ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) - Allies of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin asked a judge Tuesday to halt the state Legislature's investigation into the firing of her public service commissioner, calling the probe a "McCarthyistic" inquisition.
The five Republican state lawmakers who filed suit say the leaders of the investigation "are unable to hold the balance between vindicating their own political interests and the interests of those who are being investigated."
Palin, the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations that she and her advisers pressured then-Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to fire a state trooper going through a bitter custody dispute with her sister - and that Monegan was terminated when he refused. Palin says she fired Monegan over budget issues, and denies any wrongdoing.
She originally pledged to cooperate with the investigation that a bipartisan commission of the state Legislature commissioned in July. But since becoming Sen. John McCain's running mate, campaign spokesmen have lashed out at the probe as "tainted" and "partisan."
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The Republican Noise Machine. Hard at work to cover up the truth. Obama 2008
Last week she was saying she would gladly participate and now this week she's not. What are you trying to hide, Sarah??
But I thought Gov. Palin had nothing to hide. Stop making this out as some partisan attack. It's been investigated a lot longer than she has been the VP nominee. This is just another desperate sign of the McCain campaign. Shame.....he is not what he once was.
And people want this individual as VP....I THINK NOT
Why? The Republicans spent $30 million investigating Monica Lewinsky. Now the Republicans won't let the STATE of AK run their own bi-partisan investigation?
Sounds like they have a lot to hide. Why is Palin lying to us yet again?
her new slogan can be SUE, BABY SUE
I guess someone fears the outcome of this probe!
You can try to put perfume on it but ,rotting Moose still stinks.
Moozzilla from Wasilla
Obama 08
Let the cover-up begin!
Hey America: Is this really what you want in a VP? Or as the president if McCain's cancer comes out of remission?
Do you really want 4 years of Cheney Girl?
NOW THERE SHOULD BE NO QUESTION IN ANYONE'S MIND THAT SHE HAS SOMETHING TO HIDE.
SHE HAS BEEN SHOOTING HER MOUTH OFF SINCE SHE BECAME THE NOMINEE THAT SHE WELCOMED AN INVESTIGATION BECAUSE SHE HAD DONE NOTHING WRONG.
SURE SOUNDS LIKE SHE DID A LOT SHE WASN'T SUPPOSE TO AND IS NOW TRYING TO SEU TO KEEP IT QUIET, OR AT LEAST UNTIL AFTER TEH ELECTION!
Is this a way of subjugating the judicial process?
The truth shall prevail.
You cannot be using executive power to settle family problem.. not in this country... Never!
Oh Come on....
if there is nothing to hide then why make a big deal out of this?
Could it be that this is the typicla repub response, thinking they are above the law, or do not have to follow what the regular citizens do?
If she has nothing to hide, then come clean. This is typical of what is wrong with this country, those in power can do whatever they want and the rest of us have to live under different rules.
Palin....come clean....
She is hiding something and I want to know what. The American people deserve to know before this lady steps into the white house. Subpoena her and arrest her if she doesn't obey the subpoena. Get this done!
People who have nothing to hide cooperate. Those who are hiding something dont. Those who appear to be hiding something will be viewed as hiding something.
No interviews, no tough questions, no transparency.
Palin is a fraud
We report , you decide.......
Obama/Biden 08'
Don't let her off the hook. She is a tainted politician. Won't talk to the media, won't talk to the American people, won't answer real questions, and haven't proved that she is capable of running this country. Bad choice Mr. McCain; she can't fool us anymore. We here in the lower states are not as dumb as she thinks.
Funny that the group who called for the investigation was headed by Republicans! The group has 3 Republicans and only 2 Democrat's.
Corruption already?
At least wait until you're elected
If you have nothing to hide and you were going to cooperate but all of a sudden you are not....then what does that really say about your integrity and ability to speak the truth?
This public safety commisioner says he was fired for refusing to fire the state trooper. But he admitted in a CNN interview that Palin never asked him to fire the trooper. So how did he get the idea she wanted him fired, a Vulcan mind meld? The Alaska State Police found that the trooper violated several laws, including drinking on duty. He deserved to be fired.
We are not going to fall for this same ABOVE THE LAW bologna! She's not even in the White House yet and shs's pulling this! ENOUGH!
Any time there's this much righteous indignation and paranoia around a political issue, you know they're onto something. Where there's smoke there's fire.
Palin needs to step down now before she blows the election for Bush 44, McSame. .........bwahahahahaha
What is she so afraid of?
PALIN IS A FRAUD
Gov. Sarah Palin may eventually have said "no thanks" to a federally funded Bridge to Nowhere.
But a bridge to her hometown of Wasilla, that's a different story.
A $600 million bridge and highway project to link Alaska's largest city to Palin's town of 7,000 residents is moving full speed ahead, despite concerns the bridge could worsen some commuting and threaten a population of beluga whales.
Local officials already have spent $42 million on plans to route traffic across the Knik Arm inlet, a narrow finger of water extending roughly 25 miles northeast of Anchorage toward Wasilla. The proposal exists thanks to an earmark request by Republican Rep. Don Young, whose son-in-law has a small stake in property near the bridge's proposed western span.
Did any of us really expect forthright answers and cooperation with this investigation? One doesn't need to be a psychic to have seen this coming. She fits the current administration like a glove.
How can this be a McCarthyist investigation when it was well under way before Palin was ever McCain's running mate? Her refusal to cooperate and her blaming of Dems is just a good excuse for her to cry "victim" again. First it was because she's a woman. Then, she's a mother. Now she's being unfairly investigated. Puh-leeze. She's made her bed only she doesn't like the wrinkles in the blanket!!
and they can do that?
They don't need to hold off nothing. Palin said bring it own and she had nothing to hide!!
TYPICAL REPUBLICAN!
AS CORRUPT AS THEY COME!
Nothing to hide! RIGHT! The less she says, the more proof is shown She 's a wanna-be VP. The bubble is shrinking for Sarah/McCain, I mean, McCain/Sarah.
I think this will actually backfire against Palin. If she didn't do anything wrong then she didn't need to hire a private lawyer and would be cooperating like she said she would. But now all of a sudden they are trying to blame democrats and now they are taking it to court. I think just by her uncooperation she appears to be guilty of some type of wrongdoing. They are sure are acting desperate.
The investigation started BEFORE she was chosen as McCain's running mate. It isn't some stupid ploy to stop her from becoming VP, it is an ongoing investigation. The way Palin has been behaving lately makes it clear she has something to hide.
This is appalling. Or should I say a-palin'?
If she is so transperant then why not the law take its own course. what is she afraid of.
of the 10 people involved in the investigation 6 r republicans in contrast to 4 democrats.... so how can the democrats be politicalizing it.....
Ms. Sarah: One way or the other, you will be tried. Either by the system or in the court of public opinion. It's your call. Choose wisely.
Why don't you just let them finish the probe? It sounds like they will decide that the trooper was a jerk anyway, and that there were independent issues that could have been the reason for the firing of the commissioner, so WHAT are they so scared of?
Here we go again with a negative article against Palin. CNN why don't you just tell us right out that you are 100% behind Obama. Anything negative you can bring up on McCain and Palin you print it but of course nothing against Obama.
Anyway, only time will tell in November, when after all the voting is done McCain and Palin are still going to win. So keep on with your negative reporting and we will have the last laugh on CNN, Obama and his vindictive supporters.
Wow – this is incredible. Republican high powered lawyers diverting justice once again. Rove, Gonzales, Bush, Cheney, Rumsfeld, and many many others... the list continues. Reform you can believe in...
Does palin have something to hide in the firing of the State's public service commissioner? if not why is she and hercroonies trying to interve in the investigation? Pitbull's should be afraid of anything.
Liar Palin just lied again.
LOL yea, considering the probe began before she was named the VP candidate....................whatever. More Republican crying – isn't anyone else getting sick of this? They viciously attack anything liberal or democratic, but heaven forbid anyone question them about anything. We're supposed to treat them with "deference". Where the heck is the "liberal" media – they should be having a field day with the Republican party.
McCain's Blackberry comment was a joke. Doesn't he know it was developed by the Canadian Company "Research In Motion"? It had nothing to do with McCain. His campaign went from ugly to laughable. He should spend more time with "the google".
Now imagine Palin in office, she seems to have no serious connections with economists or foreign policy experts. If something happened to McCain would she fill her cabinet with some old high school friends from Wasilla? Wouldn't surprise me it's happened before as governor, if she lands a spot of power we're all doomed.
sick. another bush presidency in the making. lies, cover-ups, cronyism. good luck USA!!
You can run... you can hide... you can lie! That's the GOP Way
Does America really want a Vice President who willingly sidesteps a lawful investigation? Especially when that candidate is platforming about change in Washington?
I mean, if she is innocent as she claims, she would just cooperate and get it over with.
I really can't believe how ignorant people are in their blind faith of Palin.
IF YOU ARE INNOCENT AND HAVE NOTHING TO HIDE, AS SHE HAS BEEN SCREECHING FROM THE ROOFTOPS FROM DAY ONE, THEN ONE WOULD THINK THAT SHE WOULD WELCOME AN INVESTIGATION TO CLEAR HER NAME.
THIS HAS GUILTY WRITTEN ALL OVER IT.
why are there always so much pro-bama comments on these blogs,
cnn are you bias. do you pro-bama commentators have nothing else
to do? NOBAMA PLEASE
it is a bit fishy that she does not want to cooperate... as if she is hiding something...
Transparency!!!!!!!!!!! This is the Republican ticket that promises transparency in government if they were elected?? If they can't do it now, how do we know they'll do it in office??? Republican Senator McCain and Republican Governor Palin's records and their actions prove they can not be trusted to change Washington.
First, she pledged to comply completely, and in fact, "welcomed" the investigation. (Bring 'em on?)
Second, isn't the investigating committee bi-partisan, with a majority of Republicans?
Third, I don't think "McCarthyistic" is a real word.
Palin welcomed this bi-partisian investigation, then she wouldn't testify, now she wants it stopped.
Can you say cover-up? She and Dick Cheney could be twins.
Nice. Palin was being investigated for this long before she became the VP on the Republican ticket. And now, she and the Republicans are calling the probe "tainted" and "partisan".
Not sure how anyone with more then a third grade education, could argue this point and actually believe it.
