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Monday, September 08, 2008

If you liked the secretiveness of George W. Bush, you'll LOVE Sarah Palin
Posted by Jill | 11:24 AM
Sarah Palin doesn't believe in open, accountable government either:
In June, Andrée McLeod, a self-described independent government watchdog in Alaska, sent an open records act request to the office of Governor Sarah Palin. She requested copies of all the emails that had been sent and received by Ivy Frye and Frank Bailey, two top aides to Palin, from February through April of this year. McLeod, a 53-year-old registered Republican who has held various jobs in state government, suspected that Frye and Bailey had engaged in political activity during official business hours in that period by participating in a Palin-backed effort to oust the state chairman of the Alaska Republican party, Randy Ruedrich. (Bailey has been in the national news of late for refusing to cooperate with investigators probing whether Palin fired Alaska's public safety commission because he did not dismiss a state trooper who had gone through an ugly divorce with Palin's sister.)

In response to her request, McLeod received four large boxes of emails. This batch of documents did not contain any proof that Frye and Bailey had worked on government time to boot out Ruedrich. But there was other information she found troubling. Several of the emails suggested to her that Palin's office had used its influence to reward a Fairbanks surveyor who was a Palin fundraiser with a state job. In early August, McLeod filed a complaint with the state attorney general against Palin, Bailey, and other Palin aides, claiming they had violated ethics and hiring laws. Palin, now the Republican vice-presidential candidate, told the Alaska Daily News that "there were no favors done for anybody."

But more intriguing than any email correspondence contained in the four boxes was what was not released: about 1100 emails. Palin's office provided McLeod with a 78-page list (PDF) cataloging the emails it was withholding. Many of them had been written by Palin or sent to her. Palin's office claimed most of the undisclosed emails were exempt from release because they were covered by the "executive" or "deliberative process" privileges that protect communications between Palin and her aides about policy matters. But the subject lines of some of the withheld emails suggest they were not related to policy matters. Several refer to one of Palin's political foes, others to a well-known Alaskan journalist. Moreover, some of the withhold emails were CC'ed to Todd Palin, the governor's husband. Todd Palin—a.k.a. the First Dude—holds no official state position (though he has been a close and influential adviser for Governor Palin). The fact that Palin and her aides shared these emails with a citizen outside the government undercuts the claim that they must be protected under executive privilege. McLeod asks, "What is Sarah Palin hiding?"


Hmmmm....vindictiveness towards political opponents, claiming executive privilege, believing oneself as God's anointed agent -- John McCain may not be George W. Bush, but Sarah Palin sure as hell is.

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Blogger Unknown said...
"ABC NEWS" GETS THE FIRST GOVERNOR PALIN INTERVIEW! WHOOPEE!

I WISH SHE HAD TOLD ALL MAINSTREAM 'BIASED' MEDIA TO KISS OFF, AFTER THE WAY THEY WENT AFTER HER FAMILY; HOWEVER, SHE IS A STRONG AMERICAN AND WILL DO FINE.

Poor Obama --- he’s resorted to calling Sarah a LIAR. This is going to get good sooner than we think. Last week, he sent "30" lawyers to Alaska to vet Governor Palin! Why? The DNC and biased media never vetted their 'golden boy' --- if they had, Hillary would be the Democratic candidate.

GOVERNOR PALIN HAS ACTUALLY WORKED FOR THE PEOPLE (AS MAYOR AND AS GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF ALASKA) AND NOW, OBAMA IS RUNNING AROUND LIKE A CHICKEN WITH IT’S HEAD CUT OFF. WHY IS HE SO SCARED? HE’S COMING ACROSS LIKE A BLUNDERING IDIOT. GOVERNOR PALIN IS NOT RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT --- JOHN McCAIN IS.

GOVENOR SARAH PALIN IS A BREATH OF FRESH AIR AND OFFERS A CHANGE WE CAN BELIEVE IN! IF, GOD FORBID, SOMETHING SHOULD HAPPEN TO SENATOR McCAIN, I KNOW GOVERNOR PALIN WILL CHOOSE A GOOD, STRONG VP TO HELP THE AMERICAN PEOPLE.

REGARDING THE “BRIDGE TO NOWHERE” ISSUE:

GOVERNOR PALIN DID NOT ASK FOR THE BRIDGE — NOR DID SHE ASK FOR THE MONEY! SINCE SHE HAS BEEN “GOVERNOR” OF ALASKA, SHE HAS NOT SUPPORTED THIS BRIDGE.

GOVERNORS AND STATE OFFICIALS “DON’T” ASK FOR FEDERAL MONEY (EARMARK MONEY OR PORK) — THAT’S DONE BY “SENATORS” AND “CONGRESSMEN”! WE NEED TO REPLACE THE DO-NOTHING DEMOCRATS IN CONGRESS!

TOUCHE!

I’M VOTING FOR THE HONORABLE JOHN S. McCAIN IN NOVEMBER.
9/8/08, 4:23 PM  
Blogger Citizen Carrie said...
Sounds like Sarah Palin's fight against corruption was a bit disingenuous. She swept the rascals out of office so SHE could have all the fun.
9/8/08, 6:21 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...
Actually, it's more like two (George W. Bush clones) for the price of one...with the American public paying the awful price.
9/9/08, 2:57 PM  
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