Sarah Palin’s Legal Defense Fund is Here!
If you were up all night pacing the floors, wondering if Thomas Van Flein was ever going to get paid his half million dollars (and counting) for what has to be a full time job – defending the governor from herself – you will sleep well tonight. Put your little head right down on the pillow and know that Sarah Palin now has a fund set up, where you and other concerned citizens can pay her attorney directly for stuff like Troopergate, misuse of official position by charging the state for her children’s travel expenses, doing campaign work from the governor’s office, using private Yahoo! email accounts to do official state business, charging the state per diem to live in her house, advertising a brand name sporting goods company who was paying her husband, claiming that emails sent to her husband are protected under “executive privilege,” and violating Alaska law by refusing (even retroactively) to issue a Juneteenth proclamation. One can imagine Palin’t attorney sitting behind his desk with nothing visible but his eyes peering over the top of large stacks of papers. They look a little squinched on the sides….like they’re smiling.
According to the organizer,the defense money raised will go directly to Thomas Van Flein, Governor Palin’s private attorney. Governor Palin owes over 500 thousand dollars in legal bills as she fights a series of ethics complaints filed by Democratic Operatives working in Alaska . The bills are expected to go much higher.
Clayton Paslay, a businessman who splits his time between Texas and Southern California, set up the fund.
Clayton tells me that he has never met the Governor, but set up the fund because he wants her “to get a fair shake.” He also told me that he hopes Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 because “We need someone to clean up Washington . Someone with grit like Governor Palin.”
Mr. Paslay says he filed all the federal election legal papers for the special fund and spoke with Governor Palin’s attorney. I called Mr. Van Flein’s office and they confirmed that the fund is legitimate.
Paslay expects enemies of Sarah Palin to come after him. Paslay said, “I told Sarah Palin’s attorney that I may need him too.”
And that pile of money just got a little bigger….
The post then goes on to say that even though this fund is legal, it’s not the real “official” fund, which is coming. It will be up and running really soon, but it might require calling every single donor and asking them a series of questions, which they may not want to do, but they’re not sure, but they do know that totally for sure this is really really legal. But in the mean time you can still give your money to the unofficial and also totally really legal one, which is set up now.
And then, just in case you weren’t sure, the post has an update telling us that they’ve double-checked that it’s legal. And not only that but they are going to keep really meticulous and careful records….of the one that’s up and running now. Even though it’s not the official one, they’re going to be really careful. And legal. And legitimate.
Again, just to be clear. Sarah Palin’s attorney has given his assurance that this fund is legal and legitimate. So, if you give to this fund or the “official” one still to be set up, the money is all going to the same place – to pay for Sarah Palin’s legal bills.
So, crack those piggy banks, kids!
And I’m about to give the governor the best legal advice she’s ever had (and I’m not even a lawyer).
Here it is: Stop doing illegal stuff.
Official & Unofficial ?
Gee that sounds like GINO ~~ what “hat” is she wearing tomorrow?
The Arctic-Cat Hat ?
The Mommy Hat?
The AK Gov. Hat?
The Private Citizen Hat?
This gives her a piggy bank so she can go play some more. She is impossibly unable to know an ethic if it slapped her in the face, so hope her buddies have deep pockets! Clayton got one thing almost right, just missed a consonant is all:
“Someone with grift like Governor Palin”
He’ll find a lot more missing as time goes on!
well, c4p will be thrilled – they were praying for this and they cannot wait to hand over their hard-earned money. I wonder what they will do when the next series of lawsuits arrives (as is inevitable). Dunno if they are a bottomless pit, but O’Reily and Glenn Beck are chipping in (and they are loaded with cash).
In the long run, money cannot really help her – cannot buy ethics or a good reputation. Cannot buy credibility. Cannot pay the world to stop laughing at the GINO finito.
Clayton should take a chance at being a stand up comedian – too funny.
He wants her “to get a fair shake“ How many free passes is she suppose to get?
He said ‘We need someone to clean up Washington.” I’d consider giving her a vote for street cleaner- but can’t guarantee it.
He said ‘with grit like Governor Palin”- she’s annoying like grit between your teeth.
Palin should have gotten someone who plays a lawyer on TV-
Just as she plays at being Governor.
Good advice AKM.
Ack – I can’t take much more of this. I wish she would hurry up and self destruct. There are too many crazies and she is the creepiest.
So sad that anyone would give their money to such a disaster of a creature.
As my lawyer friend Paul would say…
Stop doing illegal stuff,(pause for effect) jackass!
It is obvious Sex Appeal can buy a lot. It is mind boggling these people continue to say how perect Sarah Palin is. Especially when Clayton is paying for Sarah’s unethical conduct, but she can clean up Washington. What a joke.
Hee hee, let ‘em spend their money! They will mourn their losses soon enough – SP is pretty much stuck in Wasilla for life. She’s too “small town inside” to leave – hell, she can’t even move to Juneau and this is her duty station! Oh hey, I’m sure that Palin has had SEVERAL pieces of unsolicited advice to fire MegA Mouth as well – what a pathetic person to have on staff for a national PAC. No wait, SP can’t fire MegaA Mouth because she knows too much. So they are stuck with each other – beautiful! Rock on, narcissistic and vendetta addiction personality disorders!
Go to thesarahpalinblog.com to see picture a of the good ole boy Clayton and his wife who live in Pacific Palisades California. Typical Sarah follower and drooler.
She sure do be good at spending weak men’s money, don’t she now? You betcha! – a grifter thru’ and thru’. There’s a sucker born every minute and apparently they are sprouting them down in Texas now. Show me a pretty woman and I’ll show you some stupid men.
LOL!!
Glad to know all that money is “legal”. Does that imply other funds are not? Just wondering….hmmmmmmm.
Love the picture/media at the top of your post AKM! PERFECT!
Martha – You said it!!
I’d just bet that ol’ Clayton would love to give Palin a nice fair shake. Hmm.
She’ll clean up Washington, all right. I’m laughing hard at that one. Sounds like ol’ Clayton is as infatuated with Palin as is Mr. Greta.
OT…old topic… I’m just now catching up. No wonder this Mudflats crowd resonates with me. Do y’all know how many times I’ve posted about apostrophe abuse on the Huffpo? It’s insidious. I love you, AKM!
I checked out the looney comments on the Red State article discussing this latest Palin money grab… those 2 or 3 people are whacked. Apparently, the ethics charges are part of a librul plot. Jeez.
Clayton Paslay sounds as if he just wants part of the action. This sounds like a con to me, and I wouldn’t go anywhere near it.
AKM I like your advice to Palin. I don’t think she will take it, but it is very good advice.
Criminy, I am in the wrong business.
This is panhandling-white collar style.
The same people who send money to televangelists and QVC will send money to GINO also, too. Think of it as an Idiot Tax.
Another lawyer that is going to get really, REALLY rich!
In the film The Grifters, didn’t the big con take place in Tx? Didn’t she end up dead in that film, taken down by the Angelica Huston character? Desparate people do desparate things. What dope thinks she’ll get out of this deep hole she’s dug for herself?
“A fool and his money are soon parted”.
Nuff said.
I’ve been waiting for this. “How could a third-rate burglary attempt lead to the downfall of a President?”
SO many people watching this. Redstate thinks it a fine slap at Celtic Diva et al. but don’t they realize the Romney camp and other Republicans are hoping for a simple stumble and will make Sarah tumble?
Thank you, Thank you, Thank you Mudflats for keeping real about Palin. How can we spread the word. I’m in Illinois and was worried that I might see more of this woman on the national stage in 2012. Thinking almost all Alaskans loved her, wanted her to move into the White House was the scariest thing. Well, I’m sure you want her out but not for higher office. So Thanks Mudflats for renewing my faith in all Americans. Keep the word going.
Bet she gets a % of the money these drooling fools are contributing to her illegal funds. Oops, of course I meant to say – legal funds. Sure I did.
Over at thesarah[alinblog.com they are still spouting over a 60% approval rating…surely it cannot be that anymore………..
“Stop doing illegal stuff”?
AKM that is so unfair!
I mean fish gotta swim, birds gotta fly, and Governor Sarah has simply gotta break the law. Oh, I almost forgot, and then Alaska progressive bloggers have gotta call her out on it.
It is the Yin and Yang of the universe.
Let’s see – what’s the difference between SP and the Octomom? I need help from anyone who can point any out, because I see both females engaging in these behaviors, making ridiculous fools of themselves:
-Uses children and grandchildren for… you name it
-Solicits money repeatedly from people dumb enough to offer it – in order to bail themselves out of self made messes
-High priorities are photo ops, getting complaints out to the public about anyone in their sphere that disagrees with them, or attempts to point out the sane route
-Cosmetic and self indulgent acts (SP stylist, RNC clothes, etc.) (Octomom’s manicures, Jacuzzi in her new bedroom – while taxpayers support her food stamps and stipends for her compromised offspring)
Geesh!
Hey, note to guys who think with your little heads
She’s not going to sleep with all of you who donate. Anyway, if she did, you’d surely get an incurable disease.
Why did Paslay file FEDERAL ELECTION PAPERS for this non-official fund?
Why is it part of FreeAmericanCitizens PAC?
Why doesn’t Paslay just write a check to her attorneys?
Why “strict terms and guidelines?” Is it because it is really a political action committee under a misleading name?
Let’s see….I have a $4k tax bill coming up….can I do this too? officially or unofficially? BTW, my tax bill was legally earned
http://www.wacagalofficialtaxfund.com
Thanks for your help mudpuppies!
me’s wants’ a “get’s mes’ out’s of debts’ fund’s too’s”. Do’s yous’ thinks’ it’s wills’ work’s????
LOL, sorry, just had to do it. Have a good laugh!!!
C4P is reporting Sullivan with 42% — any other updates on the race?
They have some posted on ADN.
