This article is relevant to my interest.

I haven't seen a couple like McCain and Palin that presents such clear and present dangers to all Americans since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

Marcus Aurelius: Ethel Rosenberg.

Back off Ethel. She was cleared. Dead, but cleared. The killuh from Wasilla, on the other hand, not so much.

Gee whillikers, that's sure some straight talkin.

/Darn tootin

Say it ain't so, Sarah. There you go again.

FTA: "the plaintiffs and Alaskans will suffer irreparable harm" if the Branchflower report is released

Admission of guilt.

No way, man... you ain't foistin' that biatch off on us!
Alaska should be kicked out of the union, and Palin could be installed as National School Marm for Life. That's what they deserve for electing her in the first place.

Well, it might be interesting to be able to show folks what kind of Executive experience Palin has.

Not all of it's good, kids...

Please libs, there you go again pointing backward. Now, doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future.

Outlaw_Rudy: Now, doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future.

1) Not allow people with solid patterns of corruption and influence peddling into the highest levels of government

But when she looks at me, I get all a-twitter.

Outlaw_Rudy: Please libs, there you go again pointing backward. Now, doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for to them in the future.

FTFY

I still can't help wonder what effect it will have on Palin, running for VP and as Governor, if she is found guility.

Outlaw_Rudy: Please libs, there you go again pointing backward. Now, doggone it, let's look ahead and tell Americans what we have to plan to do for them in the future.


Yeah, if I was a Republican I wouldn't want to talk about the last 8 years either, much less Palin's insane abuse of power in the only two political positions she's ever held. This is a woman who less than two years ago was bullying librarians and police as some backwoods shiatkicker town mayor (after hiring someone else to actually, you know, do all of that real "mayor stuff" for her).

The McCain campaign's army of lawyers tried to stop justice, and the Alaskans told them to go to hell. Hopefully the rest of the country will continue to catch on...

Witch hunt. Overzealous staffer. Pleasure of the governor.

DamnYankees: But when she looks at me, I get all a-twitter.

Yes, Gov. Palin owes me a new TV.

/and keyboard
//and gerbil

sigdiamond2000: Witch hunt. Overzealous staffer. Pleasure of the governor.

But she was cleaned of all witchcraftery by that preacher!

where's the article?

LosinMySenses: I still can't help wonder what effect it will have on Palin, running for VP and as Governor, if she is found guility.


Spiro "Al Capone" Agnew (Nixon's VP) resigned his position when he plead no contest to income tax evasion.

I would rather hear about a Pantygate or a Experimenting-in-the-governor's-mansiongate scandal. That would be more relevant to my interests.

If McCain and Palin wins, I will save this article, tape it to a 2x4, and smack people in the head with it.

Hmmm. I'd better laminate it.

Linux_Yes: yea, they want to get rid of a Winking Asshole.

Well, ladies you can be an asshole too
You might pretend you aint got one on the bottom of you,
But dont fool yerself girl
Its lookin at you
Dont fool yerself girl
Its winkin at you
Dont fool yerself girl
Its blinkin at you

Lando Lincoln: If McCain and Palin wins, I will save this article, tape it to a 2x4, and smack people in the head with it.

Hmmm. I'd better laminate it.

If McCain and Palin win I'm going to have to get used to all the spiders in Australia...

Tacoby Bellisbury: STOP START THE PERSECUTION PROSECUTION!!

FTFY

Lando Lincoln: If McCain and Palin wins, I will save this article, tape it to a 2x4, and smack people in the head with it.

Hmmm. I'd better laminate it.

Now there's change we can believe in!

Seriously, though. She can abuse her power as mayor and govenor, come under investigation for it, and then, because she's tapped to be the Veep, the investigation can be shut down as it may "irreparably harm" her character and what-not?? Ummmm...isn't this the sota stuff we wanna know about people wanting to run our country?
I think my head just exploded.

FredaDeStilleto: LosinMySenses: I still can't help wonder what effect it will have on Palin, running for VP and as Governor, if she is found guility.


Spiro "Al Capone" Agnew (Nixon's VP) resigned his position when he plead no contest to income tax evasion.

Nixon and Agnew were a better, more ethical team than Bush/Cheney. And probably McCain/Palin.

Lando Lincoln: If McCain and Palin wins, I will save this article, tape it to a 2x4, and smack people in the head with it.

Hmmm. I'd better laminate it.

cut, jib, newsletter, etc...

That clear packing tape does a good job protecting paper, and you don't have to worry about it peeling off from all the use.

Instead of a 2x4 have you considered using moose antlers?

Dropping the whole matter would be a good way to get us used to what's going to continue happening with the Glorious team continuing their reign over Amurka.

shower_in_my_socks:

This is a woman who less than two years ago was bullying librarians and police as some backwoods shiatkicker town mayor (after hiring someone else to actually, you know, do all of that real "mayor stuff" for her).

A little off on your chronology...she hired someone else to do the real "mayor stuff" for her because of the bullying. She'd already gotten caught and was trying to mitigate the damage.

McCain and Palin ARE Mavricks(tm), and are outside the norm.
A rare breed indeed.
Proof you ask?
Most Senators and Governors have not been investigated for abuse of position and power.

These two are definitely Mavricks(tm) in fields of Ethics and Morality.

McCain/Palin '08: Corruption You Can Believe In.

/then again, corruption may be the norm in Alaska

This could be bad news for Moose

maelstrom0370: Lando Lincoln: If McCain and Palin wins, I will save this article, tape it to a 2x4, and smack people in the head with it.

