well i guess your answer proves " there are non so blind as those who will not see ? "
On Dec 13, 4:02 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > Mike, > > This doesn't prove a thing. Read it and pay attention to what is being > said. I take three things away from this; > > (1) "...the suit alleges.". > > So we have a suit filed by Andrée McLeod that contends Palin did this. > This proves nothing. > > (2) "In one notable e-mail, a Palin aide apologized for discussing > state business on a public account. "Whoops!" Palin aide Frank Bailey > wrote, after addressing an e-mail to the governor's official state > address. "Frank, this is not the Governor's personal account," a > secretary reminded him. ". > > So the only example cited in this article is an email that an aide, > Frank Bailey, wrote. There is still no evidence that Palin broke the > law. > > (3) "A spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign has acknowledged the > use of private accounts. "As a champion of government accountability > and transparency, Governor Palin was exercising an abundance of > caution to ensure that all state and personal business matters were > being kept separate,"". > > So Palin has acknowledged using private email accounts, which she MUST > do, because by law she can't use her official email account for > personal emails. Note that this is NOT acknowledging the use of > private email accounts for government business. > > Somehow I suspect if these charges were against Obama you would be > correctly interpreting what has been written, but because this is > against Palin you see what you want to see. > > On Dec 13, 3:27 pm, Florida Cracker 532 <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > Sarah Palin > > Palin Sued for Private E-Mails About State Business > > By Matthew Mosk > > ANCHORAGE -- In a lawsuit filed in Alaska Superior Court, a Republican > > activist seeks to force Gov. Sarah Palin to produce copies of official > > correspondence she sent and received on private e-mail accounts. > > > Andrée McLeod filed the suit Wednesday and publicized it in a news > > release today. "Rather than using her state e-mail account, throughout > > her two-year tenure as Governor of Alaska, defendant Sarah Palin, as a > > matter of routine, has used, and, on information and belief, continues > > to use, (at least) two private e-mail accounts... to conduct official > > business of the State of Alaska," the suit alleges. > > > The suit is the latest front in a battle McLeod is waging over Palin's > > e-mail. In June, she filed an open-records request and received four > > boxes of redacted e-mails. But more than 1,100 others were withheld, > > an action Palin justified by claiming executive privilege. McLeod > > appealed that claim last month before going to court last week. > > > McLeod has questioned whether Palin was using private e-mail accounts > > to conduct state business in a manner that would skirt open-records > > laws. In one notable e-mail, a Palin aide apologized for discussing > > state business on a public account. "Whoops!" Palin aide Frank Bailey > > wrote, after addressing an e-mail to the governor's official state > > address. "Frank, this is not the Governor's personal account," a > > secretary reminded him. > > > A spokeswoman for the McCain-Palin campaign has acknowledged the use > > of private accounts. "As a champion of government accountability and > > transparency, Governor Palin was exercising an abundance of caution to > > ensure that all state and personal business matters were being kept > > separate," Meghan Stapleton said recently. "Governor Palin is > > committed to serving with the highest regard toward ethics." > > > But McLeod said she believes the Palin administration fostered a > > "culture of corruption" in Alaska where neither she nor her top aides > > were accountable to rules of transparency in government. > > > "The extent of the use of these private e-mail accounts demonstrates > > the extent of deception that the governor is operating under," McLeod > > said in an interview today. "The process is corrupt. The overall > > question now becomes, how did it become so broken that nobody could > > tell her, 'Don't do that.' That's why I'm going to the courts." > > > On Dec 13, 3:20 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Come back when I find anything you made up? Geez, that wasn't > > > difficult. > > > > You made up ==> 'Palin used private email accounts for government > > > business'. Well, you didn't make it up, but you have repeated it. > > > > You've been given ample opportunity to prove she did it. As expected, > > > you did not provide any links. Lots of cheap talk but you can't ever > > > seem to prove a damn thing. > > > > On Dec 13, 2:23 pm, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > come on back when you can find anything i made up sparky ! > > > > mean while like it or not palin used private emails for government > > > > business . > > > > On Dec 13, 2:05 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > Considering your penchant for making stuff up, I'm not counting on you > > > > > using that information any time soon. > > > > > > As for there being "no question that palin used yahoo and other email > > > > > accounts for government emails".. perhaps you have no question, but > > > > > then again, you'll accept any story as long as it's anti-Palin, so I'm > > > > > not