Today, I was in the doctor’s office. They had a March 30th issue of People magazine.
Flipping thru it, I saw six (6) pages devoted to GINO and her family. The pictures were lovely and it looked like great PR. I think she is gaining ground in the lower 48. That’s why she’s thumbing her nose to the people in Alaska.
Gosh, I hope I’m not right! Every day I think she’s going to implode but she keeps on trucking. We don’t want her down here! Help!
On the fund’s webpage: ‘Donations made here go towards paying the legal expenses in behalf of Sarah Palin from unwarranted law suits.’
I wonder what happens if it turns out the lawsuits are warranted? Also….does this mean it won’t pay legal suits for ethics complaints? This fund might not end up paying anything….and then what?
Seems like this fund could embolden future unethical activities.
I meant…pay legal FEES for ethics complaints
Multi-able sources of income. This fund will help build her nation wide PR campaign for 2012. SHe is going to get very proactive creating professional high dollar media clips, trying to prove that she is squeaky clean and honest with all her political affairs.
She is very good at playing the “Poor Me”, energy slurpper roll with her aging wealthy conservative supporters. Especially men that want to help rescue a good looking political damsel in distress. This is a new “victim roll”, pioneered by the great reformer.
OT –
I am sooo discouraged. This is exactly where I was emotionally when we moved away in early 2004, Anchorage voters had voted down all of the school bonds and voted to throw away money on some stupid natural gas pipeline “study” (you all know how well that’s gone), and my disgust with Alaska, voters, the politics of Anchorage & our gov were off the charts.
This is a city of 250,000+ people, and less than 40,000 voting??????? What? School bonds being voted down? And cap our little puny (relative to other states/cities) property taxes yes!?!
Oh yes, must not forget the Resolution that passed our House of Reps:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HR0009A&session=26
To cap off the utter insanity of Alaskan politics and politicians.
We are a sovereign state and SP is our monarch.
Where’s my countdown clock?
@wacalgal –
I went to your page, but couldn’t find the donate button, so I gave the $25 to Paslay instead. Sorry!
SMR Says:
April 7th, 2009 at 10:01 PM
Pretty soon you will be a safe distance from it, and you can choose when to let the lunacy into your life and when to push a button to make it go away.
I’m sure you already know that the Canadians are some of the most reasonable folks in the world. I can see you being a major hit at dinner parties, regaling the guests with tales from Alaska politics. With a glass of wine and an appreciative audience, things will look a whole lot different – trust me.
Maybe Palin thinks it’s a coup to have her own legal defense fund but most people will consider it strong evidence of a pattern of unethical behavior, especially since several of the ethical complaints’ rulings have not been in her favor.
It’s interesting that many politicians don’t require a “legal defense fund” in the first place……
Also interesting that non-Alaskans like this chap, (Paslay), the Van Susterens, the Alfalfa dinner godfather, maeTharaS, C4P etc, Faux News, even vapid People magazine…..have been the ones to prop this silly woman up. They really should take closer note of Alaskan newspapers and blogs.
31 Enjay in Eastern MT Says: April 7th, 2009 at 9:36 PM
C4P is reporting Sullivan with 42% — any other updates on the race?
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Keep checking https://adn.com
Looks like Eric Croft is second place with 102 out of 119 precincts reporting. Should be run-off on May 5th between Sullivan and Croft…
oops no “s” after the http. above
http://www.adn.com
sorry
Hey, Mudpuppies, don’t hand those pennies over just yet, I’ve got a great idea!
Why don’t we start another “help Sarah Palin” fund. This one could help the Governor to reach out to Clayton and all the other “Real Americans” that are supporting her through thick and thin during these turbulent times, when she has been battered by relentless attacks from the evil liberal lefties. We could call it the Please, For Godsakes, Take This Insane Nutjob Off Our Hands!” Fund. (PFGTTINOOH!) for short. (That’s the sound I hear my mouth making pretty much every time I hear Sarah Palin’s name mentioned lately, anyway, so it should be easy to remember.)
And So. Here we go:
Dear BillyBob Clayton Whoshisname:
Please accept the enclosed donations, which have been collected from hardworking Alaskans from all walks of life. Here in Alaska, we know how much some of you in the Lower 48 admire our Dear Governor Palin, and we just don’t feel right keeping her all to ourselves when so many people down there are so taken in by – oops, I mean TAKEN WITH, her.
So please, take this money, and take our Governor, too. It isn’t a large sum of cash (after all these are hard economic times), but it’s the least we can do. Lord knows, she LOVES to be appreciated, yea, ADORED, by her throngs. And there are so many MORE people down there that admire her than there seems to be here. We Alaskans just don’t feel worthy of giving her the kind of unconditional support that she so requires.
Please accept also, free of charge, the Governor’s many corrupt dealings, her arrogance, and her ineptitude. Help yourselves to her complete disdain for government, the rule of law, the citizens she represents, and the authority of the Legislature. Please accept her vindictiveness, her neptotism, and her lack of regard for authority and regulations. And we know you’ll come to love and appreciate her lack of knowledge and her contempt for the rights of anyone who disagrees with her, just as much as we have here in Alaska.
If you act now, we’ll also include absolutely free all future ethics violations charges, votes of no confidence, and recall petitions.
We know you’ll be happy with your choice. And a big thank you for upholding the types of True Blue American Values that Governor Palin represents. Good luck, and God Bless America!
response: OT
I have been waiting for Alaska to vote on the Tenth Amendmnet, I am so happy.
this means that the State of Alaska has control of it’s own laws, and that the federal (USA Corporation) can not over rule the States power, or take the State’s National Guard for overseas for wars. There is more reasons for this, do your own research..
@Aussie –
You’re right. I’ll be gone soon. Lots of dinner parties with sane folk. The last dinner that I was invited to had the sort of people who “just can’t accept the gays being married” and “I voted Republican because they write my check” (military). I wanted to slit my wrists and really really had to bite my tongue. Probably the only time that I’ve been at a dinner party and only spoke in 3-words-or-less sentences (“Really?” and “Not anymore”). Get me out of this neighborhood!
@Sourdough –
I love your idea. But be sure to change the last sentence to “Good luck, and God Bless the Real Parts of America.” (We’ll take care of the rest, thank you very much)
This woman is like a TICK sucking the blood out of you slowly, old southern way to get rid of one is to hold heat next to it,
(for a TICK a lit cigarette) they pull out and then you squash it. I think there’s more heat on Palin then a hot cigarette.
I have cheered myself up by watching this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7DIc8jdra0o
And this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEwKcs-7Hc
It ate my comment!
Cheering myself up by listening to this (remember this? it needs to start recirculating):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QbEwKcs-7Hc
And this one — really resonates now that I’m on the countdown to move to Canada…
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YwqGPMf5aAI
I’m really enjoying these youtubes that highlight the ridiculousness of our gov. It’s either that or take up drinking heavily.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJCvHMtwE4&feature=related
Since California is having some extra hard times, we need to import about a quarter million or more CA Democrats up here for the next Governor election. Every AK Democratic home can adopt a CA Democrat, so we can get this done once and for all. jeez!
I’m getting desperate.
Some interesting illustration at the new (to me) SP site:
http://www.thesarahpalinblog.com/2009/04/sarah-palin-pop-icon.html
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gyJr8hMB7bA/SdtX6CDpY7I/AAAAAAAAAlw/Im9KTQ0Jc74/s1600-h/barrack-cartoon-415×551.jpg
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_gyJr8hMB7bA/SdtXK7-yorI/AAAAAAAAAlo/70hndl_lOHI/s320/obama-cartoon-415×662.jpg
i know alot of people think she will implode and that will be that, but im begining to think thats not going to happen and then i get this horrible sick gut wrenching pain in my stomach. it seems no matter what she does she never has to pay the piper. and it seems even more so now that she can set up a “fund” to help pay her way. i have never seen a group of people who are so devoted to a politician that they blindly follow no matter what is said or proven. the moment i first heard her speak i new i would do everything i could to be an obstacle for her. she seems to be unstopable and that makes me want to curl into a ball and cry…alot…
You make a good point, lexky.
As I am reading these posts about her new fund my mind keeps going back to one of those old ‘southern sayings’ they say in the South that seems appropriate.
They say in that slow southern drawwwll… with a little old lady charm.
” Well.. bless your heart”.
It’s sort of a backhand slap to the face when you can’t say anything nice about the person…. but you say it so insincerely as well. Basically… it’s an insult.
This is just one of the postings in the Urban Dictionary… there are many more.
Bless your heart.
1. This is a term used by the people of the southern United States particularly near the Gulf of Mexico to express to someone that they are an idiot without saying such harsh words.
http://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=bless%20your%20heart
Could we rename the Palin Defense Fund… the “Bless Your Heart Fund”
If applies to both the Giver and the Receiver…. in this case.
I don’t think GINO is unstoppable. I think she’s tripping and falling at this moment. It’s a slow fall, but definitely down and eventually out of the spotlight.
What I want to know is, how is the money TAXED?
Mudflats never cease to amuse me. Thank you, thank you, thank you. In these difficult times, I need all of the humor and OMG outrage to remain sane.
Yeah, Paslay’s nose is so wide open by GINO that a train can be ran through it. At the same time this man is quite infatuatuated and delusional, when he says that GINO can clean up Washington. Does he not realize that this woman is corruption personified and that is why he finds himself positioning himself to assist in raising funds for her illegalities. GINO is going to have a hard time cleaning up all her criminal actions in Alaska so what makes him think this deranged, inarticulate, lying, fraudualant, incompetent, lacking of civil knowledge and basic knowledge, breaking of all rules will ever be able to be voted into the office as Presifent of these United States. Start thinking with the head between your shoulders and avoid all the embarrassment that will soon be coming. Dont say you have not been warned!!
AKM wrote: I’m about to give the governor the best legal advice she’s ever had (and I’m not even a lawyer).
