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Who Dugg It?

Zeitgeist101, on 09/17/2008, -11/+259She fits right in with the Bush gang alright...
- 26thMARINES, on 09/17/2008, -46/+6ahhh.. you liberals bore me. Just get used to saying Vice President Palin and President McCain. your fight is over, you have already lost. Start planning in 4 years for the Hillary/Palin debates. the more you liberals smash talk her, the more powerful she gets. And we love you for it.
  - tykwondingo, on 09/17/2008, -3/+30You're part of the cancer that's killing our country. You should be ashamed of yourself.
  - usrlocalbin, on 09/17/2008, -3/+10the internets.
    You're doing it wrong.
  - Cadicus, on 09/17/2008, -3/+26Classic Republican.. avoid actually looking into any issues.. just follow your party line and ignore the issues.
  - bbqsalad, on 09/17/2008, -2/+9What is she Obi Wan or something? I am guessing you are either trolling to make repiglicans look bad (you seriously don't need to help them, they do that on their own quite well) or you are simply retarded. Either way its a waste of time. They failed the last 8 years, you wont get another chance. I am going to digg you up actually.
  - SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/17/2008, -2/+11They call em jarheads for a reason..
  - 26thMARINES, on 09/17/2008, -22/+2perhaps you liberals should get your news from other places than digg's mirror sites huffingtonpost and dailykos... it is all garbage. And I have read the article, and she was in the right. You lefties are just mad that your messiah doesnt have the power to fire people as a community organizer :)
  - EtherGnat, on 09/17/2008, -1/+15"And I have read the article, and she was in the right."
    
    Wait, she was in the right to fire Monegan for not firing the trooper? So you're admitting she is lying, or at least claiming it's not really important whether she's lying or not.
    
    The trooper sounds like he's probably an *****, so I have no problem with him getting fired. The fact the only people that have ever filed a complaint against him are related to Palin (and had a grudge against him) creates a conflict of interest, though, and at a bare minimum we know Palin lied about whether her office contacted Monegan about firing Wooten.
  - magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -2/+18R: "I'm right, and you're wrong."
    D: "Here's evidence supporting my position. What evidence supports yours?"
    R: "I'm right, and you're wrong."
    D: "That's it? Your evidence is your assertion that you're right?"
    R: "I'm right, and you're wrong."
    D: "I feel like I'm talking to a scratched record here."
    R: "Take that back, liberal."
  - elipabst, on 09/17/2008, -0/+6Yeah, like the MILF2008 ticket is really going to win this one.
  - arcangelgabriel, on 09/17/2008, -1/+13"You lefties are just mad that your messiah doesnt have the power to fire people as a community organizer :)"
    
    Jesus Christ was a community organizer, Pontius Pilot was a governor.
    
    I'm an atheist but I found that quote amusing in this situation.
  - Daodos, on 09/18/2008, -0/+6Magus.That is linearly every "Debate" I have ever had with a republican has gone like. Exactly like that.
- thecarpe, on 09/17/2008, -8/+7It was actually because he wouldn't tase her [ex]bro[-inlaw].
  
  I just high-fived myself for that one.
  - 5urr3al5am, on 09/17/2008, -5/+3you should have deep-sixed yourself
  - harveywalbanger, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1Don't tase me bro[in-law]
- arcangelgabriel, on 09/17/2008, -0/+2426thMARINES
  
  Far be it for me to bash a brother Marine, [If you are, Semper Fi, if not shame on you] however I wonder what your response would be if the other side was balking at an investigation into alleged misconduct.
  
  I'm not speaking as a police officer but as a citizen. If there's no merit to the case then let them investigate it. They'll find nothing and that's it. Balking at it only infuses your opponents with more ammunition and gives your less then die hard supporters doubt. Bad form in any case.
  
  And although I am choosing the Obama ticket, I'm definitely NOT 'you liberals". Labeling comments like that gives you the impression that you're a talk radio Limbaugh asswipe with no thoughts of your own. Just an observation.
  
  Semper Fi.
- iainc, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3It's all about the deference.
  /s
- jabberwolff, on 09/18/2008, -11/+0Which part is she not cooperating with ? Agreeing with *****?
  Yes shame on you for not just admitting whatever conspiracy retards think!
  Bad Palin! Bad !
  
  Oh and the same Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan that had stated that when he was fired from his job he had NEVER even heard of the name of the state trooper or incident?!
  
  Ooops sorry for silly little things like FACTS for the liberaltards to comprehend!
  - Gonthim, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2Never heard that before. Got a citation?
- smpx, on 09/18/2008, -0/+6I think officially due to the McCain Bury Brigade labeling any anti-Palin page as inaccurate, I will make a personal pledge to digg all of them.
- letdowntourist, on 09/18/2008, -0/+3Palin is the BEST you could find, McCain?
  - harveywalbanger, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1Palin was the best those dusty old ***** republicans running the GOP could find and quite frankly I feel insulted they even asked Palin.
HeartlandUSA, on 09/17/2008, -15/+191She is Bush in a skirt, 100%!
- p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 09/17/2008, -3/+29What a horrible image that line invokes....
  - greenwald, on 09/17/2008, -1/+9It is a redundant statement.
  - thecarpe, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2at least an exagerated percentage...just sayin'
- gnocchi1442, on 09/17/2008, -4/+14And here I thought Bush was Bush in a skirt.
- andyb747, on 09/17/2008, -5/+19I heard she keeps it trimmed
- thecarpe, on 09/17/2008, -7/+1duh?
- tykwondingo, on 09/17/2008, -4/+11I heard it has teeth.
  - thecarpe, on 09/17/2008, -1/+12lipstick
- tk0680, on 09/17/2008, -4/+11No, she's not. Bush is an idiot front man for Cheney and co - Palin is more like Cheney in a skirt.
  
  Which is more disturbing, in various ways.
  - fluxion, on 09/17/2008, -0/+6especially with the huge dong and all
- JPHR, on 09/17/2008, -2/+4You forgot the LIPSTICK!
  Okay who would put that on a Dick?
- tyho, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2Digging down all stupid inane posts!
  
  I think I need to hire a staff...
- jabberwolff, on 09/18/2008, -5/+2Didnt she just hand over emails?
  
  Which part is she not cooperating with ? Agreeing with *****?
  Yes shame on you for not just admitting whatever conspiracy retards think!
  Bad Palin! Bad !
  
