McCain: Fired Trooper too pro-Sex Assault victim.

[SirNitram]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin is unlikely to speak with an independent counsel hired by Alaska lawmakers to review the firing of her public safety commissioner, a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday.

Spokesman Ed O'Callaghan said he has not spoken with Palin, but she was "unlikely to cooperate" with the inquiry "as long as it remains tainted."

Democrats charged that the McCain campaign was trying to stall the investigation.

"The partisan presidential campaign of McCain/Palin has interfered and is picking partisan targets to smear in order to make this investigation look like something it isn't," said Patti Higgins, chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party. "Rather than cooperating with the investigation, the Republican presidential campaign is doing everything it can to stall and smear."

O'Callaghan also said he did not know whether Palin's husband, Todd, would challenge a subpoena issued Friday to compel his cooperation. Thomas Van Flein, the Palins' lawyer, who has accepted service of the subpoena, did not return messages seeking comment. The governor herself has not been subpoenaed, but the Legislature's investigator, Steve Branchflower, has said he hopes to speak with her.

Palin and her husband campaigned Monday in Colorado and Ohio. Palin also planned appearances Tuesday in Ohio.

McCain's campaign insists the investigation into the firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan has been hijacked by Democrats.

Palin initially said she welcomed the inquiry. But after she became McCain's running mate on Aug. 29 her lawyer sought to have the three-member state Personnel Board take over the investigation, alleging that public statements by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic state Sen. Hollis French, indicated the probe was politically motivated.

French said Sept. 2 that the results of the investigation could constitute an "October surprise" for the McCain campaign. He later apologized for the remark, but Palin's lawyer has said the biased impression it created can't be undone.

The McCain campaign says it can prove Monegan was fired in July because of insubordination on budget issues, and not because he refused to fire a state trooper who went through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister.

To that end, the campaign released a series of e-mails detailing the frustration several Palin administration officials experienced in dealing with Monegan. The "last straw," the campaign said, was a trip Monegan planned to Washington in July to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases.

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request "is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. Stevens."

Monegan was fired four days later.

In the weeks since, it has emerged that the Palins and her staff repeatedly had contacted Monegan expressing their dismay at the continued employment of Trooper Mike Wooten, who divorced Palin's sister in 2005. The following year, Wooten was suspended for five days based on complaints filed by the Palins, including that he drank in his patrol car, used a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson and illegally shot a moose.

A bipartisan panel of the Legislature voted unanimously to authorize an investigation into the circumstances of Monegan's firing.

In an effort to move the investigation into the Personnel Board's court, Van Flein filed a complaint there. But on Monday, he asked the board to dismiss the matter, citing the e-mails about budget issues as proving the real reason for Monegan's dismissal.

"The Governor decided to replace Mr. Monegan based on his refusal to execute her administration's policy on fiscal and budget matters, a refusal that between late 2007 and the middle of 2008 blossomed into outright insubordination."

Monegan's attorney said he had no immediate comment.

Also made clear in the e-mails is that some Palin staffers believed Monegan worked outside normal channels in making budget requests, in one case writing a letter to the governor in support of a funding for a project she had already vetoed.

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McCain/Palin: How Dare You Spend Money Trying To Prosecute Crimes against women?!?

[Alyrium Denryle]

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Gov. Sarah Palin is unlikely to speak with an independent counsel hired by Alaska lawmakers to review the firing of her public safety commissioner, a spokesman for Republican presidential candidate John McCain said Monday.

Spokesman Ed O'Callaghan said he has not spoken with Palin, but she was "unlikely to cooperate" with the inquiry "as long as it remains tainted."

Democrats charged that the McCain campaign was trying to stall the investigation.

"The partisan presidential campaign of McCain/Palin has interfered and is picking partisan targets to smear in order to make this investigation look like something it isn't," said Patti Higgins, chairwoman of the Alaska Democratic Party. "Rather than cooperating with the investigation, the Republican presidential campaign is doing everything it can to stall and smear."

O'Callaghan also said he did not know whether Palin's husband, Todd, would challenge a subpoena issued Friday to compel his cooperation. Thomas Van Flein, the Palins' lawyer, who has accepted service of the subpoena, did not return messages seeking comment. The governor herself has not been subpoenaed, but the Legislature's investigator, Steve Branchflower, has said he hopes to speak with her.

Palin and her husband campaigned Monday in Colorado and Ohio. Palin also planned appearances Tuesday in Ohio.

