, Size Regulations are contained in Title 13 of the Code of Federal Regulations, part 121 (13 CFR §121).
Here is a good link for you regarding small business size and regulations on them:
http://www.sba.gov/services/contractingopportunities/sizestandardstopics/size/index.html
You may also want to view the following document regarding small businesses and Obamas plan:
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/business/documents/mclooneblog/FactSheetSmallBusinessFinal.pdf

I know. Let’s ask Obama if he was responsible for getting grants for the company where his wife worked, and the next year she received a HUGE increase in pay…

– I know. Let’s ask Obama what important piece of legislation he was responsible for getting passed. Key word is ‘important’ here. –
“Sarah Palin likes to tell voters around the country about how she “put the government checkbook online” in Alaska. On Thursday, Palin suggested she would take that same proposal to Washington.”
There’s just one problem with proposing to put the federal checkbook online – somebody’s already done it. His name is Barack Obama.
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2008/09/18/palins-transparency-proposal-already-exists-in-dc/

Come on REPUBLICRITES!!! Post the list of Governors who charge the taxpayers to stay home on Sundays with their families…is McPuppet the only one???? I will have to check tomorrow its time to head out..maybe I can find a millionaire heiress to bed tonight..but before you throw stones..understand I dont have a wife in a wheelchair raising my 3 kids!!! thats your candidate McFossil..putting family values first McDumb & McDumber 08!

– I just don’t believe Obama is on the same page. –
The definition of small business is what is defined by law, as I pointed out, and Obamas definition is the same as McCains. That was not the IRS, but the US Small Business Administration which regulates them and the Federal Code that defines them.
However, judging from your recent posts, it appears you have no real intention at looking at the candidates platforms, and your queries were not indeed genuine.

“And thankfully the truth was revealed there in that report that showed there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”
Put the crack pipe down, Sarah. Put the crack pipe down.

PALIN is unethical & dumb. Talk about calling the kettle black, she use her power to fired someone. Not even blinking an eye, that man has a family to. You guys keep on harping on sitting in a church for 20yr and bill Ayers, etc, just keep it coming. But don’t say a damn thing when we all be sitting under Dumb Dora’s bridge to nowhere,

– Yes, ethics. Yeah, these names certainly come to mind when we think of “Ethics”: Rezko, Ayers, Rev. Wright, Daly… –
And yet you pay no attention to names like US Council for World Freedom, World Anti-Communist League and their neo-Nazi founders with ties to death squads in Latin America, Albanian American Citizens League and their praise of support by McCain for the Kosovo Liberation Army, , or such things as the Islamic Militants revolving around the Iran-contra scandal and overthrow of the Nicaraguan government, the tortures, beatings, church burnings and ethnic cleansing performed by those groups, and turn a blind eye to covert activities and circumvention of the law supporting those activities. All directly and willingly linked to McCain in both legislation pushed in Congress by him, and well documented in history.
I would rather vote for someone who sat on the board of a charitable organization that happened to have on it a ‘terrorist’ of 40 years past, than one who sat on the board of an organization that directly supported terrorist activities, and circumvented the law in order to covertly do so.

concerned: suit yourself

Honestly I think this sounds like someone is out to settle a vendetta against her.

Thanks, S Adams. I thought it was something like that. Otherwise, too many would still be left without insurance. Anyhow, I still don’t agree that businesses should be forced to cover people’s insurance. I don’t know where that crazy concept came from. It used to just be a ‘benefit offered’. Mandatory? No thanks. Concerned is obviously not a business owner.

Concerned–Where did you get your information on all the “supposed” organizations McCain is “suppose” to have been linked to? Obama’s is well documented.

MSA SAID: Perhaps they’re both liars. How do you know and who made you the judge??
PLEASE SEE HTTP://THOMAS.LOC.GOV/
TO SEE WHAT EACH CANDIDATE HAS SPONSORED IN LEGISLATION THIS SESSION. MCCAIN FOCUSES ON WAR, OBAMA FOCUSES ON AMERICANS
THEN GO TO THE ILLINOIS SENATE AND LOOK AT WHAT LEGISLATION OBAMA SPONSORED AND YOU WILL SEE THE SAME PATTERN: HTTP://WWW.ILGA.GOV/previousga.asp
IT IS OBVIOUS WHAT OBAMA STANDS FOR AND HAS DONE FOR AMERICANS. THANK YOU.

And concerned-The huffington Post and Daily Kos do not count, I looked up some of these organizations that link McCain, they are all liberal websites.

This report is bogus!!! You do not mention she was found to have abused her position as Governor by pressuring to have her brother inlaw fired. Firing Police Commissioner was within her right, but his firing was result of her brother inlaw Wooten issue. Other reasons also existed. She approved of letting this happen..She violated ethic law. Verdict – She abused her power. Do write a mor accuratte account!! Not Palin’s version. I have watched this legislative investigation since she was first selected. She has lied, lied, with held information, etc. This investigation did not even get all the information they requested. Why?? Palin refused to produce. Hardly any emails turned over for the investigation. But still legislature found abuse of power existed – 100% approved release of report to public. This was totally bipartisan – was not Obama. Republicans far outnumbered Democrats in Alaska. Sarah Palins just lost – judge just ordered Palin, her administration they must preserve all emails – and all the private account emails used to avoid Public Records Act. Sarah Palin herself has blocked Alaska investigation every step of the way. She lost in court and lost at appeal level also. McCain and Palin are liars!! Sad – but is true!! Now we wait for the law suits!!! Whether Alaska punishes her?? Report off to next department. Sarah is guilty. She did same as Mayor of Wasilla. And she was almost recalled. Had to rehire librarian, police chief sued city. Police chief would have won because of an employment contract, but prior mayor had forgotten to pass through city council. Prior mayor had felt lis attorney document written by city attorney would hold up in court. It did not. Judge declared only reason why he lost. Palin is a dictator. Residents of Wasilla are careful not to be her enemy as backlash is huge. This lady can fool people for awhile, but they are learning in Alaska.

So much vitriol from both sides. Can’t we sit down and talk about the issues like grown ups. Every time I hear negative ads I score a point for the opposite team. The more you rage, the worse you seem.
The truth is that republicans and democrats are not really all that different in this country. Go see how different political parties are in other countries — they make us seem like a one party state.
So would you all just SHUT UP with your screaming and talk about the real issues for once.

Hey Dillweed–I guess McCain wasn’t looking out for the American people when he wrote the letter to Frist, the Majority Leader and Shelby, the Chairman of the Banking and Housing for Urban Affairs Committee, on May 5, 2006, warning that something needed to be done with Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac because it was at risk of failing and hurting millions of home owners. He was vilified by the Democrats in the Senate and called an alarmist. Of course, we know now that they were taking contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Obama getting the 2nd highest amount in the least amount of time. How was Obama looking out for the American people?

it’s kind of hard when the other side is shouting even louder with ignorant comments.
and you should not be voting on the basis of others comments, but your own by you’re own choice, CONSCIENCE, which is something Obama has a problem with!

– Concerned–Where did you get your information on all the “supposed” organizations McCain is “suppose” to have been linked to? Obama’s is well documented. –
So is McCains, in legislature and biographical books such as those on Oliver North. Just for starters, here is a report by Forbes:
http://www.forbes.com/feeds/ap/2008/10/07/ap5522185.html
and here is a link to the KLA that he supported (warning, graphic images of the aftermath of their activities):
http://www.kosovoliberationarmy.com/
And here is a congressional white paper describing their concerns about the KLA and it’s terrorist and criminal drug ties:
http://www.fas.org/irp/world/para/docs/fr033199.htm

THE PALIEN…
SHE LOOKED HUMAN BUT…
HAD THOUSANDS OF BABIES…
THEN ATE THE US CONSTITUTION…
PALIEN COMING TO GOP THEATERS NEAR YOU
PRODUCED BY MCCAIN / HITLER, INC.

