Palin & Ruedrich Call for the Resignation of Senator Begich.
Something strange has happened. I feel like Alice when she slipped into Looking Glass World. At first, everything seemed to look the same for Alice, but the farther she got, the more obvious it was that she had entered another dimension where nonsense was the norm.
I have entered such a world, apparently. It wasn’t talking chess pieces that tipped me off, either. It was this. (looks around and whispers to you so nobody hears) I agree with Don Young. Keep that under your hat, because, frankly it’s pretty disturbing. It feels like some kind of sign that the end is near.
First, some background. We all know that charges against former Senator Ted Stevens were dropped. Seven felony convictions. Poof! They were dropped because of prosecutorial misconduct by the George Bush Department of Justice. Now mind you, this doesn’t mean Stevens is innocent. It just means they were incompetent.
So now what? (Here’s where the mirror gets all gauzy, and we start to slip into Looking Glass World) Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich issues a statement that says, in effect: We think that IF Alaskans had known five months ago that the prosecuting attorneys were bad enough to get the case thrown out, that people PROBABLY would have voted for Stevens instead of Begich. So, if we knew THEN what we know NOW, we probably never would have elected Begich. There fore, we should ask this sitting U.S. Senator to RESIGN, and we should have a special election to fill his seat.
Hearing this, I had a “palms on face” moment, which seems to be happening with increasing frequency these days. It was one of those moments when I knew that some out of state friend was going to ask me, “What is wrong with you people?” And I would have to say, “I know….I know.” But what can I say. It’s Randy Ruedrich, and you just never can tell with him.
But then, a little while later, who joined in the delusional cry for Begich’s head? Oh, you guessed it. Sarah Palin. Yup, the woman who wants to lead your country in 2012, just called for the resignation of a sitting senator from her own state because, if we could turn back time, and also gain the ability to see into the future, things might have been different. Sounds good to her.
If we’re playing by those rules, I can think of several elected officials in the state that might be ousted and forced to run again to defend their seats in a special election. If we only knew then what we know now.
Palin’s call came after a reporter at the Fairbanks News Miner emailed her a copy of a statementby Alaska Republican Party Chairman Randy Ruedrich calling for Begich to step down.
Asked for her response, Palin simply wrote back: “I absolutely agree.”
When the reporter wrote back to confirm that Palin meant she’d like to see Begich resign in order to hold a special election, the governor responded: “Yes.”
In an email to POLITICO, Palin spokeswoman Meg Stapleton confirmed the governor’s position. “She absolutely agrees that there should be a special election,” Stapleton wrote. “Stepping down to hold the special election would be the right thing to do.”
Doesn’t Meg Stapleton work for SarahPAC now? She’s not supposed to be speaking for the governor about state business is she? Ohhhhhh….(smacks forehead)….it’s Looking Glass World. I forgot.
“In light of the good news yesterday, I am sure many of us wish we could turn the clock back to last November,” said Begich’s Senate colleague, Lisa Murkowski, R-Alaska. “Unfortunately, that is not an option.”
Rep. Don Young told Fox News Channel after Wednesday’s announcement by Holder that although he thought Stevens “would have have won hands-down. I would say by 70 percent had the Justice Department investigation not figured into his re-election campaign.
“The seated senator there, Mark Begich, will be in the Senate, he will do a good job,” Young said in the Fox interview. “It’s just sad that Alaskans were frankly hoodwinked into malfeasance of office work by the Justice Department itself.”
The bold, italicizes parts I agree with. OK, before people start turning into sheep, and I see a bunch of bizarre insects and talking flowers, I gotta get out of this place.
At least those Alaskans who support Senator Murkowski and Rep. Don Young can, in this instance, consider themselves part of the “Non-deranged Wing of the Republican party.
Palin & Ruedrich Mentioned in the same breath. A sunshine, sunshine – what will the sunshine reveal next?
“He thought he saw an Argument
That proved he was the Pope:
he looked again, and found it was
A Bar of Mottled Soap
`A fact so dread`, he faintly said,
`Extinguishes all hope!`
From Sylvie and Bruno Concluded
Lewis Carroll
My head is spinning!! Isn’t Ruedrich the guy that Palin accused of being unethical and as you said, what is Stapletongue doing speaking about Government business? And AKM, you are agreeing with Don Young!!
My oh my, and I haven’t even read the previous two posts. Such goings on.
My jaw literally dropped on this one as I stared at the computer and said “What!” out loud. Not that that’s so odd, but it is almost 2 am, and hubby is already asleep – I try to be quiet when I stay up this late, which usually means I don’t talk to the computer. There’s something odd about that anyway.
Well, I can’t really say that I’m surprised that this issue came up. It’s the first thing I thought of when I heard that Ted Stevens was getting off scott free on all those charges. I am surprised that Palin is foolish enough to go on record saying it though. Um, well, maybe I’m not that surprised after all.
I used to watch soaps in the afternoon back in the 70s and 80s, and Guiding Light was one that I watched. Turns out that it’s coming to an end. I gave up the soaps quite a while ago, but now I realize that news from Alaska has filled any void I’ve felt over not watching the soaps anymore.
Absolutely incredible.
Fact is indeed stranger than fiction. Just when I think it can’t get any stranger – it does. Looking Glass? Rabbit Hole? RIght on AKM! Thanks!
How many times did Palin say that Stevens should step down, BEFORE the end of his trial ?
Palin is just sooooooo desperate to keep her name in the news these days, she even sent Todd out, to work his jaw.
What next? I hate to think! When is Alaskas’ deadline for the stimulus monies? Is it tomorrow?
Palin does need to approve the funds , apparently the state legislatures cannot request it on their own. Lord help Alaskans on this !
This artilcle from Mclatchy explains how it works;
Sanford gives in on stimulus, will seek funds for S.C.
http://www.mcclatchydc.com/homepage/story/65407.html
Bizarro, she just topped herself, is now saying the Dorf pick should stand
http://www.adn.com/news/politics/aksenate/story/746578.html?qwxq=6816392&commentSort=TimeStampAscending&pageNum=4&&&mi_pluck_action=page_nav#Comments_Container
Lewis Carroll could write about some very scary things sometimes. Kids’ stories, baloney!
AKM: “…if we could turn back time, and also gain the ability to see into the future, things might have been different. Sounds good to her.
