Palin Appoints New Attorney General – W.A.R. is Declared.
Convicted felon and ex-Representative Vic Kohring, and his defense attorney, Wayne Anthony Ross leaving the Federal Courthouse.
Sarah Palin has named a replacement for Attorney General Talis Colberg who resigned amid a flurry of controversy stemming from his office advising state employees that complying with Legislative subpoenas in the Troopergate investigation was “optional.”
Well, the governor could not have possibly picked a more divisive and controversial person than Wayne Anthony Ross, and so that’s exactly who she picked.
Former NRA Vice President (1988-1991): Benefactor member; current Director (Chairman, Ethics and Gun Collectors Committees); former Assistant Attorney General, Family Court Trustee and Master; practicing Attorney; Colonel, Alaska State Defense Force (Area Defense Counsel); B.S., J.D., Marquette University; twice Knighted (Poland and Vatican), former Republican National Committeeman, candidate for Governor (Alaska), and teacher, columnist, gun collector — Member: Alaska, Colt. Dallas, Ohio (Honorary Life), S&W, Washington, and Wyoming Gun Collectors; Alaska Peace Officers’ Association; GOAL; Military Vehicle Preservation Association; Alaska Territorial Cavalry, Motorized (Secretary); Marine Corps League; testified before Congress and State Legislature, and numerous television and radio appearances, on firearms, lands, and hunting issues; handgun hunter (.45 caliber); fisherman; assistant wide and lodge owner; court qualified expert witness (firearms); wife. 4 children, 3 grandchildren, NRA Life members; successfully sued Alaska’s Governor to stop State’s destruction of surplus firearms and ensure their sale to public, strong supporter of junior programs. NRA Board of Directors 2003-2006.
Mr. Ross is easily identified by Anchorage residents as the owner of the red Hummer with the vanity plates that say “W A R”. The “War Hummer” as it is known, is usually found following immediately behind speeding ambulances.
A friend of mine broke the news to me this afternoon. “Did you hear who Palin appointed?” I could tell by the tenor of her voice that the answer was not good. “Wayne Anthony Ross!” (I’ve deleted the expletive that was found between Wayne and Anthony) The first millionth of a second I was thinking this had to be a joke.
She could not possibly choose an attorney who defended one of the members of The Corrupt Bastards’ Club while she tries to cultivate her image as an anti-corruption governor! But yes, he was the defense lawyer for former Rep. Vic Kohring, now incarcerated in sunny California.
She could not possibly choose the attorney who defended the guy charged with assault for throwing buckets of water on anti-Iraq war protesters on the highway! But yes, she did.
She cannot possibly think it’s wise to choose someone who is anti-subsistence and further alienate Alaska Natives and rural residents! Apparently, she does.
Ross was the co-chair of Palin’s 2006 gubernatorial campaign.
Or, she’s not thinking of any of those things…. Because (bluebirds sing and fly in little swooping circles, and the sun pops out from behind a puffy white cloud… The trees suddenly bloom with little white flowers) Sarah has found a kindred spirit. Together, they can climb on that white horse, rifles over their shoulders, and take the state by storm. She’ll back him up. He’ll back her up. It’s wingnut love…. Wait. What are they doing? They’re climbing off the horse and heading for the Hummer, and it looks like…..>>>>BANG!!!<<<< Oh my god, they’re shooting the bluebirds. And they’re driving away in this:
The new AG's ride.
And yes, he does still need to be approved by the Legislature.
Looking at his vehicle and his overt penchant for guns, one must readily assume that he has the smallest of feet! Lol
What an ugly ass ride. Did he lose the “Pimp my Ride” contest ??
Not even an H2…it’s the full-sized Hummer for the guys with really small you-know-whats that were definitely too scared to drive those things in combat. His resume is pretty simple…guns, guns, and more guns.
He should move to Texas. Our state Legislature is working on a bill to make it okay to bring your guns to work with you.
OT Walt Monegan is going to be on KUDO with CC in around 10 minutes.
Just think of it as hurrying her demise. We have to think of it that way. He will only make things worse, which will only make things worse for her, which will only make things better for the state of Alaska……………in a couple of years. Take a deeeeeeeep breath, hitch up your suspenders, pull on a second pair of boots over the first pair of boots. We can do this. YES WE CAN!!!
Vlad – you and I were thinking alike on that one.
Well you know what is said about ‘birds that flock together’ !!
Head in the clouds or up the bum -someone is not using their head for and looking out for the state’s interests!!
Looks like personal interests rein!
Can this pick fly? Can GINO choose a lawyer who has represented her? Isn’t that a conflict of interest?
I really really really hope the legislature says try again on this one.
She is not bringing any voters to the table with this pick.
Gun nuts? Already had em.
Religious right? Had em.
The repub base? Had em.
Conservatives with brains? Nope. And HE## no.
Moderate repubs? Not on your life.
I sincerely hope that the legs find that there are too many conflicts w/this choice, i.e. he has represented her on numerous occasions, has sued the state (governor!), treading a fine ethical line, etc etc………
Please please please…………….
Love the color – “Whore Red” !! How perfect is that ??
How can she do that, he personally represented her several times? I put the links at the end of the last post? How in the hell can she do that?
Way to go Palin!! Alienate even more Independants and moderates.
He lives near me, almost ran me down on the hillside, this is unbelievable.
I’m no legal expert, but it definitely seems like a serious conflict of interest.
Actually, I do think GINO is unravelling at a faster rate now. The ethics complaint by Celtic Diva has unhinged her.
In just one day she has put out a ridiculous press release about ‘bogus, frivolous lawsuits’, Lied in print about the legislature and picked a complete nutter as AG.
Just when you think she can’t get any scarier she goes one better. I hope the legislators see this for what it is and will have the door hitting him in the butt toot sweet.
He lives near me, almost ran me down on the hillside, this is unbelievable.
I couldn’t speak for a minute after hearing this. My phone is ringing off the hook. He is a weird little man.
Two plussed to this appointment (snark alert on…)
1) At least it’s not an (attempted) appointment of Dave Donley during the interim…
2) The AK Senate still has to vote on whether to confirm him…
snark off, and we now return you to your regularly scheduled frivolity…
So, talking of Conflict Of Interest… LEGISLATIVE PEOPLE, ARE YOU PAYING ATTENTION???
Is this just ANOTHERone of her ‘gates’?
pfffffft! My gov at least has the shame to act a little moderate to counteract his silly hummerlove. He even hugged Obama. Mr HummerWARNRA is gonna find it awfully hot in Juneau. Does he know that the government is in Juneau and that he needs to put that monstrosity on the ferry? ooooh, hey, anybody up for a ferry-TP-job? You all know those vehicles are left alone down in the “belly of the ferry” during the ride. Perfect time for some TP and LIPSTICK. Just sayin’…
I am not a drinker, but I think I will have one in honor of Alaskans who have the spirit and guts to deal with this …..stuff….day after day and not give up.
And meanwhile a volcano wants to blow up near you..
I think there are many Stronghearts among you.
@jo in AK (15:24:05) :
Huh, we almost got run over by a former AG. Is it something in the water they drink (although I’m pretty sure it wasn’t water that that one had been drinking)?
I have a question to whomever can answer it-Is there anything that a AG can do to change the format of how ethic complaints are handled? Something is up, not sure what it is.
ummm….more in the “just sayin” category…An informal “juneau yard sale” to welcome the new AG would be pretty cool.
The rules: post an ad in Juneau Empire, advertising a yard sale at “the” address (new AG’s new lodgings in Juneau), make it 7am on Sunday morning, fill the yard with junk under cover of darkness, show up as “customers” and watch the fun.
Government of, by, and for the NRA!
So word on the grapevine is that FAUX news is in Anchorage to try to corral some of these ethics complaints. Hence the reason Palin blew off her meeting with the legislate in Juneau.
My head just exploded.
Palin’s A.G. selection of Mr. Ross is reprehensible. By selecting W.A.R, she has politicized the A.G.’s office. Mr. Ross is a wannabe politician, having run for Governor twice. From article “Political Activism: Backwoods Style”
Ross had been a staunch supporter of the shall-issue concealed carry law. He pledges that, if elected, he will instruct the state Attorney General to recognize more out-of-state concealed carry permits than the few currently accepted. This will also increase the options of Alaskans, whose permits will now be recognized in many more of the “Lower 48” states through such an agreement.
