John McCain’s beleaguered presidential campaign was yesterday struggling to weather yet another blow, after his running mate, Sarah Palin, was judged to have abused her power as Governor of Alaska when she and her husband sought to kick her former brother-in-law out of the state’s police force.
A report, issued on Friday by an investigator for the Alaska legislature, does not urge censure or any other punishment for Mrs Palin after she sacked the state’s top law enforcement officer. That was entirely within her rights as Governor, but, the report says, the action was partly motivated by the official’s refusal to bow to pressure to dismiss Trooper Michael Wooten, whose marriage to Mrs Palin’s sister ended in acrimonious divorce.
Online Journal – October 9, 2008:
Sarah Palin is dangerous. She is a loose cannon. She is more of a psychopath than Bush and Cheney combined and she needs to be muzzled and caged before she gets Barack Obama killed.
Never before in the history of US presidential campaigns has a candidate incited violence against an opponent until Sarah Palin came along, passionately telling rallies, in that screechy voice of hers, that Barack Obama pals “around with terrorists” and “I am just so fearful that this is not a man who sees America the way you and I see America,” causing someone in the Clearwater, Florida, crowd to yell out, “Kill him!”
Palin poured on more fuel Tuesday in Jacksonville, telling lies to a pumped up crowd bearing “No communists!” and “Palin’s Pitbulls” signs, “Our opponent voted to cut off funding for our troops. He did this even after saying that he wouldn’t do such a thing. And he said, too, that our troops in Afghanistan are just, quote, ‘air-raiding villages and killing civilians.’ I hope Americans know that is not what our brave men and women are doing in Afghanistan.”
Huffington Post – October 12, 2008:
Who is Todd Palin?
For seven years, from 1995 until 2002, he was a member of the controversial extreme right-wing Alaska Independence Party. This is a party whose principal goal is a statewide vote on whether Alaska should secede from the United States, and whose founder’s nuggets of wisdom, featured prominently on the AIP’s website, include “I’m an Alaskan, not an American. I’ve got no use for America or her damned institutions,” and “The problem with you John Birchers is that you are too damn liberal!”
#31 – QB
Good post.
if someone came into your house and called one of your family members a nasty name and you don’t ask that person to leave, does it mean that you’re to much of a wimp to stand up for your family or that you agree with them?
#21, that’s what most of the people on this site do as well, blaming the poor for their loans, and the banks for lending to them. I don’t have a problem for either part, just for bailing out the banks that fail.
“The word in the header “still” implies that Palin was at one time the “right” choice.”
Actually, the intent of my title was that Palin was never qualified, but for whatever reason some people did in fact disagree. I just wondered if they still disagreed now that we know the truth about her.
Angry liberals continue to use the word “qualified” as if it has weight. The constitution outlines no requirements for the VP slot, though being over 35 would be good to actually assume the Presidency if need be.
Palin meeting your qualifications is a different story, but since I can destroy your points of view with ease I have to assume your qualifications are meaningless.
Or, you’re just bitter towards women.
What is the big deal Dvorak? We in the GOP have always cater to the mentally-challenged. Dan Quayle, GW, and now Sarah. We are just smart enough to invoke fear into the public minds so they vote for whomever we put at the top of the card.
#36 – James Hill
>>I can destroy your points of view with ease
You better get back on your meds before somebody calls the guys with the strait jacket to take you to a rubber room.
In all the posts you’ve made here, you have never even come up with a cogent argument, much less “destroyed” someone’s point of view.
In fact, I’ve never seen you get beyond the usual nonsense about “angry liberals” and how you “note” our “worship”.
You’re a pistol,Jimmie.
#38 – The serious threads I take seriously, the hack threads I don’t. The following rhyme should hold true in your Fischer Price brain:
This is a hack thread, and I am able to own it with ease. Why should I try any harder, when I am the only one I aim to please?
#39 – James Hill
>>The serious threads I take seriously, the
>>hack threads I don’t.
I guess I’ve never seen you participate in a “serious thread”.
>>I am the only one I aim to please
Yeah, I’ve heard that you’re an ace at pleasuring yourself. Just keep it off the keyboard, huh?
#40 – Mister Mustard – …I’ve heard that you’re an ace at pleasuring yourself. Just keep it off the keyboard, huh?
James Hill, caught on tape.
#41 – Jägermeister
I knew it! James Hill has a tiny little needle dick! You can’t even SEE IT in the video. It looks like he’s just making the international sign for “jerk off”.
Haw!
No wonder he’s always so angry.
#42 – Mister Mustard – No wonder he’s always so angry.
Sexual repression… 😉
#9-Ties to terrorists, huh?
Well, John C. Dvorak has ties to convicted felons. I heard him talking to one on TWIT last week.
Does that mean we’re all advocating breaking the law by posting here?
Yah no I do think John may need to deleat a few articles posted every now and then.
Some of you guys are starting look like you just can’t make it out of the psycho ward.
Funny how republicans have discovered feminism the moment Palin was chosen as VP candidate.
Up to that point feminists were considered hairy legged man-hater feminazis who were destroying the family unit and creating a conduit for satan’s return.
Racism? Wouldn’t that require we know what Obama’s race is? I’m stumped!
“A conduit for satan’s return”? Sir, this is a family blog. Keep your murky sexual euphemisms to yourself.
Sorry, also “family unit”. Sir, your mind is in the gutter.
#35, SN,
Actually, the intent of my title was that …
I understand and agree with your point. Thank you for clarifying it.
To your point that some people think Palin is a good, qualified candidate, I’m reminded that many people think Hanah Montana / Mylie Cyrus is a good singer. They will defend her to the end and worship the ground she pees on.
#39, hill,
… I am the only one I aim to please?
Which is why your mommy makes you use the bathroom downstairs. Your hitting the floor, walls, and sink would turn most people off.