Palin: Troopergate not going away

the Pajama Pundit — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:28:33 GMT

This is going to dog the McCain campaign until some real questions are answered. Watch as Sarah Palin's approval ratings plummet...

http://thepajamapundit.com/

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Eric, Salinas, CA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:29:28 GMT

I smell a Coverup, just another Nixon clone as the Wicked Witch of Alaska tries to subvert justice. First she said she welcomed the investigation and now that the truth is coming out she's scared of what will be found out about her nefarious ways. We can't trust "Sinner" Sarah to be anything but another "Darth" Cheney in a skirt!

I wish Rachel Maddow would call this coward out for an interview. If the Wicked Witch of Alaska is so proud of never blinking then she ought to show her supposed courage by taking an interview with Rachel. Funny that she's ripping of "NeoNazi" Bush about that blinking nonsense.

Go Obama/Biden 08/12!

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twocanpte — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:29:44 GMT

http://twocanpete.blogspot.com/
Troopergate is not going away because Palin is guilty of lying and abuse of power. Yesterday I posted video and written statement where she makes contradictory statments regarding Monegan's firing.

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Idiots — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:29:47 GMT

The more they try and bury this investigation, the more life it gets.

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vkpotomac — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:30:02 GMT

Great - we have Cheney/Bush secrecy and thumbing of the justice system BEFORE they're in office! Guess what will happen if these guys are voted IN!!! Kiss the constitution goodbye

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Michael in LV — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:30:22 GMT

The Legislative Council that initiated the Troopergate investigation has EIGHT Republicans and only four Democrats, and the vote was unaminimous back in July. Moreover, they authorized $100,000 for the investigation. They were serious when they started this thing, and it's hard to see that this is "tainted" since it began before Palin was selected.

The Republicans efforts to impede the investigation remind me of Bush the last eight years.

McCain, to my mind, seems to be broadcasting to America that he really is offering more of the same.

http://torqopia.blogspot.com/2008/09/republicans-sue-to-stop-troopergate.html

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Mike — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:31:16 GMT

Hmm... refusing to comply with investigations, refusing to respond to subpoenas.. who does this remind you of?

You can say all you want about how you are the candidates of "change" but it means nothing if your actions are more of the same.

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Blake, Denver, CO — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:32:09 GMT

So this is what transparency looks like? In that case, one could argue that Bush has been the most transparent President in history.

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Ken, Sterling, VA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:32:55 GMT

I wonder if the GOP realize that the longer they stall on this trooper investigation, the worse it is for them. Especially when they now have an AG refusing to honor legislative subpoenas...where have we seen this before? Before it was like "okay, maybe a slap on the wrist" but now it looks like she's hiding a major scandal that could end things. And I can't wait to see what happens at this town hall...if she's asked a question she isn't programmed to respond to, will McCain take it instead? She needs to answer every question.

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gepa — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:33:40 GMT

Sarah Palin has something to hide, and it should be forced to come out before the Nov. election.

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James C., Arizona — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:33:46 GMT

The entire Legislature voted unanimously to investigate her firing of Monegan in July. The Governor vowed to cooperate fully with the investigation (open and transparent).

But then she was tapped as McCain's running mate. Since that time the bipartisan investigation which she supported has become a Democratic witch hunt. Though the subpoenas where issued by the bipartisan Judicial committee, now Palin refuses to cooperate.

Her Attorney General (appointed by her) has stated that the subpoenas will not be honored by state employees because they are caught between their respect for the legislature and their loyalty to the Governor.

OK, everyone was fine with the progress until she became the VP selection of McCain. Now the only way she will allow the process to move forward in a fair manor is for the full senate or legislature to vote to compel testimony. The AG also recommends that this issue be moved to the State Personnel Board (which she appointed).

Here lawyers have reviewed all of the evidence and they don't see any reason to move forward as she has done nothing wrong.

So lets see. An executive potentially abuses power. That executive has a bipartisan panel (10 Republicans and 4 Democrats) that votes unanimously to compel testimony through subpoenas but the executives appointed officials say that employees who are loyal to the executive cannot balance their loyalty with respect for legislature and therefore will not testify. The executive recommends that an internal board who the executive appointed should resolve the matter quickly because the executives own lawyers have determined that she did nothing wrong.

Boy if you substitute George Bush and Albert Gonzales for Palin and Colberg it sounds like the DOJ scandal.