This is kind of action that we can expect from this Mr. Ross–a fanatical, gun toting
shoot before you think kind of an individual. Just the kind of person that needs to be the state’s top A.G. All I can say is Sarah Palin is a nutcase. Her selection of Mr. Ross IS a conflict of interest.
tewise – good question , but what’s been done , can’t be undone. the real fun would be if someone tried to pull some retroactive s^*t. That would be off the chart……….
I shouldn’t–and won’t–post about my dealings with him when I lived in Alaska because I was working for the state and it wouldn’t be proper.
But I can–and will–post that in my personal opinion Wayne Anthony Ross is crazy.
I am trying to think of a worse appointment for AG. And I can’t.
Has Governor Palin lost her mind?
Correction: Legislature in Juneau.
I don’t think ‘Yosemite Sam’ is going to be quoting much shakespeare.
http://www.yosemite-sam.net/Sam/Sam-Side.jpg
> UK LadyNo Gravatar (15:23:12) :
> Actually, I do think GINO is unravelling at a faster rate now. The ethics complaint by Celtic Diva has unhinged her.
Nah, not the ethics complaint — it’s the issues. SP only works well when all she has to do is run on at the mouth. But when she’s actually asked to govern — villages plight, volcano going blewie, stimulus mishandling — that’s when she gets a major case of sit-in-the-corner-rockin’-and-prayin’.
In order for her to gather the shreds of her dignity about her at the end of the day, she needs to a) keep her trap shut and go along to get along, and then b) get oughtta office holding and get into fund raising as quick as possible.
She’d work like gang-busters drumming up money for the GOP; as an office-holder, she’s like the 4 Horsemen of the GOPocalypse, the Whore of Babylon, and the Seven-headed Beast all rolled into one. IE, bad news for the GOP seeing a bright tomorrow.
Now I get it!!
From C4P
Eddie Burke had Wayne Anthony Ross, a long time Alaskan lawyer and a member of a pro-life group, on his show to discuss the Alaska Supreme Court appointment. Ross has appeared in Christen’s court many times and he was very complimentary of her, and thought it was a fantastic appointment. Ross said she was thoughtful, fair, and that she adheres to the law. Eddie backed off his criticism and said Gov Palin made the best choice she could and faulted the process dictated by Alaskan law. Eddie emphasized that Christen was a member of the Alaskan Planned Parenthood many years before they began advocating abortion, and that Christen was a strong adoption advocate. Eddie concluded that Christen was more pro-choice than pro-abortion.
Then Dave Bronson, chairman of the board for the Alaska Family Council, called into the show and said that the problem was the process and not Gov Palin. He said Judge Christen was highly qualified and of high character, and [he] wanted to change the statement that the AFL put out that said that Smith was “more conservative” than Christen. Instead, he said he thought that Smith may have been the lesser of two evils. Bronson maintained that because Christian was associated with Planned Parenthood, she must hold a worldview that is contrary to what the AFL believes is right. Bronson said that PP has been generating revenue from abortions for decades, and did not care that Christen left the Alaska PP before they started advocating abortions in 2003. Ross chimed in and said that Christen was not an activist judge, and he got Bronson to admit that no one knows what Christen’s positions are.
Bronson then declared that he wished that Christen would come out and openly declare what her positions are on all social issues, but Ross quickly pointed out that judicial candidates cannot declare what their positions are because doing so would disqualify them, and such litmus tests are against the law. We simply can’t ask those questions of candidates.
Bronson concluded that the process needs to be changed and wished that the governor had fought the judicial committee, but noted that she probably considered the viability of that option. In the future he would like the AFL to be able to counsel the governor in some capacity. In general, the tone seems to have changed and now Eddie and most of his callers have concluded that Sarah did the right thing.
Bronson said that he wanted Gov. Palin to refuse to name anyone to the bench and in fact force the issue until it became a constitutional crisis. Such a course of action would have been incredibly foolish. At a time when she needs bipartisan support in order to pass serious legislation on the in-state natural gas bullet line and the Railbelt utilities corporation, she does not have the luxury of engaging in this sort of political game. If she were making decisions purely based on 2012 calculations (as some of her critics claim), she might have done this in order to boost her appeal among some conservatives, but it would have failed (just as it failed for Murkowski), and Alaska would have suffered for it. Sarah Palin always puts Alaska first. That was her promise to Alaskans, and she keeps her promises.
@womanwithsardinecan (15:31:29) :
Oh, puleeeze, do you really think he’s moving here? Did you have one beer too many this evening. There are only 2 or 3 Commissioners who live in Juneau this administration, and you can be darn tooting sure he won’t be adding to that number!
Should provide some good ammo (yuck, yuck) for flyinureye.
Now we know who will be the chief “gun runner” guard on the border when GUV becomes PREZ.
Hey, maybe she appointed him so he can keep his guns trained over that narrow strip of water in case Putin rears his ugly head into our air space, you know?
Blooper (15:35:51) :
That’s all we bloody need, Faux Spews in the unholy mess. Talk about axis of evil – GINO,WARandFAUX!!
InJuneauNo Gravatar (15:39:30) :
@womanwithsardinecan (15:31:29) :
Oh, puleeeze, do you really think he’s moving here? Did you have one beer too many this evening. There are only 2 or 3 Commissioners who live in Juneau this administration, and you can be darn tooting sure he won’t be adding to that number!
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I only had two beers! Hummer drivers are congenitally unable to drive even a block without their beloved hulks. Even if he doesn’t move, he won’t be able to resist bringing at least one hummerhulk to Juneau. TP at the ready. And if, by some strange convergence of the stars, he doesn’t bring the useless pile of rolling metal, then just TP his temporary dwelling when you fill it with yard sale junk in the dead of night. Get with the program!
Sarah Palin always puts Sarah Palin first. She is selfish, ambitious, and hypocritical. It’s like having Dubya for governor.
Great, just what we need, another Hummer in this town… I’ll have to search around and find out what hotel becomes his home-away-from-home… I’m going to enlist the sisters too, I tell ya!
The entrenched are getting more entrenched. The Guv executing her best maneuvers as Polarizer in Chief .
How about that Senate seat? How’s that coming along?
UK Lady: Yeah, it’s kind of like ‘the end days’ up here with everything going on.
I need a vacation from all this!
I hope the Legislature does approve him because this will be the nail in her coffin regarding a 2010 Senate run against Lisa Murkowski or another shot at the Gov in 2012. She’s still playing to the base (as in basal, as in basic as in lowest of the low) GOP’s in her bid to rule America. You go girl, get your hammer and keep nailin’ nails in your political coffin. At least if she undermines herself she won’t owe any legal fees for defending herself from herself. She and her questionable decision making are her own worst enemies!
Miguel –
I’ve had Dubya as Governor. Seeing GINO’s antics makes me prefer him…is that possible??
Hey Juneau. Now’s the time to call your State Senator. Oh right… I forgot, we don’t have one.
To Jo in AK,
Of course he almost ran you down on the hillside…his vehicle is covered in camouflaged! If he get’s appointed he’d better keep the camo on that hummer or he’ll be hunted down!
Hillside residents, keep your eyes open for the camo laden giant red hummer. If you happen to sit beside him at the stoplight at the bottom of the hill, give him a piece of your mind!
AKPetMom (15:50:11) “At least if she undermines herself she won’t owe any legal fees for defending herself from herself.”
The funny thing is she is probably one of the main contributors to her legal debt woes due to the fact that she decided to file an ethics complaint against herself in 08′, LOL.
UK LadyNo Gravatar (15:23:12) :
I agree with you and was thinking the same thing when I heard about today’s latest fiasco (the press conference deal). And now the AG appointment. On top of that, tonight on Hardball, Chris Mathews was ALL OVER the religious bs and media bashing she pulled at the Lincoln dinner. Even the republican strategists think she is nuts.
All I can say is “you just can’t make this stuff up”
@snowbound (15:54:06) :
Yup, that’s the sucky part, but at least I know a bunch of the other ones!
