screenshots posted online by some hacker.... lol Hacking Palin Maybe Not Such A Good Idea? Wired | Submitted by: azdollarbill "Earlier it was just some prank to me, I really wanted to get something incriminating which I was sure there would be... well there WAS NOTHING, I read everything, every little blackberry confirmation... it finally set in... yes I was behind a proxy, only one, if this shit ever got to the FBI I was fucked..." http://www.smh.com.au/news/security...s-email-account/2008/09/19/1221331144691.html http://blog.wired.com/27bstroke6/20...s-email-account/2008/09/19/1221331144691.html
Yeah, I said that in another thread. Do we really want a president who isn't smart enough to use gmail? This isn't 1998 anymore Palin.
"I'm for accountability in government. Hold me accountable for anything I can't hide or cover up." --Sarah Palin Of course, this is like some bad comedy routine. In her attempt to end run around public oversight of her administration, she uses...Yahoo. And uses a "secret question" for security that she gave the answer to in her national speech.
So I surfed a little and it looks like this thing is for real . . . and I can't believe this person is running for VP under the platform of cleaning up congress. How intelligent or sophisticated are you if you are using yahoo email as a governor (although I'm guessing McCain doesn't even know how to use email). And how slimy is it use yahoo email when congress was asking for all gov't emails and she doesn't include these emails from yahoo. Hold her accountable indeed. That line might work when you are governor of a state of a population less than 1 million, but don't be saying taht when you are in the national spotlight.
McCain reportedly can't type because of some injury he had as a POW. I'm not buying this, because of the other things he is able to do with his fingers (and he could always stab, not everyone is going to be able to type at speeds of over 100 WPM like me!). He could do the two finger jabba jabba just fine imo.
Yea, he probably is capable of typing to some crappy extent, but I mean all his buddies at the senior's home probably didn't have emails either. anyway though, I don't think Palin's secret question was all that bad. I mean mine probably would be found out if I had that kind of media attention. I guess as a person running with McCain you have to be more careful.
I would think as a governor being investiagted by your own congress and asking for all govt emails . . . you should be more careful and ethical about your private email account.
lol, I don't know all the details on that one. Sure, but I mean I bet if she never was McCain's runningmate, no one would have ever hacked into her yahoo email.
How does the mere possession of a yahoo email account become unethical? It's a personal email account. For personal use. Like, you know, sending emails to friends and family. Maybe she didn't want to send emails through her work email address to friends, family, fantasy football leagues... you know.... PERSONAL STUFF. If she was doing work through her yahoo account, maybe that would be unethical, but I haven't seen anything leading me to believe that.
She did do business through it. Having a yahoo account is not unethical (although it is dumb, gmail >>> yahoo). But the fact that she did work related stuff through it is unethical, and I believe illegal.
Is it illegal or just shady? I hadn't heard anything about her doing work through it, but if she did I'm interested to hear if there's any actual laws in place against that kind of thing. But yes, gmail > yahoo.
The issue is that her emails were subpoenaed, and people see her private account as a scam to hide unethical activity. From the screenshots I've seen, most of the emails were "here's photos from the camping trip" and others that were clearly personal. That some of her contacts are also work contacts makes it a grey area and there were probably as few non-personal e-mails in there as well.
yeah, but there's been a serious witch hunt ever since Palin was announced as the VP candidate. I've never seen either party go after a VP this hard before. It blows me away. We're not voting for Palin, we're voting for McCain or Obama. I haven't heard anything about Bidin at all. It's like he's completely inconsequential to this whole thing.
They didn't go after the unknown and untested Obama and his chicago crony type corruption either. Compare the "potential" wrongdoings (potential is all they're charging her with): 1) $1M in personal and campaign contribution benefits for Obama in deals with a convicted felon. 2) Trying to get a ex-brother-in-law fired
Well ya, but Obama is the Presidential candidate too. I've always thought of the VP as very much a window dressing (except in the case of Cheney). I mean, look at Dan Quail for pete's sake. You could have Beyonce as your VP and you'd be fine.
Should one of those two look far worse than the other? If anything, I'd say (2) is worse. $1 million is quite inconsequential in a campaign where they routinely raise $10 million in a week. It could definitely be shady, which is a bad thing, but it seems very penny-ante. Abusing power to fire someone has more actual effect on someone's life. Not that I think (2) is enormous. From what I can tell, it sounds like the trooper was in hot water from his own actions and Palin didn't use her power overtly, if allegations are true. But it's still dirty, which undermines her claims of being anti-corruption.