  Oh and the same Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan that had stated that when he was fired from his job he had NEVER even heard of the name of the state trooper or incident?!
  
  Ooops sorry for silly little things like FACTS for the liberaltards to comprehend!
- andy78, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1thats why every dumb ass redneck relates to her and will vote for McCain/Palin... sad sad world.. McCain will be the next pres :(
phanatical, on 09/17/2008, -116/+3She's hot, go get em tiger!
- insanebrain, on 09/17/2008, -1/+19Go hire a hooker .. .as long as you don't vote.
- sphoony, on 09/17/2008, -5/+1She makes my dick itch.
  - absurdist, on 09/17/2008, -1/+3It'll start to burn before long.
  - triad203, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1You should probably go have that checked out. They have cremes for that stuff.
- chakan2, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2We are hiring a hooker though...one that plays hockey in lipstick apparently. I think that must be some weird Republican fetish.
phanatical, on 09/17/2008, -117/+3She's hot, go get em tiger!
p9s50W5k4GUD2c6, on 09/17/2008, -8/+121This has all of the markings of a statewide cover-up.

So much for Palin's claims as an ethics reformer and an advocate for governmental transparency.

Some lawsuits to force this issue in AK need to be filed.

Obama Campaign: they're handing you more dynamite. Lite the fuse dammit!

And she's a maverick? Only if the definition of a maverick is "an unbranded range animal; One who does not abide by rules." http://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/maverick
- EarlOfLade, on 09/17/2008, -0/+13I have made it a policy to take anything coming from McCain/Palin camp to be a lie until evidence for the opposite has been presented and accepted.
  - why3th, on 09/18/2008, -1/+6From only the McCain/Palin camp? Assume everything is a lie. Research everything.
- yammy1688, on 09/18/2008, -0/+7This would be good ammo for Obama, but he has committed to sticking to the issues. Obama bringing this up would seem petty.
  
  IMO, yes he does stretch the truth at times, eg: taking that 100 year thing out of context, but overall, throughout both the primaries and now the general, he has run a very clean campaign. Compare the ***** hillary threw at him, and now McCain. To me, this speaks to his character.
cattletracks, on 09/17/2008, -6/+104Yesterday, a group of Alaska Republican lawmakers, with the support of a Texas-based conservative legal group, has filed suit to stop the Alaska Legislature's "Troopergate" probe into Gov. Sarah Palin. Interesting that no one seemed interested to intervene on Palin's behalf before she was the Republican VP candidate.
- RealHyperX, on 09/17/2008, -17/+6Interesting that not too many democrats didn't care either.
  - Petrie, on 09/17/2008, -2/+18Well...It's kind of Alaska.
  - DreKor, on 09/17/2008, -4/+12Umm... double negative? Explain yourself.
  - harveywalbanger, on 09/18/2008, -0/+5No ***** dude. Who gives a ***** about some red-neck politician in Alaska.
    
    HOWEVER When they put her up for the scrutiny of the American Vice-Presidency you are no longer in Kansas or Alaska Dorothy and I'm sorry, but it's all fair game.
    
    Once either party announce candidates, it is the right of every American citizen to crawl up their proverbial asses with a microscope.
vexingmodstwo, on 09/17/2008, -61/+16The person she fired was part of her Cabinet. She could have fired him because he was left (or right) handed because cabinet members serve at the discretion of the Governor.

She fired him because he was going against her policies and going on unsanctioned trips to Washington to lobby for funds and there's emails to prove it.

This is over.
- sullivanst, on 09/17/2008, -6/+43The investigation isn't into the firing per se, so your point is entirely moot.
  
  It's into whether she used the powers of the state to pursue a personal vendetta, which is potentially illegal and certainly highly unethical.
  
  The firing of Walt Monegan was merely icing on the cake; it's not the subject of the investigation, it's evidence in the investigation.
  
  Get a clue.
  - vexingmodstwo, on 09/17/2008, -38/+7WRONG.
    
    The investigation is a witch hunt that was initially meant as retribution for Palin taking on the establishment in Alaska and winning and then it morphed into this fiasco we see today because she's now the candidate for VP.
    
    The FACTS are that she canned the commissioner because he went against her NUMEROUS times on policy matters even though she could have fired him with no reason whatsoever since he is a member of her cabinet.
    
    Get a clue.
  - swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -2/+41If the investigation is a "witch hunt" then why did Republicans and Democrats vote UNANIMOUSLY to begin it?
    
    It's hilarious to see apologists reading from the same talking points they used to apologize for Rove's politicization of the US justice department. More of the same, indeed.
  - akphidelt, on 09/17/2008, -3/+37@vexingmodstwo
    
    WRONG!!
    
    It's only a big deal to YOU guys now because she is VP. It is and was a huge deal here in Alaska. In the papers every day for weeks. And please stop saying she took on the establishment. The only reason she won was because everyone and their grandma knew here in Alaska that our government was completely corrupt. She was elected BECAUSE of the corruption, she's not some miracle worker who just went in and did all these "amazing" things on her own. Just like the pipeline, that deal has been in the works for 20 years, and all she did was take it out of Alaska by signing a half billion dollar contract with a Canadien corp just to start talking about the pipeline. Absolutely no deal has been reached.
    
    So please spare us your worthless facts, because the facts are plain and simple... just the fact that this officer's name was brought up so many times is an indicator that there is something fishy going on, especially since her job is not to fire police officers.
    
    GET A CLUE!!
- soot, on 09/17/2008, -6/+19Apparently vexingmodstwo knows more about the outcome of this investigation than the investigators do. That's amazing, really.
  
  It's also amazing that the McCain campaign has managed to twist this into being a tainted, partisan affair when there are more Republicans serving on the state investigatory panel than Democrats.
  - Bith8654, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4But don't you see?! Those are the corrupt Republicans! Isn't it so obvious, they just want to ruin her, that way their party can lose the white house...because uh...they uh...are probably pinko commies in disguise!
    
    Sadly I feel I should probably throw a /sarc in here.
  - thegrantman, on 09/18/2008, -1/+4Vexingmodstwo is simply parroting the party line which is being broadcast on all Republican talkshows.I have heard identical explanations on Rush and two local shows today alone.
- insanebrain, on 09/17/2008, -4/+11>"This is over."
  This is America. . It's over when we say it's over.
- elister, on 09/17/2008, -3/+8"She fired him because he was going against her policies and going on unsanctioned trips to Washington to lobby for funds and there's emails to prove it."
  
