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Milkman

She says she supports small and limited government. But I want to know more about this:

[quote] Link and entire: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/10/us...=1&oref=slogin

Norton

Hope there voting machines work better than Florida's.

Boon Mee

How shocking. The non-partisan folks investigating the purported Sarah Palin scandal known as “Troopergate” would appear to be Obama supporters.

Palin ‘Investigators’ Are Obama Backers? | Sweetness & Light

Boon Mee

[quote=Milkman;754990]She says she supports small and limited government. But I want to know more about this:

Hold the bus there M/M...Shock! She billed the state for stuff she was allowed to bill!

she billed the state for “lodging” while staying at her own home in Wasilla; the governor’s official home is in Juneau, so technically any nights spent away from there while working entitled her to a hotel per diem. WaPo supplies us with only one sample expense report which includes an item for “lodging - own residence”, but as Jonah Goldberg and David Bernstein note, there’s no amount listed on that line. She simply noted it, almost as if to say “I’m not charging anything because I stayed at my own residence.” The only amount on the line, $60, is for meals and incidentals (M&IE). The money question, then: Did WaPo simply misread her reports, treating amounts for M&IE as though they were amounts for lodging? Remember, they’ve already egregiously misread one financial report of hers, generating a smear that still hasn’t been fully scrubbed away.

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spiff

According to your partisan blog...LOL Can't see the irony?

Boon Mee

^ Well, what isn't partisan these days.

Texpat

Wow. Thirty-three pages on a political neophyte no dem in their right mind should fear. Headlines (nay quarter-page photos, above the fold) in newspapers around the world. The blogosphere is buzzing.

Larry King had to separate a panel of four women from a full-on catfight. I'm not going to read through this whole thread -- but ... action dolls?



In my opinion, the harder the dems try to discount her, the deeper hole they're digging. They need to lay off and focus on the candidates. Yeah, the candidates.

They don't call this a presidential election for nothing. It's funny as hell to watch them squirm. Doesn't appear professional, let alone presidential.

Suddenly, Barack isn't so special.

Boon Mee

New Sarah Palin Videos!

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attaboy

It's Alaska. Given the weather and the difficulty of travel, she has to board a ferry to get from her home to Juneau, I can she why she is paid to work at her office within her home. It's probably cheaper. Besides, she fired the Govornor's cook and she has requested less in per diem than her predecessor.

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Jet Gorgon

Oooh, that reminds me of Have Gun, Will Travel.

Singalong here, folks (edited by Jettie):

Have Lipstick Will Fight reads the card of the gal.
A mother of five in a savage land.
Her fearless soul heeds the people's call.
The woman to get the job done is Palin, Palin!

Palin, Palin What do you say?
"John McCain is for the USA."

She travels to wherever she must;
A moose head of silver is her badge of trust.
There are campfire legends that Mericans' spin
Of the gal with the guts,
of the gal called Pa-l-l-l-l-in. Pa-l-l-l-l-in!!!!!!!

(It's kinda slow at work today)

I think what she expensed was fair.
Bladdy h*ll, I wanna watch that. Got a ytube linkie?
Yep, I think that's why BO is making so many gaffes. He is not the show stopper no mo. And he is nervous.

Texpat

Here's Texpat's take on it.

Black = 12-13%
Female = 49-51%

He shoulda picked Hillary. End of story. He didn't. He's done.

Jet Gorgon

^ Dunno, Tex, Alot of women and men hate her.

sabang

This is looking grimmer by the day. If the latest details coming out are true, then Sarah comes across as a vindictive b*tch- and not limited by any legal or ethical considerations. Add that to her loony faith, and I think her America's sweetheart days may be numbered.

firstly-

JUNEAU, Alaska—A union representing state troopers in Alaska has called for a probe into alleged workers compensation-related ethics violations by Gov. Sarah Palin’s office and the state’s director of risk management.