surprised. > > > > > > Fact is, I did Google this and it came up empty. I've searched for > > > > > quotes, I've searched for charges, I've searched for copies of emails > > > > > that would prove this and all I can find are people such as you making > > > > > the accusation but never substantiating it. I guess you guys think if > > > > > you repeat the lie often enough it will make it true. > > > > > > You might want to try employing some common sense. Do you really think > > > > > motherjones would have written "her emails--if the legal reviewers do > > > > > not censor them for political purposes--might still make interesting, > > > > > and perhaps important, reading." if evidence existed? And how can > > > > > legal reviewers censor them if they're already out there? Duh! > > > > > > I don't suppose you're going to actually prove Palin admitted to this > > > > > by providing a link, are you? ...I didn't think so. > > > > > > On Dec 13, 3:16 am, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > wow! gee thanks for sharing that information with me it might come > > > > > > in > > > > > > handy some day . now let me share something with you there is no > > > > > > question that palin used yahoo and other email accounts for > > > > > > government > > > > > > emails she has admitted doing so during the campaign the only > > > > > > question > > > > > > is what was she trying to hide when she did so . if you really want > > > > > > her exact quote when she admitted her actions you might try googling > > > > > > it . > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 5:14 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > You probably know this but I'll tell you anyway; when you are > > > > > > > reading > > > > > > > an article such as this, words contained within quotations can be > > > > > > > attributed to an identified source. Words not in quotes belong to > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > author. As you can see from this passage there are no quotes. That > > > > > > > means this is the author's opinion and nothing more. I tried to > > > > > > > help > > > > > > > you out by pointing out there were no quotes but you chose to > > > > > > > ignore > > > > > > > me. See if I try to help you again. At least I know you're not a > > > > > > > legal > > > > > > > scholar as you clearly have no idea what constitutes 'evidence'. > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 3:57 pm, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > The problem: Palin had used at least two nonofficial email > > > > > > > > accounts > > > > > > > > (such as a Yahoo account) to conduct her state business. Given > > > > > > > > that > > > > > > > > the governor's office did not have access to those accounts, its > > > > > > > > information specialists had concluded that the only way to > > > > > > > > gather all > > > > > > > > her emails would be to search the state email accounts for > > > > > > > > about 70 > > > > > > > > people who worked within the executive offices of the governor > > > > > > > > and > > > > > > > > look for emails to and from Palin's nonofficial email accounts. > > > > > > > > Palin's office estimated it would cost almost a thousand > > > > > > > > dollars for > > > > > > > > each search of these 70 or so official accounts. > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 3:28 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > Mike, > > > > > > > > > > Please point out a QUOTE in this article from Palin or her > > > > > > > > > office that > > > > > > > > > confirms she used private email accounts for official state > > > > > > > > > business? > > > > > > > > > I'll help you.. there aren't any. What you seem to be taking > > > > > > > > > as > > > > > > > > > evidence are the personal comments of the author who clearly > > > > > > > > > has a > > > > > > > > > political agenda against Palin. > > > > > > > > > > Three months after her email account was hacked (the only > > > > > > > > > real crime.. > > > > > > > > > a crime the MSM has all but forgotten) you have; No evidence > > > > > > > > > showing > > > > > > > > > her conducting state business on a private email account. No > > > > > > > > > charges > > > > > > > > > against her for using her private account for official state > > > > > > > > > business. > > > > > > > > > There’s nothing illegal to nail her on. You must be deeply > > > > > > > > > disappointed. > > > > > > > > > > In fact, her private email account has been far more > > > > > > > > > scrutinized than > > > > > > > > > any other political figure and they can find nothing. I've > > > > > > > > > got a > > > > > > > > > better chance of telling the truth if I claimed O'Bama was > > > > > > > > > using his > > > > > > > > > private email accounts for government business... after all, > > > > > > > > > I've got > > > > > > > > > no evidence to prove he didn't, as I do for Palin. > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 3:02 pm, mike 532 <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > read the article she admits using private email acounts > > > > > > > > > > > On Dec 12, 2:30 pm, frankg <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > > I know that, Mike. My question is where is the evidence > > > > > > > > > > > that Palin did > > ... > > read more »- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. 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