Sarah Palin Makes Statement on Her Facebook RE: Letterman Scandal

[romantico]

I'll bet she will make a statement about this somehow thinking it will validate her claims about Dave she made last Spring.I wish Todd's and Sarah's affairs would to come to light as well.Just wait. Palin will not resist gloating over this.

[eShirl]

1. you lie!

[KharmaTrain]

2. It Also Diverts From Their Real Scandal...

Which is this:

http://latimesblogs.latimes.com/washington/2009/10/nevada-senator-john-ensign-scandal.html

Let’s recap: Doug Hampton and his wife, Cynthia, both worked for Ensign, Doug as a high-ranking aide in his Senate office. In spring 2008, the couple said they were pushed out of their jobs because of Ensign’s affair with Cynthia.

Ensign (see photo) made some calls to his Nevada buddies to find Doug consulting work. Two major campaign donors, NV Energy and Allegiant Air, contracted with Doug Hampton. He then made a number of calls and e-mails on their behalf, including to Ensign's then chief of staff, John Lopez.

Outside the Beltway, that might seem innocuous. But according to a N.Y. Times story, these were potentially criminal acts. The paper wrote:

Senate ethics rules and federal criminal law prohibit former aides, if they have ‘the intent to influence,’ from making ‘any communication to or appearance’ with any senator or Senate staff member for a year after leaving their jobs. A separate law required Mr. Hampton to register as a lobbyist if he intended to press a company’s case on Capitol Hill.

Hampton said he ignored the one-year lobbying ban on Ensign’s advice, while Lopez said their conversations were merely informational. Probably not the last time this distinction is debated.

I expect the wingnut media to go wild today over Letterman as well as Obama being in Copenhagen so no one will pay attention to this slimy scandal...involving a Senator who abused his power and still sits with little if any scrutiny. He paid money to hush the scandal up.

As far as Mooselini...she's so tone deaf she'll probably give Dave a boost and lots of new material.

[malaise]

7. Ding ding

we have a winner

[Lasher]

3. Who is this 'Sarah' of whom you speak? n/t

[Rebubula]

4. Well...

...as much as I am loathe to jump to conclusions...my first thoughts went to Palin and crew when I heard of Letterman's startling on-air admission.

[liberal N proud]

5. I guess I will have to read her memoirs to find out

NOT

[malaise]

6. I hope she makes a statement on John Ensign

:puke:

[izzie]

8. I think Sarah has had her day.

She will cash in a little then fade out in the style that one thinks she will do it in. No-class. Some people were just not cut out for the national stage.

[old mark]

9. I wonder who is placing all those advance orders for "her" book?

I wonder if she found someone to read it to her?

mark

[City Lights]

10. The Tundra Twit has the maturity of a middle schooler.

I breathlessly await her Farcebook post on John Ensign...

:crickets: