Legal Schmegal. Palin’s Attorney General on Senate Appointment.
15 04 2009You’re all familiar with the three name switcheroo. Governor Palin decided that instead of choosing from a list of names provided by Democrats, she’d just come up with her own list and make them choose. See, that way, she gets what she wants. Brilliant.
Except if the Senate Democrats aren’t biting. A legal opinion came in this morning stating that this little bit of “strategery” by Palin is actually….illegal. There can be no “list.” She must submit one name at a time. One up, one down. That’s the law.
“There is nothing for us to vote on, there is no appointment,” said Senate Judiciary Chairman Hollis French, an Anchorage Democrat. “The governor has taken an unusual course which is outside the law and leaves us no choice but to ignore what she‘s done.”
Uh oh. The governor doesn’t like being ignored. (crouches under desk, assuming the air raid position)
Of course, the new AG Wannabee, Wayne Anthony Ross, has piped up. He apparently has had a little spare time lately to review this situation, he says there’s nothing illegal about it. He thinks it’s quite appropriate. But he’s going to look over that opinion from Pam Finley, revisor of statutes. just to make sure.
OK, I’m not one to spring things on you without fair warning. So this is your fair warning. Crawl out from under that desk and buckle your seatbelt. Here’s what Palin’s new Attorney General thinks the Senate should do.
“It seems to me the most important thing that can be done by the Senate is not argue with legal or illegal but to appoint somebody to represent Juneau,” said Ross, whose own appointment is up for a confirmation vote by the Legislature tomorrow.
That’s right. No need to focus on that pesky issue of legality, Senators. Just confirm! Why argue if the appointment breaks the law, or doesn’t break the law….I mean come ON…don’t you lawmakers have something better to do than to uphold….the LAW?
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I’m kind of fond of the law. If we didn’t have it, then the lunatics would be running the asylum. We’re actually referred to as “a country of laws.” The fact that there are any legislators in Juneu who are still on the fence about whether to confirm Ross tomorrow is rather stunning. An Attorney General who has better things to do than focus on the law, is almost like a governor who has better things to do than govern.
And speaking of that, where IS our governor during the last few critical days of the Legislative session when we’re still wrangling over things like the stimulus money, the budget, the confirmation of a new Attorney General, and trying to fill an empty Senate seat? She’s speaking at a Right to Life banquet in Indiana.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:28 PM
Progressive Alaska has published another arrogant letter by WAR, this one written in 1993. His letter is responding to “Lawyers Against Discrimination” who were advocating for an Anchorage ordinance prohibiting the city from discriminating on the basis of sexual preference.
http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2009/04/wars-anti-gay-1993-bar-association.html
His condescending attitude is all too apparent again.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:29 PM
Not much of a hit piece imo. Encourage him to come here and read up on the subject! http://www.nytimes.com/gst/emailus.html
April 15th, 2009 at 6:30 PM
Crystalwolf aka caligirl_______sorry but its not there now??? but you can go to the link above [posted by 3246 Kalena
April 15th, 2009 at 6:31 PM
Rules, schmules indeed. There is no better rule than any which Sarah Palin creates out of thin air with the aid and pseudo-legal assistance of Mad Wayne Anthony.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:34 PM
SARAH’S FUTURE IS TOAST
(Sung to the theme of “Casper the Friendly Ghost”))
Sarah’s future is toast
She won’t take stimulus dough
Even though its right
She has no foresight
Her state will become skid row
The funds that she’ll forego
Will deprive the state of teachers
The economy won’t grow
And the children will be mindless creatures
Voters will reject her
Come the next statewide election
She’ll be taboo
No 2-0-1-2
Sarah’s future is toast
April 15th, 2009 at 6:35 PM
No, austintx and lainey – it wasn’t me! But if it was, would I really tell you?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:36 PM
lynnrockets killed me. I’m dead from laughter. Hold down the fort everybody, thank you!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:43 PM
THE SARAH PUKE SHOW
(sung to the theme of “The Patty Duke Show”)
Meet Barbie, who lives in Sarah’s head
At least she’s not in Levi’s bed
But Sarah’s only seen Russia
And once or twice an oil gusher–
Neither one’s well read!
