2008 USP(G)ET pt. II: counting the days to 2012 primary thread 1

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This whole stream is an absurd contrast in styles and message

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woah this guy's hands are hairy

where is my drudge siren 8(

CNN headline: Panel: Palin abused power, violated no laws

The AP article calls it an unlawful abuse of power tho. Unlawful = against the law, right?

:-/

A legislative committee investigating Gov. Sarah Palin of Alaska, the Republican vice presidential candidate, issued a report Friday night that found she unlawfully abused her authority by firing the state’s public safety commissioner.

media manages to bungle things again

So either CNN is wrong, or AP doesn't know the meaning of the word "unlawful."

no response yet at the corner

down on the corner
out in the street

i think the key is to phrase it like, "while she didn't officially break the law, she abused her power and that was a breach of ethics".

The Corner has been quiet since before McCain hushed his crowd. I think there's mass suicide going on over there.

So I hear (via a prominent member of the sane Republican faction) that the word on the right side of the street is that the Republican National Committee is about to pull the plug on its joint ads with the McCain campaign, and devote its resources instead to trying to save a couple of the senators who are at serious risk of losing their seats.

http://crookedtimber.org/2008/10/10/a-bit-of-horserace-commentary/

YESSSSSSSSSSSSS

It's a close distinction re: lawbreaking. She's not going to serve time for this or anything, but Branchflower is essentially saying that she, her husband and others basically used the power of the office to pursue a private vendetta. Monegan could legally be let go by the governor, no law broken there, but said vendetta fed into it.

Or what omar said a few posts back, really.

So she can't be forced off the ticket because of indictment. Any chance she'll still drop off willingly?

:-/

― joe 40oz (deej), Friday, October 10, 2008 8:02 PM (1 minute ago) Bookmark

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l-r: palin, mccain

lolno

I don't want her off the ticket. She's doing plenty of damage right where she is.

If she drops off the ticket, McCain will lose all those Freeper supporters, tho.

CNN just changed their headline.

i say drop her, for the lolz

or keep her for them, either way lmao

The Corner has been quiet since before McCain hushed his crowd. I think there's mass suicide going on over there.

Huh, you're right. (About the quiet part, at least.) Then again it is the weekend, assume they're all home and getting understandably drunk instead.

Any chance she'll still drop off willingly?

Oh god no. But now there's a report with all sorts of fun details ricocheting around the net like mad, combined with the fact that she and the McCain campaign desperately fought against the probe after she had willingly agreed to cooperate. She can't handwave that.

Funny thing is, of course, that had she let it take its course, the results might have been seen as more exculpatory in the end, though this probably would have only worked had she not been a candidate. A few crocodile tears and a promise she'd 'do better' in office or something and that might have been that. Now her pettiness is top worldwide news instead of something only being of interest to Alaskans. Good job there.

I have just returned from a fashion-mag birthday party where everyone was planning to rush home to get updated on Troopergate. This, in London.

Drudge isn't updating either.

maybe if they dont post about it, everyone will forget it happened :D

someone may have just linked to this but heres the full report
http://download2.legis.state.ak.us/DOWNLOAD.pdf

should have made that a link to a rick roll

Rachel Maddow just reported one poll where Obama has an 8 point lead.

This week makes me feel like I'm living in a dreamworld.

Uh, one WEST VIRGINIA poll.

WV SWING STATE I LOVES IT.

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current CNN headline: Palin abused power in firing, Alaska panel finds

the article is substantially rewritten as well, subtracting the lines that emphasize that she broke no laws, and including a paragraph to say the did break the state's ethics law

no retraction or revised comment hyperlinks, I love online journalism

palin's only move once this is all over is to make the reality tv rounds: t/f?

lol michael

to borrow from cankles, "i garontee (cajun voice)" that the more sane parts of the republican party are praying that palin goes back to alaska and stays there.

Sarah Palin IS the Flavor of Love

simple life hanger-on?

obama isn't an arab

that is some awkward shit

lol

"Uh - no."

"Gimmi that microphone back. I need to salvage my pride."

he just walks to the other side of the stage like "gotta get me as far away from her as possible"

That's because she's a secret Obama operative.

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What's also interesting about the report:

Branchflower also recommends the Legislature change the way complaints against peace officers such as troopers are handled. He says lawmakers should consider making it possible for people who file such complaints to get feedback about the status of their complaint and whatever action was taken about it.

Which is perfectly sensible! Talk about unintended good effects.