(CNN) - John McCain's campaign said Wednesday it has contacted "appropriate authorities" over a report that Republican VP candidate Sarah Palin's personal e-mail had been hacked.
"This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy and a violation of law," campaign manager Rick Davis said in a statement. "The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them. We will have no further comment."
The statement came hours after a user on the Web site WikiLeaks said he had gained access to Palin's Yahoo e-mail account and gained access. Screenshots of the e-mail messages and photos of the Alaska governor's family were published on that Web site and later on gossip Web site gawker.com.
FBI Spokesman Eric Gonzalez in Anchorage, Alaska confirms to CNN an investigation is underway.
"We are aware of the allegations and we are coordinating with Secret Service as far as the allegation that someone has hacked into Governor Palin's personal e-mail account," he said. "We are going to be working a joint investigation with Secret Service on this."
Brian Hale, an FBI spokesman in Washington, also confirms the FBI has been contacted about the incident. Two federal law enforcement sources say the FBI and Secret Service would have concurrent jurisdiction normally on a matter such as this, but it remains to be seen if the Secret Service will take the lead on the investigation because Palin is a protectee.
The e-mails shown include one from July between Palin and Alaska Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell and another dated earlier this week from Amy McCorkell, the woman Palin appointed to the Governor's Advisory Board on Alcoholism and Drug Abuse in 2007.
Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business - prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record.
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What is Sarah Palin hiding???? The American people deserve to know. And we demand an explanation as to why John McCain selected someone under investigation for corruption?? How is he getting away with this? Would Obama get away with picking Eliot Spitzer as his running mate??? Oh yea, I forgot about the whole "white privilege" thing. I smell BS.
With Wall Street’s financial institutions in turmoil, Sen. John McCain (R-AZ) argued in a series of interviews today that his experience on the Senate Commerce Committee meant he knew “how to fix this economy.” “I understand the economy. I was chairman of the Commerce Committee that oversights every part of our economy,” McCain told CNBC’s Squawk Box......Watch It
But, as the Washington Post points out, the Commerce Committee doesn’t oversee “every part of our economy,” let alone “the very areas now in crisis“. In fact, it is the Senate Banking Committee that has oversight of “banks, banking and financial institutions; control of prices of commodities, rents and services; federal monetary policy, including the Federal Reserve System; financial aid to commerce and industry and money and credit, including currency and coinage.” According to its Web site, the Commerce Committee oversees 13 areas, beginning with the Coast Guard, and continuing through “regulation of consumer products and services … except for credit, financial services, and housing” — the very areas now in crisis.
It’s not that surprising that McCain is confused about the Commerce Committee’s economic responsibilities, considering that he freely admits, “The issue of economics is not something I’ve understood as well as I should.”
Check with the Bush Justice Department, that's their specialty!
Are we still a democracy?
The NEW democrats for Obama are a disgusting bunch of thugs
Surely Obama must have done it, him and all his computer literacy.
If Gov Piglips were honorable and forthright, these hackers (if there are any) wouldn't have any reason to try and uncover the "truth". Try to hide and you'll be smoked out like a rat...
Serves her right. If she had used the government email address they gave her maybe she wouldn't have been hacked (I would think a government server would have more protection than a Yahoo server).
Wow, they must really be worried about what emails were there.
Let me guess, Obama did it? Wait for it....wait for it...
Stop trying to put Palin back in the headlines McCain. There are more important things to discuss at the moment.
Every attack on Sarah Palin gets her 5,000 more votes. The Dems. and the media are burying themselves with each attack they launch.
Keep it up and she'll be in the White House come inauguration day.
Sarah Palin 12 & 16'
The democrats have lost their way...
They have now become those they feared.
I guess that is Obama's inspiration we are seeing at work.
Never so much hatred, have I seen, as the vitriol that Obama agitates and incites in his devout following.
Oooooh, wonder what's in there.
Whoops...got that notice earlier about this but didn't think it was true.
So if they do catch who did this then they get tried for breaking into private systems if Yahoo decides to press charges?
How stupid are you to conduct state business with personal email? Avoiding disclosure of internal emails by subpoena by using Yahoo seems kind dumb now huh?
Can't McCain fix this? Didn't he invent the Blackberry?
just like she was hiding the tanning bed (she purchased herself) The dems are starting to look like watergate.... Your losing ground Obama
One good reason not to use Yahoo mail for state business is that it's not all that secure. It's not that shocking to hear that a Yahoo account's been penetrated.
On the other hand, if the email messages involved were state business, they belong in the public record anyway, which is the real reason it's wrong to use a private email account to carry out state business.
That's uncool. And I really dislike the idea that random people can hack your yahoo account!!!
Is she hiding something?
Sorry, I'm usually not one for conspiracy nonsense, but after the past couple months of having to listen to Republicans on blogs fake they were disaffected Clinton supporters in order to exacerbate the division within the Democratic Party and spout republican talking points, I cannot help but wonder whether the supposed "hacker" was just another Republican plant.
the only reason she would be using her personal email for government business is to hide something. i say there's so little transparency in the alaskan government, we ought to be very scared of putting palin anywhere near the white house. and the campaign's attempt to stop the troopergate investigation is furthering public belief that sarah was engaged in fishy behavior. alaska is not known for it's corrupt officials based entirely on media distortion, afterall.
Aren't you guys involved in another investigation? You know....the one that said you abused your power as governor?
Why don't you try cooperating with that as you originally said you would?
More inspired youth doing Obama's bidding at Obama's request.
Obama the uniter – of the divisive, hateful states of Amerika.
What an ability to inspire, Obama has.
What great change he will bring us.
If that was truly her email, then she is really a dumb or a fraud for conducting official state business using a public email space...Yahoo! for that matter.
Give that hacker the peabody award.
Maybe she should have used her goverment e-mail one would hope that was more secure than Yahoo.
Of couse, she is a yahoo, so, there must be some irony in there somewhere.
Guess, they will not a subpoena that she will just ignore for these e-mails
Must be the payback when your a liar and dishonest!
"The First Woman President", of the USA! My Psychics are at it again.
It's crazy! I see too much sometimes... Scary!!!
Wow if this is linked to Obama in any way (not saying it is mind you just IF it is)
All you kiddies for whom this is your first election should quickly read up on what 'watergate' really was.
Just my two cents.
Oh my god.. this is like a bad movie! Anyone else here see this e-mail hack as a prerequisit to show that any of Palin's emails found to be incriminating should be discarded because of "the hack"?
This is obsurd. If her e-mails here hacked back in July.. don't you think someone would have said something back then? This is so insane... I'm fuming here. If people actually buy this load of garbage.. they should be forbidden from voting based solely on having a lack of a functioning brain.
Lies, lies and lies...that's the best she can do!
Too funny. They won't cooperate in an ongoing investigation in Alaska, but her e-mail hack is now top priority, NOT. Here's a clue it the ECONOMY stupid!
I'm surprised they didnt blame obama.....it was hacked by "Anonymous" the anti-Scientology group which seems to have sniffed out another whacko...i.e. Palin.
looks like obama is doing what he does best. Just like the Chicago Mafia gets others to do his durty work so he can stand there grinning from one big ear to another and claim i kne nothing about it. Well it will all come out in the wash for obama. He will be found out. I just hope it is before the election and not after.
"This is a shocking invasion of the Governor's privacy..."
Didn't McCain vote for the Patriot Act, and warentless wiretaps? He should be well aware that there is no longer any such thing as privacy in America. If the government is allowed to snoop on us, then we are allowed to snoop on them. After all, we *are* the government.
Palin you can run but you can not hide the truth will come soon. Republican campagn again is trying to divert the real issue about the economy that they know nothing about, to bogus accusation, no one is going to beleive this scrap they are trying to pull.
I don't agree with anyone hecking into someone's personal files. However, it leads me to ask: What is she hiding???
Well it's better than when she was just posting to her my space page.
Hm – I think that any individual linked to this "breach" (if there ever was one) should not cooperate with the investigation due to party politics getting involved. Better – sue the McCain campaign !!!
Liar, dammed liar and Daddy of all Liars un-American John S. McCain. Republican populist ,,,now that is an oxymoron.
Why would a state governor use Yahoo to conduct state business?
The more I hear about this woman, the scarier it becomes. She is a fraud, a wacko evangelical and a liar.
Of course she's using her personal address in order to keep things off the state record. Good for whomever leaked this. We have a right to know just how corrupt Sarah Palin is!!!
Obama-Biden '08!
How odd that in a personal e-mail account there should be so many e-mails that are apparently dealing with government officials in an official capacity.
It is clear that if government business is being done over a private network through personal e-mail accounts than the Governor has ignored and possibly violated official security protocols. Hopefully she will not act in a similar capacity if she would be elected VP or become President. I would hate to see Islamic terrorists hack into her personal e-mail system to learn about US military strategy
Yep, lets investigate....
Why is she using a private e-mail address for State Government Business?? Is it a cover-up, is it an attempt to concele the truth?
Hey Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin, what happened to REFORM, what happened to..... Transparency.... What happened to the "Straight-Talk Express"
The Bus has left the station, without a driver, and the bus is heading over the cliff!!!!!!!!!!!!
So, they want to initiate a probe over this, but they want to sue over the Trooper probe? Hypocrite much?
