Farmerbill -- don't you know -- as far as Sister Sarah is concerned -- that those kinds of pertinent questions just go....
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Palin Resigning as Governor
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Posts: 2872 (07/06/09 01:28 AM) |
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Posts: 8488 (07/06/09 02:21 AM) |
From a Time magazine blog:
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Posts: 4075 (07/06/09 11:14 AM) |
You guys are mean. We all know that Obama has a voodoo curse doll of the Wasilla cutie he uses at his religious services. The pins made her do it.
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Posts: 22905 (07/06/09 11:39 AM) |
wonkette's post places the Wasila hillbilly's behavior in perspective -- she always was and is a "quitter" in any
appointed/elected position she attains:
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Posts: 2879 (07/07/09 01:41 AM) |
Daily Beast:
In the wake of Governor Palin stepping down from her job, new allegations have surfaced today in Alaska charging Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act. Zane Henning -- a conservative government watchdog from the governor's hometown of Wasilla and an oilfield worker on Alaska's North Slope -- asserts in a letter to Alaska Attorney General Daniel S. Sullivan that Palin has "been charging and pocketing per diem to live in her home and has used the process for a personal gain since being elected." The Washington Post first broke this story last September during the 2008 presidential race, but until now, no formal ethics charges have been brought on the matter in Alaska. In a detailed press release accompanying his complaint, Henning declared that: Palin's use of the per diem is in direct conflict with Section 39.52.120. (a) of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act....More than a thousand state employees commute from the Mat-Su Valley daily and none of them get to pocket free money. Henning noted that "the State of Alaska provides housing in Juneau for the Governor." If she chooses not to live there, Alaskans should not have to pay for it. I am requesting that you and the Personnel Board direct Governor Sarah Palin to reimburse the State of Alaska all per diem funds, plus interest, and a fine that are related to charges while staying in her Wasilla residence. Henning further argued that Alaska Statute 39.20.010 sets an "annual salary for the governor of $125,000." Sarah Palin has collected more than the amount established by law by cashing in her per diem checks. Alaska Statute 39.20.050 (Exclusive Compensation) states that the compensation fixed by law for the governor and lieutenant governor is in full for all services rendered by each of them in any official capacity or employment whatsoever during their respective terms of office. Per diem is therefore any added expenses incurred while in travel status, not when living in your own home. According to Henning: State travel regulations say that per diem can't be claimed when travel is less than 50 miles from a state employee's workplace. The IRS and state finance officer have already determined that the per diem is considered income. The governor's workplace in Anchorage is only a 45-mile commute from her Wasilla home. In February, Palin was required to pay back income taxes on thousands of dollars in expense money she received while living at her home overlooking Lake Lucille in Wasilla. Little more than two weeks ago she was forced to pay back the State of Alaska more than $8,100.00 for nine trips taken by her children that she had improperly charged as being part of official state business. Henning contends the per diem is another way for the Alaska governor to line her pockets at the state's expense: As a Wasilla resident I know that thousands of valley residents commute into Anchorage for work every day. They don't receive checks from their employers for sleeping at home. Governor Palin does. And it's wrong, not to mention unethical, for her to even submit these per diem claims. To me, this is a roundabout way for Palin to give herself a raise. "The Governor is quitting her job," said Henning, "and now more than ever the State of Alaska, along with its residents, need to be reimbursed for the per diem charges, including interest and a fine...[I]t is up to private citizens, like myself, to hold our Governor accountable." |
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Posts: 2880 (07/07/09 02:19 AM) |
July 7, 2009
A 'Victim' With a Constituency By Eugene Robinson WASHINGTON -- What can you say about a public official who ridicules those who would take the "quitter's way out" -- as she faces reporters to announce that she's quitting? A governor who claims that "the worthless, easy path" would be to serve out the remaining 18 months of her term? An ambitious politician who says that "life is too short" to worry about, you know, boring things such as responsibility or duty? You can say that all of us who ever took Sarah Palin seriously -- or pretended to take her seriously -- should be deeply ashamed. And you can say that John McCain should publicly apologize for putting the nation he loves at risk by choosing Palin as his running mate. Imagining Palin within a heartbeat of the presidency should be enough to make even diehard Republicans shudder. The reasons she gave for stepping down are not just contrived or implausible but literally nonsensical. She can most effectively serve the people of Alaska by ceasing to exercise