“If we’re playing by those rules, I can think of several elected officials in the state that might be ousted and forced to run again to defend their seats in a special election. If we only knew then what we know now.”
Ah, AKM, are you thinking about the same Her Royal Majesty I’m thinking of?
Again, where is the line drawn? Who decides what to do? Alaska has very few guiding principles, so we are forced to trust those in charge. It’s time for some principles to be set in stone.
I knew I’ find it, this is a good article about Ted Stevens too;
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/the-lieonization-of-alask_b_182578.html
Shannyn MooreJust a girl from Homer.
Posted April 2, 2009 | 10:54 PM (EST)
The LIEonization of Alaska Senator Ted Stevens
Last year, Sarah Palin, while on the campaign trail, called for Stevens’ resignation. “He needs to step aside and allow our state to elect someone who will be supportive of those ideals of America – the free enterprise, the missions that we’re on to win the war, those things that have got to take place in order to progress this country. Ted Stevens has got to play a very statesmanlike role in this now.”
Is anyone really surprised to find out that Bush’s DOJ screwed the investigation and prosecution? The folks throughout the DOJ at the time were mostly Liberty University Law graduates whose primary qualification to practice law or work in government hinged on whether or not someone was Christian Republican enough. . . What we are facing right now are Rummy’s Unknown Knowns. And given the voting record of the American Public (not just in Alaska) over the last few years, the Founding Fathers of this country may well wish we had stayed part of the English Empire.
Lewis Carroll
Sylvie and Bruno
“The Chancellor bit his lip, and was silent. He evidently feared that, stupid as she looked, she understood what she said THIS time, and was having a joke at his expense. He might have spared himself all anxiety: whatever accidental meaning her WORDS might have, she HERSELF never meant anything at all.”
Just quoting….
@UK Lady
Nice one on the Anonymity. She wants to know who voted Grussendorf out. At this point the Democrats should say “We all did! Now ya know!”
(Monarchy? Is it that? The royal “We” and all that?)
Sarah’s position is too obvious and self serving. If she can apply her delusional thinking to the US Senate election process, she can apply it to the Presidential election. Therefore, McCain/Palin would have won, if it wasn’t for that political witch hunt know as TrooperGate, where her self appointed ethics committee found her innocent. The legislature reached a different conclusion but that was just politics.
So Sarah’s wants a do-over of the Presidential election.
Every day, Alaska gets a little more asinine and pathetic.
From Huff Post:
Alaska Gov. Palin dismisses political road bumps
“I would never accomplish anything and our administration would be ineffective if all I did was try to please those who look for anything to be negative about,” [Palin] said Thursday.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/huff-wires/20090403/palin-s-bad-week/
Just an idea…. AKM..??
Martha (post 9 ) shows the quote from GINO last year. I am sure there is a YouTube or and ADN video recording of her making that statement. (could that be found??)
It would be nice to see that recording posted here…so that people could be reminded that she REALLY did make that statement. Wouldn’t want to misinterpret the Queen’s Official statement . When the Queen of the Kingdom makes these announcements… is it proclaimed beforehand with those big long trumpets alerting the Peasants of her presence beforehand..? And who is the ‘Court Jester’ for the day…?
Based on the Joke -r… it sounds like that would be Randy Ruedrich.
Truly an “Alice” moment. I, too (also), thought it freakish to find myliberalself agreeing with Don Young… Of. All. People.
O T (actually it refers to this topic)
Shannyn more has a new story posted for Friday on Huffpo.
Palin: Burning Bridges EVERYWHERE .
Quote ” Just when I think Sarah Palin must have gone off her meds…she demonstrates she has…”
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/shannyn-moore/palin-burning-bridges-to_b_182662.html
I have no words! Absolutely none.
Did Palin use her State of Alaska email account to respond to the reporter about this partisan political issue of wanting Begich to resign? This is the automatic response one gets when writing to the governor:
Alaska law prohibits the use of state equipment or resources for campaign or partisan political purposes. Please do not send any messages concerning campaign or partisan political activities to this e-mail address or any other state of Alaska office. Also, please do not send donations, contributions, or written correspondence to the state Office of the Governor or any other state of Alaska office. Information about elections and candidates can be found at the Alaska Division of Elections website, http://www.elections.alaska.gov/cand08g.php
Note: This message tells you not to send any messages concerning partisan political activities AFTER its already been sent. Until a few months ago, this message used to be boldly on the front page of the gov’s website so people would know BEFOREHAND not to send any political partisan or campaign messages. So, I wonder what email account the reporter used to pose the question to Palin…and I wonder what email account used to respond to the reporter.
Maybe Sarah wants a new Senate election so Uncle Ted doesn’t run for governor! Maybe it is a declaration that it is now OK to have someone “build” you a house!
From Dan Fagan
The evidence continues to mount proving that Governor Sarah Palin is not grounded in policy or issues but instead governs out of pettiness.
http://thealaskastandard.com/?q=content/palin-pettiness-takes-back-seat-only-ambition
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Palin must be teteering on the edge by now!!
Poor Meg. Not so bright, that one, it’s like I said on my site, they need to figure out if she’s Sarah’s “spokeswoman”, the Palin family spokesperson or Sarah’s prom date.
That is one confused young lady, I’m starting to gather.
http://ohcrapihaveacrushonsarahpalin.blogspot.com/2009/03/conservatives-please-please-please-get.html
lol
You AK Folks need to stock up on the Tums/Rolaids. Friday is the deadline for the Stimulus, and (frankly) your Gov is more crackers than a case of pilot bread.
So true, who needs Soap Operas when we can keep checking between the fantastic progressive blogs up there!
Hey Ted, this is my reaction to the newws about this story when it broke yesterday.
Hahahahahahahahhaa, OH Oh Wait, Wait, Wait,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha. Oh God, That was the best laugh I have ever had. And the old fool actually thinks because the charges were dropped on some screw ups by the justice dept that he isn’t guilty. You old crook. Your as crooked as the letter S. Give it a rest and thank your lucky stars they aren’t coming after you. Keep making these ridiculous demands and they just might. But thanks for the laughs anyway. Hahahahahahahahahahahaha
Anyway, Goodmorning to all the Mudpups out there. Time for me to head out to work. TGIF, Woooopeeee. Its 8:00 am here in sunny Halifax N.S. and I hope all pups have a grea and wonderful day. ceeya all later on the Flats.
