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DEL.ICIO.USMcCain/Palin offer insight to how they would govern
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution
So Sarah Palin, the “reformer” advocating greater transparency in government, is now refusing to take any part in a state investigation to which she once pledged total cooperation. She is also trying to squelch release of emails and other evidence in the case.
The issue is stark: Did Palin abuse her authority and fire her state’s top public-safety official because she did not get her way in a personal family dispute? Her record as mayor of Wasilla suggests she is prone to such high-handed behavior; the fact that after just a year and a half as governor, she already found herself embroiled in another such controversy is telling.
We have had almost eight years of an administration that believed that rules were for other people, an administration that has acted as if it was immune to outside oversight. It is not “change” to replace that administration with another just like it. It is not reform.
The McCain campaign claims Palin can prove that Walt Monegan was fired as part of a budget dispute. If so, the investigation established by the Alaska Legislature — a process set up with Palin’s full support — offers a forum in which that evidence can be viewed and weighed.
But Palin refuses to do so. Is this how a McCain/Palin administration would be run, arrogantly and secretly?
Comments
By Mike
September 16, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this
Another predictable and boring attack by a predictable and boring hack.
Today, David Brooks provides a serious critique of Palin’s experience and the potential problems it poses:
“Sarah Palin has many virtues. If you wanted someone to destroy a corrupt establishment, she’d be your woman. But the constructive act of governance is another matter. She has not been engaged in national issues, does not have a repertoire of historic patterns and, like President Bush, she seems to compensate for her lack of experience with brashness and excessive decisiveness.”
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/16/opinion/16brooks.html?ref=opinion
You know what? David Brooks is a conservative! However, unlike Bookman he does not let partisanship overrule intellectual honesty. As a result, his criticisms actually mean something and you don’t know what to expect when you read his column. Nicholas Kristof is the liberal version of Brooks, and is similarly honest and interesting.
Why don’t we in Atlanta deserve a pundit who is not a boring and predictable hack?
By Swami Dave
September 16, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
So Jay, was did this “personal family dispute” have anything to do with the firing of a law enforcement officer who used a taser on an 11 yr old kid? Would this be the same investigation ballyhooed by the head of the Alaska Democratic Party claiming that its results would be an “October Surprise” so he reschedule release of the information for October 31 (5 days prior to the election)? Would it be the same one that the main figure has publicly stated that he was not influenced by the Governor or her office?
You must have missed the talking points today, Jay. This alleged story disintegrated once the parties started publicly responding to the attention. Maybe you can get Dan Rather to go public with some more fraudlent “evidence” during this election like he tried in the last.
So tell me Jay, had this law enforcement officer kept his job after using a taser on an 11 yr old kid, would you (and the rest of the liberal blogosphere) be hyping the “scandal” that Governor Palin was using her influence to cover for a former family member?
Keep up the good work Jay - the more you guys chatter and blather; the more in a panic you look.
-Swami Dave
By politicjock
September 16, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this
John McCain, who would not sell his soul to win his party’s nomination, is ready to sell every piece of his soul to win the presidency.
By TW
September 16, 2008 8:46 AM | Link to this
Eerie the way the woman, day after day, reveals herself to be Bush’s twin sister.
Been there. Done That.
No thanks.
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this
Palin is so verrrry Cheneyesque
By Dennis
September 16, 2008 8:57 AM | Link to this
The issue is stark, has Bookman abandoned journalism and become an arrogant in-the-tank blogger for the Democrat Party?
Sadly, yes.
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 8:59 AM | Link to this
Oh Jay, you are such a bore and politically, a hack. I guess that’s why I feel so compelled to come here and tell you that, just so you will know how I feel about you. Your choice of topics are just atrocious and your writing style reminds me of someone with an opinion that isn’t afraid to state it. So there, take that and revel in the knowledge that you get paid to do something that you so obliviously enjoy doing.
Just kidding, or am I.
By the way, Jay. Keep up the good work.
By JAY BOOKMAN
September 16, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Swami Dave, you betray a lack of knowledge about the most basic facts in this case.
For one, the trooper DID keep his job. He remains in that job today. The personnel process mandated by Alaska law was followed, and it determined that nothing Trooper Wooten had done was a firing offense.
Palin attempted for purely personal reasons to circumvent and shortcircuit that legally mandated process.
By Copyleft
September 16, 2008 9:00 AM | Link to this
Seems to me that Palin is shaping up as the perfect successor to the ultra-secretive, above-the-law Bush-Ceheny administration.
Too bad for them that America is such of such practices.
And to Dennis (and others, for the ten-thousandth time)—This is the OPINION Section, get it?
If you want “objective journalism” (which, of course, you really don’t—you want Faux News), go to the sections that report news. This section is for OPINIONS.
By Bosch
September 16, 2008 9:01 AM | Link to this
Good point Jay - yes, as we saw yesterday, our economy - or rather what’s left of it, can not be trusted to the same old GOP policies of spend now, spend and spend and spend alot now, and pay later (God, I hope we have enough money to pay all this - if not - CHARGE IT!!!).
What really concerns me about this financial mess - sorry, I missed out on the discussion yesterday - is that whose to stop the Chinese or other ME country from buying out all these debts? I’m not a Wall Street person. The only stock I have is in my piddly retirement fund.
I’m sure someone brought that question up yesterday, sorry if it’s a repeat.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this
I would love to research the columnist’s concerns so that I can offer an opinion but it seems that the only place I can find this particular interest is in the far left kook fringe blogs.
And that is still the only place it can be found.
By Goldie
September 16, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
John McBush has sold his soul to the “agents of intolerence” of his Party. If McBush was really a “maverick” for the Repugs, he would’ve picked his first choice for VP candidate (Joe-mentum or Tom Ridge), and his choice was not Palin.
The shine is quickly wearing off of Palin and in November McBush will regret that he caved in to the extremists of his Party.
By marko
September 16, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this
Mike, Nice shot. I would point out David Brooks is a real conservative, where Caribou Barbie is a borrow and spend neo-con that never met a government handout she did’nt like. By the way, if you find Bookman a bit one sided have you considersd Rootin Tootin Wooten?
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 9:08 AM | Link to this
The Republicans are getting restless, Jay. Perhaps you should throw them a red herring to play with today. They’ll love you for it — Not. After all, they need something to take their minds off of the real issues such as the collapse of major financial institutions brought on by their own greed and implemented by the infamous Republican, Phil Gramm, or the outright sale of our families for generations to come in order to fund the Bush fallacies, aka Bush wars, etc. Throw ‘em a little bone.
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Warned by the Court A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister’s ex
A true woman of the modern day GOP.
And that’s no compliment.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Swami Dave,
That trooper that tasered the kid and stands accused of several other things holds his job to this day.
Anybody that wouldn’t press for the trooper’s dismissal based on the tasering alone should be charged with betrayal of the public trust, but the leftists in their kneejerk partisan lunacy stand up for tasering kids and try to smear a governor with an 80% approval rating.
Taser your kid for Obama-Biden 08!
By Copyleft
September 16, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this
Hmm… distracted by a typo. “SICK of such practices.”
Sorry about that.
By Goldie
September 16, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this
I read that John McBush’s financial advisor (Phil Gramm) was instrumental in the deregulation of our banking system. And McBush has been taking economic advice from Gramm, who told us Americans that “we’re a nation of whiners!”
I guess we’ll see who’s whining on Nov. 4th, won’t we?
By OldBravesBag
September 16, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this
When her husband refuses to answer his subpoena due to executive privilege…and they WILL pull this crap….then you know this is just more of the same…
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 9:13 AM | Link to this
Poor AJC/DNC: if you can’t cut and paste from someone else’s opinion, you have trouble coming up with one of your own.
Too bad. Maybe I can help you with some research. Ignore the headline, but read the contents, it’ll give you some direction for your research.
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/karl-rove-comes-to-alaska/
It’s a site that has a pretty good look at what goes on inside Alaska politics.
Of course, since it’s to the left of Ann Coulter, you’ll likely call them “kooks” as well without actually trying to verify or refute the information. So be it. Partisanship has its costs for you, it seems.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this
Gee, I forgot how to separate the kook fringe blogs from the actual truth, just add the words “tasered a ten year old” to your search, hahaha.
Or perhaps you could type into google “trooper drunk on duty.”
Or try this one, “wooten threatened to put a bullet in the brain of Palin’s father.”
Then, for fun, “trooper reprimanded by superiors who quote said actions such as these will not be further tolerated.”
Nice guy you libs are going out on the limb for.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
I wonder if Jay B shares Copyleft’s opinion that Jay B doesn’t report facts? I know I share that opinion of Jay B’s writings, but I’m kind of surprised Copyleft feels that way.
As a matter of fact I think one can infer from Jay B’s comment at 9:00 that his opinion is that he’s writing facts
Jay B,
If the story is over with the taser happy trooper is off the hook and it’s been proven that Governor Palin acted improperly for purely personal reasons, why is their an ongoing investigation?
By Ernie
September 16, 2008 9:20 AM | Link to this
Another witch hunt by the left wing liberal domocratic party news media. If this is all you have….your in big trouble with the Independent voters. The more the news media goes after Palin, the more votes she picks up.. Keep up the good work!!!
By Goldie
September 16, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
American voters should educate themselves about the economic advisors that John McBush has on board with him:
Who’s to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown.
Holy foreclosures, Batman! McBush cannot be allowed to continue his Party’s policies of devastating America.
By Bosch
September 16, 2008 9:21 AM | Link to this
Goldie,
I heard Obama talk about that in a speech last night. Don’t worry, I didn’t break my “no politics” vow, I was moving furniture and heard a clip of his speech on the radio.
If I were Obama, I’d be on every talk show for the next two weeks shouting the McCain/Gramm connection from the rooftops. I’d start all my speeches with that, and just like McCain uses his “I was a POW” thing, I’d go to a strategy using “noun, verb, Gramm was McCain’s advisor.”
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
RW
You bring up a good point…
Why isn’t Sarah Palin going after that trooper for tasering the boy?
Should they be charged with a betrayal of the public trust?
By Ernie
September 16, 2008 9:22 AM | Link to this
Another witch hunt by the left wing liberal domocratic party news media. If this is all you have….your in big trouble with the Independent voters. The more the news media goes after Palin, the more votes she picks up.. Keep up the good work!!!
By joelorwich
September 16, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
I read that John McBush’s financial advisor (Phil Gramm) was instrumental in the deregulation of our banking system. And McBush has been taking economic advice from Gramm, who told us Americans that “we’re a nation of whiners!”It’s true, and that’s scary. What is equally scary is that Carly Fiorina, who single-handedly almost wrecked Hewlett-Packard is his senior economic advisor.
By AlphaDog
September 16, 2008 9:23 AM | Link to this
What did she do as mayor? I’d love to hear that story?
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 9:24 AM | Link to this
By ByteMe September 16, 2008 9:13 AM Poor AJC/DNC: if you can’t cut and paste from someone else’s opinion, you have trouble coming up with one of your own.
To which the moonbat promptly cuts and pastes someone else’s opinion:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/12/karl-rove-comes-to-alaska/
You can’t make this stuff up.
By jasper
September 16, 2008 9:27 AM | Link to this
Jay - Why no stories on Charitable Joe Biden. We’re all out here champing at the bit to blog about another run of the mill mean spirited career politician Democrat. What great judgement by Obama.
Circling the Drain.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 9:29 AM | Link to this
You’re an idiot, AJC/DNC. But you knew that already. So does everyone else here.
