Sarah Palin's husband won't testify

So if there is nothing to hide, why not get this whole matter cleared up BEFORE the election to reassure voters that there were no Palin improprieties?

First, I hope the tag "first dude" will soon be history because it isn't cute or funny anymore. These are very serious times for us, between the financial meltdown of our country and the wars we are in. Second, I don't know what Palin did and I want to know. Her husband is a private citizen with apparently a hell of a lot of influence, and no private citizen should be above answering a subpoena to testify. If these people have been completely above board, they should have absolutely nothing to lose by cooperating with the legal process. That they aren't cooperating leads me to believe that something is wrong.

Ummm, why do you need preparation to tell the truth? I could see needing time and coaching to tell lies and tall tales, but the truth? That should explain itself.

Whatever happened to the rule of law? My understanding of a subpoena, is that it is and order and not something that can simply be dismissed.
I also understand that there is an argument that due process has been violated. However, this has not been proven, again something that should be confirmed in a court of law.
Just because you say it, doesn't make it so, and it doesn't make it ok to ignore a subpoena.
So...this just demonstrates that a McCain/Palin presidency will continue to degrade the Judicial branch as is the case with our present administration.

Apparently Republicans, and especially those on the national level, are exempt from laws that apply to the rest of us. I seem to remember that they went totally ballistic (and rightly so) when a certain Democrat tried to avoid giving evidence in a certain impeachment proceeding. Obviously, it must be inherent in the party that a Republican in hot water can just be ASSUMED to be wrongly accused, whereas a Democrat MUST be guilty without going through the bother and cost of gathering evidence.

And, for the record, although the rumors about SARAH Palin belonging to an Alaskan secessionist party (arguably treasonable) are FALSE, the same cannot be said for Todd. Just so I can return the favor of muddying things up properly like Repubs would do for people they believe are leading Obama astray.

Ayne says "this just demonstrates that a McCain/Palin presidency will continue to degrade the Judicial branch as is the case with our present administration."

The very tiring McBush rhetoric is getting so pathetic and boring as it simply doesn't hold true.

Sen. McCain nor Gov. Palin have degraded the Judicial branch of government in either state or federal governments and just becasue Ayne say's it doesn't make it true!.

But as Ayne continues with the rhetoric, "I also understand that there is an argument that due process has been violated. However, this has not been proven". Lady, you can't see the forrest through the tree's, can you?

Best you stay out of the legal profession as you have no clue how an investigation like this is handled legally. It is also suspect to see the media playing this "out of tune" and trying to make an investigation of "claims of supposed" abuse of executive power by a Governor. Keep in mind, a Governor has the responsibility to the citizens of the State to make sure Law Enforcement Officer's (State Trooper's) do not violate state law's, including but not limited to drinking on the job and Tasering children.

Tosing stones Ayne is not to your benefit when you have no idea what you're tossing at in the first place.

Trust the Democrats to trot out a phony witch hunt every election cycle.
Why not try winning on the merits of their candidate instead of back door dirty tricks? Oh, that's right, Obama's 51 cards shy of a full deck on merits.

The "shadow" governor refuses to speek. Since there is no doubt that if elected, the "shadow" VP will play a large part in our government, we need to vet this man.

Danforth:

There was a 3-2 vote in the Alaska legislature to issue the subpeonas. The deciding vote was cast by a REPUBLICAN from Wasilla, Palin's home town.

Again, if there is nothing to hide, why did McCain send up one of the top TERROIST lawyers in the federal government to try and derail this investigation?? Why did Sarah Palin say that she would cooperate in the investigaton, and now she won't?? Why won't the McCain campaign let her be interviewed by a REAL reporter, not Shaun Hannity??

To paraphrase what a great Senator once said, "what did you know, Governor, and when did you find out??"

Todd Palin is above the law? Until Bush-Cheney, a subpoena had legal ramifications. That seems to have changed.

This was a bi-partisan investigation that Sarah Palin even agreed to, until she became McCain's running mate and the campaign sent a bunch of lawyers to Alaska. Apparently they found something they need to hide.

I'm disgusted with the way McCain/Palin are stonewalling a legally created investigation by any means possible and equally disgusted with the lack of coverage this is receiving. This shouldn't be a down-page story on the Swamp blog, this should be front page news on the Tribune's main page. We have a presidental & vice-presidental candidate actively working to obstruct a state investigation into an abuse of power charge. Why doesn't the media care? Too afraid to say anything mean about Palin because McCain/Palin will throw a fit and yell "Sexism!" a lot?

If he ignores a subpoena, he should be arrested. That is the law, there is no question. If anyone else ignored one, they would be arrested. His excuse of campaigning is bogus. No one is above the law. Or maybe they just feel they are.

