Posted on 09/14/2008 7:45:10 PM PDT by icwhatudo
The former Alaska public safety commissioner who refused to fire a state trooper embroiled in a domestic dispute with Gov. Sarah Palin's sister says he holds no grudge, but still believes the GOP vice presidential nominee is too thin-skinned for the job she hopes to fill.
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It turns out that well before he was jettisoned for what he says was his refusal to fire trooper Wooten at the behest of Sarah Palin, Monegan had his own share of domestic troubles - some of them spilling all the way down to the Bay Area.
In October 1994, Monegan's estranged wife, who had moved from Alaska to the Peninsula with the couple's two daughters after more than 10 years of marriage, sought a temporary restraining order against him - accusing Monegan of threatening to kill her, waving a gun at her and dislocating her shoulder, according to her declaration on file in Santa Clara County Superior Court.
In an interview last week, Georgene Moldovan said Monegan had threatened several times to throw her body in an Alaska river.
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Monegan admitted to dislocating Moldovan's shoulder, but said it was an accident that had happened before they were married, while they "were wrestling and tickling."
(Excerpt) Read more at sfgate.com ...
Birds of a feather...
Lol...Go ahead MSM, keep this story alive.
McCain and Sarah need to get this whole thing out in the open through an ad or press conference. They need to make public what the trooper did, what the official did to his ex wife and the political motivations behind Tasergate. I’m sick of this crap. Sarah is the hero here and it needs to be shouted from every mountain top.
This is from a guy who threatened to kill his wife and throw her in the river....
Love how liberals treat their women...I meant to say “feminists”.
Who knew feminints were into submissive rough sex?
You are correct. They need to address this before the Dem report comes out on Halloween. If they don’t, I have to blame McCain for not defending Palin.
So the the story is Governor Palin fires male ‘woman abusers’ from public safety positions. hmm.
Good catch.
If the talking head GOP types would simply say the above, this matter would be all over by now.
The morons commenting on this story at SF Gate see it as an indictment of Palin.
Click the “Comments” link at SF Gate and read some of the lunacy.
Yep, if they don’t fight back hard and very publicly now, it will just become one of those lies the MSM repeats until everyone believes it.
Our party has been silent far too long. For the first time in years, our side is calling them on the lies, and it’s working. McCain and Palin’s fight back, and the MSM isn’t used to that.
Yep. Go read the delusional moon bat comments on the SF Chronicle web site where they call Sarah scarey and a nut for what she did. These people live in an alternate universe of hate and evil.
Sounds to me like Monegan is throwing a temper tantrum because he had his ass kicked by “a girl” and his ego can’t deal with it.
“..but still believes the GOP vice presidential nominee is too thin-skinned for the job she hopes to fill.”
Anybody with a thin skin wouldn’t have survived these past several weeks.
Return to “Go” and loose three throws.
Monegan admitted that Palin never asked him to fire the Wooten, and also admitted that Wooten was “not a model trooper.”
Governer Palin’s father, Chuck Heath, had contacted state police with several allegations against Wooten: using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson (which Wooten admits); shooting a moose without a permit; and drinking beer while driving a patrol car.
Many other members of the governor’s staff complain to the Safety Commissioner about the trooper.
Wooten was disciplined in 2006 for making a death threat to Chuck Heath, though he denied the allegation, naturally. It was no doubt just bravura, just loud-mouthed talk. You know, macho stuff. Men do it all the time. It’s an ego trip.
Except.. she didn’t fire him (Monegan) for not firing Wooten. If I remember correctly, she fired Monegan for failing meet budgetary expectations. (part of the reform platform)
Unlike Joe Wilson, the guy who was fired by Sarah didn’t seem too keen to cry for an investigation. Now we know why. In an effort to destroy Sarah, something about him that he’s not proud of is now national news. I almost feel bad for him. He never asked for the investigation, but is caught by the destructive hurricane unleashed by the Democrats.
Two other things. First, didn’t she also offer him a different job and as Governor,didn’t she have the right to fire his ass for any reason she saw fit?
In KOS (liberal) land, facts don’t matter :)
Someone posted and alternative view of “troopergate” and the poor putz got smeared.
The libs are in full denial.
Actually Palin did NOT fire Monegan. She offered him a lateral transfer to head of the Alaska ABC. He refused and RESIGNED.
This story is going nowhere.
That would seem to be the deal killer for Troopergate. Do you have a reference for this?
Not to butt in, but yes, the Anchorage Daily Rag...er News. On the day they broke the (non)story.
This is a keeper.
Yep - Sarah is obviously the bad guy here
It was in the interviw with Charlie.
ping
“using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson (which Wooten admits)”
How can anyone not see that this is child abuse? People of authority have a resposibility to report something like this, it is required by law. Funny these libs get all up in arms about tasers being used to subdue adult criminals but don’t have a problem with the same being done to a child?! I’m sure I’ve seen recent hit pieces critcizing taser use and how dangerous it is to perps but I don’t remember the source, does anyone else remember seeing this?
Send the McCain campaign the link for this article with your recommendations. I don't have the skillset to figure out how to send links via e-mail, or I'd do it.
that putz was me
“Greenpeacer” ;)
Just luv to make them jume eh? :)
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