McCain's campaign insists the investigation into the firing of Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan has been hijacked by Democrats.

Palin initially said she welcomed the inquiry. But after she became McCain's running mate on Aug. 29 her lawyer sought to have the three-member state Personnel Board take over the investigation, alleging that public statements by the chairman of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Democratic state Sen. Hollis French, indicated the probe was politically motivated.

French said Sept. 2 that the results of the investigation could constitute an "October surprise" for the McCain campaign. He later apologized for the remark, but Palin's lawyer has said the biased impression it created can't be undone.

The McCain campaign says it can prove Monegan was fired in July because of insubordination on budget issues, and not because he refused to fire a state trooper who went through a nasty divorce from Palin's sister.

To that end, the campaign released a series of e-mails detailing the frustration several Palin administration officials experienced in dealing with Monegan. The "last straw," the campaign said, was a trip Monegan planned to Washington in July to seek federal money for investigating and prosecuting sexual assault cases.

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request "is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. Stevens."

Monegan was fired four days later.

In the weeks since, it has emerged that the Palins and her staff repeatedly had contacted Monegan expressing their dismay at the continued employment of Trooper Mike Wooten, who divorced Palin's sister in 2005. The following year, Wooten was suspended for five days based on complaints filed by the Palins, including that he drank in his patrol car, used a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson and illegally shot a moose.

A bipartisan panel of the Legislature voted unanimously to authorize an investigation into the circumstances of Monegan's firing.

In an effort to move the investigation into the Personnel Board's court, Van Flein filed a complaint there. But on Monday, he asked the board to dismiss the matter, citing the e-mails about budget issues as proving the real reason for Monegan's dismissal.

"The Governor decided to replace Mr. Monegan based on his refusal to execute her administration's policy on fiscal and budget matters, a refusal that between late 2007 and the middle of 2008 blossomed into outright insubordination."

Monegan's attorney said he had no immediate comment.

Also made clear in the e-mails is that some Palin staffers believed Monegan worked outside normal channels in making budget requests, in one case writing a letter to the governor in support of a funding for a project she had already vetoed.

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McCain/Palin: How Dare You Spend Money Trying To Prosecute Crimes against women?!?

I fail to see how that is...better...

In a state that is so strapped for cash (hah!) that some cities (like Wasilla) cant "burden the taxpayer" for investigating rape cases, I would think that seeking federal funds would be appropriate.

Oh, wait. I keep forgetting, it is the victim's fault that they were raped, they should have been wearing steel chastity belts, or had some kind of bear-trap vagina to protect themselves...

[The Yosemite Bear]

ooohhhh can we ask for Vagina Dentata be included under medical coverage?

[Alyrium Denryle]

ooohhhh can we ask for Vagina Dentata be included under medical coverage?

Wow... talk about cosmetic dentistry.

Lets look at this

Option 1) She fired him because he refused to fire her sisters ex-husband

Option 2) She fired him because he went to DC, on his own time, for the purpose of convincing people to give the state federal funds to pay for criminal investigations. IE. for perfectly legal political activism.

Either one frankly, is enough for an ethics investigation to be directed against her

[18-Till-I-Die]

This, ironically, probably was unrelated to the attempts to keelhaul her sisters' ex-husband. Alaska has one of the highest rape and incest rates in the US...she likes to pander to the base, whatever her base may be at the time.



Do the math.

[Elfdart]

Obama or some 527 should already be running this ad:

Sarah Palin wants to charge rape victims $300 for reporting the assault. John McCain thinks too much money is spent investigating and prosecuting sexual assault.

McCain/Palin: Wrong on Rape, Wrong for America.

[Darth Wong]

Obama or some 527 should already be running this ad:

Sarah Palin wants to charge rape victims $300 for reporting the assault. John McCain thinks too much money is spent investigating and prosecuting sexual assault.

McCain/Palin: Wrong on Rape, Wrong for America.

McCain/Palin: Tough on Crime, Tougher on Rape Victims

[Einhander Sn0m4n]

Religious-based anti-woman bias from a Republican? Say it ain't so! Why do I get the feeling these cuntqueefs agree with both the Taliban and Wahhabism in every matter but the name they should call God?

[Broomstick]

[hijack] Cuntqueef? What the hell? That's a new one - where did it come from? [/hijack]

[Terralthra]

[hijack] Cuntqueef? What the hell? That's a new one - where did it come from? [/hijack]

It's more than a little redundant. A 'queef' is a term for a vaginal fart.

