Alaska State Employees Agree To Testify In Troopergate Investigation
By Nicole Belle Monday Oct 06, 2008 11:00am
Seven Alaska state employees have reversed course and agreed to testify in an abuse-of-power investigation against Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin.[..]
Lawmakers subpoenaed seven state employees to testify in the inquiry but they challenged those subpoenas. A judge rejected that challenge last week. Because of that ruling, Alaska Attorney General Talis Colberg says the employees have decide to testify.
AP is reporting that Todd Palin, while still not agreeing to testify under oath, has agreed to speak to investigator Timothy Petumenos. Another investigation into Troopergate (launched by the Alaska Legislature) is scheduled to release their findings this Friday, unless successfully stayed by the McCain/Palin campaign.
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This is what you call KARMA.
That sound you hear is my laughter.
You betcha, wink, wink!
Troopergate Witness Flips Like a Pancake
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/29/troo...
The Anchorage Daily News has an interesting video about TrooperGate.
http://community.adn.com/mini_apps/vmix/playe...
How can Todd get away without testifying under oath? He isn't Mrs Dick Cheney yet.
He's written a book involving lesbians in the Old West?
"AP is reporting that Todd Palin, while still not agreeing to testify under oath, has agreed to speak to investigator Timothy Petumenos."
Is THAT really the state of the law in the US and A ?!
I should travel 6 hours south into this Wild West, Rob a Bank, and then REFUSE to show up for court or incarceration! I guess Rove and the clan did it; Bush-Cheney did it in their Whitewash/9-11 Omission Report, sets a precident I'd think.
I'm surprised more defense attourney's are using this Government Approved Tactic:
"Nope: I won't come but if I do, it's in private and not under oath..."
Alaskan GOP legislators are now petitioning the Alaska SC to stop the investigation. I bet they've been talking to skinhead Steve Schmidt. Also, Palin is bringing up the rev wright. Really stepping into it now. Let's see, what's the name of that reverend that prayed with her to protect her from witchcraft? If she believes in witchcraft, is she going to admit it? If she doesn't believe in witchcraft, then why participate in a religious ceremony to protect yourself from it? Time for more annoying questions, sawa.
I'm not surprise she believes in witchcraft, since her kind takes the Bible literally.
I can hardly wait til Halloween....
Maybe we could put a spell on Palin to get back on her broom and fly away....
Palin will having some explaining to do along the lines of why she didn't protest or leave her church when the Jews to Jesus representative was preaching that the Palestinian bombings were in response to Jews not being saved, or that Focus on the Fanatical Family sponsored their Gay-Cure at her church, or the many strange, but true wonders and blunders of her so-called Christian faith.
Her base won't care. They believe as she does in the End-Times nonsense, that Jews need to convert and that being Gay is "a choice". However, not all Republicans are part of that wacko base and she will have further allienated those who already have serious doubts about her and McCain's judgment in choosing her.
Troopergate report due out Friday with or without the additional testimony. There was already mountains of testimony from people taken months ago for this report to be legitimate and damaging. These latest charades by the McCain "goons" was pure theatre designed at delaying the inevitable....and the inevitable will be that she's as guilty as hell in abusing power.
On another note, I see her geriatric dude is "lawyering up" with Dowd, the one whom he hired when Cindy was snitching drugs from one of her charities.
No doubt McCain sees the handwriting on the wall. His abuse of power in this financial meltdown along with his Wall Street lobbyists will be outed and destroy whatever's left of his personal credibility. It's all coming out and it looks pretty ugly for Mr. McCain.
Here's the scoop on his "lawyering up":
http://emptywheel.firedoglake.com/
S-N-A-P!!!!! at the debate tomorrow night.
I hope and pray the Obama camp has discovered every single button McDictator has to be pushed and that Obama coolly and calmly pushes every single one until he gets a hearty "F YOU!!!".
I'm guessing about the fourth time Obama says "KEATING" that'll do it.
And I really do wish Obama would stop calling McCain "John". It's too friendly and I do not believe John McCain is a friend of Obama. He should refer to him as SENATOR McCain. Anything to keep him linked closely to The Keating Five Scandal.
