Alaska's Supreme Court has refused to shut down an ethics investigation into Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice presidential nominee.
there are also issues in regards to information on Palins ex brother in law that is sealed, but some how someone in Palins party had it and was using it to try to fire her ex brother in law. So someone in her camp broke the law. The 65,000 question is who is going to fall on the sword for this. Palin professes to be a Christian, first of all not everyone that says Lord, Lord will enter the Kingdom of Heaven only those that do the will of the Father. One of the commandments also say that we shouldn't bare false witness, and she is also doing that.
We really need to do something about these Judges playing politics it's getting ridiculous now. I understand if she did something wrong ok she has to pay but the timing and the forcefulness is just too much.
The timing is her fault. She refused to cooperate. This investigation started a few months ago but they have been unable to speak to any witnesses per the McCampaign's demands.
Hank.... I'm happy that someone there in Alaska has the good sense to make sure that we do not elect a TROUBLED candidate as our leader of our ALREADY troubled country. God knows that John McCain/Republican Party/GOP didn't bother to make sure that she was fit for office before unleashing her upon the American people.
I would rather KNOW that we have a candidate (Sarah Palin and Mrs. Todd Palin package deal) that we SHOULD NOT HAVE ELECTED in one of the highest positions in this country right now, than to wait until AFTER the election and wish that we had thrown it back when we had the chance!
Thank God, that someone in Alaska is not prepared to take the responsibility of covering up what's going on up there, just so they can help "that one" - the Palin duo mess get elected into our White House.
no the timing has to be now HELLO do we not need to know before election day of this woman's investigation status
or is it just vote chaos and hate all the way regardless of wrong doing?
you Chaos Hate Train suppoters really hate America and freedom and opportunity don't you?
Hank-328121 said:
"I understand if she did something wrong ok she has to pay but the timing and the forcefulness is just too much."
Well Hank, what would you have them do; wait until after her and McFraud are in the White House? Don't you think it is by far better to let this out now instead of after the election when they could possible end up in the White House? What you're saying makes no sense at all.
No interviews for Palin, whats to hide? No investigation, whats to hide. Any sane and rational person would wonder whats up?????????
It is pretty sad that John McCain calls himself a "maverick" yet he has the women do all the dirty work! He even has his wife - the barbie wanna be - attacking Obama with false accusations! How sad is that? Mr. I'm a military hero (his own claim) can't even stand up to the man he is lying about on a daily basis! He is such a coward - he has women fight his dirty battle for him! Much like Bush is making the men & women of this country fight "his" lie of a war! John McCain you should be ashamed of yourself - you should be embarrassed to even call yourself a man! What is next? Is your young daughter going to take the stage and fight your battles for you? Since you are losing this fight you act as all the rest of the republicans before you - much like Bush - play dirty! Get as much dirt as you can, add your own lies and wicked little twists to it - then shove it down the american peoples throats until they can't stand it anymore! Guess what Johnny boy, we can't stand it anymore! That is why you are losing this fight faster than you can make up more lies about Obama! Only a coward fights dirty, only a loser that is less of a man has his wife & someone as idiotic as Sarah Palin throw your tainted punches at another man for you, only a lying - backstabbing - poor excuse of a human being acts the way you are acting in this campaign! I was all for you at the beginning Johnny boy - but your failed attempts to win this campaign by lying to the American people have completely turned me off from you! Your ploy to make Palin your running mate due to her gender & nothing else is now coming back to bite you in the ass and it should! Actually, it's Palin herself & her actions, lies, & evil ways that are biting you in your ass! You didn't do your due diligence when selecting her - you rushed it without looking into her past & present misdealing that surround her. You couldn't find anyone else that would join your ban-wagon of lies so you picked her last minute before your people could come back to you and tell you what a mess she was! You had to learn it along with the rest of the country - I bet that had to hurt huh? I hope it did - I hope you have a lot of hurt follow you around for a very long time for trying to smear a good man's name. I bet you didn't think of how this negative lying scheme of yours was going to affect Obama's children did you? No, it's ok that you lie about him and make things up if it fits into your agenda! I wonder Mr. McCain how you would feel if your daughter came home from school asking about the lies someone else made up about you! See that is the difference between you Mr. McCain and a real man - a real man would take these things into consideration, a REAL PRESIDENT would never act in this type of manner. Yes, Mr. McCain, Obama has launched a few smear ads himself - but only in retaliation to the lies you spread about him! I wouldn't set back and let you get away with either, I don't believe anyone in their right mind would allow such an attack on themselves! You are not a "Maverick" Mr. McCain - you are a poor