Biden and McCain are the only ones qualified to be in this race, and since only one of them is running for president, this is a very easy choice
I guess Sarah Palin is above the law just like the rest of the republicans. Let's vote them in for 8 more years of corruption, cover ups and thumbing their nose at the constitution. This smells like the last 8 years of Bush reincarnated. It is unbelievable. The potential future VP (god forbid) objects to being investigated and tries to shrug it off and call it a witch hunt. Well she got the witch part right! If she is innocent, what is the problem? These republicans make me ill.
I guess she wants to reform Washington to make it more accountable and transparent... just so long as it's not about her.
She is a liar if she can't answer these questions under oath. America deserves to know the truth. If she did nothing wrong why is she running?
Independent voting for Obama over the GOP circus.
Wow....Bringing change to Washington...by doing the same things the old ones did.
C'Mon..can we just drop the "Change" hoax the Republicans are trying to sell?
She agrees to cooperate with the investigation and now she wants to stop it. Yeah, that's real republican cooperation for you.
Joseph Raymond McCarthy (November 14, 1908 – May 2, 1957) was an American politician who served as a Republican U.S. Senator from the state of Wisconsin from 1947 until his death in 1957
Is she saying a Republican is bad?
Shockkk..
waaaaawawawaaaaa...
IT'S STARTING TO STINK IN ALASKA!......Palin is hiding something.
Suprise, suprise!
COVERUP BIGTIME....she's a liar
What a sham this woman is.
Vote for the truth, Obama/Biden '08!
Palin claiming executive priviledge I guess, just like Bush. Don't want the truth to come out might damage her credibility.
Palin has nothing to hide, but will unlikely co-operate? Investigation started before her candicacy. More republicans on investigation team by 3 to 2.
You get to decide who is going to investigate you in America. That's a new one....lets all go rob the banks and then tell the judge we want a couple of our fellow bank robbers to do the investigation.
Palin is a COWARD that will not follow her own code of transparency in Government. If you have nothing to hide then fess up. Stop the lies, our leaders need to held accountable no matter if your a Republican or Democrat.
The AK Repubs are desperate to stop this. They know this is will torpedo Ol' Sarah's reputation. Had McCain really vetted her, shoe would not have made it. Unfortunately, he was desperate to save his campaign...Sorry, John...You might have peaked too early.
Um...this investigation began way prior to her becoming VP. What does Obama have to do with it?
SOUNDS LIKE BUSH-CHENEY LITE. NEVER BLINK, GO WITH YOUR GUT, DENY DENY DENY.
I'm so over that form of governing.
Something smells fishy. Perhaps the "Barracuda" is hiding something rotten in Alaska. ..... It's starting to stink !
your all closeminded.
Now that's America! If you have powerfull friends, you are ok, if not, you are – well – .no so ok!
Tsk, Tsk, Repuglicans.
Mrs. Palin, either submit to the investigation, or look really suspicious and guilty (which we all know you are).
No matter what happens, you'll always be scum in my eyes.
She wants to keep this quiet. What does Governor Palin have to hide if she did nothing wrong. A lot!!!
How is this ok? How are they getting away with saying its tainted and partisan when its HER allies trying to block things. The commission was set up in JULY, clearly before her VP nomination.
I seriously do not get how this could be happening.
"MyCarythyistic" Palin says.
Palin is the biggest threat to our democracy since McCarthy.
We already know she's a lier, that will try to get what she wants at all costs!
BUT that's nothing new – lets get back to what's important – the state of the American economy and the Bush/McCain policies that got us there.
If McCain was so much for change – how come he didn't change anything over the last 26 years....? Now he thinks the Economy is strong. I'd hate to see it when it's Weak!!!!!!
Move along now folks, there is nothing to see here!
Wow, what a big surprise that another republican is shielding themselves from the law. Maybe she can ignore subpoenas as did Rove and Meyers.
If she said she would cooperate with the investigation, and if she is as HONEST as she claims to be, then she should honor her word. UNLESS, she has something to hide. I am tired of lawmakers breaking the law and what's worse is it is allowable.
It is two democratic senators going after sarah Palin to try to discredit her. Democratic sleazy politics again.
She's our version of the taliban but in Alaska. Now conservatives in Alaska are threatening the anti-Palin rally women and sending them death threats. This sounds like we are not very far from becoming like the very enemies we are fighting against.
America you are too special, don't let the religious nuts like Palin take over our precious country and it's values like the CONSTITUTION.
God bless our future.
Aren't 3 of the 5 on the commission Republicans? Talk about spin...
This is disgusting what the republican trying to do if she under investigation continue with it because if it was me I will be in jail as of this moment everytime republican get in trouble with the law no conviction Palin does not have the right to stop the investigation....
Palin is awful
Ya just because she has power in the government means she is above everyone. You think that any of us would have the same option as her to just not cooperate? If anything, we would get even more charges pressed for not complying. if they steal this election again, looks like we will have to look up our 2nd amendment rights and really take this country back.
And the judge should tell them to go take a hike!!!!
WHEW....IT'S STARTING TO STINK IN ALASKA!!!....Palin is hiding something.
Another Presidential Election bought and sold by the GOP. And authorized by the Courts?
No Way, No How!
If you didn't do anything wrong why are you so worried about what the investigation will find? This lady with power frightens me.
The Republican slogan should be "Lies You Can Believe In"!
Who cares already this is no big October surprise even if she fired this comissioner for not getting rid of her sicko ex-brother in-law who threatened the whole family and tasered a 10 year old she should be commended not this stupid investigation if she used her so called power or not. Keeping sick cops off the streets is something a governor should be doing in their states.
oh brother, give me a break!!!!!!!! this is so shameful!!!!!!!!!!!!
Look, even if Palin is cleared later, who wants this baggage in the White House? Okay, Obama had his own, but what pieces of luggage is he STILL carrying? Ayers, Wright, Rezko are ALL in the past and no one can find a legitimate CURRENT issue he's struggling with. He's even wearing the dang flag pin now...
You REALLY fear Obama that much? Economists (including T. Boone Pickens) are calling his energy and tax policies "acceptable", if not "brilliant." His "lack of experience" is tempered by his judgment. Where is the spin in that?
Look at the facts: Palin IS embroiled in scandal currently, Obama isn't, and McCain & Palin surrogates (Rove, Fiorina) are even starting to say negative things about them. In the past 72 hours, we've heard that the economy is good, McCain invented the Blackberry, Palin is refusing to cooperate with the government she supposedly runs, and the economy is failing fast under Bush's regime (which McCain is 90% responsible for). Even if I was racist or a Clintonista, I take a black Clinton opponent over this. Would you rather eat your veggies (Obama), or a piece of rotting meat (McCain)?
PLEASE POST, CNN.
What happened to transparency and reform? Guess it only applies to others – not McCain/Palin.
McCain/Palin need to STOP crying foul and provide FULL cooperation! This has always been a bipartisan investigation that began BEFORE Palin was the VP nominee.
Hey, Sarah – take your own medicine!
Surpise surprise! Suddenly, they don't want to answer questions about abuses of power, or anything else that coud be relevant to Sarah Palin's abilities as a leader. I'm sure it won't take long for them to start calling it sexist.
Just trying to buy some time so the election can happen without this being addressed. Why? Because she will doom the ticket when the truth comes out.
Thank you, John McCain, for handing the election to the right man.
The elitists in big government are trying to hurt Palin with this probe. She has the right to ban books, ban abortions, and make rape victims pay for their own mistake. If you don't agree with that, then you don't love the USA and I would question your patriotism.
So typical. A partisan group of Republicans whining about partisanship. Give me a BREAK! Why doesn't she just speak the truth if she did nothing wrong?!?!
I think we know who is 'tainted' and 'partisan'. Alaska Republicans. All of them.
Obama/Biden '08!
what a shame, what a shame, i always thought and i always had the highest respect for america and the american people, but it such a disgrace that after eight years of george bush in the white house and the racists on the right doing what they do best, damaging this country daily and still the people in this country will vote for a republican ticket of macain and this liar of a woman who the white americans sees as god to them ,well then the americans dont have any respect for themselves or no dignity.this woman plain has a lot of skelton in her closet , its only a matter of time, it will be out so be aware america, another thing, anyone who thinks that race dont play a part in this election, think again, its called THE WHITE HOUSE PEOPLE>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>DO THE MATHS
I listened to Walt Monegan being interviewed last night (live). I'd like to know the actual SPECIFIC reasons Palin gave why he was dismissed. Are they backed up by actual incidents of misconduct or incompetence or are we dealing with smoke and mirrors here.
Quite the maverick, isn't she?
Hiding behind friends and lawyers.
Out with the truth! If you're not guilty of anything, it will almost guarantee a win in November. Just think of the campaign strategies that could be spun around a complete exoneration.
Or maybe there is something to hide.
When did our ELECTIONS begin to PROTECT Criminals? It’s her fault she felt she was ABOVE the LAW.........WE ARE going to see more criminal activities from this woman if she get away with THIS. SHE DOES NOT REPRESENT ME, I don't use my EPOWER of AUTHORITY to hide behind people that are having to worry about the struggling before McCain made his pick of VP. That’s the REAL reason she didn’t BLINK when McCain asked her. This is her way of getting special treatment and at the same time.
Obama 08
McCain's senior domestic policy advisor on the economy:
Addressing the nation’s economic crisis, Holtz-Eakin told reporters traveling with the campaign “there’s no magic solution. And I don’t think that it’s at this moment imperative to write down exactly what the plan has to be.” He also said a president isn’t someone who needs to be heavily involved in policy specifics, which should be handled by “quality” advisers,
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By far, the most important and frightening statement made this political season.
They have no plan, and the president is not heavily involved in policy specifics... Sound like anyone we know?
Sarah is like that bridge she`s going no where !!!
Okay – why should you listen to me?
2 days before Palin was selected, B4, I posted in the CNN blogs it would be a female, pro lifer, who was relatively unknown to bounce away from the fact he was following Limbaugh's orders. (SCOOP!)
2 days after she was selected, I predicted she would resign for 'family reasons' which would just be another LIE. (SCOOP2?)
One blogger made a point I cannot take credit for but MAKES SENSE.
Think about this, she was a pick to appease Limbaugh, get a Convention turn out, ignite the right and the FAR right, then come back with his real choice, Lieberman. (SCOOP3???)
every body knows democrats are behind this investigation the only purpose is to harm palin because she is a danger for obama..imagine obama send 10,000 surrogate to dig for dirt against palin. this is going to backfire like it had backfire in the past 2 weeks. JA JA. JA JA
Interesting how the person who is being investigated gets to decide if the investigation is fair. Not cooperating is absurd.