A lot of us are thinking Lewis Carrol. This was my comment on Shannyn Moore’s blog a few hours ago:
Absolutely boggling. “Lieonizing” Stevens is a good one, but I expect the Republicans will lie on.
If you think about it, this goes beyond lying. Lying respects the demands of logic, that one is expected to be rational, so if the facts don’t logically produce the desired result, the liar alters the facts. This is something else. It’s like a toddler who hasn’t yet learned to lie, who doesn’t understand that he or she is expected to make sense, and just says things are whatever he or she wants them to be. It’s one non sequitur after another, and not that far from magical thinking.
The Republican Party is not so much on the wrong side of history as on the wrong side of the looking-glass. To paraphrase Dave Barry, please change the bag in this leadership vacuum.
I wouldn’t mind a special election at all… in fact lets have it.
Begich has join forces with the Blue Dogs, who in my opinion are worse than Republicans. The Blue Dogs pledge to block reconciliation on Heath Care and Environmental reform has 100% guaranteed a Republican filibuster.
We have been defeated by our own party, not Republicans. DINO’s are obstructionist, no different than Republicans and should be weeded out. If a Republican replaces them, so be it, no difference anyway.
I really shouldn’t diagnose from afar, but what you guys have as an absentee gov is a full blown borderline personality disorder. Hopefully the good folks of AK will come to their senses next time around.
But on an upscale note, the bitch is dead in the water nationally. You betcha. And too.
If all the whiney , dopey Rethugs think Uncle Ted got a raw deal , what about this fella ?? I mean seriously.
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/siegelman_stevens_case_is_dropped_so_why_not_mine.php
As soon as I heard that the charges against Stevens were dropped I wondered when this would happen. Well, if we can turn back the clock and get a redo I’d like to go back to Nov of 2000 please.
Here you go – Thinkprogress has sarah’s past statements on Uncle Ted.
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/02/palin-begich-stevens/
Ah, Sarah, the gift that keeps on giving! On behalf of all Democrats, I thank you, Sarah, for remaining true to your principles…of lunacy!
There’s obviously no one left in the Queen’s administration who can tell her when to STFU. Off with their heads! (No more Mrs. Nice Gov…she’s out of Turkish Delight to calm the masses.)
(Yes, I’m mixing my queen metaphors, but AKM has put too many compelling images in my head! GINO is turning out to be the perfect composite of all evil queens.)
Bwaahaahaahaahaahaahaahaa. “As the Stomach Turns” never fails to deliver and delight. Oh dear God, I didn’t think it was possible for her to out-do herself after the “bogus” and “asinine” comments. What song was it that says, “She’s come undone…”
This is where I find the republicans hypocritical and dangerous.
Hypocritical, because they scream about the role of government about how it should be the last resort and about the activist judges.
In the Begich, they would like the government to step in and the courts to rule about removing a sitting senator and having another election.
None of the above could happen without government and judicial interference with state and federal law.
Dangerous because of they, the republicans feel that they can and should be allowed to do this.
Overturn a valid election because one of their own, they feel, was slighted.
This is a dangerous precedent to even consider.
And the age old question, can you imagine the OUTRAGE if Democrats considered this???????
I wonder if Alaskans would like to re-visit some other elections knowing what they know now?
With Palin’s (via Meg Stapleton’s) latest statement, I again wonder: what is the state of Palin’s mental health?
Hey Sarah…here’s a proposal for you…Begich will resign and re-run for senator in a special election if YOU also resign and re-run fro governor in a special election. I think Begich would win again, and you…? I fear you would not. Also. Too.
Maybe SP is going Britney Spears??? Considering a lot of her attitudes toward LAWS I wasn’t aware that she considered “legal” opinions as something to abide by. The GOOP is doing everything they can to keep Dems from reaching 60. You think we’ll see Al Franken seated in 2009??? Anywho, happy Friday!
Begich makes his stand
http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/4/3/716074/-Begich-to-Alaska-GOP:Im-not-resigning
He is still corrupt. He was NOT cleared. He got off on a technicality.
and he is a little past his “sell by” date anyway!
Wait a minute … Sarah is okay with Stevens’ pork hustling now? She would go back to that? And here I thought she was all “thanks, but no thanks.”
I’m reminded of the line “Well, enough about me. What do you think about me?”
Here is the theme song for the Rethugs in AK. Steele would approve.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7eDc4d2TXM
In the last few months I have posted negative things about Sarah Palin on many blogs. But this truly is surreal. I believe if I were Alaskan I might have to flee the state over this one. IS THIS WOMAN TRULY DELUSIONAL?. This basically tells everyone she is SO deeply involved in the realm of magical thinking and will never get out of it–she’s dangerous.
In her reality If she had ONLY answered the Couric questions correctly– John McCain would have won the election. Well, since she might know the answers to them now–shouldn’t we have the election again?
OMG!
I LOVE TIME TRAVEL ! If I could go back in time, I’d fix the investigation of Ted Stevens, not fix the election.
But thats just me. My first thought isn’t “fixing” elections.
If I could go back in time, I’d show McCain Sarah’s interview with Katie Couric, before he picked her.
If I could go back in time, I’d show everyone Bush admitting there were no WMDs in Iraq.
SMACK!
Okay back to reality.
Can we have some sound bytes from the GOP about moving forward, and not looking back, please.
A synopsis of Sarah’s bad week.
http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5hdFwzHaZTjK6T-mnM2bMI26S5qJQD97B03T80
OT, austintx…..I thought you was a girl!!!
Ted Stevens is 85 years old. Why doesn’t he just stay home and relax? I mean does he really need to go back to Washington?
Freakout in Kansas Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 4:46 AM
Hey Sarah…here’s a proposal for you…Begich will resign and re-run for senator in a special election if YOU also resign and re-run from governor in a special election. I think Begich would win again, and you…? I fear you would not. Also. Too.
GREAT idea, Freakout! I’m all for it. I’d love to see Sarah out and on some talk circuit where her idiot rantings don’t hurt innocent people but can still be entertaining to hear like the insdane rantings of a soapbox Doomsayer or Glenn Beck.
Hey Sarah, I had a chat with Dr. Who and he said going back in time doesn’t quite work that way. Going back in time isn’t the same as an alternate universe, Snowflake, which is what you’re proposing. An alternate universe is much harder to do, and you’re no Time Lord.