excuse for a side kick at best! I notice your daughter keeps her head hung low a lot of times while on the stage with you, or she seems to be hunching down - it's a crying shame when your own daughter is ashamed of who you have become! America will not allow you to win this election based on lies, and smear campaigns! We have been down that road too many times before. We allowed ourselves to believe the lies that republicans use to win when they are losing. Just because you are too ignorant to figure out how to use your email or the internet, does not mean the rest of the world is! We lacked that knowledge in the past when politicians played dirty, like I said; we allowed ourselves to believe the lies - but now we can actually find the truth for ourselves. We do not have to be ignorant unless we so choose, and yes, Mr. McCain there are a few people who still allow themselves to remain ignorant & believe your lies or help to spread them - like your wife & the Palins and the few of your followers! The rest of us Mr. McCain are educated well enough to think for ourselves & make our own decisions based on our own findings - not yours or your pathetic wife's! She wants to eat off the White House china so bad she will do anything to get there! Maybe if she spent less time in the plastic surgeons office and more time helping this country with all of her money - she wouldn't be looked upon as, as big a joke as you! The only reason Sinner Sarah Palin is trying to push all these lies is because she is hoping it will take the heat off of her investigation of what a total failure she is as governor!
God that was great frigyes, i wish i could be as nice as you were but i lost all my patience with McCain/Palin. If i were to attempt to write what you did i'd be in jail by now with my knowledge of a few choice words. Thank you for doing what i could not. May Nov 4 come and go quickly, and let the end of McCain and Palin be done.
this is worth passing around. hope you don't mind if i quote you. i've also gotten fed-up with the coward campaign approach..good point about the women having to fight for him. he's surrounded by them and after watching the wife last night, the only thing i could think of was how pathetic that she of all people who contributed to the breakup of his family/marriage while his first wife extremely ill. would have the nerve to stand up there spewing nastiness.
RJ please remember that cindy mc cain is a drug addict therefore not that stable herself
Well said jfrigyes. Direct and to the point.
And concise.
This is long, but very important, please take the time to read it. It addresses a lot of the questions we have all been asking…..
This election has me very worried. So many things to consider. About a year ago I would have voted for Obama. I have changed my mind three times since than. I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must say this drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, and Fox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About six months ago, I started thinking, 'Where did the money come from for Obama?' I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middle class, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard and there were lots of student loans.
I started looking into Obama's life.
Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California . He is very open about his two years at Occidental, he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies. 'Barry' (that was the name he used all his life) during this time had two roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan . During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a 'round the world' trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia , next Hyderabad in India , three weeks in Karachi , Pakistan , where he stayed with his roommate's family, then off to Africa to visit his father's family. My question - Where did he get the money for this trip? NeIther I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in college. When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York . It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry. Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia ? It's not cheap to say the least! Where did he get money for tuition? Student Loans? Maybe. After Columbia , he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000 a year. Why Chicago ? Why not New York ? He was already living in New York .
By 'chance' he met Antoin 'Tony' Rezko, born in Aleppo , Syria , and a real estate developer in Chicago . Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year. Rezko, was named 'Entrepreneur of the Decade' by the Arab-American Business and Professional Association'. About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School . Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School ? Where did he get the money for Law School ? More student loans? After Law school, he went back to Chicago . Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down. But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented 'Rezar' which is Rezko's firm. Rezko was one of Obama's first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago . In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with 'seed money' for his U.S. Senate race. In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwoood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price). With ALL those Student Loans - Where did he get the money for the property? On the same day Rezko's wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price. The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Bill ionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama's new home was purchased. Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.
