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Trooper-Gate Probe Could Carry Weight, After All
It looked a couple weeks ago as if the McCain campaign's effort to shut down Trooper-Gate had largely succeeded.
But not so fast. Steve Branchflower, the independent investigator on the case, will release his report Friday, and, as the Anchorage Daily News notes, he will have heard from almost every key witness -- with the important exception of Governor Palin herself. As a result, says the paper, Branchflower "appears to have the makings of a fairly complete account."
Over the weekend, a judge ruled that seven witnesses, all government employees, must comply with subpoenas to testify. Those witnesses have made plans to answer Branchflower's questions this week, under oath. And it was announced Monday night that Todd Palin will, through his lawyer, provide written answers to questions.
Walt Monegan, the former public safety commissioner whose firing by Governor Palin is at the center of the inquiry, told the ADN that he spent nearly a day answering Branchflower's questions, and also handed over some documents.
A legislative panel will meet at 1pm EST Friday, to receive Branchflower's report. But the GOP effort to resist the probe has one more lifeline. Lawyers for a group of Republican legislators will try at 7pm EST today to convince the state Supreme Court to halt the probe, after a lower court rejected their suit last week. Stay tuned...
Josh
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I think The McCPalin campaign would rather have the distraction of troopergate than people focusing on the economy or Florida focusing on the anti-semitic Joe Vogler's Alaska Independence Party, of which BOTH Palins were enthusiastic members.
October 8, 2008 11:13 AM | Reply | Permalink
re:focusing on the anti-semitic Joe Vogler's Alaska Independence Party, of which BOTH Palins were enthusiastic members.
Sounds like a great responce to the next McCain false attack
great points you have Felix
thanks
October 8, 2008 10:22 PM | Reply | Permalink
To see real videos of real women discussing their reactions to Sarah Palin & the misuse of gender issues in this year's presidential race, please take a look at the following blog (& forward to all your friends, family & open-minded folk at large):
October 8, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
www.speakoutonpalin.blogspot.com
October 8, 2008 12:28 PM | Reply | Permalink
There must be something worth hiding in that report. This might turn out to be far worst then what appears on the surface. Palin is bad news, she will fire all of those who testified against her when she gets back to Alaska--and she will be going back to Alaska, sooner than later.
October 8, 2008 12:43 PM | Reply | Permalink
It's all those liberal bloggers causing the problem here. Sarah is innocent, and you meanies better stop picking on her. Poor baby.
October 8, 2008 1:08 PM | Reply | Permalink
There are major issues in Troopergate ranging from abuse of power to improper access to personal medical information to tampering in a workers comp. insurance claim, the latter 2 have state and or federal penalties.
This is a lot more serious than people realize and in the least could cost Mooselini her job at home and her career after she gets beaten on 11/4.
Best spots to follow this are 2 AK blogs:
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/
October 8, 2008 2:41 PM | Reply | Permalink
So what are the limits for her eligibility if she gets found guilty of this? Is she no longer able to serve as a VP (if by some demonistic miracle it were to happen anyway)? Doubt it; if she is duly elected, then she gets to serve, I think.
But maybe it is just too unsavory to have the #2 be a full-on secessionist wingnut AND a convict?
I smell the Joe-mentum!!
October 8, 2008 3:15 PM | Reply | Permalink
Jeez, that McCain is a hell of a vett-er. He really knows how to pick 'em.
October 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
I agree with John Nall, especially on the work comp allegations. The Public Record, also linked on Halcro's blog, summarizes the work comp shenanigans:
http://www.pubrecord.org/component/content/359.html?task=view
October 8, 2008 4:48 PM | Reply | Permalink
Keith Olbermann tears Palin a new A#$!
October 9, 2008 7:55 AM | Reply | Permalink
Fuckin great!! Keith definitely ripped bowel tissue big time in that one!
October 9, 2008 9:48 AM | Reply | Permalink
Okay, this is a nit-pick, but most everybody is on Daylight Savings time now, not Standard time.
Specifically, nobody's on EST now (except for those of us who are on Central Daylight Time, since CDT = EST).
So I'm sure you meant to use EDT, rather than EST, referring to all the times in this article.
Most of us will go back to Standard time November 2nd (just in time for the election).
I sometimes use the more generic abbreviations ET for Eastern Time, and CT for Central Time, etc. Don't know whether these are technically correct, but their use sidesteps this problem of Standard vs. Daylight Savings time.
-- ARG
October 9, 2008 5:02 PM | Reply | Permalink