Palin once again channels the Bush administration in another attempt to thwart justice.
Sept. 11 (Bloomberg) -- A top law enforcement official in Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's administration is considering steps to block a legislative probe into allegations she improperly fired the state's No. 1 police official.
The legislature's report on the conduct of Republican vice presidential nominee Palin may be released next month, just weeks before the presidential election.
This all sounds very familiar to many of us. The same policies we have seen for the last eight years.
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The assistant Attorney General Michael Barnhill, has sent out a letter asking questions about bias in the investigation.
``The eyes of the nation have now turned upon us,'' Barnhill said in the letter. ``We think there is a legitimate concern that this investigation is no longer being conducted in a fair manner.'' The chief investigator ``may have prejudged the outcome,'' he said.
Barnhill's seven-page letter said Hollis French, a Democratic senator, has publicly commented that Palin or her aides may have broken the law by allegedly obtaining personnel files of the fired state public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan.
Barnhill is the Deputy Attorney General. He serves under Attorney General Talis Colberg, a Palin appointee, who has recused himself. However, before he recused himself, Palin asked Colberg to preemptively sort out the what where and when.
THEN Palin asked Talis Colberg, the Attorney General to start talking to anyone who might know anything about "troopergate" before Stephen Branchflower, the legislature’s investigator got there. A little bit of preemptive sleuthing so she’d know what to expect. That’s when people who were paying attention started to go ballistic.
The more we see from the McCain Palin team the more it seems they are just taking pages out of the Karl Rove play book. We have seen all this before.
The moves by Palin's attorney general's office could precipitate a ``little mini constitutional crisis,'' Jay Ramras, a Republican representative who chairs the House Judiciary Committee, said in a phone interview. ``It's a shame because Alaska is going to air its dirty laundry in front of the national public in a politically charged environment.''
``We have to prevent this because it is going to diminish the reputation of Alaska,'' Ramras said.
Yes, justice is the last thing on these peoples minds.
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Are we going to elect another team of people who thwart justice at every turn? A president who refuses to vote for his own legislation? A VP who doesn't even know what the Bush doctrine is?refuses to vote
ENOUGH!