Can I grab a mallet and smash the Looking Glass while Sarah’s still in it? I’ll take seven years bad luck as an easy trade. I’ve lived through eight years bad luck with Booosh so this will be a year easier.
Wow. Only in Sarahland… I think my brain just burst a few synapses.
But what do yo expect from someone who doesn’t know her own job, ethics, or the job of the Vice President for crying out loud!
“insane”, not “insdane”. Finger slipped…
I have been waiting for this. I just knew some idiot would suggest Begich step down. No surprise GINO agrees.
I have been thinking for months that Alaskan Politics are just like a soap opera. So I agree with Pat in Washington. I can just see Susan Lucci playing Gino! LMAO The only thing is if it was written for a soap we would all be saying “OH PLEASE, like that would ever happen!” ROFLMAO
Irishgirl Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:12 AM
OT, austintx…..I thought you was a girl!!!
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Am I in trouble now ??
This is the point in the show where Rod Serling is supposed to step out, cigarette in hand, and explain that we are now in the Twilight Zone.
I used to think Sarah Palin was just not very bright.
Now I’m certain that she’s unhinged as well.
I have decided to take up transcendental meditation. I must either do that or quit reading about Sarah Palin’s newest affront to the Contitution, which she apparently thinks is just suggested etiquette. (Ooops — I misspoke. Replace the word “thinks” with “sees.” This woman doesn’t think…at all.)
OMG! I think it’s time for Sarah to have a long rest in a quiet room with quilted wallpaper! It just gets weirder and weirder. You can’t make this stuff up! Is there anyone left whom she has not alienated?????
told ya, State of AK & SarahPAC overlap! follow the money…
Tealwomin Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 5:59 AM
told ya, State of AK & SarahPAC overlap! follow the money…
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Yup Yup !!
With every passing minute and with every utterance out of her mouth, Sarah Palin renders herself less and less relevant in anyone’s political scenario. She also manages, at the exact same time, to convincingly prove the theory that here is woman who is just not operating with a full deck.
I guess it would never cross any Ted apologist’s mind that perhaps many Alaska voters recognized that having a sitting Senator who was INDICTED on seven felony counts, let alone convicted, was reason enough to say, ‘Thanks but no thanks.’
Un-freaking-believable!!
Gino misses her ‘coffee’ connection
Curiouser and curiouser…and Palin makes me furiouser and furiouser!
ADN-BREAKING NEWS
New developments in Begich “resignation scandal”.
http://www.adn.com/erin-rogers/story/746673.html
OT Shameless self promotion.
Celtic Deva at Blue Oasis
Posted a goofy copy-cat cut and paste saterical ad promoting her promotion of frivilous lawsuits apparently in response to my graphic Ad where I have Palin selling her services. :
http://content.glidesociety.com/image.aspx?id=fd56cec6-6a98-4db7-9195-ade2062cc075
Check out Diva’s Blue Oasis. Link to the right –>
Alaska GOP described as “fringiest of the fringe”…….
http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2009/04/alaska_gop_stevens_decision_means_begich_should_re.php?ref=fp2
Don Young says that Stevens should run against Palin for GOV in 2010!!
Let the food fight begin!
Well – here ya go !!!
http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/2009/04/levi_johnston.php
Well geez, if we’re going to call “do overs” because hindsight is 20-20, can we revisit Gore v Bush? The stupidity, it burns.
I feel like I’ve fallen off the toilet, hit my head and invented the Flux Capacitor.
Oh that’s right! I DIDN’T! And it’s not real! Cuz it’s a movie! Right. Sorry.
If Palin’s logic holds – she should also step down as Governor and the state of AK gets a do over as well.
Plus – Palin should also erase that “former VP candidate” thing from her resume cuz CLEARLY, knowing ALL that we know now about her – McCain would like to take back his nomination.
Sounds nuts?? Well not if you have a Flux Capacitor!!!
OT Levi will be on Tara Banks show on Monday talking about Did GINO know you & bristol was having sex. OH MY………..Just reported on MSNABC
Levi will be on Tyra Banks show monday.MSNBC just showed a clip
just heard levi did tyra bank’s show
delnorteco
Levi will be on Tyra Banks show monday.MSNBC just showed a clip
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Is that his Mother sitting next to his sister?
GINO’s getting ridiculously desperate to hang on to those 15 minutes.
hey . . . stupidity is no respecter of intelligence.
Levi….and the money starts rolling in….
Everybody can make money off of ‘knowing’ GINO,
…hey it’s the Palin way don’t ya know?
hey lets send GINO our wishes for BACK TRACKIN’
I wantto go back and be the inventor of the internet…
I wanna go back and not get married -then I wouldn’t have gone thru a messy divorce…
SILLY…YES, but so is GINO & it’s Friday
April’s fool last a day GINO, it’s not a week long event, or in your case 4 years
Here it is again. I put it up ^ there.
http://tyrashow.warnerbros.com/2009/04/levi_johnston.php
When logic and proportion
Have fallen sloppy dead
And the White Knight is talking backwards
And the White Queen’s “off her Meds!!!!!!!
Keeping with the Alice in wonderland theme her.
SP should just keep her big mouth shut and finish her term and retire. Also, we really don’t give a rats a** about her daughter and Levi. Kind of sick in my opinion.
over @ D/kos…
I think she should go back to the Middle Ages where she can more easily find people who share her beliefs.
…If Ted Stevens wasn’t a corrupt senator, doesn’t that mean that William Ayers was never a terrorist?
funny
FOR ANDREE…
She posted this on SOA website:
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE No. 09-70
Governor Comments on Dismissal of Charges Against Stevens
April 1, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Governor Sarah Palin today released the following statement in response to the dismissal of the indictment against former U.S. Senator Ted Stevens: “Senator Stevens deserves to be very happy today. What a horrible thing he has endured. The blatant attempts by adversaries to destroy one’s reputation, career and finances are an abuse of our well-guarded process and violate our God-given rights afforded in the Constitution. It is a frightening thing to contemplate what we may be witnessing here – the undermining of the political process through unscrupulous ploys and professional misconduct. Senator Stevens and I had lunch together recently at my home and he reiterated the faith he held for vindication; he never gave up hope. It is unfortunate that, as a result of the questionable proceedings which led to Senator Stevens’ conviction days before the election, Alaskans lost an esteemed statesman on Capitol Hill. His presence is missed.”
