| Devastating ABC Investigative Report on Troopergate - 334 sec
Best summary of the issue that I've seen
Auteur : jedreport
Tags: Sarah Palin Trooper Walt Monegan
 | | Troopergate Hounds Palin - 354 sec
The soon-to-be released report is expected to show Todd Palin's involvement in the dismissal of an Alaska official, reports John Blackstone. Bob Scheiffer discusses the probe's likely effect.
Auteur : CBS
Tags: todd sarah palin troopergate alaska gov governor politics
| | 'Troopergate' Heats Up - 111 sec
Individuals close to Sarah Palin who have been subpoenaed in the "Troopergate" investigation have refused to testify, including Palin's "First Dude" husband Todd. John Blackstone reports from Alaska.
Auteur : CBS
Tags: Evening Saturday Scandal Hypocrite Conservative
| | Troopergate Inquiry Dogs Palin - 117 sec
Alaska Republicans seek to delay an inquiry into whether Governor Sarah Palin acted improperly and used her office to settle a personal grudge. Chip Reid reports.
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Tags: Chip Reid troopergate Sarah Palin Governor Alaska
| | Headzup: Troopergate Report: Palin Abused Power - 31 sec
Sarah Palin is asked about the bipartisan report showing she abused her power in the Troopergate scandal.
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| | Troopergate: Palin gives opposing accounts on firing of Monegan - 54 sec
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| | ABC investigates Sarah Palin's Troopergate problem - 207 sec
ABC investigates Sarah Palin's Troopergate problem
Auteur : junkdunkpunk
Tags: Sarah Palin Trooper Alaska Police Firing Fire
| | KTVA, Local CBS Affiliate, Reports On Palin Trooper-Gate Sca - 287 sec
Local CBS Affiliate Reports on Palin
Auteur : tpmtv
Tags: Palin Trooper-Gate McCain VP
| | Mike Wooten Troopergate Sarah Palin State Trooper - 450 sec
http://billcreata.podOmatic.com Troopergate Sara Palin State Trooper scandal. CNN troopergate exclusive Interview with Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten. Mike Wooten speaks to the press for the first time. Alaska State trooper Mike Wooten was accused of threatening the Sister of Sarah Palin and admits he tasered his son in law, age 10. Alaska governor and vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is being investigated in firing The Alaska state police commissioner for refusing to fire Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten after an ugly divorce with Sarah Palins' sister. Troopergate CNN has been attempting to find anything bad about Alaska Governor Sarah Palin and has found very little of substance to get on her. The actual interview with Mike Wooten only lasts a few minutes as State Trooper Wooten is keeping his mouth shut about the case. Also revealed Alaska State Trooper Mike Wooten has been accused of drinking alcohol in his patrol car but he denies it. Drew Griffin traveled all the way to Alaska to get this troopergate interview.
Auteur : billcreata
Tags: Sarah Palin scandal governer alaska trooper investigation troopergate fire firing CNN commentary analysis news female woman commissioner state police
| | Anti Sarah Palin Rally Anchorage Alaska sept 27 2008 McCain - 193 sec
Pictures of a rally in Anchorage Alaska against Sarah Palin, McCain occupation of Alaska Justice system. Demand truth from sarah and Impeach Talis Colberg.
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Tags: Sarah Palin Talis Colberg McCain Alaska Rally demonstration protest anti-sarah anti-palin anti-McCain pro-obama
| | Rachel Maddow - Sarah Palin Troopergate Update (Part 3) - 328 sec
Politicians are good at spin. The McCain camp has brought a whole new level of it to our small state -- in what looks like an effort to show they can play the same Karl Rove-like political games that have haunted this country for the last 8 years. I like Governor Palin on a personal level. But I don't like what the McCain campaign is doing to our state. I don't like deception. And I don't like politics as usual.
Alaskans are starting to see evidence of a Karl Rove-like effort to stonewall what started as a non-controversial, bi-partisan "Troopergate" investigation. A little deception here, a few personal attacks there. And the kind of spin you see at an amusement park tilt-a-whirl station.
