New Emails Suggest Holes in Palin's Trooper-Gate Story

[deminks]

http://tpmmuckraker.talkingpointsmemo.com/2008/09/new_emails_suggest_holes_in_pa.php

Don't look now, but on the night of the biggest speech of her life, Sarah Palin's story on Trooper-Gate may be in the process of falling apart.

The Washington Post has obtained emails sent by Palin to then-Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan, which show Palin complaining about the fact that trooper Jim Wooten -- who was embroiled in a family dispute with the Palins -- was still employed. The emails don't explicitly show Palin pressuring Monegan to fire Wooten -- but they do appear to undercut Palin's claim said that she only ever discussed Wooten with Monegan in the context of security concerns for her family.

Here's the Post's description of the key emails:

"This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted," said the Feb. 7, 2007, e-mail sent from Palin's personal Yahoo account and written to give Monegan permission to speak on a violent-crime bill before the state legislature.

"It was a joke, the whole year long 'investigation' of him," the e-mail said. "This is the same trooper who's out there today telling people the new administration is going to destroy the trooper organization, and that he'd 'never work for that b****', Palin'.)

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Link to WaPo article:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/03/AR2008090303210_pf.html

Palin E-Mails Show Intense Interest in Trooper's Penalty

EAGLE RIVER, Alaska, Sept. 3 -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the running mate for GOP presidential candidate John McCain, wrote e-mails that harshly criticized Alaska state troopers for failing to fire her former brother-in-law and ridiculed an internal affairs investigation into his conduct.

The e-mails were shown to The Washington Post by a former public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan, who was fired by Palin in July. Monegan has given copies of the e-mails to state ethics investigators to support his contention that he was dismissed for failing to fire Trooper Mike Wooten, who at the time was feuding with Palin's family.

"This trooper is still out on the street, in fact he's been promoted," said a Feb. 7, 2007, e-mail sent from Palin's personal Yahoo account and written to give Monegan permission to speak on a violent-crime bill before the state legislature.

"It was a joke, the whole year long 'investigation' of him," the e-mail said. "This is the same trooper who's out there today telling people the new administration is going to destroy the trooper organization, and that he'd 'never work for that b****', Palin'.)"

[Maine-ah]

1. k/r

[HereSince1628]

2. One of these days Hartmann will be right...she's quitting the race in 24 hours

Law and Order republicans. Right. This woman has all of Rumsfelds vindictive executive prowess and all of Bush's obsession with loyalty.

Both symptoms of people afraid their weaknesses will be found out.

[deminks]

3. Kick in honor of her speechifyin.

[Third Doctor]

4. ohhhh

She said the B word. I thought every time a religous right fanatic cursed they cursed god...

[Madam Mossfern]

5. Shows she a political neophyte

If she had any sense, she would know that you NEVER e-mail anything that may be used against you. As a matter of fact it's kind of fun to provoke someone to write something to you that you can use later.

OK, so I'm evil.

[deminks]

6. kick again cause her awful speech is over

[tammywammy]

7. Recommended n/t