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I have read many blogs and news today that discuss Sarah Palin, the Moose Hunting Governor from Wasilla, AK, stepping down from her post. Her quote of the day according to CNN, was Something to the effect that we all need to trust her, that her stepping down would all make sense later.
Well Sarah; you were right it makes total sense when we find out that you may be in yet ANOTHER scandal. Lets see; your teen daughters pregnancy out of wedlock wasn’t enough for you, then you had “Trooper gate” and now you may be indited by the feds on embezzlement charges for helping get contracts for Spenard Builders Supply? Hmmmm Don’t you and your husband have close ties to that company?

*STANDING OVATION*

Way to bring down the Republican Party, but a colleague ( Representative Sally Kern (R) from Oklahoma ) of yours seems to think that we gays are responsible, for all that is wrong with America. HA HA HA ever heard of Glass houses and people living in them not throwing stones?

The downfall of “traditional marriage” is our fault? Ok what about all the straight folks, who cheat on their spouses, on sites like Ashley Madison? Last We checked gays were not allowed and what about all the government officials caught cheating on their spouses lately? Last we checked they weren’t  going gay.

You republicans need to check your stats, GLBT marriages (in the states that are legal) have less of a divorce rate than those of their straight counterparts.

You all are the reasons H&W will be going on the Marriage Equality Tour, to spread the truth that our marriages are not a threat to “traditional families”, you straight people are enough threat for everyone with your “for now” attitude with prenups and marriage contracts.

We have a gay male couple friends who have been together 27 years, without legal marriage and now that one of them has cancer, don’t you think it is only fair to give them full marriage rights. If anyone has earned it they have.

Ok now that we have ranted, back to what other bloggers and news sources are saying about the Palin Story!!

Wayne Barret of the Villiage Voice had this to say:

“THE $12.5 MILLION sports complex and hockey rink that is the lasting monument to Palin’s two terms as Wasilla mayor is also a monument to the kind of insider politics that dismays Americans of both parties. Six months before Palin stepped down as mayor in October 2002, the city awarded nearly a half-million-dollar contract to design the biggest project in Wasilla history to Kumin Associates. Blase Burkhart was the Kumin architect on the job—the son of Roy Burkhart, who is frequently described as a “mentor” of Palin and was head of the local Republican Party (his wife, June, who also advised Palin, is the national committeewoman). Asked if the contract was a favor, Roy Burkhart, who contributed to her campaign in the same time frame that his son got the contract, said: “I really don’t know.” Palin then named Blase Burkhart to a seven-member builder-selection committee that picked Howdie Inc., a mostly residential contractor owned at the time by Howard Nugent. Formally awarded the contract a couple of weeks after Palin left office, Nugent has donated $4,000 to Palin campaigns.”

“A list of subcontractors on the job, obtained by the Voice, includes many with Palin ties. One was Spenard Builders Supply, the state’s leading supplier of wood, floor, roof, and other “pre-engineered components.” In addition to being a sponsor of Todd Palin’s snow-machine team that has earned tens of thousands for the Palin family, Spenard hired Sarah Palin to do a statewide television commercial in 2004. When the Palins began building a new family home off Lake Lucille in 2002—at the same time that Palin was running for lieutenant governor and in her final months as mayor—Spenard supplied the materials, according to Antoine Bricks, who works in its Wasilla office. Spenard actually filed a notice “of its right to assert a lien” on the deed for the Palin property after contracting for labor and materials for the site. Spenard’s name has popped up in the trial of Senator Stevens—it worked on the house that is at the center of the VECO scandal as well.”

Jim Brogan from the Post Cronnical had this to say:

“Sarah Palin Indictment – Alaska Governor Sarah Palin reportedly resigned because of a federal indictment pending in an embezzlement scandal that allegedly involves her receiving huge financial favors from Spenard”

This is what Brad from Brad’s Blog had to say:

“I’ve now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the Wasilla Sports Complex built during her tenure as Mayor. Both structures, it is said, feature the “same windows, same wood, same products.” Federal investigators have been looking into this for some time, and indictments could be imminent, according to the Alaska sources.”

The Daily Beast’s reported this by Max Blumenthal:

“Many political observers in Alaska are fixated on rumors that federal investigators have been seizing paperwork from SBS in recent months, searching for evidence that Palin and her husband Todd steered lucrative contracts to the well-connected company in exchange for gifts like the construction of their home on pristine Lake Lucille in 2002. The home was built just two months before Palin began campaigning for governor, a job which would have provided her enhanced power to grant building contracts in the wide open state.”

“SBS has close ties to the Palins. The company has not only sponsored Todd Palin’s snowmobile team, according to the Village Voice’s Wayne Barrett, it hired Sarah Palin to do a statewide television commercial in 2004.”

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