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Troopergate Heads to High Court
October 04, 2008 1:44 PM
The Alaska Supreme Court will hear an appeal from Republican state lawmakers looking to block their legislature's investigation into Sarah Palin and "Troopergate," the Associated Press reported.
A Superior Court judge threw out their suit Thursday, along with a suit filed by the state attorney general which sought to dismiss subpoenas against several Palin aides and administration officials. It is not clear if that attorney general will try to join the appeal, according to the AP.
The Supreme Court will hear oral arguments in the appeal next Wednesday, the wire service reported.
October 4, 2008 in Troopergate | Permalink | User Comments (45)
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she has nothing to hide !!!!!!!! then why is she trying so hard to hide that nothing ???!!!!!!
Posted by: ROZ | Oct 4, 2008 11:15:41 PM
maybe her creepy witchdoctor can "make a way" to eliminate the investigation?
or maybe first tool can convince alaskans to secede?
Posted by: Mayor McCheese | Oct 4, 2008 11:32:11 PM
8 is enough!!!
Posted by: wjoy | Oct 5, 2008 12:37:44 AM
I find that Democrats are a funny lot. It is OK with them that their candidate has been closely linked to people such as Khalid al-Mansour, Tony Rezko, Jabir Muhammad, Edward Said, and last but not least William Ayers. Which is in my opinion far more dangerous than anything you guys can come up with on Sarah Palin. Yet hardly any one of you wish to look into any of that. Why?
Posted by: Lisa | Oct 5, 2008 3:55:26 AM
I would like to see a lot more about this investigation on mainstream news. This is the first time in history a VP candidate is involved in the refusal to respond to a judicial order. Failing to comply with subpeonas is something that is big news - that the Governor's husband is refusing and others are afraid to comply with the law indicates that the Governor has something to hide. At the very least she is subverting an investigation. It sickens me that McCain has lost all sense of integrity and his running mate does not believe in the idea of checks and balances, separation of power or transparancy in government.
Posted by: Elizabeth | Oct 5, 2008 12:36:21 PM
People, this doesn't need lots of coverage right now. Watergate rested on the back pages of the Washington Post long before it dominated the news. Just listen to the steady drip-drip-drip and smile. All the republicans can do at this point is put the report off for two more weeks. Branchflower's final draft will be ready by the time the Alaska Supreme Court decides this case. I'm sure if the plaintiffs win, (doubtful - their case is pretty flimsy) it will be appealed to the U.S. district court - then it goes to 9th U.S. Circuit Court of appeals (A very liberal court)IT won't get taken up by the U.S. Supreme court before the report goes public in the last two weeks of the campaign.
Posted by: Andrew | Oct 5, 2008 1:22:42 PM
Lisa, Palin is under INVESTIGATION, all this started as a Bi - Partisan action in AK. If Obama was under investigation by a Bi - partisan action I would listen to you. Read the Ayers article in the NY Times there is nothing there.
Posted by: Pat | Oct 5, 2008 2:14:25 PM
Palin
You go girl!
Clean em all up!
No one needs a womanizer near them.
Posted by: CarDriver | Oct 5, 2008 4:34:43 PM
Nobody doesen't like Sarah P!
Posted by: CarDriver | Oct 5, 2008 4:36:26 PM
Looks like the comments reflect that the ABC Blotter runs to about 95% Obots who love the Drudge- documented pro-Obama bias.... Hope that will sustain you and your advertisers after the election. Not!
Posted by: elHombre | Oct 5, 2008 7:03:55 PM
Sarah Palin, the Devil in Drag!
See how she runs! Run Devil, Run! Devil speaks with Forked Tongue!
Why tell the truth when a lie will do?
What will you do when she comes for you?
>^;^<
Posted by: Cherryl Lewis | Oct 5, 2008 7:30:55 PM
This is ridiculous! Let the truth come out. Sarah Palin has a duty to follow through and answer these questions as she promised before she was chosen as McCain's Vice President. I would think that McCain would want her to, too. The way her lawyer is attacking this case as political is exactly what is making this political. Let the process run its course without impediment! It's funny that they are calling the commissioner a "rogue". I guess "maverick" was taken. Why is this not front and center. Has she cowed all of you? Don't you feel any call to help the American people learn the truth?
