Republicans Sue Republicans to Help Palin

ANCHORAGE -- Here is an interesting twist on the McCain campaign's determined effort to shut down the investigation of Alaska Governor Sarah Palin's abuses of power in what has come to be known as the "Troopergate" scandal.

Palin stands accused of dismissing the state's public safety commissioner because he would not fire her former brother-in-law, a state trooper with whom the governor was feuding after he and her sister divorced.

If Palin did so abuse her office, she could face any number of penalties, up to and including impeachment as governor. That would make it harder to pitch Palin as an "original maverick" reformer.

The McCain camp has tried a number of moves since Palin's selection to close down the bipartisan inquiry -- which was approved by the state's Legislative Council but is being conducted by a respected former prosecutor -- into the governor's alleged wrongdoing. If Alaska was a typical state, this partisan move might have worked. But Alaska is a very small state where top Democrats and Republicans have traditions of working together -- especially on ethics inquiries.

So, even though Republicans dominate the legislature, the McCain camp has been rebuffed.

Now, McCain's aides have gotten a handful of legislators who are tied to the campaign to file a suit in Alaska's Superior Court demanding that the investigation be halted. The clear goal is to prevent the completion of what is likely to be a damning report regarding Palin's misdeeds before election day -- as was evident when McCain aides suddenly began appearing on national news shows, fully briefed and ready to cheer on the suit, just moments after Alaskans learned it was being initiated.

What are the grounds for this suit? state Sen. Hollis French, who is managing the investigation at the behest of the legislature, is a Democrat who backs Barack Obama for president.

The five legislators name French and another Democratic legislator, Kim Elton, in the suit, as well as special investigator Stephen Branchflower and the Alaska Legislative Council. "The Partisan actions of Sen. French, Sen. Elton and the Legislative Council have tainted the investigation beyond the appearance of impartiality required under the Alaska Constitution," claims Kevin Clarkson, Esq., of the firm Brena, Bell & Clarkson, P.C., and counsel in the suit.

Here's the amusing part: The Alaska Legislative Council is a permanent interim committee of the Legislature and is responsible for conducting the business of the full Legislature when it is not in session.

The Council, which approved the Troopergate inquiry and is paying for it, and which has stood behind French despite the partisan attacks, is made up of 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats.

In other words, the McCain campaign's allies in Alaska are suing Republicans in order to protect Palin from a bipartisan inquiry.

Needless to say, the national McCain operatives who appeared on cable news shows to promote the suit failed to mention that detail.

Comments (50)

1. Quiz Karl, get out the broom and lift up the rug *sweep, sweep*

   Posted by leftofcenter at 09/16/2008 @ 4:07pm

2. "In other words, the McCain campaign's allies in Alaska are suing Republicans in order to protect Palin from a bipartisan inquiry."

   Of course, the Right's response is...

   "Sarah's done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide...and therefore we MUST sue our own guys in AK to stop an investigation of the fact she's done nothing wrong and has nothing to hide!"

   Or they could claim it's a "partisan witch-hunt" and then explain why AK Repubs are "partisans who hate their own governor with the '80% approval rating'"?

   LOL

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 4:16pm

3. >>>The Council, which approved the Troopergate inquiry and is paying for it, and which has stood behind French despite the partisan attacks, is made up of 8 Republicans and 4 Democrats. <<<

   This PROVES that there is no partisan motives behind the investigation of Palin!

   Posted by Metteyya at 09/16/2008 @ 4:20pm

4. Posted by Darin_the_Troll at 09/16/2008 @ 4:24pm

   Uh, Darin, aren't YOU married...and what was that term you used for Sarah...

   M. I'd Like to ______?

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 4:29pm

5. Regardless of how "Troopergate" unfolds this whole Palin fury is being rapidly overshadowed by events.

   Namely, an economic meltdown that has only just begun.

   Bush in Boots will be steamrolled into oblivion by November 5th....if not before.

   The real story is how the hell will Barry "Wallstreet" Obama decide to handle the looming mega disaster.

   Prognosis: Not very well.