–Of course, we know now that they were taking contributions from Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac, Obama getting the 2nd highest amount in the least amount of time –
Claim: Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac gave Obama large campaign contributions, second only to Senator Dodd.
Fact: Partially true but misleading
Reality:
It is true that, according to the Center for Responsive Politics, the second highest recipient of Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac contributions is Obama. However, these are from individuals who work for these companies, not the companies themselves (which would be illegal). Top spot is Sen. Chris Dodd with $165,400, with Obama being number two with $126,349. McCain has received $21,500.
http://www.opensecrets.org/news/2008/09/update-fannie-mae-and-freddie.html
Interestingly, if you look at contributions from Fannie and Freddies boards of directors and lobbyists, who are technically not employees, McCain has received a total of $169,000 and Obama has received $16,000. Combined, McCain has actually received more funding ($190,550) than Obama ($142,349) from these financial giants.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/us/politics/10fannie.html
For additional information, see:
http://www.politifact.com/truth-o-meter/statements/727/

Obama step down before the Federal Court rules against you!
ONLY AMERICANS IN OUR WHITE HOUSE !!!
Read: case UNITED STATES DISTRICT COURT
FOR THE EASTERN DISTRICT OF PENNSYLVANIA
PHILIP J. BERG, ESQUIRE, :
Plaintiff :
vs. :CIVIL ACTION NO: 08-cv- 04083
:
BARACK HUSSEIN OBAMA, ET AL, :
Obama produce your;
1. “vault” version (certified copy of his “original” long version)
Birth Certificate
2. A certified copy of Certification of Citizenship;
3. A Certified copy of Oath of Allegiance.
http://www.obamacrimes.com
Honesty is the Best policy!

concerned: The problem is, you are looking for negative McCain’s and positive Obama’s. You don’t mention any positives for McCain or negatives for Obama. You and I both know this can’t be so… that one is a saint and the other the devil himself. I will tell you that McCain is not my favorite person. But again, I am going by character and experience. McCain is far from perfect and has voted on some issues where I disagree. But someone or some group has propelled Obama to where he is at today – it was certainly not by his own doing. McCain has a record of accomplishments, Obama does not. Obama has a trail of associations with ex-cons and radicals in a VERY SHORT political career. He is simply no different than the rest. I think your own conscience is crying out for justification, so you turn your head to Obama’s connections and dealings. No one gets a job like he wants that fast. No one. Think about it.

S Adams-better be careful how you use the word welfare. Some people will think you are implying ALL Obama supporters are on welfare. I caught that crap earlier.

I took S Adams comment to mean that welfare would be the preferable route under an Obama presidency. I’ve considered it myself. It sounds like a really good deal.

I think the political persecution of Gov. Palin proves that she is every bit the Maverick John McCain is, the antithesis of a Miss Congeniality, the Washington insider with absolutely no Washington friends because he party poops the party and allows no one, neither Democrat nor Republican, to engage in the self-serving cronyism that brings the pork home and corrupt CEOs like Franklin Reines and Jim Johnson to go from embezzeling retirement savings to advising Presidential campaigns by stuffing their tip-jars unopposedly.

S Adams: Again, well said. Socialized healthcare is not all that it’s cracked up to be… there is no good system out there. There are pros and cons to all. Certainly, it should not have anything to do with employers. If the government wants to pay for healthcare for all, let them – provided they have money trees growing somewhere. But don’t put it on the employer’s backs. That is a sleight of hand in the plan that no one notices because the average American is looking at “gee look we can all get healthcare paid by our employers, isnt that great?!” Although their co-worker will have just lost his job because the employer can’t afford to pay for everyone’s PERSONAL HEALTH CARE.

Democrats are scared to death of Palin because she is the outsider and will stand up to corruption. Palin and McCain will expose all that is wrong in Washington….Frank, Dodd, etc.

October Surprise
“$100,000 of Alaska taxpayers money wasted on “HollisFrenchGate”!”
Conlusion:
Gov. has right to fire anyone for any reason. Everybody already know that.
Gov. Palin family tried to get Safety Commisionser to provide safety for her family members under threat by a trooper.
What is unethical or unlawful about that? She gained nothing financially.
Life, safety, equality and pursuit of happiness are unallienated constitutional rights of ALL citizens even the Govenor relatives!
Because the case shows they are being unfair to a 10yo. boy, women, elderly parent under threat.
More reason to reject “baby killers” like Hollis French, Obama or Biden.

I am one of the 47 million without insurance and I do NOT want a universal healthcare plan. I do not want the govt telling me which doctor I can see and when.

– Socialized health care or medicaid providers give inferior service than health insurance. –
Are the Senators in Congress participating in socialized health care? I believe you just haven’t bothered taking a look:
Obamas plan:
http://www.barackobama.com/issues/healthcare/
McCains plan:
http://www.johnmccain.com/Informing/Issues/19ba2f1c-c03f-4ac2-8cd5-5cf2edb527cf.htm
Side by side summary:
http://www.health08.org/FINAL%202%20CANDIDATES%20Side-By-Side%20July%2022.pdf

She needs to step down, I don’t want a possibility of another Vice President Cheney in the White House! She has to go!

msa123–that is very interesting info coming suprisingly from the National Barack Channel-msNBC.
I son’t think the Obama supporters are taking the Muslim connection very seriously, especially the young people who do not remember such things as:
1. 1968-Bobby Kennedy was shot by a muslim extremist.
2. Munich Olympics-athletes were kidnapped and murdered by Muslim extremists.
3. 1979 U.S. Embassy in Iran was taken over by Muslim Extremists.
4. 1983-U.S. Marine barracks in Beirut was blown up by muslim extremists.
5. 1985 Cruise ship Achille Lauro a 70 yr old disabled american was murdered by Muslim Extremists
6. 1985- TWA flight 847, hijacked at Athens, a US Navy diver was murdered by Muslim extremists.
7. 1988 Pan Am Flight 103 bombed by Muslim extremists.
8. 1998-US embassies in Kenya and Tanzania were bombed by Muslim Extremists
9. Let’s not forget 9/11, those were Muslim extremists.
This is why it is dangerous that Obama has so many ties to Muslim organizations and sympathizers like Ayers.

McCain was involved with Charles Keating which turned into a huge scandal that cost tax payer money with the help of McCain and now Palin abused her power. We do not need another Bush Cheney presidency! It’s time for real change!

kathy: I just have to say something. It seems so many have fallen for Obama’s rhetoric that you sound like parrots repeating your owner’s words.
There is only one Cheney and one Bush and they’re about to go. There’s a whole administration there, that is not ‘Bush’. There are probably quite a few there who don’t much care for either one but can’t admit it yet or they’d lose their lofty jobs. Can you come up with something a little more original than that, and please if I hear the word ‘erratic’ one more time, I will buy you a parrot so you don’t have to keep repeating Obama’s words. You can think for yourself, and let the parrot do the chattering!

J–Lol–Amen. If you go against Obama you are racist. They just see the man as their Messiah, the chosen one and are blinded by the social positions he is pushing that will cripple the country even more than it is. Be careful when you wish for change, the change may not be what you are hoping for.

kathy: have you ever been near a ‘mob scene’ that was being filmed? Do you realize how very few people it takes to create what looks like a real ‘mob scene’ on film? Just don’t believe everything you see on the tube dear. And where did the talk about muslim come from? you brought it up i guess.

Kathy – africanpress.wordpress.com/2008/08/10/senator-barack-obama-in-kenya-obama-and-odinga-the-true-story/
Sorry, I don’t cut and paste like Concerned!
Rashid Khalidi, hmmm, I wonder who he is, hmmm?!

“Off with his head!”

