We have a problem with her.

[heidi]

Gacked from ellen_fremedon:

It turns out that one of the reasons cited by Sarah Palin for firing Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan-- the one who wouldn't fire her ex-brother-in-law-- were even worse than we thought:

She did it because Monegan was going to Washington to ask for money to combat sexual assault -- Alaska has more forcible rapes per capita than any other state in the Union -- and Palin didn't want Monegan's request to interfere with her earmarks requests going through now-indicted Senator Ted Stevens.

Palin does not deny this-- it's the explanation being put forward by McCain's own spokespeople:

The last straw, the McCain campaign said, was in July, when Monegan planned to travel to Washington to seek federal money for a plan to assign troopers, judges and prosecutors who could exclusively handle sexual assault cases — one of the state's most intractable crime problems.

In a July 7 e-mail, John Katz, the governor's special counsel, noted two problems with the trip: The governor hadn't agreed the money should be sought, and the request was "out of sequence with our other appropriations requests and could put a strain on the evolving relationship between the Governor and Sen. (Ted) Stevens."

Four days later, Monegan was fired. He said he had kept others in the administration fully apprised of his plans to go to Washington.

Just think about those key points there. She fired her Public Safety Commissioner for seeking money for rape prevention and prosecution-- which surely falls under Public Safety-- because she was afraid that money might come out of the trough that was funding the bridge to nowhere.

The AP has the full story.

To quote a comment to ellen's post:
McCain people: No, Trig can't be Bristol's baby, because Bristol's pregnant!
Everyone else: Aaaaiieeeee!

McCain people: No, she didn't fire him because of her brother-in-law, she fired him because of rape kits and pork earmarks!
Everyone else: Aaaaiieeeee!

And, as a side note who's the senator who wrote the 1994 Violence Against Women act that mandated that states/municipalities not charge rape victims for the evidence-gathering kits?

That's Joe Biden.

Who voted against passage of the Violence Against Women act?

John McCain. Who now wants to criminalize embryonic stem cell research.

Comments

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

Oh gah, I hadn't even thought of that. Her face would be everywhere, just watchingwatchingwatching!

Am scared now.

[sophiamaria03.livejournal.com]

It's been bad enough with Bus/Cheney staring down at us. Cheney's actually SMIRKING in his photo. And the walls on the halls by the Secretary's office are all photos of Bush, so I avoid that area if I can help it. We're pretty immune (i.e., numb) now, but it would be hard to get used to seeing Palin's face up there every day.

It would be like this, right?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I apologize for what I am about to do to you.

Re: It would be like this, right?

[sophiamaria03.livejournal.com]

THAT. IS. PERFECT!!!!!!!!!!! And truly scary. Do you mind if I forward to HP-fan colleagues?

Re: It would be like this, right?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I didn't make it - someone sent it to me. So, sure!

Re: It would be like this, right?

[phoenixsong]

<3 <3 <3

Re: It would be like this, right?

[gaspodia.livejournal.com]

I nearly choked on my cup of tea when I saw this :)

Re: It would be like this, right?

[sweill.livejournal.com]

That is friggin' BRILLIANT

Re: It would be like this, right?

[ixchelmala.livejournal.com]

Oh dear gawd!!!!

May I borrow this for my most recent post?

*shivers*

Re: It would be like this, right?

[heidi8.livejournal.com]

I didn't create it - I found it virally, and nobody seems to know where it comes from, so it's your call.

It is pretty fabulous, isn't it?

Re: It would be like this, right?

[enkeli.livejournal.com]

(here from ix's journal) dude - that photo plus your dr horrible icon equals TOO AWESOME FOR WORDS. v.nice find on both counts! :)

[phoenixsong]

I'm pretty sure you don't work for the Secretary whose department I'm contracted to, but I sympathize. Greatly. Not that I wanted to stick around here much longer than another year anyway, but...

[sophiamaria03.livejournal.com]

Yeah, when I switched from contractor to fed, I really had qualms about working for these folks, and though I was pretty immune from the politics for the first two years, just doing my little bureaucrat job, it got pretty ugly this past year, so I'm definitely ready to get out if the election doesn't turn out. But I'd LOVE to be there for the transition if Obama wins. I wonder if I'd go to jail if I drew mustaches on the current pictures????

BTW, I'm home sick today, I never get on LJ at work!

[phoenixsong]

Yes, I'm a bad, bad monkey s;)

I was pretty freaked out when I started four years ago, though not as much now. But SP scares me in general.