Palin cleared by independent counsel
News you won’t see flogged above the fold in tomorrow’s national newspaper front pages: Sarah Palin has been cleared of ethics violations by an independent counsel (as opposed to the legislative probe).
From the Anchorage Daily News:
A new report just released — hours before the polls open on Election Day — exonerates Gov. Sarah Palin in the Troopergate controversy.
The state Personnel Board-sanctioned investigation is the second into whether Palin violated state ethics law in firing her public safety commissioner, and it contradicts the earlier findings by a special counsel hired by the state Legislature.
Both investigations found that Palin was within her rights to fire Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan.
But the new report says the Legislature’s investigator was wrong to conclude that Palin abused her power by allowing aides and her husband, Todd, to pressure Monegan and others to dismiss her ex-brother-in-law, Trooper Mike Wooten. Palin was accused of firing Monegan after Wooten stayed on the job.
The Palins have argued that Wooten was a loose cannon who had tasered his stepson, drank beer in his patrol car, and threatened Palin’s father, and that their complaints that he shouldn’t be on the force were justified.
The Troopergate matter became sharply politicized after Palin was announced as Republican presidential candidate John McCain’s running mate in Tuesday’s election.
The report, released at a Monday afternoon press conference at the Hotel Captain Cook, presents the findings and recommendations of Anchorage lawyer Timothy Petumenos, hired as independent counsel for the Personnel Board to examine several complaints against Palin.
Petumenos wrote the Legislature’s special counsel, former state prosecutor Steve Branchflower, used the wrong state law as the basis for his conclusions and also misconstrued the evidence.
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And cries from the left about how there was a massive cover up or there was a plot in 3…2…
Actually, this is also on the home page of the NYT’s website right now.
Shocked. Shocked I tell ya.
Wish this would have been announced a few days ago. I think the Governors image is tarnished by trooper gate, but the media has by now hung several other tags on her. How much does this matter now?
I have hopes that Governor Palin has a bright future regardless of what happens tomorrow.
You beat me to it by seconds, Cameron; no matter how much mischief is inarguably committed by the Obama campaign, that will all get a pass from the MSM, who will then fan the flames of Kossacks everywhere over the merest shadow of a rumor. I’m sure I’m-Witless News tonight will stoke this fire in hopes of depressing conservative turnout.
DON’T LET THE EEYORES DISSUADE YOU FROM VOTING TOMORROW! Vote as if your freedom depended on it.
It probably does.
Of course. I knew that.
TrumPedUp-Gate goes bust
Suhprise Suhprise. .. not.
GMTA, karnold. That’s all. I have become more than annoyed with the venom spewed at Governor Palin just because she has the audacity to be a conservative woman running for the VP slot. The folks that are convinced her actions were illegal are the same that would have screamed at her for doing nothing about the abuse this trooper inflicted.
I’m surprised this bit of news wasn’t sat on until 5 November. Still it is good news!
A little too late. However, she is still a wonderful woman and candidate.
I’m shocked….SHOCKED I tell ya, that this came out too late…..I question the timing
I’m sure the MSM is highly disappointed that this didn’t go the other way, as they’d all be screaming “OCTOBER SURPRISE!!!!” in November, of course.
Sigh…
MSM splashing this all over the Networks in 4,567,888, 4,567,887, 4,567,886………
Oh never mind.
OOps! I knew there had to be one MSM headline that had to negate this positive:
Get this..ABCNews.com headline reads:(I know, I know, I’m always harping on them, with good reason)
I guess it’s too late to question the timing.
Win or lose tomorrow, the best thing coming out of this whole extended exercise has been Sarah Palin. We are blessed and we have a future. Next Bobby Jindahl needs some exposure.
Nooooooo… that couldn’t happen…
My sarcasm bucket runneth over.
This whole trumped up “investigation” was politically motivated from the start.
I’m glad this one backfired in their faces. About time.
But she made her kids eat mac and cheese!
The sky is falling!
“About time” may be too little too late, BAL.
Almost all backfire in their faces, but they never leave it alone regarless of the issue. Some are still flipping out over Rathergate!
Really! I mean Really! What a surprise.
Sarah might he a girl, but she’s a “boyscout” at heart. I knew she’d never do anything underhanded.
I am shocked Sarah “the horrible” was actually just doing her JOB….such jerks BUT that’s OK they have steeled this woman to the rigors of campaigning and the media wing of the Democrat party and she is the future of conservatism!
This is not the Sarah I thought I pretended to know
Good one RabbidSquirrel!
It doesn’t matter. The local Kosacks will completely ignore this report, and six months from now will still be screaming TROOPERGATE! TROOPERGATE!
This is actually on the NYTimes front page.