By the time the people discover the whole truth about McCain's personal involvement in this international meltdown, his moose will be cooked - well done! I don't think he'll even be re-elected. As for Moosey Quayle-in, I think she will be summarily impeached and/or spend time in prison for her abuses of power. Her approval ratings went from 80 down to the 60's this past week and Alaskans are totally turned off by her shenanigans. Aw, shucks and doggone it!
If I were from Alaska, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Michigan or North Dakota, I would be outraged that Palin has turned my accent into an exaggerated caricature (redundant, I know) along with her pretend folksiness.
I've watched interviews with other Alaskans and they don't have that "pronounced" an accent, (neither does Todd, the Dude, Palin and he was born and raised there). Alaskans, I've seen interviewed, seem to be able to carry on a serious interview where there are questions and follow-up questions and they also seem to be able to form complete, coherent sentences, without use of hokey vernacular. Not once did I see any one of them inappropriately wink, while being interviewed or decide to answer questions other that those directed to them. In other words, Alaskans are normal people, not this "hockey mom, Joe Sixpack, Maverick, Washington Outsider that Palin professes to be. They must be mortified by this unserious, unprofessional and uncouth display by Palin.
If this was my governor, I would be beside myself, and this is coming from a Californian who's governor likes to use catch-phrases from his B movies.
I lived in AK for a number of years and there was no discernible Alaskan accent up there (or some non westerners might call it a western accent, maybe). There were lots of folks with accents from all over the country and world (huge amount of people moving in and out) but the long-time dwellers weren't using any sort of down-home stuff. That's all either purely Palin or affectation.
I guess it's the usual wrong-headed thinking: a Boston or Brooklyn accent means your tough, a southern accent means your slow and a rural accent means your down to earth. You have to live in a bubble or not be very perceptive to believe that sort of nonsense.
THANK YOU for saying this, I lived in MN for 4 years and I have no idea why Nordic Barbie decided to channel the movie Fargo. It is so fake and ridiculous. At least the people in ND have the good sense to elect Democrats like Byron Dorgan and not get investigated for official misconduct.
Of course, in the debate she kept saying she was "from the heartland" but my map indicates that her state is well north of where I live in the Midwest.
"Many people have commented that Palin reminds them of the Minnesota-accented character played by Frances McDormand in the movie Fargo. Harvard linguist Stephen Pinker, author of several excellent books on language, wrote in yesterday's New York Times about her accent. He noted that the Mat-Su Valley, where Palin has lived most of her life, was settled by Minnesotans during the Depression. But Minnesotans in Minnesota will be the first to tell you that Palin does not sound like a Minnesota native."
http://open.salon.com/content.php?cid=25925
Originally being from upstate Wisconsin, even when I try to imitate, I can
not exaggerate my accent like she has done since she has taken to
the stage. Even her sister doesn't talk like that.
Originally being from upstate Wisconsin, even when I try to imitate, I can
not exaggerate my accent like she has done since she has taken to
the stage. Even her sister doesn't talk like that.
Golly Gee Darn it!
Check out the Keating Video!
The full, 13-minute "documentary" has been released. It's devastating!
Google Trends finds "keating economics" the second-most-popular search term right now. Numbers 8, 11, 12, and 21 are terms like "keating five" and "charles keating."
Bill Ayers shows up at 36, just after "mccain keating."
i wouldnt call it "devastating", as the fact remains, bob bennett helped to cover up for his pal mccain
mccain still stands by his story that when he went to the meeting with the regulator, he said that he didnt want keating to get any special treatment
his argument remains absurd on its face
the fact that he showed up to the meeting was already evidence of special treatment
all 5 senators shoulda gone to prison....and mccains political career shoulda been over
the fact that he learned nothing from that scandal and continued to push for more deregulation proves that the guy is a corrupt pos, who doesnt give a shit about the middle class
who did more damage to america, ayres or keating?
This will be a foregone conclusion when his term in the Senate expires. RIP - Johnny BombIran
Great. This honorless, manipulating attack mutt(with lip stick) can now spend time explaining this sitituation insteading of lying on Obama.
Golly gee and aw shucks...looks like the attack moose will be hoist on her own pitard. The people loathe her at this point and she's become the butt of every sick joke but this is serious and will take her down totally.
