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SteelBlue · 10-11-2008, 02:47 AM

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ion/index.html

SoCalCoug · 10-11-2008, 03:27 AM

No, it's not.

Signed,

Tex

Ma'ake · 10-11-2008, 03:44 AM

Does McCain now bench Palin & get Mitt to pinch hit?

It would have to be quick, and the drama around Palin's downfall would take up cycles, maybe too much time would elapse... but I wouldn't bet against McCain trying to pull something like that off.

Another hail mary?

Tex · 10-11-2008, 04:01 AM

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Originally Posted by ma'ake

does mccain now bench palin & get mitt to pinch hit?

It would have to be quick, and the drama around palin's downfall would take up cycles, maybe too much time would elapse... But i wouldn't bet against mccain trying to pull something like that off.

Another hail mary?

lol.

BlueHair · 10-11-2008, 04:04 AM

Yawn. Another politician abusing their power.

SeattleUte · 10-11-2008, 04:42 AM

The trooper didn't really tazer his step son and witnesses didn't really see him twice drinking on the job?

Jeff Lebowski · 10-11-2008, 04:47 AM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

The trooper didn't really tazer his step son and witnesses didn't really see him twice drinking on the job?

Aren't there numerous management layers above the office of trooper? Don't you find it a bit odd that Palin would be micro-managing at this level? Don't you think it would have been most ethical had she excused herself from the process due to conflict of interest and asked someone else to review the case?

SeattleUte · 10-11-2008, 05:14 AM

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Originally Posted by Jeff Lebowski

Aren't there numerous management layers above the office of trooper? Don't you find it a bit odd that Palin would be micro-managing at this level? Don't you think it would have been most ethical had she excused herself from the process due to conflict of interest and asked someone else to review the case?

Where Palin hasn't had a chance to put anyone under oath or cross-examine witnesses, nor obtain documents, etc. from the compalining witnesses, nor be judged impartially, I don't put much stock. I've never seen an impartial prosecutor. This seems like a strange process to me; in federal special prosecutions the prosecutor has to bring charges, prove his case, etc. See Ken Starr and Bill Clinton. This by definition is a kangaroo court. I see no indicia of due process at all.

I'm not defending Palin. I'm just always amazed at how gullible everyone is. This seems like politics, and, like I said, kangaroo court.

Levin · 10-11-2008, 01:43 PM

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Originally Posted by SeattleUte

Where Palin hasn't had a chance to put anyone under oath or cross-examine witnesses, nor obtain documents, etc. from the compalining witnesses, nor be judged impartially, I don't put much stock. I've never seen an impartial prosecutor. This seems like a strange process to me; in federal special prosecutions the prosecutor has to bring charges, prove his case, etc. See Ken Starr and Bill Clinton. This by definition is a kangaroo court. I see no indicia of due process at all.

I'm not defending Palin. I'm just always amazed at how gullible everyone is. This seems like politics, and, like I said, kangaroo court.

I agree wholeheartedly. And in any event, taken the salient underlying facts, I don't care if she did abuse her power. Any trooper that (1) taser's his own son (using a weapon of the State to punish his child; (2) drinks on the job; (3) makes death threats against the executive familiy -- should be fired without any delay.

SoonerCoug · 10-11-2008, 01:49 PM

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Originally Posted by Levin

I agree wholeheartedly. And in any event, taken the salient underlying facts, I don't care if she did abuse her power. Any trooper that (1) taser's his own son (using a weapon of the State to punish his child; (2) drinks on the job; (3) makes death threats against the executive familiy -- should be fired without any delay.

Are those things really true? I'm not convinced.

10-11-2008, 02:47 AM	#1
SteelBlue Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Norcal Posts: 5,821	Bad news for Palin http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/...ion/index.html

10-11-2008, 03:27 AM	#2
SoCalCoug Senior Member Join Date: Aug 2005 Location: Orange County, California Posts: 3,059	No, it's not. Signed, Tex __________________ Get your stinking paws off me, you damned, dirty Yewt! "Now perhaps as I spanked myself screaming out "Kozlowski, say it like you mean it bitch!" might have been out of line, but such was the mood." - Goatnapper "If you want to fatten a pig up to make the pig MORE delicious, you can feed it almost anything. Seriously. The pig is like the car on Back to the Future. You put in garbage, and out comes something magical!" - Cali Coug

10-11-2008, 04:42 AM	#6
SeattleUte fairlds.org Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: Seattle, WA Posts: 10,665	The trooper didn't really tazer his step son and witnesses didn't really see him twice drinking on the job? __________________ Interrupt all you like. We're involved in a complicated story here, and not everything is quite what it seems to be. —Paul Auster

10-11-2008, 03:44 AM	#3
Ma'ake Member Join Date: Jan 2006 Location: SLC Posts: 441	Does McCain now bench Palin & get Mitt to pinch hit? It would have to be quick, and the drama around Palin's downfall would take up cycles, maybe too much time would elapse... but I wouldn't bet against McCain trying to pull something like that off. Another hail mary?

10-11-2008, 04:04 AM	#5
BlueHair Senior Member Join Date: Nov 2006 Location: Utah Posts: 1,148	Yawn. Another politician abusing their power.