   Posted by b_kool_66 at 09/16/2008 @ 4:43pm

6. Did any of those cable talking heads even think to ask about the party make up of the council? How about why this investigation was started in the first place. Or were they concentrating on the really important stuff like what kind of shoes the council was wearing or who does their hair. You know the kind of insightful reporting we need to make an informed decision.

   Posted by bascaville at 09/16/2008 @ 4:45pm

7. Posted by b_kool_66 at 09/16/2008 @ 4:43pm

   You know the weird thing?

   LVLIB is as much a "purist" ideologue on the Right (the man hates almost everything done domestically since 1933)....as you are on the Left.

   Yet, if McCain wins, he'll be relatively happy and hopeful.

   And yet, you and the pure progressives (who, by the way, wanted us to pick John Edwards and then see his campaign implode a few weeks back and SECURE McCain's victory)....will bitch and moan and say "Not good enough" for years to come with Obama.

   Why is it guys like LL will take a SLICE of the pie and work for the rest...

   while you guys want to hand the pie to the Opposition and try to buy organic Vegan baklava from the Moon (aka Ralph)....

   or complain when you don't get more than half of what you want?

   Seems the reason the Right has such good luck (in part)...is they'll be satisfied with getting some of their agenda and working for the rest....and the Hard Left are such damn perfectionists!

   Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 4:49pm

8. Let go of my pantleg, Maskot, I'm a progressive conservative --Andrew Bacevich's posts here are an example of the conservatism I speak of.

   Placing me on a spectrum opposite "Liberty" is about as doltish as you've ever been.

   Hang it up, old boy.

   Nothing but mush and water for you from now on.

   I'm out.

   Peace.

   Posted by b_kool_66 at 09/16/2008 @ 4:57pm

9. Two weeks after her convention speech, Nichols is still obsessed with Sarah Palin. If I was Nichols' wife, I'd start to worry.

   Posted by Darin_the_Troll at 09/16/2008 @ 4:24pm

   Hey Dagwood, I notice that you aren't disputing the validity of the story now that you beauty queen is being investigated by dems and rethugs alike. If she's innocent she has nothing to hide...right? Isn't that what you guys have been telling us about the wire tapping issue? Or does Palin deserve special protections because she's...well, she's.....running to be vice president of the U.S. Therefore, she has preemptive executive privelege.

   She doesn't know what the Bush doctrine is, but she knows how to apply it in her own defense with exective privy before the fact. Yep, she's really gonna run a transparent house and clean up Washington!!!

   Posted by Wolfgang1 at 09/16/2008 @ 5:02pm

10. "Yeah, bring on the investigation" Palin says. "Oh wait, no...I meant DON'T bring on the investigation," she says with a sheepish grin. "I'm sorry I'm new to this whole talking out loud thing. Hehehe."

    Posted by CanWeQuestionPalin? at 09/16/2008 @ 5:39pm

11. Posted by Wolfgang1 at 09/16/2008 @ 5:02pm

    Of course not...gotta save St. Sarah at all costs, even if it means suing fellow Repubs!

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 5:43pm

12. Two weeks after her convention speech, Nichols is still obsessed with Sarah Palin. If I was Nichols' wife, I'd start to worry.

    Posted by Darin_the_Troll at 09/16/2008 @ 4:24pm

    A withering comment, that.

    Posted by skeletonman at 09/16/2008 @ 6:07pm

13. Even if Sarah is found guilty do you really think it's going to change anything? She going to go on and on playing her 'thanks but no thanks card ' And anyone who challenges the lie is partisan, elite and sexist. And the truth? Thanks but no thanks to that too.

    Now if I believed that these pinheaded retorts to the truth were from some fringe GOP wingnuts, I could let it go. But it's becoming more and more apparent that it's not only the wingnuts who don't live in the same world as the rest of us, but the whole rank and file GOP.

    Not everything is debatable.

    Posted by jts44 at 09/16/2008 @ 6:17pm

14. redriver-Why won't elitist republicans be able to travel?Is that prohibition written into the bill?That would be a good way to turn them all into elitist undemocrats.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/16/2008 @ 6:18pm

15. All very interesting, Red, but what does that have to do with Repubs suing Repubs to protect a Repub?

    Posted by Balrog at 09/16/2008 @ 6:19pm

16. This a test to see how far the new con petty dic'tatorship will push their special unitary executive powers. I do hear they are now not only proactive and retroactive, but also time and mind bending.