By mid-week of next week, we will all be saying (including GOPers) "Sarah Who?"...just like the Alaska State legislature had made up becuase she was totally AWOL.
Serving 85 days total out of nearly 2 years means that she was "mostly AWOL" from her job.
P.S. What's another name for Moose feces?
The more we learn about Caribou Barbie, the more she sounds like George W. Bush. In fact, she is GWB with lipstick.
Scat! Sarah Scat!
Unfortunately, Palin and the "pitbull with lipstick" may be remembered as long as "where's the beef".
I'd prefer to remember her by her Couic interviews.
The link is www.keatingeconomics.com
No doubt it's the most popular link on the internet right now and it just came out at Noon today.
Couldn't have happened to a nicer Governor who "is so obviously a Washington outsider" (her words).
I found it funny the other day when my roommate (who used to live in Alaska) wondered aloud "When the fuck did she all of a sudden become from the Midwest? She never talked like that in Alaska when she was running for governor, not that I remember anyway. Golly gee you betcha I'm confused."
Before she and Biden had their debate, all the cable shows were showing debates she had when running for gov of Alaska. At that time she spoke well and there was none of this polly pin curl stuff in her voice or what she said.
Mr. Ivy League education didn't have a pronounced Texas drawl either. Molly Ivins (RIP) was known to say that there were several regional Texas accents, but W had an accent all of his own.
They're running this campaign, just like W's. Fool me once . . .
Palin is a crass opportunist; that's how she got elected mayor and governor—a contributing factor was a gullible electorate. Even more so than John McCain—well, barely—she'll say and do anything if it increases her chances of getting what she wants. I still have a hard time believing that so much of the population appears to be falling for this nonsense; no wonder con-men are so successful.
And televangelists. Same thing, I guess.
unless they find out that there is lurid sex scandal...no one cares.
It's the economy, stupid.
...down roughly 550 points with 20 minutes to go.
McCain blood pressure...up 18 points. Palin's "folksy quotient"...aww shucks...doggoneit...i don't even know what quotient means dontcha know.
I respectfully disagree. This is all cumulative(scandals, Palin being Palin, white flags in Mich and maybe Minn., Keating and the present economic circumstance, etc.). It is harder to attack while you are being attacked.
What's the matter--KKKarl couldn't afford to to pay everyone off? What a shame...
He didn't need to pay anyone off.
Those 7 employees better have their home insurance (particularly wrt to fire) updated. What happens in the mid-state could easily have happened to you !!!!
Rove's army if formidable, and is backed by one of the Family.
Quoting that great philosopher and scholar, Scooby-Doo:
"Ruh-roh!"
And I would have gotten away with it, too, if it hadn't been for you meddling kids!
I'm still laughing about the ad I heard on our local progressive radio station after the show's host was finishing up with Palin's latest nonsense. The ad is for
Barracuda Networks for better email management!
Bwahahahaha! It's a real company.
cheated on her husband
millionaires paying 15% tax
about time someone explained to ms palin what a background check really is.... good morning sarah
this case is important. why? because it further explains how Palin ticks. remember this trooper paid for the
consequences of his deeds/misbehaviors....but that wasn't good enough. it has the same smell if you will
of BUSH/cheney....secrecy,agressiveness,unbridled power and being defensive. this word is that Palin takes disagreement very personal. to me that is a flaw of course, but more importantly it's a trait to cover up. Palin doesn't want challenge.....she might be proven wrong. my guess Palin is a black and white thinker who often takes what she believes to be the path of least resistance. obama has proven he is both ambitious and curious. to me that gives him the ability to computate/compare/contrast opinions and ideas....i feel a better make-up
for solving/managing present issues.
It seemed all morning the cable news shows were showing Palin doing her thing on the stump and screeching about Obama and Ayres. Now McCain is on all the channels trying to be clever as he rips into Obama with a dull blade. If you listen to him, Obama had a hand in sinking the Titanic. There is nothing worse that an unclever person trying to be clever, as I watch our IRAs go for one last swirl around the toilet.