New York Times Trashes Obama’s Health Care Plan
Health Plan From Obama Spurs Debate
By KEVIN SACK
It is one of the most audacious promises in a campaign that has been thick with them.
In speech after speech, Senator Barack Obama has vowed that he will lower the country’s health care costs enough to “bring down premiums by $2,500 for the typical family.” Moreover, Mr. Obama, the presumptive Democratic nominee, has promised that his health plan will be in place “by the end of my first term as president of the United States.”
Whether Mr. Obama can deliver is a matter of considerable dispute among health analysts and economists. While there is consensus that the American health care system is bloated with waste, eliminating enough to save $2,500 per family would require simultaneous and synergistic solutions to a host of problems that have proved intractable for decades.
Even if the next president and Congress can muster the political will, analysts question whether significant savings would materialize in as little as four years, or even in 10. But as Mr. Obama confronts an electorate that is deeply unsettled by escalating health costs, he is offering a precise “chicken in every pot” guarantee based on numbers that are largely unknowable. Furthermore, it is not completely clear what he is promising.
His words about lowering “premiums” by $2,500 for the average family of four have been fairly consistent. But the health policy advisers who formulated the figure say it actually represents the average family’s share of savings not only in premiums paid by individuals, but also in premiums paid by employers and in tax-supported health programs like Medicare and Medicaid.
“What we’re trying to do,” said one of the advisers, David M. Cutler, in explaining the gap between Mr. Obama’s words and his intent, “is find a way to talk to people in a way they understand.”
The original arithmetic was somewhat basic. In May 2007, three Harvard professors who are unpaid advisers to the Obama campaign — Mr. Cutler, David Blumenthal and Jeffrey Liebman — produced a memorandum offering their “best guess” that a menu of changes would produce savings of at least $200 billion a year (it has since been revised to $214 billion). That would amount to about 8 percent of the $2.5 trillion in health care spending projected for 2009, when the next president takes office.
The memorandum attributed specific savings to several broad initiatives, with the numbers plucked from recent studies. Investments in computerized medical records would save $77 billion a year, the advisers wrote. Reducing administrative costs in the insurance industry would yield up to $46 billion. Improving prevention programs and chronic disease management would be worth $81 billion.
The total savings were then divided by the country’s population, multiplied for a family of four, and rounded down slightly to a number that was easy to grasp: $2,500. The average cost of family coverage bought through an employer was $12,106 in 2007, with workers paying $3,281 of that amount, according to the Kaiser Family Foundation, a health research group.
Mr. Obama aspires to cover the country’s 47 million uninsured by requiring insurers to accept all comers, regardless of their health status, and by providing generous tax credits to low-income workers. The tax credits could be used to buy into a new federal health plan or private plans marketed through a government exchange.
The subsidies are expensive, estimated at well over $100 billion. Other components of the Obama plan also bear up-front costs, like a pledge to spend $50 billion over five years to speed the computerization of health records, $6 billion a year on tax credits to small businesses that provide coverage to workers, and an unspecified amount to buffer businesses from high-cost insurance claims.
The source Mr. Obama has identified to pay for them — the repeal of President Bush’s tax cuts for those making more than $250,000 — would cover only about half. That means additional health care savings would be needed, not only to keep premiums under control but also to help pay for the subsidies.
A consensus has emerged among health economists that at least a third of the country’s spending on health care is unnecessary. Both Mr. Obama, of Illinois, and his Republican rival, Senator John McCain of Arizona, agree that significant sums could be saved through reductions in unneeded procedures and improvements in electronic record-keeping, prevention and chronic disease management.
But the dollar values Mr. Obama has attached to individual components of his plan are beginning to attract scrutiny. In particular, the Congressional Budget Office issued a report in May questioning the amount to be saved from the computerization of health systems.
Mr. Obama took his estimate of $77 billion a year from a 2005 study by the RAND Corporation (which cautioned that reductions of that magnitude would not emerge for 15 years). The Congressional analysts found, however, that for various methodological reasons the RAND study was “not an appropriate guide” to potential savings.
This month, Mr. Obama’s health advisers tried to recast the debate so that the questioning of any one number would not undermine the plan’s broader credibility. They enlisted eight health policy experts to sign a letter that, without endorsing the math behind any single initiative, proclaimed it was “not only possible, but likely” that Mr. Obama could save $200 billion annually. They did not say by when.
Mr. Cutler, who helped collect the signatures, said he and his colleagues had decided “that our attempt to lay out one plausible scenario for the savings had created more problems than it had solved.” He added: “Putting the debate where this message puts it — do you believe we can save 8 percent of health spending through a major series of public and private reforms — asks the question in a way that is much more productive than the issue of ‘Do you believe a single estimate among many, many studies?’ ”
Mr. Obama’s economic policy director, Jason Furman, said the campaign’s estimates were conservative and asserted that much of the savings would come quickly. “We think we could get to $2,500 in savings by the end of the first term, or be very close to it,” Mr. Furman said.
The campaign won additional backing this week from Kenneth E. Thorpe of Emory University, an authority on health care costs who helped formulate Bill Clinton’s failed plan in 1993. In an assessment that he initiated in coordination with the campaign, Mr. Thorpe wrote that if all of Mr. Obama’s proposals were enacted they would reduce health spending by between $203 billion and $273 billion by 2012. He calculated that half of the savings would accrue to the federal government.
The Obama advisers said that while not all of the savings would translate into lower premiums, consumers would gain in other ways. The savings to employers would be passed along as higher wages, they predicted, and the savings to government would eventually mean either lower taxes or added benefits.
But whether employers and governments respond that way cannot be guaranteed, particularly in a difficult economy. And a number of health policy experts have questioned whether the $2,500 projection is either fiscally or politically realistic. Reducing health care costs, they emphasized, means taking money from someone’s pocket and rationing care that Americans have come to expect, a recipe for stiff resistance.
“There is no easy money because, as the saying goes, one person’s fraud and abuse is another person’s income,” said Joseph R. Antos of the American Enterprise Institute. “I wouldn’t think that four years or eight years or probably 10 years will be enough to see numbers of that sort.”
The Commonwealth Fund, a health research group in New York, published a study in December projecting that a robust overhaul consisting of 15 broad initiatives would generate savings of only 6 percent after 10 years. “Doing it by the end of a first term is ambitious and would require tough policies,” said Karen Davis, the group’s president.
Jonathan B. Oberlander, who teaches health policy at the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, called it wishful thinking. “Do they have the potential to generate significant savings in the long run?” Dr. Oberlander asked. “Yes. Do I believe they will produce substantial savings in the short run that can be used to finance Obama’s plan? No.”
The New York Times
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/07/23/us/23health.html?ref=policy&pagewanted=all

Kathy–you live in LaLa Land or you are sitting in an Obama campaign office writing this. Everybody knows about the muslim-Obama connection. HIS FATHER WAS MUSLIM AND SO WAS HIS STEP-FATHER AND HE WENT TO A MUSLIM SCHOOL IN INDONESIA!!!!!!
He’s also being endorsed by radical muslim islamic terrorist groups, Hamas and Hezbollah. Obviously they see something they like about Barack Hussein Obama.

Natasha–That’s great. Did you get all that Concerned American???? Can we finish the health care discussion now? I think Natasha just put the period on the subject.

– I’m not saying to not do anything about the problem, but Obama’s is a social program, forcing to people to join whether you like the plan or not. –
No one is forced to join. And it’s a capitalistic plan that would simply create another insurance company which would compete with all the others. The major difference is that due to size, it would be more affordable and available to patients with pre-existing conditions. Something that McCain still hasn’t figured out how to deal with.