She’s got dozens
Multiple per-son-al-it-ies
One is a lipsticked pitbull
One is a winking tease
Barracuda once sold the Guv’nor’s jet
With Putin she wants a tete-a-tete
Pontius Palin was in a witch mass,
An ev-an-gel-i-cal jack-ass–
Whet a wild duet!
She’s got dozens
Multiple per-son-al-i-ties
They wink, they blink, like Colonel Klink
At times they even dress in mink—
She has lost her mind
Because Sarah is twelve of a kind!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:46 PM
lynnrockets for Governor (can co-rule w/ Beth Kertulla as master of wit and comedic relief )!
April 15th, 2009 at 6:48 PM
Is the GOP Waving Bye-Bye to Sarah Palin?
April 14, 2009
By Paul Bedard, Washington Whispers
Worse than Dan Quayle before her, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin’s bright star has fast faded in the eyes of Washington Republican officials and analysts, calling into question her efforts to become a national party figure ready to run for the White House. “She’s just not ready for prime time,” said a party strategist who has worked for former President Bush. “I mean, she’s starting to look like she’s having trouble being governor of Alaska.” At issue is her weak debut, hampered by the mishandling of her by Sen. John McCain’s campaign, and subsequent family issues such as the most recent tiff with Levi Johnston, the father of her first grandchild and ex-fiancé of her daughter Bristol.
Since running for vice president with McCain, Palin has made efforts to be a national figure, starting a political action committee and speaking at national events in Washington. But she has also blown other chances, backed out of speech commitments, and allowed herself to be caught in a fight between state and national aides who have different roles for her in mind. While some Republican officials say that there is time for her to recover, many are already looking to others to carry the GOP flag, such as Mitt Romney or Newt Gingrich, in the 2010 and 2012 elections.
April 15th, 2009 at 6:52 PM
Here’s a thought for everybody….
That last Palin approval poll was back on 3/25…and going South
When is the NEXT one… shouldn’t it be out..?
April 15th, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Thanks for the support folks, as well as putting up with my inane humor. I hope I have not worn out my welcome on this blog because i enjoyed your posts immensely. They ran the gamut from serious to lighthearted and that makes for an enjoyable and informative read. Well, it is getting late here in Beantown and I must now retreat to the arms of Morphious.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:02 PM
lynnrockets Says:
April 15th, 2009 at 6:58 PM
Thanks for the support folks, as well as putting up with my inane humor. I hope I have not worn out my welcome on this blog because i enjoyed your posts immensely. They ran the gamut from serious to lighthearted and that makes for an enjoyable and informative read. Well, it is getting late here in Beantown and I must now retreat to the arms of Morphious.
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Come back soon. It’s been a blast.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:06 PM
Lynenrocket- I love the filks- how about the Banana Boat Song?
April 15th, 2009 at 7:11 PM
BS Says: 4/15/09 @ 6:22 PM: “Hey ya’ll – just thought I would pop in and tell you I went to the tea party in Wasilla. … I got there when they played The Boss’es song “Born In The USA.” The person on the stage said something like “C’mon wave em – yeah born in the USA.” Nobody sang along because they didn’t know the words. It reminded me of – was it McCain or Bush? I can’t remember – but they were told by The Boss to cease and desist playing their song. The Wasilla people didn’t know the words…”
They ought to stick to listening to Hank Williams Jr. and Lee Greenwood.
