Hi Kristyne:

>

> My understanding is that Palins' pressure on subordinates was the

> 'unlawful'

> act, because it violates Alaska's ethics laws. There are no criminal

> penalties for the action, as it does not constitute an actual crime.

>

It rather reminds me of the Plame investigation in this regard. The guy who

actually "leaked" the name was Armitage at the State Dept. (ally of Powell

and enemy of Cheney/Libby)...and at no point was he ever under legal threat

because, well, Plame was not a covered agent at the time of the leak, i.e.,

there was no crime committed--a fact Fitzgerald kept well in his vest long

enough to lay a perjury trap for someone at the White House, to justify his

2 year investigation.

> The firing of Wooten was not illegal. Palin was completely within her

> rights

> to hire and fire the department heads in the executive branch for any

> reason

> or no reason at all.

Case closed.

>

> This is something that has been known for a while. The issue I found

> most

> interesting was that Todd Palin was using the governor's office to make

> calls to the governor's subordinates. If Sarah were a man letting his

> *wife*

> use the governor's office to make calls, most state governments would

> have

> her head on a plate by now.

The issue is not quite as cut and dry, given Wooten's familial relations and

proven threat to the governor's family.

I don't think you can make a fair analogy between Todd Palin and Hillary

Clinton.

>

> Doesn't anyone remember all the grief Bill and Hillary received over

> Hillary

> doing official business on the health care initiative in 1993? That was

> official business. Imagine if she had been sitting in the oval office

> making

> calls urging the firing of her brother-in-law to subordinates?

The facts of the case reveal Wooten has more than a few screws loose, and

that he was indeed abusing his power as a state trooper in terrorizing the

Governor's family directly. I frankly can't believe the subordinate would

not have fired Wooten after all of his infractions... DESPITE the fact that

he was a relative of the Governor: that seems almost a dereliction of duty.

- Bob

>

> Kristyne McDaniel

> http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog

> http://www.mcstyles.com/

>

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