Hmmm. I'd better laminate it.

Now there's change we can believe in!

Seriously, though. She can abuse her power as mayor and govenor, come under investigation for it, and then, because she's tapped to be the Veep, the investigation can be shut down as it may "irreparably harm" her character and what-not?? Ummmm...isn't this the sota stuff we wanna know about people wanting to run our country?
I think my head just exploded.

It's a little like how the US Supreme Court ruled that we couldn't count all the votes in Florida because that might cause irreparable harm to the notion that Bush won the election.

They're just following established judicial precedent.

Better do what she says!

This report will give a whole new meaning to "Free Sarah Palin"

This is all grandstanding. TFA contained the biggest clue - all of the people with any information have been shut down by McCain's lawyers. They don't even WANT to win the appeal.

The investigation has turned up nothing and they are doing this just to yank the rug out from under anyone anticipating a gotcha moment. The pundits are going to be doing a lot of hand-wringing over this. Look for conservatives to say, off the record, how concerned they are that she might be found to have violated ethics rules. It's going to turn out to be a big nothing just so the American people will go, "This? This is all you've got? I guess she can't be that bad then..."

The whole 'pleasure of the Governor' thing, along with her being a master debater, are very relevant to my interests.

/fap fap fap

King Something: The whole 'pleasure of the Governor' thing, along with her being a master debater, are very relevant to my interests.

/fap fap fap



I assume this is, too.

The_Shoggoth: This is all grandstanding. TFA contained the biggest clue - all of the people with any information have been shut down by McCain's lawyers. They don't even WANT to win the appeal.

The investigation has turned up nothing and they are doing this just to yank the rug out from under anyone anticipating a gotcha moment. The pundits are going to be doing a lot of hand-wringing over this. Look for conservatives to say, off the record, how concerned they are that she might be found to have violated ethics rules. It's going to turn out to be a big nothing just so the American people will go, "This? This is all you've got? I guess she can't be that bad then..."

At this point I am far more concerned with their policy of trying to hide anything and everything, just like the last administration.

The_Shoggoth: This is all grandstanding. TFA contained the biggest clue - all of the people with any information have been shut down by McCain's lawyers. They don't even WANT to win the appeal.

The investigation has turned up nothing and they are doing this just to yank the rug out from under anyone anticipating a gotcha moment. The pundits are going to be doing a lot of hand-wringing over this. Look for conservatives to say, off the record, how concerned they are that she might be found to have violated ethics rules. It's going to turn out to be a big nothing just so the American people will go, "This? This is all you've got? I guess she can't be that bad then...

Um..

None of this makes any sense.
If there were really 'nothing', wouldn't the best bet been to have participated willingly in the investigation, you know, like Sarah Palin originally promised?

No. Nonononono.

What I believe happened is something like this: The investigation found out something extremely wonderful about the woman, the kind of thing that would endear her to even the most misguided of liberals. The Palin campaign is feigning obfuscation and obstruction in order to save the revelation of this wonderful thing until immediately before the election, to maximize its effect, and simply because they are just modest.

PALIN == REAGAN

I'm not really sure what this wonderful thing might be, but I'm guessing it might be an endorsement from a famous person or something like that.

This looks like bad news . . . . for America!

Skleenar: I'm not really sure what this wonderful thing might be, but I'm guessing it might be an endorsement from a famous person or something like that.

Manson?

The_Shoggoth: TFA contained the biggest clue - all of the people with any information have been shut down by McCain's lawyers. They don't even WANT to win the appeal.

I think you're half-right. Or more than half, really. I also doubt the investigation is going to turn much up...but don't underestimate the effect that the press conference releasing said "nothing" will have. Even if they can't find anything conclusive, you can bet that there will be at least a veiled reprimand and several complaints about Palin's people refusing to honor the (now court-verified as legitimate) subpoenas. That press conference will be aired live on every news channel and reaired on all of the networks in the evening, and while it may serve to exonerate her, it will also likely serve to remind people that there's some shady business going on out in Alaska. Which will hopefully be enough to further tarnish her "Washington outsider reformer" image.

KeatingFive

Well, ladies you can be an asshole too
You might pretend you aint got one on the bottom of you,
But dont fool yerself girl
Its lookin at you
Dont fool yerself girl
Its winkin at you
Dont fool yerself girl
Its blinkin at you

Damn you! I was going to post that more or less verbatim.

Marcus Aurelius: I haven't seen a couple like McCain and Palin that presents such clear and present dangers to all Americans since Julius and Ethel Rosenberg.

The couple that lived across the street from Ricky and Lucy? What the hell did they do to the country?

Could she appear any more guilty if she tried? If this thing has been overblown and she really didn't do anything, or it was slap on the wrist material, then she should be pissed. She went from total transparency before the pick to total lockdown and no cooperation and throwing slime at people doing their jobs.

When she and mccain lose, she is going to have to go back to work with a bunch of people who REALLY don't like her and won't cut her any slack. Like most governors, except her sky-high approval ratings are gone, and will probably keep drifting down.

And then there's the allegation that Todd Palin got to view a certain Worker's Comp health claim and then went to photograph said person to get that particular WC claim denied.

Of course, one would need to interview Todd Palin under oath to get an official denial. Perhaps the court could subpoena Mr. Palin to get him to ... oh, they already have? And what was the result of that? I see. Todd refuses to submit to any subpoena. Well.

That settles it! Innocence proven!

The_Shoggoth: The investigation has turned up nothing and they are doing this just to yank the rug out from under anyone anticipating a gotcha moment.

Putting people under oath seems to yield results.