Sunday, September 14, 2008

The Palinator style of governing

The New York Times has a close look at how Sarah Barracuda has done the peoples business in Alaska. What is apparent is that her nickname Barracuda is still apt, because there is a lot that is fishy if not outright wrong in the way she operates.
Interviews show that Ms. Palin runs an administration that puts a premium on loyalty and secrecy.

interviews make clear that the Palins draw few distinctions between the personal and the political.

Ms. Palin ordered city employees not to talk to the press. And she used city money to buy a white Suburban for the mayor’s use — employees sarcastically called it the mayor-mobile.

She surrounded herself with people she has known since grade school and members of her church.

An assistant told her it appeared that such e-mail messages sent to a private address on a “personal device” like a BlackBerry “would be confidential and not subject to subpoena.”

Ms. Palin and aides use their private e-mail addresses for state business.

Many politicians say they typically learn of her initiatives — and vetoes — from news releases.

Mayors across the state, from the larger cities to tiny municipalities along the southeastern fiords, are even more frustrated. Often, their letters go unanswered and their pleas ignored,

At an Alaska Municipal League gathering in Juneau in January, mayors across the political spectrum swapped stories of the governor’s remoteness. How many of you, someone asked, have tried to meet with her? Every hand went up, recalled Mayor Fred Shields of Haines Borough. And how many met with her? Just a few hands rose. Ms. Palin soon walked in, delivered a few remarks and left for an anti-abortion rally.
So we know the Old Fart is going for another 4 years of the same old shit and it looks like he found an eager and reliable backstop for all that is worst in American politics. Just another reason to destroy the Republican Party.


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