The Hunt for Sarah October

[GaryC 7]

The Hunt for Sarah October

City slickers invade Wasilla

September 9, 2008

Democrats understand Sarah Palin is a formidable political force who has upset the Obama victory plan. The latest Washington Post/ABC Poll shows John McCain taking a 12-point lead over Barack Obama among white women, a reversal of Mr. Obama's eight-point lead last month.

It's no surprise, then, that Democrats have airdropped a mini-army of 30 lawyers, investigators and opposition researchers into Anchorage, the state capital Juneau and Mrs. Palin's hometown of Wasilla to dig into her record and background. My sources report the first wave arrived in Anchorage less than 24 hours after John McCain selected her on August 29.

The main area of interest to the Democratic SWAT team is Mrs. Palin's dismissal in July of her public safety commissioner. Mrs. Palin says he was fired for cause. Her critics claim he was fired because he wouldn't bend to pressure to get rid of a state trooper, Mike Wooten, who had been involved in a bitter divorce battle with Mrs. Palin's sister. Mr. Wooten is certainly a colorful character. He served a five-day suspension after the Palin family filed a complaint against him alleging he had threatened Mrs. Palin's father. They also accused him of using a Taser on his 10-year-old stepson, drinking in his patrol car and illegally shooting a moose.

Mrs. Palin will return to Alaska for the first time in nearly two weeks on Wednesday night, when she is scheduled to arrive in Fairbanks. Local Republicans will hold a "Welcome Home" rally for her. You can bet some of the Democratic opposition research contingent will be in the audience taking notes. They'll be the ones arriving in rental cars and wearing fancy dress shoes from back east.

-- John Fund

http://online.wsj.com/article/SB1220981906...political_diary

[Ban Hammer 14,269]

i'm not surprised. they'll have more dems digging up there than everyone during the last gold rush.

[Peikko 1,575]

:rofl:

Oh, the horror! Whatever will those naughty democratic sympathizers get up to next?

I love the description, City Slickers, the army of Dem lawyers....hysterical.

[ready4ONE 5,400]

"They'll be the ones arriving in rental cars and wearing fancy dress shoes from back east." Thanks for the tip!

[Dr. A ♥ O 203]

The Wall Street Journal is known to be owned and operated by a considerable conservative format. It's no surprise some of the language goes right for the jugular of the DNC.

What does surprise me is why isn't more of the media on the beat of the top ten things to know about Sarah Palin list. If some of those things are true why sit back in the media perches waiting for the DNC to dig up the beats? I want to see the media hunting down this story on the banning of libarary books by Palin. That directly affects the media and is something we venoumously stand for in our constitution.

[jundp 191]

I should be ashamed because it took me about....5 minutes to fully compute the wit in the title.

And yes, The Hunt for Red October is on my reading list too. I suck.

[symbiosis 0]

It's called opposition research.

Small potatoes compared to the millions spent by Richard Mellon Scaife, et. al to bring down Bill Clinton.

[HAL 9000 96]

Oh, the horror! Whatever will those naughty democratic sympathizers get up to next?

I love the description, City Slickers, the army of Dem lawyers....hysterical.

Ironic in that its the Republicans pushing heavily to make Alaska's groundwater slick with oil. (Even though I admit... it probably wouldn't happen since there's not enough oil to tap into anyway... but for perhaps a localized spill or two.)

It's called opposition research.

Small potatoes compared to the millions spent by Richard Mellon Scaife, et. al to bring down Bill Clinton.

Or having pre-written swiftbooks that only make you wonder about the content...

[almaty 19]

gary, it is called politics..and started with the Nixon Adminstration....which was gop, as i recall...

[rclouse 0]

gary, it is called politics..and started with the Nixon Adminstration....which was gop, as i recall...

Yup, Gary, you conservatives started down the sleaze trail, so get used to it.