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Things we know Palin is not

Discussion in 'BBS Hangout: Debate & Discussion' started by FranchiseBlade, Sep 10, 2008.

  1. Nero

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    You said she tried. She did not.
     
  2. FranchiseBlade

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    Asking a librarian what if I wanted to ban certain books isn't trying?

    Especially given that the librarian was removed and then quickly rehired.
     
  3. Nero

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    No it's not, and no she wasn't. She was asked to resign because she was a vocal supporter of her opponent in the mayoral election. But she did not resign, and did not leave that position until shortly before Palin's 2nd term.

    Give it up. There may be other valid criticisms of the woman, but this is not one of them.
     
  4. FranchiseBlade

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    It certainly is a valid criticism. The fact that Palin asked about banning books and tried to have the librarian removed shows a tendency to abuse power.

    The librarian was actually fired, but rehired.

     
  5. DaDakota

    DaDakota Balance wins
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    FB,

    Stop it with the facts, they don't want facts, they think she is pretty........don't bother them with the facts......

    DD
     
  6. mc mark

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    What's the difference between Bull**** and moose****?
     
  7. OddsOn

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    they can't....thats all they have is accusations and inuendos.

    oh yeah and ignoring any controversial items that come up about their candiates... :cool:
     
  8. FranchiseBlade

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    The proof is already there. It has been posted in numerous threads on this board. Educate yourself man. Don't let ignorance keep you from learning the truth.
     
  9. sook

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    "Community organizer," I'm sure those people have done more than she has sitting in an office and lying to the public my hate for politicians has gone up a huge notch
     
  10. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    THANK YOU! As a true conservative (not this neo-conservative bs) I really feel like both she and McCain go against my stances. I'm not particularly left or right leaning on the social, I'm just toward the right as an economic and governmental perspective.
     
  11. B-Bob

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    moose**** wears lipstick? :confused:
     
  12. mc mark

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    [​IMG]

    Embrace It
     
  13. Deckard

    Deckard Blade Runner
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    Wasn't sure where to post this or if it's been posted...

    Judge warned Palin in 2005 to back off brother-in-law's job

    CNN) -- An Alaska judge warned Gov. Sarah Palin's family against trying to get her then-brother-in-law fired, according to court records.


    Investigators want to know if Sarah Palin tried to use her position improperly to get her former brother-in-law fired.

    That warning came long before the controversy over her dismissal of the brother-in-law's boss, the state's public safety commissioner, records show.

    Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations she and her advisers pressured Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire her sister's husband, State Trooper Mike Wooten.

    Palin's sister, Molly McCann, and Wooten were in the process of getting a divorce when the judge hearing the couple's case said McCann's family appeared to be putting Wooten's job at risk at a time when he would be required to pay child support.

    "It appears for the world that Ms. McCann and her family have decided to take after the guy's livelihood, that whatever who did what to whom has overridden good judgment," Superior Court Judge John Suddock said during an October 2005 hearing. "Aesop told us not to slay the goose that lays the golden egg. For whatever reason, people are trying to slay the goose here, and it tends to diminish his earning capacity."


    At the time, Palin was a private citizen and would not become governor until 2006. In complaints filed with the state police, she and other relatives had accused Wooten of threatening her family during the divorce.

    Suddock was in the process of settling the couple's property and child-support arrangements in the 2005 hearing. The judge said his decision might have been different had Wooten's continued employment with the state police been more certain.

    "The plaintiff's table has created a situation where that is a very fragile outcome," he said.


    Wooten's union representative testified that the trooper was the subject of a "constant stream" of complaints from his ex-wife's family. "If things don't change, Mike's career is in jeopardy," the union rep said.

    "My advice to Mike was to find another job," said John Cyr, now executive director of the Public Safety Employees Association. "I think he needs, career-wise, to look for work elsewhere."

    CNN obtained audio recordings of the hearing from the court clerk's office in Anchorage, Alaska. Roberta Erwin, the attorney who represented McCann, declined comment on the case Wednesday, and other representatives of the governor did not immediately return phone calls.

    Wooten was suspended for five days in March 2006, after state police commanders determined he had used a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson "in a training capacity," drove his patrol car while drinking beer and illegally shot a moose using his wife's hunting permit.

    In a February 2008 hearing over new custody issues, Wooten briefly complained that "disparagement" by his ex-wife's family was continuing.

    Complaints about Wooten from Palin and her family have been under scrutiny since Gov. Palin's July firing of Monegan, whose duties included management of the state police force. After his dismissal, Monegan said he was fired because he refused to succumb to pressure from the governor's office to fire Wooten, and his allegations have led to an investigation by the state Legislature.

    Palin has denied any wrongdoing, saying the commissioner was removed because of disagreements over budget issues. Her attorneys have called Wooten a "rogue trooper" and said no one in the governor's family knew of his suspension until after Monegan's dismissal.

    Spokesmen for Sen. John McCain's presidential campaign have said the legislative probe has become a "political circus" since McCain tapped Palin as his running mate in August.

    Palin originally pledged to cooperate with the investigation and disclosed that members of her administration had contacted state police officials nearly two dozen times to discuss Wooten. But last week, she asked the state personnel board to conduct its own probe, and a string of witnesses has failed to show up at scheduled depositions with the investigator hired by the Legislature.

    Last week, Cyr's union filed its own complaint against Palin and top aides, accusing them of improperly attempting to use confidential information from Wooten's personnel files against him. The McCain campaign says Wooten agreed to release his files during the divorce proceedings, and the information was in the public domain


    http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/10/palin.investigation/
     
  14. Rockets2K

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    aaah now Deck

    we alll know that CNN is a commie pinko organization posing as a (Worldwide) respected news source. :rolleyes:
     
  15. IROC it

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    You tell us. Your side is full of both. ;)
     
  16. pppbigppp

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    Palin is not ___?

    The answer is she's not Dick Cheney. That's one huge difference between Bush and McCain admin. She's no Dick. She has no dick. She is not a dick.
     
  17. Pizza_Da_Hut

    Pizza_Da_Hut I put on pants for this?

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    Don't let the boobies fool you.
     

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