This story needs to be passed around and talked about quickly. She was FOR the bridge to nowhere before she was against it.

Here's what she told the Anchorage Daily News on October 22, 2006, during the race for the governor's seat (via Nexis):

Q: Would you continue state funding for the proposed Knik Arm and Gravina Island bridges?

Palin: Yes. I would like to see Alaska's infrastructure projects built sooner rather than later. The window is now - while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist.

http://blogs.tnr.com/tnr/blogs/the_plank/archive/2008/08/29/did-palin-really-fight-the-bridge-to-nowhere.aspx

Thank you TPM, I hope the pundits will pick up on that one. Also, I am wondering what is the status on McPa to claim executive privileges?

Certainly having the report delayed or even canceled is not beyond the skills of our Constitution-ass-wiping Republican administration.

Jesus. A right-wing Evita a heartbeat away from stowing her nail polish in an Oval Office desk. How do you think that will sell in the hinterlands? This is all showbiz and sop for the PUMAs; she'll top the news cycle a few days and then we'll get back to the business at hand.

from WaPo interview today:

Monegan, 57, a respected former chief of the Anchorage Police Department, said in an interview with The Washington Post's James V. Grimaldi on Friday that the governor repeatedly brought up the topic of her ex-brother-in-law, Michael Wooten, after Monegan became the state's commissioner of public safety in December 2006. Palin's husband, Todd, met with Monegan and presented a dossier of information about Wooten, who was going through a bitter custody battle with Palin's sister, Molly. Monegan also said Sarah Palin sent him e-mails on the subject, but Monegan declined to disclose them, saying he planned to give them to a legislative investigator looking into the matter.

Hey, you don[t think that maybe it's a John Edwards thing---that maybe McCain and she--ya know. We never expected it from Edwards, and you've gotta say this impromptu "selection" without vetting is totally bizarre. Looks to me like she's got a lot of #hit on her shoes. Should be fun.

Hey, you don[t think that maybe it's a John Edwards thing---that maybe McCain and she--ya know. We never expected it from Edwards, and you've gotta say this impromptu "selection" without vetting is totally bizarre. Looks to me like she's got a lot of sh7t on her shoes. Should be fun.

Hey, hate to be a cynic, but....do any of us really believe, after watching what's been happening the last 8 years, that there's a snowball's chance this isn't either delayed or just outright swept under the ice flow?

I love how the Democrats have effectively and subliminally brought McCains age and health fully into the debate with him picking Palin. Notice how they keep saying "a heartbeat away from the presidency" when questioning her experience.

I don't understand why all the talking heads are referring to this "Hail Mary" pass as a BOLD one. Maybe I don't know football well enough, but I always thought you threw a Hail Mary pass when you're DESPERATE, not when you're trying to be bold.

Makes sense. McCain wants to double down on Bush the 3rd term- qualities.

Two more oil people in the white house?
OMG
and this case will get paid off mark my words
then she says her husband is a fisherman, but what him working for BP...Palin's husband, Todd Palin,[80] works for the energy corporation BP at an oil field on Alaska's North Slope[81] and works as a fisherman in his hometown in the summers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarah_Palin#Family_and_personal_life

She admits that she used marijuana at a time when the state had legalized possession of small amounts (though possession was still illegal under federal law). She says that she did not like it and does not smoke it now, and she does not support legalizing marijuana, worrying about the message it would send to her kids

State Senate President Lyda Green, a Republican who has often feuded with Palin, remarked, "She's not prepared to be governor. How can she be prepared to be vice president or president?"

Palin, when asked about Senator Clinton's complaints regarding her coverage by the press, said "that doesn't do us any good, women in politics, women in general, wanting to progress this country...when I hear a statement like that from from any woman, I think that there is a perceived whine."

It was alot of firing and people getting kick in and out of office up there? All I can say is DUCK!
This is way over my head...

McCain Just Doesn't Get It...If anything was to happen to him say a week into office, what happens to Troops,this is a poor VERY POOR SHOW OF RESPECT TO OUR TROOPS it's a ashame we cant start a petition.

Is it just me or does Palin look like Tina Fey trying to act like a VP Candidate? It just goes to show you how much of a joke the McBush campaign is. What a horrible pick. Kay Bailey Hutchinson would have been formidable, not Ms. Alaska.

I don't know . . . I'm reading all these comments. I'm just . . . this whole choice is weird. It feels like he kind of lost it, really. Like he got so mad at the Rovies for not letting him have Liebchenmann that he did a McCain tantrum and . . . lobbed a big FU to 'em. I'm disturbed, just a bit. It seems pathologically fraught.

It's my opinion that this choice is purely reactionary. The GOP was clearly on its heels and needed to stem the further damage that would have come from a day of coverage of Obama's speech. In that sense this choice is already a success, I don't think it would've been unreasonable that McCain would've been 10 pts behind nationally.

On the other hand I don't know where they're gonna go from here. It seems to me the less she does from here on our the better for McCain

Strategy

I'm not a lawyer. However, I've done some reading and research on police disciplinary boards, and Palin's behavior sounds fishy. Josh et al, it would really behoove you to explain the nitty gritty details of how disciplinary boards work.

My understanding of police procedures is that state laws create a procedure by which police discipline is handled internally. Generally, these proceedings are done in confidence, and average citizens don't know what happens. The police board will hear a charge, and if the charge is found to be true, then discipline is issued. Under the union rules and laws, there are safeguards to ensure that the cops get some appeals.

It sounds like Palin was leaning on the officer to issue harsh discipline on her ex-brother in law even though the board had already disciplined him. I'm not sure about the legal implications, but that seems troubling for a few reasons. Ordinary citizens wouldn't get that access to officers nor to the proceeding. But a governor would. Besides that, as a matter of due process, it is patently unfair to punish someone who has already punished.

The brother in law sounds like a jerk, but Palin sounds pretty petty, if not abusive of her office.

I like the Tina Fey link but you must consider the Mary Ann connection. Now that is something to consider.

See the story here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=77AQHYWzGFQ

Curt,
Do you really believe the PUMAs are legit? I think they are financed completely by the Republicans. They were never for Hillary, it's a sham. I saw one of the frauds on Larry King tonight. She got her talking points straight from the RNC. Why isn't the media covering this?

Rob