    You're right, she's got executive privileges, per McPOWhowmanyMANSIONS, is after all, a privileged class...

    Posted by hsuBfools at 09/16/2008 @ 6:39pm

17. Anchorage attorney Kevin G. Clarkson said he and Liberty Legal Institute were donating their work on the suit.

    "There is no nonpartisan reason to complete this investigation until after the election," he said.

    No non-partisan reason?

    I can think of one: the American people have a right to know what sort of person we might or might not be voting for.

    The J. Bush McCain campaign is utterly shameless in its pursuit of the highest office in the land and with this latest outrage, has - yet again - demonstrated that the niddering* fool that McCain has become is unfit for that honor.

    * niddering - an Anglo-Saxon term which connotes abject worthlessness

    Posted by skeletonman at 09/16/2008 @ 7:56pm

18. When you have to stop an investigation that you claim will show nothing, you know the person you are protecting is guilty as charged. This is just like saying its about.... when it is only about.....

    I refer you to David Brooks' column of today. You may find some meat to chew on it.

    McCain & Palin can only win if the racists vote and all else stay home.

    McCain has discarded his integrity, ethics and morals. Who can trust him on any topic at all?

    Posted by kalpal at 09/16/2008 @ 8:10pm

19. Seems if Palin were innocent...she'd WANT a full investigation to clear her name.

    Even if her and McCain win. If "something" comes out, in the first few months of their first term, it would de-rail their agenda and eliminate any "honeymoon" time they'd get from the Dem Congress.

    IF Palin were innocent, that is.

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 8:21pm

20. Happy-You would see what the big deal was if Palin was a democrat.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/16/2008 @ 8:57pm

21. Posted by i'm nobody at 09/16/2008 @ 8:57pm

    Of course he would.

    Think HAPP (a devotee of Limbaugh) wasn't fully onboard for EVERY Clinton "scandal", real or otherwise, from "File-gate" to the original "Trooper-gate" to White Water to Lewinsky?

    But let it be St. Sarah?

    Suddenly..."no big deal".."Why even LOOK into it?"

    BTW, the "unworthy state trooper" was her brother-in-law that was fighting her sister for custody and Commissioner Monegan didn't want to fire him arbitrarily or without real cause...

    and hence got HIMSELF fired by Palin for "not following zee orders, Schultz!"

    If Bill Clinton had done that to his brother Roger's wife and then HER boss....Rush, Sean, and the rest would STILL be talking about!

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 9:18pm

22. It's SOOO refreshing to see a dialog between typical Nation readers and conservative diehards. But it's a tad depressing that the conservatives pass wind as if this forum was a necon blog, while the progressives keep thumping that this troopergate thing is no different than was heaped on Bill Clinton, and what would the right be saying now if Edwards or HC was the nominee? Same old, same old. Who needs it?

    C'mon people, grow up. Times are really tough and quickly getting harder. We don't have the luxury to be self-righteous gasbags. Of course, we're all horribly disappointed by all our pols. That will never change unless we stop crapping on each other and work to build a better America in our preferred image (together or apart) rather than increasing the noise level to no appreciable effect other than to drown out the distress signals.

    Posted by gdutton at 09/16/2008 @ 9:46pm

23. Sarah Palin is a God Damn actress / performer with the IT look and hype. The producers and directors of the political theater know how to play Sarah Palin to the maximum to make big box-office smashing hit. She'll help to bring McCain and the Republicans once again the Presidential triumphant.

    No need to worry about the elderly McCain in case he has accident. Don't worry your pretty heads over President Sarah Palin's inexperience because she's like the woman your next door type, America. The country will be OK. Always there will be plenty of directors and producers behind every political scene. Especially with the great actress like Sarah Palin, they'll make great movies bring you joy.

    Look Big Dick Cheney love her. Karl Rove like her. Fox rave over her. President Palin will get whatever help she needs, anythings anytime anyways. In fact don't worry about her motherhood duties too. She'll be always a great mom. Her husband can take care of her family. And she don't have to work long hours in the White house because her strong team will take care of the business.

    I will vote for Fina Fey.

