Originally Posted By Mr X ***I think the sad thing is you know she is not a moron,You just dont like her.*** Did you READ her letter at the link? I'd write the same thing of ANYONE over such a pathetically childish and poorly written essay.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 ***I think the sad thing is you know she is not a moron,You just dont like her.*** Did you READ her letter at the link? I'd write the same thing of ANYONE over such a pathetically childish and poorly written essay.<< I can't imangine she wrote it, I am assuming that she, like most Governors, has a speech writer...Well at least I hope she does...
Originally Posted By Mr X Um, you really think a professional speech writer would come up with something like *((Gotta put First Things First))* (those aren't quotations on my part by the way, that's exactly how she wrote it. You betcha.) And by the way, that's a standalone paragraph. With no seeming relation to what came before or after. Like someone wrote, a facebook album review by some kid would be written with more skill.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I sincerely doubt there is something that incriminating, she could have just pulled a "Bush" and deleted the offending e-mails..." They're saved out there somewhere, even if deleted.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 "I sincerely doubt there is something that incriminating, she could have just pulled a "Bush" and deleted the offending e-mails..." They're saved out there somewhere, even if deleted. << I work on Exchange Servers, and yes, there is a way to pemanently delete e-mails, is it legal? Of course not, but there does exist a way to purge it completely from the system...If I was a politician who sent out something that could cause me major problems, I'd take the heat rounds for taking out the servers over the heat rounds caused by those e-mails, if they were truly as bad as some are implying...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip Yes, in many (most?) workplaces every bit of e-mail is backed up by system administrators and retained for a considerable amount of time.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 Yes, in many (most?) workplaces every bit of e-mail is backed up by system administrators and retained for a considerable amount of time. << I know, and in most cases, companies and agencies and legally held for ensuring copies are kept...I am just saying there is a way to delete an e-mail permanently in extreme circumstances...Is it legal or ethical? Of course not, but it is possible...
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<If I was a politician who sent out something that could cause me major problems, I'd take the heat rounds for taking out the servers over the heat rounds caused by those e-mails, if they were truly as bad as some are implying...>> Any system administrator with integrity (which is most of them) would refuse such a request and report it to the authorities.
Originally Posted By WilliamK99 <<If I was a politician who sent out something that could cause me major problems, I'd take the heat rounds for taking out the servers over the heat rounds caused by those e-mails, if they were truly as bad as some are implying...>> Any system administrator with integrity (which is most of them) would refuse such a request and report it to the authorities.<< I know quite a few shady individuals who would gladly help an aspiring politician, in exhcnage for future favors... But one thing I think we can all agree on, which moron would use Government e-mail to send personal e-mails? Even if I am just e-mailing my wife to tell her I am running late, I use Gmail over my Government e-mail account....
Originally Posted By mele My mother, today, was just complaining about how Poor Sarah had to quit because the democrats were always after her. You're right, DyG. Also, I'm not really sure there are any speech writers on staff for AK goverment. Not that big of a govt. for that.
Originally Posted By WorldDisney You know, I been through all 4 recent Palin threads here and maybe it's me, but I'm not sensing a lot of Palin love or support for her decision here .
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "Again health reasons?" If that was the case, she could just say that, as oposed to the confusion that has resultd instead. All the pundits have weighed in this morning, and the kindest of them even among her own party say they're "puzzled". Most just slam what she's done, Karl Rove and George Will being two. Will this morning expresed his frustration that of all the future leaders the GOP could focus on, why are people still on Palin? He'd like to get away from her ASAP. Matthew Dowd, a former Bush aide, said the same thing I did- she can now add "quitter" to her resume. She's pretty much toast politically. Both Dowd and Will said even if she ran in 2012, she'll never get past Iowa. She's made too easy to criticize her. She was going to be a hard enough sell as a one term governor of a state such as Alaska, now she can't even say that.
Originally Posted By Hans Reinhardt "She's pretty much toast politically." No kidding. I was saying that before her resignation. I'm baffled at why people thought that hillbilly had a shot at becoming the next President of United States.
Originally Posted By SingleParkPassholder "I'm baffled at why people thought that hillbilly had a shot at becoming the next President of United States." That was George Will's sentiment too. This latest episode just cements it for him.
Originally Posted By Dabob2 If you read his columns, George Will pretty much has contempt for the know-nothing wing of the GOP, who are the most likely to support Palin. He was happy that their votes elected Republicans for years, but he pretty much has contempt for them.
Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/huffington-post-blogger-s_b_225817.html" target="_blank">http://www.huffingtonpost.com/...817.html</a> This is a phenomenal criticism of Palin's continued bullying and erratic behavior. She threatened to sue people, and named an Alaskan blogger in particular, for saying there were rumors swirling around her resignation.
Originally Posted By ecdc <a href="http://thinkprogress.org/2009/07/03/palin-hockey-arena-scandal/" target="_blank">http://thinkprogress.org/2009/...scandal/</a> And here's that main "rumor." Palin awarded a 13 million contract to a company to build a Wasilla Sports Complex. It put the city in debt and Palin blocked efforts to put building permits on public record. Turns out that may have been because the contractor was using materials for the sports complex to also build Palin's house. For free.
Originally Posted By Mr X The FBI denied there's any investigation, though (I suppose there still could be one on a local level).