According to a letter of complaint by the union, Brad Thompson, director of Alaska’s Department of Administration Division of Risk Management, may have improperly shared information with an official in the governor’s office about a workers comp claim filed by a trooper who is Gov. Palin’s former brother-in-law.

Allegations that the governor abused her public office by attempting to have trooper Mike Wooten fired have been dubbed “Troopergate” and have drawn international attention since Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., named Gov. Palin as his running mate at the Republican National Convention earlier this month.

Alaska’s Legislature is conducting a separate probe into allegations the governor attempted to pressure a former safety commissioner to fire Mr. Wooten, who was involved in a divorce with the governor’s sister.

Comp probe called for in Alaska’s ‘Troopergate’ | Business Insurance News, Analysis & Articles

And-

Judge warned Palin in 2005 to back off brother-in-law's job


(CNN) -- An Alaska judge warned Gov. Sarah Palin's family against trying to get her then-brother-in-law fired, according to court records.

That warning came long before the controversy over her dismissal of the brother-in-law's boss, the state's public safety commissioner, records show.

Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations she and her advisers pressured Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire her sister's husband, State Trooper Mike Wooten.

Palin's sister, Molly McCann, and Wooten were in the process of getting a divorce when the judge hearing the couple's case said McCann's family appeared to be putting Wooten's job at risk at a time when he would be required to pay child support.

"It appears for the world that Ms. McCann and her family have decided to take after the guy's livelihood, that whatever who did what to whom has overridden good judgment," Superior Court Judge John Suddock said during an October 2005 hearing. "Aesop told us not to slay the goose that lays the golden egg. For whatever reason, people are trying to slay the goose here, and it tends to diminish his earning capacity."...

Wooten's union representative testified that the trooper was the subject of a "constant stream" of complaints from his ex-wife's family. "If things don't change, Mike's career is in jeopardy," the union rep said.

"My advice to Mike was to find another job," said John Cyr, now executive director of the Public Safety Employees Association. "I think he needs, career-wise, to look for work elsewhere." ...

Palin originally pledged to cooperate with the investigation and disclosed that members of her administration had contacted state police officials nearly two dozen times to discuss Wooten. But last week, she asked the state personnel board to conduct its own probe, and a string of witnesses has failed to show up at scheduled depositions with the investigator hired by the Legislature.

Judge warned Palin in 2005 to back off brother-in-law's job - CNN.com

America's sweetheart is sounding phoney. No longer co-operating with an investigation, in spite of her assurances, and now witnesses are less willing to turn up. Something smells here.

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Milkman

I am agreeing with Texpat, here.

You can also look at the electoral map that list the percantage of white/black/hispanic/women/uninsured population - not registered voters? - by state, and it also lists the result of the last election, state by state by percentage.

We know the election in 2004 was close but in Minnesota and Wisconsin, Kerry won by low single digits.

The Midwest was solid red and strong red.

I see this election having similar results: blue on the West Coast and blue in the Northeast, and a thick, fat red in the middle, and near the middle-west.

I now think McCain will win.

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Texpat

It's Rovian! It's a cover up! It's DICK CHENEY reincarnate!

Ease up Sabang. You're looking desperate.

aging one

Desperate is McCain for picking the woman without properly vetting her. Wait and see what else pops up. Now Tex you do know you come from a union of Adam and Eve dont ya?

pai nai ma

1) Her home is roughly 30 miles inland (from a navigable harbor).
2) there is no ferry service (nor road) from anchorage to juneau.

A 4th grader in ak would know this. do your homework atta.

sabang

Belongs in another thread- but I'm still predicting an Obama presidency.
Close enough to be exciting though. Keep an eye on Sarahgate.

Jet Gorgon

Watching her speech in AK. She's holding her own, OK, easy coz it's her home state but she's reeling them in. One great charmer line:
Alaska: where men are men...
and women win the Iditarod.
555

pai nai ma

ancient line.....