Wal-Mart moms are going to be outraged by this invasion of her privacy, as well as blue collar men. Sarah Palin is headed for victory in November and she was helped along by ignorant Obama supporters and the media.
Shady....
Go ahead, blame it on the Obama campaign as usual!
blame it on barack
If Mrs. Palin had used her Governor's account like she was supposed to maybe this would not have happened. Sometimes you can try to be slick and out slick yourself. Check with the National Enquirer – they may have them. lol
Leave it up to the Democrats for saying that she is trying to hide something. What a joke!
Obama will do anything to win this race and he doesn't care who he hurts on the way.
It is time for the Democrat Party to realize that they made a very big mistake by voting for Obama to be the nominee instead of Hillary Clinton.
Obama started his downward fall when he named Biden over Hillary Clinton for his VP.
I am a Hillary Clinton supporter who is voting for McCain/Palin!
McCain/Palin 2008
Hillary Clinton 2012
Besides her gender, I dont see much of a difference between her and Bush, and I think the emails should be made public. As soon as they have proof that she even used it once to conduct business the entire account should be opened to the public. Criminals should be punished, not rewarded with one of the most powerful positions in the US.
One scandal after another. Wow, I guess if she and john get elected Americans won't need to watch the soap operas any more, Palin will provide plenty of drama.
Mccain/Palin are pathological liars and ghetto minded.
Welcome back Biff, Biffington!
I guess that the other side will find her at fault for her privacy being violated, watch these comments for proof that they missed the point
Wow, the GOp is all of sudden concerned about invading someone's privacy?
H Y P O C R I T E S!
Hacking is wrong...but if this has the Republicans running scared....what are they so afraid hackers might find???? Abuses of power? Limited ability to do the job of VP? She likes pictures of puppies and kitties? WHAT?
Go ahead... we know you are going to blame the Obama camapaign.
Ms. Palin: Let me give you a little lesson about the internet. email accounts, such as Yahoo can be easily accessed by hackers. You would have been better off conducting your government business on the government site where they have a thing called a "firewall". This firewall helps to prevent hackers from accessing important information.
Now if you weren't so naive about the internet and didn't have anything to hide maybe this wouldn't have happened.
Another reason why I won't vote for you.
I am already having trouble getting over all the lies this women has told. Now I have to accept that the woman I am being asked to consider as one heartbeat away from the presidency is so stupid as to conduct business via Yahoo mail.
OMG: The Actuary tables how there is a 30% chance someone the age of John McCain could die whilst in office!!!!
Good job McSame!
Let's do everything we can to keep the focus OFF of the issues, and on anything BUT the issues. Who cares?
No matter how much lipstick you put on the pig, it's still McSame.
Just say NO to Bush 44.
Go Obama!!!
Just goes to show you how obama is using the milions of dollars from fundraising from average americans and from corporate america-he's hired ruthless hackers (probably ex-cons who hire cheap), to hack into the Governor's email. That's how desperate obama is.
Welcome to the majors in the political game! Palin's an idiot and everyone knows it.
Advice to what is left of the Democrat party. If you don't start purging your party of lunatics, morons and Communists, you will fall into the trash heap of history like the Soviets.
What America has been watching over the last eight years is Russia, circa 1917. If McCain wins in November, these idiots are going to take to the streets destroying everything in their path.
Looks like the hockey mom is going down. She was all sweet and stuff before, now she is just like the rest of them, trying to hide things and playing the Bush political games. Change my butt!
the intruder is an Obama supporter
Karl Rove is at it again.
We shouldn't let someone who uses their computer so incompetently have a governmental office, especially when they're conducting so much business over via personal e-mail.
Wen Ho Lee got thrown in jail for smaller unintentional oversights.
Well of course it's a terrible violation of privacy and law. And it also shows how irresponsible Gov. Palin was to use a commercial email service for her official government business. Before putting potentially sensitive data on a non-government controlled server, she should have taken steps to insure that the server was adequately secure. Apparently, she didn't.
Anyone who may have disclosed private information to the Gov. through her Yahoo account should think long and hard about whether the Gov. fulfilled her responsibility as a public servant to protect that information to the fullest extent possible.
WASP! Women Against Sarah Palin!
Privacy on a Yahoo account? you must be kidding.. besides why use a personal email account to transact business? What are these people trying to hide??
This was an invasion of her privacy, it should not have happened. However, it does raise some serious questions about her. She talks a lot about transperancy and politicians being held accountable.
She hasn't disclosed her tax returns,
she uses personal e-mail for government buisness,
she refuses to answer questions (that aren't planted),
she won't allow her staffers to testify in a BI-artisan investigation into abuse of power issues,
not very transparent. . . lets hold her accountable
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oh no.... however wrong and illegal it is for anyone to hack into someone's email but I wonder why Gov. Palin even provided the opportunity for someone to do so. hummmm, WHY?
Maybe it was Todd Palin. He insists on attending all of her private meetings and on recieving confidential Government Email.
I really can't believe anything this campaign says any more!! never a name, just a "report".
If she was using private emails to discuss government business then she should be forced to turn over the emails. It looks like the people she was emailing were government employees.
This woman is so Bush-like it's scary!
There is an old warning about not putting anything into writing that you wouldn't want made public.
Frankly I'm more concerned about the DOD (Dept of Defense) breach when an employee took home a laptop with all of our sensitive data and then lost the laptop. Exposing innocent citizens to identity theft is far more important than Sarah Palin's sleazy e-mail.
the people who do this type of stuff have no respect of privacy and
thats really perversive. they just want their 15mins of fame.
I think this is a set up, a diversion. The real emails are destroyed or unavailable and these are just innocent stand ins.
The conspiracy theorists out there will say it was a secret McCain attempt to affect any investigation that will use the email.. or possibly delay it. But right now I am waiting for Yahoo to comment. I expect they will say their safeguards prevent such a thing from happening.
They probably hacked the email themselves for the publicity. They will almost certainly attempt to tie this to the Obama campaign as a young Karl Rove did in a gambit he used in a Mayoral Election. Bugged the office of his own candidate, called in the cops and got it into the news cycle as the opposition's attempt to eavesdrop. Noone seemed to notice that the battery in the listening device was only rated to last 30 minutes. I view this as suspect as I do McCain's honor after all these repeated lies in his commercials. These people will do any, besides stick to the issues, to win this election.
More Lies from McBush Camp!
If he's lying this bad now...can you imagine him in the Whitehouse!!?
OMg. She used her personal email? I guess the tanning bed scandal is going nowhere, eh?
If only those hackers could access Obama's university records, law school apps, legitimate birth cert., etc., as easily..........
Yep. Don't I vaguly remember the Nixon campaigns when republican operatives called the dirty tricks squad went around doing their fun little things and then claiming they were the results of democrats? Yep the next step will be to have Tucker voice outrage and claim without evidence it was those evil democrats who did this bad thing to poor Phalin. Sorry but good try though. Perhaps you could call for someone, snicker ,snicker, to denounce the hack job.
Tryna divert attention from Troopergate, huh? It amazes me how these people believe we are stupid.
I hate that someone got access to her private account, that is a violation and should be punished by law enforcement. But look at the plea to "destroy them" how scared they must be that something incriminating might be there, huh! Kinda makes you wonder.
Probably one of the Obama people!
Those dirty rascals! They are very devious! We should take them to task. They lie and cheat! Down with the Democrats!!!
It is Obama and his clean, different style of politics of hope and change we are seeing.
Democrats are so desperate that they will literally do ANYthing to win.
Obama calls in his army of newbies who will adoringly follow any order issued by their supreme leader.
Obama speaks, asks, requests that they all rally to his cause and agitate disruption and they all jump and obey just like sheep.
I'll go ahead and say I doubt Obama's people had anything to do with this. It's wrong and a violation of her rights. And if the same thing happened to Obama, the fit would hit the shan.
She should ask Sen. Stevens to help her close her hole on the intertubes.
SERIOUSLY THOUGH – the reason Palin is using private accounts is to avoid subpoenas of her official communications. This is at least deceptive, and probably against the law.
CHENEY TWIN ALERT – remember all those e-mails the White House "lost"?
This is only the BEGINNING. Beware. I'm sure there are closets full of the stuff that scandals are made of somewhere in the near vacinity of Palin! AND the knowledge that she would use a PRivate Email Address certainly causes more than suspicions. AND WHAT IF she had decided as VP to use a private email address! At least now we have a guarantee that will NEVER happen! Who in their right mind would vote for a Man who made such a ridiculously poor choice for the Next In Line to the Button! THE WOMAN is way out of her League! And not even close to being good enough for America!
The republicans are probably going to blame this on the democrats like they always do. Gosh. So may skeletans in the republican closet! Wake up people! Please do what REALLY is the best for our country! Get up and vote for Obama/Biden on election day! Change we can believe in!
What about an investigation about conducting official state business using private non-state email accounts to circumvent freedom of information laws? Hmm... I guess Palin took a play out of George W. Bush's playbook... but of course, we're not going to hear anything about that from the McCain campaign...
Although this does confirm one thing... that it's actually Palin's email account. Otherwise I would have expected the McCain campaign to hit back with something along the lines of all the email stuff being shown to be fake.
I sense Obama's minions behind this.
Boy is Obama the antithesis of his campaign themes.
State investigators want Palin's emails. Palin's email account gets hacked. Evidence now not admissable in investigation.
