Posted on 09/19/2008 10:39:06 AM PDT by Servant of the Cross
Democrats pushing "Troopergate" are getting closer and closer to defending the records of two abusive men who have threatened family members and on occasion taken violent action towards them.
Alaska's former Public Safety Commisioner Walt Monegan and state trooper Mike Wooten both have a distrubing history of abuse. Monegan, of course, is the man who Democrats believe GOP vice presidential contender Sarah Palin improperly fired as Alaskan Governor and who is at the center of their controversial "Troopergate" inquiry. Wooten is Palin's former brother-in-law who Democrats think Palin unethically pressured Monegan to terminate.
Via the San Francisco Chronicle Monegan admitted dislocating his wife's shoulder "by accident" by "wrestling and tickling" her. His estranged wife, Georgene Moldovan, tells another story.
Moldovan sought a restraining order against him in 1994 after he threatened to kill her, waved a gun at her and knocked her shoulder out of socket, according to court papers. The court papers say: "he pulled out his gun and waved it at me outside my home and yelled he would kill me if I stopped him."
Moldovan told the SF Chronicle that Monegan "would show up unannounced and break into my apartment and do threatening things. I was forced to get a restraining order because I was really fearful he was going to harm me." She said he also threatened to throw her body into a cold, Alaskan river.
(Excerpt) Read more at townhall.com ...
Well, now-—that’s a headline. I guess it will make the feminazi’s even madder—no doubt, their point would be that the victims should have been able to take of of the abuser themselves.
Well, it doesn’t matter if it’s accurate when it looks THAT FREEKING COOL!!
It seems to be reminiscent of some ancient Roman/Greek waterclocks...
LOL The feminazis don’t really care about women. They just want to gripe and make it seem like they care.
You do know that the man is still a Highway Patrol officer, right?
Never fired, right?
Clarification: he was not fired for being a wife-beater, he was fired for insubordination. Before he was fired, he was offered an alternative post, which he refused to accept.
These men are DEMOCRATS.
Two individuals involved here. Mike Wooten, formerly married to Sarah Palin’s sister Molly, is still on the payroll as a State Trooper. Public Safety Commisioner Walt Monegan, his direct superior, was actually removed from his post on the Governor’s Cabinet.
Both wore the unique undershirt associated with spousal abuse.
Gov. Palin addressed this perfectly last night on Hannity. She didn't "fire" him officially. She thought he would be better suited for another position so she took him out of that position and offered him another position. He chose to resign rather than take the other position.
Sarah Palin’s former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten, is still on the force (only due to intervention by union obstruction). This article refers to the former Alaska Public Safety Commisioner, Walt Monegan, who was fired from his job by Sarah Palin. This guy, whom the Libs are portraying as the poor victim in ‘Troopergate’, is the “wife beater”.
Regardless of whether or not she fired them,
What a concept!!!! Law enforcement who must obey the law!!
Where is NOW?
crickets chirping
I believe he still has a state job. Some sort of training director.
Well, if she told him to fire the trooper and he refused wouldn't that be insubordination? Anyway, it's nice to know that the 'rats are the party of wife beaters and child ..uh..taserers.
Good clarifications on the term “fire” and reference to Governor Palin’s appearance on Hannity. I used the same headline as it appeared on Townhall by Amanda Carpenter.
WRONG!
It was a slander. You had no evidence for it, except that you were passing on a rumor.
If it happens to turn out to be true -- as this article says -- that Monegan abused or harassed his wife or ex-wife, that does not change what you did when you did it. It was slander. You stated the claim as if were a fact, when you had no way of then knowing it to be a fact. I'm telling you off again, because you clearly missed the point last time.
But I'm not "carrying on"; I'm just telling you -- what you said then, how you stated it then, was slander.
“Democrats pushing “Troopergate” are getting closer and closer to defending the records of two abusive men who have threatened family members and on occasion taken violent action towards them.”
It’s amazing how the truth can shout out loud, when it is presented simply.
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