If she gets away with this, I as an American will never pay another ticket, state tax, federal tax, judgment or anything else that may get me in legal trouble.
Why? Because everyone is out to get me, so I don't have to follow the law. Wow, this is nice!
only problem here is that there are MORE REPUBLICANS on this investigative board than democrats (by a 3 to 2 margin)... so, exactly whose agenda is being pushed?
Gov. Sarah Palin is not being truthful.. Gov Palin is acting as if she is above the law..
This is the “Palin Doctrine.” It’s the principle of preemptive corruption.
Now when they are elected, and people start to say “hey you’re corrupt and we don’t like that.” She and ole whats-his-name go “touch.” You knew we were corrupt when you elected us so now you can’t gripe about it.
Go on wikipedia and search "Alaska Public Safety Commissioner dismissal".
Sarah, just talk to the inquiring minds and lets get on with it.. You know you fired that poor guy because he wouldn't bend to your wishes. Never mind he was probably almost ready for retirement, you fired him, ruined his life and his families, all for your political ambition.
SHE DID IT, RUINED MONEGANS LIFE, TRIED TO RUIN HER X BROTHER N LAWS LIFE..... ALL FOR HER POLITICAL AMBITIONS
Sarah, we certainly don't need your kind in the white house, because we've already had 7 years of Cheney, so just go back to Alaska and take whats coming to you...
Looks like to me that its ( McCain-Palin) already beginning to look like the Bush White House, refusing to testify and being above the law.
SHE definitely has something to hide but the press is too afraid of her to ask any real questions regarding trooper-gate investigation or her allegiance with the AIP or her religious right wing views.
If this nutjob is elected be prepared we will all have to start believeing in her church:
1.) speaking in tongues, Possession
2.)alaska is the last land that will stand during judgement day
3.) creationism (that follows pentecostal views not including other christian views)
4.) God wages wars on other countries not people
5.) Palin is the chosen one who will lift the pentecostal church to new heights. SO they think she is their MESSIAH!!!!!!!!! How scary.
WITH ALL THE CRITICAL ISSUES FACING OUT COUNTRY AND NOW AS WE SPEAK THE STOCK MARKET AND FIANACIAL MELTDOWN , AMERICANS MUST BE WONDERING WHY CNN AND THE MEDIA ARE GIVING SO MUCH AIR TIME TO GOVERNOR SARAH PALIN'S "ALLEGED PRESSURE ON THE FIRING SAFETY COMMISIONER OF ALASKA. SARAH PALIN'S POPULARITY AND THE SAGGING OBAMA CAMPAIGN HAS THE MEDIA WORRIED.
THE MEDIA SHOULD TAKE A CLOSE LOOK AT THE TROOPER WHO CAUSED THIS PROBLEM. . HE ADMITTED TO DRINKING ON THE JOB.
84000 people lost their jobs in the month of August alone
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Fannie Mae & Freddie Mac lost $30 BILLION because of the Bush Administration
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Thousands of homes foreclosed every day now
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
American does not need another senseless war.
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
KATRINA and how it was handled was a national disgrace
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
4000+ American soldiers dead in Iraq & over 150000 Iraqi’s
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Bush fired US attorneys illegally
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
CIA agent Valerie Plame cover leaked by Bush & Cheney Administration
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
The corruption of ENRON
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Republican lobbyist JACK ABRAMOFF
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Bush Commutes Scooter Libby's Prison Term
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Sex Predator MARK FOLEY whose job in congress was to protect our children.
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
Gas Prices jump from $0.89 per gal in 2000 to $4.00+ per gal right now in 2008
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National debt increases $1.93 BILLION each DAY now over 9 trillion TOTAL
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American major banks bankrupt
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Illegal WIRE TAPPING dishonoring the constitution of the United States of America
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No child left behind a disaster for our children
"NOT ANTOHER 4 YEARS"
Bush finally admits he was a drunk but lied about it back in 2000 campaign
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Hundreds of millions in profit for oil companies and their CEO'S.
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Our soldiers sent to battle field WITHOUT proper armor.
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"Mission Accomplish banner on aircraft carrier with BUSH, We are still at THIS DUM WAR.
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Wall Street big CEO BONUSES, NO OVERSIGHT, & NO REGULATIONS led to banks going under.
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
AIG need 76 billion to be saved from going under. .
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
HP Latest Mega Company to cut 28000 jobs
"NOT ANOTHER 4 YEARS"
A vote for Mccain/Palin/Bush will be the same as the last 8 years.
The mccain campaign is blaming Obama for this too.
She was for the investigation before she was against it.
WHAT???? You're going to sue some one for investigating someone who is about to have the second most powerful job in the world for abuse of power????? THIS IS INSANE!!!! I AM COMPLETELY APPALLED!!! What has this world come to. She is obviously guilty due to her lack of cooperation into the whole matter. Now she is sueing???? Can anyone see the corruption and injustice here? Or am I just blind? Every Inquiry I had about Palin has just been answered. She is using the same horrible tactics the Bush Administration has been using for almost 8 years. God have mercy on our souls. PLEASE PEOPLE!!!! I am scared for my life, and the lives of my loved ones. Seriously, I am not joking one bit.
CNN POST THIS PLEEEASE!
As a lifelong Republican I am finally convinced that this one time I must cross party lines and vote with the Democrats. I have two children who will be of age soon and I cannot risk sending them off to war with a commander in chief who lies and deceives the public and who shirks responsibility of office. McCain is a disappointment, but Palin is a liar and a deceiver.
I am saddened to leave my party, and I make enough money to pay higher taxes under Obama's plan, but the lives of my children are worth it.
If there is nothing to hide why is she hiding? If I didn't cooperate with an investigation I'd be locked up. Maybe she should spend some time behind bars to think about cooperating with the same laws she would be forced to impose if she was VP. Sounds like Palin don't understand what a VP is supposed to be, you can't enforce laws if you're breaking them or think you're above the law.
Then investigation started proir to her pick now that it has become a problem she doesn't want to cooperate. At first McCains press person (The one with the great smile) Said that no one would fault Palin because of what the trroper was accused of. I guess they underestimated the peoples belief in innocent before proven guilty.
Just show us all that she has something to hide and is not fit to be the Vice President. It is scary when someone who wants to be VP of The United States is trying to hide the truth and yet people are supporting this woman? Come on America wake up and see what is going on here!
It would appear that Camp McCain/Palin wants to make this a political issue in the national campaign. They need a better reason than the one they claimed today.
The format for the investigation began before she even knew what the VP of the USA actually does on a day to day basis. The people were selected prior to her being announced as nominee.
Palin just told the American people on ABC EVening News that she would fully cooperate. Her credibility just went out the window. Do you think anyone is going to notice or care?
This whole Troopergate is giving me a headache.. This all happened before, I repeat BEFORE she was a VP choice and therefore it should proceed period. She said she would cooperate and then went back on that... She is looking more and more guilty every step so far that I have seen..
Sarah Palin is just there to get the women vote and getJohn McCain in the White House. Once he is elected the investigation will continue then she will have to step down and let the real vice president choice take the seat.
Sounds like good old Bush tactics again...
And 5 Republicans standing up to try to block the investigation is not partisan and tainted?
Hypocrite is what she is...and likely guilty. Otherwise, they would let it play out unimpeded.
She is not even in office and the GOP is suing to stop an investigation. Sounds like a page out of the Bush/Cheney playbook.
How can anyone say this ticket will be different from the current administration when they have already proven they can't even run a camaign without a scandals popping up everywhere they turn???
The McCain/Palin rep that was just on CNN says it should go to the impartial Personnel Board, you do realize Palin appointed all 3 people on that board, eight?
Well.......
America will vote for the both of them
And i hope they haul her off to jail directly afterwards
wow. this is getting pretty ridiculous. Sarah Palin is supposed to be all about transparency, right? Well, her corrput web of lies is gettng pretty transparent. good job Sarah, you were finally honest about something.
I CAN'T WAIT FOR PRESIDENT BARACK OBAMA!!
Say it with me now – PRESIDENT Barack Obama!
B-b-b-but it was a BIPARTISAN commission (with a 3-2 Republican majority!) that sanctioned this investigation! I am shocked by this move and even more surprised that I am shocked in the first place.
Palin is just another, corrupt, secretive "aw shucks" politician from a backwoods state who has complete disrespect for the laws which us normal people have to abide by. As the sheen wears off, McCain is starting to slip again in the polls and this is only the beginning.
OK, so she is hard right wing (which is fine, everyone has their own political views), relatively inexperienced (OK, too in mitigating circumstances), wholly unqualified (not OK), unable to speak to the issues facing this country except in campaign talking points, corrupt and a bald faced liar on the stump. Or worse, she is not lying and just doesn't know what she is talking about.
Aren't conservatives thinking that they may have made a huge mistake here? This was the first major decision by John McCain and his risk is backfiring. Sarah Palin is not ready to be president.
This lady is hiding quite a few things, secrets can be revealed if the investigator talk to the right ones. Whatever happens this case does not need to be closed.
Hypocrisy...
The Hypocrisy of the Religious Right is unbelievable, reminiscient of the Pharisees and Sadduccees, they ought to be ashamed of themselves. As a Christian, Palin needs to be honest and transparent. This should remind everyone of the hypocritical morals/ethics these Republicans have. Just look at the Bush Admin. and the Jack Abramoff Scandals... that party is so full of deception, slander, and immorality! They have no moral ground to stand on, so they are slinging mud at Obama. Nice... real nice.
First she refuse to answer questions from the media now she is refusing to cooperate in this investigation.
Remember Valerie Plame, Americans wake up!
For someone who claims to want to make Washington politics "transparent" why don't you show a little more transparency yourself Mrs. Palin?
Funny, five Republican lawmakers calling the investigation partisan when its being conducted by a bipartisan commission. The committee is made up of 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats. Oh, and don't forget that the investigation is the Obama campaign's fault even though it started before she was named VP nominee.
Palin is a liar and a cheat and I am not going to set around and let this woman ran the White House. The American people have had enough of dishonest, lies, distortion, and the rich keep getting rich.
I smell the stench of guilt. Your not getting out of this one! We already had scandals in the white house and that is one place where you will never be....
