Is this the kind of government the American people want in power?
Palin protest planned for tomorrow (click here)
Story last updated at 10/10/2008 - 4:55 pm
JUNEAU - Opponents of Gov. Sarah Palin’s run for the vice presidency are planning a protest Saturday morning in front of the Capitol.
Organizer Jeannette Lacey said she hopes the protest will draw a “few hundred” people. She said there will be 10 speakers to discuss why Palin’s policies are “not good for Alaskans or the American people.”
Last month, an anti-Palin protest in Anchorage drew hundreds of people, according to media accounts.
The protest is scheduled to start at 10 a.m.
Palin abused powers, Alaska ethics probe finds (click here)
Governor's pressure on subordinates to get trooper fired violated executive code
From Sun news services
October 11, 2008
Gov. Sarah Palin abused the powers of her office by pressuring subordinates to get her former brother-in-law, a state trooper, fired, an investigation by the Alaska Legislature has concluded.A report on the bipartisan inquiry that was released yesterday by lawmakers in Anchorage concluded, however, that Palin was within her right to dismiss her public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, who was the trooper's boss.The public portion of the report on the inquiry concluded that Palin violated the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act by allowing pressure to be exerted to get Trooper Michael Wooten, her former brother-in-law, dismissed.In the 263 pages that were released, the independent investigator, Stephen E. Branchflower, a former Anchorage prosecutor, said that Palin wrongfully allowed her husband, Todd, to use state resources as part of the effort to have Wooten dismissed....
Tell me that bringing Sarah Palin 'on board' as a Vice Presidential candidate isn't completely denying the importance of 'ethics in government.' That reality alone has to bring to light that the 'real' John McCain is still alive and well and looking forward to abusing power as he has before. (click here)
During the Republican dominated years of the House and Senate, there has been a rolling back of ethical standards in those committees. Either the people of this country want to return decency to government or they are willing to chronically excuse the abuse of the infrastructure of this country, both militarily as with Iraq and fiscally with the chronic erosion of the USA Treasury currently pushing $11 tillion in debt.
Now what's it going to be?
NOW, in the face of his Veep choice being found ethically UNSOUND, McCain want to 'be nice' and stated in a recent appearance with pundits that Barak is a decent man and has done great work for this country. Well, we all knew that, I guess John finally 'read up' on Barak. Maybe one of his books.
See attack ads have worked for McCain before. They have worked for Bush in 2004. While stating Kerry was a great man, Bush was silent in condemning the attacks ads by independent organizations, namely the 'swift boaters.'
So, you see, McCain 'speak with forked tongue.' Two faced. On one hand he'll praise is opposition to 'sooth' the reality of the attacks going on as to not 'resound' off him personally, while, looking the other way.
It is unethical. It is slick. It is TYPICAL Republican strategy. Tabloid smear campaigns. And John McCain approves all those messages, at least 'subliminally.' I don't see a court action to stop them, do you?
McCain Ads Attack Romney (click here)
New Web and radio ads by the Arizona senator lack context.
By Lori Robertson and Jess Henig factcheck.org
Jan 29, 2008 Updated: 9:22 a.m. ET Jan 29, 2008
SummaryOn the eve of the crucial Florida GOP primary, John McCain is attacking Mitt Romney with some out-of-context or misleading statements on radio and the Internet:A Web ad says Romney's health care program in Massachusetts is "not very good" and "is failing." But official figures indicate that roughly 200,000 previously uninsured residents have gained health coverage, and those persons might disagree.
The ad says the Romney plan is costing $400 million more than expected. That's because more people are benefiting than were expected.
A radio ad running in Florida accuses Romney of proposing $20 billion to Detroit "to bail out the auto industry." Romney actually proposed a $16 billion increase in federal research into "energy research, fuel technology, materials science, and automotive technology."...
