Sound Familiar?


When you read the following paragraph, tell me who it reminds you of:

Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy. The governor and her top officials sometimes use personal e-mail accounts for state business; dozens of e-mail messages obtained by The New York Times show that her staff members studied whether that could allow them to circumvent subpoenas seeking public records.

It's like lipstick on Dick Cheney. This woman is not, in any way, qualified to be Vice-President of anything, much less of the United States of America.

Read the whole article, it is very revealing. I wonder if all of the accrued lies of the McCain/Palin campaign are coming back to haunt them in a kind-of once in a lifetime media watershed moment? Anyone else get that sense?


Sean Paul Kelley September 13, 2008 - 11:15pm
( categories: Analysis | USA: Campaign 2008 )

President Bush and Prime Minister Harper who has been campaigning for a majority since the day he was elected. Both have very similar MO's (modus operandi) with accompanying strong ideologies. All three (Palin, Bush and Harper) excel at being accomplished liars. None of them place any value on their soul despite their claims of being religious. Power ambitions dwarfed what may have been sincere religiosity a long time ago. They are now shadows of themselves--image --no substance!

canuck September 14, 2008 - 3:22am

This woman is dangerous. She shouldn't be in any public office or position of responsibility.

Numerian September 14, 2008 - 8:17am

http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/26695078

And she had to hire an administrator to actually do the day-to-day work?

AMC September 14, 2008 - 12:51pm

More like she was forced to hire an administrator after she screwed up.

tjfxh September 14, 2008 - 2:06pm

http://www.mcclatchydc.com/251/story/52488.html

Because integrity is, like, wrong.

AMC September 14, 2008 - 3:30pm

McClatchy Article

By Lisa Demer | Anchorage Daily News
Posted on Sunday, September 14, 2008

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Moments after Gov. Sarah Palin's first speech as Republican John McCain's running mate, she sat with her kids backstage, thumbing one of the two BlackBerrys that are always with her. You can see them in photographs from that day on the campaign blog of one of McCain's daughters.

The tech-savvy governor has one of the devices (which allow users to read and send e-mails) for state business and another for personal matters, but those worlds intertwine.

Palin routinely uses a private Yahoo e-mail account to conduct state business. Others in the governor's office sometimes use personal e-mail accounts, too.

The practice raises questions about backdoor secrecy in an administration that vowed during the 2006 campaign to be "open and transparent."

Even before the McCain campaign plucked Palin from Alaska, a controversy was brewing over e-mails in the governor's office. Was the administration trying to get around the public records law through broad exemptions or private e-mail accounts?

Activists, still fighting to obtain hundreds of e-mails that were withheld from public records requests earlier this year, say that's what it looks like.

The governor's Yahoo account is "the most nonsensical, inane thing I've ever heard of," said Andree McLeod, who is appealing the administration's decision to withhold e-mails.

AMC September 15, 2008 - 11:21am

As far as McLeod can tell, all but one of the e-mails to the governor used her private e-mail address. The one time an aide e-mailed the governor's state account, he was reminded not to.

"Frank, This is not the Governor's personal e-mail account," an assistant to Palin wrote to Bailey in February.

"Whoops~!" Bailey responded in an e-mail.

AMC September 15, 2008 - 11:26am

Went out the other night with some friends who were visiting from Mexico City. Palin in Mexico is slang for 'Quickie.' It can loosely be translated in the slang as 'quick little fu%k. Gave me a laugh.

Scotjen61 September 15, 2008 - 2:30pm

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