HHHMMMM.........
wow!
Does this type of thing in terms of using private email accounts supposedly out of site of the public domain(Alaska's public anyway) remind you of anyone else? The White House, Karl Rove, etc. as an example. This woman is getting scarier and scarier. I'm not sure how some of these people believe she walks on water. It shows they don't care about facts only what they want to believe.
My goodness, the hits just keep coming don't they?!?!?!?!? Time for everyone to wake up and realize what a poor choice Sarah Palin is.
YAHOO! Are you kidding me?
Why in the world would anyone use Yahoo! for official works?
Fishy.. something is very fishy. i wouldn't be surprised if this story was just made up to stir controversy and take the focus out of the issues! Its Republicans, anything is possible!
Obama '08
She would be a perfect fit for Bush's third term. She violates the law and then refuses to cooperate. The Bush Administration has done the same thing, use private email accounts to do government business to hide illegal actions. McCain choose well to keep Bush's third term alive. Except Obama is making a comeback.
That's not change; that's more of the same. If you have nothing to hide, there should be no reason to cover-up, McBush. Transparency please.
About friggin time! I've been reading these emails everywhere else for over two hours now!
E-mail hack? I think he means Vice Presidential nominee hack.
Keep off all personal e-mail investigation stuff secondary. They should first investigate the state trooper stuff and after that is done, they should handle this.
Dunno about Yahoo, but I remember my kids telling me that Hotmail accounts are easy to hack.
I'm sure McCain's camp will figure out how to blame this one on Obama too...
She would be a very good looking secretary of models in state department but not VP or P.
OB 08!
And this is the woman who is "A Heartbeat Away from being President"? Come on! OPSEC is America's NUMBER 1 concern when it comes to protecting this country, and here is a Gov. that uses Yahoo for official business!? Did she really think this was secure? Next thing you know, she'll want to right down the codes to missile launchers on the back of her hand.... so she won't forget them!
It is an internal breach, the public does not need to know about it.
Thats lie and a cheap shot. The McCain camp must try another trick. They should stop making excuses over McCain bad judgment in picking an unqualified right wing extremist for VP.
Sounds like a typical low-life democrat stunt.
This woman is full of DRAMA...........Isn't this what she did to the former Mayor of Alaska? Just a ideal maybe she can give the name of the person she used in Alaska..
Didn’t take LONG for the media to feed into her next trick of getting the voters attention OFF the serious issues we are going through with Wall Street, the people in Texas, the economy, the gas prices, food cost and on and on and on. Why is it when others can care less about a email, the media take away from those who really need financial help to GIVE unneeded coverage to this woman. WOW, I guess we should NOT care about our own serious issues we face day to day.
CAN we PLEASE get back to OUR SERIOUS ISSUES as the voters.
And the Republicans had the nerve to start calling Obama……THE ONE.....
Obama/Biden 08
i think all ceo's of mager corperations who steal the livelyhood all ther stock holders and the american people should be in jail
It is clear from the screenshots and email messages that she used this unofficial email account to conduct state business.
It is also clear that many of these emails are relevant to the ongoing investigation into Palin's activities.
Yet, she deleted both accounts. This is nothing short of destruction of evidence.
I would be angry also.............hope that there was not anything incriminating. This could get ugly.
Go Obama/Biden
Unbelievable. She's already been told about using public email accounts for security reasons, she's also been told not to do this previously as doing so may in fact be against the law!
Furthermore, John McCain is running on a platform that says they are stronger on National Security?? What a joke!
This is why you don't use a personal e-mail for government business.
Maybe now the government will know how it feels when privacy is invaded.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
And it begins... The anti-scandal scandal to distract people from Palin firing that guy starts, cause the last thing McCain wants is his attack-toy/VP/puppet speaker to be looked as a cruel/mean/evil/abusive government official... McSame would love to have Palin to be looked as a victim more.
And yet another act from the Drama Queen....
I JUST HOPE THAT THESE GUYS DIDN'T MESS UP AND MAKE THAT INFORMATION INADMISSABLE. IF NOT
BURN BABY BURN!
IN A NICE WAY
OBAMA/BIDEN
More distractions... what FOOLS!
Let's move on...
WHAT INSTITUTIONS WILL WE HAVE TO SAVE NEXT?
HOW WILL WE CREATE JOBS IN SUCH A FINANCIAL CLIMATE?
GALVESTON IS STILL HURTING!!!!!
WHO ATTACKED US IN YEMEN??
STOP THE BS!!!
STOP THE BS!!!
STOP THE BS!!!!
A Republican griping about someone breaking the law?????
What law?? Aren't the Republicans above the law?
Ooops, sorry, I forgot!! Truth and laws only apply to Bush, Cheney, McCain, and Palin when it is expedient.
Next time use the better encrypted government system; at least you can fight a subopena in a court of law... good luck now with the court of public opinion.
This happens all the time to normal folks. Are our tax dollars going to be spent tracking down some teen-aged hacker?
Why was she using her personal email account to conduct business? Maybe so there would be no oversight of those messages...?
If this is an opportunity for the American public to get the truth on Palin, let's see the email trail.
If this is true, then the law should be levelled full force against the one who has done it and spread the emails for all to see.
WAIT wait wait...This coming from the same party whose current President rolled out the Patriot Act? So they go loco over someone hacking their personal email yet they support the government reading our personal email, listening in on our personal phone calls, in general invading OUR privacy? Talk about hypocritical.
Sarah Palin.....why won't you comply with what the authorities?? There is an old say that "people with nothing to hide, hide nothing." Sounds to me like you are trying to hide something. SWEET and you could be in the white house!!! WOW what an honorable thing to do.
On Yahoo. You are crazy. This is very scary.
Wow.. we are going to trust someone on National security, yet she cannot even practice safe e-mail communications by using Yahoo? Pathetic.
"Palin has faced criticism for using a private e-mail account to conduct some state business — prompting critics to allege she was attempting to hide information from the public record."
What a brilliant person Sarah Palin is...not.
Let this be the COUNTDOWN before the McCain-Palin campaign blames Obama for yet another ridiculous thing...
Oh boo hoo. Did Barack cry when his personal PRAYER he left at the Wailing Wall was posted on the internet–NO.
She's not that bright, so I'm sure her emails are filled with the latest moose pie recipe.
Obama/Biden 08
Distraction News ! Stick to the issues. Bottom line....if you're happy with George Bush, vote for McCain. Eight is enough !
McCain = Bush
Hmm, tell me, does the common folk think that any republican in this century should be held accountable?????
Boy She is already lining herself up with Bush/Cheney. Hiding State business on personal emails and calling for executive privilage for her and her staff when subpeonas.
IT HAS BEEN NOTHING BUT DRAMA DRAMA DRAMA.......SINCE THE ALASKAN GOVERNOR HAS BEEN ON THE SCENE........WHAT ARE YO SAYING mC pALIN YOU DON'T HAVE A FIREWALL IN YOUR OFFICE....PEOPLE OTHER THAN ALASKANS HAVE THE INTERNET.......I KNOW MC CAIN INVENTED THE BLACKBERRY BUT HE DIDN'T SET UP THE SECURITY SYSTEM FOR YOU......LOL JUST ANOTHER STORY TO FEEL SORRY FOR THE OLD MAN AND HIS TOY
This is really disgusting. They actually posted all her friend's email addresses for all to see. Personal pictures. This is a new low in american tabloid journalism. Does anyone have a right to privacy.
The O-Kids are too young to remember watergate, however slick Barry and Joey B took lessons back in the day. Another CORRUPT move from the Obama campaign. However him and his cult are into cheating to succeed. America won't let another CORRUPT and sleazy lawyer like Barry Obama into office. Elect the Mavericks, honest, honorable and will protect the USA.
The greater concern with Palin's use of personal email accounts to conduct state business is security.
Palin's desire to circumvent freedom of information laws compromised state security.
Did it not occur to her the best way to control a paper trail is to simply not write down any thing she wanted to keep confidential? My goodness, how stupid can one be?
The more we learn about Palin, the more apparent her inexperience, poor judgment, and outright reckless stupidity.
Bobby you are an idiot! (or are you sarcastic?)
I think it was Charlie Gibson. He probably wants to get some answers to the questions Sarah ignored.
Obama/Biden 08
Makes sense that she got hacked. Since McCain barely knows how to use e-mail, we know he's not qualified to teach Palin best practices. Seriously though, using a personal e-mail account, through Yahoo of all places to conduct parts of state business is just asking for trouble. November 4th can't get here fast enough.
Why they follow her like this.Is she doing something wrong.Or she came frome no where and go to white house easy.
Conservative and Proud September 17th, 2008 5:42 pm ET
"I'll go ahead and say I doubt Obama's people had anything to do with this. It's wrong and a violation of her rights. And if the same thing happened to Obama, the fit would hit the shan."
Obama wouldn't do something so stupid, like using a Yahoo account for government business anyway.
That's convenient before the Troopergate investigation can subpoena her email.
Why don't you print the rest of this story that is on Huffington Post CNN?
There is plenty of cover up going on with Palin and the investigation so why don't you post this so voters know what she is up to ?
This is more Republican Bush Cheney,McCain ,Rove Graham cover up just to name a few that has been going on for last 8 years .