Now, we have Obama running for President. Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama's boss. She is now Obama's chief advisor and he does not make any major decisions without talking to her first. Where was Jarrett born? Ready for this? Shiraz , Iran ! Do we see a pattern here? Or am I going crazy?
On May 10, 2008, The Times reported, Robert Malley, advisor to Obama, was 'sacked' after the press found out he was having regular contacts with 'Hamas', which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran . This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama's visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will 'Take care of things'.
Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born in Pakistan ? They are in charge of all those 'small' Internet campaign contributions for Obama. Where is that money coming from? The poor and middle class in this country? Or could it be from the Middle East ?
And the final bit of news. On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on 'This Week' with George Stephanapoulos. Obama on talking about his religion said, 'My Muslim faith'. When questioned, 'he made a mistake'. Some mistake!
All of the above information I got on line. If you would like to check it - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie Jarrett: Daily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times - September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.
Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own, Why haven't all of our 'intelligent' members of the press been reporting this?
A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - 'Beware of the enemy from within'!!!
ya McCain
Thank you for that. It is unbelievable that all these people cannot see through him. He moved up the ladder very quickly. To quickly! They won't research anything about him. I can't believe that they would like to put a man like that in power. Maybe this is GOD's way of saying he is tired of how we are living.
Thankyou OLDERWISER for getting the real truth. I cannot understand how all of these people are so gullible to fall for such a man as Obama. He has certainly pulled the wool over their heads and they are all following like sheep to slaughter. It is sad but true. I have never once been fooled into following Obama but I can say that I have changed alot of people's minds to vote for the best candidate in this race. I can assure you that is not Obama, sorry Obamanites. If you don't believe OLDERWISER then I suggest you go to this site to read the real timeline of Obama's pittiful life and the damage he has caused to people along the way with his bullying tactics to get as far as he has gotten in this race for presidency let alone to the Senate.
Olderwiser,
"Am I going crazy here?" Sad to say, it will be many, many years before some of America get over the Muslim paranoia inflicted by 9/11 and far too many years of Republican hate whispers in your ear.
You have drawn conclusions that have no basis in fact except in your mind. If you want to know where Obama got the money, ask him. I am sure he would be happy to fill you in.
Until then, it is hardly fair to try to sow the seeds of your own paranoia in the feeble minds of others.
mdk1 - Don't believe everything that's written. Paper will never refuse ink.
whilly - Jealous? Obama will continue to confound such as you. Just listen to him, examine his mind in an unbiased way, and you will KNOW how he came so far so fast!
Olderwiser.... that explains everything.... you have a "ringing in your ear?". They have doctors that can help you with that. Please.... how hard is it to post on the topic? You know, the one that is conveniently listed at the top?....'The Alaska Court Refuses To Shut Down Palin Probe'.
Enough with you attempts to DISTRACT from the subject here, and the fact that your girl Sarah Palin and Mrs. Todd Palin are criminal elements.
OlderBudwiser You and Sarah Palin have been drinking too many Joe Six packs together. Your poor excuse for canidates have no plans for the economy so you have to come up with lies. Next thing you will come up with is that Obama pooped in his diaper when he was six months old. Just to refresh your memory in 2000 the majority of republicans pick George W Bush over Mc Cane. He was a looser then. History has a way of repeating itself.
older-yes...wiser????? it seems your research stopped just where the republican party wanted you too. sorry, but you are repeating old lies olderwiser. try something fresh because no one's listening unless they want to believe these lies.
I just have one thing I'd like to ask Older and all those that agreed with her post... You don't know any of us posting to this board, and so maybe that's why you feel the need to disagree, denigrate, or mock our opinions... But how about Caroline Kennedy??? Is Caroline Kennedy a liberal "scum"??? Is she a "sheep," so easily swayed by the MSM??? If you think that she, who RARELY endorses any candidate and who endorsed Obama AND is the head of his VP search committee, would be so easily swayed into doing either of those things -- I've got a bridge to nowhere to sell you... This is the difference between having a smart, confident, informed woman working for you versus throwing Barbie to the wolves without thoroughly vetting her first... You reap what you sow...