Slightly OT, but this is enough to give one nightmares for weeks:
http://www.la2day.com/files/u201/BushPalin.jpg
Will he work from his hummer or at an office in Juneau?
one of the links I posted in the other post was actually a spoof from Phil Munger, My bad I am sorry I didn’t realize it..
Suppose the AK legislature has the cajones to pull a three-fer?
Take the money, hold out for Kerttula, and disapprove W.A.R.?
Sounds like a great humanitarian and environmentalist…….,NOT!
WAR will protect GINO’s back with his personal arsenal of automatic weapons and military vehicle’s . Sounds like one of Todds buddies from the AIP. Momma bear has hired someone with some serious hardware to watch over her values, while she campaigns for 2012.
The NRA is gong to party tonight!!
Tewise (15:30:29) :
I have a question to whomever can answer it-Is there anything that a AG can do to change the format of how ethic complaints are handled? Something is up, not sure what it is.
—Shredder…simple little machine.
AKM…I can’t keep up…
Moose Pucky
They must be getting close to that sort of mutiny by now, If they are not, they really are lacking in testicular fortitude.
Another question regarding the AG of AK. Do they have the ability to quash ethics complaints, or do they have to still go to an ethics board?
OT kind of. Politico has report that she stiffed the Legislature today. She’s now claiming they stiffed her so they could have a press conference claiming she stiffed them!! Wow, Alaska I’m so sorry you have to deal with these daily fiascos.
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0309/20539.html
my husband is a lawyer. Any lawyer who has much of a record is rated by a service called Martindale Hubbell. Really good lawyers are “AV” rated. Pretty good lawyers are “BV” rated. Average lawyers are “CV” rated. Ross doesn’t even have a rating–which means nobody vouches for his ability.
Madcitychick: She was supposed to be in Juneau today, but conveniently decided that she wanted to announce the new AG in Anchorage, where fox news was also conveniently going to be.
Hmmm, coinkydink?
Another strange, sad day in AK. The massive Redoubt explosion this morning was a perfect preclusion to this catastrophically embarrassing news.
Did anybody mention that WAR has FAKE BULLET HOLE stickers taped to his overcompensating ride? He seriously enjoys gawkers (much like a steroid crazed body builder) and likes to drive especially slow in downtown Anchorage. In reality however, people are laughing at him much like we are laughing at our mad GINO.
My VERY conservative co-worker (Rush-lover) is even shaking his head at ‘this one’.
Is “Whore Red” the color du jour for big-ass trucks for rednecks ?? Levi just got one…….
sarah, plain and stupid.
Maybe they’ll go “hunting” together like Cheney and his buddy
With this new appointment, I predict that we will see a sudden and complete end to Sarah’s personal legal bills for defending against the ethics complaints.
Don’t ask me how this will happen, as I am no lawyer, but I bet her new AG will either find a way to independently quash some of these complaints, or else will find a way to announce that the state can defend her.
Here’s my guess: FOX is up here to participate in a ‘Wine tasting’ with GINO. Then they will run their special investigative report on *cue creepy organ music* the anonymous bloggers and how they are out to tarnish GINO’s reputation.
Just sayin’.
It appears that Arctic Cat values the publicity very highly.
Palin and Arctic Cat Share the Passion
October 29, 2008
Today we received a follow up letter from our friend at Arctic Cat, Kale Wainer, about the recent media attention Arctic Cat has received after vice presidential candidate, Todd Palin, made a special stop in Thief River Falls to visit his friends at Arctic Cat.
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This is so …….. SARAH PALIN.
WAR Wayne Ross represented Sarah Palin when she filed her own ETHICS VIOLATION AGAINST Randy Ruedrich.
So while she complains about ethics violations against her, she has no problem filing ethics violations when it suits HER.
This is the move that jump started her career.
“In 2004 she resigned in protest from her position as ethics commissioner of the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission when fellow commissioner and then-Republican party chairman Randy Ruedrich used his office to do party work on public time. Palin filed a complaint against Ruedrich with the commission; she was represented by Wayne Ross, a partner at the law offices of Ross & Miner in Anchorage”.
Is it appropriate for her to hire someone that represented her? What kind of pay back is this?
I don’t know the legalities or the ethics, but doesn’t it feel wrong? ICK!
If Fox is in town, it is time for the definitive question: “Sarah, would you have held hands with Greta and prayed?”
Now that would be interesting, wouldn’t it?
After Palin’s slam against the McCain people for apparently being either insufficiently religious or else unwilling to wash their hands, I wonder if Sarah would pray with a Scientologist?
mommom (16:35:00) :
“vice presidential candidate, Todd Palin, ”
Freud slips in again! Chuckle.
Mommom that is great stuff. I have to say that this finally makes me rethink my previously skeptical opinion of the ethics complaint.
Thanks for that great info.
Damn…I like guns too (Gun Totin’ Liberal), but the Hummer thing is a bit ODD!!!
Here are some more Sponsor Gate Pictures(Evidence)
http://www.icelandalaska.com/PHOTOGALLERY/tabid/1075/AlbumID/3196-102/language/en-US/Default.aspx
So does Ross-bo appear before a panel for questioning and ultimately approval ?? Who is on the panel ??
This guy has to be AIP with a resume like that, doesn’t he?
Here is the video of Wayne Anthony Ross dousing Iraq war protesters in 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJk9OUT0DCc&eurl
I wonder if the Leg will approve WARGINO after what she did today…putting out a “BOGUS/ASININE” Lying press release?
Does she have a brain tumor?
Sorry I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy.
Surely, the legislature won’t approve him. Surely she knows that and just appointed him to jerk them around.
bPoint (16:53:51) :
Here is the video of Wayne Anthony Ross dousing Iraq war protesters in 2003
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CJk9OUT0DCc&eurl
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I apologize, that is not Mr. Ross doing the dousing, but one of his clients.
bPoint, It couldn’t have been. The truck was too small.
sorry, so surreal as to just be giggle giggle giggle snicker snicker snicker. Won’t help GINO.
Mr. Hummer Goes to Juneau”
Y’all realize this is her peace offering to TeamPoo and Poo4Sarah for having been “forced” to pick Judge Christen?
I live in SC and saw his cousin’s truck. It was customized on the tailgate and said “Hillbilly Homeboy”.
What could be more GOP than covering Alaska with millions of gallons of oil, and selectin’ a gun totin’ Hummer drivin war lover and NRA dude as her personal lawyer as the black gold kills all those inconvenient animals in the way of progress? It’s end times by God. What a choice.
Only Palin.
There must be a real special place in hell for folks like her.
So, I think it is time for Alaska to present less of a ‘brutish’ image which seems to be reinforced by this thuggish-looking, bull-necked, ham-hocked redneck from NoCouthVille, U.S.A. and try to encourage some more people to your lovely state who are familiar with such things as book-reading, table manners, and good taste (actually just taste would do). Between these imported pseudo-religious freaks (Palin-in-the-ass) and the semi-literate subhumans passing for males (like the wanna-be AG), the image they are portraying is not something thinking Alaskans should be encouraging.
@Rob in Ca (16:39:20) :
Mommom that is great stuff. I have to say that this finally makes me rethink my previously skeptical opinion of the ethics complaint.
Thanks for that great info.
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awwww ……
Rob, thanks for putting that into words. I agree.
KO and RM have their sights locked in on SP. I smell somethin’ brewing….
and it ain’t moose stew.
The deal with Faux News showing up today …..
SP must have called in the damage control. She probably figures there are no media left in Alaska who view her as credible. FN is her last and only hope.
Rachel joked about SP today; it was great. Didn’t even want to give her one shred of credibility.
snicker snicker
Okay, I’m just going to comment quickly my thoughts on this WAR guy.
He may be a very effective lawyer and even an ethical one. He may be a hard worker and do his utmost for his clients (mostly selected on the basis of ideology, I’m guessing), but he’s just red meat for the base (again). Colberg looks like a wet diaper next to him (maybe wet codpiece).
I know a lawyer with a similar MO. He’s a true conservative, gun rights advocate, extremely opinionated, and a bit of a drama queen (in a very masculine way). We share some interests and respect each other.
I always enjoy talking with him/ debating with him/ working with him, but I would never put him within an inch of such a powerful and influential position. I would defend him (and his right to his opinions) to the death, but he is just too polarizing to do something like represent the legal interests of a state effectively.
