THEN WHY in God's name aren't the Republicans doing exactly the same thing to the scumbags??
Oh that's right... the Republicans are the party of cowards.
"Thank you sir, may I have another?"
Posted on 12/24/2009 5:35:37 PM PST by Bigtigermike
Gov Palin interview with Greta Van Susteren was probably one of her best interviews, in that interview Van Susteren asked Palin about resignation, quitting, ethic violations and the prospect of dealing with attacks in future political positions. This is to all of those hacks, the misinformed and the haters that hide their true intentions against Gov. Palin, and you know who I'm talking about.......here are excerpts.
PALIN: Because it was the best thing for the state of Alaska to be able to progress the conservative agenda up there without the distraction that the new normal in Alaskan politics had become where every time I turned around, there was a lawsuit or frivolous ethics violation charge.
And that was prohibiting my administration from doing the work for the people. It was costing the state millions of dollars, thousands of staff hours to fight these frivolous, adversarial, opposition-researcher efforts that were thrown at my administration while I was there.
And I was not going to run again for governor, so instead of hunkering down, quitting, basically, as a governor by sitting behind my desk and not doing anything, not speaking out for fear of having another ethics violation charge, I said no. They're not going to win and we're going to get out there and fight harder for Alaskans, fight harder for Americans by handing the reins over to our lieutenant governor for my last year in office. He'll progress the agenda. I will get out there and fight even harder."
NOTE: Alaska's ethic laws at the time don't protect their governor from personal bankruptcy defending frivolous suits, it was by this loophole where the attackers attacked, filing away one charge after another. Also it does not protect staff members from made up violation charges either and paying out of pocket expenses ( if you read Going Rogue, her administration staff was slowed down from their work because of FOIA paperwork constantly being requested). By law Palin nor staff had no real recourse to take action against the attackers. She stated above about opposition research which means dems and obama administration hacks and lawyers.
PALIN: I am not a quitter. And it's like my dad said. I was not retreating. I was reloading. And that's exactly what I've been able to do.
And if I was still the governor today, I would be shackled by the adversaries, but those who were hell-bent on seeing personal destruction and personal bankruptcy of me and my family. That is why they kept finding one after another after another of these lawsuits and frivolous ethics charges. And we won one after another after another.
NOTE: Gov. Palin and her husband Todd combined made under 200,000 dollars at the time of her resignation, they personally had legal bills upwards to 500,000 and more frivolous lawsuits were expected. They also had taking out a second mortgage on their home.
VAN SUSTEREN: If they were to persuade you to run, or if you made the decision based on your family, how do you say when they start doing that personal destruction, because that's what's going to happen, that you could still overcome it the second time on a national scale?
PALIN: Is not the same scale, because in Alaska our administration is set up a little bit differently than anywhere else you're going to find in the country or the federal government where the governor is not protected by the department of law when these frivolous ethics violations charges are filed against you. I have to pay personally for the defense, and I am still paying personally for the defense of all the frivolity.
Those charges filed by fake people -- a fake British soap opera actress filed something against me and I am still paying the bill. I am still paying the bill to defend myself against stupid things like that.
NOTE: This is not a issue as president because the president is automatically defended by the solicitor general as well as the White House legal counsel. The president is protected from personal bankruptcy for charges that arise from doing their job. The point being is that Gov Palin job was being questioned like going to a pro-life meeting outside of her state or the issues arising of actually running for VP, which was one of the silliest ethic charges.
A INTERESTING NOTE IS THE FACT THAT A TIME MAGAZINE REPORTER STATED THAT WORD WAS GOING AROUND IN ALASKA THAT THE DEM LEGISLATORS WERE TOLD BY D.C. PEOPLE TO STOP WORKING WITH THE PALIN ADMIN. ALSO DURING THE DAYS AFTER PALIN ANNOUNCED THAT SHE WAS RESIGNING, HER LAWYER AND SOME STAFF MEMBERS STATED SPECIFICALLY ON LARRY KING THAT THEY BELIEVED THAT RAHM EMANUEL WAS BEHIND THE ATTACKS, THEY WENT NO FURTHER WITH THOSE COMMENTS.