    Posted by ricecake at 09/16/2008 @ 9:57pm

24. Posted by SooHAPPY at 09/16/2008 @ 9:46pm

    Bit more than THAT, HAPP.

    Firing Monegan for NOT firing her brother-in-law smacks of HEAVY DUTY political power gamesmanship...

    hardly something that matchs up to "a reformer"..."fought corruption"..."took on her own Party".

    She'll come off as petty "Mayor Daley" who pays off political flunkies and punishs those who don't obey OBVIOUS personally motivated actions.

    Plus hard to demonize Walt Monegan (as I'm sure your mentor Rush and others will try). So get him on camera or in front of an Alaskan State House Committee, and she'll HAVE to answer more questions than softballs from Sean Hannity...or else HE'll have the spotlight, even if Palin DOES have some defense.

    And we all saw from Gibson, she's fair...but has cracks in her armor...and more serious interviews might do her in, especially if it's looking suspicious.

    BTW, next interview is with Katie Couric...so can't wait to hear Katie be called "mean-spirited" and "a sexist"!

    LOL

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 9:58pm

25. Nobody can understand just how badly I wanted to for John McCain. Evan as late as yesterday. But when I read about their (the Republicans) efforts to try and stop this investigation I knew there was no way in good conscience I could vote for him and her. Maybe the Democrats are right, I hate the thought but Mr. Obama you have my vote

    Posted by nina308 at 09/16/2008 @ 9:59pm

26. Oh, Hillary, do nothing. Obama blames you for everything that he fails and takes credit for everything that you've achieved. Obama good politician, as good as Dubya.

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    Wag the Blog Redux: What Should Hillary Do to Prevent White Women's Redux to Palin? Earlier this week we asked Fixistas to sound off on the role that Hillary Rodham Clinton should play in the presidential campaign going forward in light of a new Washington Post/ABC News poll that showed Barack Obama losing significant support among white women to John McCain and the emergence of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as the Republican vice presidential nominee.

    Posted by HelenDAO at 09/16/2008 @ 10:08pm

27. Posted by SooHAPPY at 09/16/2008 @ 10:25pm

    It's a big deal when you base your campaign on being a "reformer"....

    BTW, love to see your evidence of Obama trying to "double deal"?

    World Net Daily?....LOL

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 10:36pm

28. Happy-The media and others have only just begun to dig and if Palin was a democrat you'd know more about her and would know that the trooper thing is a big deal as are some of the other things such as her strong ties to the AIP and if Palin was a democrat you'd be screaming about those things..

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/16/2008 @ 11:01pm

29. An ungreen liberal? Now of course Mr. Obama's straying aiming at getting a few cheap republican votes. He would drill, he would not commit himself to fight global warming.

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    Obama Stops Short of Adopting Gore's Ambitious Climate Goal By Kent Garber Posted July 17, 2008 Obama praised the Nobel Peace Prize winner for having "awakened the conscience of a nation to the urgency" of climate change. But the Illinois senator did not directly address the speech's boldest--and most controversial--points: Gore's call for a 10-year timeline for abandoning fossil fuels as a source of electricity and his proposal for a tax on carbon dioxide production. "We should tax what we burn, not what we earn," Gore said.

    Posted by HelenDAO at 09/16/2008 @ 11:04pm

30. Posted by SooHAPPY at 09/16/2008 @ 10:55pm

    Uh, HAPP, if McCain votes with Bush...who's been President for 8 years...90% of the time.

    And Obama votes AGAINST Bush that much or more...

    who would be voting for CHANGING from Bush policy....Obama or McCain?!??!!??

    If Obama voted WITH Bush a majority of the time...you'd be semantically correct, since he would be OPPOSING change from Bush policy....but he's not.

    While McCain is supporting almost NO change from Bush policies with his votes.

    Nice try.

    BTW, are you turning into Gary Sick, now?

    Remember the liberal who claimed Reagan cut a deal with the Iranians to keep the hostages til after the election? (Had Bush-41 flying to Teheran on an SR-71 Blackbird).

    Now YOU guys coming up with conspiracy theories of "Obama trying to cut withdrawal deals with al-Maliki"?

    Ohhhhh, how the times have changed...and lunacy has switched parties!

