A blow for Palin fans everywhere....
POSTED BY: MrBlueSun
UPDATED: Wednesday, October 15, 2008 18:46
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You're sticking to the strawman, eh? Alrighty then.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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No. it's not a strawman. Palin had the authority to fire Monegan because he was NOT a rank-and-file employee, he was a Commissioner who serves at the pleasure of his boss, the governor. So she did not "exceed" her authority, which everybody agrees with
However, according to Monegan, Palin put pressure on him to fire Wooten because of personal reasons. As you know, you can't fire an employee for being a bad husband or a nasty soon-to-be-ex, you have to stick with job-related reasons. Palin was pressuring Monegan to do something that was not only personal, it was unethical and unwise because it might have left the State et al open for a lawsuit. Monegan refused to "play ball" in THAT way and so he was fired. (That's why I was wondering what limits YOU would put on "playing ball". If you require someone to do something unethical that makes YOU unethical.)
So Palin's firing of Monegan was UNETHICAL. That was decided by a BIPARTISAN investigation.
That's ANOTHER fact you're still fighting!
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And now you’re a friend to all those cops you think are almost universally abusive. You’re breaking through all kinds of personal boundaries today. I’m so proud of you. You’ve become a proponent of the Bush Administration and now a proponent of abusive cops. Soon you'll be pro-war and praying to invisible gods.
Nihil est incertius vulgo, nihil obscurius voluntate hominum, nihil fallacius ratione tota comitiorum.
Nothing is more unpredictable than the mob, nothing more obscure than public opinion, nothing more deceptive than the whole political system.
-- Cicero
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Quote:No, I'm not. I'm against abuse of power whether it's committed by a cop, a governor, or the President. Just because Palin was wrong doesn't mean Wooten was right. There could be TWO bad actors here. But we have laws and procedures to prevent abuse of power, and when an elected official (or a cop) breaks the laws and evades the procedures they should be called on it.
And now you’re a friend to all those cops you think are almost universally abusive
As Palin was. That's a fact that you can't get around, no matter how much you spew and spatter, and strawman and ad hominem.
And there's still that fiasco of a sports palace that hasn't been addressed, AND that possibly free house.
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And now you’re a friend to all those cops you think are almost universally abusive. You’re breaking through all kinds of personal boundaries today. I’m so proud of you.
Talk about a weak-ass strawman argument...
You have no case.
Mike
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Quote:Signy, you're missing the point that this just makes her a good NeoCon....
Originally posted by SignyM:
So Palin's firing of Monegan was UNETHICAL. That was decided by a BIPARTISAN investigation.
That's ANOTHER fact you're still fighting!
Chrisisall
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