Palin won't meet with 'Troopergate' investigator

I think there are some 1,100 emails that have yet to be handed over. And like McCain's medical records, I doubt we will ever get the full story.

She's taking a page from the Bush/Cheney playbook.

Why not try a little honesty for a change?

That was a joke, right?

ruh roh

Palin and her office need to cooperate.

They need to subpoena her ass. Seriously, how do these Republicans get away with this crap. They work for the citizens of the US. They are NOT ABOVE the laws!!

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Unfortunately until WE THE PEOPLE tell our elected officials we expect, NO WE DEMAND they are held accountable for their actions this will continue.

The polls are too close for McAilin to throw the dice on her cooperating with the investigation. If the polls were showing 35 to 55 he would have no other choice but to try and clear her "officially" of any wrong doing because at that point he would have nothing to lose. Until and unless that happens in the polls he will continue to run his campaign exactly as it is being run right now. It is effective for the Lemming er I mean Republican party.

Since winning is more important to him than the future of the country our only hope is that Palin will be a dismal failure in the debates (which is not encouraging because her followers obviously are very forgiving always looking for the excuse and embracing her) or one of the alternative negative and detrimental facts finally is taken seriously.

Palin's real problem is that the press doesn't really understand her. At least, that's what her party thinks....

"Unfortunately until WE THE PEOPLE tell our elected officials we expect, NO WE DEMAND they are held accountable for their actions this will continue."

OKC, Dem
Unfortunately, WE THE PEOPLE are too stuck on wanting a candidate they can have a drink with to actually want a campaign of substance. I am pulling my hair out trying to figure out how the heck the "the lipstick" thing caught on. How about the celebrity one? If WE THE PEOPLE and the media stopped giving a thought about these silly ads, McCain wouldn't have no other choice but to talk about the real issues. *sigh*

Now her spokespeople are saying it is the Obama Democrats that are tainting the investigation so she won't speak with anyone.

Yeah, like Obama started this investigation earlier this summer before she was chosen as the GOP VP pick. Sure, blame it on Obama. It's always his fault. (sarcasm)

Why is it that the lawmakers and elected officials can simply refuse to testify in an investigation? If you or I decided, well its not in my best interest to testify so I refuse, they would be hauling our butts off to jail for contempt.

{Official Server arrives with subpoena}>"Ms. OKC, Dem I have a subpoena for you."
{I respond}>"Oh! Testifying is not in my own best interest, just tell the investigator I refuse."
{Official Server}> "Okie Dokie! No problem, have a nice day!"

Uhh yea right.

At what point did this behavior from the people we elect become acceptable?

The elections for US Congress and US Senate should be as hotly debated as the Presidential elections.

uh huh.

Republicans always making excuses for bad behavior.

God Bless America, please stop spamming threads with links to your site.

If Palin has nothing to hide she should meet with investigators. If not she looks guilty of wrong doing.

You all are worried about Trooper Gate. Firing a State Cop who tazed a 11 year old kid, threatened family members and drinking alcohol in a cruiser while on duty.

News Flash.

Barack Obama's top political and economic advisers Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson both former CEO's of defunct Fannie Mae.

That has got to be comforting to all of folks out there losing their homes. Haven't seen this on MSNBC.

Renard, where u from?

You all are worried about Trooper Gate. Firing a State Cop who tazed a 11 year old kid, threatened family members and drinking alcohol in a cruiser while on duty.

well then it appears she has nothing to hide..

why not meet him?

This is not an ouch contest. And, these events does not compare to the other. where one is an employee, and the other is an elected official. The employee works for the business, the elected official,supposedly works for the people, all people, and has a higher measure of integrity to adhere because of the public trust to do just that.

18zulu,

Your comment reminded me so very much of an McCain's interview or should I say EVERY interview he gives, instead of dealing with the question at hand with a clear answer, he divert to what is wrong with Obama.

Stick to the point, but if we must go there. Neither Obama nor his running mate Biden are under investigation and refusing to answer! Neither one of them would dare to think that they have overcome this race to the point that they would not have to answer if they were! Only McCain in his world of the rich and famous can think that he could spring a complete unknown on America carrying a messy pile of baggage and say to hell with what you what to know about my mate just vote us in and you will find out later when we decide to inform you or she screws up you world and you find out the hard way!

18zulu,

You all are worried about Trooper Gate. Firing a State Cop who tazed a 11 year old kid, threatened family members and drinking alcohol in a cruiser while on duty."

I couldn't care less about this guy. The investigation has nothing to do with this lowlife. What is important is the fact that the person fired was Walt Monegan (not her brother-in-law.) The investigation is about whether or not Walt Monegan was fired because he did not fire the brother-in-law. It is about abuse of power and political retribution.

What I wonder is did you not bother to read the story above before you started commenting or are you aware of what the investigation is actually about and just trying to obscure the issue?

Not only that, she was warned by a judge to stop going after the trooper. The trooper in question was already sanctioned for his conduct, whether it was just or not is not the question, the point is she tried to bypass the judge's order and tried to push her personal vendetta. When the commissioner wouldn't fold, she forced him to resign.

