Palin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report
Palin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report
A report released last Friday by the bipartisan Alaska Legislative Council found that Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) “abused her power” and violated a statute of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act — an act, the report stressed, that “is not optional.”
Since the report’s release, the McCain-Palin campaign has been in full spin mode. Campaign manager Rick Davis falsely claimed “there was absolutely no wrongdoing found in the report.” And when asked by a reporter if she abused her power, Palin dodged, saying “there’s nothing unlawful or unethical about replacing a cabinet member” — referring to her dismissal of Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan.
But yesterday, during an interview with the local CBS affiliate in Pittsburgh, Palin stooped a little lower, stating flat out that the Legislative Council’s report had found that she did not abuse her power:
PALIN: [T]he report that came out also was very clear in that there was no unethical or unlawful behavior on my part. … No abuse of power there at all.
Watch it:
Of course, not only did the report find that Palin abused her power as Alaska’s governor, but it also found — despite her claim to the contrary — that she acted unethically and unlawfully.
In fact, the media have caught on to the McCain-Palin campaign’s lies about the report’s findings. The Washington Post called Palin’s false characterization of the report a “reverse of the truth” and ABC’s Jake Tapper called it “flatly false.” The Anchorage Daily News, Palin’s home state newspaper, said Palin’s response is “downright Orwellian.”
But thankfully, Palin has vowed that McCain will clean up her act, saying last Saturday that “as president, he’s going to end those [abuses of power] once and for all.”
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Hi Sarah, it’s Jesus here. I just want to remind you that lying is a sin. Peace, my child.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:57 pmNovember 5th Cannot arrive soon enough. At least once that’s over Alaska can have its missing idiot back.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pmImpeach Pelosi, Cheney and Bush and Save the Constitution!
“Palin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report”
- - Path. O. Log. I. Cal.
October 15th, 2008 at 2:59 pmI get the feeling that Alaskans are getting tired of this freak embarrassing their state. Don’t rule out impeachment when she returns to Alaska after the election.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:00 pm.
Nothing like palin’ around with Cleopatra on ‘da Nile…
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October 15th, 2008 at 3:00 pmThou shalt not lie
October 15th, 2008 at 3:00 pmBut thankfully, Palin has vowed that McCain will clean up her act, saying last Saturday that “as president, he’s going to end those [abuses of power] once and for all.”
By losing the election and thus never giving Palin the chance to abuse her erstwhile Washington-based power. So yay McCain! That’s one campaign promise he can actually keep!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmI guess the report was just something else she did not read.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmThe B I * C H can’t read!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:02 pmCertifiable wingnut who cannot recognize the truth or a lie.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:04 pmI think she has lost her mind.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:04 pmyep, thanks to her vp bid much has become public that had been swept under the rug. Very interesting.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:05 pmI do believe she’s referring to the Troopergate report the McCain/Palin Campaign released that Thursday evening prior to the release of the official report Friday afternoon.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:05 pm.
What does the truth matter when you choose to ignore it?
Why take responsibility when you can avoid it?
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October 15th, 2008 at 3:06 pmScarah lie! Say it aint so!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:07 pmAll that’s missing is for her to put up her arms with
peace symbols.
Bible Spice is obviously incapable of discerning the truth. See what happens when a basically stupid person bases their entire worldview on a myth?
October 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pmI know the base is too ignorant to see t, but does she think that those she needs to sway believe this BS? The polls show that, overwhelmingly, they don’t.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:09 pmSarah, Sarah, Sarah….
America has had enough of Christian right Republicans like yourself who consistently want everyone to:
Do as I say, not as I do.
Like Falwell. Like Foley. Like Craig. Like Haggard. Like Delay. Like Abramoff. Like Cunningham. Like Gonzales. Like Cheney. Like Bush.
Yup…The “Blessed Sarah” Rising star of the Republican party
October 15th, 2008 at 3:10 pmIf Diebold helps Pallid with this election, this women will follow in the footsteps of Cheney with her vague slot in gov’t.
But the real scare scenario is that McBush will not release his full medical record (4 skin cancer scares) — and this ding dong will become president. She will be tooled real fast in the Rove/Cheney Crime Politics.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:11 pmlarkohio Says:
I think she has lost her mind.
