By Yael T. Abouhalkah, Kansas City Star Editorial Page columnist
Sarah Palin's candidacy took a nosedive Friday. And that's going to sting John McCain as their campaign lurches forward the next three weeks.
A state investigator released a report that found Palin violated Alaska's ethics law when she tried to get an ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police.
This is a devastating blow to Palin's reputation as a maverick and high-ethics person.
The report found that Palin "knowingly permitted" the pressure placed on Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to get rid of trooper Mike Wooten.
But Monegan refused and Palin eventually fired him. That broke a state ethics law which prohibits using one's official office to pursue a personal interest.
Palin' supporters already are attacking the report as being partisan.
But it was unanimously adopted by a bipartisan committee that had authorized it.
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Still worried about ACORN? Okay, repeat this a few times...
FIVE YEARS. NOT A SINGLE CASE. NOT JUST AGAINST ACORN BUT AGAINST ANY VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD. NOT A SINGLE CASE! FIVE YEARS... ATTY GENERALS FIRED. NOT A SINGLE CASE. ALBERTO GONZALES LOST HIS JOB TRYING TO PROVE THIS LIE.
Oh, and that gun ban fear mongering had nothing to do with voter fraud. Which attack talking point are we on today? I lost my list. Help please.
Rogue, please give Barry a callback...
202 456-1414, might put it on speed dial
That's the truth
It's no wonder that the right-wingers are looking for a scapegoat to demonize, all evidence to the contrary.
Voter Fraud, again, and again, and again....
http://www.gunbanobama.com/default.aspx?NavGuid=00bdd116-898f-4f21-8e99-a68a40642560&t=Hunters
NOBama in 08, Keep the Change!
http://www.gunbanobama.com/default.aspx?NavGuid=00bdd116-898f-4f21-8e99-a68a40642560&t=Hunters
The next time someone attacks Voter Registration and ACORN...
FIVE YEARS. NOT A SINGLE CASE. NOT JUST AGAINST ACORN BUT AGAINST ANY VOTER REGISTRATION FRAUD. NOT A SINGLE CASE! FIVE YEARS. ATTY GENERALS FIRED. NOT A SINGLE CASE. ALBERTO GONZALES LOST HIS JOB TRYING TO PROVE THIS LIE.
Don't you mean Palin the SMEARER?
She seems to like to sling mud at others. She likes to work the crowds into an almost violent frenzy and we're supposed to fight smears against her? I don't think so.
You would think since Gov.Palin supposedly lives by the "Good Book" she would know the passage about people in glass houses.
Apparently, that proverb is lost on her. Oh the irony.....
"Dirty Rotten Son of a B-tch of a Communist Traitor"
Quotes from Joe Vogler, Alaskan Independence Party Founder
"President Roosevelt had involved us in a war. He had to do something to make Americans mad and I speak pretty frankly. I call him a dirty rotten son of a b-tch of a communist traitor." (2:30 on the first audio clip)
http://uaf-db.uaf.edu/jukebox/yuch/htm/jvog.htm
Todd Palin was a member of the Alaskan Independence Party and Sarah Palin, while she was governor, said she supported their efforts.
Of course, most of the neocon supporters on these forums would agree with Joe Vogler's assessment of FDR, but what about this one?
"MY GOVERNMENT IS MY WORST ENEMY. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THEM WITH ANY MEANS AT HAND."
Joe Vogler is a piece of work. Are the Palin supporters on this forum willing to go that far? TODD PALIN joined the AIP two years after Joe Vogler was killed trying to buy plastic explosives. United we stand?
I notice that no one trying to defend Sixpack Sarah has stepped up to defend this outrage.
I am curious if they plan to step into the voting booth and support McCain/Palin even with this obvious evidence that Todd Palin is was the member of a radical secessionist political party. Evidence that is staring them in the face right now.
"MY GOVERNMENT IS MY WORST ENEMY. I'M GOING TO FIGHT THEM WITH ANY MEANS AT HAND."
Want to talk some more about Rev. Wright? Really? Did he get murdered trying to buy PLASTIC EXPLOSIVES? No? Hey, where are you going, neocons! Come back and talk! We're just getting WARMED UP HERE.
Bill Ayers, anyone? You remember, that guy running the Chicago ANNENBERG Challenge? Leonore ANNENBERG (FIFTY MILLION TO AYERS AND ENDORSEMENT ON MCCAIN.COM WEBSITE)
It's time for a change... of subject. How about the deregulated economy? How about the illegal war? How about illegal wiretapping, torture, crumbling infrastructure, hatred from the world community? The last eight years have been a joke and 95% of these jokes were supported by McCain.
Joe Vogler, founder of the Alaskan Independence Party
Palin-the facts
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More on ACORN and the right's loony obsession
I live in New Mexico where the GOP has unsuccessfully tried to prove any wrongdoing by ACORN. Our former Attorney General David Iglesias (a republican) was fired because there was no evidence that ACORN broke any laws. He was a victim of the shenanigans that were taking place in the Justice Department. Pete Domenici (R-NM) and Heather Wilson (R-NM) were part of the effort to have Mr Iglesias fired when he would not prosecute ACORN. Sorry Conspiracy Theorists there is NO evidence of illegal activity by ACORN. Seems the Grand Old Party doesn't like the idea of the poor & minorities having the right to vote. Oh well!
The GOP accusing anyone of voter fraud is highly hypocritical when one considers their voter suppression efforts in Florida, Ohio, New Mexico and other battleground states. The truth is the GOP is vexed because democrats are registering voters 2 to 1.