[Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan

[Sunil Ramalingam]

Tom,

I think it's fair to ask Roger to substantiate his claim re. Ayers.  But since he's apologized for the accusation about Shirley, I think maybe we could leave that out from now on.  Asides from inventing a time machine and changing the past, I'm not sure he can do anything else about it now.

Sunil

> To: lfalen at turbonet.com; sslund_2007 at verizon.net; vision2020 at moscow.com
> From: thansen at moscow.com
> Date: Mon, 20 Oct 2008 19:34:19 +0000
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan
> 
> I am afraid that I am going to have to call you on this one, Roger.
> 
> Care to share with the Viz your indisputable proof that Barack Obama 
> announced his candidacy for the Illinois state senate from Ayers' house?
> 
> Or is this just another Shirley-Ringo-didn't-stand-for-the National-Anthem 
> claim of yours?
> 
> Tom Hansen
> Moscow, Idaho
> 
> > Taking about lies. Obama said in his debate with McCain that he did not 
> launch his
> political career in Bill Ayees home. It is well documented that he 
> announced his plans  to
> run for the sate senate at a fundraiser in Bill Ayers home.
> > Roger
> > -----Original message-----
> > From: "Saundra Lund" sslund_2007 at verizon.net
> > Date: Sun, 19 Oct 2008 11:05:08 -0700
> > To: vision2020 at moscow.com
> > Subject: [Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan
> > 
> > > The Atlantic
> > > The Daily Dish
> > > Andrew Sullivan
> > > 18 Oct 2008 08:07 am
> > > 
> > > The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan
> > > 
> > > This weekend, I'll be re-posting all the factual untruths that Sarah 
> Palin
> > > insists are still actually truths. I've updated each item to keep up 
> with
> > > the new information that has come out since the original posting.
> > > 
> > > I'm doing this because Sarah Palin's contribution is to introduce a new
> > > level of detachment from reality to our politics. After Bush-Cheney, 
> this
> > > would be hard for anyone. But youbetcha she can.
> > > 
> > > This has been the pattern from the start of her career: a denial of 
> reality
> > > combined with an almost unhinged and unlimited ambition. Since the 
> press is
> > > barred from questioning her thoroughly, since we will never know how 
> she
> > > responds to the long list of untruths she has told - from the smallest
> > > biographical detail to the biggest policy - all I can do is remind my
> > > readers of the record one more time before November. There are nineteen
> > > assertions of factual untruths that I've been able to document.
> > > 
> > > We'll start at the beginning, and Troopergate.
> > > 
> > > The key issue is whether she used her state office to pressure the 
> public
> > > safety commissioner to fire her ex-brother-in-law. Here's what she 
> stated on
> > > the record in mid-July if this year: 
> > > 
> > > Palin stated on July 17 that Monegan was not pressured to fire Wooten, 
> nor
> > > dismissed for not doing so:[114][117] "To allege that I, or any member 
> of my
> > > family . . . directed disciplinary action be taken against any 
> employee of
> > > the Department of Public Safety, is, quite simply, outrageous." 
> > > 
> > > Here's Wikipedia's account of the findings of the Branchflower Report, 
> with
> > > links to the original sources:
> > > 
> > > On October 10, 2008, the Alaska Legislative Council unanimously voted 
> to
> > > release, without officially endorsing,[135] the Branchflower Report in 
> which
> > > Stephen Branchflower found that firing Monegan "was a proper and lawful
> > > exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority,"[136] and that 
> Palin
> > > abused her power as governor by violating the state's Executive Branch
> > > Ethics Act[137] when her office pressured Monegan to fire Wooten. The 
> report
> > > stated that "Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue
> > > where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in 
> order to
> > > advance a personal agenda, to wit: to get Trooper Michael Wooten
> > > fired."[138] The report also said that Palin "permitted Todd Palin to 
> use
> > > the Governor's office [...] to continue to contact subordinate state
> > > employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten
> > > fired."[138][139]
> > > 
> > > The eventual report found that she was within her legal rights to fire
> > > Monegan, but that her unethical persecution of her ex brother-in-law 
> was a
> > > contributing factor to the firing. The report found her guilty of 
> abuse of
> > > power and violation of Alaska's Ethics Act.
> > > 
> > > http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-
> lies--7
> > > .html
> > > 
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> 
> - Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)
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> students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> 
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