witch hunts didn't end with salem after all. this is riduculous. "witness tampering" sounds pleasingly (to democrats) like
"obstruction of justice", but this just isn't a criminal probe, it's an inquiry being undertaken by the AK legislature. so, I'm
not even sure that "witness tampering" is the appropriate phrase. but the three "tampered with" witnesses that this story
conveniently fails to name are Sarah Palin's husband, Todd, and two of her senior staff. these people wouldn't cooperate
in a witch hunt on their own accord, thank you very much, without the need of being tampered with.
and the story is tendentiously written. it buries the fact that the accuser isn't leveling the BS charge against Palin herself,
but against the mccain campaign. this is a crucial fact that, and the story intentionally leaves the reader to assume that it
is referring to Sarah Palin herself.
and the off-the-charts prejudicial comments by the legislator managing the probe is left to the final sentence of the story,
and it completely omits the fact that he is an outspoken obama supporter.
thanks CNN.
State rep seeks witness-tampering probe in Palin inquiry
ANCHORAGE, Alaska (CNN) -- A Democratic state representative in Alaska asked state troopers Wednesday to investigate possible witness tampering in a legislative investigation of Gov. Sarah Palin's decision to fire the state's public safety commissioner.
Since Palin became Sen. John McCain's running mate, at least three witnesses have declined to cooperate despite receiving subpoenas in the investigation, Rep. Les Gara said Wednesday in a letter to the director of the Alaska State Troopers.
The McCain campaign dismissed Gara's letter and reiterated its position that Palin will cooperate with a state Personnel Board investigation instead of the legislative probe, which the campaign has described as being "tainted" with partisan politics.
"This is nothing more than an absurd political maneuver from a partisan Democrat working with the Obama campaign," McCain spokeswoman Meg Stapleton said in a statement.
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Gara "is not alleging that a particular person has engaged in witness tampering" but noted that "certain staff for the McCain campaign came to Alaska in an effort to block" the legislative investigation. He noted that two McCain staffers "have held multiple press conferences in Anchorage to block the investigation."
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.(the very last sentence in the story)
State Sen. Hollis French, who is managing the probe, has been under fire since a September 2 interview with ABC News in which he said the inquiry could lead to an "October surprise" for the GOP ticket.
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