On Oct 30, 6:31*pm, wrote:
On Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:39:49 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:
The advantage for Palin here is that in 4 years this will all be old
news. I still say this was just a way to clean out her closet with
very little to lose. The odds of a republican winning the white house
were slim this time, no matter who they ran. She may be the most
vetted politician in the country right now and in the grand scheme of
things, they didn't find much. The real question will be in how she
acts from now on.
If I was her I would get a better grasp on how the federal government
works. Some of her "the VP runs the Senate" lines were just dumb.
Nothing would do that better than a job at the capitol.

There's a Senator up for election in 2010

I think there will be a vacancy as soon as Stevens' appeals are
exhausted

Begich has that one tied up, she could only serve until the 111th
Congress comes into session to organize. She would lose the leverage
of being Governor while all the investigations are going on over the
trooper-thing.

On Nov 1, 11:03*am, wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:08:13 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:
Begich has that one tied up, she could only serve until the 111th
Congress comes into session to organize. She would lose the leverage
of being Governor while all the investigations are going on over the
trooper-thing.

The trooper investigation is over and will be forgotten next
Wednesday. They decided the governor can fire any cabinet level
officer she want to and she did nothing illegal. The trooper still has
his job
The people in Alaska don't seem that interested in this stuff and when
Palin is just a footnote in history, the rest of the country won't
care.

Ethics violations still count

Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Nov 1, 11:03 am, wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:08:13 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:
Begich has that one tied up, she could only serve until the 111th
Congress comes into session to organize. She would lose the leverage
of being Governor while all the investigations are going on over the
trooper-thing.
The trooper investigation is over and will be forgotten next
Wednesday. They decided the governor can fire any cabinet level
officer she want to and she did nothing illegal. The trooper still has
his job
The people in Alaska don't seem that interested in this stuff and when
Palin is just a footnote in history, the rest of the country won't
care.

Ethics violations still count


There are more investigations of Palin taking place in Alaska, ones that
have nothing to do with her unethical behavior in troopergate.

On Nov 1, 11:23*am, Boater wrote:
Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Nov 1, 11:03 am, wrote:
On Sat, 1 Nov 2008 03:08:13 -0700 (PDT), Jack Linthicum

wrote:
Begich has that one tied up, she could only serve until the 111th
Congress comes into session to organize. She would lose the leverage
of being Governor while all the investigations are going on over the
trooper-thing.
The trooper investigation is over and will be forgotten next
Wednesday. They decided the governor can fire any cabinet level
officer she want to and she did nothing illegal. The trooper still has
his job
The people in Alaska don't seem that interested in this stuff and when
Palin is just a footnote in history, the rest of the country won't
care.

Ethics violations still count

There are more investigations of Palin taking place in Alaska, ones that
have nothing to do with her unethical behavior in troopergate.

I was thinking of the transportation of her family.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/...n4554071.shtml

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:05:55 -0700, Jack Linthicum wrote:


There are more investigations of Palin taking place in Alaska, ones
that have nothing to do with her unethical behavior in troopergate.

I was thinking of the transportation of her family.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/..._investigates/
main4554071.shtml

There is a laundry list of *potential* problems she faces, and
"troopergate" is not over. There are parallel investigations.

obstruction
improperly accessing personnel files
securing a state job for one of her fundraisers
witness-tampering

Remember, I said potential problems.

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/hom.../31/02782.html

wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 09:05:55 -0700, Jack Linthicum wrote:


There are more investigations of Palin taking place in Alaska, ones
that have nothing to do with her unethical behavior in troopergate.
I was thinking of the transportation of her family.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/..._investigates/
main4554071.shtml

There is a laundry list of *potential* problems she faces, and
"troopergate" is not over. There are parallel investigations.

obstruction
improperly accessing personnel files
securing a state job for one of her fundraisers
witness-tampering

Remember, I said potential problems.

http://www.agoracosmopolitan.com/hom.../31/02782.html


There also have been questions about who actually paid for the materials
and labor to build her house.

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:30:19 -0400, Boater wrote:


There also have been questions about who actually paid for the materials
and labor to build her house.

