Moooooo.
Posted on 07/04/2009 10:03:17 PM PDT by MestaMachine
Reporting from Washington -- A day after Alaska Gov. Sara Palin resigned, a federal official in her home state dismissed one potential explanation for her sudden and unexpected resignation -- a rumored FBI investigation into the former Wasilla mayor on public corruption charges.
Despite rumors of a looming controversy after Palin's surprise announcement Friday that she will leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI's Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.
"There is absolutely no truth to those rumors, that we're investigating her or getting ready to indict her," Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. "It's just not true."
Gonzalez added that there was "no wiggle room" in his comments that could exclude any kind of probe.
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
Moooooo.
Sara has left, so now the Lt Gov, Sean Parnell is the new (or will soon be) Gov.
Alaska's constitutional framers left to the Legislature the task of penciling in the line of succession for the top executive posts and determining when the top office can been deemed vacant by absence or disability. The Legislature in 1959 set the mechanism for succession, but has yet to address the vacancy determination issue, which may come back to haunt us someday (like say, now).
Lawmakers decided the best thing was to allow governors — back then, they wanted the strongest chief executive possible — to “appoint, from among the officers who head the principal departments of the state government or otherwise, a person to succeed to the office of lieutenant governor if the office of lieutenant governor becomes vacant.” (What exactly, do you think, does “or otherwise” mean? Could it allow a governor to select from outside the Cabinet?) The appointment requires a majority confirmation vote of a joint session of the Legislature and the appointee serves at the “pleasure of the governor.”
The new Lt Gov (required) is not the Chief of the Dept of Corrections as is current law - new Lt Gov will be the Commander, Alaska Nat’l Guard - Major General Craig Campbell.
A very good choice. But another odd twist.
Why? The current head of the Dept of Corrections is an old time Palin chum. He declined the job, knowing he would be the center of another firestorm of accusations of cronyism within the State Governors offices.
Kristol was tepid, but needed to stick out his jaw after attacking then being attacked by Steve Schmidt over Sarah.
His "support" was faltering and weak and I don't think he truly got it either.
OTOH, John Batchelor calls her Joan of Arc.
joan of arc was exactly what i was thinking too.. she mentioned deep prayer.. what if she got a sign from God to retire..
Hola, Eric.
Since you are currently nothing more than a drone who does the bidding of a communist POS, would you actually tell us the truth even if you were actually hounding a great American like Sarah Palin?
Is this what you are referring to?
What if her visit to the troops made her realize that her voice needed to be raised louder to protect what they have fought and died for since this country's inception?
She has a son in Iraq. We see the uptick in insurgent activity there as a direct result of the obama policies.
The "surge" in Afghanistan is getting good Marines and Soldiers killed for WHAT exactly?
Ralph Peters is beside himself with anger over the fighting in Afghanistan because any result is only temporary and they KNOW it. It's for show and our Troops are being sacrificed. NOT for freedom, NOT for helping the Afghan people build a democracy, but as a meaningless diversion by obama to give the illusion that he is somehow interested in OUR national security. It is evil, and it is ridiculous.
Did you find it obscene, (as I did,) that not one single “pundit,” conservative or otherwise, actually understood what We the People grasped immediately? Sarah is OURS, NOT THEIRS!!!!I find that obscene.
“”There is absolutely no truth to those rumors, that we’re investigating her or getting ready to indict her,” Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. “It’s just not true.”
Just what is your problem with this statement from agent Eric Gonzalez?
Heaven knows what Obama and other democrat criminals are doing with inside information such as this.
Source:
http://216.221.102.26/blogger/post/What-good-are-FBI-raids-if-you-are-tipped-off-in-advance.aspx
What makes you think that the FBI is trustworthy if they are tipping Obama off before they conduct a raid on his criminal subordinates?
“What if her visit to the troops made her realize that her voice needed to be raised louder to protect what they have fought and died for since this country’s inception?”
I don’t remember exactly how she said it, but I came away with the impression that she saw how these troops are fighting for their families, for Alaska, but most of all - for America. And that they understand the limited time they have in order to be successful, and the urgency of their duty. (Time is fleeting as my old man used to say!)
The same goes for Sarah. Her family is important. Alaska is important. But RIGHT NOW, America is in danger and time is short.
I think you are off track on this. The Alaska FBI guy who categorically denied the charges works there since almost 10 years... regardless of how much you’d trust the FBI, Palin’s lawyer also emphasized that there is absolutely no truth to the rumors. We know that the rumors are BS, and the FBI statements support that point.
So let me 'splain that to ya. I didn't say she was mine. I said she is OURS. It simply meant that outside the beltway is a world that those who inhabit it, (the beltway,) do not understand.
None of them understand or care what the rest of us think or feel. They pretend to. Sarah DOES understand and she speaks to the world outside of their narrow VERSION of the world because she isn't from their world. She is from the REAL world that most of us here, I hope, inhabit.
Your outrage seems a bit skewed here. Could you please explain how you came up with your conclusion? I'm serious.
If Sarah Palin wants to fly kites in Timbuktu, she is free to do whatever she, and she alone, decides is best for her. Being proud of her doesn't mean I/we claim her. I/we am/are proud to support her in any endeavor she attempts. What is wrong with that in your eyes?
I would think that she welcomes our support.
"White House press secretary Robert Gibbs said the Department of Justice told the White House on Thursday morning of its planned raid.
However, Gibbs declined to comment on whether the White House was aware of the investigation before Thursday."
http://www.wtop.com/?nid=596&sid=1622618
http://www.indianexpress.com/news/vivek-kundra-on-leave-from-white-house-after/434064/
http://www.deccanherald.com/content/769/vivek-kundra-leave-white-house.html
Is there anything professional about this behavior?
NO, and it should send shockwaves through anyone who is expected to trust law enforcement officials to act professionally.
NO, and it should send shockwaves through anyone who is expected to trust law enforcement officials to act professionally.
Should read:
NO, and it should send shockwaves through anyone who is expected to trust Senior FBI and DOJ officials to act professionally.
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