I posted a link, not an opinion. Again, you knew that.
Idiot.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 9:30 AM | Link to this
Mrs G,
Perhaps you should read the affidavit Governor Palin filed before you make the claim that she is ignoring the tasering incident. I left it on the previous post fairly early in the thread.
By Newt
September 16, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
No kidding; she’s Dick Cheney in a skirt.
By "The Corporal"
September 16, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
As usual, everyone is getting their panites (no pun intended) in an uproar over this. The press is trying to make a sideshow of it. The Obama camp is trying to blow it way out of proportion.
Bottom line: The courts will sort it all out as they always do and the right thing will be done, in the right manner and at the right time.
Now, I wish someone would focus on Obama and get a **grand jury investigation going on his very shady home purchase.
By Grading Greenspan
September 16, 2008 9:31 AM | Link to this
TrooperGate is a red herring, a non-sequitur and a goose egg hunt.
TrooperGate is too hard to explain. Voters dont have the attention span to grasp it.
Palin is free and clear of any consequence of troopergate.
Proof: TookWoman’s article and the nonsense that replied to it. Read for yourself. There’s no chance this can hurt Palin. Nobody can define it with a photo flash word.
Palin is a product of this new undefined era we are in. I think this is unchartered territory for America. Camille Paglia tried to pigeon-hole Palin as the natural progression of a fembot evolved from the pupa of madonna.
I think Palin is a new creature, a total mutation and new species, and will survive TrooperGate, and even the Democrat’s aggravatingly aggrandized propaganda over Bristol’s PropaGate.
There R many more Palins out there. This is how we will elect the antichrist as king of the world: simply because he’s ready for his closeup, Mr. DeMille.
Hillary 08: America needs it’s Mommy.
By Dennis
September 16, 2008 9:34 AM | Link to this
This is the opinion section. This is where bias is clear and discernable. This is where we learn that all of the Editors of the AJC, save Wooten, are committed to the Democrat Party.
This clear commitment of the Editors explains why the AJC news, which should not reflect biased opinion, does indeed reflect biased opinion.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 9:35 AM | Link to this
Do NOT repost commentary from elsewhere repetitively here. Do NOT. If YOU have an opinion, state it.
I knew it wouldn’t take very long:
By Goldie September 16, 2008 9:21 AM American voters should educate themselves about the economic advisors that John McBush has on board with him: Who’s to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown.
By Arlene
September 16, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
I did not like Palin from the beginning. Her first speech at the Convention was arrogant and accusatory. It is scary to think what will happen if McCain and Palin get elected. It is true what someone said before,”If Obama was white, it would have been all over for McCain, a long time ago….”
www.evergreenspace.com
By Arlene
September 16, 2008 9:36 AM | Link to this
I did not like Palin from the beginning. Her first speech at the Convention was arrogant and accusatory. It is scary to think what will happen if McCain and Palin get elected. It is true what someone said before,”If Obama was white, it would have been all over for McCain, a long time ago….”
www.evergreenspace.com
By Arlene
September 16, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
I did not like Palin from the beginning. Her first speech at the Convention was arrogant and accusatory. It is scary to think what will happen if McCain and Palin get elected. It is true what someone said before,”If Obama was white, it would have been all over for McCain, a long time ago….”
www.evergreenspace.com
By Paul
September 16, 2008 9:37 AM | Link to this
RW-(the original) 8:58 am
Actually, it was a family member who listens to him. Maybe he hears what he wants to hear. Do you mean Limb isn’t all that supportive of McCain?
Copyleft 9:06
[[You’ve got to admire the right wing’s sheer determination. If the only way to get McCain elected is to completely ignore everything he says and does]]
If the right wing hates McCain, doesn’t that mean the Left, let alone the Center, should be kindly disposed?
Jay,
Did I understand correctly that the head of the investigation (Obama supporter) said there would be an “October surprise”? So the investigation is ongoing and the lead knows the conclusions? Sounds like it’s getting a wee bit political.
Mrs. Godzilla 8:56 am
[[Palin is so verrrry Cheneyesque]]
Lessee, guy with little experience runs for Pres, picks as VP candidate older white guy who’s been around forever and knows all the players and how to work the system (Bush/Cheney).
Today’s race: guy with little experience runs for Pres, picks as VP candidate older white guy who’s been around forever and knows all the players and how to work the system (Obama/Biden).
Guy with lots of Washington experience runs for Pres, picks as VP candidate younger white female who’s new on the scene, doesn’t know the players and says she doesn’t care for them (McCain/Palin).
Which ticket is more like Bush/Cheney?
Jay 9:00
[[The personnel process mandated by Alaska law was followed, and it determined that nothing Trooper Wooten had done was a firing offense.]]
Did the personnel process give discretion to the authorities to determine if an action or set of actions were grounds for firing, vs. did the personnel process list offenses for which firing can occur? Big, huge difference. I’d rather guess the personnel process gave much discretion, in words such as “inappropriate conduct shall be grounds for termination.” If that is the case, then the person at the top can override the middle guy. Happens all the time.
Hey Bosch,
I haven’t watched the Terminator episode yet, so ‘shhhh” please.
Out for a while -
By Arlene
September 16, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
I did not like Palin from the beginning. Her first speech at the Convention was arrogant and accusatory. It is scary to think what will happen if McCain and Palin get elected. It is true what someone said before,”If Obama was white, it would have been all over for McCain, a long time ago….”
www.evergreenspace.com
By stewart
September 16, 2008 9:38 AM | Link to this
It is sade to see republicans stick up for sarah palin’s refusal to not talk to investigators. If she truly has nothing to hide then make her case. Claiming that the probe is tainted is just plain weak.
By Midori
September 16, 2008 9:39 AM | Link to this
Jasper wants mean a mean spirited politician?
You people are a joke.
By Arlene
September 16, 2008 9:40 AM | Link to this
I did not like Palin from the beginning. Her first speech at the Convention was arrogant and accusatory. It is scary to think what will happen if McCain and Palin get elected. It is true what someone said before,”If Obama was white, it would have been all over for McCain, a long time ago….”
www.evergreenspace.com
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
By ByteMe September 16, 2008 9:29 AM You’re an idiot, AJC/DNC. But you knew that already. So does everyone else here. I posted a link, not an opinion. Again, you knew that.
I did no such thing, moonbat.
You read the article, you agreed with what it said, you cut and pasted it as a conversation topic, the only thing different from what I do, is Kookman didn’t go off on your as-s for it, haha.
Go whine to somebody who cares.
By Lucy
September 16, 2008 9:42 AM | Link to this
Another 4 years of an administration that thinks it is above the law would be a very bad thing for American justice.
By Thought for Today
September 16, 2008 9:43 AM | Link to this
Obama trying to get Iraq to not let U. S. troops come home BEFORE the election. He knows troops coming home will help McCain.
The author said media is not reporting this. Obama must think he is already Commander in Chief.
By Truth
September 16, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
What has she to hide ?
Before even being elected to VP , Shes practicing Executive Privileges ?
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 9:44 AM | Link to this
I read that John McBush’s financial advisor (Phil Gramm) was instrumental in the deregulation of our banking system
Pretty remarkable that two different posters, 12 minutes apart, came up with this very same wording.
The Gramm-Leach-Billey Act that everyone is suddenly blaming exclusively on Phil Gramm was indeed passed by Congress, but the bill also had to be signed by the President. I had no idea Bush, or for that matter Gramm, was President back in 1999.
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 9:49 AM | Link to this
RW Thanks for the link…by cracky you are right.
That makes everything all better.
So her abuse of power is cancelled out by his idiotic behavior, is that how that works?
By jon
September 16, 2008 9:52 AM | Link to this
The fact is, that a GOP majority voted to conduct the investigation on Gov Palin, as well as issuing 12 subpoenas, last week. Unfortunately, those supporting the GOP, seem to have leaped into cult mode. No matter what their leaders do… it’s cool. To them, the GOP is above the law… excuses abound. If she did nothing untoward, then why not just help the investigators do their job? Obviously, they’re hoping to stonewall the investigation, so we don’t learn what happened, until after she’s elected. The GOP used to be the law & order party. Now, the anything goes party.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
AJC/DNC: You’re the only idiot here whining about cutting and pasting.
Grow a pair.
By Truth
September 16, 2008 9:53 AM | Link to this
Just so everyone knows… I didnt say that @ 9:44. Someone else did.
By "The Corporal"
September 16, 2008 9:54 AM | Link to this
By the way, on a related subject :
Our Supreme Court considers international law in their deliberations and many in our country are promoting Obama because he has international appeal. This does not bode well for our Constitutional Republic as we are edging toward becoming the “International States of America”.
What say ye?
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
Uh oh, there are two versions of “Truth”!
Irony abounds this morning.
By Carla
September 16, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
As mayor of Wasilla, she took a small city with no dedt and left it with 24 million in debt, and chose to build an athletic center over providing the city with an independent sewer and storm system.
By truthman
September 16, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this
I just gotta say something to Luke Boggs, who wrote that pile of drivel in today’s AJC Op-ed section.
You sound like all the other Americans who were New Yorkers on Sept 11, 2001, but, today, have a complete inferiority complex concerning NYC or anything above the Mason-Dixon line.
Some of us have a view that looks past our borders. Some of us have a wider view of the world than Destin or Panama City, Fla. Some of us care about the world opinion of the U.S.
You sound like just another jingoistic, southern creep threatened by those who are smarter, more educated and more worldly than you.
By Swami Dave
September 16, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
Jay:
The only “fact” that I was apparently uninformed about was that he kept his job. I guess from a union perspective - liberals can be happy that they were unable to fire someone who used the taser on the kid.
Hey, double-goodie! Now the liberal blogosphere can bloviate a “scandal” of her “personal attempts to misuse her position to get him fired” and THEN still manufacture another one of her “failing to protect the children of Alaska from a violent rogue trooper”.
You guys get two fake scandals for the price of one.
Maybe Senator Obama is trying to get Governor Palin disqualified like he did Anne Palmer in his first state campaign.
-Swami Dave
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 9:59 AM | Link to this
Mrs. G,
I don’t believe there was any abuse of power, unless you mean by the kangaroo court looking into this.
However if the people of America really want her out of the Alaska Governor’s office they can accomplish that on November 4th.
By Molly
September 16, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
If Palin’s innocent she should cooperate fully, like she said she would previously. She could get this behind her and have some credibility, which she has none of now.
She’s hiding something, you better believe it.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 10:02 AM | Link to this
Corporal: “International States of America”
Or as those of us from the future like to call it “The Federation of Planets”.
:^)
By Carla
September 16, 2008 10:04 AM | Link to this
As mayor of Wasilla, she took a small city with no dedt and left it with 24 million in debt, and chose to build an athletic center over providing the city with an independent sewer and storm system.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 10:06 AM | Link to this
By jon September 16, 2008 9:52 AM The fact is, that a GOP majority voted to conduct the investigation on Gov Palin, as well as issuing 12 subpoenas, last week. Unfortunately, those supporting the GOP, seem to have leaped into cult mode. No matter what their leaders do… it’s cool.
Meanwhile, has anybody heard the news that Pelosi is protecting Charles Rangel from a very real abuse of power, same as she did William Jefferson?
By Robert
September 16, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
Palin is as corrupt and inept as they come. A person would have to shut off their brain and go into deep denial to not see it. Rescumicans are going down for the count in November.
