The "Partisan" Alaska Legislative Council -- 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats

Sarah Palin, the McCain campaign and many bloggers have described the Troopergate investigation as a partisan inquiry. According to the official statement from the McCain campaign, "this was a partisan led inquiry run by Obama supporters." But the investigation was carried out by the Alaska Legislative Council. The members of the Council are 10 Republicans and 4 Democrats. The Council voted 12-0 to release the report by investigator Steve Branchflower.

Republicans

Representative Coghill	Senator Cowdery	Representative Dahlstrom
Senator Green	Representative Harris	Representative Samuels
Representative Stoltze	Senator Stevens	Senator Wilken
Representative Wilson

Democrats

Senator Elton	Senator Davis	Representative Guttenberg	Senator Hoffman

Comments

[kavan]

Of course it was partisan. Four democrats, and one even a person of color, means it was an insidious democratic party conspiracy. Any reasonable person can see that after downing his sixpack and consorting with a hockey mom. You betcha! Wink, wink, nudge, nudge.

[sticksnstones]

These inept, morally corrupt, unworthy opponents of the winning ticket are making Jon Stewart's job WAY TOO EASY.

[PDinCA]

Gotta love how Palin is saying today that she's happy that the report says she didn't abuse power and violated no ethics laws. Despite the fact that the report says:

Finding Number One

For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.

[PDinCA]

AHA! There's a BLACK person on the council! That explains everything! It's a conspiracy!

[Waubay]

Seems like McCain and Palin are throwing out any bit of information assuming that no one will actually check on it. Like McCain's debate mantra: "Look at my record." Well if anyone looked at his record they would see that he was lying. They are pandering to the lowest element in the US - the uneducated who prefer to stay that way.

[Snowball]

Well, it's just like on TV talk shows. It takes at least three Republicans to equal one Democrat.

[MPeter]

Wow. The trollop was found to have abused her power by 10 Republicans and for Democrats, and she still claims it was politically motivated?? McCain and Palin are demented.

[radiclib]

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Well, ``partisanship'' is a charge that is typical of Palin.
Throw it against the wall and see if it sticks.
Facts and truth mean little to this mean little person.
She spews smears against Obama to nasty crowds made up of people just like her.
Sometimes it seems as if Sean Hannity has possessed her; when she speaks in her voice, it is his words I hear. Propaganda is dangerous and has lethal consequences.
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[timm0]

If you pushed the talking doodee from the mccain campaign (including faux news, et. al.) to elaborate, they'd say, "Well, LOOK at it - the Democrats were outnumbered 10-4! There should have been more Democrats. That's partisan!"

This is how it works here in 1984.

[PDinCA]

In the second debate, McCain said:

"My friends, we have gone to all four corners of the Earth and shed American blood in defense, usually, of somebody else's freedom and our own. So we are peacemakers and we're peacekeepers."

War is peace. Doubleplusungood.

[RobinL]

Yeah. McCain's code---Kill for Peace, Lie for the Truth, Put Country First and Create Hate and Discord. Great leader, eh?