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Ethics probe hits hardest at Todd, not Sarah Palin (imagine if . . .)
AP News Story ^ | 10/11/08 | MATT APUZZO

Posted on 10/11/2008 4:52:07 PM PDT by erk

ANCHORAGE, Alaska (AP) - A month after she became governor, Sarah Palin's staff ushered Alaska's public safety commissioner into her private office. But Palin wasn't there. Her husband, Todd, had called the meeting. He was frustrated that his former brother-in-law remained on the job as a state trooper, and he prevailed upon the commissioner to get rid of him.

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TOPICS: Front Page News; News/Current Events; US: Alaska
KEYWORDS: palinattacks; probe; toddpalin; troopergate
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First, who wouldn't want a husband that would protect their family like Todd did?

But more interesting, imagine if

timing = 1993 - 2000
spouse = wife (instead of husband)
governor = president
governor's office = oval office
issue = pick one! (Monica, Kathleen Willey, Billy Ray Dale, FBI files, . . .)

Would there even be a story?

1 posted on 10/11/2008 4:52:07 PM PDT by erk
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To: erk

I would expect Todd or any husband or brother or son to step in for his loved ones...especially when the one who has a vendetta against you carries a gun...


2 posted on 10/11/2008 4:54:03 PM PDT by cherry
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To: erk

Gee! This is so much more important than Obama’s cocaine use, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, etc, etc, etc...


3 posted on 10/11/2008 4:54:18 PM PDT by Bean Counter (Stout Hearts.....)
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To: erk

So when a spouse of a government official tries to get rid of someone who threatened to kill their partners father...thats a bad thing?


4 posted on 10/11/2008 4:54:43 PM PDT by icwhatudo (PALIN VID=========>>>>>http://www.overstream.net/view.php?oid=n1ronxelmtin<++++++++)
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To: erk

the worst for palin is now behind her. now we can talk about acorn


5 posted on 10/11/2008 4:55:19 PM PDT by ari-freedom ("He (Obama) cannot win, Bill. He cannot win" -Hillary)
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To: ari-freedom
well Sarah can't just say anything because she still faces the personal board etc....

but I would suggest that Todd open up and express his anquish at the situation and that he could not sit idly by while his wife's family was threatened...

RAGE ON TODD PALIN!

6 posted on 10/11/2008 4:57:29 PM PDT by cherry
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To: erk

You are right, change the characters and it becomes a yawner for the drive by media. The drive by media needs to die off...

Todd — Probably didn’t like a gun carrying loon threatening his wife’s parent. What so strange about that?


7 posted on 10/11/2008 4:58:00 PM PDT by Tarpon (Barrack Obama will ban all the guns he has the votes for ...)
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To: ari-freedom; icwhatudo
I just saw a headline on Yahoo about "Palin defiant after probe jolts McCain camp."

As if this news caught them off guard. Everyone on God's green Earth knew this hack job, which was originally scheduled for 31 Oct, was coming out before the election. And the McCain camp had a statement out within hours.

I absolutely despise the dishonest, hypocritical scumbags in the media that attempt to portray themselves as objective.

8 posted on 10/11/2008 4:58:46 PM PDT by impeachedrapist (Bill Clinton, as Arkansas Attorney General did you make Juanita Broaddrick pay for her rape kit?)
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To: erk

Molehills into mountains for Palin, mountains into molehills for Hussein.


9 posted on 10/11/2008 4:59:41 PM PDT by Mojave
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To: erk
I have seen a few reports with locals closer to the story and I get the impression the folks in Alaska don't really care about this and are supporting the Governor. they have been with it for years so I will trust their judgment.
10 posted on 10/11/2008 5:03:59 PM PDT by edcoil
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To: icwhatudo
Wasn't there something a long, long time ago like travelgate or something like that. Spouse of an elected official etc., etc.

Naw, must be my imagination.

11 posted on 10/11/2008 5:04:07 PM PDT by skimbell (Life, Liberty and the pursuit of all who threaten either.)
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To: Bean Counter
"Gee! This is so much more important than Obama’s cocaine use, Bill Ayers, Rev. Wright, etc, etc, etc..."

It is! Don't you get it? Obama never abused power, he abused drugs. Bill Ayers never abused power, he abused explosives. Rev. Wright never abused power, he abused the pulpit.

There is a huge difference there. This is like a breach of homeland security. Perhaps, if they send Todd to Gitmo as a terrorist, then maybe a judge will release him on the streets of Washington, D.C.

12 posted on 10/11/2008 5:04:55 PM PDT by KriegerGeist (I'm now considered a "Bitter Clinger" to my guns and religion.)
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To: icwhatudo

“So when a spouse of a government official tries to get rid of someone who threatened to kill their partners father...thats a bad thing?”

Don’t try to figure it out. Liberal “logic” boggles the mind.


13 posted on 10/11/2008 5:05:24 PM PDT by Heart of Georgia (McCain (Doggone it)/Palin (You betcha)
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To: cherry

Yes, and has threatened your family members, and said that he has a bullet with your wife’s father’s name on it.


14 posted on 10/11/2008 5:09:30 PM PDT by LucyJo
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To: erk
What do we expect? When this ethics probe is embedded with Obama operatives, corrupt politicians and DemonRATs with an ax to grind, it is no surprise that they would attack Governor Palin’s husband. With the mentality working in this moose stew gone bad, it is a wonder that they did not hit Big Foot for posing as a rubber gorilla in a block of ice!
15 posted on 10/11/2008 5:10:15 PM PDT by jonrick46
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To: erk
I'd like to imagine a world where both Bill Clinton and Sarah Palin would get justice.  I'm quite comfortable with that.

Sarah would be working out of the White House, and Bill  would be shoveling under an out house.

Sarah's actions were legal.  Bill's were not.


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16 posted on 10/11/2008 5:49:55 PM PDT by DoughtyOne (Is Obamanation what our founding fathers, our fallen men in combat, and Ronald Reagan had in mind?)
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To: AdmSmith; Berosus; Convert from ECUSA; dervish; Ernest_at_the_Beach; Fred Nerks; george76; ...

This “Taser-gate” attempted smear by Obama’s supporters and other Demwits in Alaska and in the partisan media has already backfired, and seriously.

Palin defends firing of Alaska official
Pittsburgh Tribune-Review | Saturday, October 11, 2008 | Mike Wereschagin & Salena Zito
Posted on 10/11/2008 2:14:29 PM PDT by Salena Zito
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2103330/posts


17 posted on 10/11/2008 5:57:07 PM PDT by SunkenCiv (https://secure.freerepublic.com/donate/_______________Profile updated Saturday, October 11, 2008 !!!)
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To: erk

Another reason to love Todd. Hey, where are the pix?


18 posted on 10/11/2008 6:09:37 PM PDT by sportutegrl (0bi has been looking a little wan.)
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To: jonrick46
it is no surprise that they would attack Governor Palin’s husband.

It's grasping at straws, and it will backfire. He is not a public official and he has no power to abuse.

19 posted on 10/11/2008 6:34:13 PM PDT by pray4liberty (The Lord is on the side of the truly righteous. The MSM is not.)
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To: erk

This just makes me like the Palin family better. Todd’s big “ethics violation” was that we loved his wife and wanted to protect her.


20 posted on 10/11/2008 8:10:04 PM PDT by keats5 ("I hope for his sake, Joe Biden got that VP thing in writing."- Rudy)
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