Republican scandal in Alaska???

[Vinca]

Last night I watched the McLaughlin Group and Pat Buchanan predicted something about a Republican scandal in Alaska. He didn't say anything else. This one's got me stumped. Am I forgetting something or is something about to break? Ideas anyone?

[NRaleighLiberal]

1. don't know, but I am sure they are simmering in scandals in all

50 states. Corruption is their life blood.

[POAS]

2. Don't know if this is what he referred to but

the incoming Republican Governor is somewhat a maverick and a whistleblower who seems to take ethics seriously. Here is s snippet taken from the Christian Science Monitor

High on her priority list is a plan to take a tougher line with the oil industry, which she says has been "making mind-boggling profits" from Alaska's resources.

"The oil companies, the executives, are doing exactly what they're supposed to do. You take as much as possible and leave as little as possible behind," she says. The governor needs to ensure that the citizens get as much benefit as possible, "which includes more than just looking out for the bottom line."

Also a top priority, she says, is restoring a sense of ethics to a state where citizens are weary of government scandals.

Palin gained much of her prominence as a whistle-blower. After she was appointed by Governor Murkowski to the Alaska Oil and Gas Conservation Commission, she started bucking the Republican Party leadership over ethics lapses. She blew the whistle on state GOP Chairman Randy Ruedrich when he was a fellow oil and gas commissioner. In 2003, he was forced to resign his regulatory post and pay a record $12,000 fine. She and a Democratic state lawmaker filed an ethics complaint against the state attorney general, Gregg Renkes, who resigned under fire.

[hwmnbn]

3. I can't say these two rise to the level of Foleygate.....

but google "alaska republican scandal" and you get 790,000 entries..... {whoa)

http://senatemajority.com/another_republican_scandal_bre_1.html

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/8326950p-8222931c.html




That Pat Buchanan is such a tease!!

[Toots]

4. FBI arrested a Republican Legislator

FBI made a sweep through six Republican Legislator's offices a couple of months ago. Ben Stevens, Senator Ted Steven's son was a target in the sweep but the person they just arrested was not him. Some guy named Anderson. They say the investigation is ongoing though. It had something to do with an oil company and bribery charges. Those six called themselves Corrupt Old Bastards Club..They thought it was so very funny. I wonder how much they are laughing now...:shrug:

[Vinca]

5. I'll immediately believe in God if Ted Stevens is involved and

ends up in the Republican wing of a federal prison.