So how is the Reform? How is this transparency? How is this different from what we have seen over the last 7 years?

It is simple. She wasn't vetted and picked from the hip. Now her perfect image as a hockey mom reformer from Alaska is in jeopardy. What has been shown so far is that she practices cronyism, secrecy (personal emails for state business instead of official), she goes on personal vendettas, she is comfortable repeating less than factual information over and over, uses her power and influence to quash investigations, thinks that we might need to fight a war with Russia, that we should never second guess Israel, believes that Global Warming is a natural cycle and not man-made, support the teaching of creationism in schools, is anti-choice regardless of the circumstances, believes that the earth is only 6,000 years old, supported earmarks over and over, left her small town $20,000,000 in debt, is the running mate of a 72 year old man who is a 3 time survivor of cancer, and doesn't know what the Bush Doctrine is.

So who has drunk the Kool-aide? I can hear it now -- “Sarah, Sarah, Sarah”

God help the blind to see!!!

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justthinkinoutloud — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:34:56 GMT

If the republican rat lawyers succed in shutting down the investigation before the election, then the uninformed ought to feel real good, becuse they will never know the truth. Klondike Sarah herself said she was for the investigation before she was against it. Now it turns out that there must be something to hide or why else would she want it swept under the rug.

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Mr Eko — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:36:49 GMT

It's NEVER going to go away until she stops stonewalling investigators. So her deciding not to cooperate is going to help Obama in the end.

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NY, NY — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:36:51 GMT

Perhaps th MSM should look into Monegan's efforts to by-pass budget constraints to keep the "oldboys network" together.

Wooten is a very loose cannon.

Ask Joe Biden about the Violence Against Women Act & why is Wooten still a trooper.

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Tzalaran — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:36:52 GMT

its not the crime, it is the cover up that the american people dislike.

so much for nothing to hide...

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jawillie, Philadelphia, PA. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:37:00 GMT

The Palin-appointed Alaska attorney general said "state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case." "In a letter to state Sen. Hollis French, the Democrat overseeing the investigation, Republican Attorney General Talis Colberg asked that the subpoenas be withdrawn. He also said the employees would refuse to appear unless either the full state Senate or the entire Legislature votes to compel their testimony."

“O'Callaghan emerged publicly for the first time this week when he told reporters at a McCain campaign press conference, in Anchorage, that Palin is ‘unlikely to cooperate’ with an Alaskan legislative inquiry into Monegan's firing because it had been ‘tainted’ by politics. That new stand appeared to directly contradict a previous vow, expressed by her official gubernatorial spokesman on July 28, that Palin ‘will fully cooperate’ with an investigation into the matter."
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The Republican credo #1: Follow the rule of law until/unless it becomes inconvenient. Then change the rules.
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Back to the facts... "McCain and running mate Sarah Palin, Alaska's governor, say her state's production of one-fifth of the country's domestic energy supply is an important credential to put them in the White House. Their figure is inflated," the AP reports. "The most recent figures show Alaska produced 3.4 percent of the nation's total energy output in 2005. The state's largest contribution to that figure was its oil production, which runs about 14 percent of the U.S. total. Alaska contributes about 2 percent of the nation's natural gas production. It produces negligible amounts of coal and renewable energy, and has no nuclear energy. The only way to get close to the 20 percent figure is to look at Alaska's proven oil reserves, the amount they have determined to be underground and available under current conditions, which amount to 18 percent of the U.S. total."
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The Republican credo #2: Lie, lie, lie some more, then lie again until the public believes it's true.
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Page Six: "Hockey mom Sarah Palin not only wore lipstick to the Republican National Convention, the vice-presidential candidate wore a shantung silk Valentino jacket worth $2,500. Insiders tell Page Six Palin has a secretive circle of stylists who dress her for events. For her big speech in St. Paul, where she accepted the GOP's vice-presidential nod, this fashion-conscious team encouraged the Alaska governor to splurge on a $2,500 jacket from Saks Fifth Avenue designed by Valentino Garavani. ... Presidential nominee John McCain's wife, Cindy, recently took some heat after Vanity Fair itemized the cost of her wardrobe during her RNC speech with Laura Bush to a whopping $300,000 worth of designer wear and diamonds."
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The Republican credo #3: Talk only about the issues...once you convince the media and the public what they are.

Obama/Biden '08!

