Palin: 'I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"

[Денг Гордон]

"Executive abilities? She doesn't have any," said former Wasilla City Council member Nick Carney, who selected and groomed Palin for her first political race in 1992 and served with her after her election to the City Council.

Four years later, the ambitious Palin won the Wasilla mayor's office -- after scorching the "tax and spend mentality" of her incumbent opponent. But Carney, Palin's estranged former mentor, and others in city hall were astounded when they found out about a lavish expenditure of Palin's own after her 1996 election. According to Carney, the newly elected mayor spent more than $50,000 in city funds to redecorate her office, without the council's authorization.

Carney confronted Mayor Palin at a City Council hearing, and was shocked by her response.

"I braced her about it," he said. "I told her it was against the law to make such a large expenditure without the council taking a vote. She said, 'I'm the mayor, I can do whatever I want until the courts tell me I can't.'"

"I'll never forget it -- it's one of the few times in my life I've been speechless," Carney added. "It would have been easier for her to finesse it. She had the votes on the council by then, she controlled it. But she just pushed forward. That's Sarah. She just has no respect for rules and regulations."

http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2008/09/17/palin_mayor/

Didn't we already try this...more of the same.

 

[AEM]

Hm, tension between an executive and legislative branch member? That could NEVER happen in the federal government...

 

[Real]

Hm, tension between an executive and legislative branch member? That could NEVER happen in the federal government...

Yeah but that's more of the same, not the change we need.

Obama will be able to work with Republicans in Congress so well, it will be harmonious.

"I couldn't do anything without Nick Carney griping about it. That was the nature of our relationship," Palin said. "I could have walked across Lake Lucile on the water, and he would have griped about me splashing."

http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8334949p-8231037c.html

 

[Денг Гордон]

http://sendables.jibjab.com/sendables/1191/time_for_some_campaignin#/teaser/1191

I don't see how things wouldn't be harmonious with a president who rides on a unicorn. It is like when George Washington riding on Nelson, only better, because it's a unicorn and not a horse.

 

[AEM]

Yeah but that's more of the same, not the change we need.

Obama will be able to work with Republicans in Congress so well, it will be harmonious.



http://dwb.adn.com/news/politics/story/8334949p-8231037c.html

Funny, my impression was that McCain had a much better bipartisan record than Obama...

But my point was actually an overarching one. Our system of government is expressly designed for the executive and legislative branches to be trying to wrest power from each other. It's an integral part, not only of the federal balance of power, but of the underlying political philosophy of American government.

 

[huevonkiller]

Definitely messed up quote at least.

 

[RipCity]

So...This guy says thats what she said...Thats the only factual backing for this? Failure.

Funny, my impression was that McCain had a much better bipartisan record than Obama...

Obama has no bi-partisan record.

Yeah but that's more of the same, not the change we need.

Obama will be able to work with Republicans in Congress so well, it will be harmonious.

If Obamas short time he's spent as a Senator is any indication of his willingness to work with Republicans then no, he won't be able to do anything in congress.

 

[Real]

Yeah I should probably point out my comments were intended to be sarcastic.

 

[AEM]

^ For what it's worth, my first line was trying to play off that...