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In Dozens of Calls, Palins Pressed for Trooper’s Removal
nytimes.com — An examination of the case, based on interviews with Mr. Monegan and several top aides, indicates that, to a far greater degree than was previously known, Palin, her husband and her administration pressed the commissioner and his staff to get Mr. Wooten off the force, though without directly ordering it.
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- voxlisa999, on 10/09/2008, -2/+18Geez, I wonder if Palin will talk about this "I read it in the NY Times" story in her next campaign stop?
- lepster10101, on 10/09/2008, -4/+8God I can't stand this bitch Palin.
- johnnr2, on 10/09/2008, -3/+12Gotcha!
- Stevanoski, on 10/09/2008, -10/+4He tazed his 9 year old son! Don't taze me bro? He deserved to be fired. If his Supervisor wouldn't then he needed to be fired.
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2008, -1/+4Stevanoski, did you do research?
His son was 10 at the time. Not 9. His son asked to be tazed. Said he didn't want his sister thinking he was a baby. So the father taped the electrodes to the boy and set it on the TEST setting. It's NO BIG DEAL. His son still isn't upset. It's the whole imagery that the Palin people want you to think - that Wooten somehow shot his son with the sharp metal prongs and then juiced the kid til he writhed in pain. Sorry, didn't happen. In fact, the trooper's wife (the boy's mother) was at home. Palin's father thought the story was hilarious!
The AK State Trooper investigation closed the case. Palin wouldn't let up and was willing to be unethical about it.- btschul, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3I'd say using a device that can kill an adult under the right circumstances on a 10 year old child "because he asked me to" shows a complete lack of judgment and the LEAST they could do is fire the guy.
- TruthinessHurts, on 10/10/2008, -3/+3Stevanoski knows the truth, just like btschul.
They just don't have the honor to admit it.
If they ever admitted it they couldn't keep pushing the lie.
They KNOW the situation, and they know the tasing was done for fun in a safe manner and the kid loved it and begged for more.
It's just another demonstration of their character. - btschul, on 10/10/2008, -2/+3The "honor" to admit it? The more comments of yours I see, them more I think you must be writing from some sort of mental hospital. "The tazing was done for fun"? Jesus.
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2008, -1/+4Stevanoski, did you do research?
- voxlisa999, on 10/09/2008, -2/+17Stop Lying. Everyone was home, Palin thought it was funny at the time, the kid wanted to try it and Trooper Wooten set it to "TEST" they way people "test" it on themselves all the time. The manufactuers even sell T-shirts to kids that say "I got Tased" after being "tested." They just used this in the nasty divorce and LIED about it. Don't you think if he "really" tased him, they would have reported it??? Duh!! This is crap that people going through a divorce make up to use against each other.
From the Wash Post:
Wooten said he deeply regretted the Taser incident, offering an extensive explanation. He said the device was set on "test" and contained less power than an electric fence. Wooten said he shocked boy using clips attached to his shirt and not darts fired from the gun.
He said his stepson became curious and wanted to feel the Taser in the same way that troopers tested the device on themselves during training.
"He was inquiring about the Taser and all the ins and outs about it," Wooten said. "I hooked him up to one of the training aides and turned it on for less than a second. I had him on the living room floor with pillows around him and made it as safe as possible. When it was over he thought it was great and wanted to do it all again. He was bragging about it and telling everyone in the family about it."
Jon Marc Peterson, one of Wooten's attorneys, said the Taser incident was a violation of policy because he was using state equipment for personal use. "It was not the actual Tasing of the stepson that was the issue," he said.
Wooten's wife was in the home at the time, investigative reports state. The boy's extended family, including Chuck Heath, the father of Sarah Palin, thought the story was humorous, Wooten said.
"If I had it to do over again, I wouldn't do it," Wooten said. "It's one of those situations that nobody cared about. Everybody laughed about it, until several years later and it was made to be something it wasn't. It wasn't a good idea."
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/artic ... - objective79, on 10/10/2008, -2/+10The wheels of the Straight Talk Express are slowly coming off and the train along with the cars are about to careen into a ditch!!!!
- jerrym123, on 10/10/2008, -2/+8Palin and her supporters are Republicains thugs.
- ASHole71, on 10/10/2008, -7/+1Tazer my Nephew and threaten my family then see how far I go. And one article with him as the only witness. Thanks anyway
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3The official AK State Trooper investigator spoke with the boy. The boy agreed with the father's view of events. Sheesh.
- TruthinessHurts, on 10/10/2008, -0/+2What an appropriate name.
An you are just as smart as your namesake, too.
And you demonstrate so clearly that you don't know a damn thing about it.
Nothing like a Republican blathering about things they don't know.
- Hillsfar, on 10/10/2008, -0/+3The official AK State Trooper investigator spoke with the boy. The boy agreed with the father's view of events. Sheesh.
- thebradmiskell, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2OMGWTF! Where does one acquire the rights? This kind of soap-adrama could've kept Northern Exposure shooting for a couple more years. With David Lynch directing!
- elwior, on 10/10/2008, -1/+2 What does McCain do now? If he doesn't cut her loose, he's totally screwed. On the other hand, what does it say about his judgment if he has to backtrack?
I think he should do the right thing, replace her with whomever he thinks would be the best VP, and run a decent campaign for the next 25 days, and lose it with whatever dignity he has left, go back to the Senate and work in a bi-partisan manner, doing as he says he wants to do, Put Country First.
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