Here it is: Stop doing illegal stuff.
Excellent advice, AKM. Since it can be delivered in three seconds, a $300 per hour lawyer could give it for a quarter. But for it to be effective, she has to know what “stuff” is illegal. Since this is someone who thinks the First Amendment is violated when a citizen criticizes a public official, the next piece of advice has to be: have a competent lawyer at your elbow whenever you are engaged in anything that might be considered official business. Since she doesn’t do a very good job of separating her personal and official lives, this might require stationing a lawyer in her bedroom, unless there is no telephone within reach.
But I suspect all this is beside the point. As she sees it, she does what she wants to do, and her attorney’s job is to minimize the negative consequences that the legal system might otherwise impose on her.
What’s in it for this Paslay guy? Let’s see he is from Texas, there has to be some behind the scenes deal making……although, I’m sure it’s perfectly legal. No one can make logical decisions with this much personal & political chaos going on around them…not even the Queen.
AKM, ya best be declaring yourself a citizen’s legal advocate before you get outed for practicing law without a licence. Giving legal advice to the Gino to stop doing illegal things is kind of like pouring sand down a rat hole or like the picture above depicts, the Repubs dumping money into the volcano hoping it will not blow it’s top.
With WAR about to rewrite the AK laws to suit the Gino and Van Flein to cover her a$$ for those little $50K infractions that fall through the cracks, she will be moving to the beltway with a get out of jail card free.
So let the Repubs foot those illegal bills with money from their hidden off shore banks. At least some of the $$ will be trickling down to Van Flein’s office staff, who will be very busy typing and filing legal briefs. That’s got to keep many legal begals employed for the next 20 months.
Take heart, Mudpuppies only 630 more days of Gino’s rule in AK. Let the countdown begin!
April 6, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Responding to the missile test by North Korea, Governor Sarah Palin today reaffirmed Alaska’s commitment to protecting America from rogue nation missile attacks.
“I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said.
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After making this statement, Palin should look into an “edumacation” fund!
pril 6, 2009, Juneau, Alaska – Responding to the missile test by North Korea, Governor Sarah Palin today reaffirmed Alaska’s commitment to protecting America from rogue nation missile attacks.
“I am deeply concerned with North Korea’s development and testing program which has clear potential of impacting Alaska, a sovereign state of the United States, with a potentially nuclear armed warhead,” Governor Palin said.
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After making that statement, Palin needs an “edumacation” fund!
26th Legislature (Alaska), House Resolution #9:
“…. BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives hereby claims sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States;……”
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I’m sorry; I cannot claim that this is off-topic. It is much too serious.
This is a resolution in our state house, and the people of our state haven’t heard a word about it???
Something really scary going on here ……
Snos … AKM … ???
Someone at post 44 possibly needing a quick trip to the flats?
It just occured to me the real reason the Gino needs a legal defense fund is behind:
Door #1. the US Federal Attorney
Door #2. the IRS
Door #3. the FBI
all of whom are now controlled by the Obama administration. No wonder the Gino is covering her a$$. She may have bitten off more than she can legally handle, wouldn’t you say?
@ SMR:
Wish I’d been able to meet you, before you take off to Canuck Land. I think we would have been good friends. Maybe we’ll meet someday. I envy you, as so many of my favorite people are Canadians.
Thank you, thank you. In these difficult times, I need all of the humor and OMG outrage to remain sane.
Yukonbushgrma,
I’m a lawyer (IL, not practicing) and although I am not a constitutional law expert, I can say that this resolution is garbage. The federal government is not the “agent” of the state governments, and it is for the US Supreme Court, not state legislatures, to decide whether federal legislation violates the Tenth Amendment. The Tenth Amendment is not violated by conditions imposed upon states for receipt of federal funding, and no state legislature can “prohibit” or “repeal” federal legislation.
The limited sovereignty of the states is subject to the sovereignty of the United States under the Constitution, and the states do not have the option of making their own decisions as to what the Constitution requires. The Civil War settled that, even though the governors of the “sovereign states” of Alabama and Mississippi had to be reminded of that during the 1960′s. So that they could claim they were acting under duress and not merely obeying the law of the land, these rabble-rousing blowhards compelled President Kennedy to send in federal marshals and (if I recall correctly) federalize the Alabama National Guard in order to protect black men enrolling in their state universities. We’ve come a long way since then — I hope.
This resolution has no legal effect. It is nothing more than a grandstanding announcement that they don’t like the way the federal government is doing things. It does nothing but waste time and impress the ignorant.
We should send in hundreds of checks for .01, just to assure they have a real fun time with the books. And what the heck, it’s tax deducatable, right? Since it’s basically pretty legal, seeming at least, then we can legally assume it’s legal to legally deduct our legal donations, being they’re pretty sure it’s a legal fund.
Clayton tells me that he has never met the Governor, but set up the fund because he wants her “to get a fair shake.” He also told me that he hopes Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 because “We need someone to clean up Washington . Someone with grit like Governor Palin.”
I guess it’s true.
Crack Cocaine, and stupidity -IS- prevalent everywhere.
#70 @Chaim:
Thank you! It was good to be reminded of the good ol’ 60′s; your explanation reminded me of that important legal argument.
But, since we’ve all been through that — and I’m sure our Alaska legislators have too — then why, oh why, must we revisit it again …….. when there are so many more important issues to deliberate? How can my state’s elected representatives choose to spend their time on this cr@p? Surely they knew it was grandstanding.
I would think if they wanted to get re-elected, they might want to spend their time on bills that would make some real difference to the people who elected them.
But maybe that’s just me.
And I guess I still haven’t changed my mind … the fact that my state legislators spent MY state’s money and time discussing this stupid matter, and the fact that the stupidity of it was NEVER reported by any media that I know of ……. totally infuriates me!
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CHAIM, your input was very much appreciated!!! (I do feel a little better now. And I hope our governor gets her rear end thrown into court, if that’s where she wants to go.)
Hey AKM, I just noticed, your make a donation link now looks like we should make a donation to the toy company. Might want media man to fix that when he has time. Not that the toy lady would mind…
Peaceful Granny said: Take heart, Mudpuppies only 630 more days of Gino’s rule in AK. Let the countdown begin!
Maybe AKM can add a counter? Or counter counter? Or countdown counter? I am sure there’s a term for those things.
I really don’t know what has happened to the world I live in. It used to be if a lawyer was required for you, you paid the lawyer with your own money. Particularly if they were needed on ethics matters, you were on your own. It used to be a big deal to have high morals and be of good character. Your word was your bond and a handshake sealed the deal. What has happened to personal integrity? I find it frightening that people will give hard-earned money to pay this woman’s legal bills. Just blindly follow her. There is something very wrong here.
“GINO can clean up Washington.”
Actually, I think she could. She’d just shoot anyone who disagreed with there, politicians, lawyers, citizens. The country would have a good scrub down by blood bath. Talk about a revolution.
Just a thought, but… They’d BETTER keep good records, wouldn’t any donation made to pay her bills be considered taxable income?
If she’s so “clean” why does she need a defense fund? The old smoke = fire analogy applies in buckets here.
This may be regarded as OT, but if you look at the final point I would say it is related to subject under discussion. The CBS Early Show just ran an interview with Levi. I tried to get the main points down as it ran.
Interview with Maggie at CBS Early Show, Wed Morning at start of second half hour.
The interview was with Levi (LJ), Mercede (MJ) and Sherry (SJ).
The interview was edited to get a very rapid flow of questions and answers or comments.
It would appear that it was also edited to get comments “grouped” by topic.
It showed mostly closeups of faces of participants.
Here are some of the comments I picked up. Do not claim they are verbatim but are close.
LJ: Trying to get my side of story out.
LJ: My family is not white trash.
LJ: No baby is a mistake.
LJ: (I) lived in Palin’s house.
Maggie: What do you say about (Meg S) comments about not living at (Palin’s) house.
LJ: I stayed there, I had my stuff there.
LJ: Stayed there for a while.
MJ: He may have lived there for two months.
Points made at various times.
Sarah treated him (LJ) like a Mom (would) (at least at first).
Things changed when Sarah lost the election.
He can go see baby but can not take him anywhere.
Sherry was more excited when told about pregnancy than the Palins.
MJ: They (Palins) are lying.
SJ: He (Levi) was ready to be a father.
LJ: “Media Drama” caused problems with the relationship (with Bristol and Palins).
Key point may that when asked about his problems (with relationship to baby).
LJ: Hope it does not end up in court.
Key point may that when asked about his problems (with relationship to baby).
LJ: Hope it does not end up in court.
Maybe we should set up a legal fund for Levi? I think he’d need money more than SP. $500K ougfhta assure him full custody.
So pretty soon we’ll have “dueling” legal defense funds. Which one pays for what ??
AKM, I can’t believe you’d even mention the Juneteenth think. That guy filing the lawsuit, Royal, is certifiably nuts and/or a publicity-seeker. He claims Palin was responding to his pick-up attempt (at a time when she was married and pregant) but decided not to have sex with him only because he was black.
http://www.laprogressive.com/2008/09/17/is-sarah-palin-a-racist-well-she-ended-our-conversation-when-she-learned-i-was-black/
Do you guys really think this person has any credibility?
I certainly think there are more serious complaints than this one. A couple points, though.
This is the only one mentioned on the fund’s website, so it seemed strange not to mention it, especially since I linked to the site. It is technically an Alaskan law. It can be argued it shouldn’t be, but it is. And the thing that surprised me the most from all of that is that no statement was issued, even retroactively. I like it when people make amends, even if the law was violated by mistake, or if the person doesn’t think it’s a valid law.
It reminds me of the illegally posted campaign signs. Even if your sign company are the ones who violated the law, you should still apologize and try to fix it. In the case of Juneteenth, a quick apology, a statement that the holiday and the African American community is supported by the governor, and a retroactive statement would have made it go away, and actually could have been a positive image builder for Palin while making the filer look less legitimate. Just my humble opinion.