She has to find one first!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pmWhat a stupid cow. McCain really gives a rat’s as* about this country to have chosen this sack of droppings in high heels.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pmcorrected:If Diebold helps Pallid with this election, this woman will follow in the footsteps of Cheney with her vague place in gov’t.
But the real scary scenario is that McBush will not release his full medical record (4 skin cancer scares) — and this ding dong will become president. She will be tooled real fast in the Chney/Rove Crime Politics.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:14 pmI don’t think she realizes she’s supposed to say:
No comment. I cannot comment on an impending investigation.
She’s an amateur. But we all know that.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:16 pmCan’t someone just read that part for her then ask
October 15th, 2008 at 3:18 pmthe question?
I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a)
Someone should ask Sarah if she has abused her children. If she says no…
October 15th, 2008 at 3:18 pmOctober 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pm
LURKER,
but the Ethics Act isn’t a real law…
October 15th, 2008 at 3:19 pmThis woman has already proven she’s dishonest but I guess “sixpack joe” is just too “dazzled” by her.
jeez.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:21 pmlurkmode Says:
Thou shalt not lie
October 15th, 2008 at 3:21 pm““““““““““““““
Thou shalt not lie, unless it gets you out of deep doggy doo doo and furthers your career. ~~ 3:16 The book of Palin.
PATHOLOGICAL - just plain psycho-deranged. Not only does she relish lying to our faces, over and over, she gets all TITILLATED when she’s sowing hate speech and violence on the stump. Is this what a long-term commitment to christo-fascism does to a person?
October 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pmGood quip, Walt. You made me laugh!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:22 pmPalin: Ethics Act?…I thought it was Ethnic Acts. You betcha I didn’t commit no unethical acts, don’t ya know!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pmIGNORANCE IS BLISS!
Thats why Sarah The Impaler is sooooooo blissful!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:25 pmWhat is it about Republicans and their inability to read simple statements:
There is no connection between Iraq and 9/11.
There are no weapons of mass destruction in Iraq.
There is severe danger of the levees collapsing in a major hurricane.
Torture is against the Geneva Conventions.
Perhaps the amount of private loans that these institutions are creating might have a nasty impact on the stock market if we should ever have a crunch.
The governor acted unethically and unlawfully.
I hope the next fact that they totally eff up is ‘the republicans are guaranteed to win this election’
October 15th, 2008 at 3:27 pmCorrection
Palin: Ethics Act?…I thought it was Ethnic Acts. You betcha I didn’t commit no unethnical acts, don’t ya know!
October 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pmI worry about Sarah’s fitness to meet the many needs of a child with down syndrome. She is very resistant to reading up on things.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:28 pmWow.
I think I’ll stick with being a reality-based life form, thank you.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:29 pm“Palin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report”
Memo to Washington Post: Hand Betty Boop “wink,wink” Palin another pinnochio award.
Even a caveman knows that she is lying. Pass the popcorn please.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:36 pmYou people better not piss off artic spice…her and her alaskan independence party friends might try to by some plastic explosives-like their founder was shot trying to buy, show up at your house and show you not to mess with alaskans
October 15th, 2008 at 3:37 pmBible Spice’s tortured syntax is a symptom. A manifestation of her juggling a list of lies that stretches back to her childhood. And so long as she is able to remain consistent to her inner voice? She convinces herself that she is being truthful.
She also gets angry when her illusions are challenged, which makes it incredibly frustrating that she’s being shielded from direct questioning. Because, if she were challenged in front of a crowd, she would fold.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:37 pmC’mon let’s be fair. We know she can read based on her performance at the VP Debate. The real issue is reading comprehension.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:43 pmI am really sick and tired of this woman insulting my intelligence. Does she think that we don’t know how to read? Or does she think we are incapable of comprehending what we read?
Did the interviewer come back and ask her about the specifics in the report or did she let it go like everyone else does when it comes to questioning Palin?
I am sick and tired of this shit.
October 15th, 2008 at 3:44 pmShould she have her seeing/reading eye dog get her the message?? OR, is it just too late once you have stepped into the land of NeoNut whipcreamery???
October 15th, 2008 at 3:44 pmKristine: The investigation by the Alaska legislature found that you allowed your husband in some cases, wrongfully, to use state resources as part of the effort to have Trooper Wooten dismissed.