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Tealwomin Says:
…If Ted Stevens wasn’t a corrupt senator, doesn’t that mean that William Ayers was never a terrorist?
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LOL !! No S^*T !!
I used to think Sarah Palin was just not very bright.
Now I’m certain that she’s unhinged as well.
See now I thought just the opposite Wolf. Went with unhinged almost immediately.
LEVI JOHNSTON GIVES TYRA BANKS INTERVIEW
airs on Monday. Should be interesting.
And of course SP would say that considering she’s been ”indicted” by the people on multiple ethics charges but still governs even when found guilty by the Branchflower report.
The other legs who agree, though, really sheds light on the way government is run around Alaska.
Austintx….kos is great for the funny bone!
…I guess in order to go forward, the Repugs think we have to go backwards, guess that’s what the big old R stands for=reverse
So GINO is stating “blatant attempts by adversaries to destroy Stevens…” Who is she calling “adversaries”? The FBI? It was on the Republican Administration’s clock, that Stevens was investigated in the first place. She is so beyond cuckoo.
Good point about what email account Palin used to respond. Also, why is Meg Stapleton acting as Palin’s spokesperson for this. Isn’t she with the SarahPAC now? Is everyone associated with Palin nuts?
She makes no sense at all, but I guess I don’t have to tell you that. She wants Begich to resign because of what Ted Stevens did? If that is the case, then she should resign because of what Levi’s mom did. Ummm, maybe I have something here, ah heck, I don’t.
Did SP say she had lunch in her home with a convicted felon a few weeks ago (before the overturn).
Someone please ask her how she can pal around with convicts and still expect the support of the people.
She’s such a hypocrite
Go Levi!!!! I knew that in the end we could count on you.
clock full ‘O nuts…
“But the point is that what I found at a very young age was that if you only think about yourself… over the long term, I think you get bored… I think if you’re only thinking about yourself, your life becomes diminished and that the way to live a full life is to think about what can I do for others? How can I be part of this larger project in making a better world?” ~ President Obama at a Town Hall meeting in Strasbourg, France. Wow, and to think he’s ours. (((Obama)))
PLEASE…This is not official………Palin is just making you mad so you take the eyes off the ball, off the issues of governing efficiently.
Sarah Palin is a troll. Do not feed her.
Insist that she addresses the issues of government. Do not give up.
The m@###@$ is dangerous!
Anything to be able to say “Sarah goes to Washington”!
Now that all Alaskans know about the flurry of GINO-gates, perhaps it is time for her to step down and give the citizens the do-over that she seems to think they deserve.
ADN has a story now where Sarah is refusing to accept the pick of the Senate Dems when they rejected GruesomeDork. She says it has to be all of the Senators to confirm, not the Senators from the party in question.
Geez Lady – get a GRIP. Talk about a naked power grab.
OMG Can’t fix stupid!!! What a moron…LMAO
I am seriously considering sending an email to Palin thanking her for her support of Ted Stevens and William Ayres (o:
Loving the comments from fellow mudpuppies and thanks for so many great links!
Let’s hope that Ted Stevens shows some kind of statesman-ship, and make a nice little jab at the stupidity of GINO’s remarks. Of course that may be hoping for a lot, but it could happen.
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Regarding Levi: He has been one of GINO’s victims and it would be nice if he took away her star power on the media circuit. Go Levi!
Wow, you can get a do over just because you lost? I can’t wait to tell my poker buddies…
Happy Hussein Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 AM
Wow, you can get a do over just because you lost? I can’t wait to tell my poker buddies…
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I wonder if that works that way for Lotto Numbers to ? LMAO
Sarah is a ridiculous caricature of a never once sane person:
She wanted Ruederich to step down (she filed ethics charges against him)
She called for Stevens to step down (he was indicted/convicted)
She is calling for Begich to step down (the only clean guy in the room)
Steven’s was indicted for palling around with convicts so to speak. That the conviction may be set aside doesn’t mean he’s not guilty or shouldn’t have been charged in the first place. What about all those people in jails now who are victims of incompetent lawyers and miscarries of justice.
Please recall Palin, please
To: Alaskans
From: Meg Stapleton
SarahPAC is conducting a poll to find out how many of you would have voted differently in 2006 if you knew you were voting for someone who has (before or since) lied about:
-how closely involved her unelected husband would be in all sorts of decisions and deliberations;
-the fact that her children were not invited to, nor were state employees at, numerous events to which the governor was invited and for which she
collected state money for the children;
-her collection of tens of thousands of dollars in per diem for living in her own house while claiming Juneau as her duty station;
-her numerous claims on the campaign trail that Alaska is “building a gas pipeline” and that she told Congress “thanks but no thanks” for the “bridge to nowhere”;
-her numerous claims at numerous times over the course of these many months that she would meet with legislators in Alaska, with leaders of her
party and of various national groups, all of which she or hers spokespeople have had to cancel with little or no explanation;
-the fact that her administration was “open and transparent” in spite of the fact that she and her administration have spent considerable time, money and effort to block public access to records that are of clear and legitimate public interest and import.
Who wants a special election for governor now?
Please answer here.
ps Sarah Palin’s demand that Begich resign was done in her capacity as the co-leader- along with Rush Limbaugh- of SarahPAC, not in her capacity as
governor. If you don’t understand the difference, that’s too bad for you, because we don’t either.
Sarah as SarahPAC leader wants a vacancy now, so she can run for Senate.
Sarah as governor hopes to have a long and harmonious relationship with
Senator Begich.
And now she is trying to tell the legislature what its rules have to be with respect to appointments. Showdown at the OK Corral coming soon to theaters everywhere.
Hahah, Don Young just stated that he would like to see Stevens run for Governor.
Of course this ridiculous call keeps her name in the National news which is exactly what she wants. She called for Stevens to resign when she was campaigning and now comes the turn-the-face-speak-out-of-other-side-of-it wail that Begich resign. I guess she forgot about that but then it’s easy to “forget” things you don’t really mean. Sad that Alaska is still getting jumbled about by the agitator that is Sarah. And I thought it was bad here in IL with our now 2nd consecutive Governor to be indicted on federal charges.
Keep at it AKM. The rest of the USA needs to be constantly reminded how close they came to setting off a nuclear ignorance bomb.
Once again we see the RepoTaliban’s attitude, that the public is so stupid that they would overlook the undoubted fact that Stevens is guilty.