That GINO thiinks her former (maybe current) personal attorney would make a good AG speaks volumes to me. She knows nothing about and cares less about how this proposed appointment will turn off her few remaining independent supporters. She is not planning on running for re-election as governor.
I keep shaking my head in utter disbelief. Gino is single handedly sabotaging her future political career. Just stand back, because there she “blows”!
OT…both KO and RM have had segments making fun of Sarah Palin. Hardball also showed a bit of her speech that was so humiliating. (Lincoln dinner) Rachel was laughing at the quality of the video, and also the slap in the face to the McCain campaign, because poor sarah just couldnt find someone to pray with. What a twit that woman is, and obviously pandering to evangelicals.
Apparently some repub bigwigs in washington have been trying to offer up advice to her…but she says…thanks but no thanks. We will handle it from here.
Call me clairvoyant, telepathic, or just plain crazy, but I saw this coming over a week ago.
The proof (copied and pasted from 3/13/09 ADN Letters to the Ediot):
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Good judge will make a fine justice
All Alaskans should be pleased to see that Gov. Sarah Palin has chosen Superior Court Judge Morgan Christen as our newest Supreme Court justice.
In over 40 years of practicing law, I’ve appeared before many kinds of judges, good and bad. Judge Christen was one of the good ones. I have always enjoyed appearing in her courtroom and my clients and I have always felt we got a fair hearing from her. While Judge Christen didn’t always rule in my favor, that fact just shows she is only human and makes mistakes.
But our governor did not make any mistake in picking Judge Christen for the Supreme Court. Judge Christen is a delightful young woman who is smart as whip. She knows the law, she knows people, she listens carefully, and she does what she believes is right and fair. She is kind and personable. Come to think of it, I guess that makes Morgan Christen a lot like Sarah Palin.
– Wayne Anthony Ross
Anchorage
Secret Shopper for Hungry Children (17:36:24)
Good point. Could it be possible that Ross pushed for Christen. What about the other name given, wasn’t she on the side of environmentals? Just wondering…
Stacking the deck???
Noteworthy quotes from the previous comment:
“While Judge Christen didn’t always rule in my favor, that fact just shows she is only human and makes mistakes.”
What a BS’er!!!!
“She is kind and personable. Come to think of it, I guess that makes Morgan Christen a lot like Sarah Palin.”
Butt-kissing at it’s finest!!
I’m going to call a prominent attorney friend of mine to see what he thinks. And I plan to contact my senator tonight.
This was GINO’s way of saying “in your face you morons filing ethics complaints!” If this goes through I doubt there will be any action on any of the ethics violations.
And we thought TC was bad. Careful what you wish for….it could be worse.
@SSHC – are you trying to make me throw up?
In most other states wouldn’t Ross having represented her during the Ruedrich ethics complaint stop her from appointing him?
http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/510276.html
I’ll see his W.A.R. and raise him an O.M.G.
anon blogger (17:41:00)
The other SC candidate was a male (forgotten his name already!) and had a history of defending environmental causes if I’m not mistaken. Don’t know if Ross would have/could have influenced GINO’s decision but it doesn’t matter. Christen was the right choice. It’s the ONLY thing GINO has gotten right since her inauguration!
Once again, sarah reveals her shallowness – my suggestion is simply that all citizens/voters respond accordingly… (she is entertaining, however……..)
AlaskaGuy (17:42:44)
Either that or crap in your pants. I’ll take the emesis, thank you!
Gino want someone that will dismiss ethical issues period!
david strouth (17:45:36)
Entertaining yes, but my children’s futures are in this woman’s hands. It’s personal now.
You want W.A.R. GINO???? You got it.
Excuse me while I go dust off my copy of Sun Tzu’s The Art of War.
‘delightful young woman’ ya-huh. You gals get me some coffee will ya. . . . I’ve heard that load before.
Heard he has a gun range at his house and is fond of semi-automatics.
He’ll sit on any ethics complaints; that’s why he’s there. TV is why SP stiffed the leg and is in Anchorage today.
Wayne Anthony Ross is a member of the John Birch Society. Sarah was photographed reading a John Birch Society newsletter in her Wasilla Mayor’s office.
They are both complete nutters.
OMG! Servant4pee has eddie smurk’s radio show from today, it is truly sickening!
Telling people to publicly shame Diva! All these rednecks calling in all happy about WARGINO!
I’m telling you we all need to back Diva here. Especially if you live in Alaska, she has already lost a job prospect b/c the people are afraid of GINO!
This is beyond sickening! This reprehensible! GINO using her SOA webpage for intimidation? I urge all that live in Alaska to write and demand…DEMAND, THAT SHE BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE FOR THIS!
End of rant!
Hmmm Is this how she is paying off her legal debts? How much does she owe him for troopergate?
A bit off topic, but Rachel just highlighted Sarah’s speech from last week. Very funny!
Heavens! The man likes guns, also.
Is this a joke? WTF is she thinking? Oh, sorry, I forgot. She isn’t capable of thinking, and she doesn’t need to justify anything, she’s like the Queen in Alice in Wonderland.
I would imagine that the thought of W.A.R. acting as A.G. is absurd even to the most hardened conservative wingnutters in AK. It’s as if this is her attempt to publicly and dramatically thumb her nose at the legislature and every last one of Alaska’s citizens. The citizens of AK deserve to have their State Constitution taken seriously, and this is nothing more than a joke. A deliberate, “F-U” poke in the eye statement by Palin. She is completely losing it this week, and I mean that in the most serious way. Today she completely dissed the entire State Legislature by pulling a no-show at their agreed-to meeting to discuss allocation of the Stimulus Funds. She poked a stick in their eye last week by refusing to confirm Beth Kertulla to the Senate, even though she is the best and most qualified candidate by far. And now she wants to appoint this Black Helicopter- fringe element whacko as the A.G. It’s pretty clear that she assumes she can act as defacto A.G. through this latest little puppet appointee of hers. Just seeing her on the news made me want to grab her through the screen and pummel her today, with that smarmy little smirk on her face.
I think she is certifiably mentally ill, and I mean that in the most sincere way. Is there any way that we can we take a vote of no confidence in her as citizens of the State?
In her lame attempt for an excuse for her absence at the Legislative meeting today, she said “I want to hear from Alaskan residents, and hear what they have to say, also”. Well, be careful what you ask for, Sarah. What I and many, many, many other Alaskans want right now is YOU OUT OF OFFICE! And you are really pushing the envelope right now. In fact, I believe you’ve single-handedly pushed it right across the line this time. Where can we sign the recall petition? (For real this time.)
This is unbelievable … no, wait, we are dealing with a real nut! What can we way down in the Lower 48 do to help? Something must be done, and I know some of you are working very hard to do as much as you can. We are with you. Is Fox News really there again?
Psychologically anyone who drives a vehicle like that is a narcisisst. How bizare. As a person who was maliciously prosected in Alaska I find this news frightening.
Being in the lower 48 I had to look up this WAR character. I see why everyone is stunned.
I predict he will run for Governor in 2010. A real Blago move on SP’s part.
He is a revolting egomaniac:
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/139744
Secret Shopper: Here ya’ go!
http://classics.mit.edu/Tzu/artwar.1b.txt
GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust Scramble (16:56:24) :
Does she have a brain tumor?
Sorry I’m watching Grey’s Anatomy.
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LOL- I was thinking the same thing GA Peach! That, or she’s having some sort of psychotic break. The past 48 hours have been mind-blowing. I also agree that I doubt the legislature will approve it. If they do, they are just as insane as she is.
ktuu has a poll out about your opinion of AG favorable or unfavorable. right now is almost neck and neck with unfavorable ahead about 1%. LMAO, maeT haraS is running over there to vote.
@ATF (18:01:54) :
Wayne Anthony Ross is a member of the John Birch Society. Sarah was photographed reading a John Birch Society newsletter in her Wasilla Mayor’s office.
They are both complete nutters.
If this true, we need to be very, very scared.
Headline: “Palin May Face Recall” [Frontiersman, 2/5/97]
Nothing has changed Palin still lacks integrity and honesty. As a Conservative Republican she’s WORTHLESS to me.
R E C A L L PALIN
Alaska we have to do something!
