When Sarah Palin was elected governor in 2006, she turned to Mike Tibbles to head her transition team. Tibbes then became her chief of staff before he abruptly left on May 1, 2008. Tibbles was also one the persons who had pressured Walt Monegan to fire the ex-husband of Sarah Palin's sister.
Palin now says she did not ask Tibbles to make calls to Monegan, but it was apparently not the first time that Tibbles was asked to settle the first family's personal scores. On July 9, 2007, Tibbes had earlier fired the governor's legislative liaison John Bitney, reportedly as a consequence of Bitney dating the estranged wife of a friend of Todd Palin, the Governor's husband. Andrew Halcro calls Todd Palin, who also played a role in the Monegan firing, the "Shadow Governor."
On July 7, 2008, Tibbles was appointed the new head of Senator Ted Stevens re-election campaign.
The investigation into the firing of Monegan will likely involved questioning of both Palin and her former chief of staff Tibbles. If Tibbles is truthful, he will likely provide evidence that Palin is lying about the pressure put on Monegan. If he lies under oath, he opens himself up to a perjury charge. For a republican operative seeped in Alaska politics, it has to be an uncomfortable position.
Below is a 2006 picture of Meghan Stapleton, John Bitney and Mike Tibbles, three key Palin staff members who have left the Governor's staff.
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Mike, do the right thing man! I know who you are at your core!
Seems like it never stops coming every hours... LMAO
Sarah Palin is involved in more scandals than any politician I ever seen recently
McCain did a heck of a job for chosing her as a Vice President...
She's gonna sink the entire republican alone
hahahaha
Heard about John Bitney? The undeclared car wash? The loyalty oaths? McCain having directly criticizing her earmark requests in the past? That she asked for $200 million in earmarks in the last budget? Running her town into debt? "Ted Stevens Excellence in Public Service, Inc."? Those are just some of the more obscure ones.
Business as usual for the GOP in terms of financial incompetence, valuing loyalty over performance, and exploitation of Christian-right wedge issues to win elections. Not to mention deception and hypocrisy at every turn.
The problem is there are just too many scandals to cover! I guess the media will keep focusing on the sideshow of the daughter's pregnancy.
Repubs keep saying she has the same skill level as Obama- Pulleeeze!
Only in America...
Palins energy connections, Bush and Enron, Enron and it connection with the energy issuse
that faced California. (Not unlike all of America now) Might it be possible that some plan was
hatched to exthort John Mcain into putting Palin on the ticket? By doing this Palin with her
"Citizen Ruth" crowed would be able to carry the election.
What would be the motive? hummmmm $4 per gallon. fir one. Criminal charges within the
highest levels of government. I have thunk about how this country can easily be held captive
by the energy giant.. Forget about the Saudie"s, I have wondered if the real crooks are here
By the look on all the republican defenders on sunday AM looked shocked and lost for words
Could Stevens have said he would spill the beans on the connection between the oil companys
and some of the Bush/ republican policy connection?
OK my brain hurts now.. But lets all look at the larger picture that is way bigger than some
trooper from Elksnout.