Posted on 10/10/2008 5:55:09 PM PDT by My Favorite Headache
This isn’t so bad now that I think about it. The MSM will ballyhoo it, but a lot of people who are hearing about it will want to know more, and then they will discover that it all started with a psycho ex-in-law who threatened her family, and Todd doing what any husband would do, etc., and that gets her empathy from Mr. and Mrs. America.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
And any voter who doesn't see that is a total idiot. Talk about an obvious hit job. Sheesh.
All those democrat’s heads stuck in dumpsters all this time and that’s all they can come up with? I hope they can at least claim per-diem. Nah, I hope they don’t!
In other words when she fired him for legitimate reasons she also had bad thoughts that would have been an improper reason for firing him.
No harm no foul.
Because of their obvious-to-everyone assault on Palin the media is now powerless to make outrageous claims stick....everyone sees it as just more of the same unfair piling on and lies.
“If it wasn’t the sole reason, then it wasn’t the reason at all.”
You are absolutely correct.
Welcome to NY, It's SNL. She should impale the MSM tomorrow.
Two things come immediately to mind. First the report includes as evidence of her violation of Alaska ethics law actions she took before she was governor. Secondly the report never does state just how she benefited or her family benefited from her actions or how her actions were actually detrimental to Wooten. Calling up and requesting status reports and saying why you think someone is unfit to serve is sure as hell not the same as trying to illegally or unethically influence a course of action. No one said that they made a finding because they feared retribution by Palin or because they had been promised compensation for doing so. So where the hell is this so called violation?
Also what the heck does a divorce judge’s snarky remark about Palin’s sister’s earning capacity and Wooten’s possible job loss have to do with anything at all. That should be stricken from the record as irrelevant. I mean is Branchflower claiming this is proof that Palin was using her office to get Wooten fired?
The whole thing is major BS and I hope Palin strongly rebukes the findings.
O'Reilly played it on The Factor.
I applaud someone who would want a trooper who ABUSED his power when he tasered a 10 YO child to be fired. I think most Americans, especially mothers, would side with Palin.
“It’s like trying to read someone’s heart and mind.”
Exactly....the media is the thought police.
clinton fires every us attorney and nothing happens - bush fires 10 and we have an ‘investigation’ even though we already know there was no crime
pelosi declares ‘culture of corruption’ and that the democrats will have ‘the most ethical congress in history’
day 1 - democrat ethics rule was dropped that kicked out tom delay so she can keep her thugs in office
pelosi builds a park beside her hubby's development so it will have some value
harry reid land deals
cold cash jefferson
dodd gets bargain loans from those he regulated (donations)
frank gets out of bed with his ‘boyfriend’ executive from fannie mae long enough to prevent regulation
franklin raines, jamie gorelick, jim johnson, acorn...
forgot my favorite - difi passes inside info from her milcom meetings to her hesband’s partner
Do the math.
The media tells us how unpopular President Bush (30%-35%) is, though when you compare his ratings to those of congress (12%), you could say that he is WILDLY popular by comparison. Now, if you took the ratings of congress and compared those to the ratings of the drive by media (public belief that the media is unbiased is in the single digits), CONGRESS is wildly popular by comparison.
I think it’s very naive to dismiss this report and how it’s being reported by the MSM. By any objective standard, the report is incredibly damaging, regardless of the conclusion that no laws were broken. It is irrelevant what her own supporters think; there’s no question that we can see the very rational basis upon which the Palins wanted Wooten fired and the very partisan nature of the report. That said, the report unequivocally states that Sarah Palin is in violation of Alaska’s ethics law by allowing a personal issue to interfere in her duties. Rationalizing that by reference to legalese is not going to work, nor is whining about the fact that Obama and his cronies get a free pass on their countless ethical defaults. It doesn’t matter—nothing we think or say matters. This blog, at best, represents a miniscule portion of the electorate who get 99% of their news from the big three and CNN and, if they can read, AP. It’s over—face facts and start stocking ammunition.
Again, it is irrelevant what her own supporters (us) think; the only thing that matters is what the undecideds think and because this will get 10,000 times the coverage of any legitimate critique of Obama (the story already has over 3,000 headlines in Google, nearly 5x as many as the Obama/Acorn connection) means that the election is effectively over.
Worse than this, we now have over 2,000 MSM reports on the numbskulls who were yelling for Obama to be “killed” during McCain rallies, and there isn’t a snowball’s chance in Hell that McCain can win now. The hotheads have completely flushed the undecided/fence-sitters down the toilet. There is absolutely no way for McCain/Palin to win this election now, even if he gets 100% of the conservative vote.
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