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Newsweek: Judge warned Palin about "emotional child abuse"
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... and the latest "you're all sexists!" attack in an effort to divert attention from this story. It's pretty damning, and makes Palin look kind of nasty - barracuda nasty, and not in the way McCain had hoped the public would see her, I suspect. I'm gonna go out on a limb here and guess that neither the Obama nor the Bidens have ever had a judge warn them about potential child abuse. Sarah Palin is increasingly not looking the poster child for Republican family values. Newsweek An Anchorage judge three years ago warned Sarah Palin and members of her ...

War and Piece — Newsweek 's Mark Hosenball reports from Alaska: "An Anchorage judge three-years ago, warned Sarah Palin and members of her family to stop "disparaging" the reputation of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, who at the time was undergoing a bitter separation and divorce from Palin's sister, Molly. [...] Court records, obtained by NEWSWEEK, show that during the course of divorce hearings three years ago, Judge John Suddock heard testimony from an official of the Alaska State Troopers' union about how Sarah Palin—then a private citizen—and members of her family, including her ...

Newsweek Burning Up the Trooper-Gate Case
Talking Points Memo — ... Now it comes out that before she even became governor -- and was in a position to abuse her power of office -- Palin had to be warned by the judge in the divorce case that her harassment of Wooten amounted to "a form of child abuse." ...

Warned by the Court A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister's ex
Democratic Underground Latest Breaking News — ... Palin's sister, now known as Molly Hackett, said Hackett's lawyer would have no comment because custody issues are still in litigation. Other lawyers representing Sarah Palin in connection with the state legislative investigation—which is examining whether she abused her powers as governor in trying to have Wooten fired or disciplined—had no immediate comment. Palin's official gubernatorial spokeswoman did not respond to e-mails and a phone message requesting comment. Read more: http://www.newsweek.com/id/158140 Talking Points Memo: "If her behavior was so abusive and ...

Newsweek: Palin Warned By Court To Stop DisparagingTrooper
TalkLeft — ... Newsweek has examined the divorce records of Gov. Sarah Palin's sister and her husband, Mike Wooten, the trooper at the heart of the TrooperGate legislative investigation into whether Palin abused her power as Governor in firing public safety manager Walt Monegan. ...

Late Night Reads
The Democratic Daily — ... now I have added in the prospect of picking up and moving cross country. Well, my plate is full and my cup runneth over. I’ll have more here on my move soon. I’m still working things out… That said, here’s a few late night reads that I just breezed through and think readers should take a few minutes to check out: Blaming the media is an old Republican ploy, and voters shouldn’t fall for it. Hold Your Heads Up. A judge repeatedly told Palin and family not to badmouth her sister’s ex. ...

Wha?
Firedoglake — ... You couldn't make this crap up. And while we're on the subject of children: Court records obtained by NEWSWEEK show that during the course of divorce hearings three years ago, Judge John Suddock heard testimony from an official of ...

Kids...
Rising Hegemon — ... is shameful and downright perverse for the McCain campaign to use a bill that was written to protect young children from sexual predators as a recycled and discredited political attack against a father of two young girls - a position that his friend Mitt Romney also holds. Last week, John McCain told Time magazine he couldn't define what honor was. Now we know why." You couldn't make this crap up. And while we're on the subject of children: Court records obtained by NEWSWEEK show that during the course of divorce ...

Morning Roundup: Around the Web
The Latest on Air America — ... it down. The Los Angeles Times explores the possibility that Palin's pitbull attitude will appeal to blue collar voters. Good Morning America takes a few Nerf Bullet shots at Palin's theocratic views (sorry no direct link). Raw Story brings news of the GOP's truthsquad for Palin. New York Governor David Patterson sees "tones of potential racial coding" in the McCain campaign. Newsweek reports on past legal woes for the Alaskan gov.  

Morning Thread
Eschaton — Today's phrase is "emotional child abuse".

Obama: Sack the QB (Palin). The Old Guy On the Bench Has Got Nothing!
TPMCafe — ... He is now running on her coat tails and it's up to us to cut them off. Both Obama and Biden should go after her hard, laughingly rebuke the GOP's shock and horror that they would attack a mother, and let the media do the rest. Today's NEWSWEEK story could be an indication that the Palin master stroke could well end up destroying the GOP's chances. Hit 'em where they are strong and let the old white guy fade into oblivion. (Not that we shouldn't attack him too). ...

ThinkFast: September 10, 2008
Think Progress — ... yearly deficits well beyond the projected $500 billion. Three years ago, an Alaska judge warned Sarah Palin to stop harassing her brother-in-law , Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, comparing her attacks to “child abuse.” The judge presided over Wooten’s divorce trial, during which an official of the Alaska State Troopers’ union testified that Wooten was being “harassed” by Palin and other family members. Wooten is at the center of the ...

Judge: Bad-Mouthing of Wooten By Palin's Family Was "Form of Child Abuse"
TPMMuckraker — ... Newsweek reports that in 2005, a judge warned Sarah Palin and her family to stop disparaging Mike Wooten, the state trooper who at the time was undergoing a bitter divorce from Palin's sister and is at the heart of the ongoing Trooper-Gate investigation. ...

Can A Family Court Judge Restrict The Right To Petition The Government?
TalkLeft — ... , she discusses a Newsweek article that discusses 2005 (when Sarah Palin was the Mayor of Wasilla) statements made by the Alaska family court judge handling the divorce and custody dispute between Palin's sister and her ex-brother in law Morgan Wooten. While Jeralyn and other bloggers see this as a strong indictment against Palin, I was struck by the actions of the judge. Some points stand out for me. First was the judge's inflammatory use of the phrase "emotional child abuse" due to complaints by the Palin family to the government about the conduct of Wooten, an Alaska state ...

Judge tells Palin to stop 'disparaging' State Trooper over personal issues
BlueNC - The people's think tank — ... In Newsweek, Troopergate gets more interesting. We all know that Sarah Palin fired and rehired a librarian who wouldn't ban books. But, I don't think we now just how bad her attack was on Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten,and what the fallout was. Wooten was going through 'a bitter separation and divorce from Palin's sister Molly' - and Palin was trying to ruin his career over it. ...

Judge Warned Palin About Disparaging State Trooper
Taegan Goddard's Political Wire — Newsweek reports that an Anchorage judge three years ago "warned Sarah Palin and members of her family to stop 'disparaging' the reputation of Alaska State Trooper Michael Wooten, who at the time was undergoing a bitter separation and divorce from Palin's sister Molly." ...

Wednesday's Mini-Report
Political Animal — ... about the Bridge to Nowhere. * Newsweek is moving the ball forward on Palin's "troopergate" scandal. * The controversy over Palin's per diems gets ...

Part Three: Still More Revelations About Sarah Palin’s Incredible Lightness of Being
The Moderate Voice — ... While there has been a dearth of jokes about Palin not knowing when to shut her mouth (for obvious reasons), a judge in Alaska warned her to stop bad-mouthing her former brother-in-law. ...

Palin's 'grave' trooper scandal
Political Animal — ... concerns with the chief over a state trooper who was involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. In the letter, written before Sen. John McCain picked the Alaska governor as his running mate, former U.S. Attorney Wevley Shea warned Gov. Palin that "the situation is now grave" and recommended that she and her husband, Todd Palin, apologize for "overreaching or perceived overreaching" for using her position to try to get Trooper Mike Wooten fired from the force. Newsweek reports that an Alaskan judge directly warned Palin about harassing her former brother in law. ...