The suddenness of her announcement raises the question about whether Palin resigned to avert a major scandal. One logical place to start looking is the affair that has Alaska political circles buzzing: an alleged scandal centered around a building contractor, Spenard Building Supplies, with close ties to Palin and her husband, Todd.
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.
Though Todd Palin told Fox News he built his Lake Lucille home with the help of a few “buddies,” according to Barrett’s report, public records revealed that SBS supplied the materials for the house. While serving as mayor of Wasilla, Sarah Palin blocked an initiative that would have required the public filing of building permits—thus momentarily preventing the revelation of such suspicious information.
Just months before Palin left city hall to campaign for lieutenant governor, she awarded a contract to SBS to help build the $13 million Wasilla Sports Complex. The most expensive building project in Wasilla history, the complex cost the city an additional $1.3 million in legal fees and threw it into severe long-term debt. For SBS, however, the bloated and bungled project was a cash cow.
Here’s another source for some of this. And then there’s the possible embezzlement/IRS issue that seems to be the talk of Alaska.
UPDATE: Looks like at least some of this may be crap put out by an Alaskan blogger, Shannyn Moore, and picked up by a number of outlets. Or so says Palin through her personal friend, Fox’s Greta Van Susteren.
The Libs are quick to send their “pre-crime” units out to do hit jobs on the Palins, including their children, but say nothing at all about incest involving the Obama girls!
Does Letterman know anything about it?
Oh, no, no, no, no, no…. There’s no brewing scandal. She stepped down for “family reasons.” Just because that’s the last thing that typically power hungry political types would do doesn’t mean there’s some sort of scandal brewing. Jeez, no.
She has permanently branded herself a quitter. She resigned as mayor, resigned as governor, and has quit other things too. If she runs for elected office in the future the first question must be: how long before you resign?
LMAO – Still the only way you guys can get hits. Nice to know I own you without even coming around here.
Live in fear, children.
Be prepared to be Palinized. Talk radio and Fox news 24/7. You betcha
I can’t wait for the the typical Right Wing Assholes to eat those sandles when the real truth comes out… Why is it that just because she is a republican they all circle wagons around her?… If she was exactly the same dumb individual and a democrat they would surely be taking a different stance!!!
Lets wait and See.. Personally I hope its not all true what was mentioned in the article. I would not wish to be in anybody’s sandals Repub or Dem under these circumstaces…but the republican who destroyed our country over the past 8 years can go and have red sandal sandwich anytime!!!
Amazing how fixated the hateful left is on destroying poor dumb ole Sarah Palin. What are you hate mongers so afraid of? God forbid an actual decent normal American citizen might run for the presidency. After all the so called genius we just elected seems to be doing such a great job of running things. Not! Well hate mongers go on trying to destroy another decent human being, my guess is you’re wasting your time on Palin.
…my guess is you’re wasting your time on Palin.
This is precisely what the hateful left has been trying to tell the oblivious right since the Couric interview.
FWIW, we don’t want normal Americans as presidents. We want exceptional Americans in that office.
WET DREAM ON, LIBERALISTAS!
“We want exceptional Americans in that office.” FYI: OBAMA ISN’T ONE…JUST A WELL-POLISHED CHICAGO THUG POLITICON.
That picture – red wedges, no stockings with a black jacketed suit dress – OW MY EYES. I hope the Republican Party starts picking out her clothes again.
#30 lynn
I see “What Not To Wear” going to Wasilla.
Why are the right wing nuts blaming Democrats because their heroine decided to pack it in?
Hey, she parades her children in front of the cameras, expect them to become news fodder. Hire a paid consultant to set up and run a PAC and expect to be accused of running for President. Give speeches to the knuckle dragging crowds and expect to be associated with their politics.
In short, she finally learned she doesn’t get to pick and chose what the media writes about.
I wish she had stayed in the race. She diverted those Republicans with an honest chance of doing something to fighting her instead of Democrats.
So if the LA Times reports that the FBI isn’t investigating Palin, is that a credible source?
“There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we’re investigating her or getting ready to indict her,” Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. “It’s just not true.” He added that there was “no wiggle room” in his comments for any kind of inquiry.
http://latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-na-palin5-2009jul05,0,7018263.story
In a rare move, the FBI has come out and said that there is no investigation of the Palins going on.
Frankly, I don’t understand her move. The left has made her unelectable as President, I wonder if she hasn’t figured that out yet. The only thing I can see is her possibly trying to run for Senate, but a Democrat just won one of them, and a Republican (a conservative one) sits in the other.
Sounds like President Hussein is stomping out any possible competition. I wonder if there were any opposition news sources if they would be investigated also. IS ANYONE GOING TO INVESTIGATE SPEAKER POLOS I AND HER HUSBAND’S BLATANT ILLEGAL ACTIVITIES.
No she’s not on the Hussein political hit list. Well at least McCain is safe as a Demoncrat.
Whatever…………….
Traaxx
#34, Alphie,
Another one of your mindless rants?
Another insightful post from Fusion, carefully pointing out the flaws in logic and refuting every point.
Are you in 4th grade now or fifth?
#38, dropped,
Another stupid comment from someone who has nothing to add to the discussion.