Yup, questions, but I haven't heard of any investigations. If I were a
Wasilla resident, I'd be more than curious.

wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:35:52 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:30:19 -0400, Boater wrote:


There also have been questions about who actually paid for the materials
and labor to build her house.
Yup, questions, but I haven't heard of any investigations. If I were a
Wasilla resident, I'd be more than curious.


I doubt anyone will care after Wednesday when the network slime
machine loses interest.
It is like Bill Clinton. Now that he is out of the (s)lime light,
nobody cares who he pulls his dick out in front of.
If Hillary had the nomination we would be hearing about everything
from the last girl he flashed to his whether Hillary and Chelsea
traveled on his Arkansas governor expense account. Nobody cares about
the loser.

The media is interested in Palin because she came out of nowhere and was
put on the McCain ticket without being vetted. It turns out that almost
none of the great claims made about Palin were true, and that she has a
number of, uh, ethical lapses. Those, and her utter lack of knowledge in
areas where she should have some has built interest in her
unpreparedness and incompetency in the area of civics.

This is all McCain's fault and is illustrative of his bad judgment. He
rolled the dice with Palin and came up craps. He is not to be trusted at
the wheel of the ship of state.

On Nov 1, 1:15*pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:35:52 -0500, wrote:

On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:30:19 -0400, Boater wrote:

There also have been questions about who actually paid for the materials
and labor to build her house.
Yup, questions, but I haven't heard of any investigations. *If I were a
Wasilla resident, I'd be more than curious.

I doubt anyone will care after Wednesday when the network slime
machine loses interest.
It is like Bill Clinton. Now that he is out of the (s)lime light,
nobody cares who he pulls his dick out in front of.
If Hillary had the nomination we would be hearing about everything
from the last girl he flashed to his whether Hillary and Chelsea
traveled on his Arkansas governor expense account. *Nobody cares about
the loser.

The media is interested in Palin because she came out of nowhere and was
put on the McCain ticket without being vetted. It turns out that almost
none of the great claims made about Palin were true, and that she has a
number of, uh, ethical lapses. Those, and her utter lack of knowledge in
areas where she should have some has built interest in her
unpreparedness and incompetency in the area of civics.

This is all McCain's fault and is illustrative of his bad judgment. He
rolled the dice with Palin and came up craps. He is not to be trusted at
the wheel of the ship of state.

I would suggest that some part of the RNC management put Palin in play
and that McCain is, at most, subject to bad advice. "Okay, give me a
name of someone the evangelicals will vote for"

Jack Linthicum wrote:
On Nov 1, 1:15 pm, Boater wrote:
wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 11:35:52 -0500, wrote:
On Sat, 01 Nov 2008 12:30:19 -0400, Boater wrote:
There also have been questions about who actually paid for the materials
and labor to build her house.
Yup, questions, but I haven't heard of any investigations. If I were a
Wasilla resident, I'd be more than curious.
I doubt anyone will care after Wednesday when the network slime
machine loses interest.
It is like Bill Clinton. Now that he is out of the (s)lime light,
nobody cares who he pulls his dick out in front of.
If Hillary had the nomination we would be hearing about everything
from the last girl he flashed to his whether Hillary and Chelsea
traveled on his Arkansas governor expense account. Nobody cares about
the loser.
The media is interested in Palin because she came out of nowhere and was
put on the McCain ticket without being vetted. It turns out that almost
none of the great claims made about Palin were true, and that she has a
number of, uh, ethical lapses. Those, and her utter lack of knowledge in
areas where she should have some has built interest in her
unpreparedness and incompetency in the area of civics.

This is all McCain's fault and is illustrative of his bad judgment. He
rolled the dice with Palin and came up craps. He is not to be trusted at
the wheel of the ship of state.

I would suggest that some part of the RNC management put Palin in play
and that McCain is, at most, subject to bad advice. "Okay, give me a
name of someone the evangelicals will vote for"


It was McCain's call. Therefore it is McCain's fault. In the GOP, for
the moment, he calls the shots. Period.