@Bobby September 17th, 2008 5:42 pm ET
Probably one of the Obama people
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Wouldn't you love it if it was...sorry this group has nothing to do with the Obama campaign and has broken into other people's email accounts as well in an effort to expose things they believe are being withheld. Stop trying to blame Obama for everything that goes wrong with the McCain/Palin campaign!
This is why you dems wont win the white house and as far as CNN polls they are false. Almost all polls show McCain ahead in Ohio and Florida. Nice try liberal media!
mudflats.com
all the info on Palin from the folks who should know..best Alaskan blog site ever
Palin has to co-operate with investigators. No one is above the law especially when they are claiming to be `reformers`.
Obama 08
I saw Michelle Obama at Starbucks with a laptop. Maybe she is the one doing the hacking.
HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA
wow.
she should understand that VPs dont use yahoo
too easy to hack.
Surprise, surprise. Illegal activities from the Obama camp.
LOL, it was McCain. He needs to check on her like any dad would check on his teenager.
Well I say since she is a "public servant" and not the other way around....all of her activities should be opened to public review.
whatever? can we afford it john?
A Governor using yahoo email. What an ignorant human being. And she has the audacity to shake Washington. You see Washington has already shaken you,
It was her baby–that's the only way he can connect to his mother, who's missing in action.
This woman is so unprofessional. She's a soccer mom on a power trip.
Well, the government is allowed to check what books we are reading from the library and monitoring our calls, so what's her complaint?
All persons found to be in violation of the law should be prosecuted. and sent to prision. This is an outragious Watergate-style break-in–21st Century version.
In addition, the danger to Palin and her family created by this crime and Gawker.com's knowing re-publication of stolen data is very serious.
The only hack here is John McCain.
Why is Senator John McCain Block the Palin investigation?
Is it because she got something to hide?
This lady have too much trash in her closet..
I think McCain is the most disengeneous people in the world. He tells lies and talks out of both sides of his mouth. I will bet he is the one that has had Palin's email hacked. Just to see what she is up too.
Any email in the company I work for belongs to the company. What does she have to hide? Even my personal email doesn't have anything in it that I would not want made public, but that's just me...even though the Repubs lie and tell me that Sarah is just like the average person...I'm not hiding my emails from the public.
It was her talent agent, trying to drum up more drama, as if she really needs more drama.
The Obama campaign needs to be investigated immediately!
just went to the site...oh boy, i can't understand anyone trusting this woman, not even a little bit.
I wonder what was in those personal emails? I'm sure Obama will be blamed for it all. Just like hip-hop, he is the blame for America's destruction.
DIVERSION PEOPLE DIVERSION DON'T BELIEVE THE HYPE.
Anyone with half a brain knows not to place any sensitive and personal material on a yahoo or anyother email account. I SMELL A RAT TRYING TO DIVERT THE PUBLIC'S ATTENTION, AGAIN, AWAY FROM THE REAL ISSUES.
There WAS NO government business in those emails. Just emails from and to friends. Some political yes but not governor business. If she had used her official governor email then she would have been accused of misusing her office.
This is insane. If this had been done to Obama it would be on the front page of all blogs and everyone would have been up in arms talking about sleezy politics.
Just trying to follow in the footsteps of my idol, Joseph Stalin.
Obama can be an 'action force leader' with out being the angry black man. He knows how to do it.
But if fizzle dizzle Obama shows up at the debates then we lose the race.
I hope thay pull the 2 min ad. It made me mad. I wanted to kick the cat. Obama being the cat.
That is not what Obama should be aiming for. We want red meat from a hunter and he gave us a bowl of milk toast today.
McCain looked like a dork in his ad today too, though. He tried too hard to act tough. 'I've faced tougher guys then this". Yeah, and got shot down and tossed in a cage and raped by men for 5 years, top gun.
McCain over did it... but Obama way, way under did it and that is worse.
Who ever scripted that loser 2 min ad for Obama needs to be FIRED.
Good Job! Nail her to her cross!
"I said thanks but no thank"
"Barack Obama is going to raise your taxes"
"I didn't presure anybody to fire my Bother-in-law"
"I sold that plane for a profit on ebay"
"Barack wants to teach sex ed to kindergarteners"
"My email has been hacked"
this is soooooo sexist!!! LOL
let us read the news from yestrday, who was behinde inveting Blackberry?
Obama declared himself a uniter and, like Bush... has proven himself quite the opposite.
He accused HRC of polarizing... and proved himself the true polarizing politician.
He promised change and gave us more of the same old political tactics and dirty games.
He hyped hope and peddled lies.
Could I ask a question why is Palin in so much trouble and why McCain did not know anything about her when he selecting her for VP and he only met her one time but he states she have more experience then Obama but he only knew her for 1 month.
A) I don't believe this story for a second. Probably a publicity stunt.
B) If it is true – I'm surprised they're not blaming Obama.
C) If it is true – what has she got to hide?
LAIRS........LAIRS..........LAIRS........i dont care about her or her yahoo email all i care is for food on my table and i know democrat will do that atleast.
She is as Guilty as the hacker.............
Hackers deserve long harsh punishments; but if SP wants people to believe in upholding the law of the land she must not put herself above it – what happened to her own "I have nothing to hide" statements about potential ethical violations. Folks reap what they sow.
United Socialist States of America, Thanks McBush/Bush
Socialized Insurance.
Socialized Housing mortgages
Socialized Banking.
Socialized Oil Drilling
These Commie Republican Bastards.... Is there no stopping them????
This country just lost close to a trillion dollars in wealth in the last 2 days and this is what the republicans are outraged about!
Hey were are all of palin cheerleaders, I hope the lights are coming.
Right...they will investigate hacking into her e-mail but not Troopergate.
Hmmmm....
Looks like the use of private email to conduct government business and avoid public inquiry backfired.
I'd be interested in whats in those emails and why its that important to be kept secret. They'll probably be all over the web by tonight anyway.
Someone snooping into a Republican's email? How ironic.
I am opposed to Palin as incredibly undeserving of our votes, but I agree that the hacker who did this should be brought to justice.
Not justifying this person's action, but...
It is important to note that she has had her entire staff communicate by personal emails to subpoena-proof her administration. This is a little troubling from someone who claims to be all about open govt and accountability – something Palin has gone to great lengths to avoid.
May be now we will get to know the contents finally as she was trying to cover up all those emails. We all should be ashamed to have someone like this on a VP ticket
This is why is it against the law to conduct government business on a personal e-mail account.
What if she was VP and was discussing national security issues?
Palin has broken the law and needs to be held accountable!
Waiting for McCain to claim that Obama did it with the Blackberry he invented...
I'm no Palin fan, but hacking e-mail accounts is lame! You shoudl subpoena the relevant messages – otoh, then she'd probably just refuse to cooperate, which is, apparently, one of her miraculous powers.
This woman and John McCain think that they are above the law.
This is just too funny....yes she is being picked on...I am sorry F.B.I, Sarah and whomever else..but you shouldnt be suprised when you find she is selling Rape Kits to victims on EBAY!
Sorry but you have been hacked!
Oh we all know that McCain didn't hack it! LoL
Blame this on McCain- oh but Obama claims Old John can't e-mail or use a computer.
But we all KNOW the Obamabots live at their keyboards and cell phones.
Guess we know who is subverting the democratic process- ONCE AGAIN.
How can either Clinton support this tyrant, Obama the great.
If she had nothing to hide............................
Well Gov Palin, if you weren't using your Yahoo account to hide official business from the public, you wouldn't have gotten hacked would you?
Guess what deary, just because you cancelled the accounts today doesn't mean that the emails aren't on yahoo's servers and subject to being turned over to authorities in their investigation of your Richard Nixon style of management. Watergate/Troopergate....this time the comparison fits!
Dear Amy- Wow it has been such a whirl to my bee-hive since Grandpa picked me! I just wish he would quit asking me to sit on his knee. What is up this like trooper gate thing, huh? I am like so the princess of Alaska, and what I say goes, right? If I say you are fired, you are like so totally fired. I mean, like I should have to answer to anyone! Gotta go! Todd is trying to read over my shoulder.
Just seems off...So is Yahoo the official email for govt official???
Just seems unprofessional.
Sad that her privacy was invaded though, celebrities get no privacy, ask Paris Hilton.
They'd better not try to insinuate or infer that the Obama camp had anything to do with it. Anyone with sufficient knowledge of "the e-mail" can hack into anything they're able.
However, if Sarah has nothing to hide, why won't she cooperate as she promised?
Sounds like her staff is also following the example set by the BUSH administration, in flaunting the processes set forth by Alaska's state government. Well, "Governor," way to follow in the footsteps of the most corrupt "presidential" administration since Nixon's!
Already we're seeing more of the same.
BIDEN OUR TIME,
BARACKIN THE VOTE
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!America won't stand for this sexist attack on Caribou Barbie's e-mail!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
That was very poor judgement on her part. Just like it was poor judgement of McCain to nominate her as his running mate. I feel so much better about them in the White House. NOT!
Whoever is responsible has done their civic duty. Palin conducted public business outside of proper public channels. As for personal information that is a casualty of good citizens exposing bad , that's the risk you take when you become a public figure. You surrender most of your privacy. This is known, and should be embraced by those who really believe they can do good for the whole of America. It's the sacrifice you make to lead the people.
