October 10, 2008
Election 2008

Palin called Troopergate guy 36 times, which is 30 times more than you called your ex last weekend

Country first, as soon as you fire that sonofabitch.

Alaska's Legislative Council is currently meeting over the scandal known as "Troopergate" to determine if vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin did anything improper in firing public safety commissioner Walt Monegan. Critics say the firing was merely revenge for Monegan's refusal to dismiss a trooper named Mike Wooten, with whom Palin's sister had a rather acrimonious child custody battle two years earlier.

Seems that Sarah Palin was nothing if not persistent. New evidence in the case shows that Palin's office contacted Monegan 36 times over 19 months in an effort to force Wooten's dismissal. Even worse, only a handful of those calls were drunk dials.

What was discussed during those 36 phone calls? We're not sure, but we can take a guess. After the jump, our own version of the telephone drama between Monegan and Sarah Palin.

 
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Alaska Public Safety. Walter Monegan speaking. 

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Photo credits: AP; William Thomas Cain, David McNew, Paul J. Richards, Jewel Samad/Getty Images
Posted by: Jason Reich      I’m a fan of Jason Reich
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DuncanQuirk
posted 11:01 am on 10/15/2008
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wall of honor.

sosadmonkey
posted 2:19 am on 10/11/2008
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Who cares what these dogs get up to?

RichardfromHB - 2 Replies
posted 9:16 pm on 10/10/2008
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Sarah may have given Mr. Monegan a cause of action for damages for wrongful termination. It is enough to make out a case for Monegan if the refusal to terminate the trooper was a "substantial" or "motivating factor" in her descision to terminate him. Methlin v. Bartholomew (Alaska 1998) 971 P.2d 151 at page 154. And there are lots of similar cases.

replying to RichardfromHB; posted 2:19 pm on 10/11/2008
Whatever, brah. This was funny!
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