Alaska lawmakers: Campaign moving to stall probe

[Leo 9]

Source: Associated Press

Alaska lawmakers: Campaign moving to stall probe

By MATT VOLZ
The Associated Press
Thursday, September 25, 2008; 7:15 PM


ANCHORAGE, Alaska -- The McCain-Palin campaign is "moving on many fronts" to stall an investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused the power of her office by firing her public safety commissioner, the Alaska lawmakers claimed in a court filing Thursday.

The filing is in response to a lawsuit by five Republican state legislators seeking to halt the investigation into whether Palin abused her power when she fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan this summer. The legislators call the investigation by the Legislative Council biased, a violation of due process and a violation of the separation of powers between Alaska's legislative and executive branches.

They want a judge to order the Legislative Council to cease investigating Palin or remove the leaders of the probe: Sen. Hollis French, the Democratic project manager of the investigation; Democratic Sen. Kim Elton, the Legislative Council investigator; and Stephen Branchflower, the retired attorney the council hired as the independent investigator.

Palin had agreed to cooperate with the investigation until she became Sen. John McCain's running mate. Then, through the McCain campaign, she claimed that French, Elton and Branchflower were manipulating the report to be a potentially damaging "October surprise" before Election Day.

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Read more: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/25/AR2008092503671.html

[msongs]

1. cover up! too bad dems will never run with this meme tho - corrupt, cover up. oh well nt

[stillcool]

4. I think the Alaska Dems are doing something..

did you see this?
http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/09/24/criminal-witness-tampering-in-troopergate/

[ksimons]

2. Their tactics sound just like BUSH - they aren't winning any friends or voters over

But that's good for Obama - so let's hope they keep it up! They are looking more and more like Bush Republicans in cover-up garb everyday. Next they'll have Larry Craig out there saying that the investigation into Palin is taking the wrong stance. I guess he would want a wider stance in the investigation.

McCain's Campaign is starting to not only look old, but smell old. Old Washington politics.

[Politicalboi]

3. You know

Isn't there any way the we the people can get her recalled for Alaska? Too many precious resources out there to be left in her hands.

[snot]

5. k&r'd

[BrotherBuzz]

6. Rope-A-Dope

run the clock out.

[bobthedrummer]

7. k&r + a link to a related active GD thread, DUers are encouraged to participate

"2 daughters of Alaska, Susan Lindauer & Sarah Palin: a real spooky politicized conspiracy thread" (started 9-21-2008)
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x4052105

[OakCliffDem]

8. Kicked and Recommended

[bobthedrummer]

9. bttt

[bobthedrummer]

10. Do you want your books banned? Do you want "The Handmaid's Tale" to become reality?-kick

[joewicker_TX]

11. I think it's time

for a 523 to bring out Darth Vader Cheney and tie Palin to him. This is typical Repuke Bullshit and the public needs to be bombarded with it.