rssTodd Palin Still his Wife’s Adviser?
Monday, November 10, 2008 at 12:05 am
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In Newsweek’s seven-part series chronicling the juicy, behind-the-scenes moments of the presidential campaign, there was an interesting nugget about Gov. Sarah Palin’s husband, Todd Palin:
McCain’s advisers… were furious when they heard rumors that Todd Palin was calling around to Alaska bigwigs telling them to hold their powder until 2012.
Todd Palin took personal time off from his job as a producer on Alaska’s North Slope where he works the oil field for BP to join his wife on the campaign trail. So why would he be so intimately involved in his wife’s political future?
According to one of Palin’s top gubernatorial campaign advisers, who spoke to me off the record in Alaska, Sarah Palin has only two true political advisers: “Sarah and Todd Palin.”
Supporters and critics agree that the Palins are a team when it comes to Palin’s politics. The most prominent example being Todd Palin’s role in the Troopergate scandal, where he pressured his wife’s top safety official to fire their ex-brother-in-law over a family feud.
In Palin’s administration, Todd was also copied on emails about state business, like a contentious debate over the police union contract and a bill on parental consent for teenage abortions.
Just last week Sarah Palin smiled at her husband during an interview with Fox’s Greta Van Susteren when she said she was looking forward to working together in the White House
The Todd Palin-Sarah Palin dynamic is well-known in Alaska. It’s reasonable that Sen. John McCain was angry about Todd Palin’s involvement — but McCain shouldn’t have been surprised.
12 Comments
Comment posted November 9, 2008 @ 9:50 pm
Reminds me of when Clinton was first elected, and the party was furious when Bill told them that he and Hillary were a team. I still laugh about the look on her face when she was asked for her cookie recipe. After seeing what a dismal back stabbing job mcCain (Romney?) advisers did for her, I'd pick Todd too. At least she can trust him.
Comment posted November 10, 2008 @ 1:58 am
Todd and Sarah are indeed a pair, but that's hardly any advantage. When they went on their shopping sprees, Todd racked up $40,000 in bills to the campaign. What possible legitimate purpose of the campaign could buying him jewelry and silk boxer shorts serve?
Comment posted November 10, 2008 @ 6:35 am
Ugh. Too bad that the size of Palin's great conceit is inversely proportionate to the size of her intellect. These two seem like the poster children of blind ambition and overblown entitlement. Thank goodness voters made the right choice and Obama/Biden won or else we'd probably be subjected to four years of drama, divisiveness, questionable spending, ignorance and embarassment.
Comment posted November 10, 2008 @ 8:41 am
But its ok that Bill Clinton trailed Hillary all over the country isnt it? and that Hillary was his “adviser” when he was in office, and Michelle Obama is Barracks “adviser” but of course we know that the democrats can do whatever they want and it is just fine, but the rest of us can't. and of course you wont print this because you are definately NOT fair and balanced.
Comment posted November 10, 2008 @ 2:35 pm
Ugh. Too bad that the size of Palin's great conceit is inversely proportionate to the size of her intellect. These two seem like the poster children of blind ambition and overblown entitlement. Thank goodness voters made the right choice and Obama/Biden won or else we'd probably be subjected to four years of drama, divisiveness, questionable spending, ignorance and embarassment.
Comment posted November 10, 2008 @ 4:41 pm
But its ok that Bill Clinton trailed Hillary all over the country isnt it? and that Hillary was his “adviser” when he was in office, and Michelle Obama is Barracks “adviser” but of course we know that the democrats can do whatever they want and it is just fine, but the rest of us can't. and of course you wont print this because you are definately NOT fair and balanced.
Comment posted February 7, 2010 @ 9:16 am
It is our countries first venture into having a woman in such a powerful job. England andf other countries hae weathered the venture succeeding where we have a male mentality. Women from long ago were on GOd's mind. The Father of all at his death aked that his deciples look to his mother. He spoke here on earth for his heavenly father. who chose her to bring him here to save us all
Comment posted February 7, 2010 @ 2:16 pm
It is our countries first venture into having a woman in such a powerful job. England andf other countries hae weathered the venture succeeding where we have a male mentality. Women from long ago were on GOd's mind. The Father of all at his death aked that his deciples look to his mother. He spoke here on earth for his heavenly father. who chose her to bring him here to save us all
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