@Sourdough
“It’s as if this is her attempt to publicly and dramatically thumb her nose at the legislature and every last one of Alaska’s citizens. The citizens of AK deserve to have their State Constitution taken seriously, and this is nothing more than a joke. A deliberate, “F-U” poke in the eye statement by Palin.”
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I agree with you. She is becoming more vindictive, sarcastic and destructive every day. I actually worry that she is going to deliberately sabotage things. She has a persecution complex going so everyone is out to get her and so she’s going to get them first. It is scary. I’m scared.
Hmmm. Superpages says there are 990 lawyers listed in Anchorage.* (Yee Gads!) Ross falls about number 650 on the list. Does this mean 649 turned her job offer down?
*Actually a few may list twice- John Jones and Jones John, so this is a bit inflated.
tm68No Gravatar (18:23:09) :
The past 48 hours have been mind-blowing.
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For sure. She’s starting to act crazed. I feel sorry for anybody who has to be in her orbit these days.
oops!
http://classics.mit.edu//Tzu/artwar.html
Shannyn Moore has an article on HuffPost about WAR.
So, Alaskans: WHEN ARE YOU GOING TO ACT????
RECALL/IMPEACH HER!!! Do it before it is too late!
anon bloggerNo Gravatar (18:41:51) :
Shannyn Moore has an article on HuffPost about WAR.
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And she sure b**tch slapped GINO with that bible verse.
Oh, I read the one on her blog. Off to HuffPo
This is as brilliant a maneuver as McCain picking her as his VP running mate. I can hear it now, “He’s such a breath of fresh air. . .”
If memory serves me, this is a clear punch at Rick Svobodny and most of the Dep’t of Law. When Wally Hickel won election the second time around, there was talk of Wayne Anthony Ross being AG. He had made clear that he would fire ALL the Dep’t of Law because they didn’t know what they were doing.
Think this may be retribution to Dep’t of Law attorneys who investigate and make recommendations regarding ethics complaints against all executive branch employees. I’m sure GINO will use WAR to overturn the findings of her improperly having the State pay for kids travel, her use of state funds for political trips, etc.
This is truely a WAR on the constitution and people of Alaska.
BearWomanNo Gravatar (18:58:29) :
I’m sure GINO will use WAR to overturn the findings of her improperly having the State pay for kids travel, her use of state funds for political trips, etc.
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If she does that, won’t she be begging the IRS to involve themselves in her affairs?
Rob,you are very welcome!!
The GINO madness needs to stop!
What can we do in the lower 48 to help?
Recall Palin…It worked here in Ca…My ? goes out to you guys…Such a dumb twitt..
Birch Society, Oil backer, AIP, questionable ethics, gun toting NRA, no doubt ProLive, etc….
I think we should send this guy’s resume to Steele @ GOP — we may have found the next GOP Leader !!!
He’ll drop SP like a hot potato and head for higher & grander office !!
Sarah Palin check mates herself. The DNC should probably take the day off tomorrow as celebration.
Even if WAR doesn’t get confirmed – this decision will add to the LONG list of highly questionable decisions Palin’s made.
SP has jumped the shark. I have faith the legislature will not approve.
So, Sharia Sarah picks Big Daddy War Bucks. No surprise.
Ross models himself after Teddy Roosevelt, even replicating the photographic pose of TR with the moose kill.
Also in this picture with the glasses:
http://www.fishalaskamagazine.com/archives/ross8_02.htm
How manny more days of Gino Drama? Every week is a roller coaster with her in office or trying to be in office.
Its no wonder most Alaskans are tuned out of politics, and just go about there life with out GINO Drama. As long as we get a PDF and a energy rebate we are happy is what I get at the coffee shop.
Chill pills for every one……
Since most states elect their AGs, I can’t really say what is typical for appointments of same. I would guess, though, that most governors would give serious consideration to existing deputy AGs, or perhaps to folks with experience as Federal prosecutors or district attorneys. I mean, this is a government job — it might seem logical to pick somebody with relevant experience, as opposed to a high school buddy or (what appears to be) a flamboyant anti-governmentalist.
I will not fault the prospective AGINO for being a member of the NRA. There are a lot of NRA members in AK. I have relatives who have been members, and the only reason I won’t be one is the same reason I won’t join the American Legion — the organizations have been taken over by people who have subordinated their ostensible missions to promoting unrelated political ideology that I find disgusting. But, as a happily armed liberal, I have no argument with the nominal purposes of the NRA.
Speaking of the American Legion, I did notice that one citation missing from his extensive resume was any military service. I’m 61. From the little I’ve read, I estimate that WAR is about my age. Back around college time, we had this little thing called the Vietnam War. I’m perpetually amazed at how few prominent “conservatives” around my age happened to participate in the military during that era.
Personally, I found his motion for “Habeas Pistola” to be entertaining (although grammatically incorrect). It suggests that the guy may actually have a sense of humor. His ownership of a Hummer does not make him uniquely reprehensible. I myself own a (ten-year-old) Suburban, which I got as an alternative to a minivan when the kids were kids.
My point is: don’t oppose the guy because of his memberships (even if he is a Bircher, whatever that is these days). Oppose him because of the fact that he has no bloody qualifications for the job, other than that GINO knows him. If I were the deputy that’s been acting AG since Codpiece quit, I would be livid to the point of resignation. (Full disclosure: that’s probably why I never became a CEO).
You don’t suppose this is a bit of “extortion” do you ~~
I won’t veto the STIM if you don’t veto my AG ????
Is GINO that underhanded? Oh, never mind, we already know that answer.
So I’m looking around for somebody to pray with, I just need maybe a little help, maybe a little extra,” she said. “And the McCain campaign, love ‘em, you know, they’re a lot of people around me, but nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands with and pray.”
The wording in this quote is important. Palin does not say there was no one to pray with her, she say, there was “nobody I could find that I wanted to hold hands and pray with.” The wording, she couldn’t find anyone she wanted to hold hands with and to pray with. Palin is the snob.
OT I know y’all live in the ‘Ring of Fire’, but did anybody feel that 5.1 that hit 184 km (114 miles) NNE (21°) from Yakutat, AK around 7 PM Alaska time? Hope that was Redoubt relieving some pressure.
Was it Doogan (?) who said he expected the legislature to grant her appointment?? Just like that??
Sarah will have this big strong man protect her from all those meanies out there. Poor wittle Sarah.
He’ll love the press coverage and he may well be your next governor.
OH. MY. GOD. That’s worse than Redoubt.
Team Alaska – That’s what I see too. We get our PFD, our “energy check,” and Sarah is so popular! We are so happy people realize Alaska is part of the US! We’re cool! We never get this kind of attention! Personally I liked it better when nobody knew about Alaska. Much less Wasilla – where I live. These last 7 months or so have changed my life completely. And not in a good way. Although I have to say I have become much more politically aware, so maybe in the end it is a good thing. As Alaskans we must do everything we can to get the word out because people in the lower 49 (hello Hawaii) don’t know what’s really going on. She must NEVER get any further than she has. I am so grateful to the wonderful pj-clad Alaska bloggers who have done a great job getting the word out. Thankyou AKM, IM, CD, PA, and the other “least favorite bloggers. You rock!
We need a ballot initiative for the next election: no more politically appointed AG’s.
Idaho, you are missing a village idiot named haraS.
Re:GINO’s rant:
looks like #11 on you tube has been removed!
I wonder if W.A.R. will get along well with Todd Palin, too, also.
OMG! In #10 she talks of the frivolus lawsuits and FIOA’s and starts rambling about troopergate!!!
I think she’s taking to much adderall or something! CRAZYTRAIN!
texasbrian (15:53:44) :
“Miguel –
I’ve had Dubya as Governor. Seeing GINO’s antics makes me prefer him…is that possible??”
Only kind of.
Duhbya had a big stick (Daddy Dearest) so he didn’t have to rant. He also could use Daddy Dearest’s hatchet men to get even. Daddy Dearet owns a lot of people’s souls – money and power can buy a lot loyalty.
Palin has to do most of her own dirty work herself, she dosen’t have the army of stoggies that Daddy Dearest loned to his wastrel son.
Palin has a level of hysteria that is a very different type of insanity that Duhbya’s sociopathy. And of course he has spent much of his live stewed.
What rant?