  So its ok for Sarah Palin to take trips to Washington DC to lobby for earmarks for the State (She hired someone when she was mayor of Wasila), but not ok for anyone else to do the exact same thing?
  
  According to an opinion article from ADN, Palin has given alot of different reasons for firing him.
  
  http://www.adn.com/opinion/story/528420.html
  
  "The governor has given so many different reasons for firing Monegan I've lost count. From the "we need new direction" and "new energy" to "he wasn't hiring enough cops," to "he wasn't doing enough about alcohol in the bush" to "he lobbied for budget increases" to the latest version, which is a doozy; Monegan displayed "egregious rogue behavior."
  - vexingmodstwo, on 09/17/2008, -9/+1Yes, she's the executive and he was her subordinate. She sets the policy, he doesn't.
    
    And it doesn't matter why she fired him. He serves at her discretion. PERIOD.
  - SpinningHead, on 09/17/2008, -1/+6"And it doesn't matter why she fired him. He serves at her discretion. PERIOD."
    That's exactly what Bush has said repeatedly and it simply isn't how our government works. It is how Mussolini's government worked, which is why I'm no longer a conservative.
  - vexingmodstwo, on 09/17/2008, -8/+1You seem to be confused between elected officials and appointed officials. And you were never a conservative.
  - thegrantman, on 09/18/2008, -0/+5@vex: Neither are you chief. A conservative desires a small,controlled government and fiscal and personal responsibility.McCain and Palin are the exact opposite.
gnocchi1442, on 09/17/2008, -14/+101What's the difference between Sarah Palin and a corrupt Talibornagain moron who's in way over her head?

Nothing.
- 1nflux, on 09/17/2008, -1/+51*****, I thought it was lipstick.
- joeanon, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2Religious extremists never see themselves as extreme.
  
  Just like stupid being don't know they are stupid.
  
  We should applaud her confidence while laughing at her logic.
  
  They say keeping Palin in the spotlight is bad for the Dems.
  
  I think otherwise, the public turns on anyone who gets too much media coverage basically.
jamesmon01, on 09/17/2008, -49/+16You guys might want to read the story behind this trooper before throwing your weight behind "troopergate" Kind of a stupid issue for the Obama Camp to be so vocal about. Dont really want to take sides with the guy that admitted tasering his 10yr old stepson, and was found to have been drinking in his patrol car.
Im sure she handled it inappropriately, and that it was wrong, but there are probably better issues to focus on if you really want undecided voters to dislike Palin
http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
- Dawnrazor, on 09/17/2008, -1/+33Then why isn't she cooperating to get the truth out?
  
  Even if she's totally innocent all her stalling and maneuvering makes it look like she's trying to hide something.
  - 26thMARINES, on 09/17/2008, -23/+0and like your messiah hussein cooperates??? bahahaha
  - SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/17/2008, -0/+7Why to go avoid answering the question again 26thshill..
- xenuxenuts, on 09/17/2008, -14/+3I don't like Palin, but you're right. The guy deserved to be fired.
  - IphtashuFitz, on 09/17/2008, -0/+15Do you actually know ANYTHING about the whole "troopergate" issue, because comments like yours make it seem pretty likely that you don't. Trooper Wooten was fully investigated back in 2006. That investigation included the taser incident among others. (Do you even know the whole story behind the taser incident? I doubt it.) He was punished in March of 2006 as a result of that investigation. Let that sink in for a moment. The police department investigated Wooten, found him responsible, and gave him the punishment that they found to be appropriate.
    
    Palin didn't become governor of Alaska until December of 2006. The Wooten investigation & punishment was long over by then. She had no valid reason to insist on his being fired over what he was punished for 8 months earlier. If Wooten's punishment was too lenient then it would have been up to the prior administration to address it. She certainly had no right to impose what would effectively be "double jeopardy" on Wooten - punishing him a second time for what he did.
    
    If Palin fired Walt Monegan for not firing Wooten then Palin is guilty of abusing her power as governor. If Palin had valid complaints about the performance & conduct of Monegan then she had every right to fire him, but she really should provide the documentation to back up this claim and put this whole thing behind her once and for all.
- ArchieAndrews, on 09/17/2008, -1/+13...and there are mechanisms to deal with such professional misconduct. Meddling by the governor is not required for any of those issues and, based on her connection to him via the custody battle, would be ill advised as such meddling might look, and indeed be, improper.
  - harveywalbanger, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1But she's too stupid to have those thoughts. Mechanisms is a pretty big word for her. She's probably still looking up 'professional misconduct' in her bible.
- akphidelt, on 09/17/2008, -2/+3It's not a big deal... but getting a blowjob isn't a big deal either, but once Clinton lied about it, it became a big deal. Plus you should take your advice and read more in to it, that trooper is a dirt bag but the taser incident is being blown up since the kid asked for it and it was not at full force. Probably just shocked the little kid, and nothing would ever have been made out of it if there wasn't the huge divorce case.
- soot, on 09/17/2008, -1/+11To be fair to her, she could easily quell suspicion by cooperating fully with this investigation if she hasn't anything to hide, either.
  - 26thMARINES, on 09/17/2008, -12/+1like clinton? like obama and his terrorist friends? his preachers? funny.. she doesnt give in to the left bias ***** because she is smarter than them
  - soot, on 09/17/2008, -1/+5"like obama and his terrorist friends? his preachers?"
    
    I love how some old fart nobody who built cherry bombs in his crazy sixties days is suddenly on par with Osama bin Laden and Pol Pot to Republicans now. My grandpa used to blow up bombs in the school yard for ***** and laughs for crying out loud.
    
    The difference is Barack Obama has explained those connections to death, while Sarah Palin won't even appear before the panel if she's asked to.
  - SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/17/2008, -0/+726th: I'm challenging you to do something I've never seen before. First I'm going to ask you a question, lets see if you can answer it honestly, without another question being the answer, and without bile.
    
    In what part of Palin's past did she gain this experience? She left a town of 9000 in $22 million of debt and supported "the bridge to nowhere" until Congress wouldn't approve all of the funds needed, which she then flopped on. She's tried to ban books from a public library and believes the world to be 6000 years old and that dinosaurs walked with men. Aside from thinking this is a Christian nation when it is clearly secular. How is this sound logic to you? Please explain why this person is qualified to be in a position where rational thought is going to be very important.
  - magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -0/+7@SisyphusFragmnt: It's a fair question, but I doubt 26thMARINES will answer it directly.
    