Well it’s obvious that Republicans don’t care about ethics and why it’s important that were all ethical, especially the very people representing us. As for Barack Obama being a muslim, you couldn’t be anymore wrong. It is true that his father from Kenya might have been a muslim but you’re not taking into account that he only met him once, and as for his step father, he was only in Indonesia till he was 10 years old, he was than sent back to Hawaii to live with his grandparents. Those are the facts and it’s your choice whether to believe it or live on being ignorant and close minded.

Funny? I don’t believe it to be funny, and I guess your parents didn’t teach you any better.

yes, I agree Kathy, it is all very sad. But i have to say i have seen some very, very hateful posts all over these blogs against McCain and Palin so i think it’s very much a two way street. I’ve seen hate posts from blacks to whites calling white people whitey etc. very derogatory, inflammatory comments… you know what i mean, so it didn’t start with McCain and Palin saying anything. They are right to question Obama’s connections and have every right to – just like if the tables were turned, Obama would have a right to question McCains and palins connections. But they don’t have anything except keating. The way the few people you were acting is despicable. It is crazy. But people are scared and feel cornered because everyone is so unhappy about the economy, they are opting for someone with ties to slumlords, terrorists, ex-cons, and a radical racist minister. They don’t see how that can be better than what we’ve got. And the guy is smooth and eloquent to boot. If those ties weren’t there, and he wasnt for socializing everything, they might think he’s okay. But that is not the case. And, he denies all of it, and that is just not the truth. So now there is distrust. It just goes on and on. But I agree. It’s sad all the way around.

Palin can’t defend herself on this, she abused her power and there is no way it is partisan, there were 10 republicans and 4 democrats who made the ruling, she needs to step down now.

I see this again and again on blogs on here, people falsely claiming that Obama is a Muslim. The fact of the matter is…Obama is a Christian but it should not even matter if he was a Muslim. There are plenty of decent Muslims in this country that work towards a common good for our nation. To say he is Muslim is not only false, but it racist, wrong, and ignorant. (Some of the same people that say he is a muslim also are saying stuff about Reverend Wright, making them obviously people spreading hate and fear, or paid republican smear artists. How can they say he is Muslim then turn around and condemn him for his Christian pastor?)

never mind, Kathy. IApparently I don’t live under the same rock as you do.

I’m not sure which is more troubling: the report’s finding that Sarah Palin violated ethics law or Palin’s delusional assertions that the report clears her of all wrongdoing.

Kathy–There have been horrible names launched at McCain, for his age, Palin for being a woman and McCain supporters have been called racist and whitey and a few that cannot be repeated here. I have had more verbal assaults hurled at me during the last few months than my entire lifetime.

Obama and Ayers met in 1995 when Obama was asked to be the chairman of the charity board for education that was funded by Annenburg which happens to be voting for McCain, and Ayers attended the board meetings to give his points on education. The board had both democrats and republicans. At this time Ayers was a professor at the University of Illinois teaching english. There are actual students who attend his classes, so you should ask yourself if whoever attended his classes are somehow disqualified to serve in public office or even be president. The point is this argument the McCain campaign are trying is just not going to work.

Palin is a liar, she was found guilty of abuse of power. She has the ordacisty to question someone patriotism while she’s lying and not patriotic herself. Palin and her race driven rally’s are unamerican. Palin has no experience, no knowledge of the issues and can’t speak to reporters. A conservative woman said Palins’ role in the Mccain campaign is that of a secretary. Hillary Clinton may have put 18 million cracks in the glass ceiling but Palin has pushed women back 60 years. How can Palin fight for the American people when she not in control of her actions in the Mccain campaign?

hey kathy. the 8 years old thing. You’re parroting again. I guess I’m going to have to buy you that parrot. Obama is smart. He knows that if he says the same thing over and over and over again, that everyone will start believing it and saying it themselves. Now THAT I give the guy credit for.

kathy: I;ll answer your question to S Adams… because its OLD NEWS. OLD news. Where have you been?

President Clinton – Well, that depends on what is, is! LMFAO!!!!!!!!! Kathy, with all due respect, and no-offence, but I’m 100% happy that you’re not my mother, or a family member with kids in my family. Just really think about ethics with the parties involved here.
Abuse of power went both ways, but the others parties involved went south, way beyond commonsense and grown-up actions of typical law abiding actions.
But no one is talking about the actual law breaking from the other side, wonder why that is.
If McCain had a family member that tasered a minor, there would be outrage beyond belief from the left, saying McCain’s family are a bunch of savages.
Give it a rest, commonsense ruled in Palin’s favor, and you just can’t get over that because she’s a Republican. Get over yourself, please!!!
This is just a political stunt you’re playing, and it’s not working.
Breaking news – case is over, no law broke!

Y’all know who the big winners are with all this nonsense? The media. We the people are ignited by the news dweebs. All it takes is a good headline slamming palin and voila, we are at each others throats. The news folks laugh at us all! They want to be seen as liberal because they know that it will fan the flames! And so it goes…
Good night friends. As for ABC, you can go, well you know where to go and what to do when you get there.

Governor Palin appears to be flawed on several fronts, and not necessarily a good choice for our country.
In addition to the recent report on the Governor’s ethical breach, she continues to regurgitate countless false accusations against Senator Obama.
Never mind her gross inability to articulate a clear, cohesive sentence. Her gross unprofessionalism at the microphone is merely a repeat of the pretender to the Presidency over the last 7+ years who has soiled our White House.
Senator McCain’s handlers made a bad choice for a running mate. He has also made several bad choices in his campaign, thanks to his handlers.
In fairness, Governor Palin is only doing what she is told, under the “guidance” of Karl Rove – as is Senator McCain. The RNC is alive and well, doing whatever they can to preserve the lease on the White House. No honesty – no ethics – no respect for the Democratic Party’s ticket or for the voters.
Shame!

S Adams: Show me something that says Ayers wife worked at the same Law firm as Obama because what I know about Ayers wife is that she also is a teacher.

concerned: “Obama’s proposal for mixed private–public group insurance with a shared responsibility – ” woa woa woa.
SHARED responsibility? Is that what he calls it?? Sounds to me like employers are sharing the responsibility for all Americans who need healthcare. Thats the only sharing I see. So, employees are sharing NADA. How is that fair? Well, I guess if you’re the employee it looks fair, huh?
You’re just bound and determined that this is the greatest plan on the universe. But either you’re part of the Obama campaign or you are an employee who has never had a business. Or you just think it’s fair to make an employer pay for someone’s insurance for grins. Not sure which.

Palin abused her power, and it is shocking that it doesn’t bother any of their supporters.

As for the Keating-5, McCain was the only one of them who was personally and socially involved, having been flown at least 9 times in Keatings private jet at Keatings expense, and McCains family and baby sitter spent at least 3 vacations on Keatings personal island in the Bahamas. While not convicted, he was repremanded for his actions and told he showed poor Judgment. It was a political low point for McCain that almost ruined him.

She tried to fire the man who wouldn’t fire her sister in laws husband? You don’t think that is unethical?

Bernadine Dohrn(Ayers wife)worked at the same law firm as Michelle Obama, they are best friends! Barack and Michelle have been married 16yrs., how do you think they met, hmmm, I wonder! 2008 – 16yrs. = 1992.
How long did Barack date Michelle before being married? Michelle hosted the fund raising event that kicked off in Ayers house for Obama’s political career.
Do you actually think Ayers, being the radical he is, would let a future politician into his home if he did not know or liked his political views.
It’s amazing, Bill Ayers political views are exactly the same as Obama’s. It really makes you think something like, hhmmmmmm, I wonder?!!!

If she tried to fire her sister in laws husband than it might not be as bad. But she tried to fire someone who did nothing wrong, and she lied about it. She can’t be trusted as president or vice president.