olderwiser with all due respect that is one of the most ill-conceived arguments i have ever ever read or heard
i was a poor (very poor) white girl from western PA
where did i get the money for college, grad school and a european tour (yes i did all those things)
from muslim terrorists of course!!!!!!!
actually from student loans and grants and scholarships
and i'm not as brilliant as obama who likely got more grant and scholarship money than i did
i'm still paying back student loans and gladly write the check each month b/c i am grateful for my education -- without the loans i would be as uneducated as say..Todd Palin
however, if you all hate and fear mongers elect Chaos McCain and his drug addict wife, Sarah abuse-of-power 6-Pack and her uneducated successionist husband that will be the end of opportunity it America
Chaos McCain intends to freeze all spending except military related spending
not only will be truly be a war machine but there will be no more education loans for the middle and lower classes
only the children of rich republicans will attend college in america after the elction of The Chaos Hate Train
which won't matter any more any way because between McCain eliminating library funding and Palin's book banning combined with Bush's no-child-left-behind educational fiasco we ni the US won't be able to read at all anyway
which will be convenient since then high school educated Todd Palin, who will be running the country will really be 'just like us' -- which is what we want right? we want leaders just like us
never mind that people just like us know nothing about leading a world power nation ...
by all means go for it....
NOT Obama / Biden '08
because I want my leaders to be able to read
whilly and mdk
mdk -- regarding bullies -- you have it backwards -- The Chaos Hate Train are the bullies not Obama who is quietly plugging his policies and not wasting time attacking Chaos or 6-Pack, altho there is plenty to attack
Bullies -- who fired the librarian who said no to book banning -- wh fired the commissioner who said no to pressure to fire brother-in-law -- whose husband was part of militant treasonist successionist group called the AIP -- then there's 6-Pack herself inciting crowds to violence at her KKK -- I mean presidential campaign -- rallies -- and let's not forget Chaos McCain calling Obama THAT ONE -- and Chaos McCain using the economic crisis crippling the middle class as a PR Stunt -- Chaos McCain unable to create an ad that is not an Obama attack -- there are your bullies
Whilly Obama rose quickly to the top (1) because he is brilliant and (2) because this is American land of opportunity
More and more you Chaos Hate Train supporters show yourselves as anti-American and as freedom and God hating
olderwiser, who do you think you're fooling? Your veiled attempt at innocent curiosity is nothing more than an outright lie. You said all of that just to imply that because Obama visited those places he's obviously a mole or maybe even an Al Qaeda sleeper. YOU are what's wrong with this country. People like you whose spirit is so demonic is the reason why we no longer have the favor of God. Your intent was purposely contrived, which makes you sinister and diabolical.
I hope you have a good relationship with God because you're going to need it. You do know that is a form of lying, when you try to deceitfully influence others?...
Her husband has absolutely no business or authority getting involved in the governments affairs. The Republican Party is worried this will blow up in their face.
Palin is Guilty--honest people do not go through such lengths to avoid the truth--because they don't have to!
They tried every legal thing they could think of to stall, avoid and kill this investigation, and failed. And I say thank god. There's still hope.
McCain's behind in the polls and Caribou Barbie hasn't been able to turn it around for him like they thought she would when she was first brought on board. This could be the perfect opportunity for them to replace her on the ticket and try to pull this election out of their ass at the last minute. I don't know who they could pick to replace her that would do the trick, though. Huckabee? Dog-torturing Romney? Bloomberg?
Holy roller Huckabee would be fun to pick on!
Palin has been a drag on the ticket almost from the get go. She gave him a little bump (no pun intended) in the very beginning, then it's been plummet time ever since. Her disapproval ratings have been climbing steadily.
How about Osma Ben Lauden . Oh thats right we are not supose to telagraph our punches. At least Obama said that given the opportunity he would take Osama Ben Lauden out where ever he was.
rod skunk all you people do is telegraph hate, chaos and lies what do you mean you are not supposed to telegraph your party line?
Lemmywinks, actually there is nothing McFraud can do. He has no other option but to ride this out. He made his bed, now he has to lie in it. Because if he gets rid of her, he'll look more erratic and would be practically agreeing with those who question his judgment. And if he keeps her she is going to drag him down with her. It's just further proof that McFraud is unfit to be president. His lack of insight and intuition are grossly apparent.
