Conservatives Slam Report on Palin's Troopergate Problem
Some conservatives will never "get it." The New York Times prints a front-page story, essentially summarizing information that's been around for quite some time (even before Sen. John McCain chose Sarah Palin as his running mate) on the Alaska governor's Troopergate problem, and the Weekly Standard calls it a "hit piece."
This is paranoia of unprecedented proportions—so steep that they ought to change the name of the mag/rag to The Weakly Standard.
Don't believe me—read it for yourself:
"NYT Drops 'Troopergate' Hit Piece on Sarah Palin"
Here's the opening of the New York Times's report today on the investigation into whether Sarah Palin abused her power when she fired her public safety commissioner:The 2007 state fair was days away when Alaska's public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, took another call about one of his troopers, Michael Wooten. This time, the director of Gov. Sarah Palin's Anchorage office was on the line. As Mr. Monegan recalls it, the aide said the governor had heard that Trooper Wooten was assigned to work the kickoff to the fair in late August. If so, Mr. Monegan should do something about it, because Ms. Palin was also planning to attend and did not want him nearby. Somewhat bewildered, Mr. Monegan soon determined that Trooper Wooten had indeed volunteered for duty at the fairgrounds in full costume—as "Safety Bear," the troopers' child-friendly mascot. Two years earlier, the trooper and the governor's sister had been embroiled in a nasty divorce and child-custody battle that had hardened the Palin family against him.
What great fodder for the Colbert Report! Could anything possibly justify Sarah Palin's fear of her ex-brother-in-law dressed as a child-friendly "Safety Bear" mascot? Well, the facts that Wooten abused his 10 year-old step-son and threatened to kill Palin's father might make the governor seem a tad less paranoid, but the Times buries and then fails to fully report these facts."
Tags: Alaska | New York Times | presidential election 2008 | running mates | police | Sarah Palin
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Palin reality check.
Palin needs to be sued by the former commissioner.
Qualifications for President
What are the qualifications for President?
"No person except a natural born citizen, or a citizen of the United States, at the time of the adoption of this Constitution, shall be eligible to the office of President; neither shall any person be eligible to that office, who shall not have attained to the age of 35 years, and been fourteen years a resident within the United States."
That is the beauty of our country and as you can see Gov. Palin would qualify even if she were running for President.
The same cannot be said about Sen. Obama. He has not produced an original document proving his birth in the United States. It is claimed he was born in Hawaii. However his sister has a Certification of Birth from Hawaii and she was born in Indonesia. The only document that has been provided for Sen. Obama is a forged (so say document examiner/experts)Certification of Birth from Hawaii. Daniel Berg has filed suit against the Democratic Party to produce documentation that he was born in the U.S. Sen. Obama traveled to Pakistan in his 20s on an Indonesian passport. He has never denounced his Indonesian citizenship and it is illegal to run for President if you have dual citizenship. This is just 1 among many reasons what Sen. Obama says and what he does cannot be trusted.
It bothers me that we might have someone running for this high office that is actually not eligible - if it doesn't bother others then I guess it is the end of all respect for the laws of this land.
I'm really amazed at all the people saying Gov. Palin is not eligible to be VP. Our founding documents make it pretty simple that anyone of us would be eligible if we meet the qualifications. I for one am tired of what the "experts" with all the right "qualifications" (i.e. having a law degree) have given us in government service.
Poll Question
Us News or any other respectable news source should conduct this poll;
Do You Believe Sarah Palin is an Idiot??
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