By Goldie
September 16, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
Thoughtless @ 9:43 — W is the one who stated just last week that there will be no withdrawal of Americans from Iraq until FEBRUARY 2009. Seems like your guy W is in the tank for Obama, too. Oh, and there was plenty of media last week stating this was W’s position on withdrawal from Iraq.
BWAAAAA!
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 10:08 AM | Link to this
Kangaroo Court of three Republicans and 2 democrats RW?
By Bosch
September 16, 2008 10:09 AM | Link to this
And as we sit and bicker about politics, the world is still going on around us:
“ISLAMABAD, Pakistan (AP) — Pakistan’s military has ordered its forces to open fire if U.S. troops launch another air or ground raid across the Afghan border, an army spokesman said Tuesday.
The orders, which come in response to a highly unusual September. 3 ground attack by U.S. commandos, are certain to heighten tension between Washington and a key ally against terrorism”
By Whitney
September 16, 2008 10:11 AM | Link to this
No Brain McCain is still out there today declaring the economy is just fine. The idiot.
By JAY BOOKMAN
September 16, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
No Paul, the person at the top CANNOT override, if by person at the top you mean the governor.
If Alaska law allowed for that, there would be no scandal. Palin would say, yes, I did force his firing, and she would be within her rights to have done so.
But Alaska law does NOT allow for that, which is why Palin denies that she had anything to do with it.
By Grading Greenspan
September 16, 2008 10:12 AM | Link to this
Palin 08: The cheerleader eligible play
Palin is all pompoms, pearls and fembot fur. She turns America into Tarzan and listen to the wolves howling at the moon.
Palin is the evolved irony of Eleanor Roosevelt, Mamie Eisenhower and Barbara Bush. She’s the law of averages that dictates that no political personality has to look like the hunchback of notre dame, and what a dame Sarah Palin is.
Sarah more than makes up for cankles, fat chicks, old bags, that awful hair of most conservative women, and the magpies that hogged the national stage since suffragette fever in the 20’s.
It will be a short four years till we put Palin on the ticket as Potus. But to America, it will seem like an eternity. Sarah P, oh Sarah P. where4art thou Sarah P? Renounce thy ticket, for as an independent wouldn’t we elect thee just as fair? I wish I could be the glove you take off when you get down to business as our president. Partisanship is such sweet sorrow…..
(I know you get the bit)
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 10:17 AM | Link to this
That infamous bill that Gramm introduced was attached to the “must-pass” government funding bill in December of 2000 before the Republican Congress. Apparently, the word just has not spread out to all the Republicans yet or else some just choose to emulate the ostrich and others continue to try and deceive again.
Keep spreading the word, Goldie and Mrs. Godzilla. The Republicans are, at best, either complicit or patsies or complicit patsies to have allowed legislation such as this to be introduced.
By RealityKing
September 16, 2008 10:24 AM | Link to this
Last month a democratic committee member publically stated, “This will bring an October surprise for Palin.” This statement BEFORE the investigation is even conducted and finished. No, no manipulation there. That’s down right criminal.
Wow! Suddenly I’m having obtuse flash backs of the 90’s. As if in a different dimension where everything is bassackwards. I wonder if Sarah doesn’t employee files in her closet?
By Goldie
September 16, 2008 10:25 AM | Link to this
Taxpayer @ 10:17 — lots and lots of deception coming from McBush’s campaign because that’s the only way he has any chance of winning in November. He would prefer that we keep talking about lipsticks and pigs, but that just ain’t gonna happen!
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Mrs. G.,
It may shock you, but Republicans can be idiots too. This is all a distraction to keep Obama from having to read what his teleprompter says about the issues anyway.
BWA
Can you believe he took it to a rodeo in Colorado yesterday? How embarrassing!
By Grading Greenspan
September 16, 2008 10:28 AM | Link to this
Look how hard it is for Jay to enunciate this TrooperGate. You’ve lost mom and pop voter, Jay, about this. They dont care.
You’re just not equipped to poster child this scandal.
Allow me, kind sir?
By Heather
September 16, 2008 10:31 AM | Link to this
IMO, it would benefit Palin to say that she fired Monegan for personal reasons and not “budget issues”. Why? Because the “budget issues” included Monegan working with a powerful state legislator, Anchorage Republican Rep. Kevin Meyer, to seek funding for a project Palin previously had vetoed. And what was the project that Palin vetoed? Non other than a sexual assault initiative in which the department could spend money investigating sexual assaults!!!
But being anti-rape victim is old news for Governor Palin. Not only does she want to force women to have children conceived during a rape, SHE ALSO WANTS RAPE VICTIMS TO PAY FOR RAPE KITS! Because she doesn’t want to burdun taxpayers. That may be fiscally responsible, but it’s morally bankrupt.
Now, this epitome of cronyism, claims she and McCain will reform Washington. Without giving one example of this so-called “reform”. What is she going to do? Appoint her high school student body treasurer as the new Fed Chief?
Whatever McCain/Palin’s idea of “reform”, I’m sure it includes more backroom deals, more cronyism and less transparency than the Bush Administration.
By Mrs. Godzilla
September 16, 2008 10:33 AM | Link to this
No shock there RW….
By Midori
September 16, 2008 10:35 AM | Link to this
It may shock you, but Republicans can be idiots too
No Sh!t, Sherlock.
Just look at this blog.
By swolf4810
September 16, 2008 10:38 AM | Link to this
Call it ‘pork’ or call it ‘k-nine’; either way Palin is just another Dick Cenney in drag….and lipstick.
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 10:41 AM | Link to this
I was watching another one of those McCain clips on TV and I noticed that he would stare, almost squinting, down at his teleprompter (or equivalent crib sheet since he’s not very much into the technology age) at least two to three times per sentence. He has a hard time focusing these days apparently.
By Bosch
September 16, 2008 10:43 AM | Link to this
And another thing….
Wasn’t those government checks we got a couple months ago supposed to HELP the economy?
By Bosch
September 16, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
Taxpayer,
I saw him on American Morning this morning and he had morning puffy eyes, you know the ones, I’m sure - like you just woke up, still a little dazed, his eyes were a little puffy (I guess Cindy was out of cucumber).
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 10:48 AM | Link to this
I sure wish the AJC could afford a server that didn’t eat posts all the time.
In case it was the AFP link I’ll try it without the link.
Yesterday it was reported that Obama had tried to delay a status of force agreement with Iraq until after the election. The author of the story was derided here as a liar. The New York Post was derided as a slime ball Murdoch operation etc.
Here’s the denail from Team Dunce
But Obama’s national security spokeswoman Wendy Morigi said Taheri’s article bore “as much resemblance to the truth as a McCain campaign commercial.”
In fact, Obama had told the Iraqis that they should not rush through a “Strategic Framework Agreement” governing the future of US forces until after President George W. Bush leaves office, she said
That’s a denial???.
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 10:50 AM | Link to this
Bosch at 10:43,
Those checks did help. Isn’t that a scary thought.
By TW
September 16, 2008 10:52 AM | Link to this
Heather - wise words.
I had been wondering why NOW will announce later today that they officially endore Obama/Biden when Palin is on the other ticket. After all, they endorsed Mondale when he selected Ferraro. And seldom does NOW endorse a president, so I thought maybe they’d just leave it alone.
But it looks like Sarah Palin’s disregard for violence against women may have played apart. That, and McCain voting against them getting equal pay for doing the same job.
Sux for the rightwing when there is a brain behind that lipstick.
By "The Corporal"
September 16, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
**To ByteMe”
Excellent retort but I have a feeling you won’t like the International States of America let alone the Federation of Planets.
Know why?
Sharia law comes with it. Just check out what is happening in Great Britain.
http://www.publicservice.co.uk/news_story.asp?id=7068
Beam me up Scotty
By Terry
September 16, 2008 10:54 AM | Link to this
One of the early articles in this case pointed out that the safety director had been building a case to fire the Trooper Wooten. The Safety Director was approached by the Governor and her family and staff to push up the firing. The safety director warned the Governor that if it appeared that he had fired this man for anything but strictly personnel related reasons, the case would blow up on the safety department and probably end up as a bad lawsuit and ethics problem for her and her office.
Terry
By Just_Me
September 16, 2008 10:56 AM | Link to this
If…just IF…St. Sarah of the Tundra is “innocent,” why the hesitancy?
If someone accused ME of something I was completely innocent of, I’d be willing to show them all I have to prove it.
The fact that she’s stonewalling-with the help of McShame, well…that speaks to her less than honest promise of ‘transparency.’
More of the same? Cheney’s love child? Yep…
By RealityKing
September 16, 2008 11:02 AM | Link to this
US $0.0062+0.0088%
1 EUR = $1.4137
Hmmmmm, why would the dollar being going up while the DOW is crashing and the fed is looking to cut interest rates!?
By Fembot Fur
September 16, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
The SnowWitch, Storied Chapter
After the snakes devoured the gay mini-army in front of her constituency giving her the lead in the polls, the SnowWitch challenged the Black Knight to a debate.
The two candidates stood feet apart. “Change” opined the Black Knight. “Change” countered the SnowWitch. The Nielson Family monitors of real time voting preference spun wildly in opposite directions as the debate continued.
“Guns”, the SnowWitch pre-empted. A gentle warning from the debate host about waiting for her turn allowed the Black Knight his word.
“Guns” he said looking straight into the camera. But then he repeated it. “Guns” he said again in a more declarative tone, with more finality in his inflection.
The SnowWitch was furious, her face turned red, on national Television, she was coming apart fast, and had to regroup. She pretended to take a sip of water. She coughed, and motioned with her left hand toward her throat like there was something caught in it. A murmur from the audience prompted a warning to be quiet by the debate host.
She licked her lips, and said softly, “The Black Knight is an idiot.”
A gasp. Consternation. Here and there, small pods of pointy heads started throwing punches. The debate host was pounding his gavel on his desk.
The Black Knight was visibly shaken, his face turned pale, (as much as it could), he broke out into beads of easily seen sweat thanx to HDTV.
“That was uncalled 4” he squeeked.
“And I’m saying uncategorically that you’re an IDIOT!” the SnowWitch threw her hand forward, with her index finger ramrod straight at the Black Knight.
Total silence in the hall. The Black Knight choked out a mumbled objection that nobody could understand. “I…guns…you….change….they…..we…..”
The SnowWitch left the stage and dissappeared as if into thin air.
The Black Knight stood alone, wordless, ambushed by a complete sentence and a total violation of the pointy head’s rules of parliamentary debating procedures.
The crowd began, sullenly, to file out of the hall and into the night. The gloves were off. The next debate would have new rules.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 11:06 AM | Link to this
I have a question for the dozen or so mindless moonbats that have typed some version of “why won’t Sarah tell her story.”
Do any of you know how to read?
By getalife
September 16, 2008 11:19 AM | Link to this
RW,
You know facts are not involved in politics anymore thanks to Rove.
She needs to talk to the investigator and stop thinking she is above questioning like w and cheney. The perception is they are hiding like cowards and trying to cover up their actions.
I think the Palin effect will crash and burn before the election but never underestimate the party over country factor. The gop are desperately seeking new wingnuts.
By KW
September 16, 2008 11:23 AM | Link to this
That is funny the only rebuttal some have is it’s boring? If you don’t care or wish to look the otherway that is your ignorance/perogative. The rest of us have a right to know if she did abuse her power. It for sure is a conflict of interest for her to be involved. The department was dealing with the matter. It sure looks to me like Palin is hiding something. She is in no way qualified and it’s not the investigation that is “tainted” it’s the candidate.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 11:24 AM | Link to this
RW: I’ve already explained this all to you. Why do you insist on bringing this up again? It’s just sad, really.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Oh my…..