The Boss is NOT a conservative; he backed Obama. I’ll bet he wouldn’t be too happy knowing a bunch of know-nothing protestors usurped his song for a totally bogus cause.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:16 PM
Just a theory about the “why” SP would insist on not submitting her list the way that’s expected. Possibly a fierce stubborness to “win” at all cost. It’s not about getting the position filled, it appears it’s about playing chicken and vying to win, just for the mere pleasure of seeing the other side defeated. Like a child would. And then doing the Nelson, Ah-Ha.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:23 PM
So, if Beth K. were really appointed to the Senate seat, that would leave a House seat vacant. It could be amusing to watch Sarah try to fill that position, but honestly the joke’s getting a little old…
Unless there’s a different process for filling a vacated House seat, like maybe the interim AG appoints it???
I infer from a comment waaay upstream that *only* the governor can call a special session of the legislature. Can that be? And an interim appointment, as in Ross as AG, if not confirmed, not just left to dangle like a tea bag, but actually DENIED, stands until another name is put forward. Is that possible? Like Rachel M., I need to be talked down on these two items.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:30 PM
Lynnrockets
GINO is counting on “mindless creature” Alaskans-nobody with half a brain (at this point in time, knowing what we know) should even think of voting for her.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:32 PM
I’m not quite in bed yet. I was watching the CNN News and caught a great story.
It appears that Sarah’s dad (Grampy Palin?) has injected himself into the Palin-Johnston Feud. He wants Levi to spend his tv appearance money on diapers. This Palin stuff couldn’t be more F’d up if it was written by someone tripping (pun intended) on LSD.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:44 PM
@ Yorkie. Point well taken, but I hope that you’re not referring to all Alaskans as “mindless creatures.” I have found most Alaskans on various blogs (on both side of the aisle, mind you) to be well informed and passionate regarding the issues facing their state.I daresay, even my own Commonwealth has its share of the uninformed. After all, we elected Mittwit Romney as our Governor.
Nevertheless, I believe that Little Miss Sunshine is counting on support not only from Alaskan “mindless creatures”, but those other “mindless creatures” that reside in the Lower 48 if she has national aspirations. I can guaranty, however that she will never capture the Massachusetts vote.
April 15th, 2009 at 7:46 PM
lynnrockets… why no Palin lyrics to Afternoon Delight?
April 15th, 2009 at 7:54 PM
Hmmm, “Afternoon Delight”. I’ll have to work on that one tomorrow right after “Brandy (You’re a fine girl)”
Any other suggestions? I’m game.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:11 PM
http://community.adn.com/adn/node/140584 90 comments and 80 are probably blocked because of something negative written about Palin? It’s a hoot. We need to have a few hundred or thousand of the mud puppies go over and keep those palinites busy reporting all the posting as abusive. I’m off to post, hope to see a few of you over there.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:14 PM
I’d bet that 99% of those Teabaggers make less than $250,000 a year, which means that under Obama and the Democrats they will be getting a nice tax break. Go figure…
What’s really going on here is that Republicans have pretty much been marginalized from positions of power and responsibility, which has effectively freed them up to release their inner demons and treat us to a kind of Theatre of the Absurd. The main beneficiary of this circus is Jon Stewart– he no longer needs to hire paid staff to write his script; he’s having it handed to him free of charge by the likes of the Teabaggers.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:26 PM
I said this before, somewhere else:
If the Repug-controlled legislature confirms Ross, he and GINO will take AK down in flames (metaphorically-speaking). For decades, the country will point to Alaska as an undeniable example of what can happen if Republicans are allowed access to power.
April 15th, 2009 at 8:35 PM
Why is it that none of my posts actually make it onto the ADN site? Is there a way to tell if you’ve been blackballed (ouch, bad choice of words) or banned or something? Can you tell if your posts have been reported as “abuse”? If so, how?
April 15th, 2009 at 9:17 PM
What time is the vote tomorrow? I want to know.
Is this last stunt, naming 3 senators enough to recall her. It’s clearly illegal, who’s going to take up that call?
April 15th, 2009 at 9:30 PM
Tanya::::It’s clearly illegal, who’s going to take up that call?
GhostBusters?
