Palin Rape Kit Controversy: New Evidence (VIDEO)

The Wasilla Project covers the Sarah Palin rape kit controversy, interviewing several Alaskans who add to the case that she knew of the policy of charging victims for their own rape kits. Eric Croft, the Democratic lawmaker who worked to overturned the practice, says its hard to believe Palin didn't know about it. Dr. Colleen Murphy, a former member of the Alaska Violent Crimes Compensation Board, says she was approached by rape victims who had been charged for their exams. Wasilla Project points out that while Palin said that it would be "crazy" to charge rape victims for their forensic exams, she never denied that her hometown did so while she was mayor. A Wasilla City Council member (once a Republican, now an independent) wonders why Palin's mayoral administration couldn't cover the cost of rape kits when, according to reports, she redecorated her office several times. Watch:

Comments

[luutzu]

Palin is just corrupt, morally and judicially.

We, the average "Main Street" people, might not be wise enough to know the need for such fundamentals as the separation of Church and State; we might not be sagely enough to separate our personal feelings from our position of public trust... but expect our leaders to be better than us in these and many other ways.

To serve the public, a person cannot abuse their power and use it for personal revenge, a person cannot decorate their office while charging victims of rape for evidenciary and personal safety measures, to serve the public good, a personc annot fire those they do not like and surround them with brown-nosers and contributors...

Man, Palin is just so wrong for any position of power it's incredible McCain would think she deserves the prestige and power of the vice presidency of the United States.

[DoctorDonut]

http://www.theweeklydonut.com/index.php/2008/10/06/you-betcha/

[thewellknownAhole]

i love how she says "we can't trust Obama" and now the report shows she abuses her power.....

TRUST?!?!?!

[loloagogo]

This needs to go National! People need to know this.

[grilled onion]

About 5 seconds of this MIGHT go national.

[neurologymatters]

Victims of rape are a financial burden? What about the right to privacy for victims of hate crimes when their insurance companies or billing department knows you are being billed for a Violent hate act? Does this apply to females of any age? Go to jail Palin.

[PlantGod72]

TROOPERGATE REPORT JUST RELEASED!

Palin found to have "ABUSED POWER" in the firing of Monegan. Report is from a BIPARTISAN committee.

[MadeinAmericaProud]

I am praying they don't start stoning women in Alaska next.

[Vladdycat]

Some people say Palin objected to the city paying for rape kits because they included oral contraceptives to prevent an unwanted pregnancy. Contraceptive use runs contrary to her pro-life beliefs. Cold harted to impose that belief on a woman that had ben sexually abused.

[Fromageball]

I heard this as well. Pretty slimy if it's true.

If Sarah Palin were really pro-life, she would also be anti-WAR, and she would back a decent healthcare plan to take care of that fetus after it comes out.

[jja]

If Palin were really pro-life she would not be shooting animals from a helicopter for sport!

[Audrey704]

As well as against the constitution that provides separation between church and state....who is she to force her beliefs on anyone else....isn't this country built on freedom....

[PackyJ]

But - she saved enough to have the City buy her a shiny SUV "Mayormobile!"

http://www.oldmanmccain.com/2008/09/palin-forced-wasilla-to-buy-her-24000.html

[Whinger]

Jeez! Sarah's a real peach, compassionate and supportive of women subjected to the horror of rape!

She is a disgrace to her gender and the office she holds!

[Barrister2010]

THERE's a special place in HELL for women who don't HELP other women.

tsk tsk tsk

[Fromageball]

or in Sarah's words, there's a place in hell for women who don't support other women, that applies here too

[luvangelHussein330]

Here is the planned parenthood ad...make it go viral;
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uq6Y-wgivIE

[yadude]

Who is Sarah Palin?


AN ABSOLUTE FAILURE that's all that needs to go down in the history books.

[faith]

No. She is not a failure. She gets everything she wants. She does, however, appear to be quite immoral, if the claims are accurate, and if it is true as the videos seem to suggest considering the incitement at public republican rallys when she references Obama as pallin' around with traitors. Bad stuff. Dangerous woman. Very dangerous. And she doesn't even know the difference between nuclear energy and nuclear weapons. Scary and dangerous.

[brantl]

Let's be clear here. She is an absolute failure for her constituents. She has left Alaska mired in shame over troopergate and hiding her e-mail, she left Wasilla $20,000,000 in debt and the lake that she live on dead from the slash-and-burn development she orchestrated in the town. And this crap about rape kits, too. She hired a city manager for a town that at that time had 5,000 people. Who needs a city manager for Mayberry? Get real.

[BlondeLebanese]

faith, don't you mean newcular weapons? LOL It's hard to figure out how to spell the word that Palin mispronounces the same way that Bush does. Jeez, just what the country needs, another dummy in the white house. But you are right, she is a very dangerous woman...she's dangerous to women, to my country.

[Audrey704]

It is amazing how many people have blinders on regarding this woman.

[Obibrenner]

Please everyone, every chance you get, start calling them "THE HATE TALK EXPRESS". For example, Palin, unwilling to talk about real issues like her record on rape victims, chooses instead to deflect criticism by obfuscating while riding "THE HATE TALK EXPRESS". Maybe then we can get the phrase into the MSM and cable outlets.

[MadeinAmericaProud]

Acting like a republican of name calling will not work for me. Please less mud/moose poop thrown in these last 25 days will help united this nation of November 5, 2008. Think of the future not just short term.

[Wasillamom]

Dr. Colleen Murphy is an absolute champion of abused women in Alaska. Bravo!

SP, the defender of patriarchal entitlement, blames its female victims. This is another example of how she does that.

[respectingothers]

I agree!! big Shout out to Colleen Murphy!!! You GO! Doc!

[westreal]

Shameless is all I can say.