I don’t care if this gets a rise out of you or not because, well, what if this the last little push that tips the awesome force of America over the edge, taking McCain and Palin into the White House on the way.
Whatever it is that you associate with the thought of the Conservative/Republican/McCain/Palin/PUMA/Clinton Democrat crowd all collectively straining as hard as they can against the impending socialist doom, I’ve got a name for it: The American Surge. McCain brought us the Iraq Surge, and we know just how that turned out! Now it’s time for us to bring ours!
Will I be allowed to vote for Palin from my re-education camp?
Bad employees SHOULD be fired, and the bosses who have the brass tacks to do it should NOT be investigated.
Let’s hear it, 3 hurrah’s for Gov. S. Palin.
McCain/Palin ‘08
Palin/Jindal ‘12 and beyond
Oh, well this is wonderful (not). I guess they’ll do anything to make sure Obama wins:
From the NYT’s. Article link here:
To me this entire incident is similar to Joe The Plummer…there was a collective sigh of relief when there wasn’t any dirt on Joe…WHY was anyone bothering a private citizen???
WHY SHOULD SARAH BE INVESTIGATED FOR FIRING A BAD EMPLOYEE??? Am curious, what other rotten things did this louse do to get himself fired?
There are still some undecided’s out in the battleground states; Hopefully they will review this news and decide that character does count.
I think the Governors image is tarnished by trooper gate
No, the Governor’s image is tarnished by the fact that she doesn’t know what the Bush Doctrine is, doesn’t know that the First Amendment guarantees a free press, doesn’t know that the VP is NOT “in charge of the Senate”, doesn’t know who the Prime Minister of Canada is, doesn’t know that there ISN’T a Prime Minister of Quebec, doesn’t know any examples of John McCain pushing for government regulation, doesn’t read any newpapers or magazines, and overall simply doesnt know what she’s doing.
But she’s folksy, and that means something to you here.
But know this: SHE IS WHY YOU LOST.
In fact, instead of Diversity Training, someone should put together Palin Firing Training and managers should be required to attend it so they can learn how to get rid of bad employees. This way they can prevent lousy employees from making their ways thru the ranks and ruining good businesses.
This is unbelievable!!!! They’re already writing the headlines!
From the same article above:
Oh well, let’s not just go ahead and ASSume who the winner will be Katie.
I am SO MAD right now.
you have her confused with your guy dipstick.
Yep, there sure are. I have family in VA and PA, and they are hearing more and more people leaning towards McCain.
They simply don’t trust Obama.
Well, let’s see. Aside from tasering his own son, he was caught drinking beer in his patrol car, and also made death threats to Palin’s father.
Obviously this guy is not FIT to be a “law” enforcement officer, since he can’t follow the law himself. Probably one of those who was bullied as a kid, but now thinks he’s above the law because he’s a cop.
But…
Nothing to see here…move along.
Whoops! That should read that there ISNT a Prime Minister of Quebec named Mr. Richard Z. Sirois. Everything else is right on the money.
Check out FOX. Greta is about to release something Hillary said that was not supposed to be heard. Will she ever learn to do a mic check before she speaks.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Z._Sirois
This is Richard Z. Sirois, by the way.
back in your hole troll….
I never doubted for a minute that the Gov. would be cleared.
But of course, none of that matters because, as Sarah has said, the firing had nothing to do with any untoward pressure put on Monegan to fire Wooten. It was because he took a trip to DC.
Right?
Hey, just saying what the article published. Besides, he was breaking the law. In more ways than one.
never mind
Well if Obama does win he must be destroyed as quickly as possiable. The democrats have alreay shown us the tactics needed. We need to never give him a chance at any point. If he wins tomorrow, every single thing that goes wrong from that point on will be his fault. Nothing that goes rightr will be his doing. We should expose every single lie and fraud. Starting with calling into question his very election based on the fraud we already know about. Everything should be done to get him impeached before he removes that ability forever.
Whatershed,, can you enlighten me on what Ive been asking for over four years. What was John Kerrys plan for Iraq??. Four years later and Kerry never explained what he would do about Iraq. He only said what was wrong but had no solution. Your mainstream media gave him a pass over that but yet has screamed bloody murder when Palin didn’t know what the Bush Doctrine was. Further more I didn’t know how extensive Bush’s spending was until way after the 04 election.
go away waterboy.
I’d rather have Palin get some on the job training than have Biden that we know is good for 30 years of nothing in the Senate. Biden is consitently wrong on his foreign policy positions and can’t seem to keep his feet out of his mouth. He offers no hope of change, which is what your supposed to be all about.