If Palin wants to prove she has the mental and emotional strength to pursue governance then she'll deal with this like an adult and refrain from such knee-jerk reactions like "you've invaded my privacy", and apologize to her constituents for not handling potentially sensitive data correctly.
Is Sarah Palin the Illegitimate daughter of Dick Cheney or what?
Otherwise, she's a quick learner.
Delay, delay, delay – Deny, deny, deny – Distract, distract, distract. She is becoming an accomplished politician, and exactly what we don't want in the White House.
She has nothing to hide. She'll cooperate with the investigation.
I THINK NOT.
She is a gift that keeps on giving!!!
More phony outrage? This is coming from the party that supports domestic spying. What's their so often said line: "Why should you worry...unless you have something to hide?" I just ove the hypocrisy of their outrage!
Hacking into anyone's personal email is illegal and should be so. However, if Palin was indeed using a private email system to conduct state's business, that is also highly unethical. Emails from our leaders are communications owned by the American public, and that raises serious questions about her judgement.
Completely unrelated, but check out this "conversation" I just had with a republican friend of mine:
Republican: How can you be so apathetic about immigration? Don't you feel we need to tighten border security and regulations on illegal aliens?
Me: What, again, were the regulations put on the "illegal aliens" that founded this country that we now live in?
Republican: Oh, so what? We should just let everyone in? Then this place would way overpopulated!
Me: I agree, overpopulation is a big problem - that's why I support abortion rights.
Republican: Go to hell!
Me: Sorry, I can't go to a fictitious place.
He walked away at that point.
Hey, McCain: The Economy is crashing. Pakistani troops were ordered to open fire on American military if they crossed their borders. Ignore this new attempt to divert voters from the reality about us.
Another MADE UP CONTROVERSY by the McCain Camp. First Lipstick-gate, now E-mail-hacker-game. Give me a break... gate
Obama / Biden 08
Pretty petty of OB supporters. "Duh, let's hack her email account and call her daughter, tha'll show her." How about we hack Michelle Obama's accountor Barack Obama's personal email account and then call one of his daughters. Doesn't sound to funny now does it? Who do you think has more to hide, I bet Barry with the likes of the company he keeps around.
She did not violate any laws. The guy tazed a 10 year old and drank on the job and the commissioner refused to respond to her e-mails to take action. There were lawyers all over yesterday discussing that this case is ridiculous and that Palin has nothing to worry about. There is no need to go to testify as if she has committed a crime and let all the liberals have a field day with absolutely nothing like you guys do time and time again. I really wish there was an article on the money Fannie and Friddie funneled into the Obama Campaign and prior to that his personal wallet considering he is #2 on the list of money acceptance from the the 2. No but just go on liberals continue deflecting by villianizing a woman who tried her hardest to get a Trooper off the job so he couldn't harm anymore children or enforce the law drunk. Imean after all he is still a trooper at the moment. I guess thats the way liberals like there law enforcemeny abusive and drunk.
This is why you shouldn't use private email accounts for official government business. Sure, it's easier to hide illegal activity, but it isn't as secure as official government email.
Does this mean she would use a Yahoo account for highly confidential material from the CIA?
Very poor judgment on Palin's part.
I don't use my email for account info or sensitive information.
These guys are gonna be toast when they are caught, but she deserves to get this by trying to hide govt activity in a personal account. She and McBlackberry should be in charge of new economy, yeah right
Note to the guilty ones.....
Deny everything and ignore subpoenas. I learned that from Bush and Co.
at she she has an email account, if you ask McCain about emails he will call you names for calling him a yahoo. He will react to it like Palin reacted to Bush Doctrine.
Wow another way of attracting attention to McSame's Campain driver after the Power of popularity shades. Those who hack the mail should be the campaign advisor when trying to vett her after seen the ship is sinking. The burble is about to burst now.
The only way to make it strong is to continue lying, again and again.
Obama/Biden 08!!
Hey, she's a celebrity now just like Paris Hilton.
She should call Paris for some "my email's been hacked" advice cause she definitely can't get any from Mciinventedtheblackberry.
E-mail will be Auction Off tomorrow’s on eBay
omgaa.... the republicans did this themselves... jsut to get Palin emails discredited in the scandal she is involved with! i am not buying this republican trick!! this is toooo funny!
my gut tells me it was done by a super smart geek who volunteers for Obama. this could be a potential disaster for Obama. watergate comes to mind.
i'm sure rick davis will start throwing allegations soon....
fellow dems...don't get too excited...this can keep palin in the news and get more sympathy votes from white females.
" a shocking invasion of . . . privacy and a violation of law"
Hmm, but not when it's according to the telecommunications act the republicans shoved down our throats . . .
The amazing twisting of reality continues.
Wait, so it's ok for Palin to cooperate with political investigations now? Does this mean she will cooperate with Alaska authorities after all?
Lot of people have their E-mails hacked everyday ... what's all the fuzz about it ....
"My teleprompter stopped working at the RNC and I had to improvise'
If she would have used her government authorized account this would not have happened; I know this as a personal truth.
But she wanted to work around the system and look where its gotten her. Good luck with the sympothy card.
Watch some lying McPain person say it was Obama's camp …Oh wait one did in this blog right Bobby
AND WE CARE BECAUSE............THIS WILL NOT STOOP TROOPERGATE
This is so shocking. OMG not that. Not my personal conversations with "First Dude"...
Pathetic. I hope they unravel all of her lies for what they are.
Just calling Todd, "First Dude" disgraces our country.
Keep on keeping on and dumbing down the WhiteHouse.
John McSame DOESN'T HAVE A CLUE on how to use the computer....so how did he figure out his air head veepee pick email got hacked?
I don't get everybody griping that Palin isn't qualified to be a Republican president. An empty suit who spouts right wing rhetoric...she might be more like our current president than McCain.
A Yahoo account? No wonder someone was able to hack it.
Maybe the authorities should show this republican hack how it is when you pick and choose the laws you will adhere to, by just telling her the will not investigate!
THIS IS NOT NEWS!!!!!!!!!!!! JUST ANOTHER DISTRACTION. MEDIA FOLKS DON'T TAKE BATE STAY FOCUSED ON THE REAL ISSUES.
Well with NObamas ties to the middle east and the scammers who donate to his campaign, ts only likely that some of his supporters cooked this up.
If you are not a pro Islamic, anti family, pro-abortion hack its likely they will try anything to snipe at your the side lines of life.
These little Obama sheep continue to stop at nothing. Bring on the revolution so we can clean house of these useless, bitter troll.s
Just a reminder it wasn't what was stolen that led to President Nixon resigning, with the Watergate scandal, it was the ACT OF HIDING THE THEFT and LYING ABOUT IT.
Is anyone in the Obama camp VERY nervous right now?
I doubt anyone at Sen Obama camp had anything to do with this. If any one did this could be the end of Obamas chance for the white house. I doubt there is a connection.
The secret service is on the case and they WILL find the truth.
Interesting that McCain is calling for an immediate investigation – while Palin (and her staff) are doing all that they can to stall and block the investigation of her alleged interference with personnel decisions aka Troppergate.
Sean-I cannot believe you are sitting in my chair! I so know you have been. You are going to find yourself on the bridge to nowhere, drifting with the drowning polar bears. GET OUTTA MY CHAIR!!!!!!!
Hmmmm – well when you use a hotmail, or yahoo, or gmail – these things can happen. Maybe it may not be abad idea to stick with a secured email address such as the state address!!!!!
Get John McBlackberry to do it. I know of no better way for him to spend his time.
What does it say? Where can I read it?
This is the Democrat crowd's cyberspace-era Watergate break-in equivalent. The media have already elected Obama president, so the time has come to impeach him!
Maybe McSame thought its time to vet her and he hacked into her personal email... oh sorry I forgot.... He does not know how to use emails. He only invented blackberry.
Barack Obama and Christoper Dodd (BOTH DEMOCRATS) have received vore lobby funds from Fannie Mae than any other politicians on Wall Street. Why isn't CNN (the Obama network) talk about this?
McCain/Palin '08
lol...deleting the accounts won't stop a forensic computer expert from finding the emails, but yeah, spoliation of evidence is a big big problem for her if it gets proven
ROVE all the way. This was certainly a plant to divert attention from the "fundamentally strong economy".
Welcome to the next 36 hours of your life!
This is very hideous on the McCain Palin ticker, there is something they re hiding from the American people but it will still come out one day. Its her own people from her state who she turns against. There is no way she can hide all these problem because the time she was conducting all these dirty business underground she thought the American will not know but now it out there. Nothing to hide McCain/Palin..
'ANONYMOUS' DID IT. THEY SHOULD THROW HIS REAR IN JAIL, if... they ...know... who he is .........nvrmind.
They leaked those e-mail. Trying to divert attention away from troopergate.
WOLF!!! WOLF!!!
As an IT person myself, I can't begin to tell you how stupid it is to use public email for official business.
If you are using yahoo for official use, you are beyond stupid. Corporate and Government email is ALWAYS used to conduct official business both for audit reasons. It is WELL KNOWN that yahoo accounts can be forged and (OH MY GOD) hacked.
More reason not to vote for Sarah Palin. Any person with "Executive Experience" would know that you need accountability.
