[Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin I: Firing Monegan
Tom Hansen
thansen at moscow.com
Mon Oct 20 13:12:33 PDT 2008
Sunil -
I referenced the Shirley Ringo/National Anthem incident to reflect
on "past crimes". I am sure that you, as an attorney, understand the
evidentiary value of presenting a person's history of past crimes.
Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho
>
> Tom,
>
> I think it's fair to ask Roger to substantiate his claim re. Ayers. But
si> nce he's apologized for the accusation about Shirley, I think maybe we
co> uld leave that out from now on. Asides from inventing a time machine
and
c> hanging 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.c> om
> > 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-Anthe> m
> > 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
Sara> h
> > 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
n> ew
> > > > 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
ho> w
> > she
> > > > responds to the long list of untruths she has told - from the
smalles> t
> > > > biographical detail to the biggest policy - all I can do is remind
my
> > > > readers of the record one more time before November. There are
ninete> en
> > > > 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
mem> ber
> > 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
v> oted
> > to
> > > > release, without officially endorsing,[135] the Branchflower
Repo> rt in
> > which
> > > > Stephen Branchflower found that firing Monegan "was a proper and
lawf> ul
> > > > exercise of her constitutional and statutory authority,"[136] and
t> hat
> > Palin
> > > > abused her power as governor by violating the state's Executive
Branc> h
> > > > Ethics Act[137] when her office pressured Monegan to fire Wooten.
The>
> > report
> > > > stated that "Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to
contin> ue
> > > > 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
fir> e
> > > > Monegan, but that her unethical persecution of her ex
brother-in-la> w
> > 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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> > "Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."
> >
> > - Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8,
200> 8)
> >
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> >
> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The
colle> ge
> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
> >
> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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"Jesus was a community organizer and Poncius Pilate was a governor."
- Marilyn Trail, sister of Representative Tom trail (September 8, 2008)
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"We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college
students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."
- Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)
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