What about his judgment? Ayers was a college professor at the time when he held a coffee at his home for Obama, not a terrorist. Alice Palmer invited Obama to Ayers home because she decided to step down as state senator and have Obama has her successor because she decided to run for congress. Obama has said that at the time he did not know of Ayers past. I do not think it matters whether he did or not because Ayers was a college professor at the time and it would be assumed he was rehabilitated.

msa123: NOBODY IS PERFECT

Obama would have a right to question McCains and palins connections. But they don’t have anything except keating.
posted by msa123
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Oh you are so very, very wrong. There are many more questionable characters in McCain’s and Palins very recent connections.
Obama is trying to stay on the issues as much as possible and not go into charater assassination, which is what you usually find the party that has nothing to offer doing.
But since you brought it up.
Let’s start with just one.
What about G. Gordon Liddy.
A crook, liar, would be murderer (by his own admission). Mccain has recently called him his very good friend. Palin is so impressed by him, she tried to get him to be her spokesperson.
Obama may not want to bring up MCCain and Palins recent connections to domestic terrorists, but many of we the people don’t have a problem with it, if that is where the MccAin campaign chooses to go.

See ya.

Sarah hassled Wooten because of personal family ties, using her office to pursue a personal vendetta after a messy divorce from her sister.
Such poor judgement and such small time politics.
If Wooten hadn’t been Sarah’s ex-brother-in-law the matter would have been left to rest after Wooten’s suspension.
Unfortunately Sarah chose to use her office to pursue a personal family issue. Not smart at all.

If you are truly being fair to both parties in this presidential race, then you would not just repeat the lies of the McCain Campaign saying “Who is Barack Obama and what is his relationship with Ayers the Terrorist?” You would not ask why Obama is running a negative ad campaign when you know he is only responding to the 100% negative ads of the McCain Campaign. This is not something that you do not know, but it is something that you do not mention and pretend that you do not know. This is insulting and condescending. You already know that Barack has denounced the actions of Ayres and that Barack was 8 years old at the time of these actions. You already know that McCain has a connection as well to the woman who headed the board which helped the children in the community. You are not being fair or equal and you know it.
You also already know that the board that Barack and Ayres served on was sponsored by a McCain supporter which links John Sydney McCain to Ayres also.

msa123: It seems that you listen to too much conservative radio and maybe too much Sean Hannity

The SPIRIT OF GEORGE WALLACE AND LESTER MADDOX IS ALIVE AND WELL IN JOHN MCCAIN AND SARAH PALIN! I hope America is not fooled by this sudden epiphany AND RESPECTFUL REMARKS HE MADE RECENTLY TOWARD BARACK OBAMA of John Mccain! THIS IS THE SAME PERSON FOR OVER A WEEK SANCTIONED HIS CANDIDATE FOR VICE PRESIDENT SARAH PALIN’S EXTREME VIOLATILE, DANGEROUS AND MISLEADING RHETORIC AGAINST BARACK OBAMA WHICH IS REFLECTIVE OF JIM CROW AND KLU KLUX KLAN POLITICS! NOW, HE COMES TO HIS SENSES AGAIN AFTER HE SAW THE LATEST POLLS! THE SMEAR CAMPAIGN BY SARAH PALIN AGAINST BARACK OBAMA TO DISTRACT VOTERS FROM HER TROOPERGATE TROUBLE AND JOHN MCCAIN FROM THE ECONOMY, SHOWS THE TYPE OF INDIVIDUALS THEY ARE, AND WHAT THEY WOULD DO TO GET INTO THE OVAL OFFICE! THESE ARE THE SAME PEOPLE WHO TOUT COUNTRY FIRST, TRUST, INTEGRITY AND JUDGMENT, BUT WHO USED KARL ROVE’S PLAY BOOK, GEORGE BUSH’S JUDGMENT AND FOX NEWS FOR CAMPAIGN STRATEGIES

My concern and frankly my issue is that if you were true unbias fair and equal reporters who are impartial, why do you keep repeating the lies and smears of McCain and not addressing the true associations of Palin and McCain. Both McCain and Obama has ties to Ayres and McCain has more ties to terrorists than any candidate and Palin’s husband was apart of Terrorist group. When you truly are equally giving time and commentary to both’s associations, then I see you as impartial. If I found this information, then you know this information as well, but you never mention it or address it. Professionals address both sides, not just one. The next time George Stephanopolis says Why not Ayres? Ask for McCain or Obama? Then ask why not Keating 5? Why not Iran Contra connections with your name on the letterhead? Why not Hate groups who shoot to kill doctors? Why not the Alaskan Independence? Party? Why not McCain’s rejection of many bills for American veteran soldiers? Why not ask Cindy if she did not get a chill from the many bills your husband rejected, why did she not get a chill from a bill that would keep the soldiers in Iraq for an unlimited amount of time. An illegal war spurred by Bush/McCain? Why did that not give Cindy a chill? How about Obama voting for the Veterans 80% and your husband John voting 20% with the veterans? Did that give Cindy a chill? And can Cindy really handle switching shoes with Obama or Michele for 1 day Mrs. Bud? Can you really handle growing up the way Obama or Michele or any regular red blooded American, Mrs. Bud?

Show me how far the media has come and dare to address any of the above statements I’ve listed. I am not afraid to apologize and say that I am wrong, but I am sick of hearing from even MSNBC Ayres and Obama and not hearing McCain and Keating 5 and Iran Contra, Hate groups killing doctors and Todd Palin’s Alaskan Independence Party and McCain and how he voted against the veterans and your rebuttal of McCain not be a 30 second side mention after a 20 minute blowup of McCain’s misrepresentations and lies. What it looks like to me is that Republican people own these stations. Be fair to America and if they have a right to know about Ayres then they have a right to know about John McCain’s connections as well Palin’s connections, otherwise you and John McCain and Sarah Palin are the biggest deceiving hypocrites of all time. What you are doing is not Republican politics but modern day racism.

SARAH PALIN IS GUILTY OF ABUSE OF AUTHORITY BY A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION – 10 REPUBLICANS AND 4 DEMOCRATS – THE VERDICT IS IN- SHE VIOLATED HER POSITION AND SHE LIED TO COVER HER ACTIONS!!!!!
The Networks and the McCain Campaign is lying again by saying this was a Partisan decision by the democrats. Just because you are an at-will(can fire for no reason) employee does not mean you can abuse your authority for personal vendettas. They need to fess up and grow up and take responsibility for their actions. This recent decision can bring further and future charges that could lead to censure and/or impeachment of Governor Palin. She is guilty of Abusing her authority as a trusted Government official and she based her qualifications for Vice President and for being a heartbeat away from the Presidency on her experience. She has lied about the reasons for firing the commissioner on several occasions. She personally defamed his character and libelously attacked his creditability without regard to the effect on him and his family for pure political gain and basically projecting herself as a moral Christian with nothing to hide. She initially said that he went on a trip unauthorized until ABC produced the document that said otherwise. Her constituents were not in agreement with her intimidating and threatening tactics, but carried them out for fear of their jobs. She had her husband run meetings and help in this attack even though he is not authorized and she overstepped her authority. She gave him permission to be her strong arm and he is clearly connected to and was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party created by Joe Vogler who was a radical Anti-American terrorist and she tried to appoint one of the radical terrorist, John Stein, to head City Council but it was rejected by the people. She used intimidation, manipulation and domination to run her position and that is illegal.
She has no creditability. She has no integrity. You cannot believe anything that she says.
It is blatantly clear that she is not qualified for Vice President, or President and now that
this decision has been confirmed and brought out, it is clear she is not even qualified for Governor either. I am also glad that they are looking into her paying herself taxpayer money for daily per diems including weekends to stay at home. The majority of the people I know work in a different city than where they live, however, they do not get per diems. She took thousands of taxpayers dollars. This is not a woman you want elected and she does not represent true Christianity.
OBAMA/BIDEN 2008

Sarah hassled Wooten because of personal family ties with him, using her office to pursue a personal vendetta after a messy divorce from her sister.
Such poor judgement and such small time politics.
If Wooten hadn’t been Sarah’s ex-brother-in-law the matter would have been left to rest after Wooten’s suspension.
Unfortunately Sarah chose to use her office to pursue a personal family issue. Not smart at all.
The ruling was she abused her power, and that sounds exactly accurate.