The stubbornness in refusing to correct it bothered me more than the original oversight on that particular complaint.
AKM
Okay, so I didn’t read the article yet, but I just have to say that picture cracks me up. AKM you’ve out done yourself.
I’m loving it that over at C4P they’re still saying to “hold out for the real Legal Defense Fund”, more or less. There is still a question of legality at least in their minds, last I read. That will deter people from donating.
But really, the last thing I would donate to would be a legal defense fund except in a case I was personally close to and where I KNEW the person needing the funds was innocent. Sarah Palin cannot possibly be innocent of everything she’s been accused of, the old smoke = fire that someone wrote earlier.
But hey, the more they donate to the Fund, the less they have to donate to “CAPharaS” and her as-of-now fictional Presidential run in 2012. And in hard economic times, it’s even more telling what one’s priorities are, as everytime you spend, you vote for what’s important to you.
snark on/
What, her lawyers didn’t represent her pro bono?
/snark off
OT but -
Check out http://www.timesonline.co.uk/tol/news/
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Daniel Finkelstein
Posted by Alice Fishburn on April 07, 2009
UK has a comic book of Obama the Barbarian vs. Palin
I am surprised “Gloria Allred” has not contacted Levi by now. Seems to me Levi is forcing the Palins’ next move.
BTW, is it normal when a fund is set up for legal fees that monies go directly to said lawyer? Me thinks this is called income…and how does the lawyer separate the states business from personal business for his client?
Lemme know when Levi Johnston, has set up a legal fund, to hire an attorney for shared custody and/or visitation rights of baby Tripp.
I will happily donate to that fund.
I will not donate a cent to someone who abuses the power of office, is unethical, and breaks laws. As far as I am concerned she is no better than the sister in law, who broke into someone’s house twice and stole money. Or Sherry Johnston, who was dealing drugs. All of their crimes, hurt innocent people. They unlike Palin, don’t have the $$ to retain a high powered attorney, and keep him on speed dial.
avahome:
Gloria Allred would be on Bristols side.
Gloria Allred is a hater of all men.
How’s she gonna come up with enough money to make bail once they figure out Housegate? I tell ya, that will be her undoing. We lost a corrupt governor here in CT for the same type of shenanegins.
She doesnt need a LDF. She needs Martha Stewarts prison cookbook!
Next thing you know, they’ll be trying to claim 501(c)(3) status so that all the “donors” can deduct their contributions. Kind of like all those churches that are tax-exempt even though they constantly promote political agendas and candidates. Please donate to the Sarah Palin Charitable Legal Fund…it’s definitely, totally, really, really legal.
#73 Yukonbushgrma,
You’re quite welcome. You ask “How can my state’s elected representatives choose to spend their time on this cr@p?” I don’t know Alaska politics, but a guess would be because a few legislators thought they’d get some mileage out of it and their colleagues didn’t want to get into a fight over something they knew would have no practical effect. I seem to recall that the US Congress spent a good deal of time holding hearings concerning illegal drug use by professional athletes, which, as you know, was an urgent national issue affecting all Americans and really forced them to make hard choices.
The problem with elected representatives spending time on bills “that would make some real difference to the people who elected them” is that they might also make a real difference to the people who paid to get them elected.
Seriously, though, as an outsider I’m impressed with what AKM and others are doing via the internet, enabling people to find out what’s going on and talk about it. It’s a new world, and good for democracy.
Lexky
“i have never seen a group of people who are so devoted to a politician that they blindly follow no matter what is said or proven”
Forgetting the Bushies would be very dangerous, they are more powerful than the Palinistas and they work on a national and international level.
c4p is a scary place…..
See, it’s topics like this that make Mudflats my 1st stop with morning coffee each day. Once you get past the need for a sitting governor to have two, not one legal defense funds, to the good ol’ boy TX/CA gentleman setting one up out of the goodness of his heart, etc. You can’t make this stuff up..
phoebe Says:
What’s in it for this Paslay guy?
He’s the man who financed the Swift Boat Attacks on Kerry. You can thank him big time for Duhbya as President and now he wants an even more morally, intellectually vacuous person in the office.
He organized http://www.freeamericancitizens.org. One of its Reasons for being is that mandator seat belts are equivalent to enforced confinement.
You can also donate to Sarah there.
“Fools and their money, are soon parted.”
86 avahome Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 4:25 AM
I am surprised “Gloria Allred” has not contacted Levi by now. Seems to me Levi is forcing the Palins’ next move.
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Great thought !! Gloria is a camera hog and would really start pushing buttons !!
You can check out the PAC’s FEC filings here: His letter http://images.nictusa.com/cgi-bin/fecimg/?C00457994
FEC filing here: http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/890/28039961890/28039961890.pdf#navpanes=0
is particularly amusing.
The last two got a bit garbled. It should have read “His letter is particularly amusing.”
Also, too, have you ever noticed how people with an “idée fixe” can just never let it go, even when it has nothing to do with the task at hand? Sort of a compulsion to drag their hobby horses into the everyday business of just sending a letter enclosing documents, thank you for your assistance in this matter…
folks I think we should write McCain and ask that he reign in and set her highness straight, after all we have him to thank for loosing her to our country.
This legislative bill, her trying to claim the senator seating was was legit is a sign of how she thinks and operates. Somebody needs to expose her for what she is, a dangerous threat to our country. She needs to be challenged.
remember the debate? remember her vaguness when it came to answering what the vp did? when everyone made fun of the fact that it seemed she had no clue. Well she does, it’s just her version, and it’s a very dangerous thought process!
If she said things like this about the VP position just imagine what type President she’d be. We just had 8 yrs of this crap, it cannot ever happen again!
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http://www.slate.com/id/2201638/pagenum/2
Palin’s remarks in the vice-presidential debate last week. Palin described herself as “thankful the Constitution would allow a bit more authority given to the vice president if that vice president so chose to exert it.” The word “authority” was noteworthy since the vice president actually has none.
Moderator Gwen Ifill then asked Palin to comment on Cheney’s assertion that his office is neither in the executive nor legislative branch. Palin replied:
“Well, our founding fathers were very wise there in allowing through the Constitution much flexibility there in the office of the vice president. And we will do what is best for the American people in tapping into that position and ushering in an agenda that is supportive and cooperative with the president’s agenda in that position. Yeah, so I do agree with him that we have a lot of flexibility in there, and we’ll do what we have to do to administer very appropriately the plans that are needed for this nation.”
I think Someone googled (asked jeeves?) what Sovereignty is and now wants to use it in a sentence.
yukonbushgrma Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 2:14 AM
26th Legislature (Alaska), House Resolution #9:
“…. BE IT RESOLVED that the House of Representatives hereby claims sovereignty for the state under the Tenth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States over all powers not otherwise enumerated and granted to the federal government by the Constitution of the United States;……”
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I’m sorry; I cannot claim that this is off-topic. It is much too serious.
This is a resolution in our state house, and the people of our state haven’t heard a word about it???
Something really scary going on here ……
Depends: The US Constitution states that all power not claimed by it fall to the states. What we call State’s Rights.
Congress, the SOCTUS, Fed regulations, etc. have greatly restricted State’s Rights, but the wording of the US Constitution remains the same.
At guess all of the original 13 states have similar wording in their Constitutions and probably most or all of the rest do as well.
One of the biggest infringements came with the SCOTUS ruling that Fed laws and regs always trump the state’s.
That’s why the RepoTaliban wants to Federally illegalize gay marriage and abortion. Such a law would trump any state law.
That’s how the Bushies forced California to implement EPA laws with higher pollution emissions than California law and California couldn’t really enforce their higher level of control. Their laws were no longer enforcable.
On the upside the Fed can force universal public education, can force social security, Medicaid, Medicare, the military draft when it existed, etc.
Most states would probably not live up to OSHA and JACHO standards, and even the weakened enviornmental protections mandated by the Fed., etc.
the problem child IS MY NAME Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:07 AM
FEC filing here:
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Thanks for the link. Noticed the recieved date was Dec. 22 2008. I’m certainly not a handwriting expert , but his appears to be that of a middle schooler. Any body know how this schmuck got his money ??
the problem child IS MY NAME Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:11 AM
The last two got a bit garbled. It should have read “His letter is particularly amusing.”
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According to the FEC documents, this is his business:
http://www.miniventures.com/
Please don’t miss the adult humor section. Classy guy.
Aussie you are a mind reader………
BTW, over at c4p, some are suggesting that todd should beat Levi and leave him out in the tundra. These are the SAME ugly folks that want to give to her fund. sick sick sick…
Aussie Blue Sky Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:18 AM
Please don’t miss the adult humor section. Classy guy.
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Well – after I gave my opinion about his handwriting , I visited his site. Uh…….I’ll go ahead and say it now – mind of a middle schooler who wants to boink Sarah.
sjk from the belly of the plane Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:23 AM
BTW, over at c4p, some are suggesting that todd should beat Levi and leave him out in the tundra. These are the SAME ugly folks that want to give to her fund. sick sick sick…
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In their dreams. My money’s on Levi. He’s smarter, too.
Aussie Blue Sky, I hope he has his back covered!
110 Aussie Blue Sky Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:28 AM
sjk from the belly of the plane Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 5:23 AM
In their dreams. My money’s on Levi. He’s smarter, too.
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Me too. also. Levi and his sister look ready for action.
http://www.redstate.com/erick/2009/04/06/levi-johnson-jumps-on-the-sarah-palin-gravy-train/
marnie. post #93. you are right, the bushies where the same, but atleast i give them the excuse that they were giving there support to a president during war time. people down here in the lower 48 were only exposed to her for like 3 monthsand thats all it took, they were hooked….any opinion as to why todd never stands up for the women in his family?
