BS. VT VirtualTruth wrote: > She hasn't been cleared of ALL allegations. > The frivolous ones were dismissed. The others > are still being investigated. She used a lot of poor > judgement and had to pay taxpayers back money > for some of minor abuses of power. Having Alaskans > paying for your family's commercial plane tickets as > one example. > > On Jul 4, 4:00 pm, Sage2 <[email protected]> wrote: > >> PALIN has been cleared of 16 such absurd >> accusations and now those who suffer from PALIN " derangement syndrome >> " such as you carry on. The Huffington Post ! Give me a break! So far >> you left wing socialist loons are batting 0 of 16. Then again you tag >> yourself VT ( virtual truth ) virtual : 1. existing or resulting in >> essence or effect though not in actual fact, form or reality. 2. >> existing in the mind especially a product of the imagination. A lot >> of help from a psychiatrist will go a long way for those who suffer >> from this " derangement " syndrome, and good luck . >> >> *********************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************************** >> >> On Jul 4, 3:24 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. >>> > > > >
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