Comments on: Sarah Palin And The AIP: Not So Fast With The Exonerations, Please http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/ Firedoglake weblog Wed, 25 Nov 2009 00:11:22 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Unrepentantliberal http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625144 Unrepentantliberal Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:45:25 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625144 <p>Hummm. As I remember my history class, didn’t the Federal Government buy Alaska from Russia. So this idea that if you move to Alaska you somehow should assume ownership of all the government owned land containing timber, fish, minerals and oil to be exploited for your financial benefit alone is just another republican wet dream.</p> <p>Peculiar don’t you think?</p> Hummm. As I remember my history class, didn’t the Federal Government buy Alaska from Russia. So this idea that if you move to Alaska you somehow should assume ownership of all the government owned land containing timber, fish, minerals and oil to be exploited for your financial benefit alone is just another republican wet dream.

Peculiar don’t you think?

]]> By: calscientist http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625122 calscientist Wed, 10 Sep 2008 22:23:53 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625122 <p>John Coghill, who showed up briefly at the end of the last week as a McCain ally in AK, who was trying to derail the legislative troopergate investigation, is the son of Jack Coghill, who got the 1994 nomination as gov from the AIP. Do you think McCain knew Coghill before he selected Palin? I am guessing the intros were done by Palin, and I wonder how much Rep. Coghill knows about that 1994 convention? </p> <p>He is a lovely man who also took $10K in VECO money for putatively legal quid pro quo action in the leg (VECO is the company that allegedly bribed Ted Stevens) and threatened legislation to undo partners benefits for all if Palin did not veto a bill promising same sex partner benefits.</p> John Coghill, who showed up briefly at the end of the last week as a McCain ally in AK, who was trying to derail the legislative troopergate investigation, is the son of Jack Coghill, who got the 1994 nomination as gov from the AIP. Do you think McCain knew Coghill before he selected Palin? I am guessing the intros were done by Palin, and I wonder how much Rep. Coghill knows about that 1994 convention?

He is a lovely man who also took $10K in VECO money for putatively legal quid pro quo action in the leg (VECO is the company that allegedly bribed Ted Stevens) and threatened legislation to undo partners benefits for all if Palin did not veto a bill promising same sex partner benefits.

]]> By: nonplussed http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625096 nonplussed Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:54:03 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625096 <p>The Ticket to Nowhere, which is exactly where we’ll be if they prevail…</p> The Ticket to Nowhere, which is exactly where we’ll be if they prevail…

]]> By: Hugh http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625094 Hugh Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:51:57 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625094 <p>Via Froomkin</p> <blockquote><p>Simon and Schuster yesterday published “We the People: The Story of Our Constitution,” a new children’s book by Lynne Cheney. It’s just in time for Constitution Day! </p></blockquote> <p>File under: You can’t make this shit up. No word if the book describes how the barnacle branch came into being.</p> Via Froomkin

Simon and Schuster yesterday published “We the People: The Story of Our Constitution,” a new children’s book by Lynne Cheney. It’s just in time for Constitution Day!

File under: You can’t make this shit up. No word if the book describes how the barnacle branch came into being.

]]> By: foothillsmike http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625089 foothillsmike Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:37:51 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625089 <p>That was a rethug rep from OK</p> That was a rethug rep from OK

]]> By: Styve http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625088 Styve Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:34:41 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625088 <p>No…you’re thinking of Jason Leopold. I encourage people to check out the site, because Wayne’s years of experience in the NSA and Naval Intelligence puts him way ahead of other investigative reporters.</p> No…you’re thinking of Jason Leopold. I encourage people to check out the site, because Wayne’s years of experience in the NSA and Naval Intelligence puts him way ahead of other investigative reporters.

]]> By: WilliamOckham http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625087 WilliamOckham Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:28:56 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625087 <p>Are the AIP folks as nutty as the Republic of Texas crowd, really? Those RoT folks are serious nutcases with guns (and they aren’t afraid to use them). Any politician in Texas who sent a video message to a RoT convention would become a political pariah. In Texas.</p> Are the AIP folks as nutty as the Republic of Texas crowd, really? Those RoT folks are serious nutcases with guns (and they aren’t afraid to use them). Any politician in Texas who sent a video message to a RoT convention would become a political pariah. In Texas.

]]> By: SkinnyMinnie http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625086 SkinnyMinnie Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:27:22 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625086 <blockquote> <blockquote><p> Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) and other top Democrats have been increasingly vocal in their criticisms of Lieberman in recent weeks, issuing not-so-veiled threats that he could be ousted from his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the 111th Congress. </p></blockquote> <p>What they should have done a long time ago. </p></blockquote> <p>I’m actually hoping that Reid is not in a position to remove Lieberman from anything. Senate Majority Leader Feingold, anyone? Please?</p>

Reid, Speaker Nancy Pelosi (Calif.), Democratic vice presidential nominee Sen. Joseph Biden (Del.) and other top Democrats have been increasingly vocal in their criticisms of Lieberman in recent weeks, issuing not-so-veiled threats that he could be ousted from his chairmanship of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee in the 111th Congress.

What they should have done a long time ago.

I’m actually hoping that Reid is not in a position to remove Lieberman from anything. Senate Majority Leader Feingold, anyone? Please?

]]> By: David Neiwert http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625085 David Neiwert Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:22:55 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625085 <p><a href="http://campaignsilo.firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/mccain-cheats-his-own-public-financing-laws-again/" rel="nofollow">Jane’s upstairs</a> with a great one.</p> Jane’s upstairs with a great one.

]]> By: Prairie Sunshine http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625084 Prairie Sunshine Wed, 10 Sep 2008 21:20:24 +0000 http://firedoglake.com/2008/09/10/sarah-palin-and-the-aip-not-so-fast-with-the-exonerations-please/#comment-1625084 <p>special comment coming tonight from KO</p> special comment coming tonight from KO

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