Wilbur: You mean it’s settled that the Butterfield report concluded that Gov. Palin violated the law and abused her official power.

Jay: Absolutely right, Wilbur.

Wilbur: And that Sarah lied about it when she said the report completely cleared her of any hint on any wrongdoing or unethical behavior.

Jay: Absolutely right, Wilbur.

Wilbur: And I’m still waiting, Jay, to see if you can debunk any of the thirty-two Palin lies that Sullivan has collected.

Jay: [crickets...crickets....] Sullivan is a NASTY MAN!

Wilbur: Jay, defending Palin is sort of turning you into a caricature of yourself, wouldn’t you say?

Jay: Absolutely right, Wilbur, but LOOK OVER THERE! STARBURSTS!!

What is that saying about not watching sausage being made?

The same governor who, upon realizing that she couldn’t stop the scumbags, decided to quit while her legal bills only consisted of 200% of her family’s annual income and about 40% of their entire net worth.

Soooo, a quitter with no foresight? Just what we need in Washington.

Because she says so, it must be true?

Whatever, Dennis.

More like Barbara Bush, Jr.

You are not convincing me that you are not a parody troll with shit like that.

Or Family guy. Just as coherent.

Of course, that whole matter is settled, and now we’re talking about the other 15 or so bullshit charges, and how these assholes were using Alaska’s ethics laws to bankrupt her and her family.

And just when did Sullivan stop demanding Palin’s obstetric records, anyway?

J.

Palin lied when she suggested that she had offered the media proof of her pregnancy with Trig to “correct the record”; in fact, no reports of her medical records were ever published; and the letter from her doctor testifying to her good health only emerged hours before polling ended on election day, even though there was nothing in it that couldn’t have been released two months earlier.

[side-note: kinda ironic when Sarah's supporters are howling about Obama not releasing (more of) his birth records, innit?]

Sullivan was an ass about the Trig thing, and he knows it. Now I know you wingnuts think that when someone says one wrong thing you can discount everything else that person ever says, but I’d be interested to see just how many of the thirty-two lies Sullivan documents you can debunk.

But just that one lie I talked about earlier is big enough. Think about it. The investigator’s report said:

Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act…

And Sarah’s response to that is:

“I’m very, very pleased to be cleared of …any… any hint of any kind of unethical activity there”

Any hint of any kind of unethical activity??

That tells you all you need to know about the good governor. She’s the sort of person we all have seen numerous times in our lives: one who is so full of herself that she simply can’t believe anything bad about herself. Anything that comes out of her mouth is the truth simply because she said it.

In other words, as I said, a fundamentally dishonest person.

And Jay, as to your points about Officer Wooten.

-Wooten tased his stepson, at low power, and at his stepson’s own request, so that he could see what it was like and prove to onlookers that he was not a momma’s boy.

-Wooten was cleared of allegations that he beat his wife (which is therefore, by your standards, a ‘bullshit charge’)

-Wooten’s alleged threat against Palin’s dad was so scary to Palin and her sister that they didn’t tell dad about it until a month after the threat was allegedly made (by dad’s own admission).

Now I’m perfectly willing to believe that Officer Wooten is an idiot and an asshole (you’d sort of have to be to marry into that family to begin with), but as numerous investigators on the case pointed out, if he was dangerously unhinged, the Palins’ effort to get him fired was hardly likely to make him less unhinged. It was also hardly likely to increase his ability to keep up with child support payments. The Palins’ actions were nothing but grudge wanking and you know it.

And in any case, I don’t want my elected officials (or even worse, my elected official’s spouses) abusing their official powers for their own advantage in any private dispute. You apparently want them to have that option. That’s about all I need to know about the difference between you and me, Jay.

Last time, I swear to God. Not a trial. A deposition.

And I defy you to tell me you wouldn’t lie about your infidelity to try and protect your wife and family.

Stay classy, “Newsy.” Keep piling on the bullshit — if you pile it high enough, perhaps you might keep people from seeing the truth you’re trying to obscure.

Good thing you’re used to that smell by now.

Throwing BS up against the wall and seeing what sticks. Argumentum verbosium, Jay Tea. It’s like someone came up with the term after reading News Reference here, I swear. Although I’m sure the tactic is as old as time. I just wonder if some Greek or Roman sage ever called himself something as comical or pretentious as ‘News Reference’ when they employed it.

The same governor who didn’t foresee just how certain scumbags would exploit that law.

The same governor who didn’t foresee not only how many scumbags there were who would exploit that law, but how many more scumbags around the nation would aid and abet said exploiting scumbags.

The same governor who, upon realizing that she couldn’t stop the scumbags, decided to quit while her legal bills only consisted of 200% of her family’s annual income and about 40% of their entire net worth.

Yes, let’s all gloat about the travails a politician whose offense here was not realizing just how scummy scumbags could be. That’s a grand victory for democracy, isn’t it?

J.

It is.

What dumbass governor signed it into law?

Stay classy, “Newsy.” Keep piling on the bullshit — if you pile it high enough, perhaps you might keep people from seeing the truth you’re trying to obscure.

Good thing you’re used to that smell by now.

J.

Mostly it was just a venomous vendetta that Republican Palin was ‘achieving’ by firing the officer who refused to carry out Republican Palin’s unethical orders.

But the larger ‘achievement’ was Republican Palin showing other government officials that they were to follow Republican Palin’s unethical orders or they too would lose their jobs.

Republican Palin showed the other government officials that she’s willing to not only authorize unethical orders, she is also willing to terminate anyone who fails to carry out her unethical orders.

That was a big part of what Republican Palin was attempting to “achieve”: Crony compliance out of fear of termination.

It was a clear abuse of her authority.

That Republican Palin would subsequently flaunt her unethical actions with an outright lie denying that she’d been publicly and formally condemned for her unethical activities was just an added bonus for the right wing.

Republican leaders and their slavish right wing followers love that kind of thuggish cronyism combined with blatant lying, it’s the kind of surrealistic hypocritical outrageousness that makes a certain type of right winger get all excited.

And really, Wilbur….Andrew Sullivan?

Well, she’d not have to worry about a confirmed bad cop would NOT be tasering her nephew, beating her sister, or murdering her father.

And you’re going to Andrew Sullivan for info on Palin? I won’t check the link, but I’m curious about how “Trig isn’t her son” places on that list of her “lies.”

J.

“I find the notion that I have taken any action pertaining to the legal defense trust fund misguided and factually in error. I am informed that this fund was created by experienced attorneys in DC and was modeled after other similar funds established for senators and others. The fund itself was not created by me nor is it controlled by me. Neither I nor my lawyer has received a penny from this fund, and I am informed the Trustee was withholding any action or payment pending final resolution with the Personnel Board. This is the hallmark of legal compliance and prudent conduct.

In short, I have not ‘acted’ relative to the defense fund and it is misleading to say I have. I have no doubt that the Trust will welcome guidance by the Board, as do we all, but it is my understanding that this matter was not resolved and the complainant’s violation of law has served to mislead the public and prejudice a fair review of this matter.”
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’2008 Detroit Lions Democrats’ vs. Sarah Palin. 0-16.