Just watched an interview with Palin spokesman concerning probe. He insisted that the Personel Board of Alaska was appropriate place for investigation. Question???Who appointed the Board members?
It's no more than Obama lied about Tony Rezo, william Ayers,REV Wright. Sat in the church 20 years and didn't hear the things that Rev Wright said. Everybody knows that he was lying. And still is. He was
right with all of those crooked men.
What's Palin afraid of???? Now she's refusing to answer questions about Trooper-Gate. The McCain camp is basically sequestering her when she reads her speeches from the monitor. Somebody needs to pull the plug when she's giving a speech. I think she'll break down like a zombie Stepford wife and won't know what to say. Give it up, Sarah. You are not qualified to become the V.P. Stay home with your kids, who right now could use your help a ton; teenager pregnant, son shipped off to military because of drug use, and a Down syndrome baby. Whew!!!!
Warren Buffett who is a huge supporter of Obama was asked in an interview if he would hire Obama as his replacement. His response was that Obama's skill set was not suited to such a role. Who ever is taking these non issues about Palin and turning them into something are making a grave error as once again she dominates the news cycle. Look at the polls people - McPalin should be trailing by 20 points but instead they are gaining.
Sarah, what's the matter? Do you have a few skeletons hiding in your closet?
I hope no one is surprised by this move. They are getting increasingly shrill and seem to be panicking by what might be found. By the way, there are many legislative Republicans who are still backing the probe. Also, now there are NEW reasons given why Monegan was fired. Why are these being cited now? And what happened to the promise we heard of an "open and transparent" administration? In Alaska, we have two kinds of rivers-those that flow out of glaciers and those that don't. Those that DON'T flow out of glaciers are crystal clear. Those that DO flow out of glaciers are gray and murky. Like the communications that come out of the administration. Why the secrecy? Why the private e-mail accounts for state business?
The rest of the country may be surprised to know that the very Dems she is criticizing now were her greatest supporters in the AGIA process. And it MAY be her own party who is trying to bring her down.
Right, ist's Obama who started this investigation even before he even knew she was going to be a candidate. It doesn't matter who contacted who, it's just more of the same from McSame.
She wants to be the Vice President of the United States and do the same as bush and company has done to thwart investigations when they have broken the law. She wants it to be by her rules, to work with the personnel board who is partial to her. Do we want more of our constitution erodes by those who think they have USURP POWER!
What a joke this is the USA and nobody should be above the LAW!
I want to see an Obama ad stating all the issues surrounding troopergate and ending with the quote "What's she trying to hide?" Could be very effective.
So, she'll only comply if there are people on the board that agree with their G.O.P. agenda! If she has nothing to hide, it shouldn't who's on the board!
Clearly the whole investigate issue is being exagerrated for political gain by pro-obamites. I don't fall for this for a second.
"O"bama
"O" = zero
Isn't it funny that republicans bash trial lawyers all day long, but won't hesitate to sue when it is in their interest.
What is this, republican hypocrisy number 200 of this campaign.
I smell a cover up....
She's just digging a deeper hole for herself and McCain by refusing to cooperate. It makes her look guilty and not trustworthy. The country is tired of being lied to, she needs to fully cooperate and the truth will come out. There are Republicans as well as Democrats on the investigation committee, so what does she have to fear? She is the female Bush.
Lying, corruption, cover-ups, diversions, hypocrisy, stealing, polarization, and secrecy have sadly become the trademarks of the McCain campaign now. The partisan claim also does not carry much truth when there are 3 Republicans & 2 Democrats on the investgation. No more lies please.
Voting Obama.
Fired over "budgetary issues" really does not make sense when you stop and think about it. Does that mean that she eliminated the top law enforcement position in the State of Alaska because the state budget could no longer afford the position?
Whatever happen to due process? It's starting to stink for Sarah.
Do you really want someone who is second in line to the most powerful position in the world to be someone who already has a history of absuing the power of the offices that she has held?
If she didn't do anything why is she trying to stop the investigation?
And, kinda puzzled how the Obama campaign is responsible for this when the investigation began in July?
if she's innocent of any wrong doing then you'd think she would welcome the investigation to get it over with so that she could concentrate on the election. All I hear from the McCain campaign regarding this woman is everyone is picking on her. She and McCain better toughen up!! Isn't that the advice She gave Hillary??
FLIP-FLOOOOOOOOOP!!!!! so much for the "transparency and accountability" the repubs are promising- oh – that is for everyone except themselves- I forgot!
Where does Ed O'Callaghan get his facts from about the report of Obama's campaign contacting Alaskan legislature? This was an interview on another network which showed that no information could be given to them in regards to this investigation. I am sure that O'Callaghan woulld not sway Americans to believe something that is not true would he??
This Stinks like all the Republican Brand....
Did I hear "Reform".. They have to reform themselves. They have reformed enough of this country for the last eight years.
Isn't the personal board made up of at least some Palin appointees? So let me understand this, she'll cooperate with a board of her choosing, but won't cooperate with the legislature because it is headed by Democratic senators?
Something smells. So much for transparency. What else is she hiding?????
Bipartisan AK officials initially decided that an investigation is warranted. Bipartisan AK officials decided that subpoenas are in order. Investigation has been in place well before Gov. Palin was nominated to be VP of the US.
This is very shady and has the same stench as the current regime. How Cheney-like of Gov. Palin. Shameful conduct.
This woman is creepy, scary!
Governor Plain should cooperate with the investigation. What does she have to hide? She is entitled to be investigated if it is deemed necessary. Why cry foul when all candidates have had some form of investigation into their past.
Why should Governor Palin dictate who will do an investigation and who will not. Governor Palin is direcfting everyone to the Personnel Board because these are her friends and she will be vindicated through this avenue.
Get used to it people. Just wait till she gets in the White House, she will make Cheney look like the Pope. The American people are to stupid to realize they are being lied to so they should get exactly what they deserve. Hopefully the country goes into another depression so the Rethuglicans can be 2 for 2 on that subject.
Okay.....now let's watch for the Republican Big Wallets to come out with some "shut up" money so all this will conveniently go away.....
Palin = Cheney with lipstick!
Wake up, America!
Dick Cheney with a skirt. Oh, and let's not forget the lipstick.
Hey republicans, remember when bush wanted to wiretap all of America, and people complained, and you said, "if you don't have anything to hide, why are you worried? you must have something to hide if you're complaining"... Sucks being on the other end of that argument huh?
Sounds like Palin is taking lessons from Cheney and Rove.
JUST SAY NO TO PALIN!
And McCain and Palin say they are bringing change to Washington? Is this the change they are talking about?
This is crazy! This smells of Bush/Chaney and their many fronts to the rule of law and the abuse of executive privilege. She won't comply with investigators because they are "not one of them" WHAT A JOKE!
Obama is not much better but why do people vote for this stuff knowing this just because they hate gays and hate abortion and think like "religious" people?
I guess I don't know what a religious person is because religious people don't lie, block investigations, misuse power, etc. I just don't get it I guess.
McCain should allow Palin to cooperate with the commission in the Troopergate scandal.
How can anything they say be taken as credible when they are avoiding this inquiry that Palin originally agreed to participate? If she was found guilty, I'm sure Bush would pardon her anyway!
WHAT ARE THEY AFRAID OF IF THERE IS NOTHING TO HIDE??
SEND THE LIARS PACKING!
OBAMA/PALIN '08
Yep this is going to count for experience for Palin.She can see Russia and now she will be an expert on what ?? She is above the law just like McCain.And this was such a great pick for VP.The Republicans keep bragging her up like she is the Queen of America.If you can't cooperate with a mostly Republican inquiry how do you expect to work in the Whitehouse ? I guess this prooves that even she knows how much she lies and is scared to cooperate.If she was out to tell the truth there would ne no need to hide and keep silent.She is a joke all the way around and Silent Sarah is only willing to speak from scripts.
This is the reason I am now voting democrat for the first time. The republican party has lost all its marbles with me. How can you trust Palin to VP affairs when she won't even talk with the officials from her own state?
Obama/Biden '08
Convenient. The problem is that the republicans have forgotten that the coverup is worse than the crime. Thing is, we dont even know if there was a crime because the investigation is ongoing and nothing has been proven. 'Politically motivated' is an old charge. To be fair much of the time its true... as Bill Clinton knows. But then again... he lied under oath so he did commit a crime. If he admitted to it when it happened it would have gone away eventually. He and his advisers made it worse.
LOL. She's my choice for VP!
I smell something fishy
Does this really surprise anyone?
Sarah Palin is NO reformer she is a bag of tricks, lies and schemes. Time to peel away that facade and face the American people.
Of course Palin will cooperate with an investigation by the Personnel Board. The Governor of Alaska appoints the members of the Personnel Board.
I feel like I am in an Obama pep rally. I guess we know who watches and reads CNN. Maybe all the hate that the dem's have scares Palin's people a little. There is no telling what they might come up with....true or not.
What does Sarah Palin, have to hide, sounds like another Bush, Cheney, and McCain to me! Transparency with Integerity is the Only Way to Lead.
Dorothy
Why not? The results were to be announced mere days before the election. Now that the McCain vetting team has finally figured out there is substance behind Palin's questionable actions, they are trying to delay the results until after the election.
Pathetic that they are trying to hide the truth from the people.
would'nt we just know that obama people are behind the investigation of palin's firing of the state trooper or whatever they are alleging. it is so not important, anyone but a woman as far as mr obama is concerned, they destroyed mrs clinton and now mrs palin. the untouchable obama should be confronted regarding his infantile behavior. as well as his inexperience and inability to lead our country. hopefully he will be asked about this in the debates. have we lost our freedom of speech as far as criticizing him is concerned?
So she plans to reform Washington? Is this an example?
DC done Alaska style? Other than the moose and fewer players – is there a difference?
PLEASE WAKE UP PEOPLE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I FEEL LIKE IM IN THE TWILIGHT ZONE???????????? THIS WOMAN IS NUTS?? AND SO IS MCCAIN??? OUR COUNTRY IS FALLING, NO HAS FALLEN APART!!!!!! WALL STREET, HOUSING MARKET, EDUCATION......HOW CAN ANYONE TAKE THIS CHIC SERIOUSLY????????
