Anti-Palin rally calls for Colberg removal

[spindrifter]

By KYLE HOPKINS
[email protected]
Anchorage Daily News

Published: September 28th, 2008 02:07 AM
Last Modified: September 28th, 2008 02:46 AM

A protest slamming Gov. Sarah Palin's handling of the state's so-called Troopergate investigation -- and calling for the attorney general to lose his job -- drew more than 1,000 people to the Delaney Park Strip in Anchorage on Saturday.

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"Clearly this was an Obama rally and nothing else," Palin campaign spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said in an e-mailed statement. "The rally proves the point of partisanship which the Governor has been trying to remove from the investigation in an effort to get a fair and just result."

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A Hillary Clinton supporter earlier in the election, McCullough called Palin "a female Dan Quayle" and carried a sign that read: "Gov. Pitbull: call off your McCain dogs."

It was a reference to the McCain spokespeople and attorneys, including the self-described "Truth Squad" who have been defending the governor in regular Anchorage press conferences.

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http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/539483.html

[firedupdem]

1. 1,000 people is a massive amount for Alaska. She is screwed. n/t

[Blue_In_AK]

4. The general consensus is

that there were more than 1,000 people there. There was an accurate count of 1500 at the last rally two weeks ago, and people who attended both said there were more at this one. But you're correct -- we never have this many people for political protests.

Interestingly, there was no pro-Palin counter-protest this time as there was on 9/13.

[Cha]

7. That is interesting..thanks for

being there, Blue. How was the weather?

[Blue_In_AK]

10. It was a fabulous day.

Probably only the second or third good day we've had all summer. The sun was shining, no wind, and the temp was right around 50 or so. Couldn't be better.

[Cha]

12. You guys are

hardy souls!

[spindrifter]

8. Blue, what is this"Truth Squad" thing? That

is pretty scary! But is seems to fit with Palin's SOP.

[Blue_In_AK]

11. The Truth Squad

are McCain operatives sent here to stymie the legislative investigation into why Sarah Palin fired Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. The "squad" is comprised mainly of Ed O'Callaghan, a high-powered Justice Department lawyer from New York whose most recent previous job was prosecuting terror suspects (I guess McCain thinks we're terrorists up here -- you can certainly tell from the photographs, I guess) and Meghan Stapleton, a former local news reporter who went to work for Sarah Palin shortly after her election as some kind of press secretary. She wasn't bad as a reporter, but she has turned into a raging maniac since she became part of the McCain-Palin team. They have tried to characterize this bipartisan investigation as some kind of Democratic Party smear campaign, witch hunt, and trying to tie Obama into it (as if he cared about a minor abuse-of-power investigation that started here in Alaska before Palin was picked for VP).

I'm looking for the video of the press conference that these people held wherein Meg Stapleton was describing Walt Monegan as an out-of-control "rogue," but in the meantime, this blog entry by Shannyn Moore will give you some feeling for the "Truth Squad." You really have to hear Meg Stapleton to get the full effect, though.

http://progressivealaska.blogspot.com/2008/09/saradise-lost-chapter-sixty-six-palin.html


Here are the archival stories from KTUU, our local NBC affiliate

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?s=9023109 (This broadcast resulted in reporter Jason Moore receiving a telephone call at home from an angry Meg Stapleton - his former colleague - chastising him for questioning the bit about Tibbles.)

http://www.ktuu.com/Global/story.asp?s=9043852 (In this one, there's a video of the newscast that includes pieces of the first press conference held by the "truth squad" so you can experience Pitbull Meg firsthand. It's about a minute 30 in, but the whole thing is kind of interesting.) The financial assistance that Monegan was requesting from the Congressional delegation was to help with combatting sexual assault in Alaska, where we have the highest per capita rate of such assaults in the country.

[spindrifter]

9. self deleted--duplicate

[MichaelHarris]

2. that's really up to

Comedy Central and I'm pretty sure Colbert has a contract.

[RUMMYisFROSTED]

3. ba-da-bing

[Ian David]

5. The first anti-Palin rally was the largest rally in Alaskan history. n/t

[Cha]

6. That's a good one..

"Gov PitBull..Call Off Your Mccain Dogs"!!