Five years ago somebody saw this problem coming.
The credit crisis and the lack of oversight over government-subsidized lenders like Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac occurred on the watch of George Bush, and many blame his economic team for their lack of oversight in the collapse. Barack Obama has made this point one of his major campaign themes, arguing that John McCain would provide more of the same failures that Bush did. However, what many do not recall is that Bush wanted to tighten oversight with a new regulatory board for Fannie Mae, Freddie Mac, and other government recipients for the express purpose of addressing bad loan practices — and Democrats blocked it.
There’s some insight into how the different parties govern. I think Democrats have a stock answer to every problem Republicans foresee and try to fix as you’ll see if you choose to read the link.
By Wyld Byll Hyltnyr
September 16, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
I WANT TO COME TO JAY’S DEFENSE ON THIS MATTER, but I can’t find a reason to do so.
So I’ll play the devil’s advocate for a moment, on one hand, I can support an individual who, at worst, inappropriately used personal influence to try to fire a trooper who everyone agrees: a) consumed alcohol in a patrol car; b) tasered a 10 or 11 yr (authors note: don’t know if’n the lad screamed “don’t tase me, pa” or not); and c) threatened to shoot an elderly gentlemenin the heas,or I can support an individual who, at best, allowed the wife of a soon-to-be-convicted felon to buy the lot next door to his dream house and sell him enough of the lot to render the remainder of the adjacent lot forever unusable which enabled fellow indiviual to buy his dream house. Think I’ll support the person who might have gone overboard in doing something that was in the public interest (see below) rather than the individual who acted in indefensible, naked self interest whilst selling his sole to the devil.
If you don’t think dismissing someone who exhibited said behaviours, then one should consider how the failure to dismiss a 911 operator who also exhibited inappropriate behaviour tragically played out in Fulton County.
As an aside, can you imagine how Jay and Cindy would have squealed had a white trooper that arrested Genigro Wilson done the same things as the one in the Palin matter.
By Citizen of the World
September 16, 2008 11:28 AM | Link to this
Abraham Lincoln said, “Nearly all men can face adversity; if you want to test a man’s true character, give him power.”
What has Sarah Palin done with her power as mayor and governor? Dismissed qualified administrators and replaced them with unqualified, but loyal, suck-ups and cronies. Used her position to help friends circumvent policies and procedures. Directed her staff to use personal e-mail accounts to conduct official business so their communications could not be used to hold them accountable later. Lied to the public about scientific findings to avoid protecting polar bears. Charged the state to stay at her house. Neglected to show up for important meetings on a regular basis. The list goes on.
The fact that John McCain chose her as his running mate without either knowing or caring about these things should give pause to anyone who thinks he has the judgment to be president.
By Fembot Fur
September 16, 2008 11:29 AM | Link to this
That’s easy, RW, Sarah cant tell us nothing cause Cheney classified it all under National Security as a precaution of the War on Terror.
Palin did say, that she’d rather fire a trooper than lose a war.
‘muff said.
Palin 08: the Cheerleader Eligible Play and the Statue of Liberty play, and pompoms and pearls and fembot fur…..if you dont vote for Sarah, you’re gay, no really, it’s one of the tests to see if you are gay, like the way you look at your nails, you know, palms toward your eyes, fingers curled over: straight; palms away from your eyes fingers straight up: GAY! (and a moron).
Sarah 08: America’s cool stepmom.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 11:30 AM | Link to this
Corporal: wasn’t really a retort, more of a joke. I was kidding. Relax.
As for Sharia law, if the case involves a Muslim wanting to do something for religious reasons, I’d certainly want Sharia law involved in the decision.
As for worrying about losing our nationalism, I doubt it. Nationalistic tendencies tend to run in cycles (same as liberal-conservatism, etc.). Even European countries are going back to it after pushing regionalism for several years. Not an issue for today. Maybe one for tomorrow. Or the day after tomorrow.
Energize!
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 11:31 AM | Link to this
Paulson, you idiot. Why did you do this. WHY? IF it had been any other institution, you would have stepped up to the plate and done something, anything. But, no, not this time. Now, Wendys will be nothing but a memory, a fleeting item on a new lunch menu and Dave’s efforts to socialize those big red pigtails will be gone forever. What if it had been McDonalds versus Chick-Fil-A. Then what. Would you let the cow be overcome by the kangaroo, you chicken. Where have all the scruples gone?
By Nagma
September 16, 2008 11:38 AM | Link to this
The banks filing bankrupcy Mr. Bush still cheering Gas prices increasing Mr. Bush still smiling American Economy down sliding And Mr. Bush is still laughing
Isn’t it time now that we wake up America! Isn’t it time now that we make a difference! Isn’t it time now that we take some action! Isn’t it time now that we believe in change! Isn’t it time now that we promise to change!
Don’t we all know McCain has been Mr. Bush’s friend Don’t we all know he will bring the same economy crisis, healthcare meltdown, and ultimately Starvation! In a country full of rich and of course the poor! Don’t we all know, Sarah Palin is the same We all now say no to them
No to the sliding house market NO to the no job household NO to the rising gas price NO to the no healthcare No to the same old sam old NO to Bush, NO to Sarah and NO way to McCain!
We want change now A complete change We want new insights New politics Not just promises We want action! We want a new ray of hope!
Enough of the same old same old! We believe in change We believed in Bill and now we want to believe in Barack We need change and so does Obama We need health care and so does Obama We need peace and so does obama and above all We need a president who is educated and so he is! We need a president who can think and so he is! We need a president who can bring back America from crisis and So Obama will!
By Taxpayer
September 16, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
Who’s to blame for the biggest financial catastrophe of our time? There are plenty of culprits, but one candidate for lead perp is former Sen. Phil Gramm. Eight years ago, as part of a decades-long anti-regulatory crusade, Gramm pulled a sly legislative maneuver that greased the way to the multibillion-dollar subprime meltdown. Yet has Gramm been banished from the corridors of power? Reviled as the villain who bankrupted Middle America? Hardly. Now a well-paid executive at a Swiss bank…
By Just_Me
September 16, 2008 11:40 AM | Link to this
The lies continue…
Apparently St. Sarah likes telling how the teleprompter broke during her acceptance speech, and she had to ‘wing’ much of her speech.
However, even the Repugs have debunked this…but does this stop our Saintly Sarah from telling the story?Reporters saw the teleprompter working fine-and the RNC folks don’t deny it was working…
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/16/palin-spreads-debunked-ten126762.html#postComment \ And, while this may seem like a PETTY issue, it speaks to the ability of telling the truth—even with silly, small issues.
She’s learned well, your girl Sarah….I’ll give her that.
By THE WIRE
September 16, 2008 11:42 AM | Link to this
WASHINGTON - JOHN MCCAIN ADMITS TO INVENTING THE BLACKBERRY!
By "The Corporal"
September 16, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
To ByteMe
Frog in the kettle sir …….
To Jay
Could you please in the future censor any post with the words Black Knight in it ??
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 11:44 AM | Link to this
ByteMe,
Look way up ^^^ there, all the way to the top and you’ll be able to see who brought this non topic up.
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Has the New York Times gone back to making believe they were at places they weren’t?
The New York Times, September 15, page C-1, “A Frantic Weekend That Wall Street Won’t Forget,” paragraph 5: “…Greenwich Avenue, which usually bustles on Sundays, was eerily quiet.”
Stamford Advocate, September 15, page 1, “Go Speed Racers: Soap box derby hits the Avenue,” lead sentence: “The town’s first soapbox derby in 23 years drew hundreds of fans to Greenwich Avenue on Sunday to watch 24 budding racers speed their handmade cars from Starbucks to Richards.”
By Rick
September 16, 2008 11:47 AM | Link to this
All you Democrats are going to hell! Obama is struggling as expected, his run a miracle as it already is had to come to a end sometime. He’s not going to win in November because he doesn’t have a clue as much of you don’t have a clue to what this country needs. You should be ashamed of yourselfs for the way you are treating Palin when your own candidate has the least experience ever for a Presidential election and that includes the VP candidates. Obama doesn’t speak for everyone and he definitely doesn’t speak for the United States and he never will. Biden has been doing the same BS since 1973 and Obama hasn’t done anything but be a community leader (laugh). No experience equals no chance of making this country any better. McCain/Palin are the only people who can and who will. In November, the country will have its say and that person will be McCain. Please leave this country now, if you want that piece of cra* Obama as our next President. I love watching Obama struggle with Bill O’Reilly and all the other town hall meetins he has had lately…AWESOME! It just shows he’s weak and can’t handle the pressure. He is the pig that needs lipstick because he is still a pig. Vote McCain! The only choice!
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 11:49 AM | Link to this
RW: Once again, you duck and weave away from the truth. You can do better.
By Hillbilly Deluxe
September 16, 2008 11:51 AM | Link to this
An interesting comment
show me a governor, any governor, and I’ll show you state patrol scandals. They go with the office.
That comment was by Bill Shipp. Some of you might recognize him. Once upon a time he wrote for this newspaper.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 11:55 AM | Link to this
To that end, the campaign released a series of e-mails detailing the frustration several Palin administration officials experienced in dealing with Monegan. The “last straw,” the campaign said, was a trip Monegan planned to Washington in July to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases.
In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor’s special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn’t agreed the money should be sought, and the request “is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests.”
Monegan was fired four days later.
Case closed.
By Obamanomics
September 16, 2008 11:59 AM | Link to this
Obama’s method of governing is simple — Taxation and redistribution of wealth!!!
By Rick
September 16, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
Jay , when you were talking about an administration making back room deals, circumventing the law. you said “We have had almost eight years of an administration that believed that rules were for other people, an administration that has acted as if it was immune to outside oversight.” Man I thought you were talkin about Billery again. That was their style Right? “We are the damn President! Hillery? “a little more on the side baby”….Ohh Bill
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 12:00 PM | Link to this
Want more insight into how Obama would govern?
Squelch any dissenting voices
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 12:02 PM | Link to this
Some important missing information, like the whole reason she is refusing:
Though the governor initially said she’d cooperate, after she became McCain’s running mate in late July, her lawyer sought to have the three-member state Personnel Board take over, alleging that public statements made by the Democratic chair of the Judiciary Committee, Sen. Hollis French, indicated the probe was politically motivated. French had said the results of the investigation could constitute an “October surprise” for the McCain campaign. He later apologized.
By Lynnie Gal
September 16, 2008 12:08 PM | Link to this
This further proves Obama’s point that McCain and Palin are a repeat of Bush. Disregard for the law is a cornerstone of the Bush policy as evidenced by the corruption of the Justice Department and the refusal of people in his administration to testify under oath. Those who want to continue the lies and deception have the perfect candidate in McCain. Keep writing about the TRUTH, Jay, and disregard the right-wingnuts that care nothing for the truth.
By Rick
September 16, 2008 12:10 PM | Link to this
Hey Jay when you said “We have had almost eight years of an administration that believed that rules were for other people, an administration that has acted as if it was immune to outside oversight”
I just knew you were talking about bill and hillery. that was their life style.
Remember” We are the GD President” Travel gate “”Kiss on it right here baby “” Bill gettin the big lewinsky
By Cindy
September 16, 2008 12:13 PM | Link to this
Do you think the American people are stupid? I think you must. I am so sick of listening and reading what you Liberal Democrates want eveyone to hear. Why dont you tell the truth for once.