Sarah Palin is running for VP of the USA. She really does not have the luxury of not answering questions. This isn't the beauty pageant. This is an election. She is way over her head; otherwise, why is she not answering ANY questions? Why are there no news conferences? Why are "news people" giving her a free ride? You are reporters, as such, I expect you to interview EVERYONE running for President or VP in the upcoming election. This entire thing is silly. Give her a free ride the same as you did George W Bush 8 years ago...four years ago....and maybe we can have a war with Iran shortly after another Republican regime. I know that your boss is Republican...but this country, and certainly, the world, is at stake. If you all stood up to your bosses, maybe we could have some real reporting once again.
Support you from California.
The drunken first date followed by the hangover.
The light of day is not kind to Ms. Palin.
LIE BABY LIE.
I thought she was going to change Washington???
Is avoiding investigations (exactly what the Bush Administration has done the past 8 years) really change?
How can you be for changing Washington if you don't change the way you do things?
The McCain campaign is constantly surrounded by lies, scandal, and distractions. Yet they are tied with Obama in the polls. I guess the rest of the county does not bother reading the news. They seem to be focused on their image and who would be cooler to have a beer with.
What is there really to investigate? Commissioner Monegan is on the record in August stating that neither Governor Palin nor her husband ever pressured him to fire the state trooper. And if you saw the trooper in question on CNN, you would realize that he should have been fired. But the lead investigator is obviously so biased against Governor Palin that he has already announced, before the investigation is really under way, that the findings will be an October surprise and harmful to Governor Palin.
Can you say "McCarthyism?" or "witch hunt?"
What is she scared of? She's trying to let this thing play out past election day. We don't need a scandal investigation in the W.H. Bad choice of judgement picking Palin Johnny boy. never bring sand to the beach. DUH!!!
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
Oh yea, and Obama hanging with the founder of the weather underground and annoucing his candidancy in a home grown terrorists living room is a non-issue.
I guess we wait to see if we will have an obamanation !
8 years of cheneyistic presidency, oops, I mean vice presidency is enough for this country. We need leaders that take responsibility for their actions and accountable to American people.
People Wake up!! If you hear REPUBLICAN just run!! They are using their power and a scare tactic to steal this election. If Palin is clean let the investigation proceed. From thier maneuver there is something she and her party is trying to hide. I deserve to know the truth before I cast my vote so does the whole nation!!
CNN push this matter all the way!!
Palin is scary till she comes out clean.
Come on, this puppet with lipstick has no shame. Don't allow this country be manipulated by this script reading puppet. We deserve better.
Obama is half black and that's the reason you vote for McCain? Think again.
So when Obama balks and sends his supporters to call radio shows to stop investigations about Bill Ayers connections and all his other shady dealings in Illinois.... Is he hiding something?
By all your logic Obama should let the investigations happen, unless he has something to hide...
I wonder if she's suing because the idea of investigating her ethics is sexist
she sounds more like Dick Chaney than an "original maverick."
Sounds like Bush. More Bush on the way, people. Meet up with my in Montreal when I move if this monster wins.
The reason she would not want to cooperate now is because there is now a bigger political reason for investigators or others to smear her or skew answers and follow a political agenda rather than a judicial proceedure. Any politician in a major election would do the same thing in order to avoid any partisan politiking or misinterpretation of answers to enter into the investigation. Face it... you would do the same thing if your reputation was one misquote away from obtaining your dream.
il get the feeling she,s guilty she try to cover up , but if she does that she wil do it also sooner hour later to the american peopel. she promis to be transparant this start to look like the bush.
The McCain campaign is constantly surrounded by lies, scandal, and distractions. Yet they are tied with Obama in the polls. I guess the rest of the country does not bother reading the news. They seem to be focused on their image and who would be cooler to have a beer with.
if I'm not mistaken, isn't there 3 Republicans and 2 Democrats on the board, and 1 repulblican sided with the democrats, what is going on here. First she will, then she won't, sounds kinda fishy to me.
Just like the rest of the republican hiarchy she is above the law. I heard the state of Alaska is dropping their probe. I guess the powers to be wield a pretty heavy hand in Alaska politics. I guess this means we will never know if she was running a personal vendetta. My opinion is she was.
The truth shall set her free – to return to Alaska to shoot more wolves from a plane, fire more long term employees, take money for bridges and give it to the road to nowhere.
McCain likes to shoot from the hip and go with his gut. Is that what we want from a president? Sarah is a bully in the same vein as Cheney. Is that what we need as a vp?
America stand Up and VOTE for the team that will put us back on the right track. Obama/Biden will make decisions based on facts, knowledge and good judgment. We need an intelligent and thoughtful president. Obama is the only one that fits that description.
If you have nothing to hide, you have nothing to fear. Can anyone please tell me why her husband Todd, who I understand is not an elected or appointed official, routinely sits in on meetings and is copied on all e-mails? Just what kind of governme is Palin running up there?
IF she didnt do anything and there is no proof there WHY DOES she care? and why not Testify??? i think the AMERICAN people should be able to hear the Evidence before the Election in November. "COUNTRY FIRST" right?
WHO do you think you are Sarah Palin? You claim your just one of us regular Americans. IS THAT SO? Well if one of us "regular Americans" tried to INFLUENCE PEDAL we would be laughed out of town. IF we tried to ignore a subpena, we would be hauled off to jail. So get real Sarah Palin, JUST CONFESS. YOU ARE NOTHING MORE THEN A SLEAZY POLITICIAN, WITH NO MORALS, LIEING YOUR WAY TO ANYWHERE YOU CAN.
WE VOTERS ARE WISE TO YOU AND JOHN MC BUSH....
NO WAY, NO HOW, MCPAIN/PALIN
I'm sure tomorrow this will be Obama's fault. I thought she told Charlie Gibson she had nothing to hide and would welcome the investigation. I guess she doesn't want to make history by being the first VP to be indicted before being elected. Typical, corrupt, we are above the law republicans. Can you say cover-up?
This investigation started before she was VP and contained 3 republicans and two democrats on the committee that gave the final go ahead. Palin has said she wants a more transparent government but won't answer questions about something she claims was legit? Not answering questions is a sign of guilt, everyone knows that.
I bet she made a deal when becoming the VP that the investigation would "go away." I just bet that is how things went down.
If she had nothing to hide why doesn't she prove it? Sounds like she's taking after the Bush regime. Sending government email through personal email accounts – sound familiar?
This kind of government has to stop!
What is there to sue? It's a legal investigation and if it upsets people they should get over it.
To ALL "those press" who are looking for DIRT – HA
Aha ahaaa Go look under the"rock star"
What a bunch of sour grapes. Always on the look out for some trash.
Press was DUMPSTER DIVING Since day 1
Lets face it, if Sarah hadn't been tapped for VP none of this trash would have been of any interest in the lower 48 or any where else for that matter.
Hey, wait a minute. Wasn't McCarthy a Republican? So then why all the hubbub over a "McCarthyistic Inquisition"? Oh wait. I get it. The shoe is on the other foot now. Sorry. What was I thinking.
What does she have to hide? As VP running mate or hockey mom...if you're innocent of all charges then why not welcome the investigation? The republicans will argue that 2 senators are backers of obama...big whoop!....answers like those fall in the same category as the reason mccain gave the ladies on the view as to why he runs negative ads! I'm sure she abused her power...she;s to smug in her actions not to have! why not investigate the creamery closing controversy too? I laughed yesterday at dana bash's comments as to the mccain camp having made and then handed out the homemade signs to the crowd....yoy....aren't they happy enough controlling her speechs?...are all republican supports sheep?
If you have nothing to hide and state that clearly then how could you be found guilty of wrongdoing?
Sounds like your 'transparency' for government is a farce like the MSM have been finding out about your administration.
We don't need a female Cheney.
If some idiot tasered my son he would be walking funny and looking for a new job .
Palin Power is here to stay. The democrats are placed in a corner by this future to become VP of the United States alone. Obama have a lot to learn yet and is totally not ready to take any desicion for the country. Mccain will guide this country and the world to a better live for everyone. The terrorists are shaking if Mccain is ellected and they will dance if Obama is. Think on that..!! America, do not rush to judgement but choose the Mccain -Palin ticket for a better future for America, for yourself and for your childrens...
ITS JUST MORE OF THE SAME-PALIN FITS THE REPUBLICAN PARTY PLATFORM WELL-SHES ABOVE THE LAW OR EVEN ANY INQUIRY.
AMERICANS CAN AND DO AND DESERVE BETTER THAN HER.
GO BACK TO ALASKA MRS. PALIN WHERE YOUR SHENENIGANS WORK.
Everything that comes out of this woman's mouth is a LIE!!
Im for it, Im against it....Geesh...
She is giving women a bad rep!!
If the fact that Sarah Palin will not cooperate in the Troopergate investigation is not lving proof that a McCain/Palin administration will not be 4 more years of Bush, I don't know what is. I just listened to a campaign spokesman for the McCain campaign and saw more fancy footwork than you see on Dancing with the Stars.
YEP, THE MORE YOU TRY TO FIGHT IT THE WORST IT SEEMS!
The trooper used a taser against his own young son, he admitted this himself.
Multiple investigators are admitted and open Obama supporters.
Bring out the pitch forks and torches. She is a Republican so she must be a lying (right?)
If she was a democrat and these investigators were republicans you would be screaming how unfair the investigators were and trying to slur her reputation. Come on CNN you know you would....its OK we know you would.
You in the media seem so upset that the mean Gov Palin won't play with you you are going to get angry at her. Poor little news media.
Must have hurt your collective feelings.
Makes you all look so good to Obama supporters.
To the rest of the country you look like spoiled angry children that are bitter that she wont talk to you. How dare she treat you like that right? Jesus, you all in the media need to grow up and stop acting so childish. 2008 the year the main stream media lost its objectivity and professionalism.
Ed oconnell the spokes person for Mcain/Palin speaks with a forked tongue( watch the interview with rick sanchez of cnn.) .Once again its a matter of elected officials feeling that they do not have to be completely forthright with ethical or legal information and or investigations.
if this is an indication of what McCain/Palin plan for their open and transparent investigation into wall street.....we better all hide our wallets, checking accounts, savings accounts and our kids piggy banks.
so much for truth and transparency....not to mention integrity or lack thereof
don
seattle
Bush in a skirt, Cheney in tights! Same ol' same ol'. Secrecy, obfuscation, denials, deception. Can our system of laws and Constitution bear another four years of this???
We all know that Bush has abused his executive privilege.