It’s also funny how later on, Obama got hooked up with a crooked now convicted felon, Tony Rezko!
They got set up with a house, on the same street as Ayers and Farrakhan, only 1 mile separates them all.
Farrakhan speaks at Obama’s church, the same hate speech of America and white people(a so-called Christian Church). And Farrakhan and Rev. Wright has the AUDACITY to say they are peaceful and truthful, hell, Obama can’t even be truthful.
That’s one Christian congregation I would never be apart of, let alone visit.
A Muslim speaking hate speech at a Christian church, THE AUDACITY! A Christian pastor not speaking the gospel of Jesus Christ, but just hate, and using the pulpit to preach hate and division, along with revenge. THE AUDACITY.
Rev. Wright and Farrakhan speak highly of Obama, just as Ayers. Using the pulpit for political endorsements, hmm, I thought that was illegal!
I guess It’s not Illegal is you are a radical liberal!
And they all live close to one another! Give me a break!

When is Palin going to step down? Mitt Romney would be a better choice, he actually knows more about the economy than McCain and Palin put together

CNN is the most trusted name in news and the Republicans and Democrats on CNN can actually disagree without yelling and disrespecting each other.

– You’re just bound and determined that this is the greatest plan on the universe –
No, not the greatest, but better than McCains.
It is funny to note however.. Natasha puts up an article that supposedly shows how bad Obamas plan is due to cost, yet that article fails to compare it to McCains in the same terms or even at all. I point out that they both will cost roughly the same (with a link to the analysis on costs) and that is ignored. Then I show, using the very same commonwealth fund analysis that the original article used as evidence, what they said about the two plans and which one they considered better (and again, provided a link to it so you can read it for yourself), and you complain about it as well.
Listen, I’ve looked at just about every analysis of them both. It is something that I care about because skyrocketing health costs are killing me and my family, my friends, their businesses and their employees. Every single analysis I’ve seen that compares the two side by side in terms of cost, coverage and efficiency comes up with Obamas plan a better deal for Americans. Plain and simple.
But I’ve really wasted too much time on this.. it’s obvious your mind is made up regardless, so there is no point in wasting electrons. Hopefully, others will have read the information and been able to gain insight on the differences between the two and what those differences will mean to America and it’s citizens.

Sarah hassled Wooten because of personal family ties with him, using her office to pursue a personal vendetta after a messy divorce from her sister.
Such poor judgement and such small time politics.
If Wooten hadn’t been Sarah’s ex-brother-in-law the matter would have been left to rest after Wooten’s suspension.
Unfortunately Sarah chose to use her office to pursue a personal family issue. Not smart at all.
The ruling was she abused her power, and that sounds exactly accurate. Petty, small-minded and not fit for national office.

She’s UN-ETHICAL (and she did it with a vengeance):
Friday night saw the demise of Sarah Palin’s dreaded “Troopergate,” scandal with the release of a lengthy legislative report finding that the Governor had “abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110 (a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. The ethics rule provides that “each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.” The report concluded that “(Palin) eport concluded that “(Palin) knowingly, as the term is defined in the above cited statutes, permitted Todd Palin to use the governor’s office and the resources of the governor’s office, including state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get trooper (Mike) Wooten fired.

This witch should stay home and take care of her soon to be illegitimate grandchild.

Sarah hassled Wooten because of personal family ties with him, using her office to pursue a personal vendetta after a messy divorce from her sister.
Such poor judgement and such small time politics.
If Wooten hadn’t been Sarah’s ex-brother-in-law the matter would have been left to rest after Wooten’s suspension.
Unfortunately Sarah chose to use her office to pursue a personal family issue. Not smart at all.
The ruling was she abused her power, and that sounds exactly accurate. Petty, small-minded and not fit for national office.

Sarah Palin is a narrow minded wannabe politician, who claims to be a regular “soccer mom” yet plays dirty politics like the Politicos.She is so good at blabbing out lies with a smile she certainly has a career as a late night infomercial sales person.Even worse, I get ill every night reading these blog posts by my so-called Country men/women who spread so much hate, fear, and uncertainty because their party leader decided it was the way to win votes.Our country is sick, people, we need to realize both parties are to blame for the madness and division going on.

I suspect that ca. 100% of the people who investigate themselves are found to be innocent.
Let’s try that in our courts. Simply have the judge accept whatever plea the defendant chooses to enter, making juries and a trial unnecessary. We would also save a lot of money because all our jails and prisons would be empty.

McCain and Palin have escalated the lies and smears against Obama to get our minds off the report that just came out on her.
Headlines all over the world: “Guilty of abuse of power.”, “Palin abused power as Governor.”
Americans should be ashamed that either party would nominate this person for the second highest office in the land.
She is a disgrace in addition to being risky and dangerous.
Let her and her Alaskan mentors just try to secede from the Union.
Only Republican partisans would deny reality.
Anybody but McCain-Palin ’08.

To me, the worst thing is Palin’s lies – even now she’s insisting she did nothing wrong. Well, it’s obvious she abused her power as governor, and it’s obvious she’s been lying about it from day one. Why doesn’t she just tell the truth and put it behind her? We simply cannot risk another administration that lies to the american people like Bush. We can’t afford another administration that puts politics above our laws and our system of justice. We need to take our country back from this sickness that’s infected it the past 8 years.

Palin is just as dirty and crooked as the good ole boys of Washington politics.
She did admit she was a pit bull with lipstick but she forgot to tell us how
much a liar she is, and how hateful.

The only reason Palin didn’t “break the law” is because there is no law written on the books to deal with this type of crime. The very fact that Palin STILL will not admit she did wrong and continues to defend her actions speaks for itself. She is a dangerous person with no morals. She stands behind her so called Christianity and says she wouldn’t abort her baby like that alone will gain her a spot in heaven. I got news for ya honey God is looking for more than an abortion stand to get you in the door. Palin is one of the most deceitful underhanded politicians I’ve seen in my lifetime. Even her own mother-in-law said in August she wasn’t sure if she’d vote for her.

I’ve noticed that the issue of racism is now subdivided between acceptable and unacceptable race based attacks. I just read a few comments here that suggest that the outrage expressed at recent McCain rally is not racist because it was not directed against African Americans. I am sorry, but racism is racism no matter who the intended racial class victim might be. I offer as evidence the comments of people at a recent McCain rally. The statement of one “very intelligent” lady in the red sweater that “she was afraid because Obama was an Arab,” may not be enough to convince. Indeed, even republicans admit these comments are bogus and that there is always at least one nut-job at these rallies. However, according to the results of other interviews at the same rally, they all believed Obama was an Arab. So, for those who say that since black people were negatively affected by these “domestic terrorist” means that these attacks on the liberal candidate are not racially based, I think we need to delve into this a little deeper. It may not be McCain’s fault that he can not attract anyone to his rallies beside these hateful folks. However, he should start trying to connect his “political speak” with the results.

Perhaps, Palin’s real purpose was exactly what we see, someone who appeals to the “lowest” common denominator(s) among us. People, like herself. People who claim to be God-fearing Christians but make no apologies for hating everyone that dares suggest that “the earth revolves around the sun.” So, to counter their antipathy, maybe we should remember what Jesus Christ taught about situations like this. That is, “we must turn the other cheek”, and allow these people to rant and rave— because to waste time debating them plays into John McCain’s strategy. Sarah’s only purpose is to act like the rodeo clown, but in this case, distract the American people from focus on the real issues.

