The Palin scandals ...

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Let me see if I understand this "scandal." Palin and members of her family complained to the head of the state police about a trooper who admittedly used a stun gun on his 10 year old step son, drank on duty and threatened members of their family?
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Palin alleged in 2005 that Wooten had threatened her sister and their father with violence. She also accused him of using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson. Wooten denies threatening Palin's family, but admits using the stun-gun on his stepson at the child's request.

Sounds like the typical he-said-she-said nasty divorce, with the Guvnor deciding to Bigfoot all over it because she could. Abuse-of-power investigation totally justified. I don't want Sarah Rampage one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
 
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Palin alleged in 2005 that Wooten had threatened her sister and their father with violence. She also accused him of using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson. Wooten denies threatening Palin's family, but admits using the stun-gun on his stepson at the child's request.

Sounds like the typical he-said-she-said nasty divorce, with the Guvnor deciding to Bigfoot all over it because she could. Abuse-of-power investigation totally justified. I don't want Sarah Rampage one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
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From today's news:

Asked about Palin's national security experience, Cindy McCain could not come up with anything beyond the fact that, after all, her state is right next to Russia. "You know, the experience that she comes from is, what she has done in government -- and remember that Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia."

and

Earlier, she said that Palin was "heavily experienced" in general, citing her going from the PTA to mayor to governor -- and having a son headed for Iraq. She actually said that she started her political career at the PTA "like everybody else."

and Palin said:

Meanwhile, Palin's mother-in-law, Faye Palin, told a New York Daily News reporter that she didn't agree with Sarah on everything and hadn't yet decided how she would vote. She added: "I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative. Well, she's a better speaker than McCain," Faye Palin said with a laugh.

But this actually isn't as appalling as a phone interview Palin herself gave yesterday to reporter back home, at the Anchorage Daily News.

The reporter, Kyle Hopkins, asked, according to the transcript posted today, "Are you ready to be President Palin if necessary?"

"I am ... I am up to the task, of course, of focusing on the challenges that face America," she answered, and that was all she could say on her behalf on this question. Then she abruptly shifted to how her candidacy would help Alaska. "And I am very pleased with the situation that I am in, when, when you consider the situation now that Alaska will be in.

"And that is Alaska, and Alaskans will be allowed to contribute more to our great country and they'll be allowed to do that because I -- if we're elected -- will be in a position of opening the eyes of the country to what it is that Alaska is all about and what Alaska has to offer. So, I am happy to and very honored to be asked to do this. I know it's going to be great for Alaska."

Yes, and Bush was good for oil men in Texas too...
 
Quote from ZZZzzzzzzz:

From today's news:

Asked about Palin's national security experience, Cindy McCain could not come up with anything beyond the fact that, after all, her state is right next to Russia. "You know, the experience that she comes from is, what she has done in government -- and remember that Alaska is the closest part of our continent to Russia."

and

Earlier, she said that Palin was "heavily experienced" in general, citing her going from the PTA to mayor to governor -- and having a son headed for Iraq. She actually said that she started her political career at the PTA "like everybody else."

and Palin said:

Meanwhile, Palin's mother-in-law, Faye Palin, told a New York Daily News reporter that she didn't agree with Sarah on everything and hadn't yet decided how she would vote. She added: "I'm not sure what she brings to the ticket other than she's a woman and a conservative. Well, she's a better speaker than McCain," Faye Palin said with a laugh.

But this actually isn't as appalling as a phone interview Palin herself gave yesterday to reporter back home, at the Anchorage Daily News.

The reporter, Kyle Hopkins, asked, according to the transcript posted today, "Are you ready to be President Palin if necessary?"

"I am ... I am up to the task, of course, of focusing on the challenges that face America," she answered, and that was all she could say on her behalf on this question. Then she abruptly shifted to how her candidacy would help Alaska. "And I am very pleased with the situation that I am in, when, when you consider the situation now that Alaska will be in.

"And that is Alaska, and Alaskans will be allowed to contribute more to our great country and they'll be allowed to do that because I -- if we're elected -- will be in a position of opening the eyes of the country to what it is that Alaska is all about and what Alaska has to offer. So, I am happy to and very honored to be asked to do this. I know it's going to be great for Alaska."

Yes, and Bush was good for oil men in Texas too...
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I kinda liked some of John Kerry comments talking about Barrack Obama's experience earlier today:

That’s just ridiculous on its face. I mean, John -- you know, Barack Obama has been in the United States Senate. He has not been absent more than he’s been there. She’s been a governor for, what, the two years now, Barack Obama and the four years?

But, moreover, Barack Obama has traveled abroad.
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Kerry appears to have lied about Obama's tenure in the Senate "4 years"...and ya gotta like that experience he got from traveling abroad. LOL.

OldTrader
 
Quote from kut2k2:

Palin alleged in 2005 that Wooten had threatened her sister and their father with violence. She also accused him of using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson. Wooten denies threatening Palin's family, but admits using the stun-gun on his stepson at the child's request.

Sounds like the typical he-said-she-said nasty divorce, with the Guvnor deciding to Bigfoot all over it because she could. Abuse-of-power investigation totally justified. I don't want Sarah Rampage one 72-year-old heartbeat away from the presidency.
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Here's a full list of what the Department found on Wooten:

Troopers found four instances in which Wooten violated policy, broke the law, or both:

-Wooten used a Taser on his stepson

-He shot a moose without a permit, which is illegal. At the time he was married to McCann, who has a permit but never intended to shoot it herself.

-He drank beer in his patrol car on one occasion.

-He told others that his father-in-law - Palin's father, Chuck Heath - would "eat a f'ing lead bullet" if he helped his daughter get an attorney for the divorce.
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Here's a link to the entire article:

http://www.kansascity.com/444/story/773685.html
 
Quote from CaptainObvious:

You're right! I had considered launching into some diatribe defending my post, but the fact is the word is offensive. I regret any ill feeling this may have caused you. I'm sorry!
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Thanks--good luck to you.
 
Quote from OldTrader:

Evidently you edited your remarks. No problem. But it does seem that you prefer your information from a left-wing blog. Check out that "left of center" stuff. LOL.
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Evidently it doesn't matter to you that the blog is fully sourced, certainly more sourced than your still-not-from-Alaska newspaper.
:p

The investigation will either vindicate Palin or convict her. Meanwhile, McCain's questionable judgment in not choosing a more worthy VP (and don't try to pretend there aren't any) still stands as a glaring example of his unfitness to be Commander-In-Chief.
 
Quote from kut2k2:

Evidently it doesn't matter to you that the blog is fully sourced, certainly more sourced than your still-not-from-Alaska newspaper.
:p

The investigation will either vindicate Palin or convict her. Meanwhile, McCain's questionable judgment in not choosing a more worthy VP (and don't try to pretend there aren't any) still stands as a glaring example of his unfitness to be Commander-In-Chief.
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Yeah, I think Palin was a decent choice for McCain, but I'll watch the investigation with interest. I don't expect much to come from it.

Meanwhile, maybe you can come up with some way to get Obama some type of executive experience. He doesn't appear to have any. Zip. LOL.

OldTrader
 
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