Here's precisely why:
Under McCain's tax breaks, the mainstream media stands to gain:
$1.44 Billion total
Here's the breakdown:
NBC - $25 Mil
CNN - $500 mil
ABC - $640 Mil
FOX - $80 Mil
CBS - $190
This is now a "war" - the american people against the mainstream media propagandist "tools". Every last one of them.
Sick, twisted, liars and propagandists.
I have been doing it for some time now: Turn off the TV and let them know you are. During the Monica L. scandal I put my TV on the curb and did not buy another one for years.
I have been doing it for some time now: Turn off the TV and let them know you are. During the Monica L. scandal I put my TV on the curb and did not buy another one for years.
$60,000 per diem absent from her tax returns?? Hehh? Hhehh? How about it, Moosey?
As we've thought, the dirt on these two combined will tank them without anyone having to smear them at all.
I think Spiro Agnew
she's not even in office yet and her husband has learned the karl rove/republican tactic of agreeing to testify but not under oath, and he forgot the Rove tactic of demanding no written record be kept. See, under those conditions you can say anything you want and still have the out of denying it.
Unless I missed something in the AP article there was nothing that indicated that Todd was to speak with prosecutors with or without written records.
Seems to be something of a chess match because the Alaska Supreme Court's potential decision could make a very easy excuse for Todd to not speak at all to the prosecutors. I believe that's the course that will more than likely be followed.
Unless those seven Alaskan employees have enough damaging information that Todd's cooperation is a rebuttal to their allegations...
i believe this is a stalling tactic, as the report was due to be out on friday, and the depositions might delay the report
the best thing to come of all this, other than the end of palin's political career, is that alaskans might finally realize that the ag should be an elected position, answerable to the people, not the governor
Yes, this is another charade by Camp McGoon. Will it delay the report airing Friday morning? Not in the least. Rest assured that this will not delay the final verdict on Palin's abuse of power.
I was listening to CNN for a change from MSNBC and the imperial goddess of bullcrap (nancy Pthoneythauer) dressed in her gold lame, and the host were railing on about why are the Obama people bringing up such an old story? OMG! how could he?
Not once did anyone make the point that the Keating 5 scandal has some direct connection to TODAY, that McCain was an ACTIVE participant in that story or any such relevancy. No, it's okay to bring up (again) the eight degrees connection Obama "has" with the Weather Underground.
My consolation is watching McStupid get off the plane alone and wave to nobody while the footage of Obama is of him speaking to thousands of people.
Was this where Miss Filibuster Photenour brought up the analogy of it being akin to McCain supporting american abortion bombers?
Funny thing....he has! Now the fact checkers are bringing us the evidence.
McCain has "aided and abetted" homegrown terrorists and it was definitely more recently than 1960's. Hhehh! Hhehh!
I saw that on cnn and felt the same way. Keating 5 is a story that is pertinent today.
The etiology of the Keating Five and what's occurring this moment is incredibly parallel. The common denominator is, aw shucks! John McCain.
As I see it, Mr. McCain now has a lot of "splainin'" to do. That's why he's "lawyering up" today.
The common denominator is deregulation. This is key to the correct way to frame this issue.
The Republican's will try to discredit it as a personal attack, but Obama needs to focus on the unique relevance of the previous multi-billion dollar bailout that got laid at the feet of the taxpayers.
And then he should point out how interesting it is that John McCain was basically at the center of it all, and did nothing while elderly retirees lost billions in life savings.
For his role in enabling and then actively undermining attempts to regulate S&Ls, John McCain got the equivalent of a stern talking to and slap on the wrist.
http://www.cnn.com/feedback/
Why should we sit and listen to this fluff. Time for some feedback.
...even shut-ins know the economy is bad. The NASCAR types, fundie types are going to stay home. That way their conscience will be clear...they can say they didn't vote for the black guy...so they stayed true to their beliefs...and then take whatever relief money or tax breaks they get from the government....and say..."ohhh...I didn't vote for the Democrats...so I don't believe in big governement."
Bottom line...McCain loses.
It was said on the MSM yesterday. McCain is running this campaign as if it is a "base" election, and if he believes that...he is going to lose...and lose BIG.
This election will now be a referendum on the economy. Under those circumstances...the GOP will lose BIG.
You may well be right.
