Well I see a lot of speculation but not one verifiable fact here. I really thought she was quitting for a presidentail run but if this turns out to be true, well OOPS!
On Jul 4, 12:24 pm, VT Sean Lewis <[email protected]> wrote: > Update: GOP strategist says ‘inept’ move could seem ’suspicious’ to > many; BradBlog now suggests that Palin’s resignation was due to an > upcoming Federal indictment for embezzlement. Max Blumenthal at The > Daily Beast adds more details. > > In the wake of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s surprise resignation on > Friday, rumors are beginning to circulate that she might have acted in > anticipation of a previously unsuspected scandal being revealed. > > Alaskan blogger Shannyn Moore suggested at Huffington Post that > “rumors of an ‘iceberg scandal’ have been circulating” even before > today’s announcement. > > “Resignation is certainly out of character for Sarah Palin,” Moore > noted. “Senator Mark Begich had a meeting with Sarah Palin two days > ago with no mention of her leaving office. Palin’s press secretary, > David Murrow had posted on his Facebook page Wednesday, ‘David Murrow > is considering life’s ironies.’ He was hired less than a month ago. > Yesterday he wrote, ‘There’s gonna be some fireworks this weekend!’” > > Josh Marshall at Talking Points Memo similarly suggested, “Remember > that based on the public record, Palin is a wildly unethical public > official, guilty at a minimum of numerous instances of abusing her > authority as governor. And a lot of very damaging information has come > out about her in the last few days — though mainly embarrassing > information about her character rather than new evidence of bad acts. > I would not be surprised if this latest round of revelations shook > something else loose that we haven’t heard about yet.” > > Moore later spoke by phone with BradBlog’s Brad Friedman and told him > that “Palin is ‘resigning as part of damage control’ due to a scandal > this is ‘not of a family nature.’” > > “The governor would not be able to continue her job when it comes > out,” Moore told Friedman. “Why would Mark Sanford not resign, but > Sarah Palin did? Her family didn’t even know about the resignation > until they were standing with her by the lake when she made her > announcement.” > > Update: BradBlog is now reporting additional information received from > Alaskans who follow Palin: “I’ve now been able to get independent > information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are > said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an > embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the > Wasilla Sports Complex built during her tenure as Mayor. Both > structures, it is said, feature the ’same windows, same wood, same > products.’ Federal investigators have been looking into this for some > time, and indictments could be imminent, according to the Alaska > sources.” > > Max Blumenthal at The Daily Beast offers additional details: > > One logical place to start looking is the affair that has Alaska > political circles buzzing: an alleged scandal centered around a > building contractor, Spenard Building Supplies, with close ties to > Palin and her husband, Todd. > > Many political observers in Alaska are fixated on rumors that > federal investigators have been seizing paperwork from SBS in recent > months, searching for evidence that Palin and her husband Todd steered > lucrative contracts to the well-connected company in exchange for > gifts like the construction of their home on pristine Lake Lucille in > 2002. The home was built just two months before Palin began > campaigning for governor, a job which would have provided her enhanced > power to grant building contracts in the wide-open state. … > > Though Todd Palin told Fox News he built his Lake Lucille home > with the help of a few “buddies,” according to Barrett’s report, > public records revealed that SBS supplied the materials for the house. > While serving as mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin blocked an initiative > that would have required the public filing of building permits—thus > momentarily preventing the revelation of such suspicious information. > > Just months before Palin left city hall to campaign for governor, > she awarded a contract to SBS to help build the $13 million Wasilla > Sports Complex. The most expensive building project in Wasilla > history, the complex cost the city an additional $1.3 million in legal > fees and threw it into severe long-term debt. For SBS, however, the > bloated and bungled project was a cash cow. > > Questions about the construction of Palin’s house are not new. An > article last fall by Wayne Barrett at the Village Voice offered many > of the same speculations that are now being presented by Blumenthal > and others as possible explanations for Palin’s resignation. > > If these allegations turn out to be accurate, Palin’s problems would > be ironically similar to the scandal which torpedoed former Alaska > Senator Ted Stevens’ career. That also involved improvements to his > home for which he made no payment. > > GOP strategist: ‘Inept’ move may seem ’suspicious’ to many > > The former National Campaign Director for the Reagan-Bush 1984 > campaign said Palin’s sudden, shocking resignation was not only > “inept,” but that it could look “suspicious” to many. > > “Everyone’s goint to assume there’s another story,” Edward John “Ed” > Rollins told CNN. “You don’t just quit with a year-and-a-half to go as > governor. You certainly don’t do this as a stepping stone to run for > president. You finish the job that you’re in, and obviously she’s not > doing that. I think people are going to be very suspicious because of > the timing. You don’t quit on a Friday of a three-day holiday.” > > Rollins continued, “If you’re going to do this, you think it through, > you give a good speech. You basically have an audience. I think, to a > certain extent, this has just made her look totatlly inept.” > > However, Rollins’ words should be taken with a grain of salt since he > worked as national campaign chairman and senior adviser for Mike > Huckabee during the former Arkansas governor’s unsuccessful attempt to > garner the 2008 GOP presidential nomination. Huckabee, along with Mitt > Romney, would probably be two of Palin’s biggest rivals if she chooses > to run for president in 2012. --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