April 15th, 2009 at 9:33 PM
As usual, I’m late arriving at the end of my day, wanted to add a song to the pot….
WON’T SHE SHUT-UP
[Moving On Up, Theme from The Jefferson’s]
Why won’t she shut-up?
Lying with a smile’
Wow, she’s recycling another lie
A sitting duck
Mean girl – plain snide.
She can’t stop talking about Levi
Can’t follow the rules for pickin’
Keep trying’ to bum-rush the Dems
her dying ambition under lying
That’s how she gets her thrills
Said she can do as she please
Ignoring’ “We want Beth.”
Together we appeal “Don’t want Ross for AG”
He surely won’t have AKs back
She destroyed our trust
Not hot, brite or wise
Blinked way much – mixed nut lies
Her schooling sucks
Blackberry’’nized
Maybe soon she’s leave us with peace & quite
April 15th, 2009 at 9:35 PM
Hey guys, not every gOP conservative voted for Mac and Cheesewiz. There were some of us who voted for Obama. Not because were in ‘love’ with him, but because the GOP has run adrift. And we needed someone to help pull the boat back to shore! I don’t like everything Obama has done so far, but Ihave not hated everything either. I’m about 60/40 right now. However, I am every so grateful to those voters who sided with me that Palin was more dangerous than any candidate we’ve ever seen in hisotry. I’m even more grateful we don’t have a sitting vice president doing Jerry Springer, thinking he’s a real talk show host.
April 15th, 2009 at 9:41 PM
Tanya Says:
April 15th, 2009 at 9:17 PM
“What time is the vote tomorrow? I want to know.”
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Last time I checked the vote on AG is scheduled for 11 am. There is still time to email the entire legislature. Let them know you are all watching what they do. I suggest all please be respectful, to the point & avoid repeating rumor & unfounded facts to them… they’ve heard them all by now.
And any of you Juneauites out there, please send some support to our Senate Dems for standing up to the Gov on this absurd, childish game she is playing with our Senate seat.
Wish you could have all been at the Alaska Folk Festival tonight in Juneau. The “Bluescast” satire group just crucified Palin, her AG pick & all of the recent shenanigins. It was hysterical! I really needed a good laugh.
Go Forth & email, all you good people!
April 15th, 2009 at 10:05 PM
I was looking for the Alaska Statutes online, and the legislature’s web page has them but I’m not positive they’re the most recent versions. According to AS 24.05.100(a)(2), the legislature can call ITSELF into special session if 2/3 of each house agrees. I’m not sure that the Republicans would want to do that, but who knows. This is from the legislature’s page:
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/cgi-bin/folioisa.dll/stattx08/query=*/doc/%7Bt11421%7D?
April 15th, 2009 at 10:06 PM
lynnnrockets…..It seems the rules to post on ADN are quite stringent. If you mock, disagree, or laugh at Queen Sarah, they block you and remove your posts without any warning. If they approve your posts, the palinbots will click on the little button that says “report abuse” and poof you are gone. It seems to be a no win situation….much like dealing with Queen Sarah.
April 15th, 2009 at 10:06 PM
Sorry, that was too long; I just used tiny url for the first time so let’s see if this works
http://tiny.cc/5ayAT
April 15th, 2009 at 10:12 PM
What do we even need Queen Sarah for? This State seems to run itself all the times she has been gone. Has she even been here more than not? All she does is raise havoc and make lives miserable. I can’t wait for the day that she is at the bottom of the barrel keeping Frank company!!
April 15th, 2009 at 10:52 PM
Today Ross said, ” … it seems that no matter what the governor tries, there is always someone criticizing her.” This is not a matter of criticizing the governor but a matter of her not complying with Alaska Statutes – which are the law. I am no lawyer but when I read the statutes pertaining to this matter, they are very brief, very clear, and written in plain English. They specify “person”, singular not plural. That Ross – a trained attorney vying for the top legal spot in this state – is unable to render a correct “interpretation” on this matter is indeed troubling and brings to question not only the role of his allegiance to Palin but also his lack of scholarly aptitude.
