McCain and Unable 08.
CBS is showing McCain being booed by his own peeps for trying to rein in the angry lynch mobs by speaking up for Obama. Priceless.
You reap what you sow.
So when she has to step down, who will the next Spiro Palen be?
Posted by TIKI AL at October 10, 2008 06:19 PMMcLame's "chickens are coming home to roost" LOL.
You are right Turk, she will fit right in with the others currently in the White House who have abused their powers.
Sweet Sarah is also a candidate for possible impeachment should the Alaskan Legislature be so inclined. (Highly doubtful)
Posted by angryman at October 10, 2008 06:29 PMWouldn't it be fitting if Palin doesn't have a job when she goes back to Alaska due to being impreached. With 14 Republicans on the panel and only 4 Democrats, one can't say it was partison.
Posted by Judith at October 10, 2008 07:28 PMJudith, you aren't thinking right if you think that!! Of course it was a partisan witch hunt.
Sheesh, what're you thinking.
Posted by Duckman GR at October 10, 2008 08:00 PMOops, what was I thinking??????
Speaking of little scandals, why hasn't the media mentioned this one. God, all these people make me want to take a shower.
A whistleblower is coming forth against John and Cindy McCain, and the picture he is painting is not a pretty one. You've probably heard about Cindy McCain stealing prescription drugs from her charity in the 1990s. Today, Tom Gosinski, her former employee and a close friend of the McCain's, came out on the record about the entire sordid episode. And it appears that McCain used his Senate staff and resources to cover up Cindy's drug use, and potentially to prevent the Drug Enforcement Agency from investigating his wife's theft of illegal prescription drugs. John McCain certainly used his political connections to begin a campaign of intimidation against
Gosinski, because at the time - this was after the Keating 5 scandal - another major scandal would have derailed his career. Gosinski stayed quiet out of fear until today; a recent fight with cancer has strengthened his resolve. As he told me today, if he can beat cancer, he can go on the record regarding how the McCain's operate.
Read the rest of the story at:
http://newsgroups.derkeiler.com/Archive/Rec/rec.aviation.military/2008-09/msg01061.html
Posted by Judith at October 10, 2008 08:24 PMIgnore the break in the paragraph above. Did McCain do the very thing that Palin is accused of doing?
Posted by Judith at October 10, 2008 08:27 PMC'mon, it's clear that there's no looking back for Palin. Governor of AK was just a springboard to national attention. She'll end up as a talking head on Fox for a year, then fade from sight. Too bad she burned her bridges. Ride that star, Sarah, while you can. It's not gonna last.
Posted by iamcoyote at October 10, 2008 08:46 PMBut..but...but...what will happen to "The Dude" Iamcoyote? He has enjoyed the coattail ride so much, waving to the crowds, signing authographs, smiling at the cameras, jetting around in McLiar's plane. There goes The Dude's fifteen minutes of fame.
Posted by Judith at October 10, 2008 09:29 PMHow does this not end Palin and, as a consequence, McCain? I am not talking about McCain bouncing her off the ticket. I am talking about a general understanding that she is not fit to be vice-president, a general understanding that is expressed by the corporate press/media: no more apologists, no more defending her idiotic remarks, no more pretending she is anything but a right-wing freak show.
What prevents everyone from acknowledging the truth? Is it because no one wants the election to be over a month early?
Posted by James E. Powell at October 10, 2008 10:51 PM"How does this not end Palin and, as a consequence, McCain?"
James, this should end this political circus. There was an effort by the McCain people to delay this information coming out prior to the election (don't ya just love people keeping little secrets from us), but fortunately that did not happen. It will be interesting to see how long the media's attention span is on this misuse of power.
Posted by Judith at October 11, 2008 02:52 AMhilarious, roschelle!
Posted by Turkana at October 11, 2008 03:00 AMOh for goodness sake, what has gotten into you guys?
A report that a public official has abused her power in improperly firing a state employee is merely an interesting factoid for the small number of informed intellectuals in the country. It will not become of any more importance in the election than the massive revelations of serial executive lawbreaking by Bushco had upon him or Repubs in general. The rule of law is now a quaint dead letter, an abstract subject for specialty "law" blogs.
Dems are not even making executive lawbreaking a footnote to this campaign. Not just Obama---NONE of them are. This silence after admissions by Bushco that it freely violated dozens of federal statutes directly intended to constrain executive behavior. The country doesn't care, and no one ever attempted to make them care. OK, Feingold tried.
Repubs certainly DO NOT CARE that their elected tribal members break the law----not in the least! Based on the past 8 years, I cannot see that independents, or many Dems for that matter (certainly not ones elected to Congress), care in the slightest about revealed executive law breaking.
Lady McLaska is not lookin' too good, and this isn't exactly a feather in her cap for intelligent voters---but they're already not voting McCain. It's also satisfying to actually find out that she abused her power as was suspected, although this conclusion was reached even without access to all the evidence. But it isn't going to "destroy" her or McCain as candidates, no way. I'll be amazed if it's even mentioned by the MSM after this weekend. Hell, by Sunday!
And it's release sure was well timed---isn't late Friday when all bad news is released by gub'mint officials? Gee, I wonder who might have requested that timing?
Again, we can be amazed that the report was released at all, and wasn't declared "top secret" for national security purposes, what with Alaska's front line proximity to demonic Russia and all.......
Posted by euzoius at October 11, 2008 04:22 AMeuzoius (sigh) your probably right.
Posted by Judith at October 11, 2008 05:35 AMA report that a public official has abused her power in improperly firing a state employee is merely an interesting factoid for the small number of informed intellectuals in the country.
Well, sort of, but not completely.
First, interest in the election is at peak. Just go to any web site and check out the "most viewed" stories. Most of the year the most viewed story is human interest, or gossip, or some major news event like a natural disaster. Today most sites show the Palin report is #1.
Second, while a lot of people don't read news at all -- the voters that Jon Stewart lampooned recently as the "stupid" segment -- they get information from friends who do read the news.
Third, this time the Friday release (usually a good thing) will probably backfire. with the economy #1 on people's minds, but with no economic news coming out this weekend, this story will have more staying power than it would have during the week.
However, the reason this will have little poll traction is that Palin's disapproval ratings are already sky high. Not many buy her "maverick" talk anymore -- so all this will do is cement existing perceptions, not change any.
Posted by Anonny at October 11, 2008 07:32 AMSteve Benen points out that this is the first Presidential ticket in history where both candidates have been found -- before the elections -- by their legislative bodies to have violated ethics laws.
102 Presidential tickets covering 51 elections over more than two centuries.
Now THAT's change we can believe in.
Wonder if Obama's team will use this. The problem for Obama is that his rhetorical ammunition belt is so full with great potential attacks against McCain/Palin that he may have trouble choosing the 2 or 3 to focus on.
Posted by Anonny at October 11, 2008 07:36 AMYou won't have Sarah Palin to kick around any more.
Posted by joel dan walls at October 11, 2008 07:46 AM