Maybe we'll see a legislature that doesn't cotton to heavy-handed shit for once in Alaska.

... It's good to know that if I ever get in any kind of situation where I get a subpoena, I can just ignore it. That could potentially get me out of some sticky situations.

Since when the hell can you just ignore a subpoena? You can't just ignore a subpoena! Dammit, you just can't! Arrest them! Good god, what the hell is even happening anymore? Why the hell even bother with a judicial system? (Which of course is the eventual preferred end result for the right wing) But seriously, who can ever compel anyone to testify at anything if no one ever shows up and they aren't forced to? Jeebus tap-dancing Christmas!

The Alaskans I've always been told are a fiercely independant minded people.

One wonders if seeing their once "sunshine" loving governor reduced to Cheneyesque hiding tactics will result in a change of their opinion with regard to this election.

One notes that Bob Barr is on the ballot in Alaska, and I wonder given the closeness that this race may have, if all this backtracking and deflecting will really benefit McCain.

My Personal thought is that McCain is pushing this delay tactic not because he want's to protect Palin, but simply because he wants to delay any verdict until after the election.

After the election, Sarah will be on her own, or he hopes, in the Naval Observatory. Once she's in there he can either ask her to resign since her scandals have wounded his administration, or if she refuses, he can just lock her away for the next four years.

Truth be told, If I were a fan of Sarah Palin, I'd be pressing for Obama to win this election so she can return in 2012. If she remains tied to Cheney as his own personal Dan Quayle I doubt we'll ever see her again.

Alex, your post opens opportunities for your readers to have a reaction, offer opinions, and maybe do some analysis. All this is well and good - it is one of the great things about comment sections. However, isn't it your job to do some as well? Or is your job just to "provide the facts"? Please, share your insight, and let us agree, disagree, add to or subtract from the work you do.

Of course, I knew this was going to happen.

John Nichols last night was talking about this issue on Ron Reagan's radio program. He said that the Republicans were throwing everything/anything into Alaska to prevent this investigation. The lawlessness of Republicans does not cease.

Hilarious!!! But we should also note Karl Rove was given a subpoena for congress that he didn't show up to and no one seems to give a good goddam about that either. I am sick and tired of turning on the TV everyday and see people acting above the law again and again and again. Its bullshit! And wouldn't you know it, its always F'ing Republicans! They are crooks, liars and thugs and Palin is their centerfold!

Fuck these people! I want my country back!

stinks to heaven. Contempt for the law seens to be the standard for Repugs. They don't belong in government. They need to be removed from power.

And will until after the elections in November.

The only question is to what lengths the mainstream media will go in order to NOT report sarah Palin's "only open-government when we want to" philosophy to the electorate.

My guess is that our reporters will stick to moose hunting and Sarah's impending grandmotherhood.

Laws. Legal things. That means nothing. It's just about: "Do what we say"

Thanks for the Palin fix. I was jonsing hard!

I'm looking forward to explaining to any potential grandchildren exactly when it became accepted in polite society to view subpoenas as optional.

I'm sure those state employees are just being patriotic, supporting an honest, reformist, open-government advocate like Sarah Palin by refusing to cooperate with an bi-partisan investigation into her possible misuse of power.

If you believe that, I have a bridge in Alaska I'd like to sell you ... and a Presidential candidate you're gonna love.

Shortly after the Palin nomination the investigator suggested speeding up the investigation. That would have been Palin's best approach.

Instead she's made this into a big mess. The subpoena's were issued last friday, by a commission consisting of 3 Repubs and 2 democrats. The only thing that has changed since the investigation started is Palin's nomination to VP. Being nominated in a federal election is not sufficient grounds to slow an ongoing investigation. Palin was for the investigation, till she was against it.

Finally, the AG is a Palin appointee, who is now saying he is less biased than a bipartisan commission. Remind anyone of another attorney general appointed by a republican executive?

http://palincounter.blogspot.com/

"Laws are cobwebs for the rich, and chains of steel for the poor"

August Spies

It's not surprising that the Alaska AG does her bidding. From last Sunday's NYT about her hiring practices as governor:

"Ms. Palin chose Talis Colberg, a borough assemblyman from the Matanuska valley, as her attorney general, provoking a bewildered question from the legal community: “Who?” Mr. Colberg, who did not return calls, moved from a one-room building in the valley to one of the most powerful offices in the state, supervising some 500 people.

“I called him and asked, ‘Do you know how to supervise people?’ ” said a family friend, Kathy Wells. “He said, ‘No, but I think I’ll get some help.’ ”"

are all over this one, as well as their tactics.

McShame and Republicans escalate? Escalate back --

and there is precedent for it concerning Palin --

START A RECALL AGAINST PALIN!

But I am actually pretty damn SHOCKED that this Republican ticket has to start stonewalling Congress even BEFORE they take the election.

All these efforts to stonewall the invesatigation simply leave the impression that there is in fact something to hide. And other stories coming out about how she's acted as governor just confirm the impression that she wouldn't be afraid to abuse her power. (No wonder the hard core right is so smitten with her!)

I totally agree with the others who have expressed outrage at the idea that subpoenas can simply be ignored without consequence. It's long past time for the actual rule of law to be reasserted.