    If he is representative of his unit, I fear for their survival and for the Corps. Marines should know and defend the Constitution and everything it protects. Loyalism to a subset of people is not patriotism, it is political blindness.
  - AKWookiee, on 09/17/2008, -4/+2Blowing up bombs in the schoolyard is different than blowing up bombs at the US Capitol, New York City Police Headquarters, and the Pentagon. It seems reasonable to say that setting off a bomb at a federal building is an act of terrorism.
    
    I think everyone keeps harping on the Ayers things because Obama's explanations have been kind of flimsy. All I have ever heard him say about Ayers is that he was "a guy who lives in my neighborhood". Obama needs to explain that one a little more before it is explained to death. Also, having your supporters call in and foul up a radio show just because they are discussing the Ayers issue does not look good.
    
    Both sides have some explaining to do. I hope they both step up and let us know what we're getting before we head to the polls in November.
- slabdigger, on 09/17/2008, -1/+15Irrelevant. She's either for the rule of law or against it. If there is no case, it won't hurt her to show up.
- diggit83, on 09/17/2008, -1/+12Just because he is a douche bag doesn't mean she can abuse her position. There are proper and legal ways to handle things like this. It shows bad judgment on her part....period.
- swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -2/+5To be fair, the officer was in charge of a police taser training class, and shocked his kid with a minimum charge after the kid asked to know what it felt like.
  - Lythium, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2[citation needed]
    No seriously, I'd want to see that article.
  - swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -0/+11In his interview with troopers, the stepson said it hurt for about a second, according to Wall's report. The boy said he wanted to be tased to show his cousin, Palin's daughter Bristol, that he wasn't a mama's boy. The probe left a welt on his arm, he said.
    
    http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html
- jamesmon01, on 09/17/2008, -1/+4you guys are kind of missing my point. In today's political climate, the focus on this part of Palin's past just gives the other side enough talking points to effectively gloss over other issues. If all the time is spent on issues such as this, where alot of people are going to sympathize with her, you arent going to make any progress. Anyways, its your call.
  - tyho, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1Digging you up for being respectful and informed, wish I could say the same for your (peers?) here. This story is a loser for Obomites.
- tyho, on 09/17/2008, -2/+1Don't try to ruin their fun James. What else they gonna do if not promote 50 anti-McCain/Palin stories/ads to the front page a day.
  
  If mindless, uninformed, Liberals aren't given places like Digg to vent, they might hurt someone.
  
  "Anger, if not restrained, is frequently more hurtful to us than the injury that provokes it."
- homercles337, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2Given your spin on the events, it sounds like YOU didnt read the article.
- AngelaQ, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1I have read the facts, and I'm extremely concerned that her husband is involved in all sorts of confidential matters that he should have absolutely nothing to do with. It makes it look like she's a puppet of his when he contacts people as state business.
  
  He withdrew from the secessionist party at the same time she started running for office. Uh, sure I trust him. Do I want Todd Palin to be attending cabinet meetings as de facto President?
BuryHuffPost, on 09/17/2008, -51/+9Sarah Palin will cooperate once the investigating party is non-biased.

The Democratic chair of the judiciary committee said the results of the investigation could constitute an "October surprise" for the McCain campaign."

This is clearly biased since the Alaskan investigation should be independent of John McCain's run for presidency.

There is no juror in the US that would be seated if they said what chairman French said.
- JenniferInMO, on 09/17/2008, -3/+28The investigation is led by a committee of 6 Republicans and 4 Dems. Check your facts before buying that bridge to nowhere the Rush and O'Reilly are selling you.
  - wwwonka, on 09/17/2008, -2/+14Pwned.
  - ftx437, on 09/17/2008, -13/+1and all the lawyers obama sent there are doing mothing with this....bs...
  - simeonart, on 09/17/2008, -1/+11@ftx437: Please provide a source that shows that there are Obama lawyers involved.
  - diggproof, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4@ftx437:
    
    Like McCain doesn't have an army of lawyers digging for dirt on Obama 24/7.
    
    Please.
  - BuryHuffPost, on 09/17/2008, -9/+0The political parties of the council are irrelevant. This election has shown that one's party does not correlate to one's support. Not a day goes by without a digg about a Republican that supports Obama.
    
    Although Digg would suggest otherwise, being biased is not just a Democrat thing. Both parties can be affected.
    
    Furthermore, the chairman brings an irrelevant subject into the realm of the investigation: McCain. McCain and his campaign have nothing to do with this investigation. Clearly French is attempting to disrupt our electoral process. As long as he leads the committee, the committee cannot be considered just.
    
    Trust me tool, I know the facts. Judging by your response you obviously can't refute that French is biased. Thus, you agree that the committee has biased members on it.
    
    Stop using stolen lines and start arguing.
  - magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -0/+6"Trust me tool, I know the facts... Stop using stolen lines and start arguing."
    
    Insulting your opponent (ad hominem fallacy) and taunting is not arguing. Practice what you preach first, then pass judgment.
  - kakti, on 09/17/2008, -0/+5Partisanship doesn't matter at all. It doesn't matter if it's all Democrats, all Republicans, all Independents or what on the panel. What does matter is whether she broke the law.
    
    If she was innocent, she would cooperate. If she was innocent, she would go to court and prove her innocence. However, she refused to cooperate...why?
  - BuryHuffPost, on 09/18/2008, -1/+0@magus
    The first 3 paragraphs of my rebuttal were all straight arguments. I then personal attacked the ignorance of the poster. You are just as ignorant because instead of arguing my points you then argue the other material.
    
    You'll notice that no one can actually argue against me. Everyone here is clearly overcome by bias.
    
    @kakti
    She refused to cooperate because it wouldn't be a fair trial. Did you even read what I posted?
- bowens44, on 09/17/2008, -1/+6caribou barbie doesn't get to decide when she does or doesn't follow the law.
- wpyh, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2By "non-biased", do you mean "fully in support of her"?
yuckapoo, on 09/17/2008, -24/+3http://mccainliesfund.org
Pitofdoom, on 09/17/2008, -47/+3A vengeful former employee,
serving at the governors discretion.

Trooper, I'd rather hear about how he was found frozen
dead under 40 ft of snow out
in the ass end of no where, and nobody know who,
or how but might have a why !
swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -5/+66It's hilarious to see apologists reading from the same talking points they used to apologize for Rove's politicization of the US justice department. More of the same, indeed.
an0nymous, on 09/17/2008, -3/+60http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_TROOP ...