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AP from IL — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:37:08 GMT

So much for McCain's integrity and honesty. Is there any question left that he will be just as secretive and closed off from the public as the Bush administration has been? And as for Sarah Palin, she's basically Dick Cheney in a dress.

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J. Merle Stanley, Westchester, NY — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:38:00 GMT

The former Chief of the Alaska State Police, whom Palin fired, has already said that she didn't order him to get rid of Wooten.
Palin and her husband did nothing more than to say openly that he shouldn't be a Policeman, and they're absolutely correct.
The man tasered a 10 year old boy (his step-son), shot a cow moose while he was intoxicated on the job, and threatened to kill Palin's father if he hired a divorce attorney for her sister.
I guess that kind of behavior is acceptable to the Obama bunch.
Obama is a disgusting man, and the people who work for his campaign are even worse. The stuff they're trying to do to Palin is terrible. I can't imagine what I might do if someone treated my daughter (or any of my children) the way this Wooten character treated Palin's sister and her son.
But, the worst part about this is how the ObaMANIACS are trying to politically cash in this situation.
That's the very reason I can't vote for him.
Yes, I am a Democrat...
But, My country Comes First!
Democrats for McCain '08'

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Ed, FW, TX — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:39:02 GMT

So now Sarah the reformder has become Sarah the flip-flopper on the troopergate investigation. We have seen this all before, secretive tactics, ignoring supenas, and crys of unfair tactics from the other party.

I wonder how Dick Cheney would look in Sarah's lipstick? More of the same? Thanks but no thanks!

No Way, No How, No McCain. No Palin!

Obama-Biden '08

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Wendy H Laurel, MD — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:40:12 GMT

This is from toady's Anchorage Daily News

I am an American, a veteran of the 82nd Division, 505th Airborne Infantry, a member of the Republican Party and I am outraged at the irresponsibility of my Party's reprehensible and shameful use of misinformation to divide our country and pit American against American. I am not part of the "angry left"; I am part of the growing "angry right" who are becoming more and more disenfranchised with our own Party. We are rapidly growing tired of our Party wrapping themselves in the flag for the purpose of engaging the public in a disingenuous oratory about uniting the country, while at the same time vilifying other Americans with cruel, divisive and childish taunts that have no basis in fact.

You see: my party could not field a Presidential candidate that has the substance, integrity and leadership to match that of Senator Obama. Our candidate is a compromise from a field of pathetic choices that half of us don't believe in, a candidate that can't match wits with his opponent or inspire and uplift the people as Senator Obama can. So, when faced with the prospects of running with a candidate that is outclassed and overwhelmed, our party resorts to that old maxim attributed to P.T. Barnum: a sucker is born every minute. And you, America, are that sucker!

Rather than inspire the people, my party berates and belittles our opponents to the point that the American people are completely bamboozled into thinking the opposing candidate is somehow less of an American. Although I know the staunchest of my fellow Republicans will dismiss my outrage as traitorous rhetoric or simply the ranting of a misguided soul, I say to my fellow Republicans: it is we that are causing the deep divides in this country. It is we who are polarizing America in our attempt to vilify and turn public opinion against other good Americans who are just as patriotic, just as religious, just as family-oriented and just as concerned for their country as ourselves.

However, the blame for the sad state of American politics cannot be placed entirely on the Republican Party. Most of the blame for the negative campaign ads and dirty politics falls squarely on the shoulders of a clueless voting public that does not demand fact, issues or well-reasoned argument. It is we the people that perpetuate the very style of nasty political rhetoric that all of us revile and despise. Because of a fatal flaw in the human psyche, the average American is highly skeptical of the plain truth, instead embracing lies, fabrications and twisted logic with a relish that is utterly disquieting.

Rather than research issues from independent sources and make intelligent decisions on our own, we absorb the self-serving language of such people as that lying, adulterous former Speaker of the House Newt Gingrich, or the twisted foul words of sleazy political hacks like Rudy Giuliani and Rush Limbaugh whose only shared talent is repackaging schoolyard taunts into a political argument. So, I am not sure if supporters of Senator Obama understand this point yet, but my party is about to run over your candidate with a large bus full of flag waving, misinformed American idiots armed with a significant amount of propaganda gleamed from obviously biased news stories, emails and clueless television entertainment disguised as news.