This investigation was started by a Republican-dominated Alaska Legislature to look into Governor Palin's conduct in seeking the termination of a State Trooper, once married to the Governor's sister, Trooper Michael Wooten. The McCain camp wants to stop it by saying it's a "democratic" investigation. Apart from facts, and the reputations the McCain folks don't mind destroying, there's not a lot standing in the way of this strategy.
Until August 29 "Troopergate" was a small state investigation Governor Palin, and every Republican and Democrat in a Republican-led Legislature, had agreed was appropriate. But things changed the day Governor Palin joined the McCain ticket. His handlers went ballistic that the Governor agreed to an investigation they now needed to stop.
I know Senator McCain is now running on a political platform of "change." Leave aside how he'll fight to change what he's voted to do to this country for the last 8 years. If you ask me, the only thing he's changed so far is Governor Palin's position -- her decision to cooperate with this once-small investigation.
This is one of those cases where there's a clear truth. It's a clear truth -- about a bi-partisan investigation -- that I hope McCain's operatives will ultimately fail at spinning into a "partisan" plot against his running mate.
To get their way, and prevent sworn testimony from leaking out on what I suspect was probably a minor breach by Governor Palin, McCain's operatives have come to Alaska to add invective in a state where people generally get along. They've chosen to vilify: 1) one of the state's most respected public officials, Senator Hollis French; 2) the state's most respected law enforcement official, Walt Monegan; and 3) a highly respected former DA and Victims Rights advocate a legislative committee voted 12 - 0 to hire to conduct the investigation, Steve Branchflower.
It's the ghost of Karl Rove. Say something untrue enough times -- like that al-Qaeda is training with Saddam Hussein's help -- and people will believe it. Not this time. I'm not sure if I mentioned a few important facts.
Did I mention that no one ever attacked the Troopergate investigation by Alaska's Legislature -- started long before Governor Palin was placed on McCain's ticket -- until August 29? That was the day Governor Palin joined the McCain bid for the White House.
Did I mention that before the McCain camp got involved, the Governor stated of the Legislative investigation: "That being the route they choose, so be it. I'm happy to comply, to cooperate." (KTUU.com, July 24, 2008). She repeatedly stated she'd comply, and that it was the right thing to do. But
The investigator, Steve Branchflower, is a former DA and Office of Victims Rights head (a job he was appointed to by a Republican Legislature). He's actually conducting the investigation. Attacking Senator French doesn't really work if he's not investigating the case, or making any findings. So the McCain folks have attacked Mr. Branchflower. And they've tried to stop him from issuing subpoenas to the witnesses now directed not to talk. Today the McCain folks suffered a setback. A bi-partisan committee of Republicans and Democrats authorized Mr. Branchflower to move ahead to subpoena those witnesses.
And for good measure -- the McCain folks are attacking Walt Monegan -- the Public Safety Commissioner Governor Palin fired. The Troopergate investigation involves claims that Monegan was fired for not agreeing to fire Trooper Wooten, the Governor's brother in law involved in a very ugly custody dispute with the Governor's sister.
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/les-gara/karl-rove-in-alaska-mccai_b_126649.html
Auteur : AntiConformist911
Tags: Rachel Maddow Sarah Todd Palin Alaska State trooper gate Walt Monegan Wooten firing john Mccain Barack Obama Joe Biden
| | TROOPERGATE - Sarah Palin abused her power in a state official's firing - "Lose" Ad - Hockey mom Sarah Palin boo'd at hockey game - Troopergate Finding: Sarah Palin "Abused her Power" - FOX 'News' Edits Out Palin Hockey Boos - 178 sec
McCain Campaign Responds To TrooperGate Report
Gov. Sarah Palin abused her power in a state official's firing but did not violate the law, an Alaska legislative panel finds.