[Broomstick]

[hijack] Cuntqueef? What the hell? That's a new one - where did it come from? [/hijack]

It's more than a little redundant. A 'queef' is a term for a vaginal fart.

Really? I have never heard "queef" before.

20 years of monogamy and I have lost touch with the sexual slang of youth. >sigh<

And, oh yeah, Palin is major suckage. Since I have nothing more to add this will be my last post in this thread.

[Anguirus]

I'm 21 and I've never heard "queef" either, if that helps.

I just had a thought. I'm not sure who is worse: fundamentalists who really do have relatively little sympathy for most rape victims (anyone young and attractive who's not their daughter probably asking for it, and all that), or John McCain, who probably doesn't agree with the utter whackjob fundamentalists, but who's decided that he'd rather be president than publicly disagree with them on anything.

At any rate, what is more important to me than even the possible ethics lapse are Palin's attempts to dismiss the investigation. Sort of like how Clinton's perjury was a bigger deal than his blowjob.

[Elfdart]

Obama or some 527 should already be running this ad:

Sarah Palin wants to charge rape victims $300 for reporting the assault. John McCain thinks too much money is spent investigating and prosecuting sexual assault.

McCain/Palin: Wrong on Rape, Wrong for America.

McCain/Palin: Tough on Crime, Tougher on Rape Victims

Here's a winner:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7BqC-RbXGW4

[Zablorg]

What the hell is Palin's idea with all this? I get that McCain is probably thinking in the "don't want to be raped don't go into alleys lol" mindset, but it just strikes me as ubsurd that Palin would promote this. What if she gets raped? What if her daughter gets raped?

[General Zod]

What the hell is Palin's idea with all this? I get that McCain is probably thinking in the "don't want to be raped don't go into alleys lol" mindset, but it just strikes me as ubsurd that Palin would promote this. What if she gets raped? What if her daughter gets raped?

The obvious apologist mindset in cases like this is "It only happens to girls who dress like sluts."

[Tribun]

What the hell is Palin's idea with all this? I get that McCain is probably thinking in the "don't want to be raped don't go into alleys lol" mindset, but it just strikes me as ubsurd that Palin would promote this. What if she gets raped? What if her daughter gets raped?

Be honest.. who in their sick mind would want to rape Palin?

[Glocksman]

What the hell is Palin's idea with all this? I get that McCain is probably thinking in the "don't want to be raped don't go into alleys lol" mindset, but it just strikes me as ubsurd that Palin would promote this. What if she gets raped? What if her daughter gets raped?

Be honest.. who in their sick mind would want to rape Palin?

Rape her?
Only the usual sickos who get off on exercising power.
In other words, almost all rapists, as rape is more about power than sex.

Who'd simply want to have sex with her?
Guilty.
She's attractive and within my preferred age range (people who are close to my own age) for sexual partners.

Now mind you, I'm not saying I'd want to marry her...

[The Yosemite Bear]

What the hell is Palin's idea with all this? I get that McCain is probably thinking in the "don't want to be raped don't go into alleys lol" mindset, but it just strikes me as ubsurd that Palin would promote this. What if she gets raped? What if her daughter gets raped?

she'll make them marry the rapist just like it says to do in the bible.

[Ted C]

Who'd simply want to have sex with her?
Guilty.
She's attractive and within my preferred age range (people who are close to my own age) for sexual partners.

Dude, you'd have to listen to her voice. Blech.

[irishmick79]

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: the governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request "is out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. Stevens."

Here's the good part. Senator Stevens got indicted by a grand jury on July 29th for falsly reporting gifts. $250,000 worth of gifts, from VECO corporation. So, through this email, it can be established that Palin had an established relationship with Stevens while he was under investigation from the FBI and the IRS. The relationship was apparently significant enough that the relationship was a reason cited for frustration with Monegan.

interesting.

[Admiral Valdemar]

Dude, you'd have to listen to her voice. Blech.

Not with my cock in her mouth.

What? Too subtle or not subtle enough?

[Slacker]

Too soon? Too soon? *akward pause*

On topic, I live in New York, so I've been pretty immune to, well, every political ad being made in this country, which is nice, but this is really begging for a Dem-aligned 527 to Swift Boat McCain/Palin with. With the added benefit of even being true.