This is unfortunate because Senator Obama is a dynamic leader, with the people and vision to achieve real fiscal responsibility, develop intelligent foreign policy, re-build our military and restore an executive branch that supports and defends our badly battered Constitution of the United States. Unfortunately, the "Campaign for Change" is about to be steamrolled by my party's skillful use of emotional misinformation honed to a level unmatched since the Nazi propaganda machine of 1930's. So, if you want your candidate to win, quit sitting on the sidelines, stop talking about issues amongst yourselves and stand up and fight for what you know is right!

Our country cannot take another four minutes, let alone another four years of the same old failed model of leadership and fiscal irresponsibility. Take America back! Contact your local Campaign for Change office and get involved now!

Greg King
A Morrison Republican

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sg, michigan — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:40:56 GMT

Suspend the investigation?

This stinks. It smacks of cronyism. It feeds the notion that Republicans are corrupt and will use every post of government to exploit their corruption.

This is the wrong message for a maverick candidate trying to reform government.

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F3, Seattle — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:42:31 GMT

Ok republicans. Now is the time to stand up and show your true colors. If there's nothing to see here, get along with the investigation, clear her name and be done with it. If you stonewall, you're only showing us that you believe Ms Palin should be above the law and immune to objective oversight. Bush 2.0 Either clear this woman of the charges against her, or withdraw this disgrace from the public forum.

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New INdependent — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:42:36 GMT

Doesn't this sound an awful lot like Karl Rove refusing to honor the subpoenas from the Congress? This is open and transparent?? Can't Americans see this is more of the same?

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Burn before reading — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:42:41 GMT

This is just another reminder of how much a McCain presidency will be just like Bush. When Bush was running, you couldn't get into an event unless you were pre-screened. Only the choir was allowed to appear. The questioners at his town hall meetings were just puppets for the message machine. Like good students, asking the questions they new the teacher wanted to answer. We can't be surprised about the lack of actual interviews by real reporters, again, just like Bush. As far as Trooper-Gate. Again, just like Bush. Remember the Plame outing. Bush was going to fire anyone who was involved. Then they stone-walled and refused to allow testimony. Remember the U.S, attorney firings. How is this any different than what McCain and Palin are doing now?

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Edison — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:43:05 GMT

Cover-up, Cover-up, "I will not adhere to the Old boy ways". Yet you cling to the Indiana, Crawford ways of Jim Crow Laws! Go straighten that mess out, and Cooperate with the investigation in Alaska, and maybe you will have some credibility with americans

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Larry, Union KY — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:43:22 GMT

It seems that Ms. Palin is for transparent government when it pertains to anyone else but her. I hope the title of this piece, Troopergate Not Going Away, continues to be a fact until all the facts come out...the sooner the better so all Americans will know BEFORE November 4.

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W.L. Smith, Martinsville, VA. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:43:55 GMT

This is just typical GOP style politics at it's best! Cover it up... lie like hell and hope the American public forgets quickly. Just like every scandal we have seen in the past eight years... NO ONE TAKES ANY RESPONSIBILITY FOR THEIR ACTIONS! Oh well...same old same old. Get used to this stuff folks... 'cause when the McCain and Palin ticket, lies, and those lies gets them elected (Not unlike the way Bush and Scalia stole the election from Gore in 2000)We will have another 8 years of it...set aside your retirement funds...so you can buy more Aleve or Advil to ease the pain. Oh... and get ready to Bomb, bomb, bomb Iran.

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C A, Tuscaloosa, AL — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:47:56 GMT

There is definately something wrong here.

This investigation started long before Palin was chosen as McCain's running mate (when she stated she would cooperate fully with the investigation). And the Alaska legislative investigative team established to investigate this matter is made up of only 2 Dems and 3 Republicans. So to say this is partisan driven or being pushed by the Obama camp is a poor excuse for Palin's current position not to cooperate.

The tons of emails being kept under wraps, the numerous calls to the Police Commissioner's Office by Palin's husband, etc., all smell of something being covered up. One or more of these witnesses, if made to testify under oath, would most likely have to state that Palin did in fact want the trooper fired and did fire the Police Commissioner because he would not follow through and allow her to abuse her power as Governor for a personal vendetta.

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Paul Dobro Bettendorf — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:48:21 GMT

So let me get this straight. To defend the firing of the Public Saftey commisioner, the McCain camp says he tried to get funding to a sexual violence investigations (the biggest law enforcement issue in Alaska) from the feds because Palin vetoed money for it.