FWIW, I thought Levi and family’s appearance on the CBS Morning show today was even MORE sympathetic than their appearance on Tyra….They sure call out the Palins are liars.
as mccain vetted the world fretted!
Anyone who gives a penny to this fund or even supports the Governor should be put in the looney bin in my opinion!
Oh, goody. Another opportunity for GINO to take that which does not belong to her.
Oh, I think everyone deserves a fair shake (or shaking!). Let’s all contribute $100 each and just get the topic off the table. OK? — OK?? — OK???
Oh, NOT OK!
OK then, sweetheart, what’s for breakfast????
OT (sorta)
Would someone tell me if I’m reading this incorrectly? On that “Amendment 10″ idiocy… lines 17-19: “…all compulsory federal legislation that directs states to comply under threat of civil or criminal penalties or sanctions or requires states to pass
legislation or lose federal funding be prohibited or repealed.”
Could that be a ploy to get the stimulus funds, but without the “strings attached” – ? As in “we’ll take the money, but we’ll use it the way we want & you can’t stop us”
Isn’t there something fundamentaly wrong (even if it’s legal) to set up a legal fund for the Governor to defend herself from so many ethics complaints?
If the Gov. needs donations for her legal fund, something isn’t right with the big picture. In fact, something is very very wrong with this picture.
“Stop doing illegal stuff.”
sigh. you would think that would be obvious…..but….guess not.
OT
This may already be up but ADN says Palin will help raise campaign money for Murkowski.
1) what happens to Sarah PAC money and other campaign money’s for Sarah?
2) Watch your back Lisa, a snake in the grass is trying to ingratiate herself into your campaign’s confidences.
I am curious……
Are there any other governors in the U.S.A. who find it necessary to have a legal defense fund?
Any potential Presidential candidates for 2012 who have so many ethics complaints stacked-up that they find it necessary to get donations to pay their legal bills?
This should make for some great political ads by Palin’s opponents in 2012.
Good Points, Trisha! Wonder how we could find this out?
Not just *one* legal defense fund, but TWO! Even “better” (sorta)
What do you suppose Clayton Paslay’s got in old those mini storages. Methinks there is something rotten In Denmark.
This logic escapes me…………
We need a legal defense fund for Sarah in Alaksa…..so she can go clean up Washington DC. Huh?
Oh right. It’s kind of like putting a prisoner in charge of the prison. Good idea.
sorry to go off topic……but Alaska Natives just got the short end of the stick. the by catch number of salmon was not lowered enough and there was too much leniency given to the Pollock fish trawling industry. It’s just not right.
Here are a few figures we should keep in mind when we consider all this stuff because obviously the Governor and many citizens of AK could care less. How many of us in the lower 48 could afford food at those prices? And this is just food! These people deserve to make a decent living!
Victoria, Ann, Nick and all Alaskan Natives, I am so sorry. Please let us know if we can do anything. I will pack up at least one box of food and send it off today.
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“*A good recap was given on the Alaska State subsistence report back in 2005. A few interesting things I learned;
The cost of food in – over the cost of Anchorage stores;
Bethel – a hub village near Ann’s village 197%
Nome – farther north but nearer oil fields 204%
King Salmon- a hub near us in Bristol Bay 218%
This was in 2005 so you can imagine the impact your lower 48 dollars have in food for us in our villages. We have still more cost getting it to our villages outside of the hubs.”
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Victoria has a summery of the meeting here.
http://anonymousbloggers.wordpress.com/
there is a write up on ADN but I don’t have the link handy.
The only pleasure I get from this story (Palin’s defense fund) is knowing that Mitt has more money that God to run ads against her in the primaries.
I can just hear his political ads now……….
Cue Sinister mood music…..
Sarah Palin…..the only Governor in America who accepted money from the public to pay her legal fees. Sarah Palin…so many ethics complaints that she needed to start a fund to pay her legal bills. Sarah Palin…not right for Washington…..Not right for America.
Peaceful Granny said: Take heart, Mudpuppies only 630 more days of Gino’s rule in AK. Let the countdown begin!
But if she keeps screwing up at the same rate as the last two weeks or so thats over 8000 screw ups, temper tantrum, hatefull and counter productive acts, and acts of sheer stupidity, and who can guess how much wasted tax money.
By 2010 Akaska could look like Bagdad!
(Brief interruption. Loud crash. And I get to clean up after the cats.)
Alaskans need to keep pushing back as much as they can for their own and Alaska’s sake
Paula Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 4:10 AM
Key point may that when asked about his problems (with relationship to baby).
LJ: Hope it does not end up in court.
Maybe we should set up a legal fund for Levi? I think he’d need money more than SP. $500K ougfhta assure him full custody.
How about legal fund for baby. There’s two babies in that family that need a Salomon.
Sarah may think this defense fund is a good idea now, but doesn’t that mean that all of this information must be disclosed and open to the public?
If she paid her legal fees herself, I would think the amount she spent would be a private matter.
But, setting up a donation fund, it seems like this would be required to be public knowledge. This may bring more attention to her legal woes that she really wants when the public learns how much money is required to continually defend this woman. Just a thought.
I take it this refers to the real pro-America legal defense fund:
http://governorpalin4president.blogspot.com/2009/04/governor-sarah-palins-legal-defense.html
Why do you suppose Gino needs two illega defensel funds? So one can go straight to her personal attornery and the other one can go straight to the judge!
Palin Legal Defense Fund Launched, Supporters Drawn To Her Maternal Instinct
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/04/08/palin-legal-defense-fund_n_184634.html
I haven’t read this yet, but what a hoot!
Morning World!!
Palin’s Defense Fund — I find it strange that the lawyer who deems it Legal of course is the same lawyer that is having his bills paid!! He of course would say it legal firstly because his client is Palin and secondly, it’s paying his bill. Needs further verification and disclosure by uninterested parties.
It also brings to light, that this should be:
a) considered ‘a gift’ and declared by Palin on tax submissions. Just because it is by-passing her hand does not exclude the fact it is for her personal benefit; and/or
b) contravenes the laws or rules in the State of Alaska setting out the Governor’s job and receipt of funds for her personal benefit.
I can’t remember the exact wording as I feel like a bag of dirt with a cold the likes of which I have not had for years!!!
In these hard economic times, where do ordinary people have money to donate to a legal fund to a person who refuses to let go. Whose base does this woman represent? They must be all rich; does she ever ever think of life’s realities out there in the real world? Didn’t she suggest once in a press release about Ashley Judd’s campaign that people who donate their hard-earned cash to such a fund are wasting their money (paraphrasing here). And, what about real needs, like natural disasters, red cross, and of course Alaska’s past winter freeze, and the villages. If anyone were to donate, this should be a priority.
I think I am also going to setup a help Sarah fund too, but I am going to leave out all the “I am sure this is legal, even if unofficial” type language. Think anyone will notice? Donate the proceeds to those damaged by the Governatoress.
trisha Says:
“If the Gov. needs donations for her legal fund, something isn’t right with the big picture. In fact, something is very very wrong with this picture.”
And one of those things, and one of her problems is that a lot of her own party are not rushing to defend her actions. That in itself is telling.
I’m not Alakan and wouldn’t know, but in a relatively small population state I would think that letters to your local and state level politicos would have some real imact.
Nan wrote: Could that be a ploy to get the stimulus funds, but without the “strings attached” – ? As in “we’ll take the money, but we’ll use it the way we want & you can’t stop us”
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Nan, that’s the way I took it also.
Yes, I would think this would trigger a benefit disclosure at the very least. Probably the IRS will be interested, also, too.
The sponsoring PAC is hilarious. Wasn’t there some issue way back when with Trigg not being in a car seat? Now that’s great mothering for you!
Well, I am certainly glad I don’t have to lie awake at night worrying whether or not GINO can pay her legal bills. I agree that a legal fund should be set up for Levi. Just watched the interview on CBS that Gryphen was good enough to post. I am truly sorry for this kid, who only wants to have proper visitation rights with his son. Can you imagine going into the Palin Den for a nice family visit? I hope he always takes one of his family members along. Bristol you are not a clever girl to go along with your mother’s very obvious manipulative schemes. Think what is best for you, and more importantly, your baby. Get away from the poisonous atmosphere that has to prevail under Sarah Palin’s self-centered, self-serving theatrics.
136 Canadian Neighbour
Excellent point.
If the Governor can’t take outside “income” or valuables (Cat jacket, per diem etc) while governor, and she uses the defense moeny to defend her acts as Governor, isn’t that an “income” of sorts?
If so, then she may not be able to utilize the “income” until after she leaves office and maybe not even then.
Whoopee! Another ethics violation. Bring em on!
Chaim Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 2:52 AM
It does nothing but waste time and impress the ignorant.
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That could sum up Sarah Palin in one sentence, also too.
HA! this isn’t going to go over well…….from the above Huffpo article.
“Another of the group’s top issues, however, is one that could prove a tricky association for Palin. FreeAmericanCitizen believes that the hiring of illegal immigrants or undocumented workers should not be punished or criminalized.”
Lexky said, “I have never seen a group of people who are so devoted to a politician that they blindly follow no matter what is said or proven.”
I’ve come to the conclusion Sarah Palin could do anything, including being caught on video committing murder, and her followers would still love her. They’d convince themselves it was all a liberal media hoax, or that she was justified in killing the victim. These people are projecting all their rabid emotions onto her; for them, the real Sarah Palin vanished long ago. It’s all about hating that black man who somehow got himself elected president (had to be helped by Satan), and protecting their guns (ownership of which is the only “liberty” they seem to really care about), and making this a “Christian nation,” and saving unborn white babies from abortion, and going out and showing that we’re still the biggest bada$$es on earth by killing a few million heathen foreigners.
How else to explain that this incompetent, unethical, lying farce still has a 60% approval rating in Alaska? That she has all these sites competing with each other to fawn over her?