    LOL

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/16/2008 @ 11:04pm

31. Happy-Palin is accused of abusing her power and then lying about it which is quite serious,as you,of course, know which is why you are trying to down play it.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/16/2008 @ 11:14pm

32. Has anyone noticed that Walt Monegan bears a striking resemblance to a Walrus? Or should I just cut back on the cough syrup?

    Posted by chaoszen at 09/16/2008 @ 11:32pm

33. Why did they have to turn a perfectly good political party into the laughingstock of the world? How can Susan Collins or Olympia Snow ever recover from this mess? Why did they have to taint the legacy of Margaret Chase Smith and Dwight Eisenhower with this kind of stupidity? This is high school sophomore stuff. We now have what appears to be a senile old lech and a a 40 year old twinky on the verge of taking over the nuclear trigger, and bunch of "ameners" screaming "crucify him!" about a man who is extremely intelligent, just because he is black. This isn't the country that my dad said I should leave better than I found it. Dad worked fifty five years on a rail road to leave us better off than he was and we have shipped his and millions of other hard work labor sweat equity to other countries while our citizens drowned in sewage and we blame them for being working poor. The last of our furniture manufacturing just went to China, thanks Warren.

    Posted by lachatte at 09/16/2008 @ 11:53pm

34. The fat lady's singing. Wow, with this tone of money, Mr. Obama should contribute to storm Ike's victims in Texas.

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    Streisand sings for Obama supper Sep 16 09:59 AM US/Eastern

    Oscar-winning singer and actress Barbra Streisand will perform at a glittering and lucrative Hollywood fundraiser for Democrat Barack Obama Tuesday, aides said. The White House hopeful will host a dinner costing 28,500 dollars per person in a Beverly Hills mansion, and Streisand will then sing at a reception at the swanky Beverly Wilshire hotel, campaign spokeswoman Jen Psaki said Monday.

    Posted by HelenDAO at 09/17/2008 @ 12:13am

35. "Mr. Obama should contribute to storm Ike's victims in Texas."

    Sorry, I guess I missed where Cindy McCain donated that $300,000 outfit to Ike's victims.

    Maybe the victims of Ike need a tanning bed.

    Posted by CanWeQuestionPalin? at 09/17/2008 @ 01:05am

36. Heh...ya'll should'a seen the local news guy try and keep a straight face while reporting on this tonight! Palin had filed an ethics complaint against herself to get the Personnel dept. to take over jurisdiction a week ago. You know, to slow things down until the eleckshun's over. Never mind that stuff about how great she thought it was that the leggies were gonna look into things and probably exonerate her with their bipartisan fellowship and all.

    Karl must've suggested it along with a bill for $600/hr..

    Now they're asking for the dept. to dismiss the complaint against herself! Hahaha. Did I miss Desperate Housewives, yet?

    Oh, and that bit about Dems and Rethugs gettin' along in Juneau on a reg'lar basis? When? Did I miss somethin'?

    You must've got hold of the same monkey dust that McCain's people are sniffin'.

    Hmm.

    Posted by alaskadiva at 09/17/2008 @ 04:10am

37. Oh, and Walt Monegan is a real nice guy kind of cop. He's got more integrity than Palin can stick in her lip-liner. The Rethugs keep spewing crap about how Mark Begich, Mayor of Anchorage (running against Sen. Uncle Ted Stevens) 'fired' him. Begich wrote a nice letter to the editor kindly informing the morons that Monegan had resigned to go on to other things and that they loved him and gave him a major commendation, plaques, ad nauseum.

    He may look like a walrus, but, he's smart, knows the constituency, and, unlike our lady governor, worked his ass off to get a good program going to protect women in this state from sex crimes and domestic violence.

    In fact, it appears that the governor's "Oh, we just found another reason for firing Monegan. .." excuse was because he was beating the bushes for funding of this program from the Feds. You see, Palin doesn't think these programs are worth supporting. Like birth control, sex education, life skills. ....

    Posted by alaskadiva at 09/17/2008 @ 04:24am

38. she IS skeery...her penchant for vendetta, her bizarre theology/ideology, combined with her sitcommy facade (garnering stupid pumas as well as dimly conservative wives who know as much about politics as i know about "general hospital"...

    well...7 weeks and some debates to go. 527's unleashed...

