Let's see - ABC claims Palin faces ethics questions over firing a police chief and some others.
And yes, as Confederate Yankee points out - that was 1997, there was a lawsuit and she won.
Now how would you judge the story based upon this report in The Seattle Times:
The drama splashed out across the front pages of the local newspaper, with the fallen police chief filing a lawsuit accusing Palin of canning him after he exercised his free-speech rights. Palin, a staunch supporter of the National Rifle Association, was unhappy that her police chief had spoken against a state bill to ease restrictions on Alaskans who carried concealed weapons, he said. And Palin, who had gained the backing of Wasilla bar owners in her mayoral campaign, also disliked the chief's proposal to roll back tavern closing hours from 5 a.m. to 2 a.m.
"She wanted to show that she was the boss, and could get rid of people," said Irl Stambaugh, the former Wasilla police chief. "She kept calling it the good-old-boy network." Within her first year, she had dismissed three other department heads, roiling city politics and spurring talk of recalling the first-year mayor. Palin survived the backlash, serving six years as mayor and then winning election to Alaska's statehouse in 2006.
Along the way, Palin, now 44, emerged as one of the most popular politicians in Alaska history, burnishing an image among voters as a crusader out to reform a corrupt political establishment.
"She never tried to vault herself over anybody. She was just comfortable with who she was, and is a natural leader," said Hank Nelson, 75, who recalled how Palin offered a hug and a hot cup of coffee when he waved a campaign sign along a chilly, windy highway during her successful run for governor.
Whatever she did, the people of Alaska seemed to like it and as she obviously hasn't violated any laws, that all sounds good to me. Maybe she should go to work for ABC and get rid of some of the "old boys" there? Especially when they are behaving like drunken school children. I can feel the hang-over and hand wringing coming just around the next bend, er uh, I mean a few news cycles.
Firing some lazy government workers and a couple of crooked cops? How dare she...why wasnt she vetted!!!
JOM
I am voting for McCain and "The Milf"
Posted by: JustOneMan | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 03:00 PM
More scandaks for VP pic...Biden's Sone Caught Up in Hedge Fund Troubles
Topics Hedge FundsIndustries Financial Services
A son and a brother of Senator Joseph R. Biden Jr. of Delaware are accused in two lawsuits of defrauding a former business partner and an investor of millions of dollars in a hedge fund deal that went sour, The Washington Post reported, citing court records.
The Democratic vice presidential candidate’s son Hunter, 38, and brother James, 59, meanwhile say it was they who were defrauded by their former partner, whom they have accused of misrepresenting his experience in the hedge fund industry, The Post said.
According to the legal skirmishes, which have been playing out in New York State Supreme Court since 2007, Anthony Lotito Jr. said that he agreed to help set up Paradigm Companies, a hedge fund group for the Bidens, because the V.P. nominee was concerned on how his son Hunter’s lobbying activities would reflect on his campaign.
Hunter Biden was made president of the firm, earning with an annual salary of $1.2 million, according to the lawsuit. However, in an affidavit, Hunter Biden said his father had nothing to do with the deal and that it is Mr. Lotito who swindled the Bidens, The Post said.
Posted by: JustOneMan | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 03:38 PM
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v-AiqGC0buo
funny stuff I don't care who you are.
Posted by: Spartan112 | Wednesday, September 03, 2008 at 08:14 PM
"--- funny stuff I don't care who you are. ---"
Meh, slightly amusing.
The Monty Python "Search for the Holy grail" clips in the margins was actually funny.
Posted by: seekeronos | Thursday, September 04, 2008 at 10:39 AM