Springfield -- Did you even bother to read Palin's quote in the last paragraph? If this is true (I've copied it below) -- then what is there to hide? She's obviously trying to say it wasn't anything personal. If it was strictly because of "policy differences" (including his efforts to obtain additional funds to prosecute rapists), why not testify? And I'm sorry, whatever the reason, no one -- especially her husband -- has ANY right to ignore a subpoena. It's called contempt of court and can get you tossed in jail. Unless, apparently, you are Republican (like Karl Rove). Then you are above the law.

On Fox, Palin maintained that she ordered Monegan transfered to another department because of policy differences and not because of his refusal to fire Wooten. "It had nothing to do with a former brother-in-law,'' she said.

MCCAIN/PALIN SPEAK!

BY REMOVING, ATTORNEY GENERAL, IN CONSULTATION WITH ANY GOP REPUBLICAN LAW BREAKER, INSERTING "PREEMPTIVE" STRIKES AGAINST THE CONSTITUTION AND THE RULE OF LAW!
NO JUSTICE FOR YOU!
HE'S NO O.J.
HE'S NO DMX
HE'S NO "MICHAEL VICK"
HE'S NO BARRY BONDS!
HE'S NO AMERICAN CITIZEN, HE'S FROM THE INDEPENDENT PARTY AND HAS SECEEDED HIMSELF FROM THE CONSTITUTION OF THE UNITED STATES!
NO JUSTICE FOR YOU!
SAME TIME, SAME GOP REPUBLICAN BATTLEFIELD, SAME BLAME, CLANDESTINE PLAME, GAME! DID YOU HEAR, OBAMA IS A CONSTITUTIONAL SCHOLAR, A LAW PROFESSOR WITH AN "ATTORNEY GENERAL"
NO JUSTICE FOR YOU!

"GOD WANTS WORLD CUP NOT FALSE PROPHETS"

But folks still are planning to vote for them, and I just keep asking why?????

So, I guess if the "First Dude" is thumbing his nose at a subpeona, that means we all can thumb our noses at any subpeonas we may receive? What's good for one is good for all, right? This is a democracy, right? Oh wait. . .laws don't apply to Republicans. . .just everyone else.

Gee, the 'he doth protest too much' posture, combined with the fact that Mr. Palin has been copied on many internal emails of the Governor of Alaska, sure makes it crystal clear that he has significant information to contribute to this investigation.

Particularly interesting is that the Governor's office used a private email account when including Mr. Palin on the emails. As reported: "...while Ms. Palin took office promising a more open government, her administration has battled to keep information secret. Her inner circle discussed the benefit of using private e-mail addresses. An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a “personal device” like a Blackberry “would be confidential and not subject to subpoena.” - NYT

And now Ms. Palin is citing "executive privilege" in not releasing them under Freedom of Information.

Yet, Mr. Palin is a common citizen, not an employee of any local, state or federal government. Any emails that include a private citizen in its distribution can no longer, by definition, possibly be considered confidential under "executive privilege".

But I guess that, in typical fashion of politicians with questionable issues and practices, Ms. Palin thinks that she's above the law.

Boy, for someone whose total political experience is 2 terms of a 6,000 person village, and 1 1/2 years of a mayor of a state with the same population as Baltimore, Ms. Palin caught on to the smoke and mirrors of big-time politics in a hurry, didn't she??

So much for "change"...

It is most disturbing that this and other Palin stories have never appeared in the print edition. They have a prominent piece about Palin's accent, as though that is relevant information, but absolutely nothing about Troopergate, the tanning bed, the travel pay received while staying home, and several other scandals. Ironically, the Wall Street Journal, owned by Rupert Murdoch, has had extensive coverage. (They reported the Alaska Senate panel that ordered the investigation consisted of 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats, which makes it a partisan witch hunt to Palin.) The Tribune print edition is primarily useful for lining bird cages and training puppies, which the internet can't do.

Typical republicrites. They blather on endlessly about law and order, but ignore the rule of law when it applies to them. Then they hide behind smoke and mirrors of partisan dogma. If Tina Palin and her first lady can't face questions from Americans, how will she face the Putins of the world. Welcome to the world of the No Talk Express, except its going straight off the cliff.

Folks, this is simply the new 'unitary first dud, I mean dude'. He is above the law, just like Frau Palin, W, all the rest.
America has been destroyed.
You jumped off the cliff in '04 and are now just starting to hit the rocky, jagged canyon floor. Enjoy.
There are consequences for stupidity, apathy, and intentional ignorance.

Todd! If only you had a mullet cut!