Auteur : freedomanddemocracy
Tags: troopergate sarah palin power firing
| | Rachel Maddow - Sarah Palin Troopergate Update (Part 4) - 654 sec
Sarah Palin has used Bush justice:
First, Palin has asserted that her records and communications are protected by executive privilege. Second, her senior assistants have been instructed not to cooperate with the probe. Third, the Alaska attorney general (a Palin appointee and confidant who faces conflict-of-interest charges himself) has issued a series of opinions designed to bar the way for the probe. So how does the McCain team deal with accusations that it is attempting a cover-up of Palins involvement in a matter which, at the very least, raises severe questions about Palins credibility? They argue that the inquiry should be handled by the Alaska Personnel Board, not by the legislature. The Personnel Board, of course, is dominated by Palins cronies and reports to her. If it works in Washington, why not in Juneau?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/a-fast-learner.html
Why Palin Fired Monegan. To hire Chuck Kopp as police chief - because national Christianist forces were looking for a commitment before they helped launch her national career:
Kenai City Police Chief Chuck Kopp was a rising star in Alaska's Christian conservative movement. He was a frequent speaker at local religious and patriotic gatherings. He was school board president of Cook Inlet Academy, the fundamentalist Christian high school in Soldotna his missionary-educator father founded. Kopp also was on the board of Port Alsworth's Tanailan Bible Camp, also founded by his father.
Through Samaritan's Place, Franklin Graham has been the chief benefactor of the Tanailan Bible Camp building and rebuilding a church and meeting hall and guest cabins. The evangelical scion of Alaska, Rev. Jerry Prevo of the Anchorage Baptist Temple, is on Samaritan Purse's Board of Directors, so there's a clear connection between Graham, Prevo and Kopp.
Only problem: Kopp was a known sexual harasser when Palin appointed him (and she knew it). But religious fanaticism and sexual acting out are not exactly strangers to one another, are they?
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/why-palin-fired.html
Auteur : AntiConformist911
Tags: Rachel Maddow Sarah Todd Palin Alaska State trooper gate Walt Monegan Wooten firing john Mccain Barack Obama Joe Biden
| | PALIN GUILTY! Sarah Palin Troopergate Scandal - Governor Unlawfully Abused Power In Firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan HQ - Alaska State Trooper Scandal 10/10 In High Quality - 53 sec
10/10 - (AP) — A legislative committee investigating Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin has found she unlawfully abused her authority in firing the state's public safety commissioner. The investigative report concludes that a family grudge wasn't the sole reason for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walter Monegan but says it likely was a contributing factor.
The Republican vice presidential nominee has been accused of firing a commissioner to settle a family dispute. Palin supporters have called the investigation politically motivated.
Monegan says he was dismissed as retribution for resisting pressure to fire a state trooper (Mike Wooten) involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister. Palin says Monegan was fired as part of a legitimate budget dispute.
Also known as the alaska troopergate scandal. The report was a unanimous decision by a bipartisan council (the branchflower report).
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| | Rachel Maddow - Sarah Palin Troopergate Update (Part 6) - 425 sec
In his statement to the legislative inquiry (which was supposed to remain confidential but promptly released to the press by the McCain campaign) Todd Palin admits that he'd been trying to get his trooper brother-in-law fired for years. But he insists, improbably, that that didn't have anything to do with the subsequent dismissal of the guy he and Gov. Palin were pressuring to fire him. That, and he too says, Walt Monegan, the Commissioner of Public Safety at the center of the story, was not fired but rather resigned.
In one of the odder parts of the deposition, he seems to have implied that two reasons Monegan was actually fired were for emailing the governor reports that she'd driven with her newborn son without a car seat and that he didn't have a state plane available enough for her trips.