    Posted by dexter666 at 09/17/2008 @ 08:32am

39. Anybody catch Obama's latest oiliness in Pennsylvania? Big NRA crowd there, especially in the blue collar areas where he needs votes. Of course, we all know that Obama is in favor of banning guns, he has said so in the past and has a 100 percent voting favor of any legislation banning guns in violation of the Second Amendment (he says the Second Amendment was written to guarantee the right of the government militia to own guns - LOL!). So, how does he address this to the crowd? He says - lies, actually - "I don't want to take away your guns - and besides, I don't have the votes in Congress to do it!'

    Hilarious!

    Posted by pontificus at 09/17/2008 @ 08:45am

40. Posted by pontificus at 09/17/2008 @ 08:45am

    PONTI (and yes, it's a wasted effort but I'll try again)...

    please provide the EXACT QUOTES from Obama saying he wants to "ban guns"?

    Posted by Maskdelta at 09/17/2008 @ 08:48am

41. I heard on Morning Joe that the "Rover boys" have put forth a motion for TrooperGate to be dealt with by a State Employee Committee (which was appointed by Palin) and shortly thereafter moved that the motion be dropped due to some BS .. so basically trying to get it out of court, and then dumped into the waste bin.

    LOL ... yeah, nothing odd going on here!

    The party of change? Trying to change reality perhaps....?

    Posted by leftofcenter at 09/17/2008 @ 09:03am

42. You are all missing the obvious McCain/Palin response to this lawsuit. "We are the Mavericks, we will even sue Republicans because we are so very Mavericky!"

    And the sad thing is, many people will buy into that instead of seeing this lawsuit for what it is. Just more politicians fighting to keep the truth from the people.

    Posted by intothewild76 at 09/17/2008 @ 10:16am

43. Ponti-Your post was quite irrelevant.The topic is trying to end an investigation in order to cover up wrong doing.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/17/2008 @ 10:39am

44. They would not be trying to publicly end this investigation,because that looks bad,unless they knew that allowing the investigation to move forward would be even worse for them.If Palin abused her power,lied about while leaving a trail of emails,etc that proves that she did it and then lied then she would be qualified to be on the show about really dumb criminals and should not be in any position of leadership.

    Posted by i'm nobody at 09/17/2008 @ 10:53am

45. The investigation was begun back in July, long before Palin was a national candidate, so the witch-hunt angle is b.s. She simply did what she did when she became the Wasilla mayor...dump the cop who won't go along with your agenda(probably because it would be illegal!). Former Wasilla newspaper reporter.

    Posted by dirtwater at 09/17/2008 @ 1:09pm

46. The biggest deal about troopergate is that the trooper's confidential personnel file was accessed illegally with parts copied and emailed through the Alaskan governmental servers. The really weird part is that Palin's husband is copied on all of the government emails even though he has no official capacity. It kind of makes it hard to claim executive privilege when not providing those emails when you're sharing them with a private citizen. Now Palin and her cohorts have adopted the Republican method of using private email servers for official government business in an effort to keep these emails inaccessible. The Republicans in Missouri have been trying the same thing but keep losing in the courts. Now Missouri Republicans say they will provide the emails but it will cost hundreds of thousands of dollars to do so.

    Posted by aljstl at 09/17/2008 @ 2:18pm

47. The main thing to be learned from all of this is that ultimate power tends to corrupt. Democrats can't keep their pants on around the women folk...the male rethugs can't keep their pants on with undercover agents in the mens room or page boys. But putting the sex stuff aside, it seems that there's a growing number of GOP candidates using their high offices to protect themselves from wrongdoing. Ethics and politics are adverse to each other evidently.

    Posted by Wolfgang1 at 09/17/2008 @ 5:11pm

48. Ethics and politics are adverse to each other evidently.

    Woops, meant to say ethics and politics are inverse to each other.

    Posted by Wolfgang1 at 09/17/2008 @ 5:15pm

49. Works either way, Wolf...

    Posted by Balrog at 09/17/2008 @ 7:19pm

50. I still call her the governor of misinformation.

    Posted by insanelayne at 09/18/2008 @ 11:50am