Have you heard about the Governor Palin troopergate scandal?

Question

She used her power as Governor to try and have a state trooper fired. It turns out that state trooper was her brother in law, and that her sister was divorcing him. When the commissioner refused to fire her brother in law, she fired the commissioner.

http://www.adn.com/opinion/comment/story/496302.html

Do you want a Vice President that uses her power to go after people over a personal vendetta?

Answer 1

Proof of her guilt was made public last Friday. Memos from her staff stating that the Gov. wants the Trooper fired. Seems he was about to win a custody suit. The charges against him have been trumped up over the last few days (starting last Wed.). The  Wikipedia  entry on her was edited on last Thurs. and some 30 bits of information removed.

Looks like the Republicans are borrowing tactics from Bush/McCain buddy hero-comrade Putin.

MSNBC says;

“Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, is an ethics reformer under an ethics investigation that is plowing through private domestic matters. Palin is under investigation to determine whether she pressured and then fired the state police chief in July because he refused to dismiss her former brother-in-law. At the time, the governor's younger sister was involved in a bitter divorce and child custody dispute with the man, a state trooper. A bipartisan committee of the state legislature voted unanimously to hire a retired prosecutor to investigate. His report is due in October.”

More: “Gov. Palin's husband, Todd Palin, met with Monegan [the fired state police chief] in January 2007, a month after his wife took office, to say that the trooper was unfit for the force. Monegan also said the governor sent him e-mails, but Monegan declined to disclose them, saying he planned to give them to the independent prosecutor. Palin initially denied that she or anyone in her administration had ever pressured Monegan to fire Wooten. She said she had raised the matter with Monegan just once, relaying the allegation that Wooten made a death threat against her father. But this summer, Palin acknowledged that a half-dozen members of her administration had made more than two dozen calls on the matter to various state officials

And: “Monegan, 57, a former chief of the Anchorage Police Department, said in an interview Friday that during his 19 months on the job the governor repeatedly mentioned Wooten but ‘never directly asked me to fire him.’ Monegan said Todd Palin told him that Wooten ‘shouldn't be a trooper.’ ‘I've tried to explain to him,’ Monegan said, ‘You can't head-hunt like this. What you need to do is back off, because if the trooper does make a mistake, and it is a terminable offense, it can look like political interference. I think he's emotionally committed in trying to see that his former brother-in-law is punished.’

Answer 2

This and I'm sure there's more to come.....

Unsubstantiated allegations, guilty until proven innocent, background dirt hunts and the usual personal attacks - from both sides I'm sure.

Politics as usual.......

Answer 3

She sure fits the bill for the Republican mold.  Cronyism at it's worst.

Answer 4

Here's a better source the news from hew home state

http://www.ktva.com/ci_10026165

Answer 5

I don't think you got the whole story!

Answer 6

Better than the Clintons who just have them killed.  

Answer 7

It was never proven.  Good try with your false smears.  

Answer 8

Yes, and that's very disturbing, because she will practice her unprofessional behavior in a new situation as VP. I am sure more will come out. McCain as usually is the case didn't do a good job vetting he. With me it's just fine because it will help Obama win.

Answer 9

Lovely.  Same typical Republican tactic- fire those who don't do what you say.  

Answer 10

do you mean the trooper that was drinking beer in his squad car on duty  and shot his 11year old stepson with his government issue taser for fun. that trooper.Wooten is his name. was  suspended for ten days for threatening to kill his father inlaw..

p.s. i am neither dem or rep and have not favortism but i really had to say something on this one.

pps. he was not fired he was offer another job but refused.

lets just try to get facts only