Do we really want to give the #2 position to someone that is being accused of the same? Worst case scenario here is the Republicans win, Johnny dies, and Palin is in, all the while being under investigation for something that our current POS leader is so fond of.
What do you think she will try to do to those trying to bring her to justice now?
Transparent as to see the corruption, not to see how clean her record is.
LOL. Alaskan politics is no different than Washington politics. So much for the "outsider" theory.
I believe we have stumbled onto the new AREA 51, Gov. Palin.
If she has nothing to hide then co-operate,,,republican thinks they are above the law.
Obama/Biden
Don't we have a current VP that won't come clean, what makes anyone think the republicans want their nominee to do any different.
America asks yourselves do you really want someone else in the White House that has any resembling to Georgia W. Bush. Sarah Palin has the identity more of Georgia W. Bush then John McCain does or maybe they all are the same. However this Palin person is one big liar. How the people in Alaska ever seen her to be of anything of any Good is beside my wildest thoughts?
Let's see, she's been kept in an undisclosed secret location for weeks, and now she claims 'executive privilege' to not releasee-mails relating to an investigation relating to possible inappropriate actions. Sound like any current VPs you know????
Can't she just say "Thanks, but no thanks" to this investigation? That worked so well for her before.
Skeletons. They're hiding SOMETHING.
Better to find out now than to find out after nov 4th.
Palin, if you have nothing to hide then why all the fuss??? You think the American people are stupid, dont' you?
LOL, figures. Stop the truth at all costs.
Whoa! "McCarthyism" rears its ugly head again half a century later. Do we need this in America again? The answer is obvious. This election is becoming a surrealistic farce.
No Way,
No How,
No Cover Up,
No Sarah Palin!!!!
It's the economy stupid!!
Sarah, please tell us exactly what and how you and John plan to fix the economy...not interested in generalities like "efficiencies".
While you're at it, can you call Charlie Gibson back and redact the statement that you welcome an investigation.
Lastly, please stop using your personal e-mail for official state business, m'kay. Thanks.
The pig with a lipstick has finally begun to squeal
I do not understand the committee that is investigating her is composed of 3 Republicans and 2 Dems... where is the unfairness?? The fact is she is AFRAID of the truth being revealed and will do anything to cover it up...sounds like a truly corrupt Republican to me!!! Yet she is the candidate of "reform"- what a joke!!
Wouldn't it be better to continue this investigation if Gov. Palin did nothing wrong? When the 'truth' came out, the 'partisans' would be the ones with egg on their faces. Don't the republicans see what they are doing?? I know–SILLY question!
Of course Sarah will clean up Washington, DC – look how she's used her broom to sweep away Alaska's problems. Unfortunately, she's shown her true self through her own cronyism, vendettas and vindictiveness.
She's now letting her supporters use her broom to sweep her troopergate problems under the rug. However, she'll want it back when she gets to Washington, DC, and finds that 8 year old fish in the VP's desk drawer. But who knows...she'll probably keep the fish – it'll have lipstick on it now.
If us ordinary people dismiss cooperating with the law like Palin did, we would be hauled to jail for contempt. Why should she get away with it? If she is innocent, she will have nothing to worry about.
Because the McCain campaign is getting scared now. They're starting to understand what happens when you don't properly vet a VP candidate. Oh, this is gonna go over well. Let's HIDE the truth. That will impress the American people.
She's going down and McCain with her.
Obama / Biden 08
So what do you want? Impartial arbitration? You think that'll go well for her? I think the Republicans in Alaska should play the game as it is – nevermind the crap hand.
WE THE PEOPLE have hit a new low in America, and we can term it Palinism.
There are more republicans (6) and 4 democrats on this investigation committee! And it's tainted?????
If the probe was started before Palin was selected by McCain as her running mate then how in the hell can the republicans say the probe is tainted and partisan.
If Palin agreed to participate with the investiagtion but now refuses (whether tainted / partisan or not which it can't be because the investigation started before her selection) then is she not going back on her word. Is she not hiding something that might be detrimental to her run as VP?
I think the answers are obvious but for those who support her and McCain, they can't see the forest for the trees.
Well, here we go again... More lies... Between McOld and the SP, I don't know who is better and faster at the lies... John tought her well and she is a fast learner.
I thought she wanted a transparent government. If that be the case, then why not talk with the investigator if there is nothing to hide. Makes me kind of wonder what else she is hiding.
There they go again - Republicans working to cover up crimes. Yet,if it was a black person or a latino woman or anyone the Rethugs don't see as human beings, they would be screeching in agony over the "crimes" being committed...
Hypocrisy, thy name is Republican.
Ever notice that the Republicans dislike lawyers and law suits, but watch them use the system to their advantage when they get their backs against a wall (Bush v. Gore, for example).
She was the biggest celebrity in the world, but now her star is fading ...
Wow... these tactics seem hauntingly familiar.... oh, yeah, 8 years of Bush/Cheney/McCain. Enough!
What do you have to hide, Sarah?
THE TRUTH SHALL SET YOU FREE! MCCAIN THE HERO (LOL) SARAH THE REFORMER (LOL). IF I WASN'T HERE SEEEING AND HEARING ALL OF THIS FOR MYSELF I WOULD NOT BELIEVE IT. ON THE SERIOUS SIDE, THIS IS A VERY SAD DAY IN AMERICA. REMEMBER OTHERS ARE WATCHING AND THE LIES AND HIDING IS WHAT THEY SEE AND MAKE THE JUDGEMENT THAT WE ARE NOT TO BE TRUSTED!
And the liberal left is at it again. NoBama, no way.
PALIN IS GUILTY. SAD PART IS PEOPLE WILL STILL VOTE FOR MCSAME/PALIN
THE CLEANERS ARE IN TOWN...
Growing up, I was always told by my parents that if you have nothing to hide you have no problem in cooperating with those trying to find the truth.....
You know how when people get pulled over on Cops, and they'll say "go ahead, test me and everything, I is clean", and then they fail the field sobriety test and the breathalyzer test? This is what's going on with Palin. She said she'd cooperate, and the legislature called her bluff and actually investigated, and now she is trying to get out of it. No dice.
It was the Republicans last week running an ad that the Democrats were sending lawyers to Alaska to go after Sarah. Yet now we see it is the Republicans using lawyers to stop a authorized legal proceeding to discern if laws or the public trust was abused. Deception, misdirection and propaganda, that is the Republican way. Republicans are always saying if you have nothing to hide then there is no problem. What a bunch of hypocrites. Wake up America!!!
The real truth is she does use her power to abuse. She is using her VP running as a power move to stop the investigation, of an abuse of power. Another form of abuse of power if she was not running she would be under investigation right now. The American's would have no idea who she is based on her being the most popular Gov of Alaska that I never heard of before he pick as McLiar's VP. She is a bulldog alright and will eat you alive.
What happened to transparency?
Obama/Biden '08
Sense of entitlement to ignore if not the rule of law, at the very least the scrutiny of it. When potentially damaging to them, to exercise “executive” privilege and trivialize the need to pursue the truth that the rest of society is duty bound to do. Hmmm, now where have we seen that behavior displayed before?
Example of maverick change or executive experience at work…the voter will have to decide!
WOW, a Lawsuit against itself?? That is amazing!!!
Hummm, lets see:
First she was for the Bridge to Nowhere, Then she was against it?
First she was actively seeking Ear-marks, (and still is), Now she is against them.
First she agreed to cooperate, and even claimed to order, an investigation,: But know she won't cooperate.
What about reform Gov. Palin? What about Transparency? Both the people on the GOP ticket claim to be agents of Change, but as we can see, it really is "More of the Same"
There is a saying that goes something like this: You can put purfume on a pig, but it still stinks!!!!!
The more and more I look at this, the more and more I realize why she has been shielded from true public scrutany and that of the MSM.
America, can you honestly and truly believe that John McCain has the judgment to lead this country? I cannot believe that Gov. Palin was fully vetted properly, if she was, I am sure this would have come up as a potential problem. Again I point to this as mearly an attempt to court and pander to women who may be disaffected by Sen. Clinton not winning the Dem. Nomination and her not being selected as VEEP.
WE CANNOT HAVE ANOTHER 4 YEARS OF THIS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
And people actually want this Lying, stealing, sneaky piece of dog doo as a VP, or even worse, President if McCain should kick the bucket.. Palin is Trash
Palin is best suited to be a cosmetics salesperson.
But did I tell you that you can see Russia from my state? How about me saying thanks but no thanks to the bridge to nowhere....? reform..sputter...hockey mom...bang...cougar...kaboom!!! I'm sorry...but the Repug VP nominee has left the building...I think she is speaking in tongues to God and asking what went wrong
Sadly, I believe that Palin genuinely was willing to have the investigation. But the McCain legal team is afraid of the consequences and they are telling her now to handle the investigation just like they told her what to say in her speeches.
The firing itself is not a huge deal. Even if she did it as accused, she could be chastised, Monegan compensated, and move on. The coverup, however, is a big deal. And the growing evidence of inappropriate involvement by Todd Palin in many aspects of government is a big deal. The possible sharing of confidential information from Wooten's personnel file and worker's comp file is probably the biggest deal of all.
Come on, McCain and Palin. Don't let this thing hang over your heads as well as ours. Come clean, and facilitate a quick investigation and resolution. Bring it all out, have one bad day, and move on – so the voters can make their judgement on the facts. We deserve that. We demand that.
LOL. Alaskan politics are no different than Washington politics. So much for the "outsider" theory.
I believe we have stumbled onto the new AREA 51, Gov. Palin.
After 8 years of cover up, bald face lies of WMD's and executive privilege, do we really the McCain-Palin version of transparency ? I think not!
And this is who people want as their VP. Please people wake up for your children and mine. Is this what this great nation of ours has come too. If she gets in the Whitehouse we maght as well bend over and kiss our !@#$$ goodbye. Come clean Sarah ............. Stop hiding you agreeded now what has changed your mind????????? Hiding something you think?
"Pale in" chickens are coming home to roost. Wake up America, Cheney abused his power! Wake up America, Pale in does the same thing. Wake up America Bush administration plunged the country into what it is today. Wake up America McCain is promising the same thing. Wake up!
Just like the rest of them, Palin should be in jail....
Move forward with the investigation and when she is proven involved (which is a 100% given) then summon her to court. When she does not show, put her behind bars for a little bit.
After this, Bush can give her a complete pardon and we can move forward as planned.