Who caught that little omission on his resume of No Military Service.
Now we know why he has all those guns, Colonel in the State Militia.
He’s not a Coward he just doesn’t like it when people shoot back!
ds55No Gravatar (19:43:07) :
I wonder if W.A.R. will get along well with Todd Palin, too, also.
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Maybe they wear matching polar bear heads at the AIP meetings while progressing the state.
OK 11 still there, but she is absolutely losing her mind! I can’t believe people paid to hear her crazy ranting! Unfrickenbelievable!
Lincoln Day? Can anyone really hear what she’s saying? I had a headache after 2 minutes.
crystalwolf aka caligrlNo Gravatar (19:43:37) :
LOL. I was thinking Xanax.
Strangelet – I hear you about the American Legion. Since when did they become political and not a veteran’s organization? Same with the AmVets and to a lesser extent the VFW (in my neck of the woods). It really pisses me off. These organizations are becoming extinct because of their attitudes. It’s high time they re-think, or they will not exist, IMHO.
@Enjay in Eastern MT (19:22:16) :
Oh, don’t say that, just please don’t say that…
Ok I get it now, it is GINO’s infomercial why GOPtalibani should give to her $ legal fund….!
Man, she is losin’ it! Watch her facial expressions, pursed lips, chin jutted out, grimace, showing teeth, Ewwwww!!!!
She’s whacked, totally out of control.
Alaska, you must act. She is wasting time whining about all this, And what about the Earthquake you guys had tonight? What about the oil tanks? Not one flipping word!!!!!
Yet she’s yapping on and on about bogus/frivolous lawsuits.
Mathew 6:6
When you pray pray alone.
What is the deal of holding hands and praying? I guess I slept through that sermon.
However if Sarah can’t pray properly without needing to show somebody how veeeeeery religious she is, then she probably can’t “pray alone” as the Bible instructs.
GA Peach a/k/a Lance the Boil aka Crust ScrambleNo Gravatar (19:49:39) :
crystalwolf aka caligrlNo Gravatar (19:43:37) :
LOL. I was thinking Xanax.
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Adderall, legal speed, used for ADD and ninny’s like Paris hilton use it to stay skinny…she is losing quite a bit of weight and its not attractive!
Also speed makes people talk alot and not make sense…sound familar?
My bet is Aderall, not skinny white mocha latte’s.
I just have to ask this. Why is it that guys of a certain age who haven’t been in the military (like the Bush Chickenhawks) feel like they have to prove something by brandishing their guns and driving their Hummers? So they weren’t in the military. Who cares? I guess it’s a guy thing. Not all guys of course!
“she is losing quite a bit of weight and its not attractive!
Also speed makes people talk alot and not make sense…sound familar?
My bet is Aderall, not skinny white mocha latte’s.” GINO, that is, losing lots of weight.
OMG, my spouse just realized I sitting here on the blog in my PJs!! Yikes, I’ve “become” one of “them” (AS IF that’d just happened! LOL!)
Message to legislature: if you’re wondering what crap you’d have to eat in order to receive those stimulus funds, it is named Wayne Anthony Ross.
Don’t eat it. Not worth it.
Just vote no.
Re: WAR and “knighthood”- there is, of course, more to this story:
“It turns out that all former members of the U.S. armed forces, whether their service was rendered in war time or peace time at home or abroad are eligible to join the FCAEE! Lifetime membership is $30 (Canadian) which entitles the member to apply for various awards from the FCAEE or any of its “affiliated organizations and agencies”.
http://www.maineworldnewsservice.com/caltrap/once_and_perhaps_still_lucrative.htm
Crystalwolf – She’s on something, that’s for sure. I have always thought that. Upper? Downer? I don’t know. Probably the reason the release of her medical records was so “bogus.”
I would give anything to get a transcript of this…she starts right out about the campaign and clothes, unreal…she is unraveling….
I can’t believe what I’m seeing, I mean seriously!
She is very, very dangerous now. She is very pathological now. I wish we could have those “lie to me people” check these videos, or any psych/therapist in the mudpup world weigh in on this?
BSNo Gravatar (20:08:25) :
Crystalwolf – She’s on something, that’s for sure. I have always thought that. Upper? Downer? I don’t know. Probably the reason the release of her medical records was so “bogus.”
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My bet is adderall…legal speed.
This is the reason why an Attorney General of a State, should be elected by the people of the state. Not to be appointed by the Governor.
I hope the legislature, doesn’t approve of this choice.
Send a clear and concise message to Palin.
BS (19:37:46) :
I’ve become very aware about alaskan politics mostly because of BO and my distain of Bush. I stumbled into the Daily Kos first, and then AKM. I slowly started to understand local and national politics at a much deeper level. I was out as sea for 20 years so to speak, so I had alot of catching up to do.
Akm became my family of like minds and political well being. I treasure the humor and insight that flows from this blog. Truly is healthy to have such a beautiful family that I’m able to communicate deep emotions and common joys and concerns with.
I have gain a great deal of knowledge and wisdom from this passionate group of PJ blogger that hang out in our parents basements.
I long for the day when I will be a covert field operative, fighting the good fight for a sustainable planet.
AKM I’m ready for duty.
Matthew 18:19 is the Scripture which tells us to pray together sometimes. This is most commonly seen during worship services at churches, and it is also seen often when a family or group says grace together before a meal. Individual Christians will often ask another to pray with them. During this prayer (also during grace before meals) they often hold hands; this is just a physical reminder of the spiritual connection between us. I do not think for one minute that Sarah Palin is anything but a hypocrit who uses her faith to further her political career, but it IS very common for Christians to ask someone to pray with them.
Ooooh. This is going to be so fun to watch!
I just keep shaking my head in disbelief. I think SP has seriously gone off the deep end. Her appoint of WAR, Lincoln Dinner “speech” (more like a rant), blowing off the leg & then blaming them, her response to Celtic Diva’s ethics complaint, and no word from her or her office about Mt. Reboubt. I’m sure glad I don’t have to sleep in her house.
While reading about Mr. Ross in that Alaska fishing magazine, I couldn’t help but think about Mr. Heath. It seems like Mr. Ross is the closest she could come to appointing her daddy to be AG.
Alaskans, please petition your legislature for a ballot initiative to elect future AGs.
MonaLisa (call me Kelly) in CT (18:23:01)
Merci!!
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My neighbor drives a Hummer and she is ALWAYS on her cell phone, always!! Drives me crazy……the Hummer and the cell phone while driving!!!
OMG, they’re so twisted over at C4P. you need to read this article there.
Now that Wayne Anthony Ross has been appointed Attorney General, I’m sure he would be happy to energetically take on this fight. The ADN reported that Ross was a colonel in the Alaska State Defense Force, which is the successor unit of the ATG, and that he has served as their Area Defense Counsel.
(Just a clarifying note – the Alaska State Defense Force is the organized part of the Alaska state militia…the Governor is the Commander-in-Chief. The latest estimate of their strength I could find was from late 2006 – about 275 members, organized as military police. They have assisted in disaster relief and coordinate with Homeland Security on tasks like protecting the oil pipeline from terrorist attacks.)
UPDATE: One more interesting thing I hadn’t known – under Alaska law, all able-bodied Americans in the state age 17 and up are members of the state militia, and the Governor has the authority to order them into service under specific circumstances. Cool.
Read more…
I don’t now how to put this, it’s just bothering me real bad. Gino with her no one I wanted to pray with ,looked so demented. Then you have Greta running after her, saving Gino all the time. What is with all this? These two women remind me of Satin in Disquise and it is scaring me. There’s no reason for Greta to be this loyal to Gino when there is so many other republicans she could support. I wonder more so what’s behind greta’s motives. It’s bad for Alaska having Gino, but it’s bad for all of us having both of them. What does Great want out of supporting Gino?
This video is a classic.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jJlXTzSwLeY
Is there any way we can bring Greta down / I’ve called/ wrote sponsors/ wrote fox/ as I see it Gino=Greta and Greta=Palin and Fox news = good Christians at their best, nothing but hate ,bigot,doing the best to harm who they don’t like, good role models. Please alaska do something to get Gino out of office.
Apparently just another chickenhawk like Dick Cheney.
That’s why he’s into hummers and guns- to hide the fact that he evaded military service during the 60’s.