If Sarah wants Begich out she should find a legal way to remove him. Why should he be expected to sacrifice his legal election as the corrective for the incompetency’s of her party’s DOJ so that a known crook could get a second chance to win?
That would of course disenfranchise every Alaskan who voted for Begish. Great leadership Gov! Take another couple of points off her popularity polls.
Disenfranchising already cast votes is something the RepoTaliban are good at, so it’s nice of Sarah to throw the Alaskan voters under the bus to get Stevens, what no other American running for public office has ever had, not even for the Presidency, a complete reelection. Even though she is not claiming that the election itself was tainted. No voter fraud, no butterfly ballots, no voter suppression, just an egregiously guilty candidate, no lost ballots.
Oh, and Sarah if you do figure a way to get Begish out of Congress be sure to insist that all his votes be expunged so Stevens vote can replace his and we can just start rolling history backwards. Just so long as it rolls all the way to 2000 and you un-cheat Duhbya out of the White House and un-invade Iraq and un-kill half a million to a million Iraquis, 5000 Americans…… and un-screw our economy, undrown New Orleans citizens….. and untorture the innocent… undestroy America’s credibility around the world…..
Ah well! At least as long as people like Palin, Bachamnn, Cohen, Steele and the cast of the Rocky Horror Picture Show keep speaking for the GOP, that party will probably remain in the minority, at least nationally.
Know any independents or moderates voters who would vote for Newt?
I agree, it is bizarre. The people voted. Begich won the election. Begich hasn’t done anything wrong.
As far as whether Stevens would have won or not — there is no way to know that. We go beyond mind reading at this point and are entering a zone of alternate realities. It doesn’t matter what party it happened to!! It’s a done deal — it’s over — finito — the end — they lived happily ever after!
Regarding Stevens — I absolutely agree that the key point is that Stevens wasn’t cleared of wrong doing AT ALL — just that Holder said the case wouldn’t be continued because he would have had to defend the case against the allegations of improper procedures by the previous administrations government lawyers. He said nothing about whether Stevens was guilty or not guilty — it was dropped for other reasons.
OT: Levi’s appearance (which will also include his Mom speaking too as Tyra mentioned in on her show this morning) on Tyra’s show on Monday is now on front page of Huff.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/03/levi-johnston-talks-safe_n_182795.html
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Levi tells Tyra that Palin knew her daughter was sexually active…lol;
Johnston talks abstinence, Palin
April 3: Msnbc.com’s Courtney Hazlett discusses Levi Johnston’s appearance on a daytime talk show and the political hurdles this may pose for Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin.
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/25067201/vp/30030155#30030155
Stevens vs Palin. Now there is a republican primary to believe in. Levi’s mom must have brought a fresh oxycontin supply down to republican party headquarters.
OK y’all- if anyone says to me that Begich should resign and a special election should be called I will ask them to read a transcript of Ted’s testimony-under oath- where he admits to having all the smaller gifts-the grill alone is almost $1,000 value- but he either didn’t want them, didn’t ask for them or they weren’t the model he asked for. In his reasoning, he shouldn’t have to claim them because the gifts didn’t meet his expectations. He also asked for receipts for the work on his house. too bad they didn’t give the receipts to him- not his problem. I would have liked to see the jaws drop on the jury hearing this. This testimony was all they needed to convict him and convict him they did. I don’t want a convicted felon representing me in congress or anywhere. We finally got this brazen loudmouth out of there and it suits me fine.
I hope that Levi is careful, he is dealing with some serious unstable people. They do not see the world as most of us.
This story on Huff makes reference to Gov Sanford of South Carolina:
Gov. Mark Sanford will comply with a midnight Friday stimulus deadline and become the last governor in the nation to seek millions of dollars in federal economic-recovery funds for his state.
That being said, was it decided about the stimulus for Alaska?? If there was a meeting finally held, I must of been sleeping!!
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/02/sanford-gives-in-on-stimu_n_182631.html
lol it appears that was one press release that didn’t come out Canadian Neighbour..
GINO couldn’t win the Guv’s seat in Alaska against Stevens (a seedy character), let alone win a primary fight with the likes of Romney, Jindal, Huckabee and Pawlenty. She would get such a bloody nose it is almost worth wishing it would happen, just for the fun of watching.
So Palin is asking for a do-over on the last election? No surprise there.
Hey folks, historical revisionism isn’t anything new for the Right. Witness the continuing efforts of Cheney, et. al. to revise the actual events of the last 8 years. But it seems like we should get to play that game too. If we had known in 2004 that Bush, Cheney and their crew were all escapees from the asylum for the criminally insane would we have elected them….oh wait….we DID know and elected them anyway. My bad…….
SP seems to be a bad as any brush fire blowing in whatever direction the wind will take it..
For her downtime reading at home with Meg and Todd, maybe we all could gather up a few bucks and send them a copy of the US CONSTITUTION..More precisely, Article 1 starting with section 3….IF she and her mighty band of buffoons can find a loophole where throngs of constitutional lawyers and scholars have not been able to for hundreds of years that allows Begich to be removed for some other reason than stated then more power to them…
Hint: It will be a LONG 2009 for these three….that’s assuming any of them can actually read.
109Martha Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:10 AM
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Levi tells Tyra that Palin knew her daughter was sexually active…lol;
Johnston talks abstinence, Palin
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What are the GINO Bible thumpers going to say about there beloved Sarah allowing her unmarried daughter to have sex in her own bed with Mom & Dad sleeping in the next room , right under there nose. My God could you just imagine Obama girls doing something like that.
Two active volcanoes in Alaska continue to cause chaos. One spews ash. The other IS one.
off topic at 101: agree with most everything except the idea that begich is ‘clean’. that doesn’t mean he should resign.
OffT – The Johnstons on Tyra Banks: The first Wasilla hillbilly spin-off!
OnT – Sarah Palin wants a mulligan!
As mentioned by a couple mudpups earlier, Alaska politics is a veritable soap opera. You have to tune in every day to see what happens, and there’s always at least one crisis each week that leaves you hanging on and waiting for Monday’s broadcast. You can’t make this stuff up. Really.
OooH HaaaHaaaaaaaa Sorry AKM to post again and OT, just lurked on c4Gino and they only just got news of the Levi tape on Tyra, they are worried a little bit, but not too much because “not many people watch it”, they are as absolutely clueless as their little tinpot dictatoress.