Palin: Well you have the facts wrong there. Trooper Wooten is still an Alaska state trooper. He’s never been dismissed.
I guess I’m nitpickin here, but Kristine said “effort to
October 15th, 2008 at 3:46 pmhave him dismissed”.
i would LOVE to see officer wooten sell his story to the check out lane magazines like The Star. watch her base go buh bye
October 15th, 2008 at 3:48 pmShe is un f* believable.
First she lies and says the reporter got her “facts wrong”. And in the next breath she contradicts herself and explains how her husbands meddling and pushing to get Wooten fired was “appropriate” because of death threats?
I’m sorry but just how stupid does Palin think people are!? “Death threats”? Really? What good would get Wooten fired do about that? And what do normal law abiding people do with death threats? They let law enforcement handle it.
Getting Wooten fired was obviously part of a personal vendetta
October 15th, 2008 at 4:05 pmI could swear Sarah had a few drinks before she appeared in that interview. She waives her right arm in a slow, dismissive manner, exhibits slurred speech, eyes not fully focused.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:09 pmApparently when her church cast the witches out of Palin, it was ineffective.
October 15th, 2008 at 4:16 pmA thought - since Palin can’t name any newspapers or journals she reads, and since she obviously has NOT read the report specifically detailing her abuse of power — is it possible Palin is illiterate? Now, being illiterate is not anything to be ashamed of, but it certainly might be a problem for a possible VP. It might also explain why she can’t answer any question for which she doesn’t have a memorized Repub talking point answer. In short, why doesn’t this woman read anything?
October 15th, 2008 at 4:21 pmTo coin a phrase: “implausible deniability.”
-AF
October 15th, 2008 at 5:51 pmAndrew Sullivan Is A Fraud
There is no way to accurately describe the gullibility of people who actually believe what this woman says. Thankfully they are less than a majority of the population.
October 15th, 2008 at 5:54 pmWho are you going to believe? Me or your own eyes?
October 15th, 2008 at 6:09 pmPalin: ‘No Abuse Of Power There At All’ In Troopergate Report
Yeah
If you use a gallon of White Out ……………….
October 15th, 2008 at 6:11 pmThe woman is absolutely incredible. She literally looks directly into the camera, ignore the actual question entirely, throws out a bald-faced lie, then tries to make it sound as if this is what everybody would do. As if Governors throughout the country have their husbands and wives handling such matters.
Also: The reporter didn’t say Palin’s husband had Wooten “fired.” She said he put pressure on officials in a “effort” to have him fired yet Palin immediately says she has the “facts wrong” when in “fact,” the reporter was absolutely correct.
When this is all over and done with, I think Palin, through these kinds of exchanges, has destroyed any future in national politics. Any future opponent will run these tapes right up her ass during a campaign.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:28 pm49. dasm
How much does our current prezidunce read ? ;-)
October 15th, 2008 at 6:30 pmIf McCain had chosen Ridge, Romney, Pawlenty or even Lieberman, he would be breathing down Obama’s neck.
His choice of Palin will be forever remembered as one of the biggest political blunders in American history.
It also tells you what kind of decisions this man would make as President.
October 15th, 2008 at 6:33 pmGovernor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.11(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.
“The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.”
Is Palin BRAIN DAMAGED, DELUSIONAL or a PATHOLOGICAL LIAR? wtf!
October 15th, 2008 at 7:35 pmLet’s say you are standing outside on your front lawn, minding your own beeswax, and a stranger comes up to you and suddenly, inexplicably, punches you in the face.
How would you feel? Incredulous? Shocked? So, you ask—”Hey man, why did you punch me in the face??!!”
To which they say say, “What? I didnt punch you in the face. That didnt happen. There was no abuse on my part.”
I kinda feel like that.
October 21st, 2008 at 6:22 pmKeep this moving quickly…
PBS has an online poll posted, asking if Sarah Palin is qualified. (ask yourself, could she be president someday? OMG)
Anyway, Apparently the right wing knew about this in advance and are flooding the voting with YES votes.
The poll will be reported on PBS and picked up by mainstream media. It could influence undecided voters in swing states.
Here’s the link:
October 23rd, 2008 at 8:40 pmURL: http://www.pbs.org/now/polls/poll-435.html