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Sunday, Nov 8, 2009
Yesterday she also claimed no laws were broken. I decided that she has a reading comprehension problem. Link at my name.
Being a maverick means never having to understand what you read.
What shocks me about the McCain-Palin campaign's reaction to this report is how illogical they have been in their response. On the one hand, they claim that the report shows she did nothing wrong; therefore, they argue, she is totally off the hook. But on the other hand, they claim that the report's conclusions are invalid because the investigation was too tainted by partisanship. One wants to stand on top of a tall object with a megaphone, yelling, "What the hell are you talking about!? THIS MAKES NO SENSE!" I guess that's why you have a blog.
Davis said that he didn't interrupt Axelrod while he was talking. I didn't watch before the part where Davis lied about the Palin/Troopergate findings so I don't know. But Axelrod was able to have "the last word" as Wallace put it, for all of about 15 seconds before Davis not only interrupted him, but never shut the hell up again until the "conversation" ended. He just talked over Axelrod without stopping.
example of the denying of that pesky 'objective truth thingy'. If they just ignore it they hope you wont notice.
When you see yourself as The Executive or Commander-in-Chief, you view such minutia in terms of its effect on your power; when you see yourself as a public servant, you view it more in terms of how it affects the public and you ask yourself how could I have served them better.
Andrew Halcro has a great take on some of the report findings @
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/rebranding_troopergate_a_seinfeld_moment
Halcro concludes:
In finding Governor Palin guilty of abusing her power as governor, Branchflower concluded:
"The evidence supports the conclusion that Governor Palin, at the least, engaged in "official action" by her inaction if not her active participation or assiatnce to her husband in attempting to get Trooper Wooten fired (and there is evidence of her active participation). She knowingly permitted Todd Palin to use the Governor's office and the resources of the Governor's office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired."But more importantly, we know now that Governor Palin's press release on July 18, stating;
“To allege that I, or any member of my family....directed disciplinary action be taken against any employee of the Department of Public Safety, is, quite simply, outrageous".......was, quite simply, a lie.
What's (spit) Bush's approval rating down to now? 25%? Or has it dropped even lower?
These are the people that McCain and Palin are trying to appeal to. Their behavior is being rejected by more and more people every day, and still they persist. That's ok with me. Keep doing what you're doing John. Sink your party so far that they'll forever be reduced to a minor annoyance.
Republicans have PROVEN once and for all that they're unfit and unable to govern this country.
The host/interviewer (Chris Wallace in this case) should simply cut them off, saying, "Unless you admit to the facts, I'm not going to let you use anymore air time. It's either that, or I'm going to have to interject 'Liar!' every 3 seconds while you speak. Which do you choose?"
Wow: 4 posts on a Sunday. Glenzilla is unleashed.
When the Bush Administration has been allowed by a somnamulent media to lie repeatedly for seven and a half years, who can be surprised when Republicans assume that no statement they make will ever be checked against reality?
What bothers me is this report was released very late on Friday to minimize impact, hems and haws and is very feeble in its conclusions (this is what allows the McCain campaign to lie and virtually rewrite the findings in the media) and ends by saying there is no recommendation for legal action or punishment to Palin of any kind. Davis is right in that "it ends here". Once again, a two-tiered system of injustice. Another investigation that is a colossal waste of time.
Hey, it's boilerplate to say "they didn't conclude that, and even if they did, which I'm not conceding, they're wrong". Also, based on a quick reading of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act, which is available online (click my sig), I don't see any criminal penalty for violations. I suspect that Rick Davis' fallback is that there were no _criminal_ violations of any kinds of laws or ethics rules.
Indeed, it appears that an employee's designated supervisor is responsible for "mak[ing] a written determination whether an employee's involvement violates AS 39.52.110 - 39.52.190 and shall provide a copy of the written determination to the public employee and to the attorney general." See Sec. 39.52.210., Declaration of potential violations by public employees. Who is the governor's designated supervisor? Is it the legislature, which commissioned the Branchflower report? Or is it the attorney general?
Also, it appears that penalties are limited to reassignment and/or divestiture of conflicting interests. Does that mean that Gov. Palin committed an impeachable violation? Perhaps the fun's not over yet.
All we have to do now is wait until they start eating their own.
What was she questioned about when she denied the abuse of power?
The story I read said that the reporter asked about Monegan. She claimed that there was no violation of ethics with regard to Monegan. The excerpt that Greenwald highlighted was referencing Wooten. She answered the question about Monegan correctly.
If we are going to chastise someone for misrepresenting the facts, we need to be certain of our own facts.
I am as anti-Palin as anyone. But we weaken our arguments if we accuse her of something she didn't do.
Neal says,` Glenn is on a roll-4. It's sugar cubes he rolls as unmarked dice. He's in Las vegas?
At least he's relentless, and shame-shame on a fake-media team, and know they have no noble traits, only shallow retorts, and they are criminal accomplices. Label them lost.
Canned Alaska crab claw eaters.
Rubber of the elbows together.
Hand shaker dice, toss crapper.
Whispering lullabies. cry babies.
Self-advertisers. creepy-foolish.
Much of the initial coverage about Fort Hood turned out to be wrong. Is there anything wrong with that?
The accountability imposed by another country for the CIA's kidnapping and torture reveals much about our own.
Fox News' morning show plays to type, talking about whether Muslims in the Army should face "special debriefings"
219 Democrats and one Republican join in favor of the legislation, which passed by a narrow margin
The survivor and author is upset about comparisons some on the right are making to genocide
Salon headlines in your mailbox