Just for fun, here’s what the senate.gov website says the job of the Vice President is-
The vice president is usually seen as an integral part of a president’s administration and presides over the Senate only on ceremonial occasions or when a tie-breaking vote may be needed.
And here’s what Sarah Palin says it is-
They’re in charge of the U.S. Senate so if they want to they can really get in there with the senators and make a lot of good policy changes.
Oops! She should’ve checked the job description first, I think.
Gov. Palin has worked extremely hard for the McCain/Palin ticket over the last 60 days after coming out of nowhere, plowing through the endless MSM hatchet jobs over Troopergate et al and still staying on message; That’s one tough lady you can trust in the White House; Don’t let the MSM pond scum(watershed) keep you from rewarding her with your vote.
How about getting this up at Hot Air.
This is not a request, it’s an order.
Do it Malkin, this is your empire, get the job done.
Watershed, Have you ever listened to Biden for more than a minute? I’ve noticed they’ve taken him out of public view. If Obama wins Biden will be a riot to watch for four years. There will be whole books of his misstatements and dilusional banter.
#55
Biden does have a Gerald Ford-ish quality about him, true! you’re right.
But he knows what the Bush Doctrine is, and what his job is, and who is Prime Minister of Canada is, etc etc etc
From the U.S. Constitution Article I
12th Amendment to the U.S. Constitution
Just because the senate.gov website states something, that doesn’t mean it’s fact. Sarah’s interpretation is entirely valid according to the Constitution, which is all that matters, not a website that can reflect the view of the party in power. Oh, and counting the electoral votes is NOT ceremonial.
watershed – “Twit” comes to mind when I read your comments. Then I realize that it’s more “pity you” and your small-minded ilk. I wonder why you feel compelled to hang around with people you are so philosophically opposed to? Certainly, the like-minded, open-minded people who appreciate MM are not interested in your two cents.
By the way, IF Obama wins, your two cents becomes 1/5 of a cent, and when it gets spread around… well, you’ll be worth nothing. Nada. Zilch.
Congratulations. /sarcasm
#52 watershed said:
Article 1, Section 3 of the US Constitution:
I see no language in Section 3 that contradicts what you quoted from Governor Palin.
Call me a fart in church but, I am underwhelmed by this news in the bottom of the 9th. I would rather see
‘WHY ISN”T THE SUPREME COURT HEARING BERG vs OBAMA TODAY ?’
TROLLS ARE NOT OUR ADVERSARIES, THEY ARE OUR ENEMIES.
Hey Watershed, the genius, care to guess where the quote below comes from? I don’t see the word ‘ceremonial’ in there. Unless it is hidden in the same ‘clause’ that states that abortion is a right to privacy issue. Let me know where you find them, cause they ain’t in my copy.
Oops, maybe you should have read the U.S. Constitution first! ‘The VP of the United States shall be President of the Senate’ is pretty definitive language. What part do you not understand?
What is the next golden nugget of information you are going to share with us? It would not have anything to do with “the earth is really flat and the sun rotates around us!” would it?
Really? There are several phases of the Bush Doctrine. And I bet you can’t even name the person who coined the term in the first place.
But then again, who really cares? You’re judging someone because they don’t know who the dude in Quebec is? Get real.
Do you know off hand who the president of Lesotho is?
Nah…didn’t think so. Go home.
But then again, he probably couldn’t point to where Lesotho is on a map either.
Sorry, BrianNY #59, I did not read down as far as your post after I saw waterhead’s idiotic attempt at mental superiority. You shot him down quite nicely.
I can shoot him down in 10 seconds live. He needs his Wikipedia to help him out with his “facts”.
If Watershed is still around I would like to point out that everything is relative. There will be a point at which Watershed will say, “Hey wait , that’s not fair!”. Remember Obama thinks we Americans are ALL unfair and must give our wealth to the world. How poor are you prepared to go Watershed?
The Vice President is NOT “in charge” of the senate, no matter what you want to say about it, people. Its cool, though!
BlameAmericaLast, here’s a tip. If trying to get me on facts, in an attempt to prove I am just like ol’ Sarah, remember, in your strange partisan brain, that I am NOT running for Vice President. That makes a HELL of a lot of difference, in my mind.
Bottom line: you dont want a VP who “knows things”. Excellent standards!
She knows how to get natural gas to our country. Not so much Biden and Obama.
I detect the stomping of feet.
Sorry to say, but I bet Obama doesn’t know everything either. And he’s running at the top of the ticket with NO experience whatsoever. What has he run? Nothing. And what “community” organizing he did has resulted in bigger slums.
If you want a know-nothing mouthpiece, have at it, because that’s all Mr. Empty Suit is. A mouthpiece. All show, no substance. No sooner does he enter the Senate (and collects a paycheck and does nothing to show for it), he’s immediately running for president.