Scary, very scary.
April 16th, 2009 at 12:12 AM
Poor Sarah…getting so much criticism. Remedy: STOP DOING STUPID STUFF!!
It was a no-brainer for me from the moment she picked him but every time since that he opens his mouth it becomes more & more obvious that he is there primarily to protect Sarah & do her bidding.
No worries about the pesky legalities of what she is doing…why bother with such trivial things.
“Scary” doesn’t even begin to cover it…
April 16th, 2009 at 12:52 AM
204 Marnie Says:
April 15th, 2009 at 5:10 PM
“Rick Perry, gov of Tx. Threatens to secede from the union.”
It’s illegal, he can’t. Most Texans wouldn’t support it. The US won’t support it.
Kay Bailey Hutchenson is comming back from Congress to whup his ass.
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I hope she does too! May Palin-lovin’ ex husband hates Kay, so I guess she’s not so bad. Maybe I’ll vote for her too.
You know Mudflats must be an addiction if it is the first thing I think of when I wake up in the middle of the night….
texasbrian – i feel the same way you do. i wish i could leave, but family needs prevent it. what i should do is move to austin or san antonio. a better change from north texas.
April 16th, 2009 at 5:36 AM
Hate to say it but I think the lunatics are already running the asylum there.
Good Luck today with the Ross vote….VOTE HIM OUT! scary,scary,scary…..
April 16th, 2009 at 5:57 AM
Only somewhat OT
For those who suffer on Tax Day
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/opinions/anntelnaes/
An interesting Tea Bagger sign
Anybody want to try to explain how his “Founders” sign isn’t Anti-American?
These people are very confused, but also very angry and they act out on their anger.
http://www.statesman.com/news/mediahub/media/slideshow/index.jsp?tId=152442
Just as a context. Austin, Texas had about 1500 Tea Baggers at the Capitol and about the same number at City Hall.
When I was a student at the University of Texas in Austin in the ’60’s we put 20 to 30K students onto the streets of Austin in a five mile peaceful anti-war march. It streatched from the West Mall at Guadalupe down to the Federal Building and back again. The beginning of the marchers met the last ones who were backed up and just coming off the Mall and some rewalked the route.
The only violence was some hard hats on the third floor of a construction site (the J. Frank Dobie Center) protected by a ten foot solid construction fence, throwing bricks at the students walking past.
Those latter are the kind of Americans we need to be afraid of. And that’s the kind of Americans that Fox et al and the RepoTaliban are stirring up. Don’t for moment think that Republicans were joking when they said they were going to turn to insurgency.
April 16th, 2009 at 6:28 AM
lynnrocket–I am overcome. In the immortal words of Wayne and Garth, I’m not worthy.
April 16th, 2009 at 7:21 AM
I hadn’t seen this reported yet, so if it has, then I apologise for revisiting this information.
On KTUU, a report on this mess with the Governor and the Democratic Legislature, it turns out that the newest pick for the Senate Seat by Palin is Wilson, who as it turns out met the Governor when he was doing remodeling work at the Governors mansion.
It isn’t in the written story, but in the video it is mentioned towards the end.
http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?S=10192553
April 16th, 2009 at 9:07 AM
The Legislature can call itself into special session with that 2/3 vote of each house. Don’t know that they’ll want to, but they may to deal with veto overrides of stim $ if necessary.
The confirmation voting joint floor session is at 11, though there are more appointments than just that of WAR. I’d venture to guess they’ll be out by noonish though.
And, the Bluescast (and many other comments by the MC and musicians) last night at the AFF were FABULOUS (as always!). Great political night there, it was!
April 16th, 2009 at 11:14 AM
Lynnrockets; what about the “All in the Family” song? Instead of Archie and Edith, maybe John McCain and Sarah singing, “those were the days”.
April 18th, 2009 at 10:41 AM
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