And now the state AG has said that the employees subpoenaed will not testify.

JUNEAU, Alaska (AP) -- Alaska's investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power, a potentially damaging distraction for John McCain's presidential campaign, ran into intensified resistance Tuesday when the 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.
- drmobutu, on 09/17/2008, -2/+35"Refuse to honor" a subpeona? That is called contempt.
  
  Just goes to show, that the Republicans have no respect for the Rule of Law, when it doesn't break their way.
  
  http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subpeona
  - Lythium, on 09/17/2008, -0/+23I want to know what would happen if you or I got subpoenaed and just said "screw this, I don't have to do it." I'll bet that at some point in the not-too-distant future we'd get a knock on our respective doors from a nice officer of the law with a nice large-caliber sidearm. Why the hell are politicos suddenly above the law??
  - BillOReilly08, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1I think it's time the citizens start pressing these issues instead of ranting about it online. Citizen Task Force!
- Kas70, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3You mean all Bill had to do was refuse to appear and it all would have gone away?
- Finsternis, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2I suppose I'm just old fashioned. When I was a boy, when people failed to honor subpoenas, they went to jail, and attorneys general followed the law instead of what was better for their party. But Republicans seem to think that showing up for a subpoena is pretty much optional, to be ignored if not politically expedient.
  
  F'ing disgusting. They're so blatantly just trying to slow down the investigation enough so the report doesn't come out until after the election.
  
  I wonder what would happen to me if I refused to honor a subpoena and insisted that the full state legislature voted to compel me to? Something tells me I'd be thrown in the slammer. But when the AG is in your party and trying to protect a political crony, well...
oldhick, on 09/17/2008, -25/+16Palin is an idiot. We get it. Lets move on.
- treehugger87, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1We'll move on when McCain the Maverick withdraws his selection and picks someone with some integrity. Hagel, perhaps?
- oldhick, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1Kewl, then you'll just be wasting your time.
lamejoketeller, on 09/17/2008, -19/+5Stating the title of your article as a question is a cheap cop-out to avoid blame if you're wrong.

I know I'll get buried for saying that, which is a shame, because I'm voting Obama.
- swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -3/+9If it's good enough for Fox News, it's good enough for Digg.com.
  - lamejoketeller, on 09/17/2008, -6/+2I'd like to think Digg is better than Fox News
  - swrostmore, on 09/17/2008, -0/+6Digg is a website where individual partisans democratically decide what to display as "news." It is the very definition of biased, because what appears on the front page is entirely based on personal opinions.
    
    Fox News is an organization where a partisan Republican corporate board decides what to display as "news." It is likewise biased.
    
    I'm not sure you can say one is "better" than the other - certainly Digg follows majority public opinion more closely than Fox does.
- EgbertSouse, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3If you read "I know I'll get buried for saying that, which is a shame, because I'm voting Obama." you know the comment is from a "concern troll." A shameless poster just trying to confuse the topic because their true candidate choice is standing on the wrong side of the truth.
  - lamejoketeller, on 09/20/2008, -0/+1I was talking about the title, not the article. If you'll look at my profile, you'll see I'm wearing a UC Santa Cruz shirt and I'm from San Francisco...yeah, real likely to vote McCain.
ashwinmudigonda, on 09/17/2008, -4/+42Her voice and mug grow ugly as the days go on. Uggh.
- GassyTurd, on 09/17/2008, -1/+13She sounds like a seagull being molested by a troop of baboons.
ProUSADigger, on 09/17/2008, -41/+8Buried. Enough Palin bashing for one century. Thanks
- HarryRag, on 09/17/2008, -6/+5ProPalinDigger
  - ProUSADigger, on 09/17/2008, -9/+1That is actually accurate and not quite as clever as you had hoped. Sorry.
- drmobutu, on 09/17/2008, -2/+5You wish...
- thesoze, on 09/17/2008, -0/+2never enough!
chrissku, on 09/17/2008, -3/+76Sarah Palin has no business being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. What the ***** was John McCain thinking? Let's make sure Caribou Barbie gets no where near the White House.
- emeralddragon, on 09/17/2008, -16/+1Ah sexism...
  - chrissku, on 09/17/2008, -1/+15Ah the only defense you guys have......
  - 26thMARINES, on 09/17/2008, -17/+0dumb ass chrrisy... she has more experience in her pinky than obama has in his entire body. this is EXACTLY why you all bash her. you cant beat her, so this is all you can do.. typical left wing hate speech garbage, year after year...
  - GassyTurd, on 09/17/2008, -2/+4Marines are gun stroking retards who think they are tough.
  - geekwithsoul, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4It's not sexism to point to how she executed her job as governor and say "That doesn't seem right." The same points would be made if she happened to be male, but of course the GOP didn't have any males who weren't involved in scandals of their own.
  - SisyphusFragmnt, on 09/17/2008, -0/+426th: I'm challenging you to do something I've never seen before. First I'm going to ask you a question, lets see if you can answer it honestly, without another question being the answer, and without bile.
    
    In what part of Palin's past did she gain this experience? She left a town of 9000 in $22 million of debt and supported "the bridge to nowhere" until Congress wouldn't approve all of the funds needed, which she then flopped on. She's tried to ban books from a public library and believes the world to be 6000 years old and that dinosaurs walked with men. Aside from thinking this is a Christian nation when it is clearly secular. How is this sound logic to you? Please explain why this person is qualified to be in a position where rational thought is going to be very important.
  - bjornski, on 09/17/2008, -0/+5* Graduate from Harvard law School and you are unstable.
    
    * Attend 5 different small colleges before graduating, you're well grounded.
    
    * If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, 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 weather 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.
    
    http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/viral-emails.ht ...
  - jitterbits, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4"It's not sexism to point to how she executed her job as governor and say "That doesn't seem right." The same points would be made if she happened to be male, but of course the GOP didn't have any males who weren't involved in scandals of their own."
    