A few people I've talked to "can't" vote for Obama, and though they won't say, I KNOW why...
But they are also less than thrilled by McPalin. And the farther the ticket slips, the more likely they are to sit out for the reasons you mention.
These are guys and gals who gamble on football, NASCAR, etc at the bars I used to frequent. They like to be on the side that wins, or at least has a chance.
Make your media accountable to the people - let them know that we know what's going on and how they're being bribed. This is criminal and we need to outprecisely why:
Under McCain's tax breaks, the mainstream media stands to gain:
$1.44 Billion total
Here's the breakdown:
NBC - $25 Mil
CNN - $500 mil
ABC - $640 Mil
FOX - $80 Mil
CBS - $190
This is now a "war" - the american people against the mainstream media propagandist "tools". Every last one of them.
Sick, twisted, liars and propagandists.
every last one of them.
** Send this to everyone you know. This report was compiled by the Center for American Progress just a couple of days ago.
If the state legisature of Alaska holds any regard at all for the rule of law, they'll impeach Palin....for the original abuse and for attempting to obstruct justice and the work of the legislature. The fact that the McCain/Palin campaign is rying to obsruct the investigation and has dumped resources into the effort should be grounds for the entire state to vote Blue.
How about a public spanking.
I've just read something from the alaskan blogs which describe a huge impeachment movement taking place up there right now. It's safe to say that impeachment will be in Quayle-in's future. They tried to "recall" her as Mayor - hmmm....wonder why?
Is anyone else having problems even looking at Miss Moosey? She's beginning to resemble a very sick characature of Howdy Doody. John McCain has always looked like Phineus T. Bluster/Flubberduster mix to me. Each time I see Miss Moosey all I can think of is some Howdy Doody puppet.
Maybe Todd would like to have Darth Cheney there to hold his hand, like he did with Bush when the latter was "interviewed" by a Congressional subcommittee.
I think they should bring a "contempt" citation to this Dude myself and slap his sorry butt into the nearest prison cell for refusing to comply with the law.
What kind of "immunity" or "privilege" would he have for non-compliance. Surely he can't claim "executive privilege". This gets more ludicrous with each passing day.
I'd like to think that this whole Trooper-gate/Keating-5 redux will be enough to sink both Grampy McFuckup and S-airhead Mooseburger, but I somehow think that the Republican water-carriers will manage to contort their Moebius-strip brains around in some way to say that none of this matters and that there will still be too many idiots out there who will fall in line and support these 2 imbeciles.
Idiocracy, indeed!
Just look at the polls and watch them plummet even further for Moosey &Co. There is no way to spin these scandals.....or polish the turds they've become. No way in hell - unless these spinmeisters don't give a flip about their future careers, that is.
The latest blows to the GOP figurehead may not have taken them out, but at least it's left them with huge gaping wounds to rub salt into.
They brought it all upon themselves.
The judge who rejected the challenge to the subpoenas must not have been appointed by Georgie Porgie. I sure hope this brings her down. She deserves it. Isn't it the Bible that says "Pride goeth before a fall"?
Isn't the whore riding in on a beast in Revelations, too?
I think it's unfair to say that every beauty pageant judge or college guy that Palin met was beast.
I'm not surprise she believes
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:36 — Frybread (not verified)
I'm not surprise she believes in witchcraft, since her kind takes the Bible literally.
Witches believe in the Bible?
)O(
No. I said that because she believes in the Bible literally than I don't doubt that she might believe witchcraft exists, not that she practices witchcraft.
Does anyone else think this is another stalling technique being used? I mean lets wait as long as we can to testify... then right before the report is due, come out and say we will cooperate. Looks to me like they are trying to DELAY the report. How long will it take to intervew these people? I assume the report will have to be edited after they do testify. So why not call this what it is another way to delay.
I wish I had the slightest faith that the most right wing state of Alaska would do a fair and complete investigation. But I don't.
I swear to god, Obama's campaign needs to mention of Palin being under investigation for wrong-doing in her own state and mention it often!!
Something like "talking about a person's character would mean a lot more if it wasn't coming from someone who's under investigation in very the state they are supposed to be leading."
Revelation's whore on a beast, too?
