The truth about Palin, My research into Mccains Pick.

[q url="http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-87532"]As news reports are surfacing that Gov. and VP candidate Sarah Palin will not cooperate with investigators. The Mccain camp is trying to come up with a solid list of reasons why. Last week a list of subpoenas where authorized and the investigation moved forward into the alleged wrongful firing of Trooper Gate. Palin has stated she is innocent and originally believed that if she cooperated everything would be dropped.
When asked , the Mccain camp is stating that the investigation has been "tainted" and there is no way for her to get a fair interview. The Mccain camp has stated the democrats within the Alaska legislature is pushing for this investigation and its because of the democrats that the investigation is tainted.

The facts will prove this situation was grave before she was a campaign pick for VP. Therefore the Democrats could in no way have influenced what was already a heated issue in Alaska. The warnings came out before anyone new she would even be considered as a serious candidate for VP. By all accounts in June and July even she didnt believe it was possible.

Lets look at the facts.

The Wall Street Journal: "An informal adviser who has counseled Gov. Sarah Palin on ethics issues urged her in July to apologize for her handling of the dismissal of the state's public safety commissioner and warned that the matter could snowball into a bigger scandal. He also said, in a letter reviewed by The Wall Street Journal, that she should fire any aides who had raised concerns with the chief over a state trooper who was involved in a bitter divorce with the governor's sister."

"In the letter, written before Sen. John McCain picked the Alaska governor as his running mate, former U.S. Attorney Wevley Shea warned Gov. Palin that 'the situation is now grave' and recommended that she and her husband, Todd Palin, apologize for 'overreaching or perceived overreaching' for using her position to try to get Trooper Mike Wooten fired from the force."

So we know that this investigation was coming and there was some serious issues even before she was a VP pick. She was warned that this would happen. So I am confused, how is it that the democrats have this investigation tainted when we know for a fact it was a big issue prior to the VP talk.

But what else have we been finding out over the last week.

Bloomberg's Burger and Hopfinger write: "McCain's choice of Sarah Palin as his running mate sent a signal that he would end business as usual and cronyism in government. Her record shows the Alaska governor engaged in some of the same practices she and McCain now condemn."

"Palin's office approved a state job for a friend and campaign aide with whom she shared a land investment, financial records and interviews over the past two weeks show. She hired a former lobbyist for a pipeline company to help oversee a multibillion-dollar deal with that same company. She named a police chief accused of harassment to head the state police. And she sent campaign e-mails on her city hall account while serving as mayor of Wasilla -- conduct for which she later turned in an oil commissioner on ethics charges."

Although the McCain-Palin duo now rail against earmarks, the AP looks at the earmarks Palin has requested in Alaska. "Palin has sought $197 million worth of earmarks for 2009, down about 25 percent from the $256 million she sought in the 2008 budget year. As mayor of tiny Wasilla, Alaska, she hired a lobbyist to seek federal money for special projects. Wasilla obtained 14 earmarks, totaling $27 million, between 2000-2003, according to Taxpayers for Common Sense."

"Democratic presidential candidate Barack Obama hasn't asked for any earmarks this year. The Illinois senator sought $311 million in such funding last year. McCain, an Arizona senator, doesn't seek earmarks for his state."

Recently this was unveiled by the Seattle Times

The Seattle Times digs into Sarah Palin's first year as the mayor of Wasilla. "She became embroiled in personnel challenges, a thwarted attempt to pack the City Council and a standoff with her local newspaper. Her first months were so contentious and polarizing that critics started talking recall."

The New York Times is reporting the following.

The New York Times finds that the gas pipeline Palin bragged about during her convo speech is not as done of a deal as she claimed. "The reality, however, is far more ambiguous than the impression Ms. Palin has left at the convention and on the campaign trail. Certainly she proved effective in attracting developers to a project that has eluded Alaska governors for three decades. But an examination of the pipeline project also found that Ms. Palin has overstated both the progress that has been made and the certainty of success."

"The pipeline exists only on paper. The first section has yet to be laid, federal approvals are years away and the pipeline will not be completed for at least a decade. In fact, although it is the centerpiece of Ms. Palin's relatively brief record as governor, the pipeline might never be built, and under a worst-case scenario, the state could lose up to $500 million it committed to defray regulatory and other costs."

So as time goes on the truth is starting to come out, I promise I will not spread lies I will only write about the truth and back it up with evidence and facts. The time for honesty is now, we owe our children a bright future. We owe our troops a Just Cause we owe our people Honesty. This weekend the economy told us that it can not take 8 more years of the same. Neither can