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• Sunday, August 31, 2008 08:22 AM

  s-K-K-Kooter again

  -Palin has more actual executive experience than all three of the other nominees combined-

  Really!

  ****After the surprise announcement Friday, the McCain campaign tried to frame Palin as a reformer who has taken on corruption in Alaska. However, an examination of her career as a small-town mayor and inexperienced governor reveals an official prone to petty squabbles and personal retaliation.

  In 1996, after winning the election to be mayor of Wasilla, then a town with a population of 5,000, Palin sought to oust six department heads because they had signed a letter supporting the previous mayor, their old boss.

  Palin ultimately fired two of them, the police chief and the museum director, and pushed two others into quitting.

  In 1997, some residents considered her actions so high-handed that they tried to initiate a recall election.

  “Four months of turmoil have followed in which almost every move by Palin has been questioned,” the Associated Press reported in a Feb. 11, 1997 dispatch. “Critics argue the [Palin] decisions are politically motivated.”.........

  In 2003, she reported Ruedrich to Gov. Frank Murkowski’s administration, saying she suspected him of an ethics breach in conducting work for the state GOP on government time.

  To obtain evidence of Ruedrich’s alleged malfeasance, Palin hacked into his computer, an ethical lapse in its own right. She resigned from the commission in January 2004.****

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  I guess you are correct, if that qualifies as 'experience'.

  —Northwestwoods Read Northwestwoods's other letters
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