When he was elected in 1992, Bill Clinton openly admitted that Hillary Rodham Clinton would be an active and engaged member of his inner team, with jokes about "two Clintons for the price of one!", much to the disgust and outright hostility of the right wing. How dare Hillary Clinton be so presumptuous as to believe that her non-elected status as the spouse of the President gave her the right to sit in policy meetings and advise her husband on matters of national importance?
Don't look now, GOP, but it appears we have another case of "two for the price of one":
Nearly 3,000 pages of e-mails that Todd Palin exchanged with state officials, which were released to msnbc.com and NBC News by the state of Alaska under its public records law, draw a picture of a Palin administration where the governor's husband got involved in a judicial appointment, monitored contract negotiations with public employee unions, received background checks on a corporate CEO, added his approval or disapproval to state board appointments and passed financial information marked "confidential" from his oil company employer to a state attorney.While 1,200 separate e-mails were released this week, 243 others were withheld by the state under a claim that executive privilege extends to Todd Palin as an unpaid adviser to the government. Still, just the subject lines of those e-mails provide a glimpse of the ways the Palins divvied up their responsibilities when she became governor in December 2006, less than two years before Republican Sen. John McCain pulled her onto the national political stage by nominating her as his vice presidential candidate.You can read all those e-mails in msnbc.com's searchable online archive.
While there is no instruction manual for First Spouse involvement, there's little doubt that Todd's input on Alaskan governmental issues was more than merely 'advising' Sarah Palin. Given that they sought to suppress knowledge of Todd's membership in the extremist AIP party, it does beg the question how much his far-right secessionist beliefs played into his influence on matters of judicial appointments and other matters of state.
It also shines a new light on the news that the Palins jointly cheated on their taxes by never declaring two properties built on parcels they owned as Palin ran on a platform of cleaning up Alaskan corruption:
It was things like this that really made Sarah Palin stand out as a gubernatorial candidate. Republicans in the state were sick of the corruption that was running rampant in their own party, and they wanted change. They wanted a "fresh face" who had new ideas and ethical standards. They wanted someone who was actually bothered by a public official who would cheat his community by passing his personal tax burden on to others.
Ironically, Palin refused to do a commercial endorsing another candidate when it came out that he had an unpaid tax debt.
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"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
... then they should be scrutinized during the election.
Corruption favors the wealthy.
the alaskan bloggers and those that scrutinized palin had this up over a year ago
but if i were alaskan, i would be shittin that two absolute fools were running the state....and happy that they are both gone from the scene
and when is someone with cajones gonna do an investigation on the palin's home and its connection to the hockey rink?
What was up over a year ago?
The emails were just released, and while there may have been speculation as to Tod's involvement in state business, nobody had tangible proof of anything until recently.
As for the taxes on the "cabins", I didn't see anything about it until it was on Mudflats a few days ago. The tax assessor did not complete the aerial survey of properties until Thursday.
I pledge allegiance to the Constitution of the United States of America, and to the republic which it established, one nation from many peoples, promising liberty and justice for all
it was from eyewitness accounts
that the msm totally ignored these accounts till long after the the election is rather disturbing
and forget the cabins....i want to know about the palins home and how it wasnt really built by todd, but by the same contractors that got the bid for the ice hockey rink that wasilla didnt need
these two are corrupt and evil and need to be put on a ice flow
until David Gregory or Bob Schieffer explains how this 'helps John McCain.'
Wait! What? It's over? McCain didn't win? Then why is he on a Sunday talk show every week? Oh, yeah, they like to kiss his gnarled, wrinkly, "mavericky" ass. "It smells like, VICTRY!" (sic)
I can't believe how much power they gave this unelected retar..oops!sorry,I forgot how adamant (and politically undiscerning)Ms.Palin is about not using that unfortunate term.
My bad.
"To me, truth is not some vague, foggy notion. Truth is real. And,
at the same time, unreal. Fiction and fact and everything in between,
plus some things I can't remember, all rolled into one big "thing."
This is truth, to me. "
-Jack Handy
If I lived in Alaska I would be fuckin' pissed off. This uneducated, unelected, asshole was running the goddamned state. He was hiring and firing. Who in the fuck gave him a mandate? No one. Thank God his dipshit of a wife quit.
Think Chris Wallace will ask her about this in the morning when she's on as his guest? I would guess no but ya never know.
So while she was serving half her term as governor she was only half doing the work. Can we now say she served only one quarter her term as governor. Maybe she got bored with being governor and just turned it over to Todd. Being governor probably wasn't as much fun as fancy pageant walking.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
They are hammered in the head.
"Let's talk dirty to the animals"
Todd probably knew with his history he could never get elected so he put his barbie wife up with the smile and cutes, and he sneaked in through the back door.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Oh shit! What if McCain had been elected, died and then left our nation in the hands of Sarah but mostly Todd Palin? Talk about a fu*king nightmare.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
The U.S. didn't dodge a bullet in Nov. 2008--it dodged a fuc
king artillery shell.todd barely has an hs diploma
that he had anything to do with running alaska is scary as shite
even scarier....he couldve been an old mans heart away from the button
The next time someone is complaining about something this President has done, let's all stop and think about the possibilites if McCain had won, and then calm down for a moment. We could have had Jethro and Elly May Clampett on steroids in the oval office.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Amen to that POP. The Vice Prez would already be up for impeachment for spending twice the deficit on her wardrobe. McLame would have already nuked Iran 2 minutes after being sworn in.
republicans are hypocrites?
republicanism/conservatism is a mental illness!
astrologer was the Reagan admin backup (along with that uptight stick insect, Nancy).