I don’t think Alaska’s image will ever recover from this woman.
Marnie
“If so, then she may not be able to utilize the “income” until after she leaves office and maybe not even then.”
My thought would be that as long as the Fund/s are set up while she is in office and they try to rework the rule that she will not be utilizing the fund/s until after out of office, it still remains fact it/they being set up while in office and therefore there would have to be an annual accounting done and claimed by her if it could be shown to be a gift. Even better of course, is the fact that it can’t be done as long as she is gov being a personal benefit and the funds would then be declared illegal and fund/s shut down. Poor Govy would have to pay her own bills!!! Whoas me!!!
These folks hope that she runs for Pres because she is gutsy enough to rid DC of corruption. That alone gives me my morning chuckle. What is she going to do, use her broom to shoo all the Dems out of Wash? Shoo, Shoo!
AKRaven Says:
These folks hope that she runs for Pres because she is gutsy enough to rid DC of corruption. That alone gives me my morning chuckle. What is she going to do, use her broom to shoo all the Dems out of Wash? Shoo, Shoo!
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GINO’s official pic in the Whitehouse would be one holding her guns!!
I’m sorry but y’all have a LOT more patience to deal with SP’s bovine excrement than I ever would… I’d have long since started a recall petition or rounded up a crew to run her out of town on a rail…
The thing that horrifies me is that a whole lot of folks in the “lower 48″ approve of the woman. *Shudders*
GINO will never be anywhere near the White House with a broom. They protect the airspace around the White House.
I hope Van Flein does child custody cases…looks like Sarah’s gonna need it
Any politician who has to open up a legal defense fund.
Should not hold any type of office, PERIOD.
To me, it states, oh yea…I am going to do anything I want to, screw ethics, screw laws, but hey I gots me a fund to pay for any legal maneuvering, and its being set up and paid for by MY fans! You betcha.
$730. dollars or something like that so far has been collected.
Only about $430,000.00 to go!
It sounds like Sarah has gotten her usual incredibly bad advice re the “legality” of this legal defense fund. More likely, she hasn’t bothered to check out tax ramifications at all. I’m not a tax lawyer, but have a basic knowledge of income & gift taxes. If some knowledgeable CPA or tax specialist knows differently, please jump in and correct me.
If the donations are going directly to her private attorney representing her in her private legal matters, then (1) said attorney must declare the money as income, and (2) Sarah Palin must declare the value of his services as taxable income. The private attorney could “gift” her a small portion per annum – I think the annual gift limit is now $12,000. Private attorney can’t claim to be working “pro bono” (for free) because he’s getting paid.
Let’s play with the numbers a little. If he’s put in $500,000 worth of legal services, and a private fund pays him the full $500,000, he has to declare the $500,000 as taxable income and Sarah owes taxes on $500,000 for services she received from him. If the private legal defense fund only manages to come up with $250,000, he has to pay taxes on the $250,000. If the atty. writes off the remaining $250,000 as a bad business debt, or he “forgives” Sarah the remaining $250,000 – Sarah has still in effect received a total gift of $500,000 in services from the atty. She can knock off the $12,000 as a gift, but she has to pay taxes on $480,000. IRS, are you listening?
Math correction, Sarah would have to pay taxes on $488,00, not $480,000.
And further clarification – “pro bono” services are a gift, and the annual limit on gifts is approximately $12,000.
Priceless
Palin’s legal defense fund is reminiscent of a teenager with an unlimited credit card.
OT: Just read a question from another site!!
Can anything be done to stop pirates?
I just found a new job for GINO!! Residence Ship supplied!! Guaranteed warm weather!!
STOP DOING ILLEGAL STUFF!!!
I love it! Sometimes it’s the most obvious advice!
Great Post and thanks for all you do!!!
Penn Lawyer…I don’t think Sarah sought any tax advice before she did this, if in fact she has to pay on $480,00k? She really has dug a hole with this one.
I can’t wait until Sarah tries to run for anything again…her opponents are probably busy now making ads with all this nonsense.
Some hilarious comments on the Huffington Post article about her legal defense fund- so far 19 donors at an average of $37.00 each.
Did anyone else notice how quiet Queen Taliban Gino was yesterday after the Tyra’s show aired previously? Then over on Rachel Maddows show, columnist, Connie Schultz who is the wife of Senator Sherrod Brown, slammed Gino to the ground with her scathing point of view regarding Gino’s inability to act accordingly to life in general. Thank you Connie Schultz for saying what so many parents are thinking and feeling about this Bovine creature who is our Queen Taliban Gino for Alaska. Gino and Meg Stapelton/freak are cut from the same cloth and should be ashamed of themselves for their press release prior to Levi’s interview with Tyra.
It’s going to be a long healing process once we can get Gino removed from Alaska’s political scene. Come on Alaskan’s for Truth, I know you all are working really hard on this, I am just sending encouragement your way and please, kick her and her ilk (Staplevomit) to the curb! They are so awful.
Penn Lawyer,
There may also be the issue of her receiving funds for her personal benefit which holding the office of Governor. These funds are not deemed to be for the benefit of the State of Alaska.
It can possibly be compared to her not being able to financially benefit from a book deal while Governor. Not being able to financially benefit from talk show fees while holding office of Governor. It all comes down to ‘it’s for her personal benefit, not the State’
As I posted earlier, the lawyer to which the funds would be paid to for his services rendered is one and the same declaring the fund/s legal. Yearightsure!!!
News Flash !! CBS unveils “Escape from Wasilla” with Levi Johnston.
http://www.crystalair.com/content.php?id=20200903008
Now that Sarah Palin is no longer running for a national office, she thinks it is important to keep her name in the national media every day– good coverage, bad coverage, who cares as long as they spell her name correctly and run a pretty picture. Sometimes silence is golden. I hope that she doesn’t mix up all those funds– personal, pac, legal, state. I am reminded that personal emails got mixed up with state emails, and they still aren’t straightened out.
I just watched Levi and his family interview on CBS and also saw the Tyra show.
Levi handles interviews 10x better than GINO
Austintx – re Escape… Hilarious!
Hi Canadian Neighbour – excellent point – she’s not being defended for an official action as governor but for her abuse of office – so that goes to her personal benefit. Also, too, there she and First Dude have progressed into the highest tax bracket, you betcha! It’s not surprising that she’s ill-advised legally – look at that clown she picked for Attorney General.
I am so over the freaks infiltrating the ADN and knocking out posts. I just posted about Murkowski maintaining her distance from GINO. I said many independents might not like the association and I got plucked again. I am over it.
So Sarah is accepting handouts now, eh?
And she calls herself a republican.
Shout it out, people!!
SARAH PALIN IS ON WELFARE!!!!!!!!!!!
@Penn Lawyer:
Our Congressman for All Alaska Don Young has had to spend even more than Palin on his legal (or perhaps illegal) issues. He has used various funds other than his personal bank account to pay for his defense. This indicates to me there probably are ways for one to do what Palin is doing– how did Young get away with it? I imagine Ted Stevens got help too.
If I understand gift laws (please correct me if I’m wrong), Palin can accept a 10,000 dollar gift from every man, woman, and child in the United States tax free. She could be a billionaire many times over and not pay any income tax. I’m happy to be corrected on this and I’d even appreciate it. Thanks!
the people who support her will make sure she is ok im sure. the republicans may lack brains but they dont lack money. it just seems unfair that she can break the law and then can just ask other people to pay for it. there seems to be no consequences for her. not fair. its like she is protected by the devil…about levi, everytime i start to feel sorry for him i remind myself that if there is some kind of conpiracy or laws have been broken, he is “”"hole deep in it.
Jo,
It’s OK. The Palinista think that by squelching free speech, their queenie will ride in and every one will be dazzled by her bull sh**t. They are wrong of course. Because when the airwaves open up to free speech, we who know the GINO and want her off the national stage will be screaming from the rooftops! If ADN can’t get this under control, the very basic freedom of speech, then they need to go down with the Palinistaship of fools.
I found the following comment on Huff Po and thought it summed things up nicely. Is their anyway to find out, a public right to know, just which ethics violations she owes what for? I would guess that the bulk of her debt is from Troopergate. Me thinks the purpose of this cry of being persecuted, through the “frivolous” filing of ethics violations, was to set up the defense fund in order to pay off her Troopergate bills. It would be nice to find out.
trisha08
Would anyone agree that there is something fundamentally wrong with this picture?
A policitican who needs to start a legal defense fund because they have racked up so many ethics violations that they need to solitcite the public for money? Hello?
They are asking for money to defend Palin from her ethics violations, so she can go clean up Washington. Huh..
Kind of like putting the prisoner in charge of the prison.
@ Professor Geezer
That cracked me up – you are SO right on! You can just see her tryin’ hard, though with a really mean look on her face!
GINO IS TAKING HANDOUTS…POOR THING …. I THOUGHT SHE WAS A REPUBLICAN….
OFF TOPIC…IS THERE ANYTHING WE SHOULOD DO ABOUT THOSE “TEA PARTIES” BEING CONDUCTED ON APRIL 15TH…I’LL TRY TO POST IN THE FORUM OR CHECK THERE TOO, I MEAN ALSO…
I’D LIKE TO SEE US DO SOME SORT OF EQUAL ACTION ON THE SAME DAY IS POSSIBLE REGARDING THE “TEA PARTIES”
HAVE A GOOD DAY
@Jo:
I’ve seen this strategy used elsewhere too. I complained to an administrator at another website and they removed the “popularity vote” feature. It was a very simple thing to do. It took 5 minutes.
I no longer subscribe to ADN’s newspaper delivery or read their website.
Clearly the trolls are organized– you only need a dozen or fewer of them to pull this off. We need to make this an issue with ADN. They are allowing biased manipulation of the users’ comments by organized groups– ADN owns the article, and the trolls own the user comments.
