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

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So, when are we expecting the 'troopergate' report?

i'm beginning to think that wink was like an "activate" switch for the nutjobs in this country

you mean that report STILL isn't out? damn.

my immediate family and my wife's are all pretty-much pro-obama, except for the ones who didn't register to vote.

So, when are we expecting the 'troopergate' report?

Currently being read:

http://www.adn.com/news/story/551898.html

Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau, chairman of the Legislative Council, gave no indication how long the secret session might last or when Branchflower's report might be made public.

But two lawmakers who've stepped out of the meeting briefly say it could be hours.

Senate President Lyda Green, a Wasilla Republican, and Rep. Peggy Wilson of Wrangell said the session is moving slowly.

How slow? Wilson was asked.

"Slooowwww," she said.

(Lest you fear about Green, she is NOT a friend of Palin; the two have been at odds for a while and she has indicated she is voting for the release of the report. But she's just one vote.)

During the closed legislative hearing, a group of about 50 supporters of Gov. Sarah Palin stood on the sidewalk outside the legislative building. They waved signs that said "Palin Power," "Sarah's Right" and "Not Guilty," and they chanted "Go, Sarah, Go" and "Who's the best mom in the world - Sarah."

"how slow?"

"like, 'this could take a good 60 days' slow, doggonit."

que sera sera

you betcha

i cant believe any of these ppl ever accused obama of having a 'cult of personality'

i'm beginning to think that wink was like an "activate" switch for the nutjobs in this country

― omar little, Friday, October 10, 2008 1:21 PM (2 minutes ago) Bookmark

OTM. Palin could have been a shoo-in for Diane in V or any other hot female nemesis in a bad 80s sci-fi TV movie.

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/132527

Update: 10:45 a.m.: Sen. Lyda Green just stepped outside and asked reporters if they realized the closed proceedings could take hours. She indicated they were just a little bit into the report.

Update 11:50 p.m.: It may be a while. Green just stepped outside again and reports they're now on page 20 of the 200-plus page document. "Go home," she advised.

Update 12 noon Kyle reports the Sen. Kim Elton, D-Juneau and the Legislative Council chairman, stepped outside for a bathroom break and was asked how it was going inside. "I'm not going to characterize it," he said. "I'm tempted to, but I won't." None of the others coming and going from the room have had anything to say.

Then Jeff Turner, an aide to the Senate majority, came out and said it would be at least another hour until any official word emerges from within.

do they think they can stall past Nov. 4? motherfuck these people

The longer this simmers in the news cycle, even if non-headline, the better.

Who knows. Maybe a lack of verdict before Nov 4th would be better off (unless you support Palin)

what will palin likely do after this is all over, other than be a curious footnote? serious question.

I'd rather the verdict be delayed after Nov 4th, if the verdict is going to go Palin's way.

Good column on the voter fraud non-issue, published in 2007 at the height of the US attorney scandal.

Meanwhile, Ted Stevens is simmering right now as well. Alaska be havin fun.

i have to find a link, but palin complained today about the upcoming report because they didn't interview her for it.

being a nutjob is your right as an american, but treating me like i'm stupid is not.

xp i highly doubt this is going palin's way

I highly doubt any verdict is going to change America's minds even if it were delivered today.

http://gawker.com/5061660/obama-donors-include-noted-scandinavian-poet-jgtj-jfggjjfgj-hugh-jass

It would be really really satisfying though, in a end of a bad 80s sci-fi TV movie way

Talking about 'verdicts' in the case of the Branchflower report is misleading -- this isn't a trial, merely the results of a legislative investigation, which may or may not get to the public. (Not all of it will anyway, since the larger of the two notebooks each member of the committee has contains specifically private personnel information.) It's what the legislature decides to do with it that matters, depending on what it contains.

it won't affect anything either way. Palin's already garnered all the support she's ever gonna get, and everybody else hates her.

I can't wait for the deluge of books about this endless election season, seriously

Gonna plow through some of the better ones

Maybe I should start a thread for that now; it's never too early, is it?

Ned OTM. What if Sarah Palin were found guilty *and* had to serve time? Highly doubtful, but that would kinda impede on the Republican presidential ticket in a way never seen in America before.