114Tewise Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:22 AM
lol it appears that was one press release that didn’t come out Canadian Neighbour..
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Thought I had hit the snooze button once too often.
The article said Sanford was the last to comply which implies Palin already has. Now the question is for what and what not???
Oh Sherlock AKM!!! Got some splainin to do!!
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
‘Beware the Jabberwock (Sarah Palin), my son!
The jaws that bite, the claws that catch!
Beware the Jubjub bird (Megan Stapleton), and shun
The frumious Bandersnatch (Randy “Snatch the election away” Ruederich!’
He took his vorpal sword in hand:
Long time the manxome foe he sought —
So rested he by the Tumtum tree,
And stood a while in thought.
And, as in uffish thought he stood,
The Jabberwock (Sarah P.), with eyes of flame,
Came whiffling through the tulgey wood,
And burbled (you betcha) as it came!
One two! One two! And through and through
The vorpal blade went snicker-snack!
He left it dead, and with its head
He went galumphing back.
‘And hast thou slain the Jabberwock?
Come to my arms, my beamish boy!
Oh frabjous day! Callooh! Callay!’
He chortled in his joy.
‘Twas brillig, and the slithy toves
Did gyre and gimble in the wabe:
All mimsy were the borogoves,
And the mome raths outgrabe.
And so shall Alaskans some day rid themselves of the Jabberwock, JuJub Bird and the Bandersnatch!
Canadian Neighbour – I have no idea what’s happening with Alaska’s position on the stimulus funding. I don’t have TV, so I’m dependent on the internet for news. Nothing.
There was a meeting in Juneau with the legislature and the governor scheduled for yesterday afternoon. I can find no information about the proceeding or outcome. A handful of legislators were not present in Juneau yesterday.
Is the adult Governor of Alaska trying to play by the childhood rules of do-over and take back?
If Palin wants to play do-over, why doesn’t she want to do-over the lawful prosecution of Ted Stevens?
It was the prosecution of Ted Stevens that was flawed, not the election of Begich.
My goodness. In the world of silly unrealistic inept sophomoric biased partisan political ideas, Palin keeps out-doing herself.
What the hell is going on up there. Does this have something to do with spring-fever?
It’s funny that Sarah thinks she’s a viable candidate for anything, and terrifying that anybody else does.
She’s spinning faster out of control.
OT but interesting Levi Johnston’s interview with Tyra Banks on Huffington Post, about sharing a bedroom in Palin’s house with Bristol, and the “malfunction” that led to her pregnancy. Family Values, you betcha!
Sarah (lost in wonderland) Palin…wanted Ted Stevens to step down before she wanted him to step back up….what a ditz!
I am so very proud to be a resident of this wonderful state in which we live…I have but one regret…that Sarah Palin is also, too, the great Ronald Reagen.
Well now we see who Sarah really is. Randy Ruedrich, is a person she believes is unethical to the point that she filed charges against him. But…..when he says something that trigers her ambitions button, she jumps on his bandwagon…..Never mind that what he suggests is unconstitutional.
This is a big problem for the State of Alaska. You have an unethical Governor blowing in the wind. Head like a doorknob, feather in the wind crazy Governor.
OT — according to Huffpo, “Us magazine.com has some additional quotes, including that he [Levi Johnston] believes Sarah Palin knew he and Bristol were sexually active, as they shared a bedroom.”
“I’m pretty sure she probably knew,” says Johnston. “Moms are pretty smart.”
Uh, I’d suggest a rewrite of that first sentence ….
Anyone else miss the good old days, when there used to be something called shame, when a teenage boy would not be talking in front of strangers about his irresponsible sex life?
Sarah KNEW they shared a bedroom! I guess she thought they were “studying”…
Apparently, GINO thinks that the Democratic Senators haven’t really turned down her nominee because they did it behind closed doors and she has a 20+ year old legal opinion (that has never been followed for any other like mid-term appointment) saying that they did it wrong.
Someone remind this dingbat that a legal opinion is just that — an opinion — and if you take a legal opinion to court and match it up against the other side’s legal opinion, it will turn out that at least one of them is wrong 100% of the time (sometimes they are both wrong, according to the judge).
I think the Dems, to spite her, should hold a public meeting at which they unanimously turn down Dorfy. (But that’s just my opinion).
Should have mentioned, that was wildly OT.
132 Chaim Says:
OT – Nothing surprises me anymore like the pics on myspace, facebook, etc.
I’m shaking my head at another issue that I am in total disbelief. CNN is presently showing the shooting in Binghamton, N.Y. where it is surrounded by SWAT/police as there have been people shot, killed and 20 to 40 hostages remain in the building with the gunman. Someone who called in and spoke on air said he has the tel number of the director’s office. The ‘ditz’ on CNN asked for the number so they could call — ARE YOU KIDDING ME?? If the office is inside the building — Nothing like possible screwing a bad situation even further in order to get the SCOOP!!
REPORT- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s Spokesperson today released a statement categorically denying that the Governor has been-quote-”screwing around with her own stupid crap, instead of representing the great state of Alaska with dignity and class”.
To underscore the point, the Spokesperson released an Official Video, showing the Governor hard at work, discharging her official State duties.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCTwis2k54
134 the problem child IS MY NAME,
That was my first thought too — it was an opinion. Does that mean that my opinion that Alaska should take all the stimulus means Gov will take it because my opinion says so!!
But I didn’t post it as I got sidetracked by too many things today including a coffee pot that ‘bit it’ which means I am lacking in caffeine intake!! Therefore my attention span is that of a knat!! I put a message out to my cousin “Coffee, Coffee, I need Coffee BAAAAD!! Please, please, pretty please!!”
Bystander Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 8:59 AM
OT but interesting Levi Johnston’s interview with Tyra Banks on Huffington Post, about sharing a bedroom in Palin’s house with Bristol, and the “malfunction” that led to her pregnancy. Family Values, you betcha!
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No “malfunction” with these : http://digg.com/d1nLCy
“Personally I’d like to see him run for governor, and that’s my personal feeling,” Young told the Alaska Public Radio Network on Thursday. “So, we’ll see what happens down the line. He probably won’t, but I think that would be a great way to cap off a great career as being the governor of the state of Alaska.”
Happy to have Don Young speaking for Alaskans on this one.
