Todd Palin, Creepy "First Stalker"

[CatWoman]

Yes, we already knew that Todd Palin might be so creepily obsessed with Mike Wooten that questioning his mental stability might be fair game. After all, in his frenzied vendetta aimed at destroying the life of the man who dared to cross Sarahcuda, he inexplicably inserted himself into Wooten's worker's compensation claims, trying to deny him payment for an injury sustained on the job, even going so far as to stalk Wooten and photograph him riding a snow machine, hoping that would disprove his injury claims and cost him his compensation.

The Branchflower report (PDF) adds a new detail or two that show just how warped Palin's crusade was. For instance, it turns out that Todd followed Wooten 100 miles off the road in order to secretly photograph him during the snow machine trip that supposedly disproved his worker's comp claims. (It didn't. The trip was actually pre-approved by Wooten's doctor.)

It also included this equally intrusive (and equally baseless) gem: that Wooten "had been seen" dropping his kids off at school in him patrol car at 8:01 a.m. Yes, the report notes the creepiness of the fact that the time is noted that precisely. And yes, it turns out that this activity, too, was pre-approved, this time by Wooten's supervisor. Crazy-ass Todd Palin appears to have spent an awful lot of time trying to frame Wooten up for "violations" that Wooten was actually meticulous about having pre-approved, don't you think?

And how about this one? Todd, Sarah and her dad had been after Wooten's job for some time already by the time election day 2006 rolled around, so this vendetta predated her gubernatorial victory. But check this bit out: Palin was elected on November 7, 2006. On November 8th, Todd called Wasilla Chief of Police John Glass to discuss Wooten. Remember, Wooten was a State Trooper, not a Wasilla municipal officer. Turns out, Palin was calling Glass to tell him what a bad guy Wooten was, and to say that he wanted to make sure Wooten was never hired onto the Wasilla force.

What does that tell you?

November 7th, Sarah Palin is elected governor. November 8th, Todd Palin is already trying to sabotage Trooper Wooten's next possible job. Sarah's been governor-elect for all of one day, and Todd's already licking his lips at the prospect of improperly using state government resources to fire him -- and to block him from working for anyone else, too.

This is one sick puppy, folks.

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/10/13/10352/387/784/627716

[FSogol]

1. Todd Palin - First Creep is the Tonya Harding of Alaskan politics.

Thankfully, this time net year, he'll be the answer to a trivia question.

[gratuitous]

2. Todd Palin is NOT Alaska's "First Stalker"

Can we please have the courtesy, so lacking on the other side of the partisan aisle, to at least address Mr. Palin properly? His official title is "First Stalker Dude."

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

5. I thought it was First Stalker Dud???

[MotorCityMan]

3. The last sentence of the article is chilling

"Can you even imagine the disasters in store for us if these guileless, instant gratification-addicted, tantrum pitchers get installed in Washington, with the national security apparatus at their command?"

Yes, I think we've had quite enough of THAT these last eight years, thank you very much.

[Parche]

4. First DUD

OH MEOW



:hi: :hug:

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

6. He looks like an asshole

He's got a creepy asshole permagrin.

[Bluebear]

7. Todd Gillooly