Did everyone see that al Qaeda is back to hitting American targets today? Obama should have a sit-down with those guys, and tell them to keep things on the down-low until after the election…
Question: How do they KNOW her email was hacked? Nobody says that in the article.
dollorbil– I don't think McCain realized that email could be hacked until now.
Hey kids, member of Anonymous here.
It was not, I repeat, WAS NOT the Obama campaign that did this. Give credit where credit is due.
Anonymous, Anon, the people who hang out on /b/ and 4chan did this. We take credit, and pride in it. Now back to protesting Scientology.
And Republicans, most of Anon are Ron Paul supporters, keep trying though...
Scared of the shady deals? Palin?
how secure is a wireless connection ????
This is the kind of transparency Palin talked about, right? don't forget to log out Sarah.
McCain trying to divert attention from Troopergate. I don't care about her personal email right now, let's talk about Troopergate.
Troopergate, Troopergate, Troopergate!!!
Just the McCain campaign getting desperate not to talk about the issues. What about the economy... oh wait, he thinks it is strong.
LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL LOL
If you haven't noticed this is funny.
Go BO and JB
This is DIVERSION DE JOUR!
Americans are the stupidest people on the planet. You will all agree on Nov. 4th when you wake up to Pres to be McInsane and VP to be Caribou Barbie.
Another allegation......McCain can you spell "economy?" Let's get to the issues and stop playing games. While they are seeking answers about emails, maybe they can find her tax returns.
McCain: "What's e-mail?"
Sounds like another watergate, doesn't it?
Oh phease!
The GOP did this on purpose to take the attention away from the ecomony! I'm sick of their games and lies!
Why doesn't Ms. Plain wear the AMERICA flag? I see she walks around with the ALASKA flag and pin.
Is she running for the President of Alaska?
ALASKA FIRST! Right Ms. Plain?
Is she aware of the patriot act? Or is this something that had escaped her pretty much like the Bush doctrine.
It's really pretty pathetic how the GOP is trying to sound like the everyone's being unfair to them.
BTW, why use Yahoo account on Government issues? Silly.
Give me a break. The people that hacked her account certainly wouldn't do it from inside the US. They're doing it from a place where the US has no jurisdiction, so despite the Secret Service BS – they'll never be caught.
That's what she gets for doing state business on a public email system.
I wouldn't put it past the Republicans to pull this kind of stunt themselves and try to blame it on Obama or Obama supporters. Smells of Rove tactics at their best.
Looks to me that the liberals here are far more mean natured than conservatives. I thought the people of the democratic party were supposed to be the good guys. Stop letting me down with all of negativity and go positive. This doesn’t sound like the America Obama was promising in his convention speech. I need real hope that the democratic party can get things done and not continue with the negativity of the last 8 years. GObama!
Seems as though she has probably broken a number of Alaska government confidentiality rules by using a Yahoo account for official business.
I know my company would have me on the rack for going outside the safe network they say we must use both internal and external correspondence.
hmmm
Anybody smart enough to design the Blackberry should EASILY be able to figure out a mere email hack. C'mon McSlime put your six surviving brain cells to work on this important problem of National Security...
Anything to divert the attention away from Sarah not cooperating with the Troopergate investigation!
The Republican BS machine is at warp factor 5!!!
SMOKE SCREEN!
Here they go again–Sarah the victim–so nobody will ask her anything that she can't answer.
Don't you find it amazing how the McCain camp is keeping Palin in the news. Not by issues, but by accusations, etc. Sorry to hear her mail was hacked, but I don't care. I want to hear about the economy and solution sto the current problems that face this Nation.
Is McCain so weak that he can't address issues, but needs to hide behind this young redneck woman's skirt?
run faster, lemmings, and don't worry about those rocks fast approaching those are just taxes on the big bad corporations that you will have to pay for.
Wow! This is getting out of hand. There is no evidence of state business in those emails.
I hope that anyone caught invading her email account will be prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law. AND THIS INCLUDES ANYONE IN THE OBAMA CAMPAIGN!!
This is absolutely disgusting! Just because you cannot compete with someone on the basis of ideas, you try to attack them, their children, and their family.
Why in the hell is there no scrutiny towards Obama/Biden? It is Biden's son who is a lobbyist. I want him investigated by the media.
I believe the website 'Gawker' is the one who leaked these emails. The site reads like the Daily Kos.
I wonder if we will see this quote soon: Obama "That is not the Gawker I knew."
Amy-Me again. I am like so totally bored. They won't let me talk to anyone. I MEAN ANYONE! I went and chatted with some creep named Charley who was busting my chops over some entitlement program. Hello?!?!?! I watch Big Brother and Idol. Have you ever seen this entitlement program? Gotta go... I have to go wave and chant "Drill baby, Drill"...Todd gets all grabby after I have to do that. SO wish I could send him home, but someone has to prop up Grandpa.
Nice...Obama supporters probably hacked her account.
This is NOT acceptable politics folks. The Obama Action Wire Team floods stations with threats and nasty emails. Tries to shut down any negative stories whatsoever about Obama...
THIS IS THE CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN???????
Yikes...
How can someone sue for invasion of privacy with a free e-mail account? Yahoo, Hotmail, and Gmail aren't exactly "official" accounts, right?
oh please, mcbush is making YET another lie..........can they come up with someohting better;
and why is she so afraid of being "discovered,"
mm wonder wonder;
I love all the Obama-drots who can't think of anything original to say, so re-use Republican criticisms of Obama against Palin, as in she is a celebrity.
Reminds me of first grade, playing the "I know you are but what am I" game. Those democrats sure are ingenious.
Leak the emails please.
Well if She was coroperating this would not happen. She's a trickster.
If she is so great.........Why doesn't John McCain just step aside and let her be the Pres. and he the VP? AND Have you noticed how he is so reserved with his affection with his wife yet he literally throws his arms and face/and his LIPS her way? If I was his wife I would absolutely be offended. John do the right thing step aside and take a back sit to your VP after all you brought her to us. UGH!!!!!!!!
"Brian Hale, an FBI spokesman in Washington, also confirms the FBI has been contacted about the incident. Two federal law enforcement sources say the FBI and Secret Service would have concurrent jurisdiction normally on a matter such as this, (but it remains to be seen if the But they Secret Service will) take the lead on the investigation because Palin is a protectee."
Does anyone ever proof read this crap?
"Probably one of the Obama people!"
Nah, just some random hackers that live for this kind of stuff.
Yes, Gov. Palin say thank you but not thank just give me the money.
Obama said we muust pay our bills.
The Good Old Boys John McCain and George Bush says give more money to big business and don't charge them taxes.
We can't afford another Bush Presidency...
This foolish woman could end up as Commander in Chief of the US military, yet she doesn't follow basic procedures to keep her email private, and uses Yahoo accounts for government business? Frightening.
I am going to guess that it was planned by the McCain team to give her justification to delete that email account which may have included incriminating emails related to her troopergate issues.
Wonder how many comments will blame Obama and his supporters for this e-mail hack. I've seen 3 already. GET INFORMED PEOPLE, they way you accuse makes me think you got some inside information.
It could be a Republican because like the Democrats they don't know who the HELL she is either!
I really hope that those that respond to these ads represent a true cross section of the electorate. They say one of two things.... that the majority of people see through the ill-fated twisted Republican machine, ...or the Obama electorate actually reads the news, and is more informed on the issues and the reality of this campaign....
Probably a bit of both.
Obama/Biden "08
We're finally getting around to talking about the issues...then we get sidetracked into emails and nonsense about who is invited to what. Let's get back on the issues here folks.
The media is trying SOOOOOO so hard to find something substantial against this woman. Why so desparate? If she's such a terrible person, no doubt it'll surface in the next few weeks just by her speaking and debating.
I pray it's true she's been hacked.
It might make Palin think twice about lying about her emails if she thinks someone else has copies. It probably won't happen that way... they'll lie about everything anyway... but.... here's to wishful thinking.
I seriously doubt "anoymous" is a democrat. I think this is a republican ploy to change the topic off of the economy and create another manufactered outrage.
Republicans just don't get it
The fact that this woman used personal email account to conduct state business proves she is a MORON and is UNFIT to represent the people at ANY level of GOVERNMENT.
It is time to kick her butt to the curb!!
In the words of my 15-year-old neighbor:
"Dude, she is a total drama queen."
Well, I would think that if they want an investigation then they should tie both investigation together. I mean why have just one investigation based on which one is easier to pull off.
Troopergate/Email investigation.... What's there to hide.
Palin is hiding someting! Probably used private E-Mail accounts for business to mislead the investigators.
The republicans probably hacked it themselves. I just cannot trust them anymore. The lie's and deciet continues.
I know what is she going to say in her next speech. They will now go to Silicon Valley and shakeup Yahoo!
This is the type of politics Obama's camp like to run. Let their people do what they want and hide behind them. Obama is as low as his politics... Lets read Hussein Obama's email.
Its un- ethical if anybody hacks someone else e:mails! and its wrong! but how can we know the Republicans are telling the truth? or they just want more attention?. Have they noticed that Biden is stealing the limelight from their Alaskan Heroen?. The republicans only have themselves to blame for not electing Mitt Romney as the touch bearer! at least I couldn't have much concern with his heath! and he has run a business!!!
Sh$t! Sarah Palin is in contact with the mother of an exiled Kenyan general and could benefit from secret, international bank accounts worth $2.7 million American dollars.