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 12:58 — Anonymous (not verified)
Isn't the whore riding in on a beast in Revelations, too?
I druther have SOS.
)O(
Pride goeth before destruction, and an haughty spirit before a fall.
Better it is to be of an humble spirit with the lowly, than to divide the spoil with the proud.
-- Proverbs 16: 18-19 (KJV)
This is great ..The Repubs are going to beat the christmas rush and try to elect a vice pres.that under indictment BEFORE thier elected!!!
We forget that subpeonas are required to be obeyed by government employess, and VPs, Governors and their staff members are nothing more than employees. And Todd Palin, first schmuck of Alaska, hasn't any leg to stand on, either.
When this election is done, charges need to be brought against these people. If they had nothing to hide they should be all about getting before the legislature and straightening this out. So, I'm guessing there really is something to all of the bruhaha. Since they are all so big on law & order, let them start with themselves.
No. I said that because she
Mon, 10/06/2008 - 13:08 — Frybread (not verified)
No. I said that because she believes in the Bible literally than I don't doubt that she might believe witchcraft exists, not that she practices witchcraft.
Sola Scriptura's a bitch huh?
And so is she
With lipstick.
)O(
Just saw a new release that Sarah and her Republican cronies in
Alaska are now(after she first and initially promised "Full Cooperation"
in the investigation)saying that the investigation should be closed too
the public..and her atty. in Alaska is going to fight the release of
information(to negate the public obtaining factual info). I bet that
the Repugs and the Court in Alaska agree..."keeping the investigation
secret and confidential", and that any further coverage of the Troopergate matter will go silent and underground. Any takers??
She pushed a few of them under the bus, they are not going to protect her.
Leave her alone, already! Stop being so mean and nasty! She's sweet and delicate, and she won the debate with her "folksy" Alaskan charm. Don't hate her 'cause she's beautiful and intent on running the rest of the US down the toilet. She just wants "government to get outta her way" and out of the way of all of us citizens.
Also, try not to throw up in your mouth everytime she winks or sez "Nuke-u-lur".....
Pretty is as pretty does. I know pretty Mrs. Palin and you are in no way pretty.
We;ve got nothing to hide (wink wink) You betcha! We'll get back to ya!
A Friend sent me this, its nice to know that AK people see Palin in a similar fashion.
"A view of the VP debate at the Bear Tooth Theater Pub in AK. Here's a video showing what happens when you mix good local beer and a VP debate. "
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s2gtei_-Ot0
Not allowed to be funny and do 2+2=5? ;-{
I understand there were expectations for a large number of people to show up for a Palin rally this weekend in Alaska. Only about 200 people attended. It was a major disppointment.
What a shame. Ha!
Why do Christers always looked hepped up on goofballs?
)O(
Because Jeebus does that to you.
where will sarah palin go after all this is over?
fox new special guest and news "analyst"... perhaps...?
short term, sure, long term, some sort of diplomat say, to russia... say, do they actually have to stay there, overnight and all?
I just hope it happens before there's any chance of her gaining any more power to abuse.
I guess I visited McCain's website for that utter morbidity that is akin to not being able to take one's eyes off of a train wreck or fatal crash.
What I wasn't expecting was to be greeted to the site, almost instantly, by a video of Sarah Palin, sort of the friendly flight attendant, welcoming me on board. I paused it after second number 2.
Who's running for president here. I don't see a video of Joe Biden welcoming me to the Obama-Biden site.
Very strange.
Cinderella is still dancing and it's already 2 minutes past midnight. The photo at the top of the thread will probably come in handy in the future because the next time she raises her right hand so high will likely be in a court of law.
http://www.tnr.com/Page4.pdf
What we need don't ya know, is a 30 day court order to keep our folks from testiftyin' gosh dawn it till after those there elecshins are over.
Does sarah have her hand raised like that to spank somebody's bare butt?
)O(
for all this shit to hit the fan! The timing would be perfect. They really need to hit her up now and show everyone what she's really like.
Now that the worlds' economies are tanking, a McFuckup/Appallin' win will cause global mass panic. Imagine the scenario, there is world recession, mcC croaks, up steps Palin!!!!
If Obama is going to call McC 'John', at least do it in rhyme like 'It's not on John.'
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