Posted by: Dana | Oct 5, 2008 9:45:40 PM
Troopergate is only the tip of the Alasakan iceberg...
Ask yourself this question...
If your mother, or daughter, or sister, wife, girlfriend, best friend, auntie or cousin was violently raped and became pregnant would you tell them to go through with the pregnancy and maybe even say because it's God's will? That's what Sarah Palin and John McCain would want to have you do.
Sarah Palin opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest.
Sarah Palin even made women who were raped pay for their own test kits while she was Mayor of Wasilla. She even did it against Alaska law.
John McCain's website says he "believes Roe v. Wade is a flawed decision that must be overturned."
Both John McCain and Sarah Palin have demonstrated views that could cause them to make ALL abortions illegal.
That's not the "Government get out of my way" that Sarah Palin talks about. That's not being a maverick. That's not real Christianity.
That's called forcing your own judgment on people and telling people what to do. Even Jesus Christ would have never judged women like that.
Yes she has moxie and because of her blind ambition she will hurt women in general because she doesn't care about women in general.
Sarah Palin's extremely intolerant right wing views are a detriment to women and will put the women's movement backwards by 40 years.
Sarah Palin and John McCain would not represent 4 more years of Bush. It would become much much worse that it ever was with Bush if these two "mavericks" were elected.
Posted by: Sally | Oct 5, 2008 10:24:51 PM
As a concerned american I think that in the best intrest of the Public office of vice president Gov. Palin would have enough honesty to clear up the trooper gate scandal before she trashed the reputation of the country. If she is clean then she has nothing to worry about.
Posted by: David Ruckle | Oct 5, 2008 10:58:36 PM
If Americans elect Sarah Palin to be next in line to become president, we are in serious trouble. Her nomination already makes us the laughing stock of the world.
Palin sports a pregnant teenage daughter while advocating parental responsibility, no birth control, no abortion, and abstinence. She has a mentally retarded baby yet her husband takes off to race snowmobiles while she hits the campaign trail. She’s against “earmarks”, but leads all states in the U.S. for earmark dollars per citizen. She “knows foreign policy” because some people in her state can see Russia on the horizon. She hadn’t left the U.S. until last year, visited New York once, and was recently introduced to Henry Kissinger. She’s ready to become vice-president? Dana's right. This woman is a throwback. If this is all 'God's will' then we really are in serious trouble!!
Posted by: Mike | Oct 6, 2008 4:52:37 AM
What a slanging match, democracy at work, smear smear and some more smear, after the bumbling G W Bush im surprised there is any support in America for another Republican President, surely a Democrat for President is more desirable than any Republican regardless of policy. As for Troopergate, bring it on, fasinating stuff, only in America eh!
Posted by: stephen | Oct 6, 2008 5:04:21 AM
"with Rezco, Ayres, and his other socialist, muslim extremists or other sordid criminal friends and terrorist pals?" -steve
Instead of sputtering nonsense, Steve, provide some information about your allegations.
Many, many Americans have much more to fear from John McCain than any "socialist, muslim extremist or other sordid criminal friends and terrorist pals".
John McCain and his Republican buddies are a much greater danger! Bailout ring a bell there Steve 'ole boy?
Posted by: green cottonham | Oct 6, 2008 9:34:02 AM
Troopergate is just the tip of the Alaskan Governor's iceberg.
Posted by: James | Oct 6, 2008 9:58:10 AM
Too old and too dumb are getting as down and dirty as I have ever seen in American politics.
Posted by: Kate | Oct 6, 2008 10:57:35 AM
Maybe ol Hollis should have brought up those "Impeach and October surprise" comments before the vote on the investigation was taken. And that pro-Obama thingy may have mattered too....
Posted by: Smegley | Oct 6, 2008 1:22:35 PM
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