At least Palin is running a state, not like Obama who tried (and failed) to organize a 5-block chunk of a city.
Go ahead, vote for the puppet-meister-in-chief.
Oh, you mean like a 5-year old? You’re right.
By the way, a VP can have as much influence over policy as he or she wishes. It’s all what you make of it. No one says you’re not “allowed” to do so.
I notice that Watercloset isnt over on the thread Michelle has up about Biden talking about his preference of girl-girl over girl-boys.
I think what we are seeing is a sterling example of the typical leftist. When shown chapter and verse where they are wrong, all they can do is proclaim, “The constitution is wrong!”
Folks, let’s stop encouraging watershed and maybe s/he will go away (and find another site that can/will benefit from his/her infinite wisdom). The rest of us should go to bed so we can get up tomorrow and go to our jobs. Somebody needs to earn money to pay for Obama’s “plans”…
Still holding out hope that level-headed people will recognize the danger in Obama/Biden. If not, well, we’re a strong people and will overcome the damage *eventually*. I just hope that we’ll still have the freedom to voice our discontent.
Don’t forget – Vote. Vote. Vote. (Oh, wait, that’s what the Dems do!)
California Red – No, no no… his preference is for girl-boys, because they are softer… girl-girls are tougher… so… wait… maybe you’re right… no… girl-boys are… wait….
Can you imagine if Palin had said something like the girl-girl, girl-boy comment?
Holy cow…
Yeah, she would’ve been called a racist, a homophobe and God knows what else.
Sorry Malkin, I see that it is already there and I was a little to antsy.
Semper Fi
BAL – Yeah, and STUPID… VAPID… DUMB etc.
This clip would be playing non-stop on all the alphabet stations with all the commentators making snarky comments and expressing fear galore that she was one heart-beat away!
GAH… You can’t fix this kind of idiocy.
Wordweaver, amen to “level headed people” and lots of prayer. May God’s Mercy prevail in EVERY precinct across this wonderful land. May there be a “WWF Smackdown” of the left…an unmistakable repudiation of their big government/lotsa taxes philosophy. God help us-US…
But if He has determined that we deserve a 4 year trip to the woodshed for our mistakes, well, we’ll survive. It’s what we do…and He’ll put us (US) back on top…
Quite the contrary – shes the only thing that kept McCain in the race for this long.
Had he or any other candidate run on a platform of stopping illegal immigration, none of us would even know who Obama is at this very moment. (not that we know who he is anyway but that is another thread)
If a candidate came out TONIGHT and was able to get on the ballot, with only an illegal immigration platform, that candidate would win also.
It would be nice for a complete run down from our resident Obama supporters showing why Biden is magnificent. I mean, since Palin is so awful, what is it exactly about Biden that makes him great? He’s “super-gaffetastic” to quote our host.
You know, as much as I dislike Obama for the conniving person he is and for the anti-American, Marxist things he wants to do… I believe I dislike watershed even more.
What I think is funny is that Waternoose keeps going on and on about something and nobody is even responding to him. I think he types just to make himself feel imporrtant. Especially since they probably booted him off the Libby Blogs for being an annoying pest.
He is like the toddler who keeps tugging at his mommy’s hem repeating, “Mom…mom…mom…mommy…mommy…mommy…momma…momma…momma…” until finally she screams “Shut the hell up already!”
What a chode. Talking about pointless crapola that ultimately doesn’t matter one stinking bit.
In fact, Waterchode has been here all day. What happened? Did you get suspended for writing dirty Palin jokes on you school desk again?
Or maybe he couldn’t get on the porn sites today due to credit card maxing out. Damn this economy. eh Waterchode?
I had several problems with the Branchflower report from day one:
1) Somehow the Legislature’s investigators were able to devine the motives of Sarah Palin when she removed Monegan as Commissioner of Public Safety. Either they were able to read her mind, or they made an assumption about her motives based on what they, themselves, would have done in her situation.
2) If firing Officer Wooten was so important to Gov. Palin and her motive for removing Monegan, wouldn’t she have made darn sure that the new Commissioner would fire Wooten before she appointed him? If so, why does he still have his job?
3) If she had remained silent about her ex-brother-in-law’s behavior (his death threats, hunting violations, tasing of a child, etc.), wouldn’t her politically motivated enemies be claiming just the opposite of what they are saying now? Wouldn’t they be accusing Gov. Palin of covering up Officer’s Wooten’s misdeeds and allowing a rogue cop to remain on the job because of favortism and because she wanted to avoid embarassment to her family and her political career?
The bottom line is, they would have found fault with her no matter how she had responded in this situation. That is how the Left operates.