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September 6, 2008 at 07:02:28
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Troopergate is a widely reported investigation of Governor Sarah Palin's purported abuse of power-- she involved the office of the governor in a nasty family feud. She first denied her attempts to get her former brother-in-law fired as a state trooper. Newsweek reported   
Discussing a Newsweek article, Josh Marshall reports that the McCain camp is moving to shut down the troopergate investigation.,
Originally, many state employees had agreed to cooperate but they are now, since McCain's team arrived, refusing to testify. Newsweek reported,
In a move endorsed by the McCain campaign Friday, John Coghill, the GOP chairman of the state House Rules Committee, wrote a letter seeking a meeting of Alaska's bipartisan Legislative Council in order to remove the Democratic state senator in charge of the so-called "troopergate" investigation.
Coghill charged that the senator, Hollis French, had "politicized" the probe by making a number of public comments in recent days, including telling ABC News that Palin had a "credibility problem" and that the investigation into the firing of public safety commissioner Walter Monegan was "likely to be damaging to the administration" and could be an "October surprise." Wrote Coghill: "The investigation appears to be lacking in fairness, neutrality and due process."
"Coghill questions whether the Legislature's investigation should continue since the governor's nomination for vice president has widely publicized the issue. He would like to see an investigation continue with the Division of Personnel and Labor Relations, which provides human resource services to the executive branch agencies.
"It's much less political than our investigation,"- Coghill said.
On Tuesday, French was quoted in the ABC News article as saying the Legislative Council's report was going to be an "October surprise"- and "likely to be damaging to the Governor's administration."-
French said the governor "had a credibility problem"- and further stated "If they had done their job, (referring to the McCain campaign) they never would have picked her."-
Coghill said he thought the comments made were political in nature about an investigation intended to be apolitical, according to a press release issued Friday morning by the House Rules Committee, where Coghill sits as chairman.
"He is free to have his opinion, but not free to have his opinion on this investigation,"- Coghill said.
French has conceded that he "probably shouldn't have made those remarks,"- but said he will not be personally investigating, gathering facts or writing the final report.
In an effort to defuse the national media attention on his comments, French and the Legislative Council have agreed to move the report's release date from Oct. 31 to Oct. 10.
According to a press release issued by the Senate Judiciary Committee, House Judiciary Committee Chairman Jay Ramras, R-Fairbanks, said the reason for the earlier completion date for the report is to avoid the appearance of last-minute politicking and to give both sides plenty of time to respond to the contents of the report.
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This Issue Is Clouding The Waters
And I think I'm glad it is. Not that I believe in either party but I like the Republicans even less. by jeff prager (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 188 comments) on Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 at 8:50:36 AM  (0+)
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Bite back !
The Democrats need to bite back. Call a spade a spade and push the news that McCain is already at work trying to cover up more Alaskan wrong doing. Stevens may be only the tip of the iceburg. I am glad to see that some MSM is paying attention to this. McShame on them.! by Paul Kruger (39 articles, 1 quicklinks, 7 diaries, 304 comments [2 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 at 10:25:39 AM (0+)
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consider this much
Rob I’ve already read so many journalists’ different views on this topic, if you get a chance read this unbiased article. Just from what I seen briefly yesterday on CNN, I personally believe - everyone – needed to avoid the embarrassment a DUI causes. by Pat Smith (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 70 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 at 11:02:04 AM (0+)
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Reply: unbiased?
what makes this unbiased? Are you aware that Wooten did in fact kill the moose and then one of Palin's relatives helped skin it and cut the meat up and that Wooten shared the meat with the Palin family? Are you aware that it was only two years later, after he had begun to divorce Palin's sister that THEN Palin tried to bring up the fact that he shot the moose illegally? The other three were not found to have merit either. In fact, i believe that the judge that had to keep ruling int he matter threatened the Palin family to stop filing false complaints against Wooten? Bottom line as usual is if there is nothing to hide then why are they trying so hard to hide it all? This still stinks badly for Palin. It sounds very very petty. by Anthony Wade (160 articles, 2 quicklinks, 44 diaries, 890 comments [19 recommended, 2 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 at 12:45:45 PM (0+)
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Reply: Anthony,
There really is no “they” that is trying to hide anything. The only thing petty about this topic is the amount of time wasted looking for something/anything to crucify with. Wooden is definitely not rich or even financially secure, and could have been paid a few million just to shut up if there was really something to hide. There is much corruption, greed, and waste on ALL sides of the political box. by Pat Smith (5 articles, 0 quicklinks, 6 diaries, 70 comments [11 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Saturday, Sep 6, 2008 at 1:28:31 PM (0+)
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Troopergate
Its looking very much like Palin was obsessed with Wooten after writing very glowing accounts of him in support when he was married to her sister then attempting to ruin him later. On top of that, during her speech to the RNC she led people to believe that the state airplane was sold on e-bay. Later we find out that it was actually sold by an aircraft broker for $600,000 less than was paid for it just months earlier. Palin should have no trouble fitting in with these mepublicans because she'll regurgitate whatever words the Rovian speech writers want to put in her mouth. by Bryan Emmel (0 articles, 0 quicklinks, 0 diaries, 415 comments [32 recommended, 0 rejected]) on Sunday, Sep 7, 2008 at 4:10:45 AM (0+)
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