found this interesting commentary regarding "TROOPERgate'

[radfringe]

Troopergate:

Palin can't seem to admit she erred
DAN FAGANCOMMENT
Published: August 17th, 2008 03:19 AM
Last Modified: August 17th, 2008 03:20 AM
Anchorage Daily News

Gov. Palin is revealing her ugly side during this, her toughest political battle to date. As she continues to dig a deeper hole for herself day by day in the so-called Troopergate scandal, the more desperate she appears. Sarah Palin is not handling the pressure well.

On Thursday Gov. Palin kept digging at Walt Monegan for lying for saying he felt pressured by her administration to fire her former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten.

If Monegan felt pressured to ax the trooper, he would have said so, she said. "I'm sure Monegan would have come to me and said, 'Call off the dogs, I'm feeling pressure,' " Palin said.

Translation: If Walt didn't like my husband and several members of my administration hounding him relentlessly about firing my ex-brother-in-law, he should have said something. What was he worried about? Was he afraid if he didn't fire Wooten, I would fire him? What a crazy idea that is.

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You'll remember that shortly after his ouster, Monegan said he'd been pressured to fire the governor's ex-brother-in-law several times by Todd Palin and members of the governor's staff and even the governor herself.

Palin contradicted Monegan when asked by Channel 2's Jason Moore if she or anyone in her administration pressured the commissioner to fire Wooten. "No, no, absolutely not. No -- I've never," she said.

But then last week she changed her story, admitting members of her administration and/or Todd placed at least two dozen calls regarding Wooten, one of them caught on tape.

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Remember all the complaints the Palin family filed against Wooten have been investigated and punishment was rendered. The governor might not have liked the outcome, but it was taken before Monegan was commissioner. Demanding further action of Monegan is a clear violation of the state's personnel rules and something Monegan simply could not do.

But there is something in Sarah Palin's personality that prohibits her from saying, "I screwed up." She seems to obsess on something and will do almost anything to get her way.

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[Rebellious Republican]

1. Yeap, you just described a typical neocon, whats new?

"But there is something in Sarah Palin's personality that prohibits her from saying, "I screwed up." She seems to obsess on something and will do almost anything to get her way."

[grannie4peace]

2. sounds a lot like bush to me

[tsuki]

3. "But there is something in Sarah Palin's personality that prohibits her from saying, "I screwed up."

She seems to obsess on something and will do almost anything to get her way."

Sounds like Dubya. Can we afford more of the same?

[radfringe]

4. politically speaking

this is telling

Sarah Palin is not handling the pressure well.

makes me wonder how well she will hold up under the pressure of a national campaign... toss in mccain's reputation of anger and you have the potential for a explosive or rather IMPLOSIVE occurance

[Rebellious Republican]

6. Touche, good point RF, this ought to be fun to watch, want to share

some popcorn and have a beer!

:popcorn: :beer: :rofl:

[Solly Mack]

5. McBush the second