World domination & destruction (McCain-Palin)
Real Change (Obama-Biden)
She obviously knows she will be found GUILTY two weeks before the National Election.
How is this person going to clean up Washington when she is worst than ANYONE in DC?
There is a great deal of difference between "coming clean" and participating in an obviously politically motivated investigation. Look at the history of Obama elections. In the Illinois Senate election, he challenges the petitions of 3 other opponents, leaving him unopposed in the election. In his US Senate race, he has the divorce records of his opponent exposed at a time that does not give the Republicans time to field a credible opponent. In the primaries earlier this year, he has the votes of Michigan and Florida eliminated by the DNC, thus enabling him to maintain his momentum and secure the nomination. Then, he consents to permitting these delegates to vote at the convention. Now, his operatives are doing everything they can to discredit Sarah Palin. They know she has popped their balloon and their only option is to find a way to "eliminate" her, just as they have done in many other elections with other candidates. This time, however, their chicanery and slight of hand is not going to work. Sarah Palin, John McCain and the American people are too smart to permit such partisan political gamesmanship to prevail.
My question would be; If the only one's that she will answer are the on the board, who appointed those on the board to those positions?
That is the big question here, having looked at how she 'cleaned house' in her administration when she took over, appointing a woman who 'liked cows' as a kid to the high paid agriculture position and other various high school and church friends to positions they clearly weren't qualified for, then I have to ask, did she appoint these board members she's so willing to give testimony and evidence to?
Luster is wearing off Palin QUICK!! She lied about the bridge to no where and accepted millions in pork and earmarks. She doesnt know what the Bush doctrine is even though I understand it and Im not running for VP. This investigation proves that she is unethical and will abuse the power she is given. Besides being new she brings absolutely nothing to the table.
Sarah)...............The truth will set you free. If you are such a holy roller, what are you afraid of? Get real. You are nothing but another mouth there in Alaska. I have a feeling there is much to find out about your deals w/ oil etc. Your so called freinds don't want to get involved with you anymore and will be jumping ship. This investigation is bigger than the people that are trying to stop the process. Fry! Obama is right and you are just another Bush/McCain puppet
Sarah Palin has more skeletons in her closet than Ted Bundy. That coupled with the irrational way her supporters, who know nothing about her either, defend her makes me worried for the future of America if the Palin/McCain ticket gets elected. This really is the dumbing down of America. Who are voting for these wack jobs?
Like the late Johnny Cochoran said "This does not make sense!"
Plain not wanting to cooperate with the investigation reflects even more on the poor judgment of McCain and his staff. I don’t feel that she was properly interviewed and investigated by the McCain political staff. The Republicans since the primaries have been trying to slam both Obama and Clinton and now that they are under the microscope they want to cry foul. Maybe she is the pit bull she clams to be after all, it’s their nature to kill without mercy and if not trained properly they have the potential to be very dangerous and that’s how I see the Republican ticket, a very dangerous situation for America. Political ambition seems to be what drives the McCain/Palin ticket not the needs of the American people.
What goes on in the dark, ALWAYS comes out in the light!!
She's hiding something that's for sure...Why else would the republican's be so insistant on stopping this investigation? So she should have only republicans investigating her? Give me a break. The republicans just keep getting crazier and crazier!!!
Why isn't the media bringing up the point that the McCain camp is saying they want an impartial inquiry yet their idea of "impartial" is having the matter decided by a review board who are appointed by (and presumably answerable to) the Governor herself?
I mean, the very nature of the complaint against her should dictate that anyone under her direct influence regarding their ability to keep their job should NOT be the ones deciding her fate.
There is absolutely no proof that the invesetigation is tainted. They are just tryng to stall.
Only in America could a politician who is CURRENTLY UNDER INVESTIGATION for abuse of power be tapped as a VP candidate and present herself as the anti establishment who will clean up Washington.
POST THIS CNN, don't leave it in moderation as these are important facts that people need to know!
Now this is making me sick...As a true Republican, I'm hurt that Sarah will not come clean. How can we project the image of change if we are still following the same course of our party's past. Sarah, come clean so the Dems can get off our backs.
Fascinating!
First Gov. Palin “welcomes the investigation” and declares that she has nothing to hide; then suddenly the investigation becomes further internal; now there’s outside pressure to suppress the matter altogether. Will this be part of the “STRAIGHT TALK” we can see from Gov. Palin and John McCain when they come here to Michigan tomorrow? Somehow, I doubt it!
Darren+ in Michigan
Palin = above the law – she doesn't need to answer questions
Bush
Cheney
Rove
From the party that said about J. McCain and his work in telecommunications . . . . . "He both regulated and de-regulated the industry" . . . . . . . what does that mean ?
The party that says . . . . . . "she has nothing to hide" . . . . . .but is suing to stop the investigation.
The Republicans will say anything at this point – it is such a transparent strategy. A very sad state of affairs.
Remember "Hold me accountable" ? How about you HOLD YOURSELF accountable. Bush/Cheney "PALIN" comparison to MCSHAME and Lipstick Girl...
Mcinsane and palin when pigs with lipstick fly.
Sadly most people don't understand the pollsters are operated by the "Monied interests" that will only benifit by saying it's a close race.
People with closet racial tendencies will come out of the closet and vote for Obama in the end. People are tired of the Repubican dance that is now finally showing itself. If Mc-insane and "palin the Alien" where better liers like Bush, Cheney, Rove, they would have a better chance.
Palin blusters about transparency....I refuse the Notion that Americans are this stupid.
From a woman who says she has nothing to hide, there seems to be an awful lot of apprehension about getting the truth!
The AMERICAN people DESERVE BETTER!
Isn't this what we saw of Bush's administration before they were all indicted. Scooter Libby, Tom Delay, Carl Roves now Palin will be more of the SAME.
So, these people are accusing the investigation of being infiltrated by "Obama operatives", is that it? They say it's a smear, is that right? Well, what was it called when the investigation kicked off in July, well before anyone knew what the hell her name was?
This woman is incredible. First they try to get the results of the investigation pushed to after the election, now she's not cooperating at all. Your silence says it all, Sarah...
If there's nothing to hide...why a lawsuit to stop the investigation??
We all know where there's smoke, there's fire.
I think her nomination needs to be revoked.
This just makes her look guilty. It doesn't matter what the investigation uncovers, the damage is done. She will now look tainted to the non-brainwashed Americans.
Hey America-
How is your 401K been doing the last 3 years? Is your house worth what it was 3 years ago?
The so called free market only lets the rich get richer and the chumps (you and me) cover the socialized corporate welfare that's been going on with out tax dollars.
Wake Up!!!
Palin has switch her position so many times...it's really funny.
The majority on the committee are Repulicans...it's good she quoted a Republican...Joe McCarthy, that who she really sounds like! Keep the same lies going....maybe some dumb fool will believe it. I hope she has her lawsuit thrown out...never admit you broke the law, go to jail....that's the Republian way!
Okay, so now we know...
1. She lies about refusing earmarks ($453 million in under 2 yrs)
2. She lies about saying No to the Bridge to Nowhere, and took the money anyway
3. She continues to lie that Alaska provides 20% of the US energy. In fact it provides only 3.5%
4. She took taxpayer money so she could work from home (Crawford, Texas anyone?)
5. She had taxpayers provide her with a tanning bed.
Hmm... I wonder if she has anything to cover up...
McCain=Bush ... Palin=Cheney
This is absoulte outrage. The American people need to wake up and smell the coffe. Palin absolutely use her power to get this man fired. This is a working man trying to put food on the table as you and I but yet she never thought twice in flexing her power to get him removed from office. Let the investigation begin and subpeona the entire staff. Palin is always innocent until proven guilty. The truth will come out on her and her bully husband.
PAILIN IS LOOKING FOR AN EASY WAY OUT SHE THINKS THE AMERICAN PEOPLE ARE STUPID. I BET HER AND THE MCCAIN CAMP ARE GOING TO BUY THEMSELVES OUT OF THIS. GOD HELPS US ALL IF MCCAIN/PALIN GET INTO THE WHITEHOUSE
The McCain campaign is constantly surrounded by lies, scandal, and distractions. Yet they are tied with Obama in the polls. I guess the rest of the county does not bother reading the news. They seem to be focused on their image and who would be cooler to have a beer with.
What is it they say about the definition of insanity....It does have a familiar ring to it.
Let it go, Sarah. You got nothing to hide, do you? Then, repeat after me: GAME ON!
America please let me introduce you to Mrs. Sarah Palin Bush Rove Cheney.
She is married to the Special Interest that elected Bush/Cheney. The real reason they want her in office so that Bush and Cheney will not be investigated. She can then halt investigations into their presidency and then she can pardon Rove.
Wake up America
And the Alaska state commission is STILL bipartisan, and a Republican official came back from a hunting trip to cast his vote in favor of issuing the subpoenas. Report that with headlines CNN, what are you trying to hide, your Republican bias?
With all respect, if this were a real jury trial, it would be an immediate mistrial due the comments made in public by one of the triers of fact who said, "this may be an october suprise." That is clear predisposition thinking. in a legislative context, it is clearly impartial, aka red scare inquiries. Why would anyone want to be subjected to that. No "regular citizen" would deal with that.
She has made statements on the issue, aka "come clean," but obviously her side of the events are not accepted at face value. They should not be held at face value. They need to be coorborated by other evidence. Otherwise, why have the inquiry?
There are checks and balances in our system that keep those in power from abusing the power. they do live under different rules when those rules apply to their position of governance. if she commited a criminal offense outside the scope of her work, she'd be under the same rules as the rest of us.
Please speak informatively all of you.
DEMOCRATS DESERVE THEIR FATE, IF THEY LET THIS UNGODLY HYPOCRITES GET A WAY WITH IT. A BUNCH OF WARMONGERS, FEARMONGERS AND HATERS THAT HAVE NO SUBSTANCE
how can the Palin investigation be blamed on the obama camp when the investigation was on going even before anybody heard of Sarah Palin!!!!!!!!!!!!!!??????
If she had nothing to hide then why don't she do it now. This is a bi-partisan group with all of this attention on them they will make sure everything is done correctly. She should be glad the light of day will be on this preocess to keep them honest.
Wow. She really is hiding stuff.
Scandalous.