The good thin about this is that McFraud has no one to blame but himself. His rash decision to select Pitlan was an unwise and foolish one, at best. He will be the future poster child for what not to do when running for POTUS...
hmmmmm looks as if Failin Palin is gonna have to do some "s'plainin" to do tomorrow. Seems she has been "pallin" around with some terrorists. LOL So who really is Sarah Palin ? That question is never asked, cause most people already know the answer. An empty headed dummy who sits on John's knee and repeats what he tells her to . If this weren't so friggin sad and embarrassing it would be funny , but I just can't force myself to laugh .
I can only hope the report is as good as I'm hoping it will be. The republicans have worked REALLY hard to keep it from coming out, so I have to think there's something in there.
RJ-498245 said in part:
"...If this weren't so friggin sad and embarrassing it would be funny , but I just can't force myself to laugh." .
Sorry RJ but I'm laughing my ass off. It could have happened to a more deserving twit brain...
Palin, I'm not one of your lunatic supporters. I wanted to let you know that I hate everything you believe in, but I thought that you were painfully cute. That has come to pass. I don't know who advised you to let your hair down, but put it back up, quick! Now you look like an ugly, angry, lunatic christian! Also, advise Cindy, stoneface, McCain to not sit too close to you. She looks like a glorified mummy. Throw her a hambone or something! Her peroxide has seeped into her brain!
Have you seen the movie "Mars Attacks"? She reminds me of the gum-chewing blonde disguise the Martians used to get into the White House.
Even republican conservative columnists that did support her have now turned against her, questioning her credentials and in one case saying she should step down for the good of the party.
that is an insult to gum-chewin Martians!
Keating 5 reprimand? Surely you are not that ignorant? McCain was exonerated of any wrong doing or involvement. Obama - and his advisory team have the Keating 5 monopoly, just as he has the Fannie/Freddie connections, not to mention kicking his political career off from the living room of a self proclaiming US terrorist. Need we continue with sitting under Wright for 20 years and his rhetoric on GD America... The list goes on-on-on... Not to mention voting present more often that casting a vote. That takes real courage to not make a record or stance. Palin has more experience than this clown and she isn't at the top of the opposing ticket.
Obviously your medication hasn't kicked in yet because you used Palin's name in the same sentence with experience. The only experience she has is abusing her power and not answering questions. And let's not forget about her foreign policy experience. She can see Russia from Alaska. Experienced people have some smarts about them but Sara isn't smarter than a fifth grader. I truly hope they prosecute her.
Only in the Republican world view can being reprimanded by the Senate Ethics committee as using "bad judgment" be considered as being completely exonerated.
Besides I thought we were playing the guilt by association game. So lets play! Did he know Keating? GUILTY! Did Keating help launch his political career? GUILTY! Did he accept in excess of $100,000 in donations from Keating? GUILTY! Did he and his family take several rides on the Keating's private jet and vacation at his compound in the Bahamas? GUILTY! Did his wife and father-in-law invest over $300,000 dollars with Keating in a shopping center? GUILTY! Did he meet with federal regulators investigating Keating on TWO occasions? GUILTY! Did Keating admit that he cultivated relationships with McCain and the other 4 so they could use their power as elected officials to do him favors? GUILTY! Nuff said.
Now back to the subject at hand....
I hear that Crawford , Texas will be getting their village idiot back in January. You people in Texas can have him. He has caused enough mischif. We will be sending a village idiot back to Alaska in November.
Rod, That is not very nice. It may be across the state but it is STILL too close to Houston. ;>)
miss T saying Sarah 6-Pack isn't any smarter than a 5th grader is an enormous insult to 5th graders!
and Lisa did high school educated Todd Palin join for 7 years a militant treasonist successionist group called the AIP GUILTY
Get off it. She should have fired him and many more deserved it. We have a bunch of morons on this site that won't wake up until their country is gone........... all because of a bunch of socialists!!!!!!! Wake up america.
Are you kidding? Your Republican president is buying up private industry with government money. Who are the socialists? What's next, nationalizing the oil industry?
