Comments on: Troopergate Still Hounds Palin

CBS Evening News: Witness Refusals To Answer Subpoenas The Latest Development In Corruption Probe

[nevadanan]

Sure, wait until after the election to bring this investigation to a head when it''s possible Palin is the V.P. Then our nation, once again, will be sitting in moose dung while our position in the world continues to decline.

[marymark10]

Seems to be an all out effort to trap her in something. If the Dems can find 6-8 abuses of office in Alaska, Gov Palin will begin to approach Clinton while in Arkansas. Interesting that the scandels in Arkansas-troopergate, ***, drug, securities, real estate..... were not a big deal to dems back then.

[dixxson-2009]

Thanks BRAZIL42- Great, Informative, and extremely relevant information on Palin.
Those 2 actions alone shows why McCain chose her, Because Hitler would have Loved her!

It never ceases to amaze me when there is a negative story about a republican they seem to get to the press and get it squashed. What a bounch of hypocrites. Pregnant daughter out of wedlock. Ok for Sarah''s kid but not ok for Britney Spears sister. FIre a person because he refused to do the wrong thing. Ok for Sarah. Just saw her and Mcain on cbs evening news together. Republicans are afraid to let her open her mouth alone. Whats wrong with CBS that they could not have insisted of a one on one interview? They must be republicans also.

[relee42]

Palin spent $400k of public funds this past election to defeat a ballot measure that would stop aerial hunting of wolves. She is the worst governor in our states history. She also charged victims of rape for evidence kits as mayor of Wasilla, the only mayor to do that.

[karela33]

If Sarah wants to be trusted, she''ll have to behave in a trustworthy manner. Her behavior concerning "troopergate" has been far from transparent. Ir reeks of corruption. If she wants us to see it in another way, she should let the evidence speak for itself. Subverting the investigation tells another story. Yes, politics are being played in a hardball way around this issue, but it''s the republicans who are playing it. This started out as a bipartisan vote (8 republicans to 4 democrats on the judiciary committee who voted) that there was good reason to investigate; enough good reason to allocate $100,000 to it. The McCain campaign has made it political by interfering with an ongoing investigation and the attorney general of Alaska is certainly representing Palin, and not the state he swore an oath to, when he tells people under subpeona that they don''t have to appear and testify. Sarah demands absolute loyalty from her minions; even if it means breaking the law. Apparently HER attorney general got the message loud and clear.

[mairin27]

Even the person who was responsible for Palins entry into polictics, Nick Carney, is appalled that she has been picked as McCain''s running mate.

He stated she broke the law by spending $55,000 of road maintenance funds, without the council''s permission. "When I braced her about that her response, and I will never forget it, is ''I''m the mayor and I can do anything I want until the courts say I can''t,'' " Carney recalls.

Carney watched as Palin fired many of the long-serving city employees, including the librarian, police chief and museum manager. She hired the former lawyer for the Alaska Republican Party to be the new city attorney. He said she was simply repaying political debts.
"Always, her first question is: ''How is this decision going to affect me and my administration.'' It was never, ''Is this the best thing for the city of Wasilla?'' " said Carney.

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[hapklein]

The closer we look the worse she appears. I had a very open mind when I first saw her and listened to the little bit she ever said.

But the more we see of her dealings in her hometown and some of the nasty things she was reported to have done and which seemed to be corroborated by more and more witnesses I must conclude she is just nt avery nice person and is in fact a nasty second rate mayor of a backwater village.

It was the dynamics of Alaska politics rather than her ability that got her elected governor and she has since cost the state tax payers a lot of money with the two big bills she worked. I just read yesterday that the pipeline deal she thinks is so great for the US actually supplies gas to Calgary and nowhere near the US border.

I guess Sarah never studied too much geography either.

[royalia]

See, I can spam just like you!

[abbe91]

"If BS were currency, Palin could bail out Wall Street herself."

Kathleen Parker, conservative columnist.