Obama is the one you need to go after. His close friends are terriorists. His preacher is a enemy of America, I am quite sure that his donations are somewhat un-ethetical and probably illegal and he is a scammer. Hes also a lier. Why dont you go investigate your man Obama before he goes and raises the taxes, allows illegals access to our social security without paying a penny into it, and forces all American taxpayers to front the entire world so he can be the man. He does not want to be President, he wants to rule the world. This man Obama is one evil man trying to take over and you are helping.
One only has to go look at voting records and see exactly what he is up to. Supports 7 month abortions, supports higher taxes and no drilling. Supports sex ed in elementary school. Supports going against the constitution in many areas. Supports large controlled government, (by control I mean that the government controls our lives). That quite frankly is way overboard.
Why dont you write about all this stuff instead of making yourself look stupid. I would love for you to tell what Obama is really up to but your to afraid.
By ByteMe
September 16, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
Rick, you sound like someone who is jealous of Bill C. gettin’ some strange.
AJC/DNC: as I mentioned before, the state personnel board is entirely appointed by — and owes their position to — the governor. Does that sound like an unbiased group in this case?
By Southern ATL
September 16, 2008 12:16 PM | Link to this
THIS IS AN ARTICLE IN THE TAMPA TIMES FROM MCCAIN’S COUSIN..
Recently, my father gave me an envelope full of press clippings which chronicle the history of a very notable part of our family. Most of the articles come from the Florida Times-Union, a Jacksonville-based paper he read during the ’60s and ’70s when he taught at Lake City Community College. They detail the years in which my cousin, then-Lt. Cmdr. John S. McCain, was imprisoned in North Vietnam. John and I are related through our grandmothers. Katherine Vaulx McCain and Huetta Vaulx Boles, both of Fayetteville, Ark., were sisters. My side of the Vaulx family represents a long line of Democrats, but it is with no small amount of pride that we’ve followed the life and career of now-Sen. John McCain. My dad knew John when he was a child, and maintained a close relationship with his father, Adm. Jack McCain. When my dad was a teenager, the McCains visited his family in Arkansas around the time my great-uncle, John’s grandfather, was commanding an aircraft carrier group in the Pacific during World War II. He and Jack remained close over the years, exchanging many letters while my dad was in Lake City and Jack was commanding the fleet in the Pacific during Vietnam. When John was taken prisoner, the letters my dad sent took on a tone of deep concern and sympathy. My father is, above anything else, dedicated to his family. Although he had never met John’s then-wife, Carol, he knew that she lived an hour away, just outside of Jacksonville. He did everything he could to make sure she was taken care of during that time. Although neither my father nor I have ever voted for a Republican, when John threw his hat in the ring in 2000, we were both very proud and encouraged, and not just because he’s our relative. This was the first Republican who, on a national stage, was saying things like, “If we repeal Roe vs. Wade tomorrow, thousands of young American women will be performing illegal and dangerous operations,” and, “Neither party should be defined by pandering to the outer-reaches of American politics and the agents of intolerance.” Wow! Here was a man who was not abiding by partisan lines, who was, instead, living up to his promise of “straight talk” and commonsense thinking. The right-wing Republican base may not have agreed with everything he said, but the rest of America certainly respected him for speaking his mind honestly. Jump ahead to the campaign Sen. McCain is currently running. Clearly, a lot can change in eight years. Our nation has gone from a time of unparalleled prosperity and peace to one marked by debt in the trillions of dollars, record foreclosures, and a global reputation for warmongering and neo-imperialism. So, where is the straight-talking, commonsense John McCain of 2000? I’m afraid he is long gone, replaced by a desperate version of himself who seems to contradict nearly everything he once stood for. What becomes apparent in his ideological about-face is just how out of touch McCain really is with America’s working families. In a time when the country is facing the worst housing crisis in the memory of most Americans, McCain couldn’t even recall how many homes he owns. When asked how many homes my side of the family owns, I can answer you pretty quickly. Zero. Just like so many working families in this country, we were nearly ruined by the ongoing mortgage and foreclosure crisis. Our family home of three generations was sold at auction last year. The story is a familiar one: We were suckered into a refinance deal during the real estate boom, and when times got tough, the near criminally deregulated mortgage companies changed the rules on us. What was John McCain’s response to this? He lumped together all the families who fell victim to the smarmy sales pitches from subprime lenders, calling us “irresponsible,” a move the New York Times described as “mean-spirited and economically naive.” What contortions has this new John McCain twisted himself into in order to win this election? When asked last year about his stance on abortion, he told a group of supporters, “I do not support Roe vs. Wade. It should be overturned.” This statement not only sharply contrasts with what he said back in the 2000 election cycle, but is also at odds with a majority of American public opinion, according to the most recent Harris poll on the subject. Further, McCain’s decision to put the antichoice, creationist Sarah Palin on his ticket appears to be motivated completely by a political desire to shore up the radical right evangelical base with whom he’s been at odds for so long. This is the same woman who claimed in June “that our national leaders are sending (our soldiers) out on a task that is from God.” A part of me is made very sad to write this article. As I’ve said, my family has followed John’s life and career with no absence of pride. If there ever were a Republican we might consider voting for, it would have been my cousin John. But, as he continually demonstrates in this campaign, my cousin John is long gone. “Straight talk” has been replaced with “flip-flop.” Saddest all, this is the same man who, when campaigning in 2000, told a crowd of supporters, “I don’t think Bill Gates needs a tax cut. I think your parents do.” My parents, John, need some help after the economic destruction Bush has wrought in the last eight years, but it’s clear you’re not the one who’ll give it to us. America’s working families no longer recognize you, nor does your own. Adam Vaulx Boles lives and works in Tallahassee.
By Rick
September 16, 2008 12:19 PM | Link to this
Nagma , what you been smokin. I know of no health care crisis. it is simple you buy ins. Housing meltdown? don’t buy a house you cannot afford stupid! What do you think curious george obama will do? He has not a clue.His only plan is to take more money from people who earn it and give it to people who do not. I would like to see a change in the voting laws. If you have ever received any wefare,wic,section 8 housing. You can not vote. If you pay no federal income tax’s no vote.I am tired of people whoo are nothing but leeches goning to the ballot box to get more money like an ATM.
By Peadawg
September 16, 2008 12:21 PM | Link to this
OMG, I just saw the video of Obama saying he’s visited all 57 states, not including Hawaii or Alaska…what an idiot! And ya’ll want this guy as President? WOW!
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 12:22 PM | Link to this
BiteMe, moonbat: A member of an “unbiased” investigation would state that he is working on an October surprise?
Huh.
By Tina
September 16, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
Would someone please tell me in what part of the CONSTITUTION does it say that all Americans are intitled to free healthcare?
I get my butt up out of bed every day at the crack of dawn, I put on my clothes, I drive myself to work, I work 12 hours per day, I earn my money. The government takes MY money because You dont want to get up, dont want to drive, dont want to get an education and dont want to be bothered. Then you complain because you dont have anything. Tuff. Get off your keester because quite frankly Im tired of working to support your lazy rears.
You do not deserve heathcare it is not a right and I should not be paying for you so there. I earn it and I should keep it. That goes for all the welfare freeks in the nation too.
By Chaz
September 16, 2008 12:35 PM | Link to this
Look, anyone who can’t recognize that the political climate around that investigation in Alaska has changed isn’t intellectually honest enough to comment on it. She said she wanted to clear the air around her actions, but it’s obvious that there’s way more toxic gas being blown into that investigation than can be cleared in the less-than-seven weeks till the election. Power politics at its finest.
Frankly, it seems that if she hadn’t sought to dismiss he ex-brother-in-law, she would’ve been open to charges of nepotism. Damned if you do, damned if you don’t. No wonder no one (qualified) wants this job.
By Rick
September 16, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
Wow , lets dry our eyes from southern atl’s letter. same sh** different poster. Whaaa Whaaa george took my family home, backed up the truck and took it. All by hisself. I am stupid and can’t read a loan agreement ! I am stupid and don’t buy health ins. I am stupid and have kids I can feed. I am stupid and did not get an education. I am stupid and every friday I buy a 12 pack, carton of smokes a handful of lottery tickets and little weed. Damn it George Bush is keein me down.
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 12:39 PM | Link to this
By Carla September 16, 2008 9:58 AM | Link to this As mayor of Wasilla, she took a small city with no dedt and left it with 24 million in debt, and chose to build an athletic center over providing the city with an independent sewer and storm system.
Carla, that’s what Repuglicans do.
By Alabama Jack
September 16, 2008 12:41 PM | Link to this
George Bush has been in office for 7 1/2 years. The first six the economy was fine.
A little over one year ago:
1) Consumer confidence stood at a 2 1/2 year high;
2) Regular gasoline sold for $2.19 a gallon;
3) The unemployment rate was 4.5%.
4) The DOW JONES hit a record high — 14,000+
5) American’s were buying new cars, taking cruises and vacations overseas, living large!
But American’s wanted ‘CHANGE’! So, in 2006 they voted in a Democratic Congress & yep — we got ‘CHANGE’ all right!
1) Consumer confidence has plummeted;
2) Gasoline is now around $4 a gallon;
3) Unemployment is up to 5% (a 10% increase);
4) Americans have seen their home equity drop by $12 trillion dollars & prices are still dropping;
5) 1% of American homes are in foreclosure.
6) THE DOW is probing another low ~11,300 — $2.5 TRILLION DOLLARS HAS EVAPORATED FROM THEIR STOCKS, BONDS & MUTUAL FUNDS INVESTMENT PORTFOLIOS!
YEP, IN 2006 AMERICA VOTED FOR CHANGE! AND WE GOT IT! A DEMOCRATIC CONGRESS, NANCY PELOSI. HARRY REID.
Now the Democrats’ candidate for president — and the polls say he’s gonna be ‘the man’ — claims he’s gonna really give us change! Just how much more ‘change’ do you think you can stand?
Have a very nice day.
By george
September 16, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
Keep up the Palin bashing, Jay. Everytime you do the McCain numbers get better. The guy who was fired was on MSNBC last night. He said, “NEITHER SARAH PALIN OR HER HUSBAND EVER ASKED HIM TO FIRE ANYONE”. You libs just can’t get over the fact that the first woman to ever serve as vice president might very well be a Republican conservative. What could be worse for you?
By Peadawg
September 16, 2008 12:44 PM | Link to this
By Tina September 16, 2008 12:34 PM | Link to this
All I can say to that is AMEN!!! Well said Tina!!!
By Midori
September 16, 2008 12:48 PM | Link to this
Alabama Jack is a complete moron.
What a filthy idiot.
Yeah, right: it’s all the Democrats fault.
I sure hope this guy isn’t allowed to breed.
Are he and Rick brothers?
By Carbon Footprint
September 16, 2008 12:49 PM | Link to this
Tina gets up at the buttcrack of dawn?
By AL
September 16, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
A community organizer and a washed up do-nothing from DC. Lets see yeah that’s who I want to run my country.
IT’S OVER !! The “Mascot” candidate has run his course. You know and I know it. Count the bumper stickers now Bookman. What could this possibly mean??
By AL
September 16, 2008 12:53 PM | Link to this
A community organizer and a washed up do-nothing from DC. Lets see yeah that’s who I want to run my country.
IT’S OVER !! The “Mascot” candidate has run his course. You know it and I know it. Count the bumper stickers now Bookman. What could this possibly mean??
By alma ludivina
September 16, 2008 12:54 PM | Link to this
It is unfortunalte Mr Mcain is a time bomb with melanoma illness. This cancer do not forgive anyone. His inminent death could cause a sudden catastrophe in the wold market.