Obama wants to be President of the Greatest Country in the World. He blames the Republicans for the financial difficulties we are going through right now. As a Senator of the majority party what did he do pre-empt the F and F disaster? He hires the people who created the problem as his key political and economic advisers. Where is the integrity in our elected officials there? I have not heard Obama disclose this fact.

If these accusations of abuse of power by Palin are substantiated, McCain supporters suffer the consequences.

The biased press will search hi an lo, attempting to dredge up any derogatory information against the bottom of the Republican Ticket, yet ignore major discrepencies in judgement and policy at the Top of the Democrat Ticket. IE Tony Rezko, Bill Ayers and of course the Fannie Mae advisers.

Bush has held onto his tax cuts throughout the Iraq occupation - you NEVER cut taxes during war. He ignored the financial advise of top advisers for the past 4-5 years that told him the housing market was going downhill. The Republicans ARE to blame for much of our woes today due to inaction and flawed tax policies. The class divide is grotesque in this country and it's time for another face, another party to take charge and clean up the mess.

Normal people: "Palin is covering up what do you have to say? "

18zulu: "Obama is bad!"

Normal people: "what about the issue of the cover up and abuse of power?"

18zulu: "I blame the Democrats for the financial problems of the last 8 years!"

Normal people: *slaps their collective forehead*

18zulu - let's see rebumblicans control house and senate since 1992, hmmm and dems control only last two years by slim majority. Now did problem start just in last two years - I don't think so. Can you say "Rebumblican deregulations????"

They can't answer for the last 8 years so they try to blame Obama. They bring up everything under the sun, that has nothing to do with politics. By your standards Obama could have had a 3rd grade class mate that turned out to be a serial killer and you would somehow connect him to his campaign. Just because you have met someone doesn't make them connected to you in a close capacity no matter how bad you want it to. What this story is about is something directly that she is accused of while in office and as an elected official. If this was Obama the right would be going nuts and somehow you would be demanding that Obama testify.

It's everyone but them who are at fault for the current state that we are in, I guess! Everything in this country is going GREAT, the gas prices and the economy are fine and the added cost that you might be experiencing is just a little bonus that is going to the Bush and Cheney Administration for all of the hard work that they have done in keeping us safe. From what I'm not sure, but there hasn't been a terror attack for at least 7 years. (Not like we were getting attacked on a daily basis the last 20+ years prior to Bush!)

18zulu,

Please explain to me how it is the Democratic party is responsible for the current financial and economic woes of the United States of America. While it is a fact that the Democrats held a slim majority in the legislative branch for the past two years, it is significant to note that the majority was a SLIM majority. The democrats attempted, at no avail, to pass several pieces of legislation when all the while Bush was vowing to, and did, veto whatever came across his desk that was passed by this democratic house. With the narrow margin of majority they did not have the votes required to override the veto. So before anyone says this was a do nothing congress remember with Bush in the white house and the slimmest of majorities in the house, it was, once again the Republicans that put us in this mess.

I am OKC, Dem and I approve this message.

People like you perpetuate the lie that Republicans don't waste money.

lie and stall it's the Republican way

Subpoenaed..? Do you actually believe she would show up to a subpoena? I am taking bets.

renard

there is no lie here. It as a fact, Franklin Raines and Jim Johnson both former CEO's of defunct Fannie Mae are key political and economic advisers to Obama.

If that's the case, McCain should look first to his campaign staffers as the cause of that debacle. One of them was Fannie Mae's head of lobbying, and spread tens of millions of dollars around Washington in the form of lobbying contracts. A number of McCain staffers were on the receiving end of those contracts, collecting hundreds of thousands of dollars each from the lenders to rep their interests. And McCain's campaign manager served as president of a lobbying association that fought to protect Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae from the sort of regulation that McCain is now proposing.
McCain's Fannie and Freddie Connections

Good question. If she didn't, I wonder if she'd show up for her contempt of court show cause hearing.

18zulu,

WTF are you talking about? do you know how to follow the subject?

Yes, I know full well the subject line.

Now, there is no proof of misconduct on Palin's part at this time. Though in your eyes she is already guilty. Just wishing it so, doesn't make it true.

The stock market and economy are in distress, yet you only see and hear what you want. Your candidate is no less corrupt than any other.

Yet, you continue to focus on a topic which has no meaning.

What I have brought up are facts not innuendos. Therefore, every topic is tied.

Furthermore, reading 'thoughtful' posts like the following, receiving positive votes proves the intelligence of the majority of the people posting on this thread.

"Not only does she remind me of Bush, now she reminds me of Cheney, too".

"WTF are you talking about? do you know how to follow the subject? "

Hey, how about responding to me? :)

I guess she learned from the best, Bush, Cheney, and Rove!

arcane Q: Whats a mother jones blog? A: Just another newsvine.

Mother Jones is an independent nonprofit whose roots lie in a commitment to social justice implemented through first rate investigative reporting.