    Exactly. It's sexist not to examine her the same way you'd examine a male. In fact, our dear Ms. Palin said the exact same thing when talking about Hillary Clinton.
  - jj101, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2@bjornski - Well said.
    @chrissku and 26thmarine - any combacks??? I hear radio silence....
- ftx437, on 09/17/2008, -14/+5And yet someone just like her experience wise (Obama) wants to be president....
  - akphidelt, on 09/17/2008, -1/+18Well what exactly defines experience to you? All I hear is this experience talk. I mean give the man credit, he graduated from Columbia, went to Harvard, became the first ever black president of the Harvard Law Review. I mean geez, if you have 2 candidates with little experience I much rather have the person who has proven that he is at least intelligent. If both candidates are learning on the job who better to learn and apply then a Harvard Law grad who taught Constitutional Law for a decade.
    
    This experience talk is making me go nuts. She is my governor and I know all she knows is Alaska, and she barely knows that.
  - bjornski, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3Again, don't mean to repost, but...
    
    * If you spend 3 years as a brilliant community organizer, become the first black President of the Harvard Law Review, 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 weather 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.
    
    http://www.americablog.com/2008/09/viral-emails.ht ...
- scitz0frenic, on 09/17/2008, -7/+5Now what about the person who is 1 hearbeat away from being President on the Democratic side? I say person because I see no news coverage about him, but I can tell you what Palin's Husband's eye color is and what they eat for breakfast.
- DigitalPimptres, on 09/17/2008, -0/+11Caribou Barbie. ROFL.
  
  And no, it's not sexism. It's being offended that McCain has the audacity to pick "some woman" and think we'll all vote for him, JUST to get "some woman" in the White House.
  
  That's just insulting.
  /woman.
- homercles337, on 09/18/2008, -0/+4I just gave another nice chunk of change to the Obama campaign today. Im doing my part being in a state that will definitely go with the correct choice. :-) Sadly, i cant vote against some backwards, hick in a fly-over state.
TheR3dMenace, on 09/17/2008, -25/+4End Women's Suffrage
- ArchieAndrews, on 09/17/2008, -1/+6More bottled hot water for dehydrated babies.
- aptanalogy, on 09/17/2008, -2/+1Anyone want to sign my petition to ban dihydrogen monoxide? Statistics show that 100% of people who die each had consumed some during that week.
- magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2And suddenly, we're a poll on the Man Show.
Barbarino, on 09/17/2008, -27/+7You can read her emails, she did nothing wrong.. The trooper who tazed a kid and got caught drinking on the job, still has his job... The other guy never followed her orders, insubordination. For the far left kooks, keep thinking this helps your cause, it doesn't..
- MadKennyP, on 09/17/2008, -2/+14Hmmm... she refuses to release her emails.
- magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -2/+3@MadKennyP: So parent poster is either fabricating evidence or lying.
  
  And he calls critics "far left kooks".
  
  Yup, he's a Republican.
- EgbertSouse, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3You left out the fact that the trooper has already been admonished for his wrong doings. Do you want to try him twice for the same incident? Palin just didn't like the fact that the police review board did not fire him as a consequence. Palin overreached her influence in her sister's cause. She deserves punisment or censure for her wrongs.
kingUssop, on 09/17/2008, -3/+29She's auditioning for the role of Cheney on this ticket. Repubs... wake up you look like a bunch of retarded lunatics.
levelred, on 09/17/2008, -3/+53if there was nothing to hide, she would open the book.
- PhillyMJS, on 09/17/2008, -0/+27Yup. The Republicans love to say "if you have nothing to hide, then you have nothing to fear"-- until it's their own misdeeds that will be laid bare by an investigation. Like good ol' pill-popper Rush Limbaugh with his medical records a few years back. And now this.
RealHyperX, on 09/17/2008, -34/+5liberals are scared --- oooh sooo scared. Reality is hitting hard! Obama will lose!!
- HarryRag, on 09/17/2008, -1/+18How does expressing outrage translate into being scared/afraid?
  
  Seriously... I don't think I've ever seen a Republican in Digg make any sense. At all. It's embarrassing.
- shredswithpiks, on 09/17/2008, -1/+13thanks, Rush!
- vanzee, on 09/17/2008, -2/+7That must be why he's ahead in the polls today.
  - magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4Well, the Republicans did use fear effectively in 2004...
    
    Now they're going for delusion. More power to them, I guess.
  - jellygraph, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4Yep
    
    http://www.reuters.com/article/politicsNews/idUSN1 ...
- jellygraph, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3republicans are scared --- oooh sooo scared. Reality is hitting hard! McCain will lose!!
  
  Wow... i think i just lost a few IQ points trying to mimic you
emeralddragon, on 09/17/2008, -25/+1And yet...the American people don't seem to care... Of all things I care about my VP wrongfully firing someone isn't in my top 100 list, let alone my top 10. Having someone who has virtually no experience becoming president? Yeah that makes my top 10. Hillary I would have voted for...Obama, not a chance.
- fugularity, on 09/17/2008, -1/+9oh god you're an ignoramous. look at the facts and you'll see obama's experience was much more productive than hillary's
  - emeralddragon, on 09/17/2008, -4/+1Facts that you don't provide? Sounds like the words of an Obamabot to me! You keep drinking that Kool-Aid Obamabot.
  - jamesmon01, on 09/17/2008, -2/+1Interesting choice of words with "productive" considering he hasnt passed a single bill he sponsored.
- simeonart, on 09/17/2008, -0/+8actually it probably wouldn't be such a big issue if she would just go ahead and cooperate. why is she hiding behind lawyers? just testify and get it over with; guess what, everyone would forget about it the next day. it is the fact that she and the mccain campaign are doing everything they can to hinder the process that was started way before most citizens had even heard palin's name.
- EgbertSouse, on 09/17/2008, -0/+2Of course you don't care about a wrongful termination. You are a Republican!
ftx437, on 09/17/2008, -25/+4Come one now...you can't honestly think that obama hasn't hijacked this..he sent 30 lawyers/whatever to go and investigate it..FOR POLITICAL GAIN! I wouldn't coop with that either!
- slabdigger, on 09/17/2008, -1/+11This is made up.
  
  http://www.factcheck.org/elections-2008/mccain-pal ...
  
  When will you stop listening to people who keep lying to you?
  - Jashobeam5, on 09/17/2008, -7/+1You mean like factcheck.org?
  - magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -0/+7@Jashobeam5: They have sources we can look up and verify. Those who lie take known sources and misquote or misinterpret, calling it "spin".
    
    I'll take factcheck.org over Limbaugh any day.
- simeonart, on 09/17/2008, -0/+5please provide your source ftx437
Dawnrazor, on 09/17/2008, -5/+45Between that and now this:

Alaska AG: State employees won't honor subpoenas
http://hosted.ap.org/dynamic/stories/P/PALIN_TROOP ...