Different people have different breaking points and the complainants who play this very risky game actually put their children, husbands, aged parents and other loved ones at very high risk.
GREAT report. Thanks.
Chicago style politics-as-usual. I think Palin has been getting a grasp of how they work though. *sigh* ...but I dont’ underestimate Rahm and the Obamamachine’s ability to steal the election in some way and do other such damage of sorts to jeopardize Palin’s campaign. We gotta pray!
Good work and Merry Christmas.
Rahm and his Death Doctor brother are two bad apples.
By the time I finished reading Sarah’s book I was in a purple rage at what the left had tried to do to her and her family.
It sounds like something Rahm would do with permission from Obummer, Soros and the rest of the POS.
*PING*
NOTE: Gov. Palin and her husband Todd combined made under 200,000 dollars at the time of her resignation, they personally had legal bills upwards to 500,000 and more frivolous lawsuits were expected. They also had taking out a second mortgage on their home.
NOTE: This is not a issue as president because the president is automatically defended by the solicitor general as well as the White House legal counsel. The president is protected from personal bankruptcy for charges that arise from doing their job. The point being is that Gov Palin job was being questioned like going to a pro-life meeting outside of her state or the issues arising of actually running for VP, which was one of the silliest ethic charges.
The most unsurprising news of the year.
Yes, and I also realized after reading her book how principled and courageous she was. She was a servant of the Alaskan citizenry, not the spercial interests like so many Alaskan politicians before her.
Now I pray that she, as a gamechanger for 2010 and President No. 45 in 2012, will do the same thing for the other 49 states as well.
Merry Christmas!
I am starting to think she would have been better off letting Greta get the first cable interview instead of Hannity. We need more people to get this side of the story and Hannity asked shallow questions.
Palin stated that she read “Rules for Radicals” and “The Thumping” by Emanuel....she knew the tsection in Alinsky’s point in his book of “Pick the target, freeze it, personalize it, and polarize it.....Obama was trying to minimized Sarah to utter bankruptcy by 2011 and losing control of her administration even earlier
Yet still some people come here and say “Uh I don’t understand why she quit” seriously, do people need it repeated using sock puppets. She resigned because the bastards were trying to bankrupt her. It was either resign or else up homeless. She has 5 kids, she loved her job, but it wasn’t worth going broke over. After I read her book I was full of rage also, because Obama and his minions did whatever it took to destroy her, but you know what, it failed miserably. Sarah is free now, free to speak her mind and speak out against Obama. If she were still Governor now she would never have been able to travel the country or post those facebook messages. Never would have happened..so the left’s plans backfired
Don't forget how the RATs sent "Bugsy Daley" down to Florida in 2000 to steal the election for the now discredited algor.
Excellent post.
I too think Sarah’s intervies with Greta was the best one.
If the Palin bashers on FR who can only say quitter, read this and do’t get it, they won’t get anything.
meant to say “end up homeless”
"at the time"
Do you mean this has changed?
So was I and I believe it’s because she’s a women and smart as heck~~~~you betcha!
Oh, they get it, they are just blinded by their hate for Sarah Palin that they don’t want to admit the obvious. They enjoy calling her a quitter but seriously its getting old. I just laugh it off whenever those Romneybots come here and try to trash her. Just say “Obamacare = Romneycare” and they shut their mouths
No it hasn’t change......it should say at this time, my fault
Good. I’m glad. I pray she learns as MUCH as possible about the way the Chicago thugs run and that she foresees every single possible way they may seek to undermine her and/or the electoral process should she run. I pray she picks only a select few, proven trustworthy people to be in her inner circle of advisors and friends. I am sure the Chicago thugs are just as carefully monitoring what she does as well.
