Palin guilty of 'abuse of power'

[??????????]

This trooper deserved to be fired, plain and simple.

This is true.

Did his boss deserve to be fired as well?

10 Republicans and 4 Democrats ran this investigation. Palin abused her powers for personal gain, plain and simple.

Yes, because his boss refused to fire him.

[Stranger in a strange land]

This trooper deserved to be fired, plain and simple.

This is true.

Did his boss deserve to be fired as well?

10 Republicans and 4 Democrats ran this investigation. Palin abused her powers for personal gain, plain and simple.

Yes, because his boss refused to fire him.

based on my limited knowledge of the case, the trooper in question does sound like a nasty piece of work who probably deserved to be fired. However, it does strike me as odd that his boss would go to the wall for him.

[Iosif]

This trooper deserved to be fired, plain and simple.

This is true.

Did his boss deserve to be fired as well?

10 Republicans and 4 Democrats ran this investigation. Palin abused her powers for personal gain, plain and simple.

Yes, because his boss refused to fire him.

You need a reason to fire someone. "He's a jerk" is not usually valid.

10 Republicans and 4 Democrats thought she was in the wrong.

[Lunar]

Palin digging herself into a hole:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cQEJMWrgsuE&eurl

[Politico]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

[Mr.Jones]

Oh my God. Isn't this the Saint Palin who was trying to connect Obama with Ayers despite Obama being only 8 when Ayers was upto his mischiefs ? I guess she is not a saint any more ! Shhh did I still hear that she is a "maverick" LMAO

Nixon on lipstick for sure.

[Lunar]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

He did do illegal things off duty and was drunk on the job.  But it wasn't Palin's job to fire the trooper and her personal relationship with him should have made her concerned with pressing the issue.

[??????????]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

Yeah, tasering a twelve year old and beating your wife aren't illegal!

[Ban my account ffs!]

The rules and regulations and ethics are more important than the authority and the chain of command.

You should be able to stand up to your supervisor if they are pressuring you into doing something that is wrong.

If they fire you for "insubordination" or "budget concerns" or whatever... then that is an abuse of power.

[Ban my account ffs!]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

Yeah, tasering a twelve year old and beating your wife aren't illegal!

Was he indicted for beating his wife?

[Iosif]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

Yeah, tasering a twelve year old and beating your wife aren't illegal!

You must have very lax libel laws in the states.

Rumours and hearsay.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

So, is that the election done then?

(serious question, actually. This'd seem to be an election killer in most places, but you people do things differently).

[??????????]

You can't fire a trooper for non-illegal things he does off-duty. There's no record of him doing a poor duty on the job.

Palin abused her power for personal gain. End of story.

Yeah, tasering a twelve year old and beating your wife aren't illegal!

You must have very lax libel laws in the states.

Rumours and hearsay.

That's known fact.

[© tweed]

So, is that the election done then?

(serious question, actually. This'd seem to be an election killer in most places, but you people do things differently).

it was over before and it's more over now...  McCain really did not do his homework on the Palin pick.  he just thought it'd be cool.

[Angel of Death]

They think it's all over.

...It is now.

[??????????]

http://countusout.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/trooper-admits-he-tasered-palin-nephew/

IOSIF

[Swing low, sweet chariot. Comin' for to carry me home.]

The ruling is probably justified.   Todd Palin was too involved in Sarah's official duties.

[Democratic Hawk]

Just had a really bad feeling in my water about Saintly Sarah and have done since that day in Dayton, Ohio

Dave

[Democratic Hawk]

http://countusout.wordpress.com/2008/09/11/trooper-admits-he-tasered-palin-nephew/

IOSIF

Wasn't that a matter for him to be prosecuted and let justice run its course?

Dave

[agcatter]

Big nothing but keep talking

[??????????]

Just had a really bad feeling in my water about Saintly Sarah and have done since that day in Dayton, Ohio

Dave

Yeah and I have a bad feeling about uppity Obama, so whatever.

Wasn't that a matter for him to be prosecuted and let justice run its course?

Dave

Yes, but in the states MOST officers would be fired for such actions as that and for drinking on the job.

[Filuwaúrdjan]

So, is that the election done then?

(serious question, actually. This'd seem to be an election killer in most places, but you people do things differently).

it was over before and it's more over now...  McCain really did not do his homework on the Palin pick.  he just thought it'd be cool.

I mean over with no hope of playing Lazarus.

[JSojourner]

This trooper deserved to be fired, plain and simple.

This is true.

Did his boss deserve to be fired as well?

10 Republicans and 4 Democrats ran this investigation. Palin abused her powers for personal gain, plain and simple.

Yes, because his boss refused to fire him.

I want you to be completely honest with me.  If this were Governor Howard Dean -- under the same exact circumstances -- would you have the same view?

Moneghan committed no crime -- not even insubordination.  Palin has repeatedly denied that she fired him for refusing to fire the trooper.  As for the trooper, I agree with you -- I'd have fired him in a New York minute -- just as soon as he was found guilty in a court of law.

[Brittain33]

Big nothing but keep talking

Welcome back.

[© tweed]

So, is that the election done then?

(serious question, actually. This'd seem to be an election killer in most places, but you people do things differently).

it was over before and it's more over now...  McCain really did not do his homework on the Palin pick.  he just thought it'd be cool.

I mean over with no hope of playing Lazarus.

the only way would be something that puts the economy on the back burner, which is almost difficult to conceive of at this point; something such as, Obama actually IS a Muslim terrorist and/or the outbreak of WWIII.