08-31-2008, 05:10 AM | #1 |
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"TrooperGate" looking ugly for Palin
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/story/510080.html
Evidently, nobody contacted this Walt Monegan character as part of a vetting process for Palin, and he claims to have some damning emails that he won't share with the press because the investigation is ongoing. Speaking of vetting, Palin's choice to replace the fired Monegan had to resign after 2 weeks because of a sexual harassment complaint. However, in the larger view of Palin's considerable efforts at conquering corruption in Alaskan politics and how they compare favorably with her own struggle with a relatively minor corruption problem... well, I'm just not sure how well that would sell in the lower 48. If this thing blows up, the Palin episode would get a whole chapter in future Poli-Sci textbooks. |
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It looks like the story is largely insignificant. There's documentation that some in her office were involved in impropriety, but there's no indication that she was cognizant of what was going on.
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If Monegan produces the emails he claims show she directly tried to influence/bully him, the "plausible deniability" defense is weakened substantially, unless she can demonstrate she really didn't have complete control of her own email account. In any case, the "smell test" score is not impressive, and her approval ratings in Alaska have fallen from 90% to 67%, which is saying something, as Alaskans have a history of political corruption that would insulate her from too much public scrutiny. The last thing Alaskans want to hear is that their corruption killer also has a corruption problem, especially since she is now on the national stage and doing their Republican dominated state proud. |
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It seems as if the Obamaniacs here are concerned about McCain's choice. If you folks are so sure Obama is going to win, why even worry about Palin?
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Just an observation on my part. Ma'ake brings this up and Cali posts his little video that he thought was hilarious.
Neither have anything to do with policies, so why mention it?
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I liked the old days when "Troopergate" meant Arkansas State Trooper rounding up floozies for Bill Clinton.
Bullying emails? Yawn.
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But she wasn't chosen for her policies; she was chosen in part because of her reputation of an outsider cleaner-upper reformer. So if she were, in fact, implicated in corruption (and I personally don't think this counts), it would indeed be relevant.
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Ma'ake should have waited for something come out of this before posting it, IMO. He'd then have a legitimate reason for bringing it up, rather than looking like he is really reaching for anything to make himself feel better about McCain's choice.
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