People from Anchorage try to comment, and then trolls from Florida, Georgia, Texas etc. decide which comments should be allowed and make sure any remarks critical of Palin get snuffed. I’m concerned there may be a very disturbing propaganda war going on that distorts positive comments about Palin. It is kind of similar to how totalitarian regimes in China and North Korea control the information media. With what Palin has said about the first amendment, I doubt she minds this dirty work.
The only thing we can do is complain and write letters to the editor. This reader comment voting “feature” should be removed. Unfortunately I think ADN in some ways is a crummy outfit although apparently they still have some good reporters.
Breaking news!
Governor Sarah Palin has just announced that she is setting up yet another Fund!
It’s called the “Court Attire” Fund…all proceeds of said fund will go straight to Neiman Marcus and Sax Fifth Avenue.
Yanno, any self-respecting Governor, should look fab, going into court, answering to those testy ethic charges!!!
SORRY FOR ALL THE TYPOS ON THE ENTRY 175…IN A HURRY, ON LUNCH BREAK
I am not sure if this is legal or anything, but it is just a thought, and before anyone does it, please look up if this is legal or not.
I am sure that as soon as I post this, there will be a minimum donation you must make in order to ue a credit card, but maybe there will not be.
Since credit cards charge a fee for being used, if millions of people donate 1 penny to the fund, that penny will most likely go back to the credit card company leaving lots of paperwork for the fund to process. I hate to see trees wasted if anything has to be printed for this moronic site to keep records, but the idea intrigues me enough to post and see what others think and a way to do it that protects Mama Earth, does not give Palin anything, and just makes the site annoying to maintain.
deist Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 9:05 AM
@Penn Lawyer:
Our Congressman for All Alaska Don Young has had to spend even more than Palin on his legal (or perhaps illegal) issues. He has used various funds other than his personal bank account to pay for his defense. This indicates to me there probably are ways for one to do what Palin is doing– how did Young get away with it? I imagine Ted Stevens got help too.
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I heard a couple of weeks ago he was about to be “popped”????
We thanks AKM for the info…I just sent it on to CREW’s Tipline and told them, they and IRS should check it out.
http://citizensforethics.org/about/tipline
“Clayton tells me that he has never met the Governor, but set up the fund because he wants her “to get a fair shake.” He also told me that he hopes Sarah Palin runs for President in 2012 because “We need someone to clean up Washington . Someone with gri(f)t like Governor Palin.””
Thanks for that, AKM and Yard Sign.
Think what a half million dollars could do for folks a little short on firewood and heating oil at the moment.
165 BPOINT Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 8:30 AM
You are so right!! It’s IS funny that, while this young man might not be, shall we say Harvard material, ( not everybody should be or needs to be, don’t get me wrong) Levi comes off stunningly articulate and thoughtful, compared to Palin.
That’s probably why Palin is soooooo angry. Funny how Levis’ entire family seems much more intelligent AND truthful than the Palins.
Check this out:
FREE AMERICAN CITIZENS . ORG
PO Box 711
Burleson, TX 76097
Treasurer Name: Clayton Paslay
Committee Type: (NON-PARTY NON-QUALIFIED)
Inception Date: January 1, 2009
STATEMENT OF ORGANIZATION Filed 12/22/2008
Our filing with the Federal Election Commission
Free American Citizens operates under the Federal Elections Commission as a Nonconnected committee, Non-Party, Non-Qualified. FEC#: C00457994
http://images.nictusa.com/pdf/890/28039961890/28039961890.pdf
reg. with the FEC!
Some critics complained that former Illinois Gov. George Ryan received an unfair, political insider’s advantage when one of Chicago’s most powerful law firms agreed to provide him with top-flight criminal defense free of charge.
But the legal services provided by Winston & Strawn did not save Ryan from a guilty verdict in his corruption trial and it may set him up with a tax problem he was not expecting.
The millions of dollars in pro bono legal services Ryan received from the firm could be viewed by the Internal Revenue Service as taxable income, according to the IRS and several tax experts contacted by the Tribune.
“It could be taxable and it may not be,” said IRS spokeswoman Sue Hales. “It’s a tax situation that is highly factually based. A lot of it depends on the agreement between the law firm offering the service and the client.”
http://redeye.chicagotribune.com/chi-0604260082apr26,3,4317856.story
One last thing: The Department of Law decides whether Palin can receive specific gifts. I guess it is o.k. for her to receive gifts if they don’t influence her government actions. It is my understanding they look at this on a case by case basis.
However she’s already been influenced by national interests (as her position on federal stimulus funds has shown). I wonder if the Department of Law has decided whether Palin’s legal defense fund is permissible– the people who are contributing have already made it clear they are doing so for political reasons and to help her as a national candidate– this “legal defense” fund is a political fund.
I liked some of the comments by Penn lawyer. I was thinking about this from another standpoint as well.
There are laws on the books where, if you commit some crime… you are not allowed to profit from it. Such as by writing a book .IE: People who are in prison.
I think you have to take that to court as well as a separate matter to make sure they don’t profit.
GINO is committing ‘ethics violations’ and by definition not a ‘crime ‘… but both still against the law. I am sure there is a big difference…. by the courts.
But if you did something ‘ethically ‘ that created a big media stir and got attention, this would or could make people donate more to you… based on some ‘impression ‘ they had.
In most cases, you can’t profit from a crime. Ethics behavior vs criminal behavior..? Very ‘gray’ area maybe. Both could generate a ‘ profit ‘ though.
Just some rambling… I have NO legal background.
Reading the posts and seeing Don Young has set up defense fund — ok.
Thinking out loud via the keyboard:
Is there a difference in the fact that he is a Senator, who’s main work is conducted in Washington and has to adhere to federal ethics laws as set by the House in Washington; Whereas GINO is a Governor of a State and the State Laws are what rules her as to gifts, funds, limits, etc.
Read some of the comments with the story !!
http://thinkprogress.org/2009/04/08/palin-legal-fund/
sauerkraut (# 169)
SARAH PALIN IS ON WELFARE!!!!!!!!!!!
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So much for being ‘Independent’ like she likes to brag about.
Maybe a good slogan for the next protest on a sign as well.
OT-Was there something in the People Mag. stating that Levi was staying at the Palin home when she was prego?? Can’t seem to find the statement.
OT, but referred to above: the HuffPo on the CBS interview (one of the comments):
So he was good while the campaign was going on, just to show that Palin’s daughter wasn’t going to be one of those (“the horror!”) liberal single moms. Once the campaign ended his services were no longer required. What it cracks me up about this segment is the part where the sisters comment that the Palins became “snobby” towards them after the election. For some reason I have a hard time imagining Sarah as a snob. The memory of Katie Couric interview keeps coming back to me. Unless you count hunting, they could be snobby hunters I guess.
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What I learned today is that there is a relativity of being a snob! The Snob Continuum…Didn’t SP have a photo of herself wearing a “Valley Trash” shirt?
i find it funny that the gov wanted to reject federal stimulas money but is standing there with her hand out asking for help. she will be a socialist before you know it
austintx,
Some of the comments were hilarious. I choked on “you can’t set up a fund to fix stupid”!! LOL
I just saw the CBS interview with Levi Johnstone. The interviewer talks about the fact that Palin denied Levied had lived in the Palin house. She says that the stories do not match….she asks who is lying…him or Palin? He states that Palin is lying. Good for him! Levi would have nothing to gain by saying he had lived in that house….Palin does. She is continuing to paint this holier-than-thou image that NO ONE is buying anymore. She is a phoney, a fraud and a compulsive LIAR!
If the system allows donation of a penny, then lets send her a million pennies.
One at a time.
Living in a border state, I’m always getting Canadian pennies. I’l unload them in her honor.
Wouldn’t it be ironic if this “legal defense fund” led to MORE ethics and tax problems for the Queen?
By the way, there are public officials who seek legal advice BEFORE they run afoul of tax and ethics laws, not just plunge ahead and try to wiggle out later!
There is a difference between relief funding for the disadvantaged and outright begging by someone who has all the ADVANTAGES in life already handed to them.
Charlatan Beggars don’t know from Socialism or Capitalism.
Its all the same to them – other people’s money coming their way for no work or transfer of equal value.
If she receives one dime that would have otherwise gone towards the disadvantaged in Alaska or elsewhere, Sarah is a Charlatan Beggar.
Does the manager of a legal defense fund get paid administration fees?
I’m sorry but I just find this so UTTERLY depressing. I can’t believe she wouldn’t even lift a finger for the people who had no heat & were starving (that is until she was forced to by the good work of Alaskans who give a crap about people). Didn’t she suggest that they should go get jobs away from home like her husband did? Why don’t the Palins go get second/third jobs to pay for their problems like the rest of us would be forced to do?
Second of all after posturing not to take the stimulus money allowed to Alaska she thinks it is okay to get free money for herself?
I just cannot for the life of me understand why ANYONE thinks this woman is maternal, wonderful, educated, competent, etc. It just makes my head hurt!
I’m a CPA. I don’t generally handle gift taxes too often, but here is my general understanding.
Assuming these legal fees have already been charged to GINO and she’s indebted to the law firm, income from the discharge of indebtedness is included in gross income of the relieved party UNLESS the debt is discharged due to insolvency in a bankruptcy proceeding, the discharge is a GIFT, or a student loan is discharged because the individual fulfilled a service obligation.
My assumption is that this discharge would be considered a gift. Gifts are defined to include any transfer of property, outright or in trust, to the extent it is made without full and adequate consideration. In that case, the gift is taxable to the donor (in this case the law firm). The donee of a gift does not pay tax on gifts nor include them in gross income. As stated above, the firm can exclude $12,000 of a present interest in property to any person during a calendar year from the amount of total gross gifts.