A McCain staffer probably did this so that the campaign could continue paint Palin as a victim and further attempt to steer media coverage away from the real issues because its clear he loses standing when that's the focus.
As to be expected, more lies from the Camp McCain. This is a ploy to distract attention from the "Troopergate"
the republican made that up. it is another distraction from the issues. liars
This woman is just a big bag of contradictions, trivial complaints and horror stories. Her family is a soap opera. I see Cindy McCain has taken her in hand fashion-wise, and she finally has a decent hair cut and a much improved wardrobe. This is superficial stuff.
Suggesting a war with Russia is NOT superficial stuff!!
But, please, people, don't be taken in by the hoopla.
She is bad for America, and John McCain simply does not have a clue.
Using crap e-mail carrier...
eh, it happens, people remember. If it's Obama, I'm sure it's forgive and forget, it's a vicous cycle, politics.
If we Americans are stupid enough to vote Palin/McCain into office, then we'll get the government we deserve. A continuation of the Bush/Rove pattern of deception and decline.
Sarah: I think I would like to become a member of WASP!
Oh NOW...They want an investigation ..LMAO
Hypocrites!
well go figure,, whaqt goes around ,, always comes around ( to bite ya a big one),, palin,, go back to alaska,,,,,,,,RE:.. obama isnt goin to raise your taxes UNLESS you are filthy rich,,,, dont you listen to the news at all? geezzz,,,,,,,,
Why would she wanna use yahoo email account? aren't they provided with official emails in AK? She must be hiding something.
Well what do you know . . . E-Mail of a political hack, hacked.
Reading these post just goes to show how misinformed the liberals are.
The alleged Trooper Gate is a state matter to be investgated by the State of Alaska.
Internet Crimes are fall under another jurisdiction. Of course when Obama's private life came into play, everyone was outraged and he got his way.
There is no question about it. The liberal Media have their candidate for president and nothing will stop them from making sure he gets it. Short of Killing someone I hope.
I don't expect to see my post on CNN because of the 36 posts so far, only a few have sided with Palin while the rest are spouting Democratic talking points.
No wonder they call CNN the Clinton News Network, except that her coronation did not go off as planned.
It is a campaign ploy to put her back in the headline. No one hack MCPAIN email account. I don't believe one word that come out of those people. They are liars. Trying to keep focus away from the economy. Give me a break CNN!
this might be a strategy to get the media from talking about the economy because obama is gaining on him,so i dont believe it,they tried to change the topic this morning with this bombing in yeman,which i know the gop was responsible for, because the govt over there in yeman was quoted sayin this afternoon this looks like a setup by outsiders.these people will do anything to change the topic,so lookout for something else by tommorow,because they dont want the media talking about this economy,they wants to keep the american people focused on personal issues..
Hold on America. This is absolute crap. It is a setup to divert our attention away from real issues AGAIN!
There is nothing in this e-mail account that can be proven to be Gov. Palin's actual email account. It was created and "hacked into" by sympathizers to the McCain campaign.
Of course, CNN and other MSM will report it as actual news until it has done it's accomplished it's necessary goal of changing the focus of the news cycle.
Please. Don't be fooled again. How many times do we have go through this before we recognize the pig behind the lipstick? (That is, dirty politics...NOT Gov. Palin or McCain, k?)
THE LESSER OF TWO EVILS IS STILL EVIL.
VOTE THIRD PARTY '08.
I dont think anyone hacked her email account. If it did happen it probably was planned by the McCain Camp...I am sure McSame wants the media to talk more about lipstick than the economy again.
I DON'T BELIEVE IT IS TRUE. I THINK IT IS JUST A MEANS OF GETTING SIMPATHY FROM THE "GULLIBLE" PUBLIC. YOU PEOPLE FALL FOR "ANYTHING" THE REPUBLICANS TELL YOU. NO WONDER WE'RE IN THE SHAPE THAT WE ARE END. DON'T YOU THINK IT IS TIME TO STOP BELIEVING THEIR LIES.
GO-BAMA
um, Belle1, what????
Funny they will investigate this but not "Trooper gate"
People open your eyes and ears. We need to make sure Obama/Biden and only other Democrates get elected this time in order to stop the abuse of power of these type Republicans.
If you think hijacking emails is something, just wait and see what Republicans have in store for our votes! This is a warm-up for the November 08 election. Remember November 2000?
MAIL IN YOUR VOTES!!!!
Put this deceiving woman in national office...and the USA will reap what she has sown.
Just Say NO to Palin
We all accept that an innocent person would use every resource at their disposal to verify their innocence not block every effort. The only logical conclusion is Mrs. Palin is hiding something.
P.S. Tax records Mrs. Palin?
Good, the more the DNC smears Palin, the more votes she gets. Love the backfire! Buh-Bye Obama!!!!
This is lIkely a diversion by the McCain camp to get the economy off of the front burner.
Email suddenly got hacked. There is something suspicous about this. Probably McCain Campaign hacked into her email account to stall the investigation.
What was done is illegal – whether it was done to Palin, McCain, Obama, Biden or any one of us. There is no cause for it and it is a violation of our rights to have such a thing done.
People are getting really really SICK trying to control the outcome of this election. Just let the people vote and accept what it is.
The Obama Action Wire what? Put down the pipe, Belle!
What's that I saw in them there screen shots? Conducting govnt business with a personal email account was it? This don't look good... for McPalin, that is:)!!!
Sounds like most of you on this blog are for the patriot act. Its ok to hack into someones email account. Oh of course unless its someone or something you believe in it would be outrageous. All you one sided politico's republican and democrat are idiots. Open your eyes and see whats going on in your world. Divide and conquer thats happened very nicely.
Amazing how often theis happens to conservatives who 'wander off the reservation' of a group the liberals claim. The same thing happened to Michael Steele.
Palin should not have a personal email account that can be used by any one who works or is elected to a government office. she has no private life once she took office and now runnining for VP. She must open all emails and phone records for the people to see and hear.
As an Alaskan in my opinion Palin should drop out of vthe race.
She is hurting McCain.
The matter has been turned over to the appropriate authorities and we hope that anyone in possession of these emails will destroy them.
I liked this word "destroy". Destroy evidence that she is possibly lying about the "Troopergate". Whoever has this evidence should turn it over to the authorities as well as the State Legislature of Alaska so they can read it. No questions asked. She shouldn't be conducting state business on a personal yahoo account.
...Probably a frustrated Obama supporter. She's getting some of his limelight ...Too bad he can't give some of the 11 million from BS's deal last night to the thousands of Americans who are without food or water due to Ike...But then he understands the economy
Tune in tomorrow for the next episode of "As the Caribou Turns".
Just more lies from Gidget does Fargo. She and McCrypt are such liars why is this even news anymore? Just another guilty republican liar telling more lies.
Just like Larry Craig who we now know must have been “tapping” out Broadway show tunes in that bathroom stall!
Maybe it was the witch who she prayed to in order to win the elections in the 'country' of Alaska.
Anyone has the phone number to the witches in Alaska?
The absolute sleaziest thing I've ever seen in a presidential campaign. And the fact that the Obama supporters are not disturbed by this, which is the same as opening someone's mailbox, taking out their mail, opening it, and publishing it online, speaks volumes and tells me just exactly the SORT of people who support Obama.
Which is why today I registered as a Republican. I had resigned as a Democrat back in June and registered as an independent, but I decided today that's not going far enough.
So it was illegal to clear the history of Palin's incriminating Email. But now it had to be deleted because it was hacked? Coincidence? Sure?
Want to buy a Bridge to Nowhere ?
i think that this so strange, that this just happen. its kinda like if u now ur in trouble and that there is evidence against u, well doesn't it make sense to have someone tamper with the evidence to say that it can't be used against you in court?
WOW...Obama's new type of politics is really cathing on...NOT..Just reported that he has run more negative ads than McCain...Guess he just can't keep his word...Maybe he is bitter and clinging to hate to win this election....
Obamabots – it's only cheating, look, even their candidate lies.
well i had a good comment...something along the lines of why use a yahoo account for public business...and not securing it...
but cnn won't post it any ways...so...meh..
the fact that she destroyed the emails before an investigation was able to be made is suspect. the fact that she is refusing to cooperate with a subopena is suspect. mcain is probably pooping his pants now (more than usual).
I wonder if she will co-operate with THIS investigation???
Well, she is a HACK!
This woman has more drama than daytime soaps. Since her selection is a testament to John McCain's judgement, we need to keep this man out of the White House. As a matter of fact, the people of AZ need to vote him out of the Senate. Let's send him home to Cindy.
Despite blogarythms about "Obama supporters probably hacked", displaying paranoia amongst the troops as well as the leadership, the fact remains that when someone stonewalls, there's usually a reason, and not a very pretty one.
at least we know it wasn't john mccain.....he's really not that good at the email, although he did invent the blackberry......
I'm not for invasion of privacy but you gotta give it to American ingunity to 'find out' at least some answers to questions about our potential VP.
If this thing goes to trial, maybe the suspects should REFUSE TO HONOR THEIR SUBPEONAS.
Oh wait, only Bush, Rove, and Palin can do that.
