Hi Kristyne: > > My understanding is that Palins' pressure on subordinates was the > 'unlawful' > act, because it violates Alaska's ethics laws. There are no criminal > penalties for the action, as it does not constitute an actual crime. >
It rather reminds me of the Plame investigation in this regard. The guy who actually "leaked" the name was Armitage at the State Dept. (ally of Powell and enemy of Cheney/Libby)...and at no point was he ever under legal threat because, well, Plame was not a covered agent at the time of the leak, i.e., there was no crime committed--a fact Fitzgerald kept well in his vest long enough to lay a perjury trap for someone at the White House, to justify his 2 year investigation. > The firing of Wooten was not illegal. Palin was completely within her > rights > to hire and fire the department heads in the executive branch for any > reason > or no reason at all. Case closed. > > This is something that has been known for a while. The issue I found > most > interesting was that Todd Palin was using the governor's office to make > calls to the governor's subordinates. If Sarah were a man letting his > *wife* > use the governor's office to make calls, most state governments would > have > her head on a plate by now. The issue is not quite as cut and dry, given Wooten's familial relations and proven threat to the governor's family. I don't think you can make a fair analogy between Todd Palin and Hillary Clinton. > > Doesn't anyone remember all the grief Bill and Hillary received over > Hillary > doing official business on the health care initiative in 1993? That was > official business. Imagine if she had been sitting in the oval office > making > calls urging the firing of her brother-in-law to subordinates? The facts of the case reveal Wooten has more than a few screws loose, and that he was indeed abusing his power as a state trooper in terrorizing the Governor's family directly. I frankly can't believe the subordinate would not have fired Wooten after all of his infractions... DESPITE the fact that he was a relative of the Governor: that seems almost a dereliction of duty. - Bob > > Kristyne McDaniel > http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog > http://www.mcstyles.com/ > > Whether you think you can, or you think you can't.... you are right. > -- Henry Ford _______________________________________________ Post Messages to: [email protected] Subscription Maintenance: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profox OT-free version of this list: http://leafe.com/mailman/listinfo/profoxtech Searchable Archive: http://leafe.com/archives/search/profox This message: http://leafe.com/archives/byMID/profox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] ** All postings, unless explicitly stated otherwise, are the opinions of the author, and do not constitute legal or medical advice. This statement is added to the messages for those lawyers who are too stupid to see the obvious.
