SARAH PALIN REVEALED

Sarah Palin Revealed.
Research as Thursday, September 4, 2008

If you imagine that Sarah Palin has any credentials to be a Reformer, or that she should be taken at face value for her boasts so far, then read this, laugh and be ready to wonder how much more vetting this person awaits us.
Wonder also when she will submit herself to an interview like Tim Russert used to do, not some kind of Fox sycophant, where any of these embarrassing questions can be asked.

Her record is about to be scrubbed by the media. Rightfully so, for one who aims to be heartbeat away from the presumptive Presidency of a 72 year old man.

Here's a sampling of reports that complicate Palin's reformist credentials:

1 Last year, Palin requested more earmarks per person than any other state -- including some that were criticized by McCain himself.


2. Even as mayor of Wasilla, Palin's pursuit of earmarks was aggressive. She oversaw the hiring of a Washington lobbyist -- who, as we reported yesterday, had ties to Jack Abramoff – to go after federal pork.


3. And though Palin touted her opposition to the "Bridge to Nowhere" just last week in her debut speech, actually she initially supported the project during her run for governor. It was only after the bridge became notorious as an example of pork barrel spending that she changed her position.


4. In her run for governor, Palin was endorsed by now-indicted Sen. Ted Stevens. Video of the endorsement has been removed from her government website, but the two appeared together just two months ago at a press conference on energy. The friendly relationship between the embattled senator, who is accused of lying about gifts he received from an oil contractor, and the supposedly maverick governor is at odds with Palin's claim to dismantling the "old boys club" of Alaska government.


5. As Wasilla mayor, Palin reportedly fired the police chief and attempted to fire the librarian, because she did not feel that she had their "full support in [her] efforts to govern the city of Wasilla." Former city officials allege that the attempts to remove the librarian were a result of her refusal to censor books at Palin's request.


6. Palin has been at the center of the Trooper-Gate scandal that alleges misuse of her gubernatorial power. The affair erupted in July when Palin fired the Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. Monegan later claimed his firing was a result of his refusal to fire Palin's former brother-in-law and trooper Mike Wooten. Palin denied that she, her husband or her staff ever pressured Monegan, a statement she later had to retract when recorded phone calls revealed one of her aides, Frank Bailey, had called a troopers office pushing for Wooten's removal.


7. Thursday, September 4, the Washington Post published emails from Palin to Monegan in which she appeared to complain that Wooten was still employed, apparently undercutting her claim that she discussed Wooten with Monegan only in the context of the security of her family.


8. As a result of the Trooper-Gate allegations, an independent investigator has been appointed by the state legislature. In recent days, Palin has appeared to stonewall the probe. Her lawyer argued in a complaint filed last night that she wold not be made available for her deposition unless the probe were handed over to the state personnel board, whose members are appointed by the governor. Bailey, who had been suspended by Palin with pay for his actions, today backed out of his deposition.


9. In a separate civil suit related to Wooten, Palin has claimed executive privilege on over a thousand emails between her and her staff.

10. ALASKA POLICE UNION FILES COMPLAINT AGAINST PALIN. An ethics complaint was filed Wednesday by the police officers union in Alaska, requesting a probe into possible wrongdoing by the governor or her office. It was brought on behalf of state trooper Mike Wooten, an ex-brother-in-law of Palin who is at the center of the "Troopergate" scandal.
The complaint alleges that the governor or her staff may have improperly disclosed information from Wooten's personnel records. The complaint alleges "criminal penalties may apply." john Cyr, director of the union that filed the complaint, told NBC News, "It seems obvious to us somebody has improperly accessed [Wooten's] personnel file."

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STAY TUNED, Folks! This is just the beginning.

Or google yoursefl “Sarah Palin Revealed” to see what is new for yourself. Do your own research.

This is a fascinating story being unfolded, and most of it is being done on the internet.

The editor of The Anchorage Daily News said yesterday that the previous maximum hits their web site and archives had ever got was 350,00, but since last Friday, they had received four million.

Paschal Baute

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