Troopergate

[88Mariner]

Re: Troopergate

Toasty,

It turns out that the firing of Commissioner Walter Monegan had nothing to do with the rogue trooper. As Monegan wrote MANY emails detailing his persistent insubordination and attempts to circumvent multiple directives coming from Palin's office (on a number of unrelated issues). Officials viewing the emails indicated that Monegan most certainly should have been fired, cause he was pretty much just being a dick...

http://www.time.com/time/politics/ar...841770,00.html

Even the Democrat in charge of the investigation claims that the whole this is becoming extremely "partisan" in nature... So go ahead, wait till after McCain & Palin get elected, then investigate away...

What's the hurry ???

Nothing to see here... Move along...

k3n3: I don't even care that he may or may not have slipped up...what i do care about, is the fact that this will be ignored by much of the unbiased(?) media...

so even if she did slip up, this shouldn't be ignored by the media. oh wait, she's a RINO.

[k3n3]

Re: Troopergate

That's not really the point. The point is, if she's done nothing wrong OR EVEN IF SHE HAS, allowing the story for the next few weeks to be "Palin Stonewalls Trooper Investigation" is a stupid move politically. The downside from that kind of coverage is probably worse than the eventual outcome of any investigation, even if it finds she did something wrong. Being on the defense for a number of weeks is worse than a couple of days of damage control, IMO. The sheen on Palin is already starting to fade, and this isn't likely to help.

good point... and it now appears that even the republicans involved in this matter are now pushing for this to get resolved asap... if she is innocent, then it's probably wise to get past it and move on...

all i'm saying is that the facts however, don't really support a "crime" of any sort or a scandal. not really worth all the publicity... imo

[Mad'Em Fixer]

Re: Troopergate

i dont understand why the guy wouldnt give them copies of the emails if he let them read it?

I agree completely. It seems quite puzzling. Obviously there is probably no love loss between them.

[Mad'Em Fixer]

Re: Troopergate

I'm a little surprised at the way the McCain-Palin campaign is handling this situation, specifically the confrontational tact they've taken:

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/17/1409371.aspx

Forget about whether she's actually done anything wrong for a moment and focus on the strategy. Assume for a moment that she's confident she's done nothing wrong and will be vindicated. Let things play out, cooperate, and enjoy your bump when it happens.

Now assume that she's actually in some trouble. The GOP has shown a frankly amazing ability to discount such things, and even if the investigation shows that she's done something wrong, they can probably claim that it's a partisan witch hunt, and by the time the right wing echo chamber is done with it, she's got a day or so of bad press, but probably no serious lasting effects...

...Or at least nothing worse than the now daily stories that come out about her and her staff not complying with subpoenas, not cooperating with authorities, etc. The perception is sometimes more important than the reality in politics, and right now, the perception is that she's playing games, and that's going to continue to be the perception until the investigation is over.

So, if indeed there is something to this investigation, it becomes a question of whether you prefer 1 day of horrible news, or three weeks of generally unflattering press culminating with horrible news -- and if it really is a witch hunt, then you're just left with three weeks of generally unflattering press, the net result of which might not be eclipsed by her vindication.

Just some thoughts...

Very well said Toasty.