So to justify the firing, McCain admits Palin does not care about women being rapped and assaulted? And this is a good game plan??????

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Jacie, NY — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:49:47 GMT

Le me get this right...the lawyers for the McCain campaign has gone up to Alaska to stop the investigation...to make it go away because they now think it is a political thing??? It is bypartisan so I have read...and she was for it, before she was against it! Just what we need...another cover-up to suit the "Party"....give me a break!

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Pennie Johnson — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:52:49 GMT

I knew it wouldn't go away..I've been praying this.She had no problem with cooperating with this investigation before it became a problem for the Republican party as a whole.She's lied so much she's forgotten the lies she's told. If she's relying on McCain and his minions to keep her straight, she's out of luck...they can't keep their lies straight either.

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bee, Maine — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:53:08 GMT

Media, do your job well, we all deserve to know about trooper gate. We have all seen too well how executive power is abused. We, the people have the right to know about the people who will potentially be in the highest office and just how they will use their power.
Stick to the issues, expose what needs to be exposed, and be relentless in your efforts.

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Casey — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:53:12 GMT

The October surprise will be that Sarah Palin was completely justified in firing this Trooper Psycho and the Dems will once again have egg on their faces. The Dems are trying to remove Palin from the campaign trail, both to limit her exposure to supporters and to occupy her time on a bogus scandal. You smell a cover-up? I smell desperation from the Obama camp.

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Amanda, Baltiomore MD — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:54:53 GMT

I'm just wondering if Carl Rove has had some sort of influence to where Sarah Palin changes her mind or mixes her words so much. This thing is distracting from the election process. Sarah Palin needs to get her stories straight on all of her issues and co operate with all of her investigations.

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Judy Hart Chesapeake VA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:14 GMT

We have more important issues congress needs to investigate the mortage & banking systems before we all are broke. then what??

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JTW — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:57:26 GMT

"Sarah" got rid of the "good old boys" so she could set up her own system of the "good old boys." It's hard to believe that McCain is putting his two cents in now, and the outcome of the investigation will not be resolved. More of Bush tactics. In other words, do whatever you want, and, as a high ranking member of government, you will be protected. McCain says country first. No, what he really means is the Presidency, at any cost. The people do not matter - only the Presidency.

And Palin - espousing the same lies over and over (bridge to nowhere, Obama will raise taxes, etc.)and seems to have lost her own values in order to seek the Vice Presidency.

What a team - Bush/Cheney have nothing over McCain/Palin!

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thats a fact jack — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:58:43 GMT

COVERUP COVERUP the rethugnutz mantra instead of openess and honesty COVERUP COVERUP first palin wants a thorough investigation then when one begins it's sue to stop it and start the COVERUP COVERUP

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Rick in Raleigh — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 13:59:41 GMT

Change we can believe in? Are you kidding me?

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Lou, NH — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:00:01 GMT

This is the same fish wrapped in a new piece of paper everyday and it is stinking the whole place up. More Republican cover-up tactics. So be it, the Republicans don't think the American people deserve to know the background of the VP selection. We will just have to demand that the MSM stays on the job and thanks FR for keeping the McCain Campaign claims honest.

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Lee Leikam Oregon City Oregon — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:02:12 GMT

We've watched Cheney, Ashcroft and the gang stonewall and stop investigations, fail to provide information for investigations say they can't find emails etc. All the stuff that makes us sick to death of government. And now Palin and McCain are doing the same, high powered attorneys trying to stop the truth from coming out about her actions. Enough is Enough. We deserve the truth PRIOR to the election. These actions alone are enough to make reasonable people say "I won't vote for them cause it looks like more of the same Cheney, Bush, Ashcroft etc."
Lee

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Cross in Margate, FL — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:04:07 GMT

Ok. Last year, I thought I was going to vote for John McCain. I no longer am. Shipmates honor their own, but he has forgotten about us, and sold us out. Now Sen. McCain; It's payback time. I will not vote for you regardless of my registration designation as "Republican". I will nto vote for you because you do not care about veterans. I will not vote for you, because you are telling me that things will be allright, but not showing me how. When my father used to say" "Jr. everythig is going to be allright", I could see all of his hard work that followed the lecture. What do you have Sen. McCain? It doesnt matter anymore. Nothing you can say will change my mind as to how I'm going to vote. I will make sure that I will help people on election day to get to the polling station, especially those college kids that might need a ride to get from point A to points B to vote. Yeah, you know who I'm talking about, the new voters who pollsters dont call because they use mobile phones and blackberry's, and I phones, etc. The ones that are going to make Sen. Obama President of the United States. They are the children of Generation X. The generation that everyone said was lost, but we have found ourselves, and found a leader who believes in us, and we believe in him. Enjoy your last 48 days in the spotlight Sen. McCain. While I can see the light at the end of the tunnel (its called hope), your light is going to be fading away.