Don't you just love these folks that call the democrats socialists while Bush shoves a massive social program down our throats and McCain just beams about another $300 billion social bailout if he becomes president?
Oh I'm awoke and alert enough to know that I must and will vote for Obama/Biden. Eight years of a no nothing president and administration. You're the one who needs to wake up and smell what your candidates are cooking. Oops! Too late! It's spoiled.
OBAMA/BIDEN 08
only republicans can justify the means by the end as long as it suits them
it doesn't matter if she abused her power b/c the trooper deserved to be fired
this is why they are such a danger to our freedom and to our constitution
if we are above the law -- or some of us are above the law -- where are we
no longer in American that's where -- moving into dictatorship
don't agree with me? you're a terrorist
too much like WWII Germany for me.....
Ya, so, whats the point? If it was your sister was getting beat on by a cop she married you would be vindictive too, no punishment would be severe enough, so ya'll shut your yaps.
Plus, cops are A holes, there is no checks or balances when it comes to cops, I have seen them kill a homeless guy with a twig in his hand, WOW! OMG, a twig, I could have walked up to the man and took it from him. (This was san diego pd) small caps intended.
This is a non story, has nothing to do with if she can or can't do her job, which she has proven she can do her job very well. She can and does manage and that is what is important to look at.
Move along... Nothin to see here!!!!
Richie.
www.bikerdotcom.com
Apparently it is a story. It's illegal for the Gov to use her power in a family matter, which is what may have happened.
Richie - she didn't fire the cop; she fired the cop's boss, for not firing the cop. You have the usual Republican disregard for facts. Plus the foul mouth, and low rationality of many of them who post on these blogs too. Why is it that Rep supporters mostly sound so backward and ignorant???
I can do her job too because I can see Russia from Illinois.
Keating 5 reprimand? Surely you are not that ignorant? McCain was exonerated of any wrong doing or involvement. Obama - and his advisory team have the Keating 5 monopoly, just as he has the Fannie/Freddie connections, not to mention kicking his political career off from the living room of a self proclaiming US terrorist. Need we continue with sitting under Wright for 20 years and his rhetoric on GD America... The list goes on-on-on... Not to mention voting present more often that casting a vote. That takes real courage to not make a record or stance. Palin has more experience than this clown and she isn't at the top of the opposing ticket.
You write fiction really well Texas!!!
You must be a fan of FOX.
Try the real world for your information.
At least FOX tells the truth. No one else does (no one else will). HUM.... wonder why?
To any brainwashed group, their message bringer is the only one with the truth. That goes for most major religions as well as cults and political parties around the world. Most religious people see the folly of people who believe other dogmas, but not the one they embrace personally.
Open minded people get their truth from many sources and try to put things together for themselves in a way that makes sense. Although I guess it would be a lot easier to do it your way.
Keating 5 reprimand?
Why YES.... Yes he was..... Experpts from politifact.........
It's also important to note that the Senate Ethics Committee, after a 14-month investigation into the Keating Five, cited McCain for "poor judgment."
Revelations about his relationship to Keating tarred McCain. He did not reimburse Keating for $13,433 worth of airfare to Keating's home in the Bahamas until the trips were exposed years later by reporters in Arizona. And reporters also discovered that McCain's wife and her father had invested $359,100 in a shopping center with Keating in 1986.
Keating was convicted in 1993 of 73 counts of wire and bankruptcy fraud, and served 50 months before the conviction was overturned because the jury had been told of his conviction in state court. In 1999 he pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and was sentenced to time served.
The government seizure of Lincoln cost taxpayers more than $2 billion, a sum that many would find "incredible," as the Obama campaign claimed.
So it's clear that McCain did "intervene on behalf of Charles Keating with federal regulators" – language lifted almost directly from the Senate committee report. And McCain also "championed legislation to delay regulation of the savings and loan industry" – as he acknowledged in his own book.
Any questions?
Google Keating McCain I am yours till death........see and read!!!
hmmmmmm Sounds kinda weird if you ask me
Sounds like Keating and McCain were in bed together.....figuratively speaking that is.
whilly, your bus is waiting outside and don't forget your helmet and orange safety jacket...