Hell, they're still thinking Reagan w/his Alzheimer's was the greatest, when it was Nancy and Joan Quigley.
me-oww!
Next to Sarah and Todd, Nancy Reagan looks like a fu*king genius. At least she didn't read moose entrails for advice.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
science. And Nancy believed her. And all that time, Ronnie was dribbling and napping...
me-oww!
Saints are probably allowed some dribbling and napping. :)
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
I just took a dump in his honor.
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
I think this is good. Two snowbilly brains almost equal one, so let Trig be the one to decide. GGNNNEEUEE means yes and SSPURB means no. Perfect.
Trig is the only one to keep his nose clean in the whole family and he may well turn out to be the smartest.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
have you seen the way palin treats him?
i used to work with down syndrome kids and adults
the ones that thrived are the ones whose parents gave their all to their kids....not used them as a prop
if you want to see what a down syndrome child can do when parents really do love and care for them, google kellie greenwald, daughter of broadcaster hank greenwald
I often see down syndrome children who appear to be maybe in their late teens to early 20s with their parents out shopping. You can tell their parents are very close to them and also very lovingly patient with then.
I doubt they were carried out of a bus and then handed off to some stranger when they were infants. I doubt any fair minded person could disagree that Palin has used this little baby's problems to try to endear herself to other mothers in her position. She bristles when anyone uses the word "retarded" yet she has no problem with using him as a campaign come-on.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
uses the R-word. And she never NAMED Rush, either, after he kept using it. What a hypocrite she is. And what a poor excuse for a governor. Just who was governing, anyway: Sarah, Todd, or both? Whatever the case, it certainly makes Sarah look incompetent, as if she couldn't govern by herself. The GOP screamed bloody murder when Bill gave Hillary ONE issue to tackle, healthcare. Todd had his hands all over Alaska state government.
And Hillary likely excretes more brain cells in one hour's worth of sweat than Todd has in the entirety of his brainpan.
It' true. Trig is a dude so he can't get preggers. He didn't have to enlist to avoid jail. He didn't accept designer clothes from Sarah's out of control unlimited Republican credit card spending spree. Hopefully he didn't meet Levi's Oxycontin dealing mother.
Imagine when he grows up and has to deal with this freak show of a family
Trig should sue his mom for placing him in that elephant outfit Halloween before last.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
That wart lookin thing under Todd's earlobe is actually his brain. All of it.
"Scott hardly has a high school diploma!" Alaska doesn't care. He knows right from wrong....of course he mostly chooses wrong! Alaska politics is wild west corrupt.
ljmel
...you don't think he married her because of her brains?
Lower the retirement age.
People think she is not smart and wondered why she resigned. It is obvious that had the lawsuits against her been persecuted their logical end, serious impeachable offenses would have been exposed. It is better to resign with good wing nut credo than to be impeached. Now she can make money, get a job with fox news and be a king maker in the republican party.
Sarah's coming to Calgary March 6th:
http://www.calgaryherald.com/sports/2010winte...
Why would anyone pay good money to see this bimbo? Sheesh!
Marg Delahunty can get a bit closer this time
me-oww!
I'd love to see that!
there arent fucktwits in canada like we have here
go and videotape the event
i wanna see palin run from the room in tears after she cant handle any of the questions
oh, and ask her to show trigs birth certificate
This could be fun!
Hell, that's the same # of dolts who will shovel down grub with the cretin tonight and get weekend-long coverage on CNNFux. Sounds like a bargain, esp. if you can bring signs...
"Parachutes are allowed in checked or carry-on baggage, but may not be worn in flight."
---Southwest Airlines
http://calgarystampede.com/saddlebag/2009/jul...
;)
She's coming to my town around then as well...not close to Calgary.
Ed from the Ed Show will be making comments on msnbc tonight after sister sarah makes her speech. That should be good. Chris Matthews might not be able to stand up after she speaks, let alone speak coherently. He might have tingles going up lots of his parts.
Say what you mean. Mean what you say. But don't say it mean.
Chris Matthews will be pitching a pup tent in his boxer shorts over Palin. Maybe they'll just superimpose a black bar over his Repuligroin Party Pants Area. I heard Vitter ordered a double layer kevlar diaper just for this special event. Then he'll go see a hooker for dookey removal.
Who's surprised here? No one.
Nice to have it officially confirmed though.
Teabaggers will see it at appropriate however - a woman deferring to her husband's authority.
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todd was using a yahoo account
a frackin yahoo account
one of the easiest free emails to hack
amazed that no one tried
Now all you hear are the pundits saying, 'well, he was saying this cause ...' 'he was only giving his opinion...' etc...
Never mind those emails said to be 'Executive privilege' and can't be looked at...I'll betcha Todd baby has had 'opinions' for those too...and of course, Palin taking a page or two from Bush/Cheney baby will run this out forever...
seems to me that 'Executive Privilege' thing is a HUGE red flag...jmo
NONE of this will matter...
She (and hubby by default) WILL BE PRESIDENT...
Assuming you're not joking, you must be joking.
Well , someone had to be in charge , she sure as hell couldn't do the job .
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