Mrs Palin scheme shows nothing but inabilitly to handle or prevent simple tasks as oral contraceptive for teen daughter, counseling for son.
SHe is a potential “president” candidate and American economy is far beyond her scope. She smells like a catastrophe
Intelligence is the ability to solve problems.
By Southern ATL
September 16, 2008 12:59 PM | Link to this
To Rick who posted at 12:39 p.m.
THIS LETTER IS FROM JOHN MCCAIN’S COUSIN. THE NEXT TIME THAT YOU SEE OR TALK TO HIM ASK HIM WHY IS HIS FAMILY WRITING ARTICLES LIKE THIS ABOUT HIM…OR WHY DON’T YOU JUST GO TO THE TAMPA SITE (http://www.tampabay.com/news/perspective/article806980.ece)SITE AND POST THAT SAME COMMENT.IT WAS IN SUNDAY’S PAPER..CALM DOWN SOME BEFORE YOU EXPLODE.IT’S NOT THAT SERIOUS!!!!
By Calvin
September 16, 2008 1:02 PM | Link to this
JB, do you know the difference between Sarah Cheney and Dick Palin, I mean Sarah Palin and Dick Cheney,… Lipstick!
By getalife
September 16, 2008 1:04 PM | Link to this
I see Tina is a member of the me generation.
Its not about you Tina but hope you do not fall ill, have a long stay in the hospital and get the bill.
Then, you would have a clue about what you spew.
By Alabama Jack
September 16, 2008 1:06 PM | Link to this
Midori is a liquor????
By Carbon Footprint
September 16, 2008 1:11 PM | Link to this
Catfight! Hey Everybody, Midori and Alabama Jack are having a catfight!
Rowrr!
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 1:14 PM | Link to this
In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor’s special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn’t agreed the money should be sought, and the request “is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests.” Monegan was fired four days later.
To me, that’s not a firing offense. Maybe a written and/or verbal reprimand, but not to be fired for something that you didn’t do yet?
By getalife
September 16, 2008 1:15 PM | Link to this
Looks like our kooks from the right are unhinged more than usual today.
By diamond dawg
September 16, 2008 1:16 PM | Link to this
With their age discrimination and sexist remarks, the democrats are looking like the party of intolerance.
…and JAY. Voting for change, just for the sake of change sounds plain ignorant. Sounds to me like you want a president that only makes the “popular” decisions. Maybe a “cool” prez… that would be awesome dude!
Rainbows and butterflies and beer in the water fountains - Obama08
By Carbon Footprint
September 16, 2008 1:21 PM | Link to this
CATFIGHT!
rowrr
By fearless fosdik
September 16, 2008 1:22 PM | Link to this
By Tina
September 16, 2008 12:34 PM
Tina…I’m impressed that you have the ability to dress yourself, and drive!
I feel goose bumps all over, knowing you have accomplished these tasks!
So please explain how you are paying for my health care???
I don’t get off my keester because I’m retired, and eligible for medicare (which I paid into) and I also have supplemental care (which I pay for).
Like one of the above posters stated above if you ever get real sick, without healthcare. Can you say bankruptcy?
By jw
September 16, 2008 1:23 PM | Link to this
The good news is that if the M-P wins the VP’s office already has the requisite “TOP SECRET” stamps and floor safe in place. That way she can just sit down in Dicks chair and continue business as usual.
By hhhhmmmm
September 16, 2008 1:30 PM | Link to this
To answer the above, as a Republican, I want Sarah Palin to talk with investigators and want to know the truth about what happened. I don’t know if what’s written is the truth. Not because the author’s from the left, but because supporters from either side feel no obligation to follow facts.
I’m a republican and want Sarah Palin questioned about her experience, this investigation, and other issues that pertain to the election. But I’m disturbed by the nasty tone people have taken about her - both personally and professionally. It’s obvious that one side is willing to say almost anything to disparage this woman. And the other side is equally willing to overlook any negative issue without checking facts.
Sadly, politicians don’t need to go negative these days. They have you voters doing their dirty work and enjoying it. I don’t know if I like, dislike, agree, or disagree with Sarah Palin - I haven’t heard enough from her or about her yet. And I don’t think it’s too unreasonable that I’d like a few weeks to learn more before demonizing or canonizing her.
But what we get is the left, busy creating an evil persona for a woman who’s been on the national stage less than a month. It’s obsessive and frightening. And we get conservatives too eager to defend her, instead of getting to know her.
I know it’s a waste of time to write this, but civility has its benefits. We might be able to discern what the candidates stand for instead of what each side is selling.
By Jake
September 16, 2008 1:36 PM | Link to this
But Jay, those ‘personal reasons’ you refer to are that this poor excuse for a human being reutinely and severely beat up on his wife who was half his size and threathened the family of the governor. Dems for baby killing and wife beating stand up and be counted. You make the rest of us so proud!
By mm
September 16, 2008 1:51 PM | Link to this
Let’s get real wingnuts. Who the heck is making nasty comments about Palin?
Geez, you people are nuts. You get all fired up by Faux News and Rush and all the other talking heads.
This is a discussion about an investigation started by 12 Alaska state officials, 8 of whom are Republicans. They started this investigation, plain and simple. Not Obama. Not Biden. Not the democrats.
Let’s stop the phony outrage. If she’s innocent then she should work with the investigators.
How hypocritical that just a few weeks ago you were tearing into Hillary, but now Palin’s supposed to be off limits?
And for the true morons that keep saying they are paying for my house and health insurance with their taxes. I have a paystub to prove otherwise. STFU.
And for blaming the Dems for the economy? How’s that 10th grade education working out for you?
By Shocked
September 16, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
Under the category of “Gosh - No -Really??” another day and another Bookman column against McCain.
Surely there are other people he can annoy. Isn’t there like a school system in the area that got it’s accredidation pulled? Wait - Democrats and minorities - Bookman’s good with that.
By John J
September 16, 2008 1:53 PM | Link to this
So Jay, you think it is OK for a cop to “play” with a stun gun and an 11 year old. If that same cop did this to your child what would be your position? I am happy to read objective disagreements, but you have become a total shill for the DNC. The only way to get through to the AJC is to never read your column again.
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 2:02 PM | Link to this
Obama’s teleprompter hits the trail
Have I mentioned that this guy is a dunce?
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 2:16 PM | Link to this
By Rick: Nagma , what you been smokin. I know of no health care crisis. it is simple you buy ins.
You know of NO HEALTHCARE CRISIS?!?!! OMG what have YOU been smoking? Even your Repuglican candidate speaks (now) of the Healthcare crisis but you don’t know of any? Too funny!!!
Housing meltdown? don’t buy a house you cannot afford stupid!
Duh. The crisis was not brought on so much with people “buying houses they couldn’t afford” it was started through predatory lending practices. Come on, even YOU with your smart intelligent self must’ve been taken for a ride or two by someone who was unscrupulous!!
What do you think curious george obama will do? He has not a clue.
That statement right there tells me more about you than any other.
His only plan is to take more money from people who earn it and give it to people who do not.
Yeah right. Paris Hilton EARNS her money. As do all the other trust fund babies!
I would like to see a change in the voting laws. If you have ever received any wefare,wic,section 8 housing. You can not vote
Great! Statistics show that white women are the majority in this category — no matter what Hannity & Homeboy, Rush LSD Limbaugh, Anne Vulture, etc. say.
What have you been smoking?
By CJ
September 16, 2008 2:18 PM | Link to this
Palin is Pooey!
By Lauren
September 16, 2008 2:26 PM | Link to this
Points to ponder -
If you grow up in Hawaii, raised by your grandparents, you’re “exotic, different.
Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.
If your name is Barack you’re a radical, unpatriotic Muslim.
Name your kids Willow, Trig and Track, and you’re a maverick.
Graduate from Harvard law School and be President of the Law Review, and you are unstable.
Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you’re well grounded.
If you spend 3 years as a community organizer, create a voter registration drive that registers 150,000 new voters, spend 12 years as a Constitutional Law professor, spend 8 years as a State Senator representing a district with over 750,000 people, become chairman of the state Senate’s Health and Human Services committee, spend 4 years in the United States Senate representing a state of 13 million people while sponsoring 131 bills and serving on the Foreign Affairs, Environment and Public Works and Veteran’s Affairs committees, you don’t have any real leadership experience.
If your total resume is: local sports girl, 4 years on the city council and 6 years as the mayor of a town with less than 7,000 people, 20 months as the governor of a state with only 650,000 people, then you’re qualified to become the country’s second highest ranking executive.
If you have been married to the same woman for 19 years while raising 2 beautiful daughters, all within Protestant churches, you’re not a real Christian.
If you cheated on your first wife with a rich heiress, and left your disfigured wife and married the heiress the next month, you’re a Christian.
If you teach responsible, age appropriate sex education, including the proper use of birth control, you are eroding the fiber of society.
If, while governor, you staunchly advocate abstinence only, with no other option in sex education in your state’s school system while your unwed teen daughter ends up pregnant, you’re very responsible.
If your wife is a Harvard graduate lawyer who gave up a position in a prestigious law firm to work for the betterment of her inner city community, then gave that up to raise a family, your family’s values don’t represent America’s.
If your husband is nicknamed “First Dude”, with at least one DUI conviction and no college education, who didn’t register to vote until age 25 and once was a member of a group that advocated the secession of Alaska from the USA, your family is extremely admirable.
Obama/Biden 2008
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 2:30 PM | Link to this
Alabama Jack: Congress doesn’t put the price on gasoline. The oil companies do. And your great President, Dumbya took a surplus and in less than a year put the American people in so much debt that the next 3 generations will have to dig us out.
From Jake: Jay, those ‘personal reasons’ you refer to are that this poor excuse for a human being reutinely and severely beat up on his wife who was half his size and threathened the family of the governor. Dems for baby killing and wife beating stand up and be counted. You make the rest of us so proud!
Succinctly: a) Palin wasn’t governor when her sister went through the divorce with her ex. b) Palin has had a chance since she’s taken office to implement a landmark reform bill to deal with the domestic violence (like her sister alledgedly suffered) and child abuse in her state, (which is number 1 in the nation); according to her own office, her first few months as the governor was focused on mainly trying to get gas and oil legislation over turned.
By hhhhmmmm
September 16, 2008 2:34 PM | Link to this
Actually, I was talking about this and other blogs - calling me a wingnut sort of fits into the premise of nasty comments and the inability to reason. It appears my saying I’m a republican caused some red flag to be waved that you had to charge toward.
I don’t listen to Rush, et al, but your response does give a perfect example of the listless thought process that goes on here - again, from both sides. I agree with you that tearing down Hillary was not only a poor use of time, but often riddled with half-truths. But I don’t see how that justifies doing the same to Palin, or anyone. It’s as though your saying, “you beat my dog, so I shot yours.” It doesn’t make sense.
As I said before - though I don’t think you listened - I want to find out about this investigation to see if Palin’s done something wrong. If she did, I want to know about it - as a republican, as a citizen, as a voter. But I haven’t heard anyone give me any facts, just commentary that promotes 2 different campaigns.
I really don’t get it. How do you know I’m a wingnut? Why would I care if you’re to the far left? Isn’t that the entire vision of democracy - that we all have differing views, but work it out? Guess not. Sincerely, Wingnut Moron
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 2:35 PM | Link to this
Just for fun I googled….
“Grow up in Alaska eating moose burgers, a quintessential American story.”
