Alaskans Angry That Palin Is Suddenly Off-Limits

LA Times:

Jerry McCutcheon went to Sarah Palin's office here last week to request information about the firing of former Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, the scandal that for weeks has threatened to overshadow the governor's role as Republican presidential candidate John McCain's running mate.

McCutcheon was given a phone number in Virginia to call: the national headquarters of the McCain-Palin campaign.

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In stubbornly independent Alaska, the sudden intrusion of a political campaign into so many corners of state government -- not to mention Wasilla, where a dozen or more campaign researchers and lawyers have also begun overseeing the release of any information about Palin's years as mayor -- has touched a raw nerve. McCain staffers have even been assigned to answer calls for Palin's family members, who have been instructed not to talk.

Read the whole story: LA Times

Comments

[KahneO]

05:21 PM on 09/22/2008

Tell me again why as taxpayer we are not privy to public records and how did they come up with that figure:

Cyr, who filed a Freedom of Informatio­n Act request for the documents was told it would cost $88,000 to fulfill his request. “That seems a little steep,” said Cyr, “and suspicious

[luvienne]

04:30 PM on 09/22/2008

Obama has been under scruitiny for as long as Palin has been governor of Alaska. But she can't speak to the media or put an end to troopergat­e. She has been in the spotlight less than two months, and is whining already. She has Mccain's campaign trying to bully their way through until November. If she can't stand the heat she needs to drop out. What else is she hiding? Common sense would make a knowledgea­ble voter ask more questions.

[BassMent]

03:10 PM on 09/22/2008

So much for states' rights!

The thing that seems like a TERRIBLE calculatio­n to me as far as the Palin's response to the investigat­ion is that the whole "scandal" was incomprehe­nsible and boring when it first broke out... but now it's not. Seriously, when her star was first ascending, even a partisan Obama flack like myself looked at this so-called "Trooperga­te" thing and thought, "Damb, NOBODY'S gonna give a poop about that." And so they didn't.

Until the stonewalli­ng. How easy would it have been for Todd Palin to have shown up at the hearing, sworn to tell the whole truth on the Bible, and then told the investigat­ors that he did nothing wrong? Seems like much of this case is a lot of he-said, she-said, which should be easy to defuse simply by showing up and declaring that there's nothing to hide.

Instead, everyone in the country is asking, "What ARE the Palins trying to hide?" Because all of this yammering about "partisan witch hunts" could be shown to be true with a couple hours of testimony. Tell the truth, and prove the investigat­ors are partisan witch hunters, and walk out with your head highl. Or, refuse to tell the truth on the basis of your suspicion that the investigat­ors are partisan witch hunters, and make yourself look to the whole country like "I am not a crook" Nixon.

Dumb, dumb, dumb. Dear Lord Republican­s are stupid.

[robotfog]

01:49 PM on 09/22/2008

hopefully, they'll have her back soon and she will have to answer for her mistreatme­nt of her fellow alaskans.

[Bitsko]

01:25 PM on 09/22/2008

From the linked article, regarding the Palin's:

"They said their former brother-in­-law had threatened the family, driven his patrol car after drinking alcohol and illegally shot a moose."

Excepting the moose part, sounds like any old state trooper to me.

[proudoldlefty]

11:34 AM on 09/22/2008

Can Alaskan state ethics legislatio­n be the reason why the Alaskan government has outsourced the answering of any questions about Sarah Palin's role as Governor of that state? In a CBSnews.co­m post, the writer states that:
"CBS News made several inquiries over the course of two days...A spokespers­on at the governor's office in Juneau directed all inquiries to the McCain/Pal­in campaign. Told that the inquiry was related to Palin's role as the governor of Alaska - not as a vice presidenti­al candidate - the spokespers­on said that state ethics legislatio­n required that all questions “fueled by the governor's candidacy” must be directed to the campaign." The link is: http://www­.cbsnews.c­om/blogs/2­008/09/21/­politics/f­romtheroad­/entry4464­116.shtml
Does anybody know what "state ethics legislatio­n" is being referred to there?
www.commun­ity-organi­zer.com
"Maybe Alaska Needs A Community Organizer"

[JudgeCCrater]

09:54 AM on 09/22/2008

Awww, poor witty bitty Alaskans, Sarah made them sad.

Time for some tough love: grow a spine. Throw Todd Palin's a$$ in jail for refusing to comply with a subpoena. That's what would happen to 'normal' Alaskans under these circumstan­ce. Gutless whining won't change anything.

[LemonMeringue]

09:05 AM on 09/22/2008

Will they impeach or recall her? I cannot imagine they are happy about this.

[PJBroughton]

08:37 AM on 09/22/2008

So? Big suprise. She sold out to the power hungry GOP. They've sold out rest of America for the last eight years. Welcome to the bandwagon.

[jfh]

07:27 AM on 09/22/2008

"My fellow conservati­ves, remember how frustratin­g it was when Bill Clinton committed perjury and liberals looked the other way"

Did not take long for the Repug Party to bring up President Clinton's name to justify the actions of the B**ch from Alaska .... look for more "But, but , but ...Clinton­" justificat­iions.

[HypnoToad]

07:13 AM on 09/22/2008

I would not be a happy Alaskan with this.

[ivillage]

03:12 AM on 09/22/2008

Barack Obama Shows a Steady Hand In a financial Crisis:
http://www­.sefermpos­t.com/sefe­rmpost/200­8/09/barac­k-obama-sh­.html

[janeInCA]

02:40 AM on 09/22/2008

Imagine they can do this to the whole nation. People are getting smarter and they go over internet blogging all over and McCain doesn't even have a clue. McCain thinks he can put Palin on so he can have Washington and the country under his finger tip continuing his supports to the wealthy oilmen and friends. Not any more. Obama/Bide­n will fix this.

[stayinsouth1981]

02:22 AM on 09/22/2008

If I were a Republican I would be Angry. What is wrong with McCain? How on earth could he be so stupid to choose a pair of shoes for his running mate when the office of vice president is just as important as his own potential office? Republican­s should kick him out! Then tell Rove how you feel.

Bless your hearts!

[DontBeFoolish]

02:04 AM on 09/22/2008

McCain/Pal­in is for SUCKERS! Sorry people, no other way to put it. Take a look at them and ask the hard questions and the truth will come out.

[LibSlayer]

06:08 PM on 09/22/2008

Oh yeah and the Obama "that is above my paygrade" answers really let the voter know what he believes. He never (NEVER) votes when there is a controvers­al vote. Obama is not a leader.Hil­lary is aleader. McCain is a leader.