Ask him what his excuse was. Too busy??
@shilo442 IMO, it is a girl crush. The less attractive girl will sometimes have a crush on the class “pretty girl.”
The way Sarah is playing politically wise, there is no ways she can expect to be reelected for Governor up here. Her actions are increasingly inflammatory and partisan (even for Alaskans) and they just indicate someone who no longer considers the LOCAL political consequences of what she carries out here.
Not that this is a big secret to anyone here, but I think she’s gunning for the big spot in 2012 and EVERYTHING she does from this point out is meant to be a talking point for 2012.
She’s not going to wait, mature, or bide her time. Once she had a taste of the ‘big time’ in the lower 48, everything up here is pretty much an inconvenient distraction.
She would be STUPID to run up here again for any political office. The unfortunate thing for her now is that she has burned her bridges up here, and pretty much burned her bridges in the lower 48 as well.
She is done, IMO.
What????
Haven’t any of her buddies from Wasilla High ever graduated from law school?
@ Blooper,
You said it just great
http://gawker.com/5175543/future-president-sarah-palin-pals-around-with-operating-thetan
Shilo – I think the plan is for Greta and her husband to RECRUIT GINO into their cult, not kidding, see above link. It is VERY telling of their plans – it is NOT the huffington post article, it is more informative about John Coale (of sara pac) who is Greta’s hubby and high up in scientology – they WANT to recruit Palin, and from what I have seen, she MAY be for sale!
Please read this Post!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
W.A.R. has some magor skelitons in his closet. he was found quilty of evidence tampering.
What Palin said was she felt that no one in the Mccain camp was anyone she wanted to pray with. You have to hear it from her lips, then you can hear the catty intonenation.
Lori, You hit it on, but think, why would greta and coale want palin for President. Palin = dumb. Coale then contols Palin and scientology. The take over of the United States. Greta and hubby arn’t doing this cause they think Gino is the best. boy they nhave bigger plans
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Checking on Mt. Redoubt…@ 2009-03-26 21:35:38
Seismicity has increased in intensity over the last hour.
Stay safe..
Freaking military hobbyist.
@mendeltnaak—-re: evidence tampering I couldn’t find this anywhere; what is the link? Thanks!
be safe , sure don’t have a governor to help, like bush with Katrina, hate to see this happen to y’all.
Anyone else have that old Edwin Starr song running through their heads???
“WAR!…huh…good God y’all,
What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing!”
I hope that if she is holding the Beth Kertulla &/or stimulus funds over the legislators’ heads, expecting that they will okay WAR in return for her cooperation with one or both of those issues that they CALL HER BLUFF!
Right now she’s done her duty by her base, turned down a lot of the stimulus funds, and can blame the state getting it on the legislators (as with the other grandstanders that have done the same). She’s kept the Kertulla business on the back burner, no doubt because she had this WAR stuff coming and wanted to use it to blackmail the legs.
HOLD HER FEET TO THE FIRE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Can the legs in AK override a Gov veto thru a vote?
Or maybe they can go ahead and okay WAR then a couple of weeks later say “hey, wait, we messed up, there’s an ethical conflict here, he’s been representing you in your personal business for YEARS….”
My opinion is that Mrs Palin’s choice for A-G was always going to be about her legal bill. Her “begging” speech about her legal dramas at the Lincoln dinner went up like a lead balloon – no joy there.
Whomever she nominated would have to be someone with their own reasons to give up their income as a lawyer ….. and someone who would guarantee that Mrs Palin wouldn’t have to pay a cent of her legal bills.
It makes sense that that ’someone’ would turn out to be so way out.
SUE- I am having a hard time finding it , was a while back, the late 80’s. He was involved in a case where the women was brought upon charges and he created evidence about the women and won the case. She fought it for ten years and was found inocent on all carges.
@mendeltnaak — Thanks for the info. If he were convicted for that, I would think it would make him ineligible to run for any public office; he should also lose his license to practice law. Somehow, tho, that type always gets away with it. : (
Just a reminder of who sarah palin is and where she has been.
http://www.thelegaluniverse.com/PalinVettingBackground1.PDF
Scary thought…….. sarah needs people to tell her what to say and do…. W. A. R.
Have you ever notice she has spokes people and rarely speaks for her slef.
AKM, thank you for updating the photograph of whats-his-name. It’s better that he looks like the overblown sycophant that he obviously is.
Here’s my all time fave WAR case. (He won the appeal of the permit denial.)
Alaska Court Rules on Concealed Gun
By MARY PEMBERTON
Associated Press Writer
January 10, 2002, 1:54 PM EST
ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Judge Natalie Finn took away Timothy Wagner’s gun permit after he claimed someone had implanted a computer chip in his head and injected him with deadly chemicals.
A state appeals court, though, ruled that Finn erred, saying Alaska’s concealed-carry law does not allow general concerns about mental illness to play a role in deciding whether someone should have a gun.
Gun control advocates say the episode illustrates a dangerous accommodation to the gun lobby by Alaska’s Legislature. Gun owners, however, argue that Alaska’s law safeguards their Second Amendment rights and that the public is adequately protected.
The Department of Public Safety has issued more than 18,000 such permits since 1995, when Alaskans were allowed to carry concealed handguns under restrictions that include an age limit and a gun-safety course.
In 1998, the law was amended so that applicants did not have to prove they actually needed to carry a concealed weapon. Also, whether someone was mentally ill or had been treated for mental illness in the preceding five years was taken off the list of questions applicants were asked — a change cited by the appeals court last year in Wagner’s case.
The Alaska law requires applicants to disclose only whether they have ever been committed to a mental hospital or found mentally incompetent by a court. “Yes” answers are grounds for denying a permit.
“We wanted to remove the potential for arbitrary and capricious decision making on the part of the issuing agency,” said Brian Judy, Alaska liaison for the National Rifle Association.
But Nancy Hwa, spokeswoman for the Brady Campaign to Prevent Gun Violence, complained: “They are taking away the discretion of local law enforcement to make these decisions in the best interest of public safety.”
Other gun-friendly states, including Texas, Montana and North Carolina, have much stricter standards when it comes to mental instability and concealed-carry permits, said Luis Tolley, the Brady Campaign’s state legislative director.
In Montana, the law says a sheriff can deny a permit if there is reasonable cause to believe “the applicant is mentally ill, mentally defective or mentally disabled.”
North Carolina applicants with a “physical or mental infirmity that prevent the safe handling of a handgun” can be denied a permit.
Even Texas has a long, broad list under mental health, Tolley said. The restrictions include anyone that has been diagnosed with “a psychiatric disorder or condition” that is likely to cause impairment in judgment, mood, perception or intellectual ability.
“Alaska seems more likely than many states to allow mentally ill people to carry guns in public,” Tolley said. “By establishing such a narrow definition, that is allowing an awful lot of people who are mentally ill to carry guns in public.”
Wagner’s case began in 1998, when he entered the Alaska Mining and Diving store in Anchorage, dripping wet, and told a clerk he was trying to soak away chemicals in his body before they killed him. He also said a computer chip had been implanted in his head. Another employee overheard the conversation and called police.
A background check revealed he had a permit to carry a concealed gun. When an officer asked Wagner if he had a gun with him, Wagner pointed to a briefcase next to him. In it was a loaded .357 and several bags of bullets.
Alaska law requires permit holders who come in contact with police to tell officers immediately if they are carrying a concealed gun. Wagner was convicted of failing to do so.
Finn sentenced Wagner to three years’ probation and ordered him not to possess guns during that period. She also ordered him to forfeit his concealed-gun permit until his mental illness was “either cured or improved.”
The Department of Public Safety later revoked Wagner’s permit based on Finn’s decision.
Efforts to reach Wagner were unsuccessful. He has no telephone listing in Anchorage. He told the court he was an “inventor” and designed guns and ammunition. The public defender’s office said it had not recently heard from him.
Wagner had no prior convictions, according to court documents. After his arrest, police took him to a state mental hospital. Wagner testified that he was released after being interviewed.
The amended law was enacted over the veto of Gov. Tony Knowles, who warned at the time that the measure could allow dangerous people to carry concealed weapons.
The Department of Public Safety has taken a wait-and-see attitude in Wagner’s case. He has not again asked for his permit back and no court has ordered it returned, said Del Smith, deputy commissioner.