….and got seven pages of results where that spam has been posted.
By Kim
September 16, 2008 2:43 PM | Link to this
Sarah Palin is so much like Bush she even pronounces nuclear the wrong way. She won’t bring change to Washington. She likes it just the way it is and she’s not fighting the ol’ boys club she’s a part of the club. ENOUGH IS ENOUGH.
By The Professor
September 16, 2008 2:48 PM | Link to this
Lauren @2:26 Thank You
By Jane
September 16, 2008 2:54 PM | Link to this
Lauren
You and many other Liberal women miss the point about Sarah Palin. A small town girl who put herself through college, married her high school sweetheart. Worked her way through a variety of jobs until she found her calling. Then as a mother of five balanced family and career and succeeding in a man’s world of Alaskan politics, beating the good ole boys at their own game. In essence she describes me and many everyday American women. I may be a Democrat,but I have more in common with Sarah Palin then I do with the Liberal elitist feminist that control our party. You may not agree with her views, but she is to be respected and congradulated for her acheivements. That is why I am considering the McCain/Palin ticket.
By AJC/DNC Management
September 16, 2008 3:02 PM | Link to this
Among the e-mails released was one of farewell written by the public safety commissioner himself, Walt Monegan, when he was fired in July. In it, he suggested that governor Palin had reason to believe she had lost his support, and urged his former colleagues to communicate better with her.
“For anyone to lead effectively they must have the support of their team, and I had waited too long outside her door for her to believe that I supported her,” he wrote. “Please, choose a different path.”
What, nothing about thee trooper/ child taserer?????
By Harsh Truth
September 16, 2008 3:05 PM | Link to this
Harsh Truths
Religion is the bane of all mankind and will be the down fall of the whole human race. The belief in 2000 year old fairy tales will determine who gets the hold the nuclear launch codes that could destroy all mankind. McCain made a wise choice in Palin. The ignorant bible thumpers will all show up and vote for her just like Rove got them to for Bush.
Politics is like playing capture the flag if you lose your base you lose the game and Palin just stole Obama’s base. All the Catholics who are by a large margin Democrats have to realize the next President will chose enough Supreme Court Justices to either overturn or support Rove vs. Wade for the next 60 years.
All it takes is for a small percentage of Catholics to follow the Pope and vote for McCain or just stay home in the 5 or 6 states where it going to be close and it’s over for Obama. There is nothing he or the Democratic Party can do about it. He can’t even dare utter the word abortion. If he tries to get wishy washy on the issue the liberal Democrats will scream bloody murder and cry betrayal.
It’s all about divide on conquer and Palin just cut them in half like hot knife through butter.
By John
September 16, 2008 3:10 PM | Link to this
Nobody should be above the law! I don’t care if you’re the President, the VP, or a VP candidate, nobody should be above the law. We’ve already seen this above the law attitude from Bush and Cheney, we don’t need more of this type of governing. Even if you’re not guilty, if you’ve done something questionable in many people’s eyes, then nobody should be above being investigated for those actions.
By mm
September 16, 2008 3:19 PM | Link to this
Jane at 2:54,
If you vote for McCain for the reasons you posted, then McCain succeeded into suckering you into a vote.
You would rather have 4 more years of Republican dismantling of this country because Hillary lost?
God help this country!!!!!!
Idiots like you shouldn’t be allowed to vote. Neither should the racists that will vote for McCain because Obama isn’t pastey white.
By Jeff
September 16, 2008 3:26 PM | Link to this
Our housing/banking crisis is the democrats fault. They made it easy for their voters to get credit. BTW democratic voters are predominantly in the bottom half of the wage earners in this country…the ones that dont contribute any taxes for the running of the country yet they get a say-so in the way it is run.
By GA_Tiger Fan
September 16, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
This is only becoming an issue as part of the smear campaign the democrats are using. Sarah Palin is going to make an excellent VP when her and McCain win the election in November. Sorry democrats, you will loose again because you don’t stand for anything the country believes in. If you truly want to live in a socialist country, try moving somewhere else.
By Paul
September 16, 2008 3:31 PM | Link to this
Jay 10:12
I understand you to say the governor cannot personally fire a trooper. I did not think she could. I was asking regarding the public safety commissioner who would not fire the trooper. I believe this is another one of those cases that confuses what is legally permissible vs politically practical.
I have not been able to locate Alaska law citations or policies in this regard. As you stated what Alaska law allows and does not allow, perhaps you can provide a link.
It is clear the governor can fire the public safety commissioner. The Anchorage Daily News July 19, 2008 has Commissioner Monegan stating “I worked at the pleasure of the governor.” So although he can be fired at will, I know of no statute stating for what he cannot be fired. As an at-will employee, it is likely no reason need be given. Politically, though, it would appear better if it were for reasons as “taking the department in a new direction or someone with greater communicative ability.”
Palin has stated the firing had nothing to do with Trooper Wooten. Than could be a problem for her. That gets us into the Clinton-Libby-Stevens arena – difficulties come not because what they did was illegal, but because they lied about it.
One matter of the investigation is ‘personnel violations’ - police union ethics complaint (Sep 3 2008)regarding wrongdoing alleges the governor or her staff improperly disclosed information form Wooten’s personnel records. The ‘personnel’ aspect is not that no one could or should have been fired.
So Palin’s opponents may score points on the truthfulness charges. It seems to me, though, that the mass of people will not sift through the technicalities but, voter swill hear “the governor fired a good old boy who wouldn’t fire a drinking on duty, child abusing trooper… and the Democrats think there’s something wrong with that? I’m a mom (dad) and let me tell you what I think…
If I were crafting political ads on this, I know which ones’d play better with the great undecideds. Time for Team Obama to find something else.
By Stephanie S
September 16, 2008 3:33 PM | Link to this
John McCain is a 72-year old man who is on at least five different types of medication and has a medical history that includes arthritis, high cholesterol, an enlarged prostrate, vertigo, and several bouts of a serious type of skin cancer.
Given what we know about his medical history, not to mention his age (if he wins, he will be the oldest man ever elected to a first term as president), it seems reasonable to want know as much as possible about the state of his health.
The health of many people begins to rapidly decline once they hit their 70s. As the recent sad example of Ted Kennedy’s brain cancer demonstrates, it’s not uncommon for even seemingly hale and hardy people in that age group to be suddenly stricken with a serious, and possibly terminal, illness. To be blunt, the chances of John McCain dying or becoming incapacitated while in office are not small.
And given the light experience, political extremism, and dangerous ignorance of McCain’s running mate, questions about McCain’s health become an even more worrying concern.
Then why is it that the McCain campaign refuses to release John McCain’s full medical records? For years, releasing a candidate’s complete medical records has been standard practice for major party presidential candidates. The way the McCain has dealt with the medical records issue is highly unusual, to say the least.
For just three hours in May, McCain released 1,173 pages of his medical records to a carefully selected group of reporters. They were not allowed to make any copies or phone calls.
Pardon me, but this is highly suspicious. If McCain’s medical history was entirely reassuring and he really were in excellent health, I doubt that the campaign would have dealt with his records the way they did. The campaign knows that voters have serious concerns about this issue, and if the medical records really were unproblematic, they wouldn’t hesitate to release the whole enchilada to any reporter who asked, with no conditions and no strings attached.
In short, where McCain’s health is concerned — do I think the campaign is hiding something? You bet I think they’re hiding something.
By Harsh Truth
September 16, 2008 3:34 PM | Link to this
Democracy is when 3 idiots out vote 2 geniuses.
By Rick
September 16, 2008 3:52 PM | Link to this
Yeah , nobody above the law, commit perjury to a grand jury ,get impeached, you should go to jail. Instead you write a book, make millions and try to get your wife elected pres. What a pig. Debbie, I can feel the jealously from here. The mortgage crisis was caused by people buying houses they cannot pay for. The so called health care crises is caused by people who refuse to take personal responsibility and buy insurance. Predatory lending? Too stupid to read the fine print, hire a lawyer to red it for you. You can try all day and make excuses but the bottom line is you have to make decisions, right ones , and then live with it. Some people think that the President can control their day to day lives, not so. One of his biggest influences on our lives is the appointment of supreme court picks. Personally I have a hard time voting for the idea of murdering unborn children, but that’s just me. I a sure some of you have no problem with it. And keep the rape issue out of your weak reply. The number of women who get pregnant as a result of rape is less than 1half of one percent.
By Richard Hamil
September 16, 2008 3:57 PM | Link to this
Give it a rest Bookman!
By aldread
September 16, 2008 4:01 PM | Link to this
You are The Boss… which team would you hire?
With America facing historic debt, multiple war fronts, stumbling health care, a weakened dollar, all-time high prison population, skyrocketing Federal spending, mortgage crises, bank foreclosures, etc. etc., this is an unusually critical election year.
Let’s look at the educational background of your two options:
Obama: -Occidental College - Two years. -Columbia University - B.A. political science with a specialization in international relations. -Harvard - Juris Doctor (J.D.) Magna Cum Laude
Biden: -University of Delaware - B.A. in history and B.A. in political science. -Syracuse University College of Law - Juris Doctor (J.D.)
vs.
McCain: -United States Naval Academy - Class rank 894 of 899
Palin: -Hawaii Pacific University - 1 semester -North Idaho College - 2 semesters - general study -University of Idaho - 2 semesters - journalism -Matanuska-Susitna College - 1 semester -University of Idaho - 3 semesters - B.A. in journalism
Now … which team are YOU going to hire ?
By Ms. Tucker If UR Nasty
September 16, 2008 4:10 PM | Link to this
The woman speaks in tongues for Pete’s sake. What’s next, casting out spirits in the Lincoln room?
By RW-(the original)
September 16, 2008 4:53 PM | Link to this
I hire the ones that aren’t lawyers.
By curtis41
September 16, 2008 4:59 PM | Link to this
We have an ultra liberal socialist running, with almost no experience, with questionable Marxist and extremist associations and people are concerned about a Democrat-inspired investigation? Give me a break. The author seems to have swallowed the destroy Palin game hook, line and sinker. Democrats will fail on their policies and their politics as usual. The LOWEST approval rating right now is of the Democrat controlled Congress. McCain/Palin ARE the change that eluded Obama, his choice of Biden proved that. Methinks thou doth protest too much.
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 5:01 PM | Link to this
Our housing/banking crisis is the democrats fault. They made it easy for their voters to get credit. BTW democratic voters are predominantly in the bottom half of the wage earners in this country…the ones that dont contribute any taxes for the running of the country yet they get a say-so in the way it is run
WOW!! Here are the names of some registered Democrats, (as of the last election):
Bill Gates Denzel Washington Sean Combs Russell Simmons Orpah Winfrey Cameron Diaz
Yep, you’re right. These are all the poor bottom feeders. How much do YOU make again? DUH!
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this
Yeah , nobody above the law, commit perjury to a grand jury ,get impeached, you should go to jail. Instead you write a book, make millions and try to get your wife elected pres. What a pig
I guess deliberately goading, (“You’re either with us or against us”), half the world into a long drawn-out made up war (Iraq); killing thousands of soldiers both allied and American, (Iraq again), seeing WMD’s everywhere but where you said they were (Iraq yet again); crapping on the constitution and the bill of rights AND hiring cronies, hang-ons and has-beens and putting them in key government positions (“Brownie, you’re doing a GREAT job”), should get you a medal huh?
By Midori
September 16, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this
Paul,
sometimes you disappoint me so very much.
