They certainly couldn’t do much worse in that regard than French himself, who blocked subpoena requests from investigators.

This is the third time you repeated this lie Ed. French did not block Tibbles subpoena, it was Rep. Jay Ramras, a Republican and it wasn’t for any partisan reasons.

Alaska AG says subpoenas a dead letter
What started out as a quiet investigation that all sides supported has turned into a partisan mess. That began when French began to brag
that he would produce an “October surprise” that would……

Yes, but that’s not the doing of the Alaskan AG.

Monegan is trying to link his firing to the Wooten issue in order to cover up his own insubordination, which led to his firing.

Steve Z on September 17, 2008 at 10:10 AM

You make the same mistake as Palin. Democrats have no interest in what happened. They want political hay.

Perhaps I missed it somewhere. If Palin fired Monegan because he wouldn’t fire Wooten, wouldn’t Palin then hire someone who would fire Wooten? So why is Wooten still on the job if the objective was to clear the way to get him fired?

NNtrancer on September 17, 2008 at 9:39 AM

DING DING DING ERROR: I’m sorry but logic is not allowed.

Also, is an internal executive branch investigation really unusal? That is what happens in police investigations and congressional investigations. It is pretty normal isn’t it?

This does show a Palin weakness. She was niave to think that the truth would save her. This is politics and truth has very little to do with anything.

That’s not throwing it to the Judicial branch.

That only refers to employees answering subpoenas. This is throwing it to the judiciary. It’s asking for more sunshine, not drawing the blinds.

He also said the employees would refuse to appear unless either the full state Senate or the entire Legislature votes to compel their testimony. [emphasis added]

That’s not throwing it to the Judicial branch. It strikes me as trying to insure that the subpoenas are properly supported and not just the work of a political bomb thrower.

What did Obama know and when did he know it?

Follow the money.

I think we’re making a huge mistake by letting the Dems get traction with the “GOP is blocking investigation” meme.

Not so much when they’re throwing it to the judiciary. French is a fool. If he’d have kept his mouth shut, he might have gotten away with an October Surprise. Now he has exactly zero credibility.

Meanwhile, Palin has filed her own ethics complaint with the Personnel Board asking them to review the case, and she did so before French opened his mouth and inserted both feet. Mike Gravel is right. “Troopergate is going to come out in her favor.”

The Legislative Council needs to meet to take back control of this issue from Hollis French and Kim Elton.

Ed

But that’s just exactly what they won’t do. They will do everything they can to drag this issue all the way into November. The only way to defeat it is play it out in some form.

I think we’re making a huge mistake by letting the Dems get traction with the “GOP is blocking investigation” meme.

How so?

Perhaps I missed it somewhere. If Palin fired Monegan because he wouldn’t fire Wooten, wouldn’t Palin then hire someone who would fire Wooten? So why is Wooten still on the job if the objective was to clear the way to get him fired?

NNtrancer on September 17, 2008 at 9:39 AM

“Palin fired Monegan because he wouldn’t fire Wooten” is Dem spin. Palin fired Monegan because he didn’t hire enough State troopers, and he tried to go around Palin for funding for a project that she vetoed, by using State money to lobby Washington. A Governor has the power to fire a police commissioner if he doesn’t obey the Governor’s prerogatives.

The Wooten issue is a red herring. Wooten’s threats against Palin’s sister and father occurred in 2005, when Palin was not yet Governor, so Palin had no real power to discipline Wooten except to get a court restraining order against him(successful) and request his firing (which failed). Since Wooten has since divorced Palin’s sister, he is no longer part of Palin’s family. Wooten also has other issues which have nothing to do with Palin, such as Tasering his stepson and drinking on duty, which has been confirmed by outside witnesses.

Monegan is trying to link his firing to the Wooten issue in order to cover up his own insubordination, which led to his firing.

Billy Dale had worked in the White House travel office for three decades. He had served 7 presidents. But Hillary Clinton wanted Dale and his associates gone. She wanted him gone very badly. Harry Thomason was owed a big favor for getting rape victim Elizabeth Ward Gracen out of the country on an acting gig during the 1992 campaign.

What had Dale done to Hillary? The answer is he had done nothing. Dale and six others were simply in the way of her plans.

Most Americans do not know that during the 1992 campaign, the Clintons used an Arkansas travel agency, World Wide Travel. They worked with a Clinton cousin, Catherine Cornelius. WWT provided a million dollars in deferred travel for the Clinton campaign, freeing up much needed cash for campaigning. Employees of the firm donated to the Clinton campaign.

It gets even better. The supposed investigation against Travel Office “accounting improprieties” was headed by…..are you ready…headed by none other than Cornelius herself just as she was planning with World Wide Travel for a reorganization that would put her in charge of the department. She gets a good job and Thomasson gets a hugely profitable business….

French is a liar and a cad and the MSM is cooperating with him pretty much fully, as we should expect from such a corrupt institution.

Republicans only win by getting past the lies and machinations of the MSM and corrupt Dem officials – we should be proud that we win at all. AND we should do our best to expose them when they cheat, as much of our time it takes to do so.

The Legislative Council needs to meet to take back control of this issue from Hollis French and Kim Elton. Either they need to appoint less-partisan special masters from among their own ranks, or they need to end the probe altogether.

I think this is something on which we can all agree. Partisan politics has no place in a legal proceeding such as this.