For those of you keeping score, the Palins' purported rationales for firing Monegan are tellingly similar to those originally put forward for firing those US Attorneys -- vague and barely consequential complaints that no one ever seems to have mentioned before the press started asking questions, peppered with occasional defenses of the reasons for the firing which they claim aren't even the real reasons.
http://talkingpointsmemo.com/archives/223056.php
Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Hollis French deserves criticism for his clumsy response once Troopergate went national: He should have never used the word "impeachment" in any context. But the bulk of this responsibility for the ugly mess falls on Palin herself, who can't separate her personal life from her professional life, Attorney General Talis Colberg, who can't figure out if he works for the people of Alaska or the Palin family, and the hammerheads sent up here by John McCain to run the local McCain-Palin campaign. Like their masters, these guys will tell any old tale about Hollis French, the Democrats and the media as long as it advances their cause. Remember Rudy Guiliani and Karl Rove touting Palin's military experience as commander of the national guard? And her foreign policy experience because Alaska is near Russia? Pants-on-fire lies, but hey, who needs facts when you have talking points provided by headquarters in Washington.
Investigator Steve Branchflower be warned. If you issue a report on Troopergate before the election in any fashion critical of Gov. Palin, you can expect to be made to look like a war criminal. Or worse.
Thanks to Troopergate, the relationship Palin established with Democrats during two legislative sessions -- the trust and accommodation she needed to pass her gas-line and oil-tax legislation -- no longer exists.
Throughout her political career, Palin has benefited from establishing and exploiting contrast favorable to her. The contrast between Palin the woman-of-integrity and dishonest Republican bosses. The contrast between the fresh new Palin and ham-handed incumbent fossil Gov. Frank Murkowski. The contrast between woman-of-the-people Palin and the public-be-damned oil companies. Even the contrast between young, vital Palin and aging, stiff John McCain -- which perversely enough has helped John McCain in the polls.
http://www.adn.com/opinion/sarah-palin/story/541124.html
They've now made an emergency appeal to the state Supreme Court to prevent the issuance of a report on the abuse of power by Sarah Palin in trying to get her ex brother-in-law fired from being a state trooper. The resistance to transparency is coming from an out-of-state entity:
Texas-based Liberty Legal Institute and Anchorage attorney Kevin Clarkson, representing the group of anti-investigation legislators, filed the emergency appeal.
"The plaintiffs and Alaskans will suffer irreparable harm if the investigation at issue continues and if the resulting investigative report issues as planned on Oct. 10, 2008," they wrote in their appeal.
I see no reason why candidates for the highest offices in the country should shut down legitimate legislative investigations into their alleged abuse of power, started long before they were such candidates. In fact, I see very good reason for American voters to know what the Alaska legislature made of Palin's ethics before they get to vote in November. But as we know, John McCain believes in minimal transparency and maximal secrecy. At least he has since Sarah Palin was pickd for his veep.
http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/mccain-palins-d.html
Auteur : AntiConformist911
Tags: Rachel Maddow Sarah Todd Palin Alaska State trooper gate Walt Monegan Wooten firing john Mccain Barack Obama Joe Biden
| | Palin's Troopergate Set To Explode - 491 sec
Palin's Troopergate Set To Explode
Auteur : ushadrons
Tags: Palin's Troopergate Set To Explode Alaska Todd Palin Trooper Wooten Walt Monegan McCain/Palin Campaign
| | Troopergate Confrontation: AK Lawmaker v. Truth Squad, Pt. 1 - 352 sec
Alaska lawmaker Rep. Les Gara confronts McCain-Palin "Truth Squad" member Meg Stapleton after the legislative investigation results are released in the Troopergate scandal
Auteur : KTVA11
Tags: Representative Les Gara Meg Stapleton Anchorage Alaska Troopergate Sarah Palin
| | Palin Votes, Talks Troopergate - 168 sec
"CBS News RAW:" Gov. Sarah Palin returned home to vote at a site in Wasilla, Ak and after commented on the clearing of her name in the second troopergate probe.
Auteur : CBS
Tags: sarah palin troopergate probe wasilla alaska vote
| | Palin & Troopergate - 159 sec
More on Troopergate from Hardball.
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| | Troopergate: Walt Monegan Responds to Palin Verdict - Maddow - 371 sec
Walt Monegan - the former Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner was fired by Palin - as the investigative panel showed - she violated ethics code and abused her power of office.
Auteur : TwoEyesX
Tags: Alaska trooper Todd Palin McCain investigation troopergate firing police chief Walt Monegan Wooten VP ethics code
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