the powers of chief executive? She worries that as a lame duck she would somehow be compelled to waste taxpayer money on useless junkets? In her "Don't Cry For Me, Alaska" news conference announcing her departure, the folksy non sequiturs -- "Only dead fish go with the flow" -- were like nuggets of Cartesian logic amid a tub of mush. But I'm stating the obvious. The thing is, Palin's unsuitability for high public office has been obvious all along. Tina Fey got it right; the rest of us were far too reluctant to state plainly that the emperor, or empress, has no clothes. There are basically two reasons why the political class and the commentariat continue to speak and write about Palin as if she were a substantial figure whose presence on the national stage is anything but a cruel, unfunny joke. The first is fear -- not of Palin and her know-nothing legions, but of being painted as elitist and sexist. From the beginning, Palin has been a master at maneuvering her critics into this trap. Like most Americans, she didn't go to an Ivy League school; like most women, she deals every day with the challenges of juggling work and family. She highlighted these aspects of her biography, then used them to portray herself as a victim whenever anyone had the temerity to criticize anything she said or did. The most recent illustration is what she posted on her Facebook page last weekend on the reaction to her announced resignation: "How sad that Washington and the media will never understand; it's about country. And though it's honorable for countless others to leave their positions for a higher calling and without finishing a term, of course we know by now, for some reason a different standard applies for the decisions I make." What is she talking about? Who are these "countless others" who supposedly have made the same decision to abandon governorships for no credible reason? The names don't come rushing to mind. Why is any criticism of Poor Little Sarah the result of the "different standard" that mean old "Washington and the media" always apply? Because blaming her favorite alleged persecutors allows her to ignore the bewildered reaction from her constituents in Alaska who are stunned and mystified at her decision to skip out. The other reason why Palin is taken more seriously than she deserves is that she has a constituency. Heaven help us. Palin has far-right conservative views, and while I disagree with her on almost everything, there's certainly nothing inappropriate or illegitimate about her philosophy. But I feel sorry for conservatives who look to her as a champion because she's going to let them down. Articulating a political vision and inspiring people to believe in it are true accomplishments, and no one can take that away from her. But realizing that vision through legislation or executive action requires discipline, persistence and rigor. To return to stating the obvious, these are attributes that Palin lacks. Anyone tempted to see her resignation gambit as a masterstroke, positioning her for a presidential run in 2012, is riding for a fall. She will flake out. Sarah Palin is by nature more of a firebrand opinion-maker than anything else. I know one when I see one. She can deny it all she wants, but really she's -- gulp -- one of us. eugenerobinson@washpost.com Copyright 2009, Washington Post Writers Group |
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Posts: 4719 (07/07/09 11:38 PM) |
CNN reported today that even now 7/10 republicunts would vote for her. As I said: Never misunderestimate the stupidity of the amurkan voter
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Posts: 8505 (07/08/09 03:35 AM) |
My only disagreement with Robinson is this: Palin had plenty of clothes, to the tune of $150,000 worth, paid for by the RNC. After the stink about it, they
were donated (I guess some Good Will shoppers got some incredible deals). In fairness, some of the clothes went to other members of her brood, some of whom
have been booted out of the house at this point.
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Posts: 2271 (07/08/09 08:56 AM) |
musclefuk wrote: It also says: http://www.gallup.com/poll/121514/Americans-Political-Future-Palin.aspx 54% of all surveyed would be not too likely or not likely at all to vote for her which breaks down to 81% Dems, 25% of Repubs and 53% of Independents feeling the same way. Dems & Repubs fall to party lines, while the majority of Independents hate her. And that her resignation made 9% feel more favorably, 70% no effect and 17% less favorably. While most people have already made up their mind about her, almost 2-1 of those changed by her resignation saw it as a negative. |
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Posts: 22910 (07/08/09 09:13 AM) |
the statistic that 7/10 of a group would vote for a particular candidate would be most impressive if that group happened to be growing. the rePIGlican party
is anything but, with the number of self-identified rePIGs falling to the low 20's, with no signs of the decline ending. and even if you charitably
give them 25% of the electorate, it only means that piglips could count on receiving ~17.5% of the vote from her rePIGlican fellow travelers.
any opponent would love to face her in a general election. and in 2012, she'd have to face barack obama, a daunting task for even an intelligent, qualified candidate. |
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Posts: 4720 (07/08/09 11:24 AM) |
Tell it to Gore
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