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If Palin is not Dan Quayle...
Daily Kos —
... , and he remains the only man ever to resign in disgrace from the vice-presidency. Pursued by an extortion scandal hailing from his days as Governor - something not out of the question with Troopergate Palin - Agnew brought shame and scandal on the White House even before Richard Nixon brought it on the entire country. ...
Another Dubious Firing
The Daily Dish | By Andrew Sullivan —
... The Palin Troopergate scandal as governor - which at its core is about her use of her public office to pursue a private vendetta by firing a public safety commissioner - is not the only time Sarah Palin fired a public employee for reasons apparently unrelated to job performance. Hat Thief ...
That's Not Cronyism We Can Believe In
Talking Points Memo —
Another dubious firing in Palin's past.
On Those Allegations Against Mike Wooten
Angry Bear —
... and then lied about the whole incident. For Team McCain’s minions to use this revised set of findings as evidence that Wooten is even more of a creep is sheer dishonesty. And I find it interesting that Suderman didn’t even list that allegation that Wooten threatened to shoot someone. But this issue here is not whether Wooten is some sort of saint – he’s not. The issue is the unethical behavior of Governor Palin. Update: Let’s add Mayor Palin’s firings of Irl Stambaugh and Mary Ellen Emmons: It seems that John McCain's vice ...
Is Palin running for veep or tin horn dictator?
Comments from Left Field —
... Even from from days as mayor of Wasilla, she has a history of firing officials on a whim. In this case, the Wasilla police chief supported her election opponent in 1996, so she fired him for “not fully supporting her efforts to govern”. Is that even legal? Palin even managed to fired Wasilla’s library director for the same reason, because we all know that running a library is so important to town government! Egads. ...
Eric Schmeltzer: Palin Almost Recalled As Mayor
Politics on HuffingtonPost.com —
... Seems that Palin honed this skill back as Mayor of Wasilla, where she was nearly recalled, for firing the Police Chief and Library Director for not supporting her in her 1996 race for Mayor. ...
Comment on Offensive Line-Crossing by Kevin T. Keith
Comments for Lean Left —
... judgment. Their judgment in purely personal matters ought to be purely personal. I’m also not sure how much it should matter: if there’s no better evidence of poor judgment in their public life, that in itself is evidence of how little the personal issue matters, and if there is public evidence of poor public performance, that evidence should be the focus of discussion. (Note that, in Palin’s case, there is plenty of evidence of poor judgment in her public life.)
I agree that the situation - if it is as the ...
Campaign 08: Palin Problems
The Nation: Top Stories —
... . She may energize the Republican base (so much for McCain's supposed independence from the wingnuts in his party) but flop with everybody else. Apparently the people in her hometown of Wasilla, Alaska, population 8,471, even thought of recalling her as mayor after she fired the city police chief and library director (!) for not endorsing her mayoral campaign. In the six months McCain had to make a vice presidential pick, couldn't he of sent a few more lawyers to Alaska? They seem to be vetting their candidate ex post facto. McCain wanted to select Joe Lieberman but was ...
Palin Scandal Compendium
Open Left - Front Page —
... . She is probably guilty too, considering that she did the exact same thing when she was a mayor. However, it wasn't illegal when she fired people for political purposes as a mayor. While occupying the governor's mansion, I believe it is. ...