I WONDER HOW SOMEONE FROM THE REPUBLICAN PARTY, WHO HAS ABSOLUTELY NO REGARD FOR THE PRIVACY OF OTHERS, AND THINKS IT IS OK TO WIRETAP WITH NO LEGAL AUTHORITY, CAN BE TOO UPSET OVER THIS. WITH HER SELF PROFESSED HIGH MORALS WHAT COULD SHE POSSIBLY BE WORRIED ABOUT??
That is too bad this had to happen. Goes to show nobody's email is protected.
Typical democrat move by the same sore losers who stole all the "W"s off White House keyboards in 2001.
Sure, it's OK to do this to someone who disagrees with you politically, but let it happen to a member of the democrat party and we'll never hear the end of it!
a yahoo email account being hacked happens every day. why doesn't she use her isp provider email or use an isp that offers email accounts. yahoo from what i hear is easy to hack into. so this is a joke and just a diversion to take attention from troopergate and the market crashing.
John McCain says he is an avid supporer of Reaganomics which deregulation was a part of. Now it has finally burst a bubble, just sorry that so many people have lost investments from their 401k's that were for retirement etc.
i know those hackers wouldnt like anybody else goin through their
files and personal info, so why go through everybody elses'
If we Americans are stupid enough to vote Obama/Biden into office, then we'll get the dictatorship we deserve. A continuation of the Roman Empire pattern of deception and decline.
Liberals are stupid.
i think this is another attempt to divert attention from real issues and keep the spotlight on mccain camp. iwont be surprised if it is a publicity hoax.
Just when you think that the Democrats can't go any lower, they break the law and invaid someone's privacy. How desperate. So much attention is being paid into the "trooper gate," soon those in the media who have an axe to grind will have egg on their faces.
Perhaps you should start scrutinizing the number 1 man on the Democratic ticket instead of trying so hard for nothing with Gov. Palin.
You might as well get used to her, she is here to stay. America likes and trust her.
Obama supporters do not have to waste time searching Palin's e-mail because it is enough baggage already exposed on this lady for her to resume moose hunting.
Obama/Biden 08.
Wowzers he obviously didn't vet this chick.
McCain 2008 and Hillary 2012.
Lets observe this new claim by the McCain campaign. Obama is a destroying McCain with the economic crisis, the lack of cooperation in the investigation of trooper gate, McCain's economic is fundamentally strong quote, and with the convention bump evaporated; McCain now wants to claim someone hacked in to emails, trying to switch attention with a made up allegation. Call me paroniod, but after the outrage over lipstick, and continously lies from the McCain camp, I wont put it past them.
You DEMS are the biggest hypocrits on the face of the earth. If this was NOBAMA's e-mails that were violated you would be screaming bloody murder not to mention blaming every republican under the sun. If you can't separate a true invasion of privacy from your hateful politics, you are just plain pitiful.
Oh so now they wanna investigates things...how about let the investigators investigate Palin in the troopergate scandal.
Oh well, what goes around-comes around. I'm sure she won't get much sleep tonight.
Just another distraction from the real issues. Do they actually believe we are falling for this crap? The tax payers will be paying for this investigation to nowhere.
Count me in, I consider myself a WASP=woman against Sarah Palin!
why in the hell does she put her government info on YAHOO???
she deserves to get hacked if she's THAT incompetent
How stupid are you people that are saying this is a lie coming from the McCain / Palin camp? The FBI confirmed they are checking into it.
The FBI would not be checking into anything if it was a lie.
I am tired of hearing about supposed skeletons in Palins closet. If you want to look into closets, maybe you had better start by looking at each and every politician in Washington who has been there for a while. You can start with Ted Kennedy all the way to Bill Clinton. Oh wait, the only thing Bill has in his closet is another woman other than Hillary.
Someone hit the nail on the head, if Obamas personal email had been breached, you would have the NAACP screaming and yelling along with every civil rights organization in America saying it is wrong.
God forbid someone tap into Queen Hillarys personal email.
If Palin has to reveal her perosnal emails,,, so should EVERY candidate. Lets see all his personal conversations with Reverand White and his other friends.
I am also tired of hearing from people that McCain is a lier. PROVE it.
If he is lying,,, prove it. Gice uas details to what he is lying about with concrete evidence to support it.
More phony outrage from the McCain lovers. Hey, if pretty delicate little Sarah breaks her nail it must all be Obama's fault.
Palin should be very careful what she says on the trail because obviously people are after her...
No Interviews
No Emails
Sues the panel she appointed to avoid investigation
No Tax returns
Govt. issues on personal emails
Where's her "transparency" she claims to have?
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and let me guess, McCain will blame Obama this evening in a new ad
I think if you're a public figure, and you're dumb enough to use "gov.palin@yahoo" as and email address, then you don't need a security clearance, or CIA Briefings!!!
How about inviting hackers!!
Lets see..."sen.obama@"
"pres.bush..."
"paris.hilton..."
Shiny Metal Object Alert:
Anything to change the subject from John putting his foot in his mouth on Monday by saying this country's economy was strong.
It won't work John, we're on to you and your Tomfoolery.
Probably did it herself
You can put a Harvard tie on a rookie
it's still a ROOKIE......
The best thing to do is report blogs/web sites that post these personal emails. Report them to the Secret Service and DOJ.
Then send them letters while they rot in prison.
I don't much care for how they got the information, but it is pretty revealing. I also find it rather amusing. They asked everyone to delete the e-mails if they had them. Cats out of the bag now.
My first thought...the McCain campaign has done this. Sad, but truly, I don't trust them at all. Yet another distraction to rile up their core and cry foul again. Is it me, or is there just too much drama from these people????
Seriously – manufactured drama by McCain – no surprise and let's not talk about his inability to deal with the economy, his incompetence to deal with any issue unless you are an oil company looking for a tax break!
OBAMA/BIDEN '08
The country can't afford to let Perky Palin into office. We can't afford the time and money it will take to toss her out. The country has enough trouble.
We need to take care of the business of the country and get back on track.
This woman is much worse then Nixon. She apparently didn't learn from Watergate or didn't take the time to read a little history while she was playing beauty queen!!
Electing this woman to office is shooting all Americans in the face! She needs to stand in front of the current VP.
Why is it that things keep on showing up about this woman? Who wants to know what she has in her mails?
I truly hope that it is not the latest ploy to make the Democrats to look like hackers so that the issues on hand will not be addressed and also so that people will have sympathy for Palin and forget the fact that she has to be screened..........
The fight is becoming fiercer .....
If she's dumb enough to use a yahoo account for official business, she should accept the consequences.
Cariboo Barbie is going down!
Amazing. Palin's email gets hacked and Obama supporters blame McCain, or say it was made up. You people have totally lost any sanity you may have ever had. Too bad a mental competency test isn't required to be able to vote. McCain would win every state! You see lies and conspiracy everywhere, except in the Obama camp which of course is as pure as snow. Get a grip. Then go out and get a candidate who isn't a racist, sexist, and socialist.
Of course this is all Obama's fault. Give me a break. McCain's probably put this story out just to drum up sympathy for her.
Now there is proof why the deaf, and blind mice republicans are so thrilled about palin. She knows how to use email, and her boss doesn't...LOL. This is to mellow-dramatic...ROTFLMAO.
Like this wasn't a set up by McCain to ensure she stays in the news...DUH
Stephen says: "All persons found to be in violation of the law should be prosecuted. and sent to prision." Nice to hear from another [R] law-and-order hypocrite.
Now I would have agreed with you, except too many at the top of this [R] political machine have not gone to prison for their violations of the law over MUCH more egregious matters.
So by all means, let's put this hacker of vaccuous personal e-mail in jail, while [R] traitors who outed CIA employees get off scott free. Now there's change we can believe in....NOT!!!!!
And by the way Mr. stick-to-the-law and supporter of the party-of-personal-responsibility, you will fully expect and support negagtive consequences to Sarah if she is found to be guilty of the charges she's under investigation for, RIGHT?????!!!!!!! HA, right.....just another bleeding-heart {R]ightwinger!
why is she hiding the emals anyway. if she is not guilty, then, she should make them available to the investigative authorities. the GOP are the ones who are blocking the law.
who ever hacked the emails, that person is doing the public a favor.
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She is discussing confidential state business on YAHOO!?!?!!?! Is she stupid? Oh wait, we already know she is stupid.
I’m an Obama supporter and I think whoever hacked Palin’s email account should be held accountable to the law. This type of behavior shouldn’t be tolerated by either party. I also think Palin should cooperate with the troopergate investigation too – it works both ways, sister.
Probably it´s been McCain in trying to use a computer !
Notice the McCain campaign trying to NOT talk about the economy, NOT talk about the last 8 years, not talk about how the Bush Administration is at the very least partly responsible for this mess.
We are witnessing the decline of America. Hold on.
Um–Dennis, Obama is smart enough not to put private matters on a yahoo email.
Probably a plant from the McCain campaign.
I wonder how many other Governors use a private e-mail account to conduct some state business in secret, and cc hundreds of emails to there spouse on executive business?!? open gov't my ars.
SP...stands for secret person. Is it just me or is it that everytime I turn around there is more drama linked to this women. Everything is always so secretive with her. I am so tired of hearing all the drama over Sarah Palin...I think she has now won over my teenage daughters dramatic life. Why in the world do we want somebody like this in a major position in our nation? Or....is this just...MORE OF THE SAME? Give her a rest and she will fade away just like the famous "Lipstick" does!!!