How about reading the article which has sourcing for the information provided?

aircanebliss,

The name of the person working with McCain is Phil Graham, he was a lobbyist who worked for a foreign mortgage company and on their behalf he fought to have our mortgage loans unregulated. Graham has become known as a MAJOR PLAYER in our mortgage crisis, the one our nation now faces. Phil Graham is also the man best known for saying "Americans are a bunch of whiners", or something like that! Remember him? Oh! By the way he is also the DESIGNER OF McCAIN'S ECONOMIC PLAN, THE ONE AND ONLY PLAN THAT WILL GET US OUT OF THIS MESS. YEAH RIGHT!

McCAIN IS FLAT OUT CLUELESS, HE THINKS HE HAS PULLED A FAST ONE IN SELECTING PALIN, BUT I HAVE A STRONG FEELING IT'S GOING TO BACKFIRE IN HIS FACE!

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God help us if he is not our next president. Stop advertising. I hope everyone has been reporting your comments.

Yeah, I was saying the same thing. I can't understand it, but my comment has been deleted. It seems that the website is his; why else would he keep advertising it? I'm not even tempted to check it out. I can tell what it's going to be about: more distortion of the truth and flat out lies. "I say thanks but no thanks" to that website.

I read something about this the other day, sorry, I can't remember the source, or I'd tell you. You can decide for yourself if it's true. She supposedly filed a lawsuit against herself for this very thing in order to take it out of the hands of the state legislature. In doing this she then gets to appoint a 3 person panel, HERSELF, to decide the issue. This also is supposedly to keep the proceedings confidential. I'll see if I can't locate that source for you.

Well subpoena to republicans has another meaning. The congress sent one to Karl Rove, look how well that turned out. He never showed up, but he's always on Fox which is, from what I understand, not far from the congress building! subpoena= shmupoena I guess.

I can't seem to find that article (7.1). Sorry, you'll have to take that post with a grain of salt unless anyone else knows about it?

Chelli, You are right, Palin DID file an ethics complaint against herself! But it was immediately turned down.

Here is the link:
http://www.ajc.com/news/content/news/stories/2008/09/03/palin_ethics_complaint.html

Thanks Quixote Don,
Thought I dreamed it up! Felt bad there for a minute.

I'm not being investigated. I would be willing to change my registration to GOP if they would put me on the ticket. I would still vote for Obama, however.

I bet Mark knows what the Bush Doctrine is.

Mark--me too! I'll be your running mate.

Damian--I bet he does!

The same thing that happened when Congress demanded they answer questions, the said they were special and DO NOT HAVE TO ANSWER LIKE EVERYDAY COMMON FOLKS, that's what happened to Bush's administration's transparency. OOPS! You asked about McCain's, sorry, but sometimes I get so confused between the two, you know twins can often be so very much alike ya can't always tell them apart.

it was a lie when it left his lips even though he doesn't wear lipstick

Probably in the same place as Obama's politics of change.

18zulu - what are you talking about?

Look at post 10

she is worse than bush he was just dumb this Palin is a idiot when you realize she advocates war with Russia

18zulu
you arent really all that bright are you? She says it ,she means it but you don't believe her

Seriously, 18zulu? That's against the Code of Honor. Please refrain from insulting people.

Got it, But you have to take a look at the renards idiotic post, that Palin advocates war with Russia.

Renard, I believe Sarah Palin stated that we would help Georgia and go to war with Russia if they were a part of NATO and Russia invaded them.

Just putting some clarity on the situation here, here's the video.

lol @ mentioning that you can see Russia from Alaska. Great, that means so much Palin.

go to work and chalenge your friends and co workers about her reforming goverment

Televising it would probably be pretty entertaining.

better than the OJ Simpson rerun trial

Someone should read her rights to her .... Oh.

You need to grow up the power of the Republican Party depends upon lies and half truths dressed up as Family Values,and the Republican party has mastered using the gullability of poor ignorant uneducated white people and their racial prejudices and bigotry. I dont think their is a stupider group of voters in America than poor whites who vote trying to keep Blacks and Mexicans down and are to stupid to realize that in order to keep someone else down you have to stay down there with them.

Good Point. Wonder though, if Americans will vote for a President who has a VP running Mate under Investigation for Abuse of Authority? That will be a New Sad Record in American Politics.

This is a win win situation because it robs her of the reformer tag she is trying to claim, and if she does talk it shows the country how small minded and silly she and the first dude really are. Lie, stall, lie some more and stall some more and finally lie some more and call lying the truth and tell you that's change you can believe in

I also watched Rachael Madow. Good show. I had to laugh about the last segment. Apparently Bloomberg News has reported that McCain/Palin are even lying about the size of their crowds. In Fairfax County, they claimed that they had 23,000 people -- the largest crowd the campaign has had so far. They claimed that they got the number from the Fire Marshall. But the Fire Marshall said that he never gave them any such number and a local reporter estimated that there were about 8,000 people in the crowd, not 23,000. At another venue, the McCain team said they had 10,000 people, but the venue only held 3,500. Hilariuos. Is there anything they tell the truth about anymore?