Report clears Palin in Troopergate probe

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by 1399

No they didn't.

In the DC area, she was presented in a very positive light and I remember everyone being so positive and upbeat about her.

When Sen. Obama made that pig on a lipstick remark, many foks just "knew" that Sen. Obama had sealed his fate with "such a blunder" and all eyes were on Gov. Palin to see how she would respond.

Gov. Palin was not always demonized.

This I do know.

do you even read the DC papers?

[Brad Murphy]

I may be ignorant here, but why is being Governor not considered good enough experience to be vice-president, but being a Senator is considered good enough experience to be President?

[Theresa]

Originally Posted by Brad Murphy

I may be ignorant here, but why is being Governor not considered good enough experience to be vice-president, but being a Senator is considered good enough experience to be President?

WHO really has the experience needed to be president? There isnt ONE person out there who is the PERFECT person for the job.

I think both have as good a shot as any to be president.....I just happen to disagree with the Obama agenda...but in all reality he's no more inexperienced than anyone else. Just b/c McCain has been around longer and was a POW that does NOT make him suddenly more presidential...IMO

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by TRFrance

Brother, that comment is so far from reality it's ridiculous.

What difference does it make when she was cleared? She was cleared, period. That's what matters. She said from the very beginning that she did nothing wrong, and now she's been vindicated. The whole thing was a rush to judgment anyway.

This trooper situation was known about for a long time, and the legislators were not in any big rush to come to any decision regarding it. Then as soon as she got chosen as McCains vp candidate, certain members of the Alaska legislative panel started to push for the investigation to be sped up. Two of the main people leading the investiation were known to be partisan Obama supporters anyway, including one of them, Kim Elton, who gave $2000 to the Obama campaign, but did not disclose that to the others on the panel --- a clear violation of basic ethics.

This thing was a political hatchet job from the very beginning.



1399, maybe you should get your facts lined up before you make little snide remarks like this.

But in fact, yes, she does have a lot of support in her state. Palin has an approval rating of close to 70 percent, one of the highest for any governor in the nation.

What's going on Mr. France!!

I made the remark about the Alaskans not clearing her TIC, from the view point that they should have cleared her earlier instead of dragging it out and then the day before the election, "Oh! She really didn't do anything wrong after all!"

That is where I was coming from with that remark.



The remark insinuating that she did not have a whole lot of support "back home" came from the fact that the Anchorage Daily News, Alaska's #1 newspaper is backing Sen. Obama.

The Alaska Daily News had this to say about Gov. Palin:

She has made it clear she's a force to be reckoned with, and you can be sure politicians and political professionals across the country have taken note. Her future, in Alaska and on the national stage, seems certain to be played out in the limelight.

Yet despite her formidable gifts, few who have worked closely with the governor would argue she is truly ready to assume command of the most important, powerful nation on earth.

To step in and juggle the demands of an economic meltdown, two deadly wars and a deteriorating climate crisis would stretch the governor beyond her range. Like picking Sen. McCain for president, putting her one 72-year-old heartbeat from the leadership of the free world is just too risky at this time.




I know she has the support of the majority of the actual Alaskans.

Just interesting that the newspaper did not back her. However, they did provide a valid justification for their support of Sen. Obama.

[CC1]

1399,

Are you really, honestly, truly surprised that a newswpaper did not endorese a Republican? I think that shows you are a bit naive.

The mass media in the United States is overwhelmingly liberal and Democrat.

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by Theresa

do you even read the DC papers?

Whoa!!!

Below the belt!

Let me answer that question like Governor Palin:

"Um, all of them, any of them that have been in front of me all of these years."




Oh, but she did not bring any of the harsh criticisms on herself. Couric was out to get Palin. The nerve of Couric asking the potential future VP of America about what she reads!

It's not even important that she reads, by golly!

She has her guns and she can grill a mean moose burger!!!

spare me....

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by CC1

1399,

Are you really, honestly, truly surprised that a newswpaper did not endorese a Republican? I think that shows you are a bit naive.

The mass media in the United States is overwhelmingly liberal and Democrat.

I was surprised that as small as Alaska is (population wise) and with the support she does have among the common folk, that she did not get that paper's nod.

There are more than a few nespapers who are supporting Sen. McCain this go around.

But that was Gov. Palin's hometown paper. I was surprised.
Again, their support for Sen. Obama is understandable.

[DividedThigh]

hey if after obamas investigators went to alaska to investigate if they couldnt find anything after all that dredging it aint there, they would have spread it, dt

[Jermyn Davidson]

Originally Posted by DividedThigh

hey if after obamas investigators went to alaska to investigate if they couldnt find anything after all that dredging it aint there, they would have spread it, dt

That investigation was bi-partisan, started and finished by Alaskan politicians.

In fact, Gov. Palin at first was all for the investigation and said she would cooperate fully. She went on record saying that.

Then, it came out that she was backing away from her commitment to cooperate fully.

Then her former staffers started refusing to testify.

She looked really guilty of something after all of that.


I am glad she was cleared. She needs to keep her nose clean for now and/or later.