---WOW, Just WOW---another Palin SNAFU over Troopergate---

[1corona4u]

Palin adviser warned that firing raised 'grave' concern

And the hits just keep on coming;




ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- A former ethics adviser to Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin warned in July that firing her public safety commissioner would become a "grave concern" for her administration.


Gov. Sarah Palin is fighting allegations she improperly tried to force the firing of her then brother-in-law.

Wevley Shea, a former U.S. attorney and fellow Republican, urged Palin to apologize to former Commissioner Walt Monegan and fire anyone on her staff who discussed her former brother-in-law, state Trooper Mike Wooten, with the commissioner.

"Your 'political advisers' have given you poor counsel; the situation is now grave," Shea wrote in a July 24 letter to the governor. "I recommend the following action 'now' to restore your credibility and Alaska's bright future with you."

Palin, now the Republican nominee for vice president, is battling allegations that she and her advisers pressured Monegan to fire Wooten. Palin has said she fired Monegan over budget issues and denies any wrongdoing, calling Wooten a "rogue trooper" who threatened her family during his divorce from the governor's sister.

Shea, who says he's an admirer of Palin's, said Thursday that the governor's aides are trying to stall an investigation into Monegan's dismissal by the state Legislature.

"The problem, in my opinion, is that there has been out-and-out cover-up and misleading statements by staffers in the governor's office," he said. "And the parallel that I tried to draw is, you know, the problem with the firing or terminating of the U.S. attorneys."

The governor has not publicly answered questions since Republican presidential nominee John McCain picked her as his running mate August 29, and her representatives did not immediately return phone calls seeking comment Thursday.

Shea had acted as an informal ethics adviser to Palin, but he told CNN that his advice on the Monegan firing was unsolicited.

"If they would have done what I said, I think it would have been over," he said.



http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/11/palin.investigation/index.html

[avaistheone1]

1. You just have to keep beating up on that good poor woman

:sarcasm:

[LooseWilly]

5. hehe... she's a pit bull with lipstick

She practically volunteered herself...

Hell, she practically dared everyone to beat up on her.

We're just doing as she asked...

[Jim Lane]

2. This is the Watergate lesson. As Shea points out, the coverup has been the biggest problem. (n/t)

[FatDave]

3. Ruh-roh Rarah!

Looks like somebody else is going on-the-record. And he's republican. But hey, you know, not many people even get considered for the vice presidency, so you'll always have that.

[Imagevision]

4. The outcome of the investigation is in October

[Cosmic Charlie]

6. nice. so not only is it Troopergate, but now it's also Commissionergate?

The investigation into Monegan's firing hasn't even been mentioned up to now. It's been all about Wooten previously with Monegan's firing being brushed aside.

This will bring down McCain/Palin.
Guaranteed!