To summarize, she won’t have to pay any taxes on this or have to include it in her gross income. It’s a clever set-up, and I’m sure they probably consulted some specialists in order to set this thing up as a tax shield for the Queen.
Back to work for me.
Grainne Says,
Living in a border state, I’m always getting Canadian pennies. I’l unload them in her honor.
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I laugh as we can use U.S. coins but most states you can’t use Canadian. No exchange difference on coins whether your dollar was higher or mine was.
Unload them on her!! I know, it’s my fault!!
hmmm! c4pee had a thread about Levi on CBS and now Poof! It has disappeared! Can’t have any blogs unless they are about GINO farting rainbows! (thanks Jen
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opps, now its back?
Oh this guy who set up the “legal” fund links to the blog by our fave troll, notalib…and he asks her to get the bloging community to write faux noise, lol!
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Paula Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 3:09 AM
We should send in hundreds of checks for .01, just to assure they have a real fun time with the books. And what the heck, it’s tax deducatable, right? Since it’s basically pretty legal, seeming at least, then we can legally assume it’s legal to legally deduct our legal donations, being they’re pretty sure it’s a legal fund.
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How about checks for $0.02 with AKM’s advice written under the “Notes” or perhaps .. “Hey Lady, Stop doing stupid %)*@$&%)*@$ in the first place.. ” ?
My advise to Sarah:
Let the people who set up your legal defense fund set up a new legal defense fund, when you’re prosecuted for improperly setting up a legal defense fund.
Down the rabbit hole you go…
Some folks see Sarah as having legal troubles and baggage that they don’t want to see in a candidate. Others protest that its the just haters and detractors that are jealous or just out to get her.
I’m hoping that in the end people will see it all as baggage of some kind, get sick of it and seek a candidate without so many -haters&detractors and lawsuits and ethics complaints, and failures of leadership.
@texasbrian:
Thanks.
More on Palin’s “Every Day is Christmas”:
Washington Post Sept. 26, 2008 article “Palin Accepted $25,000 in Gifts, Alaska Records Show”
(and this was just the tip of the iceberg):
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092503988.html
Canadian Neighbour Says:
April 8th, 2009 at 10:06 AM
austintx,
Some of the comments were hilarious. I choked on “you can’t set up a fund to fix stupid”!! LOL
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One of my favorite comments from the forum from Owhole1:
Quote from: CrabbyPatty on April 03, 2009, 04:09:04 PM
I can sure see why being surrounded with high school dropouts, drug dealers, thieves, etc. is so much more important than actually doing her job and being Governor. Geesh.
Hey, have you ever tried runnin’ a jugband when the lady on the washboard wasn’t there? Washboard; you got a band. No washboard; it’s just bunch of toothless doofuses bangin’ away on a bunch of junk.
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I laugh out loud everytime I look at this. No amount of money is going to help SPee with the trail she’s left.
AP “Texan’s Palin defense fund isn’t legal, PAC says”
http://www.bostonherald.com/news/national/general/view/2009_04_08_Texan_s_Palin_defense_fund_isn_t_legal__PAC_says/srvc=home&position=recent
#206 Mike from Everett says:
“How about checks for $0.02 with AKM’s advice written under the “Notes” or perhaps .. “Hey Lady, Stop doing stupid %)*@$&%)*@$ in the first place.. ” ?”
LOL!!!!! Brilliant!
c4p says the fund “jumped the gun” – more ineptitude from the right:
We’ve been getting a lot of questions about the “Sarah Palin Defense Fund.” It’s not an official fund set up by Gov. Palin. It was set up by a well-intentioned grassroots activist to assist Gov. Palin. The official one is still on it’s way. And it turns out that this grassroots fund unfortunately jumped the gun.
Palin family spokesperson Meg Stapleton sent CNN this statement about Paslay’s defense fund:
“The continuing generosity of Alaskans and Americans is overwhelming as many reach out to assist Governor Sarah Palin and her family with their legal bills.
However, the official legal defense fund for Governor Sarah Palin has not been formed and the Governor cannot accept monies for those obligations from any other entity than the one in formation. Numerous federal and state laws to need to be abided by and the official legal defense fund will have very strict donation guidelines.
We thank everyone interested in helping the Governor. The best way to assist her will be through this official fund which will launch later this month.”
So all they have to do is launder these illegal funds to the legal legal defense fund? Brilliant!
jim: yup yup, you betcha!
nswfm CA – here’s that pic. for ya !!
http://www.blackbookmag.com/ee/images/uploads/sarah-palin-valley-trash.jpg
Any word on what Bill McAllister is doing? Truth Squad Meg Stapelton is doing all the talking for Palin. He seems to have “disappeared.”
Happened on this one too.also.
http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_Xn_O-mM2sFk/SPOdPls1urI/AAAAAAAAB2Q/FnI0w2KW7Jo/s1600-h/palint-s+2.JPG
@yukonbushgrandma –
Thanks & back at ya! I have been desperately in need of sane acquaintances while here… If you’re in the Juneau area I will be there next month and am planning a mini-mudstock with some others. Would love to have you join us. If you’re in the Anchorage area we can meet up before I move away in May.
When are the people of AK gonna wake up and recall this ding a ling?
The people who will make money in this show are the lawyers, just like the guy sitting on the pile o’ money.
C4Pee, the jugband missing the washboard.
boo boo bear – McAllister is very ill. The stress of covering for GINO could not have helped.
Did she or did she not get a book deal? Does she really need the money?
My big question is, will Alaska re-elect her in 2010?
MSNBC just said there is 1300 bucks so far……….
McAllister can’t respond to anything that is not related to the Governor’s official duties – thanks to Andree McLeod, who has done such a find job of clarifying the ethical distinction between public and private interest.
I suspect that is why we are hearing from Meg on a regular basis, because everything that has been happening has been about personal drama or politics or both.
I suppose McAllister will speak again as soon as the Governor actually does something in the interest of the State of Alaska.
What’s the mailing address ?
I’ll write a .02 cent check right now and send it in !
Or maybe I’ll put 2 pennies in an envelope (inside a tri-folded sheet of paper so it will go through the postal automation machines).
Let them have fun deal with a bunch of loose pennies !
Sharon Leigheigh (Leighough?) appears to be covering at the state level for McAllister during his illness.
I got this too from scarahPac
“The continuing generosity of Alaskans and Americans
ummmm? Since when aren’t Alaskan’s American’s?????
I don’t suppose this guy thought about using his clout to help those who lost their homes, jobs and insurance. Instead, he’s bailing out Palin? I attempted to write this at ADN but alas, can’t seem to get my message listed! Hmmm, something is afoot!
The real Sarah Palin: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6MJCvHMtwE4&NR=1
LOL!
DD
lol 1100.00 in one day for her defense fund? I bet Levi would get that ten fold in one day.
Politico has a little “problem” with Palin’s Legal Defense Fund as well…
http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0409/21046.html
She who doesn’t have a clue which way the wind is blowing, ever.
Also has a left hand that doesn’t know what the right hand is doing, also. She and her crew are a bunch of walking and talking ethics violations.
I wonder what her grand total is so far in legal bills is, and what that equates to per each day she’s been Governor. Mind boggling what poor judgement can cost.
“Stop doing illegal stuff”
HaHaHa…Lordy, that’s funny but really good advice….
Said he wants the GiNo to get a fair shake?
Nothing like money to prolong those legal fights…
Statement from Mega – Palin FAMILY [really] Spokesmodel
“…as many reach out to assist Governor Sarah Palin and her FAMILY with their legal bills.”
SO THIS WILL BE FOR THE FAMILY TOO ALSO?
I guess we can include bills for BPs Child Support Cases [in case it happens].
Ya but I think Gloria goes along with Greta so wouldn’t help
I just wanted to get this in today.Yesterday on yahoo news they had a picture of Michelle Obama and IMO she is so much prettier tha Ms Palin
Sorry Than
Better yet get Levi on the view!!!
What a piece of work GINO is. The family drama, the seats drama.
Can’t she slow down?
She has wrong advisors. Also her Ego is amazing
I like the penny idea, but lets send them directly to her official office address. Include a personal note regarding ethics. Select the violation of your choice, there’s so very many to choose from!
you betcha!!!!
If I remember right from previous blogs, the Govenor of Alaska can’t accept gifts and can’t earn or accept money other than the Governor’s salary, while in office.
So it looks like either way, gift or income. Sarah can’t access it till she’s out of office.
TRIDHA: “Sarah Palin…not right for Washington…..Not right for America.”
Sarah Palin, not right period!
156 Penn Lawyer: GiNO will just start a fund to pay the 488 off, it could go on forever – her & these illegal funds…
Tonight from HuffPo: Oops, Sarah says her new defense fund went rogue!
Defense fund says otherwise…..
Andy Barr’s reporting indicates that the outside Palin “legal fund” may actually be a fraud…
“The home page of “Sarah Palin’s Defense Fund” proclaims that “SARAH PALIN NEEDS YOUR SUPPORT!!!” But a click on “donate now” directs the user to the website of Free American Citizens. [...]
“Palin’s staff said the group did not contact either her political action committee or her governor’s office before announcing its formation Wednesday.”
REALLY? Oh, they just contacted her legal team? Read on..
“Paslay says that the funds are being kept separate from his organization and the governor’s political action committee. He is, however, in coordination with Palin’s legal team.”
“The attorney for Sarah Palin is aware of it and we have correspondence going with him because the funds are going to go to him,” he said.
Meg Stapleton using State Letterhead for the Press Release to People.com on the Levi situation. Is this legal? Meg doesn’t work for the state does she? This was not a state matter so why was state letterhead used?
I think that reference for paying legal bills for her and her family’s issues might have to do with the Dud’s contempt when he didn’t show up to testify in the Troopergate investigation. It ties in to the warthog she put up for AG….
I kind of thought that was why she let the old AG go cause he did not stop contempt citation!!!