Comments on: Men Protecting Men Who Harass Women

By: bush_is_best

bush_is_best — Mon, 13 Oct 2008 21:15:41 +0000

hmmm… let me see if I understand… she is the governor of a state. So therefore it’s more important to decipher WHY she acted the way she did (to protect her own family) than try do decide if, by law, a governor in general is allowed to act in that exact way, for any reason. Is that correct?

And if a panel of educated people, close to the situation, decide that the actions warrant an investigation, it is because questionable motives and circumstances surround an issue and it deserves a closer look. right?

So why are we even discussing the troopers behavior? Its a question of what a governor of a state can do versus what a governor cannot do. He could be the worst, most vile person on earth, yet that is essentially beside the point. It brings sensational feelings and emotional bias into a legal question that is completely our of our hands to determine, as supporters.

If she acted wrong, she acted wrong. period. Do we understand why she might of did what she did? Of course we do, its her family – and nobody, I MEAN NOBODY, on either side, is saying its ok to harass women… that’s a political spin and I KNOW nobody on the right would engage in such tactics, that’s evil liberal behavior. we are interested in truth and law and straight talk, even if it means our own candidate may be less than perfect. we will admit it, and admit it freely.

She is trying to show the American people that she is uniquely qualified for the highly important job of vice president of the united states, right? It is our right to investigate her and determine whether or not she is fit, is it not? The VP of the USA, for gods sake is not a joke, so how about looking into things she did, as governor, among other things, to determine, beyond a doubt that there in no other individual alive on earth, besides Sarah Palin, who is more qualified to perform ALL of the duties of the vice presidency and essentially, be the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES at a moments notice.

The straight talk: Can a governor, of any state at any time, do what she did or not?

By: PurpleDragon2

PurpleDragon2 — Sun, 12 Oct 2008 13:00:33 +0000

For a complete understanding of Troopergate go to Flopping Aces

http://www.floppingaces.net/category/politics/sarah-palin-politics/troopergate/page/2/

and start with the Aug. 29th post then work your way up to the present.

By: BarbaraS

BarbaraS — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 16:13:51 +0000

Failure to reign in her husband? How was she supposed to do that? This whole kangaroo court thingy is BS. They say she did nothing wrong but her husband “meddled” in trooper affairs? As a private citizen whose family was threatened by said trooper he had a perfect right to “meddle” in trooper affairs especially since the trooper association was not inclined to rein him in. And did her husband insist they fire this sociopath? No, he is still a trooper and probably still abusing his position with anyone else who crosses him. Who do these people think they are? In the first place the legislature was never authorized according to Alaska law to even hold this hearing. In the second place they are political opponents, all of them, so no credence should be given to their findings. The proper authorities are still investigating this matter. But even this kangaroo court said she did nothing wrong so where is the story? In the same dustbin with the baby’s parentage, their daughter’s pregnancy, their son’s reasons for entering the military and the youngest daughter using spit to brush the baby’s hair. The media has lost its collective mind not to speak of its reputation.

By: bobsunshine

bobsunshine — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:53:06 +0000

From the report – the last sentence of Finding Number Two says it all – Nothing illegal):

Finding Number One
For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides

The legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust, and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official action is a violation of that trust.

Finding Number Two

I find that, although Walt Moneganâ€™s refusal to fire Trooper Michael Wooten was not the sole reason he was fired by Governor Sarah Palin, it was likely a contributing factor to his termination as Commissioner of Public Safety. In spite of that, Governor Palinâ€™s firing of Commissioner Monegan was a proper and lawful exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority to hire and fire executive branch department heads.

And from the WSJ (the last sentence):

The inquiry, approved by a legislative committee’s bipartisan vote, began The report by investigator Stephen Branchflower was released late today in Anchorage by the state legislative panel that commissioned it. The bi-partisan panel voted 12-0 to release the findings to the public. Legislators said they would have to consider later what, if anything, to do now.

By: Terrye

Terrye — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 13:17:11 +0000

I loved the AOL headline, it said that Palin acted unlawfully. In fact that is not what the report said at all. It said she acted lawfully and with proper authority, the question was one of ethics. And that was because she failed to reign in her husband.

I call bs on this.