Are we still talking about America? As one American I am outraged everyone, every last American needs to know if there was any wrong doing or misuse of POWER as voters in this NATION we have every RIGHT to know the truth before our votes are cast. Talk about loosing faith in the basic fundamentals of this Country. I know and I certainly hope Americans are mindful of where this is coming from, the McCain/Palin campaign want to win at any cost, even the nation’s trust!
We deserve better then this....
If she got nothing to hide then what are they afraid of?
She is not fit to be American's VP. She is very vindictive who abused her power. America should be scared to death just the thought of her running this country.
a Republican for Obama.
This probe was happening before she was selected as McCain's running mate and it really irks me that his campaign is getting involved in our state issues here in Alaska.
Why are we still entertaining Palin as VP. This is wasted time. Lets deal with the issues. McCain knew this woman would keep the pressure off of his short comings.
Obama/Biden 08/12
Clinton/2016
So how is palin going to shake up Washington when she is a criminal herself?
Palin undertook to co-operate with the Legislative Investigation and has RENEGED on that undertaking. She will no longer answer questions about her influence peddling, she won't answer questions from the media ... and she has LIED about the Bridge to Nowhere, she has lied about taxes, and she has lied about ..... there she goes again.
The supporters of Palin are trying to block the legislative probe on the basis of the alleged bias of the investigators. They are willing, however, to let a personnel board probe continue. Who are the people on the personnel board the republicans are willing to let hear the matter? Are they Palin appointees/supporters? Something smells about this republican appearance of co-operation...
if this is not the same as the BUSH 8 years some body PLEASE,PLEASE,PLEASE TELL ME WHAT IS .all we are getting from the McClain/ palin llies,lies,lies and they all think they are above the law . VOTERS WE THINK THIS IS BAD IN THE RACE FOR THE WHITE HOUSE ,WHAT DO YOU THINK IT WILL BE LIKE IF THE BUSH/McCAIN MADE TO THE WHITE HOUSE AGAIN.WE WILL BE DONE AS FAR AS THE ECONOMY AND THE COUNTRY REPRATATION IS CONCERNED.WHY ON EARTH WOULD ANY POLITICA PARTY REPRESENTIVES SUE TO BLOCK THE INVESTIGATION IF THEY ARE NOT TRYING TO HIDE OR KEEP THE TRUTH FROM COMING OUT.
She is PERFECT for the job of VP. Let's see.....
1. her administration used personal email addresses to do the "state business" so that they could claim the correspondences were not subject to open records act..or to the law. CHECK...so did the Bush admin.
2. tell her staff not to cooperate or appear if called by the investigators to testify. CHECK...so did the Bush admin
3. cover up scientists findings (fudge or ignore scientific data) if the data did not support her own beliefs about global warming... CHECK...so did the Bush admin.
4. villify and bully anyone who disagrees with any policy....or any position she espouses... CHECK...so did the Bush Admin
5. wrap yourself in the flag (literally)...and lay exclusive claim to patriotism....CHECK...so did the Bush Admin.
SHE IS PERFECTLY QUALIFIED for VP!!!
Slick Sarah Pal-in lies are finally catching up with her, and the Repuglicans will do anything to keep their princess safe. Even if it means obstructing justice. Just what we need running the country right now is a bunch more lies. Don't fall for it America.
Thomas Paine said Such is the irresistible nature of truth that all it asks, and all it wants, is the liberty of appearing.
Her actions lead me to believe she has something to hide.
Governor Palin should have began with telling the truth from the beginning. Now she has been caught in so many mistruths, fictions, fabrications and yes, lies. Everyone wants to know what the real truth is and that is not much to ask seeing as though she wants to be the Vice President of the United States.
Governor Palin has to realize that this is part of the package deal when she becomes Vice President. She is under the scrutiny of all the people not just the Republican base of the United States. Maybe she wants to reconsider her position and go back to Alaska, where she can live her life of cloak and dagger and I am the Queen Bee of this ship lifestyle.
The reason is this is starting to get out of control, and you Dems just keep on trying to make nothing into something, with the absence of anyone actually saying fire the trooper there is no case, plus no one heard palin or one of her people say this guy is fired because he would not fire the trooper, good luck getting that wont happen , so this is a waste of time, we need to quit feedind the oberman, mathews looneys out there. This is a story that is being kept alive by these loon bins.
Hey Palin – Run Run Hide Hide – the truth will out!
The best is yet to come................ Hello-o, same old same old
Does any one really believe an investigation would be effective if all of the investigators were republicans, hand picked by Palin herself? This is the kind of regulation that gave us the Wall Street crisis.
She's got a lawyer, several in fact, so go face the process. STOP THE WHINING!!!!!
What's the difference between a hockey mom and a Governor caught up in trooper gate and the bridge to nowhere?
Lies !
The only difference between a cover up and a republican cover is lipstick ! Go figure !
Why would we even want to start the next 4 yrs this way. If she has nothing to hid then she should answer the questions. Its not an ordanary situation she is running for Vice President, come on people! I am not so sure that we should be concerned about who is asking the questions, let's focus on the fact that she won't answer. Why would anyone vote for her on McCains ticket (lets face it she could become president if he dies) if she can't even be honest and upfront now!!! I can not believe that the AMERICAN public would even tolorate this after what we have been through with the current administration.
Sure, we really need more of this in the white house
Alaska, please come and get your Governor and take her back to Wasilla.
You may want to consider recall measures.....
Someone who has nothing to hide would welcome an investigation no matter who is investigating.
Palin has a big old "guilty" sign hanging around her neck.
If they are suing to stop an investigation, regardless of whether it has ulterior motives or not, it makes me thing that Gov. Palin did something inappropriate. Of course, the plaintiffs will claim that there is no cooperation between the McCain/Palin campaign and these five legislators, but we all know that there certainly is. It may not be explicit, but there certainly is cooperation.
As someone who was undecided on whom to vote for, this really makes the decision easy. This definitely makes me want to vote for Obama. I am sure this is going to backfire on the McCain/Palin camp.
This is too important to go away and will backfire on Palin as the free press, involved parties, Democrat investigators, a possible legal challenge coming back on Palin and the time available for this to develop before election day produce the facts.
This all started before she was the nominee. She was picked by McCain on 8/29. The investigation started in July, and she did not objest because she claimed she had nothing to hide. This attempt to hide the truth from the American people by a ridiculous lawsuit is beyond the pale, and once again proves that the Republicans think they are aboe the law of this country! I for one, am sick of it! ENOUGH!!! OBAMA/PALIN 08!!
if you throw enough money at a problem they tend to go away, and that's what they think will happen here. in july it was a bipartisan commision, in september it's tainted. i'm sorry cheaney, i mean palin, how can it be good one time then an attack the next. you are learning quick, flip-flop, 8 years ago kerry was accused of this, then we voted in a dim wit. the gop is claiming swift boat attacks, 8 years ago it worked for a coke head, and hard drinking dim wit.
Oops.
The skeleton's already out of the closet. This isn't going to put it back in. I know we shouldn't worry because McSame and Palin have plenty of others in there ready to fall out.
Remember McSame's lame gas tax holiday? A whole lot of good that would have done us ... NOT!
Well, at least Palin sold the Governor's plane on eBay. Oh, that's not true either? What a surprise.
Go Obama!!!
An investigative report on the Sunday New York Times is very revealing and raises questions on Palin's temperament and political practices. One her friends even stated that when discussing Palin's future political career, Palin revealed her goal was to ultimately become President! It is of grave concern that someone with so little depth and knowledge, and who displays complete certainty about matters she knows nothing about, has been placed (by 72-year old McCain) one heartbeat away from becomeing President!
they are hauntingly the same Please AMERICA I pray we do not make the same mistake we cannot have 4 more years of this NO WAY NOW HOW NO MCCAIN NO PALIN WAKE WE CANNOT STAND ANOTHER SECTION OF THIS PLEASE NO NO ENOUGH IS ENOUGH
I do not understand Palin, she was all for the investigation before she became the VP, now she has McCain involved in this. The investigation as I understand it was on going before she became the VP. If she has nothing to hide, why stop now Palin. Come clean and show the people of Alaska and the other states you did nothing wrong. If you do not this will be hanging over you for years to come. McCain I believe did not do his home work on picking his VP, if he did he would have known that there was an investigation going on with his choice of VP. Looking at what she would be doing as VP it is not much, they have given her the job if elected that they know she cannot mess up. People of America, do you really want another 4 years of Bush, because if you put McCain into office that is what you will have. For him to state that nothing is wrong and then the news comes about Wall Street tumbling, there is something wrong here. McCain better do his research on things before he opens his mouth on what is going on in the good USA.
Elizabeth September 16th, 2008 3:35 pm ET
Ever notice that the Republicans dislike lawyers and law suits, but watch them use the system to their advantage when they get their backs against a wall (Bush v. Gore, for example).
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Very weird statement, given the current situation.
And by the way, it's Republicans who normally hate lawyers and knee-jerk lawsuits.
Get your talking points straight.
EXCUSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSE ME. This a legistative investigation being conducted by an bipartisain commission so that no one can claim political biais. She agreed to cooperate, but then again that was before she became important, after all she was only the Governor of Alaska at that time.
If there no smoke why not let the fireman in so you get a clean bill of health, on the other hand where there's smoke there is normally fire.
Above the law, outside the reach of legislative oversight, no one is above the law and no one is beyond the reach of oversight. That is of course unless you name is Cheney/Palin it appears.
I SAY SHE'S SCAREEEEEEEEEEEE AND THE TRUTH WILL SET HER ASIDE.
MCCAIN/GUILLIANI/ROMNEY/ALL ALONE
The whole episode sounds like a cloned Dick Cheney
If there ain't no evidence to the contrary of her innocence, why does Palin care so much about Elton and French. Gimme a break...sounds like more snow to mask the dirty tracks.
This is the last straw. If she has nothing to hide, then why fight it!!!
Also, she is blaming Obama for starting the investigation. Yea, right! Correct me if I am wrong, but I thought this investigation started before she was even brought on board the Republican "train to no where".
I guess the McCains can make this go away, but that sure won't answer any questions and make it apparent that the type of ruling she does is just that. She rules with an iron fist. Out of my way if you disagree with me and I'll give you a great job w/ great pay if you do. How many different ways does the press have to put these things out there before people see what Palin really is and get as far away from her and her high-handed politics as they can.
Tina Fey does a better job of Sarah Palin than Sarah Palin does.
I'm confused. Why are the polls close given so much Republican baggage? I expected a lead of at least 12% in favor of Obama-Biden.