The guv’s actions get curiouser, and curiouser, and curiouser…
Keep peelin’ off those stripes. The zebra is beginning to look like a _______ ___!
Oh what a tangled web we weave,
When first we practice to deceive.
Sir Walter Scott
Looks like Johnston’s Revenge. Thought it interesting when Tyra asked if they practiced safe sex & he said yes & his mother & sister are sitting on the sofa shaking their heads NO. I guess this can replace the soap that’s going off the air after 72 years.
It’s excruciatingly clear that even in the thick head of Palin, a dim light bulb has gone off. She can vaguely grasp that maybe she isn’t as revered as she once was. She has to do whatever she can to retain that (as long as it doesn’t include, you know, actual work. Also.). She will put herself in the limelight no matter what, and she doesn’t care (or realize) how stupid she looks. She is Not-Joe-Not-the-Plumber’s soul mate in that way. The difference is that Not-Plumber-Joe has no real official responsibilities, while Palin is an actual governor (hopefully, not for long).
In a way, accepting the VP nomination was the worst thing Palin could have done. It exposed how idiotic she is as well as how venal. It showed that she has no capacity to actually govern and that she is little more than a propped-up doll. A figurehead. The more ground she loses, the crazier she gets in trying to make up for it. She’s doubling down on crazy, and she’s about triple down on it. Hunker down, Alaskans–your governor is not quite through screwing you over.
I heard an interview on Canadian radio about your “outing” by Rep. Doogan. I once worked in Whitehorse and headed over to Alaska once or twice. So I dropped by to see what the fuss was all about. I’m just soaking it all up now. Good stuff. Keep your stick on the ice, and your eyes up, m’dear.
For all of your sakes up there in AK, I hope the legislature stands up to this continuing foolishness and blatant bullying coming from Palin et al. Begich won fair and square, and she needs to honor the rules. Is there no way to censure or flat out shove her mean-spirited hide out of office? Seriously? Is there a way?
asiangrrl: Well said.
I wonder if the McCain camp has any idea what they have unleashed on Alaska.
Not the GINO wasn’t already pitiful but now she has these allusions or should I say delusions of grandeur.
Was that a slap in GINO’s face from DY about Uncle Ted running for GOV?
illusions?
WHO IS FILING THE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST MEG IF IT IS POSSIBLE?
Has Caribou Barbie been grazing in psychedelic mushrooms?
New Thread Alert!
And yes, The Rubber Room Hotel, that was a solid slap to the face, in my reckoning!
There is the distinct possibility Ted Stevens could run for Gov in 2010. Palin is assuming that if she joins the revote chorus he won’t.
We could use a Governor so I am endorsing Ted for Gov 2010!
If Begich wants me to go up there and open a can of woopash on those two strangelings, I’d be more than happy to do so. Or, in the alternative, I can stand at the curb and flip those two strange birds the bird.
Just for the record, the Justice Department may have screwed up the prosecution due to legal misbehavior, but the facts clearly showed that the accused, Ted Stevens, was engaged in political corruption. Frankly, Stevens got himself a gift from God. He and his supporters should be eternally grateful that the DOJ malfeasance saved his wrinkly old butt from the horny looks of imprisoned convicts.
sjk from the belly of the plane Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 9:19 AM
Sarah KNEW they shared a bedroom! I guess she thought they were “studying”…
Yep, studying “anatomy” and “sex ed”. The only parts of the class they didn’t ditch.
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Democrat G Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:39 AM
WHO IS FILING THE ETHICS COMPLAINT AGAINST MEG IF IT IS POSSIBLE?
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Not possible, as not a gov. employee. She works for the GINOPAC.
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The Rubber Room Hotel Says:
April 3rd, 2009 at 10:54 AM
Has Caribou Barbie been grazing in psychedelic mushrooms?
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Made me snort very inappropriately for work. Good thing everyone else has gone home.
I am almost embarrassed to be from AK! Our governor is am ambarrassment
@ Crabby patty. The Gov’s office referred me to Meg (gave me her phone number) when I asked for clarification of the Gov’s press statement (to Newsminer) yesterday.
I called the AG’s office about it today. They had me call the Ethics office. Ethics office told me that Meg was not a state employee. They told me I could call the Omsbudsman if I wanted to file a complaint.
So the Gov’s office is (officially) telling me to contact a “non-state” employed spokesperson (who works for her PAC) to clarify a press statement made by the Gov. But no one at Ethics knows if this is wrong?
Phooey to DQWAPT!
What the DOJ did was state that the conduct of the prosecutors crossed the line. What the Rethug chorus has failed to comprehend is that while the trial was suspect, it doesn’t mean that the voluminous evidence and documentation was suspect.
All it states is that because of the decisions/presentation by DOJ, the trial was bad, it doesn’t even come close to saying that had a proper DOJ prosecution been done with the information gathered that the result would not have been the same – conviction. All that is firmly known is that funny business – by Rethugs no less – was apparent.
Not sure if there is room to re-indict/re-try, but somehow the overwhelming stench of “freebie-i-tis” would have been enough for a substantial number of voters to be turned off by Stevens.
I was listening to the Diane Rehm show (http://wamu.org/programs/dr/) today. She asked her guests [Jim Angle, FOX News Channel; Eugene Robinson, Washington Post columnist; Jerry Seib, executive Washington editor, "The Wall Street Journal"] about the odds of Senator Begich resigning. They all started laughing and one said “on a scale of 1 to 100, minus 50.” I nearly spewed my coffee all over the computer monitor.
I wish the legislature would put Governor in Name Only in the corner and speak some “unity” back into our State. I do have to chuckle, however, I vision Stevens running around the state with the PalinLimbaugh monkey on his back.
[Perhaps Ted is making a "cameo" appearance in the Days of the Palin's Lives Soap Opera, now that her national ratings have gone into the gutter.]
And other Bloggers continue to comment……
http://lefarkins.blogspot.com/2009/04/sarah-palin-is-terrible-governor-part.html
Yes, GINO is qualified to say what a “fair election” consists of…. after her performance on the campaign trail??? Accusing Obama of being a terrorist was a fine example of running a fair election where the electorate got to vote on the facts only. LOL
It is obvious that there is something odd about her. She IS truely embarrassing !!
the justice system is evidently more garbled than ever right now; they should simplify the law as much as possible for the sake of average people