I think we can safely say any doubt that she's hiding something is gone. If she's innocent she should want the truth to come out, not be playing the same games Bush does to hide his crimes.
TSK05, on 09/17/2008, -24/+6Hilarious to see diggers support power tripping cops and their commissioners.
- magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -1/+7Amusing* to see trolls parrot the right-wing and the Republican campaign spokespeople.
  
  * In the pitying sense, not the "funny ha-ha" sense.
- TSK05, on 09/17/2008, -5/+2Oh, you pity me, do you? Does that mean I get welfare now?
- funkyloki, on 09/17/2008, -1/+5I can't speak for anyone else, but I'm not supporting power-tripping cops or commissioners. And that is not even the point. At issue here is whether she abused her power, which is a question of ethical conduct. Just because we want the answer to that question, does not in anyway mean that we support the "opposing" side of the investigation.
  You are probably the same kind of person who says that any tough question about her political experience or whether she is ready for the job would be sexist. Gimme a break, dude.
- TSK05, on 09/17/2008, -2/+2@ funkyloki
  
  "I'm not supporting power-tripping cops or commissioners"? Then what's the problem here? She wanted a power tripping cop fired after he grossly abused his power, that's not even under question. The cop commissioner, who served at her pleasure, refused to do it. That's reason enough right there to fire him - police commissioner protecting a cop who tasered an 11 year old, threatened to kill a woman and another man and drank on the job. That beside the fact that there is proof that he went over her head and went to Washington on his own to lobby for money after she told him no.
ericjohnson0, on 09/17/2008, -24/+5Yummy... Palin Bashing Spam... I missed lunch.

Buried.
MadKennyP, on 09/17/2008, -2/+51Palin boasted to a Colorado audience on Monday, "We're going to make everything more open, and more accountable, and more attractive to those who want to serve."
- bjornski, on 09/17/2008, -2/+4Yes. Those that want to serve.
  
  Those that are being served don't get to see any of it.
- ncrev, on 09/17/2008, -3/+2That's what she said.
- anubis2night, on 09/18/2008, -3/+1You forgot the next part:
  
  "After were elected"...
LuCiFer6, on 09/17/2008, -4/+26She can't even take care of her own family, she won't answer questions about her own investigation. Ummm Yeah she's president material...
- theviceroy, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2At least Nixon took care of his family!
leroyk, on 09/17/2008, -3/+12How elitist ?
jokerhl, on 09/17/2008, -26/+6C an't
U nderstand
N ormal
T hinking
- emeralddragon, on 09/17/2008, -14/+0Hmmmm....sounds like an Obama elitist sexist to me...
  - GassyTurd, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3Thanks for the laughs. I enjoy listening to dullard *****.
- qdkk, on 09/17/2008, -2/+1Digg doesn't like ***** being thrown around. But I dugg you.
ryborg, on 09/17/2008, -3/+25I love that the media is starting to pay more attention to what matters here -- I'm talking about the fact that she's dodging questions from media, voters, YOU and ME! People, do you really want these sort of "leaders" in the White House?

Whether she's guilty of this abuse of power or not, she's already doing a really poor job of convincing me she would know how to handle herself when the stuff hits the fan.
ddissent, on 09/17/2008, -21/+2Sarah Palin IS the devil. Who I feel sorry for is the poor State Trooper who got fired. I mean, all he did was tazer an 11 year old, and threaten to kill her Father.

But hey, you diggers are all so moral and perfect ....

I see so many people bitching an moaning about how corrupt the "system" is, yet when one person doesn't bow down and kiss the ass of investigators, you all crucify her without knowing all the facts. Maybe there's a reason she's not trusting an investigative team to run roughshod through her records. Have ANY of you stopped to consider that there just might more to this story than the biased people who disseminate this information have led on to?

I'm not defending the lady either. If there's corruption, then by god I hope it's brought to light but the court of public opinion has already tried, convicted, and are poised to execute her.

What the hell is wrong with you?? This isn't the America I spent 20 years of MY life defending is it??

Personally, if she did have this scumbag fired, good for her!

I pray none of you are EVER on a jury.
- an0nymous, on 09/17/2008, -0/+8Don't know much about the trooper and honestly, it doesn't really matter. This is about whether Sarah Palin's that her firing of the state's public safety commissioner was an ethics issue.
  
  The reason we don't know the facts are because she refuses to supply them despite pledging to do so.
  
  "I'm not defending the lady either. If there's corruption, then by god I hope it's brought to light"
  Yes, you are defending her. Through conjecture, strawmen, and ad hominem attacks. Perhaps you meant to say you are not *effectively* defending her.
  And how will it be brought to light, exactly? Through what mechanism if not an investigation?
  
  She didn't fire the "scumbag" she fired the commisioner.
  
  Why defend stonewalling? Why wouldn't you want her cleared if you think she was in the right?
  
  The truth will set you free.
- KSUdesigner, on 09/17/2008, -0/+5The majority of us admit that the guy was a scumbag and deserved to be fired, we aren't really sticking up for him. The problem comes from the fact that Palin may have been trying to go after this guy for personal reasons, which is illegal and wrong. The bigger problem comes from the fact that Palin and McCain are preaching that they will have an open and transparent government, but how can we believe that when she won't release her records? Maybe there is a reason for her not to trust these investigators, but if she has nothing to hide why would it even be a problem? There's clearly something that she doesn't want people to know.
  - ddissent, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2Good point. I'll give you that 100% All I'm saying is why crucify someone until ALL the facts come out? I admit ... It sets off my spidy senses that she's not being as forthcoming as she should
killjoi, on 09/17/2008, -2/+29So if I'm subpoenaed, I can just say no on the grounds that I think the dudes who want me to show up are biased against me? Hawt.
- EarlOfLade, on 09/17/2008, -1/+3Also now known as "The Sarah Palin Defense"..
  - tamaker, on 09/17/2008, -1/+4good one.... aka The Palin Doctrine. ("In what respect Charlie?")
boxxa, on 09/17/2008, -2/+23Wow can anyone see the last 8 years of hidden secrets of the government and the Bush administration happening all over again with this group if they are elected?
- qdkk, on 09/17/2008, -1/+3McCain and Palin are getting a head start on the secrets.
kingofinternet, on 09/17/2008, -1/+16pitbull on a leash.

guess who's holding it.
ginestony, on 09/17/2008, -2/+17Cafferty is my main man. He's a pitbull without lipstick
thecarpe, on 09/17/2008, -13/+4It was actually because he wouldn't tase her [ex]bro[-inlaw].