Imagine if the Obamas had hooked up with a violently anti-American group in league with the government of Iran.
By David Talbot
Editor's note: You can find Salon's complete coverage of Sarah Palin here.
Oct. 07, 2008 | "My government is my worst enemy. I'm going to fight them with any means at hand."
This was former revolutionary terrorist Bill Ayers back in his old Weather Underground days, right? Imagine what Sarah Palin is going to do with this incendiary quote as she tears into Barack Obama this week.
Only one problem. The quote is from Joe Vogler, the raging anti-American who founded the Alaska Independence Party. Inconveniently for Palin, that's the very same secessionist party that her husband, Todd, belonged to for seven years and that she sent a shout-out to as Alaska governor earlier this year. ("Keep up the good work," Palin told AIP members. "And God bless you.")
AIP chairwoman Lynette Clark told me recently that Sarah Palin is her kind of gal. "She's Alaskan to the bone ... she sounds just like Joe Vogler."
So who are these America-haters that the Palins are pallin' around with?
Before his strange murder in 1993, party founder Vogler preached armed insurrection against the United States of America. Vogler, who always carried a Magnum with him, was fond of saying, "When the [federal] bureaucrats come after me, I suggest they wear red coats. They make better targets. In the federal government are the biggest liars in the United States, and I hate them with a passion. They think they own [Alaska]. There comes a time when people will choose to die with honor rather than live with dishonor. That time may be coming here. Our goal is ultimate independence by peaceful means under a minimal government fully responsive to the people. I hope we don't have to take human life, but if they go on tramping on our property rights, look out, we're ready to die."
This quote is from "Coming Into the Country," by John McPhee, who traipsed around Alaska's remote gold mining country with Vogler for his 1991 book. The violent-tempered secessionist vowed to McPhee that if any federal official tried to stop him from polluting Alaska's rivers with his earth-moving equipment, he would "run over him with a Cat and turn mosquitoes loose on him while he dies."
Vogler wasn't just a blowhard either. He put his secessionist ideas into action, working to build AIP membership to 20,000 -- an impressive figure by Alaska standards -- and to elect party member Walter Hickel as governor in 1990.
Vogler's greatest moment of glory was to be his 1993 appearance before the United Nations to denounce United States "tyranny" before the entire world and to demand Alaska's freedom. The Alaska secessionist had persuaded the government of Iran to sponsor his anti-American harangue.
That's right ... Iran. The Islamic dictatorship. The taker of American hostages. The rogue nation that McCain and Palin have excoriated Obama for suggesting we diplomatically engage. That Iran.
AIP leaders allege that Vogler, who was murdered that year by a fellow secessionist, was taken out by powerful forces in the U.S. before he could reach his U.N. platform. "The United States government would have been deeply embarrassed," by Vogler's U.N. speech, darkly suggests Clark. "And we can't have that, can we?"
The Republican ticket is working hard this week to make Barack Obama's tenuous connection to graying, '60s revolutionary Bill Ayers a major campaign issue. But the Palins' connection to anti-American extremism is much more central to their political biographies.
Imagine the uproar if Michelle Obama was revealed to have joined a black nationalist party whose founder preached armed secession from the United States and who enlisted the government of Iran in his cause? The Obama campaign would probably not have survived such an explosive revelation. Particularly if Barack Obama himself was videotaped giving the anti-American secessionists his wholehearted support just months ago.
Where's the outrage, Sarah Palin has been asking this week, in her attacks on Obama's fuzzy ties to Ayers? The question is more appropriate when applied to her own disturbing associations.
-- By David Talbot
It's ok, as long as a republican is doing it.
Maui lassie, good post. It looks like the Palins are the REAL terrorist around here. I'm willing to bet they haven't forgot who they are really loyal to either...
Im not one to wish ill-will for anyone, but in this case, I'm willing to make an exception.
I hope that this sends you "Queen of Alaska" back to alaska. You all can have her. I've seen more than enough!
We've had enough of her too. I hope she gets recalled! What a joke on the American people.
I'll betcha she bleaches her hair and lands a spot on Faux News.
Hopefully she spends a little time behind bars.