“I think Finn was concerned about his behavior, and rightly so,” Smith said. “He made some pretty bizarre claims.”
WAR has been defending Palin family for a while now.
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/PAMW6500
Is it common for a Govenor to have so many legal issues?
http://www.courtrecords.alaska.gov/pa/pa.urd/PAMW6500
@InJuneau (19:52:05) :
@Enjay in Eastern MT (19:22:16) :
Oh, don’t say that, just please don’t say that…
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ah, Enjay is insightful …… quid pro quo. I give you stim funds, you give me Ross.
urghhhh
very probable
@Team Alaska (20:21:07) :
@BS (19:37:46) :
AKM I’m ready for duty.
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BOOTS ON & REPORTING FOR DUTY!
TeamAlaska, your words struck heartstrings.
@shilo442 (21:01:46) :
What does Greta want out of supporting Gino?
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(Now, you have to put this in perspective, because I just watched ‘Skulls’ the other nite … but …)
The more I read about politics — and even Alaska politics — the more connections I see between politics, money, oil/energy, and religion.
Greta and hubby represent the media (money), and they also have friends in high places – friends SP can use. They have similar objectives (furthering their religious purposes). And if they can get all of their friends together with all of their money, what a good deal for everyone!
Strange bedfellows.
And after watching Skulls, I wouldn’t put it past them to do anything.
I don’t believe for a minute that the Legs are allowing Mrs Palin to blackmail them.
@Lori in Los Angeles (21:38:25) :
…John Coale (of sara pac) who is Greta’s hubby and high up in scientology – they WANT to recruit Palin, and from what I have seen, she MAY be for sale!
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Lori, I read it. Yeah, it’s totally believable.
There’s such a thing as “handgun hunting?”
That is not a car, that is a prop from Mission Impossible. Right? Right… Hello, hello….. Oh, oh no it is not a prop.
@yukon…. every little thing we do ends up being politics. That is why we can make a difference. So after the shock, we pick up our pens, laptops, wallets, telephones and whatever it takes to send our message. Look at Ann and Diva. They are WOW!!
Lee – This is the kind of “hunting” Ross-bo likes -
http://bop.nppa.org/2003/still_photography/winners/pictures/NAE-First.jpg
“As AG, Wayne’s going to help our administration develop our vast natural resources. He’s going to help Alaskans lower the cost of energy here instate and provide nationally towards energy independence, those resources that are needed,” Palin said. “He’s going to work tirelessly to manage our fish and game resources for abundance through science and not through politics.” This is a quote from the ADN.
Now, when I read this, I was confused – this is not what I thought the AG did. Here’s Widipedia’s definition:
“In most common law jurisdictions, the attorney general, or attorney-general, is the main legal advisor to the government, and in some jurisdictions he or she may in addition have executive responsibility for law enforcement or responsibility for public prosecutions.”
WE ARE IN DEEP TROUBLE if this AG is being appointed to handle stuff outside his role as legal advisor to the state (translated: governor)
Is it not more than ironic that although the letters of his name spell war, he hasn’t seen a lick of combat?
A hell of a marketing guy.
From Dragon Lady’s link [invaluable!]
All quotes from an August 13, 1998 “Fed up, Ross stages battle for guns, family, Alaska pride”
By Steve Rinehart
Anchorage Daily News
Does that include families of the same sex? Does he think they have the same rights as ‘his family values’?
I doubt it. How will his ‘family values’ affect the way he
Does this not sound like the old Mayor of Wasilla? *cough* Those were the days, he’s cut from the same cloth, I believe…
Sounds ominous, WTH does ’strengthening parental rights’ exactly mean? Sounds like it’s about power and control. Meaning more of it.
Just great, send Alaska back a few decades with old school, good ole boy type of ‘thinking’.
Talking out of both sides of his mouth here. We know which side his ideology falls on.
I think I’ve heard enough. CRAZYTRAIN? Indeed.
@Team Alaska — Ready for duty? Good, you’re Colonel! lol. lol. lol.
Alaska, do yourself a favor and recall your governor: http://ltgov.state.ak.us/elections/petitions/irr.php If they can do it in Chicago, you can certainly do it too. Also.
Get on your legislators about opposing this AG nomination.
Seems like she’s responding in character: vicious and vindictive when thwarted just like a schoolyard bully or a spoiled brat not getting her own way, just stamping her little red-heeled feet and yelling, “Oh yeah! Well I” show you!.” And, oh boy, has she been thwarted lately. Keep up the good work AKM keeping us informed. I just read that she was nominated 24th sexiest politician. Must be a HUGE blow to that beauty queen ego. “Beauty fades. Dumb lasts forever.” ~ Mark Twain.
Five years ago, a screenplay with a factually accurate account of the Palin administration would have gotten you laughed, or thrown, out of every studio in Hollywood. Too bizarre to be believed, even as a fantasy.
W.A.R.~ not my kinda guy
Just noticed the tag “numbskullery”. Rolling on my back and kicking all four hooves in the air with laughter.
You can leave a 50 max word comment for all the legislators using the:
“Alaska State Public Opinion Message System” at http://w3.legis.state.ak.us/
go to the bottom of the page its under quick links and its easy.
I left a message asking them not to approve the AG pick.
Thanks for that link. However, that’s a pretty full page of links and am having trouble finding the right one to send any messages. Can you help us find the right link on the page?
Found it. Bottom of page in the blue part.
As with most of the State functions, the Alaska State Public Message System is not working all that well.
Got the repeated message “could not find user” though I matched up everything precisely with my voter registration card as instructed.
Hope it works better for others???
Moose Pucky,
You can just mosey over to the Alaskan’s for Truth website. They have e-mail addresses for all the House and Senate members.
Should that be “moosey”?
What a sad advertisement for Alaska this apparent buffoon projects. And is he in grade 8? What’s with the teenaged-mentality car?
I also see the the top rethugs turned down an invitation from the White House. Smacks once again of bigotry and poor losers to me. What a disgrace this once okay party (read religious cult) has fallen to.
“Where have all their brains gone – long time passing” (sung to ‘where have all the flowers gone’)
Thanks, Problem Child, who is no problem whatsoever.
On APRN last night, Palin laid out her agenda for the State with the AG appointment–precisely.
#1 Resource development (Drill, baby, drill)
#2 Protect the right to bear arms (concealed weapons are especially good, NRA rocks)
#3 Sound science in wildlife management (kill those predators)
I can’t keep up!!!! I wish I could be on the blogs 24/7, but I have a small child and a job.
I live in Texas and even with Bush, we never had this junior high garbage going on. It is jaw-droppingly CRAZY. Is Palin jealous of all the attention Blago received and is gunning to outdo him? I thought he was the WORST, but Palin can’t stand that he might win even THAT trophy. For the love of all that is good and holy…..please let Blago pass the torch to Palin. She wins.
I read somewhere that Rep Ray Ramras (sp?) once said that the Palin administration is run like a high school student council. I feel sure we can find plenty of high schools with more mature students. This isn’t governing – it’s playground antics.
I’m so embarrassed for every Alaskan legislator who doesn’t have the gonads to do something about getting rid of her. It is CRIMINAL that she is preventing the legislative process.
Jesus, don’t you have enough to do? (And I mean, Him too. He certainly has enough to do without having to be bothered by that silly woman and all the doors she’s pleading with Him to open.)
If her pastor is a true Christian, he/she should have a long chat with this deranged Gov. Better yet, sounds as if an intervention and a trip to some institution is called for.
I appreciate the comments concerning the appointment of WAR, and while I would not support him as AG myself, I do take issue when he is attacked because of his function as a defense attorney. There is a common misunderstanding in this country about the role of a defense attorney in a democratic society and one based, as ours is, on a system of written laws, including a primary document: our Constitution. The Defense Attorney is literally the most powerful line of defense between the government and the rights of the people, the staunchest defender of the Constitution(s), and the champion of the “little person” . To categorize an attorney with the character of the person he defends is a gross insult to these champions of liberty. Who protects you and me from illegal wire taps, being held without bail or the right to trial, torture, invasions of our homes and privacy? I could go on for quite awhile, but hope you all with think about the importance of these people that are so often referred to with such contempt.