Comments on: Quote Of The Day: On Attempts To Derail Palin Troopergate Investigation

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:12:12 +0000

Well, I would say probably- but I like to have some kind of proof-just as I
would with the bullet example. Every election these kinds of incidents
happen- its not really that new.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 16:03:08 +0000

The plot thickens:

http://tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID...

http://pajamasmedia.com/richardminiter/2008/09/...

Still, I agree there is nothing yet to indicate it is anything other than one person, doing his own thing. But we can get rid of the 'maybe' about his political affiliations (as if they were ever in doubt).

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 12:19:11 +0000

Maybe- but without any evidence- who knows? I at least would keep an open
mind– as computer hacking goes on all the time. Would you blame the
“bullet” threat on the right?
Or on a sick individual?

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Fri, 19 Sep 2008 07:10:09 +0000

Again, where did I make an inference that whoever hacked Palin's email works for Obama? On another thread (maybe this one, too lazy to look) I specifically said I did NOT think that.

I do think they are from the left though, and I would hope you would at least concede that point.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 22:33:45 +0000

Maybe because Rove, who helped GB win all of his elections as governor and president, IS primarily known for dirty tricks. The RNC thought they couldn't survive the '06 election without him, and he is still helping behind the scenes.

But for the record– I don't attribute the offer of a bullet — to the ENTIRE right in this country. I don't even know if it was someone from the right. Just as you don't know if whoever hacked into Palin's email works for Obama.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 09:23:19 +0000

I realized i am also not making clear one of my key thoughts, and why I presented it the way I did.

Whenever someone from the right does something sleezy, then this board gets inundated with posts and comments about how this is just another Rovian-type coordinated dirty trick to throw mud that cannot be attributed to the candidate directly, but really is being run from the campaign headquarters, and shows how the right will stoop to any level to win.

But when the left does the same thing, then it is just a few (or one) people, who are independent, and it is an uncoordinated attack that says nothing about the left as a whole, or the left candidate and his campaign, who are pure of heart.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 08:50:37 +0000

I never said all of them were from the left. I LOVE how you guys constantly want to pretend I said things I did not to justify slamming me. I don't mind being slammed (happens all the time), but do for what i say, not what you want me to have said.

This was just another example I wanted to use to show how unhinged a significant portion of the left is, and to counter the oft-repeated claim here that the right is more viscous than the left. Just trying to bring some balance to the constant right-bashing.

And to ask the old hypothetical, would you jump to the defense of the right as a whole if the situation was reversed?

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 05:18:18 +0000

What about the slimeball who promised Obama a bullet?

AR- You know that all of the nuts aren't on the left— there are always the extreme elements in each party. Or does everything Pat Robertson or Anne Coulter says represent the right?

By: ChrisWWW

ChrisWWW — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 04:40:03 +0000

AR,
And everyone on the Right is a bloodthirsty murderer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Casualties_of_the_...

By: freevoter08

freevoter08 — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 03:44:24 +0000

Troopergate is far from through,
the Republicans don't know what to do.
Monegan's claim,
Palin's to blame,
He better never stand next to a caribou.

By: Jim_Satterfield

Jim_Satterfield — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 02:39:51 +0000

The only appropriate response to AR's last post would really, really violate the comments policy. The complete and utter stupidity of brushing everyone from a particular political viewpoint with what one idiot or small group of morons do is difficult to express but AR does it over and over and over again.

By: AustinRoth

AustinRoth — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:58:31 +0000

Hmm – As we see the race to the bottom get ever more disgusting, this takes th cake, and shows who the real fascists and slimeballs are – the Left:

http://elections.foxnews.com/2008/09/17/palins-…

By: bridgetonowhere

bridgetonowhere — Thu, 18 Sep 2008 00:18:31 +0000

Great article!

You Sir deserve the utmost respect. I may not agree with your policies, platforms, etc but you are a true Republican. I am so disgusted with “fake” Republicans who only embrace the rule of law when it doesn't interfere with their interests. We Democrats can learn a thing or two from someone of your ilk.

By: kritt11

kritt11 — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:46:37 +0000

I love the way the main attraction to Palin is her rep as a hockey mom who middle-class women see as “one of us”. What would happen to “one of us” if we were to refuse to cooperate with a pending investigation that we were the subject of.

More than likely, “one of us” would have been issued a subpoena to appear, and then dragged to the proceeding in handcuffs- or at least held in contempt.

By: jchem

jchem — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:40:36 +0000

This is a great article and analysis Joe. This is perhaps why I'm still registered as an Independent. You mention the Clinton fiasco, but their are several others; experience, change, and who said what about the housing crisis. If ever either one of these parties would be consistent I would consider joining one of them. But until then, I'll sit on the side and point out the folly they both portray.

I agree with the article–Palin needs to shine some light on this. Otherwise, and rightly so, it will dog her for the rest of the way.

By: Silhouette

Silhouette — Wed, 17 Sep 2008 22:37:36 +0000

It doesn't matter.

Move on to the issues.