Troopergate

Half-Baked in Alaska II: More Ethics Charges Unveiled Against Palin

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.20.2008 | Politics

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New allegations have surfaced in Alaska charging Governor Sarah Palin with additional violations of the Alaska Executive Ethics Act.

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Half-Baked in Alaska: Palin's 11th Hour "Troopergate" Exoneration Was a Lie

Geoffrey Dunn | Posted 11.16.2008 | Politics

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Perhaps the most significant questions that remain are whether or not Governor Palin and her husband, Todd, committed perjury in their sworn affidavits to the personnel board.

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Lipstick on Doggerel

Evan Eisenberg | Posted 11.03.2008 | Politics

I wrote this bit of doggerel a while ago but only just got around to making it hyperdoggerel by equipping the stanza numbers with links. (Warning: VI...

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McCAIN CAMPAIGN: Time to say "sorry."

Shannyn Moore | Posted 10.31.2008 | Politics

Read More: Troopergate, Gail Phillips, John McCain, Walt Monegan, Demand Apolgy, Alaska Corruption, Chancy Croft, Sarah Palin, Politics News

Alaskans will stick up for Alaskans despite party. When it's ten below and snowing sideways, you don't check bumper stickers to see if you'll help so...

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Talking With The F.B.I.'s Undercover Source In Alaska's VECO Corruption Case

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.27.2008 | Politics

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Prewitt: "It's going to be a tight race, but Stevens could still win this thing. Stevens has been around so long, and we do have a very partisan situation up here in Alaska."

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The Shooting Star

Joe Peyronnin | Posted 10.25.2008 | Politics

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There is reason to believe Palin is turning on her benefactors. She is eager to consolidate the right and deflect blame for her predicament.

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Palin testifies to investigator in ethics dispute

AP | MATT APUZZO and JIM SALTER | Posted 10.24.2008 | Politics

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ST. LOUIS — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified for two hours Friday in an abuse-of-power investigation that has been a distraction to her Republi...

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McCain/Palin -- Unifiers At Work

Tom Gerdy | Posted 10.23.2008 | Politics

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With several good choices to fill the VP slot on the ticket, the McCain machine decides to pick an unqualified unknown "regular hockey mom" with questionable experience and a shady background.

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Palin Draws Favorable Interlocutor For 'Situation Room' Sit Down

HuffingtonPost.com | Jason Linkins | Posted 10.21.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin is set to give CNN their first interview, but by the looks of things, I wouldn't expect it to be a particularly rigorous one. As Mark Hal...

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Troopergate Investigator, Palins To Meet This Week

AP | RACHEL D'ORO | Posted 10.20.2008 | Politics

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ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin and her husband will meet this week with an investigator determining whether she violated state ethi...

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David Brooks Held Hostage, Day 10 -- Refuses to Come Clean on Palin

Greg Mitchell | Posted 10.14.2008 | Media

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Eight days after David Brooks admitted at a Manhattan forum that Sarah Palin was not qualified for higher office, he still has not shared this view with readers of his column.

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Palin Pledges to Wipe Out Abuses of Power "Starting With That Alaskan Governor"

Steve Young | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

When a reporter explained to Palin that the Alaskan governor referred to was, in fact, her, she promised she would "find out more and get back to ya."

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An Open Letter to Alaskans

Shannyn Moore | Posted 10.14.2008 | Politics

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If you don't live here, you're probably laughing. Our lives have been turned into a punch line. I want to scream, "I didn't vote for her! I read! I travel! I'm not that mean!"

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Exclusive Interview: Frank Prewitt, Author Of Last Bridge To Nowhere

Chris Weigant | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Prewitt: The book is my experience working as the confidential source who spent nearly four years helping the F.B.I. pry the lid open on the sordid world of political corruption in Alaska and Washington.

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Who Is Sarah Palin?

Barbra Streisand | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Until the Republican Convention, very few had ever heard of Sarah Palin, and now this mean-spirited campaigner is asking who is Barack Obama? I'm asking who is Sarah Palin?

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The Problem for Gov. Palin Is that Now She Should Be Impeached

Donald Craig Mitchell | Posted 10.13.2008 | Home

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The law states that if Gov. Palin commits "malfeasance in the performance of her official duties" by intentionally violating a statute, or intentionally encouraging others to do so, she should be impeached.

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Todd Palin Is the Dick Cheney of Dumbasses

Chris Kelly | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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In both cases, an administration came to power with a secret agenda. Bush/Cheney, to remove Saddam Hussein and change the face of the Middle East. The Palins, to get their ex-brother-in-law sh*tcanned.

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Dump Palin

Peter Clothier | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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As a non-Republican who devoutly hopes for an Obama victory in November, I am reluctant to offer sound advice to Senator John McCain...

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Who is the Real Sarah Palin?

Joseph A. Palermo | Posted 10.13.2008 | Politics

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Is Sarah Palin the evangelical, do-gooder "hockey mom"? Or is she a "She-Bush" megalomaniac who wields power behind the scenes by personal whim? And lies about it?

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Palin Called Troopergate Guy 36 times, Which Is 30 Times More Than You Called Your Ex Last Weekend

236.com | 23/6: The News, But Funnier | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Alaska's Legislative Council is currently meeting over the scandal known as "Troopergate" to determine if vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin did an...

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ABC: "Palin Makes Troopergate Assertions That Are Flatly False"

ABC's Political Punch | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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On Saturday, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin twice spoke to reporters about the so-called "Troopergate" scandal and the investigative report on whether she ha...

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The "Partisan" Alaska Legislative Council -- 10 Republicans, 4 Democrats

James Love | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin, the McCain campaign and many bloggers have described the Troopergate investigation as a partisan inquiry.

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What Is Todd Palin's Agenda?

Menachem Rosensaft | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Todd Palin is far more than just the Governor's spouse. We are entitled to know what his role in a McCain White House is likely to be.

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Palin Disputes Finding That She Abused Power VIDEO >>

George Spyros | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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Sarah Palin yesterday defended her actions in the Troopergate scandal after an Alaska ethics report concluded that she had abused her gubernatorial ...

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Newsweek: Troopergate Not Over Yet

Newsweek | Michael Isikoff | Posted 10.12.2008 | Politics

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A new Alaska legislative report finding that Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power and violated state ethics laws spells new trouble for the McCain campai...

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