The suddenness of her announcement raises the question about whether Palin resigned to avert a major scandal. One logical place to start looking is the affair that has Alaska political circles buzzing: an alleged scandal centered around a building contractor, Spenard Building Supplies, with close ties to Palin and her husband, Todd.
Many political observers in Alaska are fixated on rumors that federal investigators have been seizing paperwork from SBS in recent months, searching for evidence that Palin and her husband Todd steered lucrative contracts to the well-connected company in exchange for gifts like the construction of their home on pristine Lake Lucille in 2002. The home was built just two months before Palin began campaigning for governor, a job which would have provided her enhanced power to grant building contracts in the wide-open state.
SBS has close ties to the Palins. The company has not only sponsored Todd Palin’s snowmobile team, according to the Village Voice’s Wayne Barrett, it hired Sarah Palin to do a statewide television commercial in 2004.
Though Todd Palin told Fox News he built his Lake Lucille home with the help of a few “buddies,” according to Barrett’s report, public records revealed that SBS supplied the materials for the house. While serving as mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin blocked an initiative that would have required the public filing of building permits—thus momentarily preventing the revelation of such suspicious information.
Just months before Palin left city hall to campaign for lieutenant governor, she awarded a contract to SBS to help build the $13 million Wasilla Sports Complex. The most expensive building project in Wasilla history, the complex cost the city an additional $1.3 million in legal fees and threw it into severe long-term debt. For SBS, however, the bloated and bungled project was a cash cow.
Here’s another source for some of this. And then there’s the possible embezzlement/IRS issue that seems to be the talk of Alaska.
UPDATE: Looks like at least some of this may be crap put out by an Alaskan blogger, Shannyn Moore, and picked up by a number of outlets. Or so says Palin through her personal friend, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren.
Sure, they’ve already been indited 18 times and every case failed. It is a measure of how bad the good liberals hate her.
Puh-leaze, there has to be another reason. The only way Republicans resign ALWAYS has something to do with achieving orgasms.
One can only hope.
Although I kinda feel sorry for her for she knows not what does does.
Angel’s comments are always a pleasure.
#1–thats two today and counting.
I think the Media (and Blogs 😉 ) “doth protest too much”.
If she really is a nobody with no political skills then why all the fuss? Hmm!?
#2
it’s funny because it’s true
#5–Jim==heh, heh. Why the fuss of your mischaracterization? How many Govenors step down “for the good of the State?” Huh? How many?
Comments, not protests, are issued because Palin is NOT a nobody and she does have Political skills. Why do you dissemble so?
I think both “good” republicans and liberals want the incompetency of Palin revealed so that the minority party can gain credibility to provide balance and conservative input into the runaway Obama train.
Wouldn’t America be better served without empty suits/skirts being proped up because of their fund raising abilities?
Silly comment as it is transparently manipulated.
What is your reference for all these accusations? That stupid little basement blog? Why are the DNC, left wing extremist and NYC republicans so obsessed with this woman? Ok you hate her. You think she is stupid.You think she is corrupt. So let it go! How about moving on and posting some real news. Maybe even some technical news, that would be a novelty.
Here we go again.
Wonder how many more corrupted FBI agents are going to be exposed this time? …. just as with the last Alaskan ‘political scandal’!
Ya think the democrats would get tired of making false accusations and getting sent to jail.
There’s little doubt in my mind that there’s a new scandal here somewhere.
As for the accusations that she’s stupid – well, she is!
She’s pregnant yet again. After all she’s Bristol’s role-model & we ALL know Bristol puts out.
Just say NO! NO! NONONONONONONONONONONONONO! Oops!
Cripes!!! Another Palin story? I’m almost wishing for a Michael Jackson article just to dilute the Palin crap on this blog.
Two words… WHO CARES!!!
Crying outloud… frigg’n Rome is burning (USA going bankrupt) and all you guys do here is fiddle about tripe like this.
The Administration is not done punishing her for daring to try and rally the right and block The One. The word has come down from the Debt Star at 1600 Penn Avenue to finish her for public office forever.
With the Justice Dept, the IRS and the FBI doing his bidding, they will cook up something. And the MSM will rebroadcast their talking points without a single question. (expect Helen Thomas to “be retired”…maybe a big thank you and go away party at the National Press Club where they hand Keith Olberman her seat number.)
This is a lesson to Repubs…stop trying to stand in the way of history, or Chicago-style things will start to happen to you.
From what I’m reading in this posting, all of these allegations took place BEFORE she was governor, not after.
I smell a fishing expedition. Nothing more.
Get to the real news.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fi7pYuQU3RE
Enough with the Palin posts on here. I’m sure that next week the other shoe will drop. I still bet on the job at Fox News.
http://tinyurl.com/l4ct5n
She’s the best thing to happen to the Democratic party, no wonder they want to keep her in the limelight. John McCain torpedoed his only chance at president by picking her. She’s the gift that keeps on giving.
Latest news which will never show up on your front page is this is all a hoax. There is no scandal, no investigation, some little blogger in Alaska made it up.
The Libs are quick to send their “pre-crime” units out to do hit jobs on the Palins, including their children, but say nothing at all about incest involving the Obama girls!
Does Letterman know anything about it?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no…. There’s no brewing scandal. She stepped down for “family reasons.” Just because that’s the last thing that typically power hungry political types would do doesn’t mean there’s some sort of scandal brewing. Jeez, no.
She has permanently branded herself a quitter. She resigned as mayor, resigned as governor, and has quit other things too. If she runs for elected office in the future the first question must be: how long before you resign?
LMAO – Still the only way you guys can get hits. Nice to know I own you without even coming around here.
Live in fear, children.
Be prepared to be Palinized. Talk radio and Fox news 24/7. You betcha 😉
I can’t wait for the the typical Right Wing Assholes to eat those sandles when the real truth comes out… Why is it that just because she is a republican they all circle wagons around her?… If she was exactly the same dumb individual and a democrat they would surely be taking a different stance!!!
Lets wait and See.. Personally I hope its not all true what was mentioned in the article. I would not wish to be in anybody’s sandals Repub or Dem under these circumstaces…but the republican who destroyed our country over the past 8 years can go and have red sandal sandwich anytime!!!
Amazing how fixated the hateful left is on destroying poor dumb ole Sarah Palin. What are you hate mongers so afraid of? God forbid an actual decent normal American citizen might run for the presidency. After all the so called genius we just elected seems to be doing such a great job of running things. Not! Well hate mongers go on trying to destroy another decent human being, my guess is you’re wasting your time on Palin.
…my guess is you’re wasting your time on Palin.
This is precisely what the hateful left has been trying to tell the oblivious right since the Couric interview.
FWIW, we don’t want normal Americans as presidents. We want exceptional Americans in that office.
WET DREAM ON, LIBERALISTAS!
“We want exceptional Americans in that office.” FYI: OBAMA ISN’T ONE…JUST A WELL-POLISHED CHICAGO THUG POLITICON.
That picture – red wedges, no stockings with a black jacketed suit dress – OW MY EYES. I hope the Republican Party starts picking out her clothes again.