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What in your Christian training has made it acceptable for you to say to a woman that someone would "throw her ass in jail" and then, after accusing her of simply being jealous -- of Sarah Palin, yet -- would have you call her contributions to Vision 2020 "brainless"? <br><br>How was communion this morning?<br><br>Keely<br>http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/<br><br><br>> Date: Sun, 12 Oct 2008 12:34:29 -1000<br>> From: no.weatherman@gmail.com<br>> To: vision2020@moscow.com<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] More Palin Dishonesty<br>> <br>> Ms. Lund,<br>> <br>> Please try to be reasonable about this.<br>> <br>> The moment the investigation confirmed that your martyred state<br>> trooper threatened to make Gov. Palin's father "eat a fucking bullet,"<br>> the investigation should have stopped.<br>> <br>> When the "non-partisan" investigator concluded that the Palins'<br>> "claims of fear were a facade to mask a maneuver in a family dispute,"<br>> he threw all claims to objectivity out the window.<br>> <br>> You can test my claim by calling Governor Otter's office and<br>> threatening to shoot the Gov's. father and see what happens. They'll<br>> throw your ignorant ass in jail so fast it'll make your head spin and<br>> if you had a public, long-standing, grudge match with the governor,<br>> they'd keep you in jail so long that you'd never have another chance<br>> to send another brainless email to the Viz.<br>> <br>> <br>> <br>> On Sun, Oct 12, 2008 at 12:06 PM, Saundra Lund <sslund_2007@verizon.net> wrote:<br>> > Report: Palin didn't fear for safety<br>> > By Serge F. Kovaleski<br>> ><br>> > The New York Times<br>> ><br>> > One of the paramount reasons that Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband have<br>> > given for voicing concerns to Alaska public-safety officials about former<br>> > brother-in-law Michael Wooten is that they and their relatives live in fear<br>> > of him.<br>> ><br>> > They have complained that Wooten made threats of violence against the<br>> > family, used a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson and generally has struggled<br>> > to control his anger.<br>> ><br>> > But an independent investigator for the state Legislature - who has<br>> > concluded that Palin abused the powers of her office by pressuring<br>> > subordinates to dismiss the trooper - contends that the claims of fear were<br>> > a facade to mask a maneuver in a family dispute.<br>> ><br>> > In a report released Friday on the so-called "Troopergate" scandal, the<br>> > investigator, Stephen Branchflower, said evidence, such as the governor's<br>> > decision to reduce the manpower of her security detail, showed that "such<br>> > claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the<br>> > Palins' real motivation: to get Wooten fired for personal family related<br>> > reasons."<br>> ><br>> > Branchflower described what he considers another inconsistency: If Wooten<br>> > was inclined to harm any of the Palins, having him terminated could lead to<br>> > an act of retaliation. Forcing him out of his job "would not have<br>> > de-escalated the situation or provided" Palin or her family with "greater<br>> > security," the report stated.<br>> ><br>> > The assertion about Palin's motivations in trying to have Wooten dismissed<br>> > were one of the conclusions in the report, the culmination of an inquiry<br>> > into whether she used her office to try to settle a family score. The<br>> > investigation was unanimously opened in July by the 14-member,<br>> > Republican-dominated Legislative Council, about one month before Palin was<br>> > selected by Sen. John McCain to be the Republican vice-presidential nominee.<br>> > The panel voted unanimously Friday to release the report amid accusations by<br>> > the McCain-Palin campaign that the inquiry was a pro-Obama witch hunt.<br>> ><br>> > A key finding was that Palin was within her legal right to dismiss her<br>> > public-safety commissioner, Walt Monegan - Wooten's boss. The report says<br>> > Monegan's failure to bend to pressure from Palin, her husband, Todd, and<br>> > others in the administration and dismiss the trooper was a reason for his<br>> > ouster, but that evidence suggests it was not the only factor.<br>> ><br>> > Campaigning in Altoona, Pa., on Saturday, Palin insisted the inquiry found<br>> > "no unlawful or unethical activity on my part" and added "there was no abuse<br>> > of authority at all in trying to get Officer Wooten fired."<br>> ><br>> > But Branchflower, in his report, stated that Palin violated the Alaska<br>> > Executive Branch Ethics Act by applying pressure to have Wooten dismissed,<br>> > as well as allowing her husband and subordinates to press for his firing.<br>> > The trooper had been ensnarled in a bitter divorce and child-custody battle<br>> > with Palin's sister, Molly McCann, resulting in ill will toward him.<br>> ><br>> > Branchflower wrote that Palin "knowingly permitted a situation to continue<br>> > where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to<br>> > advance a personal agenda."<br>> ><br>> > http://seattletimes.nwsource.com/html/nationworld/2008257451_trooper12.html<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > =======================================================<br>> > List services made available by First Step Internet,<br>> > serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994.<br>> > http://www.fsr.net<br>> > mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> > =======================================================<br>> ><br>> <br>> =======================================================<br>> List services made available by First Step Internet, <br>> serving the communities of the Palouse since 1994. <br>> http://www.fsr.net <br>> mailto:Vision2020@moscow.com<br>> =======================================================<br><br /><hr />Get more out of the Web. 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