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Madeleine Martin — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:05:00 GMT

You forget that by Palin repeating again and again the same lies since the beginning she is appealing to the hard right who really don't consider lying... never mind repeated calculated lying... a sin in their book. Gosh I could be wrong but I am pretty sure that one of the Ten Commandments, you know the list of religious and moral imperatives, states that you shall not bear false witness against thy neighbor but I guess it's ok to pick and choose what part of God's law you will follow for Sarah Palin. She is also speaking to the ill informed and the uninformed so it's our job to keep hammering home to the media the facts and demand "accountability" from Sarah Palin and John Mc Cain.

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Marilyn Evans, Baltimore, MD — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:05:08 GMT

Can this get any more bizarre? I know this does not surprise anyone...Certainly not me! This group of people can do no wrong and say no wrong! No matter HOW wrong it is. The repubs are a disgrace to our country. When you think they can't crawl any lower, this crap happens. We KNOW the AG is in her back pocket and they are all puppets for McCrazy..This has made me want to VOMIT!

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Lies, Des Moines, IA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:05:26 GMT

The Palin-appointed Alaska attorney general said "state employees would refuse to honor subpoenas in the case." Sounds like Karl Rove the 2nd.

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francis ofu ,istanbul,Turkey. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:10:39 GMT

truth hidden in the bag will explode when it reaches it maximum and when it did explode it will sound like thunder in the sky.The truth will be out and the republicans are afraid of the big scandal that will rock the party in trying to hide the truth.

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ekf — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:11:13 GMT

The Republicans are experts at smoke and mirrors. God help us!

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Margaret — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:11:17 GMT

It's all so......Rove.

Hiding Sarah Palin from the press is one more example, out of many, that McCain truly is just another Bush.

The Republican secrecy goes on. It's unbelieveable that half the voting population will vote for 4 more years of top administration secrecy after seeing where it has landed us. The American voter is more stupid than I ever suspected.

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marty holloman,columbia,s.c. — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:11:29 GMT

She will take questions the same way McCain does, from a hand picked crowd with hand picked questions.

Obama/Biden
marty

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Paul Miller, Woodbridge, VA — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:14:05 GMT

It seems to me that refusing to respond to subpoenas just keeps this story alive, and makes Palin look like she's hiding something.

Maybe that's the goal - keeping the story alive. The more people are focused on Palin Place, the less they will be focused on McCain's self-professed economic ignorance and lacking temperment.

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Jonathan, Denton, TX — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:16:45 GMT

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Ron Indiana — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 14:19:29 GMT

Remember the days when the LAW was above individuals, when people had to honor subpeonas. That was the case as recently as 8 years ago. It doesn't surprise me that Republican lawyers are trying to shut this case down.

My guess is the cover-up will be worse than the crime...but it should all come out. Palin was not vetted and McOld should pay the price for a "shoot from the hip" decision. He did not put the country first when he picked her. One third of the POTUS do not finish their term in office. She is reason alone for not voting for McCain

Palin: Troopergate not going away

JWilkes Texas — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 21:21:18 GMT

Do they actually think that its fair to the American people that this scandal be suppressed and pushed under the rug just to get McCain voted in then after the fact we find out that we've voted in a real pitbull with lipstick who abuses her position of authority to trample the rights of citizens. Everything about this woman says she is an extremist and I truly believe that she intends to push her moral standing and religious views on all of us. The woman actually tried to ban a book from her public library!!! What happened to freedom of speech?

Both McCain and Palin have flip flopped on key issues of this campaign and they seem to be flying by the seat of their pants desperately pandering for votes. I will send my last dime to Obama to get elected. I will call voters and stomp the pavement to get Obama elected.

That's how important this election is for us all! We can't have McSame and his spoonfed puppet, Palin, in the oval office!!