I just high-fived myself for that one.
inchrnt, on 09/17/2008, -5/+23She won't cooperate? Bah, a little waterboarding will solve that!

Seriously, is there any greater admission of guilt than refusing to cooperate? And, this issue is politically relevant. She needs to come clean with the public if she wants to be trusted.
- EarlOfLade, on 09/17/2008, -1/+6Absolutely!
  
  And while she is being waterboarded, the investigators in TrooperGate can interrogate her.
- anubis2night, on 09/18/2008, -1/+1How about driving down the freeway in a white bronco?
richirwin, on 09/17/2008, -5/+13FTA - Here’s my question to you: What does it mean that Gov. Sarah Palin is refusing to cooperate with the investigation into the firing of her public safety commissioner?

It means she's guilty. Period.
digitalcaffeine, on 09/17/2008, -2/+28#1 The investigation was started before she was considered to be on the VP short list. Nobody was coming forward to intervene at that point.

#2 The bipartisan panel of the state legislature (Dems and Reps) all agreed that an investigation was in the best interest of the state of Alaska.

#3 Gov Palin said that she would cooperate fully with any investigation, if one were to happen (again, this was before she was on the VP short list).

But that's ok. Keep repeating the same lies over and over. Somebody is bound to start believing that she is just being set up for political reasons.
- thesoze, on 09/17/2008, -1/+7you go dig-cafe -speak the truth!!!
- magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -1/+4Ordinarily, you wouldn't pick a VP if who is under investigation for anything, even a parking ticket.
  
  I guess they tossed that bit of campaign wisdom out the window this year.
  
  Why is the McCain campaign giving us so much ammo to shoot them with, and so much rope to hang them with?
  - anubis2night, on 09/18/2008, -0/+1When your a Republican you don't have to worry about being under investigation that's for Democrat's and regular folk.
Roger_Ramjet, on 09/17/2008, -18/+7jokerhl. Classy much?

You guys will swallow just about anything as long as it has an Anti Palin slant to it. Forget about the fact that the trooper tazed a child. Forget he was reprimanded on numerous occasions for insubordination. Forget about the domestic abuse charges. If you're anti Palin, you can abuse a child and beat your wife!

I'm Kevin Rose and I approved this propa ... er ... message.

Still waiting on that Anti Obama post, Kev. STILL. WAITING.
- an0nymous, on 09/17/2008, -1/+7So you think she did nothing improper. Great.
  Encourage her to comply with the investigation in order to clear her name.
  - Pitofdoom, on 09/17/2008, -2/+1Her name is clear (innocent UNTIL proven guilty)
    Being set up is all she's waiting for !
  - an0nymous, on 09/17/2008, -0/+2Yeah. I think she did it too.
- ejkeebler, on 09/17/2008, -2/+7uh when the officer does those things, then you fire them, you don't fire someone for not firing someone you want them to fire......speaking of which...YOU'RE FIRED!
  - Pitofdoom, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2The trooper was NEVER fired.
    The person she fired was part of her Cabinet.
- IphtashuFitz, on 09/17/2008, -0/+4Do you even know the details surrounding the tasering incident? Here's a hint: He didn't spot some kid stealing candy from the local convenience store, whip out the taser, and shoot him. Here's another hint: The boy actually ASKED to be tasered to see what its like.
  
  Wooten was fully and properly investigated in early 2006, not only for the tasering incident but for the three other incidents that the police department determined merited investigation. In March 2006 Wooten received fair punishment for those transgressions, along with a warning that any more would get him fired. The police union didn't argue that point.
  
  Palin didn't become governor of Alaska until December, 2006. That's 8 months AFTER Wooten was punished. Even as governor, Palin has no right to punish Wooten further (by getting him fired or anything else). Punishing Wooten a second time would amount to "double jeopardy".
  
  If Palin fired Walt Monegan for not firing Wooten then Palin is guilty of abusing her power as governor. If Palin had valid complaints about the performance & conduct of Monegan then she had every right to fire him, but she really should provide the documentation to back up this claim and put this whole thing behind her once and for all.
- bquad, on 09/17/2008, -0/+3If she did no wrong, what is she afraid of? We've been told for years this same line by the current administration about the FISA wiretaps. If you did no wrong you have nothing to fear.
  
  Oh I can see I'll get a lot of play out of that until Nov. 4.
birdly, on 09/17/2008, -1/+13She should cooperate, and she has no business being a candidate for vice president, and I hope Obama sends her packing back to Wasilla, where her passport can expire with no more stamps.

That being said, if it's true that the state trooper in question used his taser on his stepson without just cause, then he deserved to be fired. Firing the top cop for refusing to comply is an egregious abuse of power, but I think the attempted firing of the librarian is worse.
- magus_melchior, on 09/17/2008, -2/+2I think the librarian was fired, then re-hired the next day to prove a point.
  - birdly, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2She kept her job due to a loud public response.
  - anubis2night, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2She kept her job only as long as she could take Palin's continued abuse, then she moved away, and I might be mistaken but weren't there tree of them that quick at the end together because Palin pulled budget cuts (even though they had a surplus at the time) and asked them to choose who to leave?
ejkeebler, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2now that her email has been compromised, will she take the haxor5 put those emaLEZ there approach?

http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/2008/09/group-pos ...
thesoze, on 09/17/2008, -3/+14she's a REFORMER for gawds sake!!!!

I mean a conformer!!

NO WAY, NO HOW, NO PALIN AND McShamey!
TwwIX, on 09/17/2008, -6/+14As much as i despise her, i'd love to see her do a porn flick with Ann Coulter.
- EarlOfLade, on 09/17/2008, -1/+9Sarah Palin is into she-males?
  - Intercon, on 09/18/2008, -1/+2EarlofLade = hilarious
- fluxion, on 09/17/2008, -1/+2will an Alaskan chick with a horse suffice?
- CrossCanyon, on 09/18/2008, -0/+2They'll call it Braless: The Church of Exhibitionism
  
  http://www.amazon.com/Godless-Church-Liberalism-An ...
cadmiumpaint, on 09/17/2008, -1/+14when its uncovered that she abused her power that will certainly "shake things up" with her and McCain's polling numbers.

can't risk that....she's already playing the GOP game.
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