The Reform Candidate?

Washington Independent by Laura McGann | Sep. 2, 2008 (Special Report)

Early in her tenure as mayor, the city council threatened to recall her over accusations that she fired the city's police chief, Irl Stambaugh, and the library director, Mary Ellen Emmons, without warning. She accused them in a letter saying: "I do not feel I have your full support in my efforts to govern the city of Wasilla. Therefore I intend to terminate your employment ..." (The Anchorage Daily News, via nexis) Full Story »

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Posted by: Posted by Chris Finnie - Sep 2, 2008 - 1:28 PM PDT
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 by Chris Finnie - Oct. 1, 2008

A lot of people wondered if it was important that John McCain doesn't know how to use a computer. Now we know. A simple Lexis Nexis search would have done a better job than his vetting team, as McGann demonstrates here.

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