Wow.... her roomie "Big Bertha" will take care of her if she takes up residence behind bars. That oughta take the meaness out of her!!! What a complete joke of a person!
1989- Cindy McCain became addicted to Percocet and Vicodin, opioid painkillers. The addiction progressed to where she was taking upwards of twenty pills a day, and she resorted to having an American Voluntary Medical Team (AVMT) physician write illegal prescriptions.
1993- An AVMT employee, who had discovered her illegal drug use, was terminated on budgetary grounds. Subsequently, he tipped off the Drug Enforcement Administration, and a federal investigation ensued resulting in Cindy McCain paying the costs of the government's investigation, and enrolling in a diversion program. and doing community service. In a move that critics described as a preemptive strike, Cindy McCain publicly revealed her past addiction: "Although my conduct did not result in compromising any missions of AVMT, my actions were wrong, and I regret them."
1994-The former AVMT employee filed a wrongful termination lawsuit against Cindy McCain, which he told her he would settle for $250,000. In response, her lawyer characterized this request as blackmail and requested that officials investigate the former AVMT employee for extortion. In the end, both the former AVMT employee lawsuit and the extortion investigation against him were dropped.
Is that why Cindy refused to touch anyone after the debate the other night?
Living with McCain who could blame the poor woman???
And Cindy McCain had the audacity to attack Obama's character along with Sarah Palin..... at the behest of John McCain of course.... he seems to be getting his concubine to do his dirty attack work for him.... How shameful!!!
YOU CAN ONLY ATTACK SOMEONE ELSE'S CHARACTER WHEN YOURS IS CLEAN....
Yep.... just give 'em both character attack scripts on Obama, and they both seem to be strong enough to "screech" it out sarcastically... how obedient they are.
LOL
The Bailout bill. Section 401&402 What dose it mean for the US CITIZEN? Please do not let A.D.D. detour what we as educated adults are going to have to under go, It's now law! This and all the other sections have not been explained. It is like signing a contract and not reading it. Again, please inquire about ALL the sections in the bail out bill, I have not gotten any information as of 10-09-2008 on any of them. Why is this so hard? I have listen to the, but the B.S. smoke screen IS NOT DEFINING THE ACTION PLAN. Give me some information, with 2 degrees I am sure I will UNDERSTAND. This understanding will help define the choices we all choose in the near future. ASK MORE QUESTIONS, PLEASE.
Doug_B.
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What is it about the Alaskan politicians? Everytime they get caught abusing their positions they blame it on their spouses!
Not only that but now she has to claim (with fake sincerity) that she had no idea he was up to all that. What a joke.
Didn't Lincoln go to war with secessionists?
Better watch out Alaska!
I knew Lincoln, I served with Lincoln, Lincoln was a friend of mine.... and Palin, you'r no Lincoln ( Quote* John McCain)
Great news, I hope they release the report soon and she gets her butt thrown in jail.
Well - I've noticed lately that ole Sarah Lou is getting a little frayed around the edges. You know, you need to be careful about spreading lies about people like she has about Obama - we all know what payback can be...
Payback can be a Palin.
EACH AND EVERYONE OF YOU SICKEN ME. STOP THE MUD SLINGING AND JUST STICK TO THE ISSUES. WOW WHAT A DISGUSTING WORLD WE LIVE IN. IF YOU WANT TO POINT THE FINGER POINT IT AT YOURSELF'S YOU GOT US IN THIS MESS AND THE GOVERNMENT IS TRYING TO BAIL YOU A...... OUT OF IT OK................. SAY THANK YOU
Pam, This IS an issue. The republicans have been trying to stall, block and kill this investigation ever since McCain picked Palin. They failed, thank god. See, in this country the rule of law STILL applies to everyone, whether Palin thinks so or not.
pam12007 .....The criminals in the real estate and financial industry along with deregulation from people like McCain, got us into this mess. Where in gods name do you get you information?Oh.. And the "Government is trying to bail us out of this mess". The Government owns absolutely nothing. It is OUR Tax revenues that will Bail out the SoB's in the above-mentioned industries.
johno, Good on you!
pam one of the issues is whether or not Todd Palin is a treasonist
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