McCain/Palin Scares me and should Scare all Democrats.Under the Republicans the past 8 years, we have lost more rights then probrobly any other time in America’s History. The Taser is meant to be used when a Officers life is treatened.And is also a alternative to using a gun.Tasers are being used as a torture devise from what I see.How many Americans have been killed by the Taser? alot!Spying on fellow Americans, we all hear about it on the News.Vote No on the ballot to all Republicans and Vote yes To all Democrats, Keep Are Freedom alive!Vote Obama.

If Mrs. Palin was a doctor, would her husband be allowed into her office and fire her staff? If Mrs. Palin was a manager at McDonalds, would her husband be allowed into her office to harass her staff? If Mrs. Palin was a primary ed teacher would her her husband be allowed into her classroom to harass her aide?
This is about power and nepotism and a state government that has allowed a family to ascend to monarchy. How can any argument be made that there has not been violations of power and position. If she did not have power and position would Mr. Palin also see it as appropriate that he could co-lead (as a best friend?) a class room, a restaurant, a library? Why is or was this even allowed?

What the report says is Gov. Palin is guilty of a ethics violation. Apparently the reason she doesn’t read newspapers or magazines, is she can’t read !

I have been watching a lot of interview clips of Sarah Palin over the weekend. I truly am amazed at her ignorance. So many of her answers were so rambling that it was just embarassing to watch. If John McCain thinks this was the best choice in a VP, then he has absolutely no business being President.

I heard the other day someone calling Palin nothing but a Bush in a skirt. It will be a very sad and scary day IF they should happen to win. All this because a black man is running for President. Who gives a hoot, he has every right just as McCain. He’s got more smarts in his little finger than the whole bodies of McCain/Palin put together. McCain/Palin has the answer to everything and the solution to nothing. Their out there spilling their guts and not even agreeing on the same issues, one says one thing the other says another, give me a break. This Troopergate thing ain’t nothing but Palin sticking her nose into the sisters business it’s like I’m the Govener I can do what I want, and letting that husband of hers do most the dirty work. Not cool. Yup, a sad and scary day indeed should they happen to win.

Palin: More of the same game. She is guilty. Instead of ranting, why not spend the time to read the report. She is guilty and a liar, and this is just the tip of the proverbial Alaskan iceberg.

Obama the magic negro is going to prison.
I’m Tony Rezko and I approve this message.

don’t know what’s more scary, the cover up by the MSM for Obama, or his brainwashed Nazi Youth supporters like Bethb, who typically respond to any questioning of their Messiah with an angry barrage of hate filled insults.
Guess what Obots, your candidate was never vetted at all and has run the most corrupt campaign in history.
Better get used to people like Natasha, and millions of others who will only make sure to find out about Obama especially if he does steal the Presidency.
get used to it. He will never escape the upcoming scrutiny.

In 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California. He has been
very open about
his two years at Occidental, where he admits using drugs and generally
wasting his time,
but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his
studies.
“Barry” (that was the name he used all his life), during his time at at
Occidental,
had two roommates… Muhammed Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from
Pakistan.
During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a
’round the world’ trip,
stopping first to see his mother in Indonesia. Next stop… Hyderabad,
India and then three
weeks in
Karachi, Pakistan, where he stayed with his roommate’s family. Finally, it
was off to Africa
to visit his father’s family.
My question is – Where did he get the money for such a trip? Nether I,
nor any one of my
children
would have had money for a trip like this when they were in college.
When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York .
It was at this time he began wanting everyone to call him Barack, not
Barry.
Do you have any idea what tuition is at Columbia ? It’s not cheap, to
say the least.
Where did he get money for t
uition? Student Loans? Maybe…
After Columbia , he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for
$12,000 a year.
Why Chicago?… Why not New York ? After all, he was already living in
New York.
By “chance” he met Antoin “Tony” Rezko, born in Aleppo, Syria, who was a
real estate
developer in Chicago.
Rezko was convicted of fraud and bribery just this year. Rezko had been
named “Entrepreneur
of the Decade”
by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association. About two
years later, Obama
entered Harvard Law School.
Do you have any idea what tuition at Harvard Law School costs? Where did
he get the money for
law school anyway?
More student loans?
After Law school, he went back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which
he turned down.
But he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland and… guess
what? They
represented “Rezar,” Rezko’s firm.
Tony Rezko was one of Obama’s first major financial contributors when he
ran for office in
Illinois.
In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama, which Chicago Tribune
reporter David
Mendelland
claims was instrumental in providing Obama with “seed money” for his U.S.
Senate race.
In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in the Kenwwod neighborhood in
Chicago.
for $1.65 million (significantly less than market price). With ALL those
st
udent loans to
repay,
how did he qualify for a mortgage? Where did he get the money for the
property?
On the same day Rezko’s wife,Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for
full price.
The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born billionaire,
loaned Rezko $3.5
million three weeks before Obama’s new home was purchased. Obama had met
Nadhmi Auchi
on many occasions with Rezko.
Now, Barack Obama is running for President of the United States. Valerie
Jarrett, who was
Michele Obama’s boss, is now Obama’s chief advisor and he reportedly does
no t make any major
decisions
without talking to her first. So… where was Jarrett born?
Ready for this? Shiraz, Iran! Do we see a pattern emerging here… or am
I simply going
crazy?
On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley, advisor to Obama was
“sacked” after the
press found
out he was having regular contact with the Islamic terrorist organization,
Hamas, which has
undeniable political links to Iran.
Only this past week, buried on the back pages of some American newspapers,
Iraqi newspapers
reported that,
during Obama’s recent visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing
about the war
until after he is elected, and he will “take care of things.”
Oh… and by the way… remember the college roommates that where born
in Pakistan? They are i
n charge of all Obama’s “small” Internet campaign
contributions.
But where are they all coming from… the poor, the disenfranchised and
the middle class in
this country?
Or could it be from the Middle East?
And the final bit of news… On September 7, 2008, The Washington
Times posted a verbal slip that was made on “This Week” with George
Stephanapoulos. Obama, while talking about his religion, said, “my Muslim
faith”. When questioned, the response was that he had simply made a
mistake.
All of the above information I found from sources online. If you would
like to
check it, please feel free to do so: Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack
Obama; Tony Rezko;
Valerie
Jarrett: Daily Times – Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington
Times
- September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.
Now the BIGGEST question of all… If I was able to find all this
information on my
own, why is it that all of the members of our ‘unbiased’ press haven’t
been reporting this?
Two
phrases keep ringing in my ears – “Beware of the enemy from within!” and
“Follow the money.”
Perhaps the media is ignoring these troubling facts because they are
concentrating so hard on
personally attacking
and mocking Sara Palin’s record as Governor and as a mother!
Also remember… Obama’s mentor during his formative years=2
0when he lived
in Hawaii was a
registered communist party member. And check out his affiliation with
ACORN… the radical group that
played a large role in today’s financial problems and continues to play a
role in the push to get
their candidate, Barack Obama, elected in November.

We need a leader like Sarah Paline in America now. She will be a great president and a great leader.Obama is not a leader, all he talks is this is wrong and that is wrong everything is wrong obout America for him. If he find so much wrong, he should move to Kenya,to his muslim cousin Odinga. We dont need Obama and we dont need Michelle.Every day he insults us Americans.
I’ll say one thing about Obama; he has managed to rally together the most nasty people in the country together to build his coalition. Just read your own blogs right here–nothing but hate filled personal attacks. The more you people speak, the more votes your candidate loses.

How do you Palin supporters explain her claims that the report clears her of all wrongdoing?
Is she is a pathological liar?
Is she is delusional?
She can’t see?
She can see but she can’t read?
Or is it something else?

