Palin cleared in Troopergate

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Alaska's Personnel Board finds that Gov. Sarah Palin did not violate ethics law.

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1. There is no probable cause to believe that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act by making the decision to dismiss Department of Public Safety Commissioner Monegan and offering him instead the position of Director of the Alaska Beverage Control Board. 2. There is no probably cause to believe that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in any other respect in connection with the employment of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten.

[edit on 11/3/08 by mabus325]

Yeah I just received the New York Times Alert about this. Amazing is it not? It should have been released a long time ago, BUT, it does go to show how the Legislative Finding is exactly as I stated. The Legislators simply attempted a coupe against Governor Palin, but admittedly stated that they had found no Prosecutable Violations with what she did.

Originally posted by mabus325

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1. There is no probably cause to believe that Governor Palin violated the Alaska Executive Ethics Act in any other respect in connection with the employment of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten.

Who wrote this? "Probably cause?" I just cannot take that seriously...

Another fabricated situation found to be just that. An attempt to influence voters. I'm gonna call it a goat's head.

At least nobody had to die to get the desired effect.

It was pretty obvious to most of us that this entire thing was politically motivated. The people carrying out the investigation practically came right out and said it!

No surprise. It has always been obvious that it was politically motivated. Yet another anti-Palin smear bites the dust.

Wonderful timing, though. We hear about it one day before the election, when there's no time to undo the damage done by these false allegations.

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After Palin was selected as Sen. John McCain's running mate, her attorneys attempted to take the investigation out of the hands of the legislative investigator by asking her hand-picked, three-person State Personnel Board to look into the matter.

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You mean a investigation by a handpicked board cleared her and released their findings the night before the election. The same board consisting of individuals that could be fired by Palin. Which means it's highly unlikely they were unbiased or even independent. I would thing any rational person would question the boards findings.

Didn't they originally say that she was guilty like a few weeks ago? Wonder if they are gonna reverse this decision if her and Mccain lose the election.

I have the perfect song for you old timers on here:

"It's a little to little, it's a little to late" by Pat Benatar.

way better than "barracuda" by Heart...why by the way, incase you didn't hear, we're very upset that a conservative republican would use their song without permission *(yes that's right, Heart membors asked that it not be used)...particularly one that was written against people in power control positions....so much irony here.... Also...and perhaps...oh my godness, is that Russia on the horizon? OMG, that's Putin's head rearing up, also...




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I would think any rational person would question the boards findings.

Who are these "rational people" you speak of? It's election time, we left rational thought behind a looooong time ago.

Originally posted by Finn1916
Didn't they originally say that she was guilty like a few weeks ago? Wonder if they are gonna reverse this decision if her and Mccain lose the election.

No, they said they were going to use this investigation as an "October Surprise", which they did. Now that they've gotten the usefulness out of it, they are telling the truth. The whole thing was a nothing more than a way to drive down Mccain's numbers.

She fired a guy who wouldn't fire her ex bro in law. They claim it was because he did bad things. But when he was married to her sister it didn't matter. if they had tried to fire him before the divorce there would have been no problem. But she thought his drunk driving and running over school kids with his trooper car was a great thing, until the divorce. Why it was an abuse of power. Also, the board? MAJORITY REPUBLICAN! So unless you want to claim the GOP was out to get her...

There were 2 investigations.

One was of a bipartisan board, which found her guilty on (I believe) October 10.

The other was a governor-assigned board, that found her innocent.

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Oh so the board with republicans finds her guilty, the ones with her friends on it doesn't. Don't you think OJ Simpson, Manson, Bundy, would have loved that? Put your friends(Bundy), fans(OJ), followers(Manson) on the jury then be shocked that you're found innocent.

Originally posted by GamerGal
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Oh so the board with republicans finds her guilty, the ones with her friends on it doesn't. Don't you think OJ Simpson, Manson, Bundy, would have loved that? Put your friends(Bundy), fans(OJ), followers(Manson) on the jury then be shocked that you're found innocent.

Where's your proof that the government-assigned board was all Republican? Ah, that's right, you don't have any. You're making up things as you go along - again.

Originally posted by sos37
Where's your proof that the government-assigned board was all Republican?

She didn't say it was "ALL" Republican. She said "the board with republicans".

Now, what's your problem, again?

Originally posted by Benevolent Heretic

Originally posted by sos37
Where's your proof that the government-assigned board was all Republican?

She didn't say it was "ALL" Republican. She said "the board with republicans".

Now, what's your problem, again?

Actually in her first post she said "majority of Republicans". Still - no proof to back up that piece of fiction. My problem is that Gamergal frequently makes up her own facts when she replies to threads and rarely ever posts links to back them up, yet the mods don't seem to care about enforcing their "Call to action - ending the madness" when it comes to her.

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What? Are you serious? THE BOARD CONTROLLED BY REPUBLICANS FOUND HER GUILTY! The Board that she made with people who were her friends or could be fired if they didn't find her innocent found her innocent. Pay attention, or are you broke like many Americans and can't afford to Pay attention?

Oh, nice. The guy was a drunk driver!? That's slick. Good to know the good ole boy system is so strong in up there. I like Alaska, personally, but uhm...from the water

Well, maybe the FBI should be called in to straighten them out a little?