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Thursday, July 9, 2009 12:00 AM

Why is Palin lying about state ethics probes?

She says Alaska spent "millions" probing "frivolous" issues. The cost was far less and some complaints were serious

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Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:56 AM

@ angrypoodle

I never said it was OK I stated merely there are bigger fish to fry that have connections to many billions in fraud and waste. What is it costing us about $50,000.00 to collect each dollar alleged against ethics misappropriation of funds by Palin? I know your liberal but try using the concept of cost effectiveness. It's only cost effective for purely political implications to stop anyone who gains enough momentum outside of the approval of the Wall St Mullahs who may attempt to run for a National Office and threaten an end to the big money status quo of Washington corruption. Somebody who actually plans to bring about what Obama promised, an end to Washington business as usual, Change and transparancy and a government accountable to the people.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:52 AM

Pardon?

You can dismount from your high horse right now Ms. Walsh. Anyone who employs Camille Paglia to write a monthly column propping up this dangerous farce in the name of the common man does not get to be taken seriously when examining the media's "Palin problem".

Those in glass houses and all that

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:50 AM

And Don't Forget...

Palin's waaaay hotter than your sagging boomer ass...relevant, on a level you aren't even aware of Ms. Walsh. Nothing infuriates an unattractive boomer woman more than a hot thing, that doesn't play by her rules. I'd bet my house there isn't a single attractive female intern in Salon and if there is one, she's treated like crap by the post-mid-life females in the Salon offices. MEOW!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:45 AM

@underanothername

"It does list roughly $1.9 million in expenditures.

But Murrow, the spokesperson, acknowledged to our reporter, Amanda Erickson, that this total was arrived at by adding up attorney hours spent on fending off complaints — based on the fixed salaries of lawyers in the governor’s office and the Department of Law. The money would have gone to the lawyers no matter what they were doing."

Thanks for acknowleding the $1.9 million.

You resort to the typical liberal tactic, whereby the standard means of representing facts is suddenly altered in order to prop up your illogical position.

If those lawyers who were paid for their work on the investigations, would have been paid anyway, as in; they had nothing better to do with the Alaskan tax-payers money, . . . maybe they should be fired, and the money spent on their wages can be used elsewhere, or returned to the tax-payers.

Or maybe we should be honest and recognize that joan's got her facts wrong.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:45 AM

Is this a joke?

Joan needs to do a little more unbiased investigation. MANY of these are frivolous. How else would one find issue with an ethics complaint about her using funds from a trust set up to defend ethics complaints to....defend against ethics complaints?

Joan really needs to stop being such a hater.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:45 AM

Is Ron Christie for real?

I enjoyed your verbal engagement with Mr Christie yesterday on MSNBC and really need to compliment you on your ability to keep from outright demanding that he get real. Of all of the Republican tools that they have assembled, he is the only one who I have never witnessed admitting that the Repubs were wrong, out of step with We the People, overstepped legal boundries, don't have minds of their own, etc....I cannot tell by looking into his eyes.....is he real?

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:45 AM

Yeow.

Nice job, Joan.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:43 AM

The Spreadsheet

Joan, big props to you for calling this one out and continuing to question the facts. I didn't read through all the letters here but have spotted the spreadsheet at Progressive Alaska:

http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/

Susan

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:41 AM

Wow

Reading these comments after reading Coulter's latest column absolutely made my day. "I am so over her."

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:40 AM

Palinpalooza

One reason you continue to be amazed at all of the "palinpalooza" is that you continue to promote it on this site. She was a fluke. If you want to continue to dissect the story of Sarah, you should focus on McCain. She was just a fluke. Clearly, she does not warrant all of the press. She is an embarrassment because she is clearly in a phase of her personality disorder and she needs the privacy of her family and her state in which to sort it out. Call it what it is. Why not obscess about Joe The Plumber? It's the same thing. She needs to be ignored. She has removed herself from the public arena, ON HER TERMS, which means she will be thrusting herself out there on a continuing basis and, should anyone criticize her, she will sue. So, if I were the media/press, I would just ignore her.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:39 AM

My dear angrypoodle,

I stand corrected. The online picture was small and miscaptioned.

So, do his daughters know that their father is murdering children?

Do they know what a peace sign is?

Did Michelle either make the purchase or approve of the purchase?

Will that daughter ever be caught in public wearing that shirt again?

Was she grounded?

Was she spanked?

Was she "HellFIred"?

Will there be a state funeral that will be carried on al MSM outlets?

What daughter?

What shirt?

What picture of a shirt?

No further photos will be released.

OMG!

Michael Jackson is DEAD!!!

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:37 AM

liberty sez...

"It's acceptable that Sarah Palin attempted to defraud the State of Alaska out of $8,000...because...uh...wait for it...Chris Dodd got a sweetheart deal on his mortgage from his buddy Angelo."

I get it, now.

Thanks for making it clear.

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:31 AM

Ethics Investigation Costs

"Ethics complaints against Gov. Sarah Palin and top members of her administration have cost the state personnel board nearly $300,000 over the past year, almost two-thirds of which appear to be from the Troopergate investigation of the governor.

Price tag for probes

Alaska State Personnel Board list of independent counsel expenses for ethics complaints:

Case No. Total

2008-001 $43,028.36

2008-002, -003, -004 $187,797.62

2008-005 0

2008-006 $29,962.00

2008-007, -008 $12,921.44

2008-009 $3,712.00

2009-001 $4,478.66

2009-002 $7,438.50

2009-003 $4,192.00

2009-004 $2,512.00

Total expenditure $296,042.58"

Source: Anchorage Daily News

Thursday, July 9, 2009 07:29 AM

Lying is the least of Palin's Problems

Obama is twice the liar she is, at least.

Palin's main problems are that she is arrogant, incurious, unintelligent, vindictive, and a poor executive (mayor or governor). Lucky for Alaska, her dumb ass is out of government.

Joan might do well to focus her questions about media passes on the lovefest with Obama. It is far more harmful to the republic.

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