The fatal error of this entire probe is the claim that it was in Palin’s personal interest to question Wooten keeping his job and not in the public interest. Read the report and you will find that it was in the public interest. If it’s not, I suggest we take a real good look at the standards we expect from our law enforcement.
The other problem with the report is that her “abuse” is in “allowing” (not provable) Todd Palin to bug Monegan about Wooten. This is a stretch to say the least, and again, the assumption is that this action was in private and not public interest. I personally do not want cops like Wooten working in law enforcement.

Robert F. Kennedy Jr. On Todd & Sarah Palin’s America Hating Alaska Independent Party….
AIP: The Alaskan Independence Party
Todd & Sarah Palin’s Hatefilled, Secessionist Party,
The 3rd largest Political Party in alaska, Todd Palin was a Member for 7 Years and is Not a registered Republican.
Demand that Sarah & Todd Palin Renounce and Denounce the Anti-American-Secessionist beliefs and teachings …
Newsweek Magazine …
Please, I’m Begging You NewsWeek, Put Sarah and Todd Palin to task for their Anti-American Connections.
AIP’s creation was inspired by the rabidly violent anti-Americanism of its founding father Joe Vogler,
“I’m an Alaskan, not an American,” reads a favorite Vogler quote on AIP’s current website,
“I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions.” According to Vogler AIP’s central purpose was to drive Alaska’s secession from the United States.
Alaska, says current Chairwoman Lynette Clark, “should be an independent nation.”
Vogler was murdered in 1993 during an illegal sale of plastic explosives that went bad.
The prior year, he had renounced his allegiance to the United States explaining that,
“The fires of hell are frozen glaciers compared to my hatred for the American government.”
He cursed the stars and stripes, promising,
“I won’t be buried under their damned flag…when Alaska is an independent nation they can bring my bones home.”
Palin has never Ddenounced Vogler or his Detestable Aanti-Americanism.
Palin’s husband Todd remained an AIP party member from 1995 to 2002.
Sarah can be described in McCarthy-era palaver as a “fellow traveler.”
While retaining her Republican registration, she attended the [AIP's 1994 convention] where the party called for a draft constitution to secede from the United States and create an independent nation of Alaska.
The McCain Campaign has reluctantly acknowledged that she also attended [AIP's 2000 Convention].
She apparently found the experience so inspiring that she agreed to give a keynote address at the [AIP's 2006 convention] and she recorded a video greeting for this year’s 2008 convention.
In other words, this is not something that happened when she was eight!
So when Palin accuses Barack of “not seeing the same America as you and me,” maybe she is referring to an America without Alaska.
In any case, isn’t it time the media start giving equal time to Palin’s buddy list of anti-American bombers and other radical associates?

mccainpres08, you are the finest example of a Conservative ignoramus. How many times must someone hit you over the head before you understand plain English … Obama is a CHRISTIAN and an AMERICAN citizen who at a young age has spurned the high life of a lucrative legal career to work for the greater good of this country. He is not perfect … nobody is, but he is the closest thing to an intelligent, thoughtful, articulate President that we have. Certainly not McCain who graduated bottom of his class, destroyed airplanes through his own admitted recklessness and is now fumbling all over the place during this election campaign. And certainly not Palin, the self-professed pitbull who has been caught in abusing the power of her office and is consistently saying something stupid every time she opens her mouth without a prepared script … she is the greatest National joke we’ve ever had the misfortune of witnessing. And yet, idiots like you follow like lemmings foaming at the mouth.

Mike,
Tell me what your explanation is for Sarah Palin stating that the Troopergate report clears her “of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that.”

so who is really going to be VP IF she’s elected, her or her husband? it could be her momma or her dad, but we know it wont be her making decisions. think about it. her husband using airforce 1 to go pick up his friends to goto the superbowl and all she say is “you betcha”

SARAH PALIN IS GUILTY OF ABUSE OF AUTHORITY BY A BIPARTISAN LEGISLATION – 10 REPUBLICANS AND 4 DEMOCRATS – THE VERDICT IS IN- SHE VIOLATED HER POSITION AND SHE LIED TO COVER HER ACTIONS!!!!! SHE MAY BE IMPEACHED !!!!
The Networks and the McCain Campaign is lying again by saying this was a Partisan decision by the democrats. Just because you are an at-will(can fire for no reason) employee does not mean you can abuse your authority for personal vendettas. They need to fess up and grow up and take responsibility for their actions. This recent decision can bring further and future charges that could lead to censure and/or impeachment of Governor Palin. She is guilty of Abusing her authority as a trusted Government official and she based her qualifications for Vice President and for being a heartbeat away from the Presidency on her experience. She has lied about the reasons for firing the commissioner on several occasions. She personally defamed his character and libelously attacked his creditability without regard to the effect on him and his family for pure political gain and basically projecting herself as a moral Christian with nothing to hide. She initially said that he went on a trip unauthorized until ABC produced the document that said otherwise. Her constituents were not in agreement with her intimidating and threatening tactics, but carried them out for fear of their jobs. She had her husband run meetings and help in this attack even though he is not authorized and she overstepped her authority. She gave him permission to be her strong arm and he is clearly connected to and was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party created by Joe Vogler who was a radical Anti-American terrorist and she tried to appoint one of the radical terrorist, John Stein, to head City Council but it was rejected by the people. She used intimidation, manipulation and domination to run her position and that is illegal.
She has no creditability. She has no integrity. You cannot believe anything that she says.
It is blatantly clear that she is not qualified for Vice President, or President and now that
this decision has been confirmed and brought out, it is clear she is not even qualified for Governor either. I am also glad that they are looking into her paying herself taxpayer money for daily per diems including weekends to stay at home. The majority of the people I know work in a different city than where they live, however, they do not get per diems. She took thousands of taxpayers dollars. This is not a woman you want elected and she does not represent true Christianity.

So having been found guilty of violating the Ethics Act, she then lied about that?
Color me surprised.

McCain can still win. Drop Palin, reach accross the isle and beg Hillary to join his ticket. He would win in a landslide…

Where is the fact stated that the Trooper used a tazer on a 10 year old child…? The guy was a maniac and Palin should have been trying to get him removed as part of her responsibility since everyone else turned a blind eye. Just like the Liberal Media is doing now!

“Where is the fact stated that the Trooper used a tazer on a 10 year old child…?”
If true, it will be dealt with, but I’m too use to Republicans lying, playing passive aggressive and trying to redirect blame.

Before you embraced the Branchflower’s OPINION as a verdict, read the rebuttal of Governor Sarah Palin’s lawyers.
Briefly, Palin’s lawyers concluded that Mr. Branchflower, the INVESTIGATOR in charge, overstepped his authority to render his verdict that “Governor Palin abused her power”.
I am quoting here an excerpt from the rebuttal from Mrs. Palin’s lawyers:
“As the Branchflower essentially concedes, and as Governor Palin has maintained for some time, ONLY THE PERSONNEL BOARD CAN MAKE A LAWFUL DETERMINATION whether the Governor violated the ethics acts. Mr. Branchflower’s OPINION is simply that.[...]
To be clear: THERE HAS BEEN NO OFFICIAL FINDING AT ALL ABOUT GOVERNOR PALIN’S ACTION. One man concluded that he was the investigator, the jury and the judge, all in one. Mr. Branchflower refused to allow the Governor to confront her accusers and cross examine them. He refused to allow her lawyer to attend witness deposition. He “investigated” in secret. These are funamental aspects of due process he ignored.[...]
Put bluntly, Branchflower misapplied the Ethics Acts and has sought to create a headline to smear the Governor.”
You can get more details at the following link:
http://i.cdn.turner.com/cnn/2008/images/10/11/response.branchflower.report.pdf
So, learn to read both sides of the argument before jumping to conclusion.