Woah! “The Thumping” by Emanuel. Rahm Emanuel? He has a book? I did not know that.
Where is the link?
Yeah how can we prevent something like that from happening? They have the media on their side! They’re not accountable to anything. They’re able to get away with everything, just look at this healthcare monstrosity and the warped process they were able to pull off!
Didn’t Obi-Wan say: You can’t win, Darth. If you strike me down, I shall become more powerful than you could possibly imagine.!!!!!!!
Sarah became more powerful by the stupid acts of Rahm, Obama, Alexrod and the Dems in Congress!!!
Many of the Palin bashing are still waiting for their dream candidate, hope they arn’t holding their breath.
We know who the candidate should be and not sitting back
while some of the wannaBees are trying to get face time.
THEN WHY in God's name aren't the Republicans doing exactly the same thing to the scumbags??
Oh that's right... the Republicans are the party of cowards.
"Thank you sir, may I have another?"
Sarah is a threat to the evildoers.
Lots of grassroots activism and lots of efficient, effective paid advertising.
who oversees the people who do the actual vote counting?
I watched (and TIVO’d) Greta’s interview because I knew at the time it was the best interview of all. Greta truly likes Sarah. In fact, Great’s husband, John Coale went to work for McCain/Palin after he left Hillary’s campaign and that was a huge move on his part because he *was* a democrat.
It probably varies from state to state, but it is always done at the local level. There are also supposed to be "poll watchers" at the polls challenging questionable voters. They also see who hasn't voted and do what they can to get their voters to the polls.
I know recounts have partisan representatives present.
The demos had the media on their side against Reagan. He was able to work around the media. He was a populist, and the common people related to him. Sarah is capable of doing the same thing. Romney is a politician. He doesn’t really have a center - stick that finger into the wind, see which position to take. He’s stuck on health care. What’s he going to do, admit his Romneycare sucks, when it’s obvious to all that it does? It will kill him in the next election.
I bet Rahm/Obama machine will assign ACORN-type people will be on the job infiltrating all the local polling places.
You need to be a precinct worker so you can be one of the vote counters.
Also, there’s a great deal of concern about the voting machines. Namely concerns about rigging the machines so that the majority will register votes for democrats regardless of the actual votes.
Voting machines must have paper receipts. Those receipts will be necessary if fraud charges arise.
I wonder where are those guys that were attacking Palin earlier today? They never boldly step up to the plate when challenged? Hmmmmm!!
It’s Christmas Eve! I’m sure they’re in Church!
For a good insight into how Sarah governed buy the book titled “Sarah takes on Big Oil”
Much can be learned in an unbiased way.
It’s Christmas Eve! I’m sure they’re in Church!
That gives “bible thumpers” a bad name!
Well those are the things I’m worried about. There has to be measures taken to ensure accountability in that arena. I think people overlook the potential for major voter/fraud corruption. If steps need to be taken to prevent an election steal, people need to start now.
No, Bible thumpers don’t make disparaging remarks about our wholesome Sarah.
Not only that, they will be "Community organizing" welfare sows and homeless bums who aren't registered. Plus they will be stealing votes via absentee ballots and voting the dead.
The Black Panthers and SEIU thugs will probably be suppressing the vote at the polls as well.
Maybe so, maybe not, but it's all happened before.
I know that I was being sarcastic....LoL
That’s why we need to sing up to be precinct workers and poll watchers. At least sign-up with your local GOP and relate your concerns.
In Nov, 2008 election, I was too intimidated to vote at my polling place so I had to go to the courthouse to vote absentee. They said, “you can’t vote absentee.” I said, “well, I damn well can or you will have to escort me to my voting place.”
Oh. LOL.
BTW here is Palin’s video interview with Van Susteren
part 1
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZrqnQlnXo0g&feature=related
part 2 very strong from Palin
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HAK4mcxNx3s&feature=related
part 3
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MO4tTmhz-0Q&feature=related
part 4
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G3c2vNVqrGc&feature=related
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