I think I've mentioned before how my racist (and my hero, coincidentally enough) grandfather would've voted. Straight D.

My dad is all "you better vote for Obama or they're going to be rioting in the streets!" Sure, it's backhanded, but at least we're on the right track.

(He can't vote of course due to his felony conviction, but that's a waaaaayyyyyyyyy different topic for another time.)

ilxors be candid

their stump stops get crazier and crazier; that winking shit was like their version of the queen of diamonds card, right? except setting off 100k crazy murderous psychos instead of one.

http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3050/2929305147_19e6e88f89.jpg

lol

More Palin funnies:

http://community.adn.com/adn/node/132548

Andree McLeod just stopped by the Legislative offices, after the hearing this morning on her lawsuit against Gov. Sarah Palin and the state.

Looks like McLeod won at least parts of what she’s asking for – to force the governor to retrieve or preserve any e-mails she’s written on private accounts that deal with government business.

She carried a copy of the order signed by Superior Court Judge Craig Stowers.

“Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and the office of the governor of Alaska … are ordered to preserve all e-mails (including attachments thereto) sent between December 4, 2006, and the resolution of this litigation…”

But the judge didn’t approve another of McLeod’s requests, which would have forced Palin to stop using private accounts to talk about state business.

I would like to hear the educated opinion of the Secret Service agents tasked with shadowing McCain and Palin to hear what they have to say about the pitchfork-wielding mob who gets all frothy at the collective mouth when they hear the word OBAMA

^^ the "palin 2012" pic turned up in this amazing post:

http://www.fivethirtyeight.com/2008/10/on-road-dueling-rallies-ohio.html

On a day when the Dow plunged another 678 points, we had the opportunity to cross paths with another Barack Obama rally and another Sarah Palin rally here in west-central Ohio. Obama did five rallies here in two days: Dayton, Cincinnati, Portsmouth, Chillicothe, and Columbus, while Palin did events in Wilmington (home of the DHL plant closing that David Plouffe promised to highlight in local radio ads) and Cleveland. The events were a study in contrasts.

Barack Obama spoke to a crowd of approximately 8,500 in Dayton's Fifth Third (Eighth?) Field for 40 minutes, and immediately launched into a detailed discussion of the economy. Titled the "American Jobs Tour Rally," Obama managed the subtle stagecraft of physically morphing from a suit-coated politician to a coatless, sleeves-rolled-up problem-solver.

Palin's rally featured the more impressive entrance, with giant video screens showing the crowd the slowly turning campaign bus as it approached the cavernous inside venue. Finally, the fog machines hit high blast, the huge blue curtain parted, and the bus drove right inside the hall. As "Eye of the Tiger" blasted over the loudspeakers, Palin bounded on stage to a full-throated roar. It was some pretty sweet stagecraft, (even if had Obama tried it he'd have been ridiculed for behaving as a "celebrity").

sarah palin is your new monster truck

why does putin even need a tiger anyway

wait wrong thread

no, it's cool

would have beers w: obama
would get drunk w: biden
would smoke up w: monster truck palin
would go to country kitchen buffet w: mccain

would kick ass w: judo putin and his amazing tiger

they're going after michelle:

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campaign_goes_after_mic.php

palin pleased crowd "like a tiger"

i think that would only work for her if by 'smoke up' you mean 'do meth'

http://tpmelectioncentral.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/10/mccain_campaign_goes_after_mic.php

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WAHT

attacking Michelle will not bode well for the McCain campaign

I do like the idea of Palin emerging from a dense stage fog like a methed-out Andrew Eldritch xposts

lol @ wikiWAHT

The attack? Bernardine Dohrn, Ayers' wife and fellow former Weatherman, went to work in 1984 for the major Chicago-based national law firm of Sidley & Austin, and three years later, Michelle joined the mega-firm as well.

That's the entire attack. We wish we were joking. But we aren't

I mean, come on now.

Palin *is* becoming Diane of V!

Hamster Bobbing in Montana rally next week!

I'm beginning to think she didn't realize what she will be getting herself in for by agreeing to appear on SNL.

"...wait, you're not laughing WITH me."