By Kim
September 16, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this
PEOPLE once and for all Republicans will never ever ever overturn Roe V. Wade. They need that issue to stay in place so that every four years they can dust if off to rally the vote of the ignorant far right. Roe V. Wade is here to stay.
By Mike
September 16, 2008 5:31 PM | Link to this
The once honorable man of integrity, the once maverick of the Republican party has sold his soul to the likes of Karl Rove and his minions. Wining the white house at any cost even if it means lying, cheating, stealing, decieving and picking a complete unknown as your #2 is about as unpatriotic as one can get. It doesn’t say much about his true concern for our country. John McCain - do you sleep well at night?
By Alex
September 16, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this
All I can say is you Republican right wing, nutjob, zealots make me sick. You all defend the indefensible. I mean c’mon with all that is going on in this country and world to even think of entrusting McCain\Palin with our government is beyond me and there is only one implication for the Obama hatred and criticism…..No need to even say it!!!!!!
By lea
September 16, 2008 5:49 PM | Link to this
Jay, keep doing what you do. Your views are concise,= logical and reflects the vews of many of us out here— unlike the way Jim Wooten blathers on.
We need more writers like you—honest, straightforward, and logical. Pay no attention to the haters.
By dirty harry
September 16, 2008 5:53 PM | Link to this
By DebbieDoRight
September 16, 2008 5:01 PM
DEBBIE .. I would add TOM HANKS, BARBRA STREISAND and that guy oh, what’s his name, oh yea…the real bottom feeder…WARREN BUFFETT to your list!
By Sam
September 16, 2008 6:53 PM | Link to this
Are you the same guy who defended Cynthia Tucker in her “ambush” by the OReilly reporter? I think so. I wonder what your agenda is???????? A sad biased article.
By Jorge
September 16, 2008 6:54 PM | Link to this
Wow, at least McCain/Palin are giving an early preview of the way they will conduct business. If there’s an investigation they do not like, they will simply refuse to cooperate;just like Bush. They’ll claim executive privilege just like Cheney. The electorate of this country must decide if this is acceptable behaviour. If you vote for this ticket, then it is; if not, then it isn’t. In my opinion, if you have done nothing wrong,then you should have nothing to hide; cooperate. If however, you really did try to get your ex-BIL fired and ended up firing the guy in your state gov’t who wouldn’t fire him, then you drag your feet, refuse to cooperate; do whatever you can to delay the investigation till you get results you can live with. Sort of what Bush & Cheney did w/ the probe into CIA operative leaks. They could live w/ a deal w/ Scooter where he took the fall as long as Bush promised to pardon him. Which is exactly what happened.
By Lack
September 16, 2008 6:55 PM | Link to this
Jay, you know, he be a real good writer cause he knows words..’no what I’m say’n. Too bad they be trapped in a closed mind, you know. I has thoughts too, like Jay, but they be caught up in my head where all of the connections sometimes don’t work right, you know. When these thoughts do come out, they be as illogical and confused as Jay’s but I don’t have no forum to express my confusion like Jay does… Poor guy but everybody’s got to be someplace and doing something. Selah.
By huh
September 16, 2008 6:56 PM | Link to this
Palin released emails that completely clear her of any wrong doing. The ‘investigation’ is a sham - unless you have another term for the ‘lead investigator’ releasing a statement that there will be an October surprise that will hurt Palin before any investigation began.
By Midori
September 16, 2008 7:08 PM | Link to this
huh,
got a link to those emails?
I’ll keep watching this thread for it.
By LawrenceT
September 16, 2008 7:13 PM | Link to this
ok huh, if what you are saying is true, can you provide links to reliable news sources that show the original emails? Even Fox News doesn’t have it! I’ve checked the BBC, FOX,CNN,ABC,NBC,CBS,Bloomberg,AP,Reuters, Christ! I’ve even looked at the Washington Post!! There’s no evidence anywhere that she’s released anything. Oh I forgot to check the huhimaginaryfantasy.com website, my bad!
By SaveOurRepublic
September 16, 2008 7:21 PM | Link to this
“Judas Goat” Palin will indeed be turned by the Neocon “leadership” atop the GOP and follow “Juan McAmnasty’s” lead in implementing the Globalist Elite’s agenda. While she currently seems fairly solid on many issues (utilizing ANWR, defending the 2nd Amendment, fighting infanticide, etc.), she’ll have to toe the Neocon line if/when elected as VP. It’ll be business as usual…spending like drunken sailors on shore leave, pro “free” trade (ie - outsourcing of American jobs & insourcing of 3rd rate H-1B visa workers, displacing Americans), continuation of the Machiavellian empire-building, furthering the Orwellian police state & pushing amnesty for illegal invaders. All par for the course for the Republicruds (save for a few true patriots like Ron Paul).
P.S. - “Bacrock Obummer” is a fellow (Globalist) traveler & is not the answer. Vote 3rd party!!!
By Susan
September 16, 2008 8:19 PM | Link to this
If you want to talk about eerie, it is the similarities between Palin and our own Ga. “wonder woman” Gena Abraham-Evans. She talks about reform, towing the line, etc. yet there is one set of rules for her and another for those other folks. Hm…everyone thought and some still do that Ms. Abraham-Evans was squeaky clean and a breathe of fresh air. Well….she had an affair with her boss (yes, she married him but still broke the rules) and now Sarah Palin turns out is not “everything” she claims either. My attitude, none are perfect but before we buy into this female reformer, lets wait and see a little more. Maybe she is what she claims. if so, Good! if not, it will all come out in the wash as it did with Ga.’s little “wonder woman”. My attitude, most politicians are guilty until proven innocent. Time will tell.
By Jennifer A
September 16, 2008 8:31 PM | Link to this
huh,
Where is the link to those emails?
We’re waiting.
By TooMuch
September 16, 2008 8:50 PM | Link to this
How is it that the Sarah Palin pundits speak so matter of factly about someone no one knew 2 weeks ago. How can you be so self righteously just in the stance that we people who want to look a dog in the face first and see whether or not it is the right breed to take home to protect the family are wrong? You see how funny it sounds….the audacity to hope that we the people who work hard to have a decent living wage, a sense of community WILL CONTINUE want those who only are concerned manipulating the power to their favor while being lying, dirt bags who really care less about being good to mankind. SEE WE THE PEOPLE CAN CHOOSE NOT to continue to keep our eyes closed to the fact that YOUR KIND OF THINKING STINKS. It spews division, intolerance, deception,and most of your very reason for keeping it like it is GREED. IF YOU DON”T TAKE CARE OF THE ILLS OF THIS SOCIETY NOW IT IS DOOMED. GET THE PICTURE AND STOP WITH NARROW MINDED, SELF SERVING THINKING.
By Jason
September 16, 2008 8:51 PM | Link to this
Palin’s claim: She’s an advocate for special needs children. She brings it up often that she’s the parent of a special needs child.
The truth: Palin cut $275,000.00 in funding for the Special Olympics in Alaska.
Look up the meaning of the word “conscience”, Palin.
By TooMuch
September 16, 2008 9:07 PM | Link to this
Lauren you nailed it! You are definitely more qualified to be the next VP.
By Midori
September 16, 2008 9:09 PM | Link to this
Huh,
I’m still waiting………….
By TooMuch
September 16, 2008 9:23 PM | Link to this
Jane stop with the small thinking and trying to minimize the job at hand a something more than a walk in the park that every post child successful woman should be able to walk into. Her credentials just don’t speak next in charge of the whole country. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SPEAK, women, mother, small town mayor, small state governor, no foreign policy experience, no economic experience, right wing politician that wants to dictate rules that they themselves don’t follow. Keep everyone else down and out while you and your buddies manipulate and play tag a* with each other and their bathroom buddies. It sucks that you can’t see the game as to how demeaning it is to have the repubs continue to insult everyone’s consciousness and intelligence. STOP THE GAME, I HOPE AMERICANS ARE THIS SILLY TO BE FOOLED BY THE NONSENSE THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO ENDURE.
By TooMuch
September 16, 2008 9:27 PM | Link to this
Jane stop with the small thinking and trying to minimize the job at hand as something as simple as a walk in the park that every poster child successful woman should be able to walk into. Her credentials just don’t speak next in charge of the whole country. YOU KNOW WHAT THEY SPEAK, women, mother, small town mayor, small state governor, no foreign policy experience, no economic experience, right wing politician that wants to dictate rules that they themselves don’t follow. Keep everyone else down and out while you and your buddies manipulate and play tag a* with each other and their bathroom buddies. It sucks that you can’t see the game as to how demeaning it is to have the repubs continue to insult everyone’s consciousness and intelligence. STOP THE GAME, I HOPE AMERICANS AREN’T THIS SILLY TO BE FOOLED BY THE NONSENSE THEY ARE BEING FORCED TO ENDURE.
By Peggy McGilligan
September 16, 2008 10:58 PM | Link to this
Win, lose, or draw – I remember when some other well qualified “experts” were calling the shots. If you ever feel that irresistible urge to perform some community service, public service, or just plain want to do your homework: http://theseedsof9-11.com
By James
September 17, 2008 9:46 AM | Link to this
Mike,
I read your comments and linked article and I don’t see anything refuting the article above. Contrary to your suggestion that this is an attack, I think it is all of our obligations to examine the actions of those who as asking to lead us. When looking over Palin’s record, signs of secrecy and cronyism are prevalent. With these being also prevalent in the current administration, doesn’t this hurt her image as a reformer? Even the attitude of ‘all critiques are attacks’ echos the current administrations claims that to question it is to be unpatriotic, or overly partisan.
By david
September 17, 2008 9:51 AM | Link to this
excellent point our great country can not afford leaders to use their position to get even with relatives, that is not what our soldiers died for
By ByteMe
September 18, 2008 6:33 AM | Link to this
Lyin’ Sarah strikes again. She just can’t seem to let the truth get in the way of a good fable.
Check this out:
http://dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/9/17/17756/8965/82/601976
She even feels she has to lie about how she told her kids about being the VP pick. How small.
By whynot
September 22, 2008 1:40 AM | Link to this
Now McCain Campaign is asking for rules for Palin’s debate with Biden. Rules for Sarah - include scripted interviews, not turning in tax returns, not showing up for troopergate. Tom Brokaw, Bob Schieffer and Jim Lehrer - we are counting on you to do your job like Charlie Gibson did. There are no rules when someone is running for VP. There were none for Hillary or anyone else. People lets just call this what it is - a farce. McCain is putting himself first not the country - don’t let him fool you. This is a sad day in America
By whynot
September 22, 2008 1:40 AM | Link to this
Now McCain Campaign is asking for rules for Palin’s debate with Biden. Rules for Sarah - include scripted interviews, not turning in tax returns, not showing up for troopergate. Tom Brokaw, Bob Schieffer and Jim Lehrer - we are counting on you to do your job like Charlie Gibson did. There are no rules when someone is running for VP. There were none for Hillary or anyone else. People lets just call this what it is - a farce. McCain is putting himself first not the country - don’t let him fool you. This is a sad day in America
By whynot
September 22, 2008 1:40 AM | Link to this
Now McCain Campaign is asking for rules for Palin’s debate with Biden. Rules for Sarah - include scripted interviews, not turning in tax returns, not showing up for troopergate. Tom Brokaw, Bob Schieffer and Jim Lehrer - we are counting on you to do your job like Charlie Gibson did. There are no rules when someone is running for VP. There were none for Hillary or anyone else. People lets just call this what it is - a farce. McCain is putting himself first not the country - don’t let him fool you. This is a sad day in America