[Vision2020] Sarah Palin and "Troopergate"

[Tom Hansen]

Did you read the article, Arnold?

If you did, you would have discovered that of the original 13 allegations, 
3 were substantiated.  The 3 substantiated claims were not as egregious as 
suspected.  Thus the original 10-day suspension was reduced to 5 days.

I could go into detail about each allegation, all original 13 and 
highlight the 3 substantiated claims, but I'll leave that up to you to 
research, ok?  Hint:  Start in the Anchorage Daily News archives.

Seeya round town, Moscow

Tom Hansen
Moscow, Idaho

> The only reason this "troop-gate" doesn't have legs for me is because the
t> rooper Palin was trying to fire was dangerous and should have been 
fired,
i> f not put in jail. 
>  
> Corrupt police officers that taser 10 year olds (even at the their
request)> , should not be on the street. The Gov. Palin had first hand 
knowledge of
t> he dangerous of this man in uniform, and wanted him off the street. I
reall> y don't blame her. 
>  
> I don't agree with the way she did it. But obviously, regular methods to
re> move this officer from the streets wasn't working.
>  
> Best Regards,
>  
> Donovan
> 
> --- On Sun, 8/31/08, nickgier at adelphia.net <nickgier at adelphia.net> wrote:
> 
> From: nickgier at adelphia.net <nickgier at adelphia.net>
> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] Sarah Palin and "Troopergate"
> To: "Tom Hansen" <thansen at moscow.com>
> Cc: vision2020 at moscow.com
> Date: Sunday, August 31, 2008, 4:41 PM
> 
> Thanks, Tom, for finding this.
> 
> You should have posted the text, which I've done below
> 
> TrooperGate - The Damning Audio Tape (4 Updates)
> by Eman of the Daily Kos
> Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 07:46:17 AM PDT
> 
> This damning audio tape of a recorded phone call from Palin senior 
staffer
> Frank Bailey to an Alaska Public Safety Department staffer.
> 
> First Palin claimed she knew nothing about any pressure from her office 
to
> fire
> her ex-brother-in-law, and her subsequent firing of the Public Safety
Direc> tor
> Walt Monegan when he would not do so.
> 
> Palin now admits DOZENS of contacts to state police, both from her staff
an> d
> from her husband, Todd, but admitted only after this TrooperGate 
recording
> surfaced.
> 
> UPDATE 10:53 am - Thanks to MA Liberal for pointing out that Talking 
Points
> Memo has the details here.
> 
> UPDATE 12:35 pm - TPM TV has the video up - KTVA, Local CBS Affiliate,
Repo> rts
> On Palin Trooper-Gate Scandal.  It just gets more damning.
> 
> UPDATE 1:05 pm - As I think about it, this is exactly like the Bosnia
story>  -
> CBS has footage but won't broadcast it nationally until enough people
> scream.
> 
> UPDATE 4:05 - First time on the Rec List - WOW - DiggIt
> 
> more below the fold...
> 
>     * Eman's diary :: ::
> *
> 
> Frank Bailey, the Palin senior staffer initiating the recorded phone call
i> s
> evidently dumb enough (or brazen enough) to relay pressure on behalf of
Gov> ernor
> Palin on a known-to-be-recorded police line.
> 
> It is a very long call, and the good stuff doesn't start until after a 
few
> minutes of hemming-and-hawing on a warm-up issue.  Bailey is clearly
testin> g the
> waters for the meat of his call.
> 
> I was bored the first few minutes, but was riveted to this conversation
aft> er
> it got to the good stuff.  It just gets better and better as it 
continues.
> 
> It is obvious that the intent of the call was intimidation concerning the
> governor's ex-brother-in-law.
> 
> The recording's repeated references to "Both the governor and
> Todd..." certainly contradict Sarah Palin's claims of being
> out-of-the-loop.  In fact, at the end, both parties agree to exchange
> information and keep the governor informed.
> 
> The most damning section, which clearly contradicts Palin's position is
> this one:
> 
>     "I'm telling you honestly, you know, she really likes Walt a lot,
> but on this issue, she feels like it's, she doesn't know why there is
> absolutely no action for a year on this issue. It's very, very troubling 
to
> her and the family. I could definitely relay that."
> 
> Yes, one of Palin's own senior staffers clearly states that he IS 
relaying
> a message from "her (Sarah Palin) and the family."  Case closed.
> 
> This is government slime, manipulation, and intimidation at its worst.
> 
> The Washington Post has the first interview with fired Public Safety
Direct> or
> Walt Monegan since this story hit national news.  Monegan details how he
tr> ied
> to keep Governor Palin's pressure at arm's length:
> 
>     Monegan, who was fired by Palin's office in July, told The Post that
> the subject came up when he invited the governor to a birthday party for
hi> s
> cousin, a state senator, in February 2007 during the legislative session 
in
> Juneau.
> 
>     "As we were walking down the stairs in the capitol building she 
wanted
> to talk to me about her former brother-in-law," Monegan said in the first
> interview he has given since Sen. John McCain announced on Friday that
Pali> n
> would be his running mate on the Republican ticket. "I said,
> 'Ma'am, I need to keep you at arm's length with this. I can't
> deal about him with you. If need be, I can talk to Todd."
> 
> One of the allegations currently under investigation in Alaska is whether
o> r
> not husband Todd, as the acknowledged go-between, was copied on official
st> ate
> emails regarding this issue.
> 
> Another allegation which seems to be substantiated by Monegan's interview
> this week is the fact that Governor Palin lied publicly about her
involveme> nt,
> and only began admitting anything after this Troopergate recording
surfaced>  in
> mid-August.
> 
> While SOME of the many allegations against Trooper Wooten were
substantiate> d,
> it appears that he was disciplined and suspended for those just as any
othe> r
> trooper would have been.
> 
> This recording details a huge laundry list of additional allegations, 
most
> from
> Todd Palin's private investigator, and clearly brought out on behalf of
> Governor Palin.  The way the laundry list is presented over-and-over in 
the
> lengthy phone call, it is obviously intimidation.
> 
> Both the caller and the recipient ("Don't worry, we'll have the
> Governor's back covered...") should be immediately suspended, if not
> fired, along with the governor herself.
> 
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