SARAH PALIN TESTIFIES; Lashes Out at Dem Hacker Outside Court (Video)
Posted by Jim Hoft on Friday, April 23, 2010, 3:34 PM
Former Alaska governor Sarah Palin speaks to media outside the Federal Courthouse after court recessed for lunch Friday, April 23, 2010 in Knoxville, Tenn. Palin testified in the hacking case against David Kernell who was a University of Tennessee student majoring in economics when prosecutors say he hacked into the Yahoo! account. (AP/Wade Payne)
Sets the record straight- Says Kernell should face “consequences.”
Sarah Palin said, “It wasn’t right. It wasn’t legal. It wasn’t fair or decent.”
The video is damning against the young democrat and Obama supporter, David Kernell.
Sarah Palin testified today in the trial of the son of prominent Democrat who broke into her email account during the 2008 election. The former governor called for “consequences” outside the court for the crime.
The AP reported:
Sarah Palin testified Friday about the disruption and hurt caused when her e-mail account was hacked during the 2008 presidential campaign and said outside court that there should be consequences for what happened.
She declined to say if she thinks conviction of the 22-year-old defendant should lead to prison or if community service would be punishment enough. “That’s up to the judge,” she said when she stopped to talk to reporters outside the courthouse.
Former University of Tennessee student David Kernell, the 22-year-old son of a Democratic state lawmaker, is charged with hacking the Yahoo! e-mail account as Palin campaigned in 2008 as the Republican vice presidential candidate.
Kernell faces up to 50 years in federal prison if convicted of identity theft, mail fraud and two other felony charges. His lawyer has said the case is a prank and Kernell had no criminal intent.
Asked outside the courtroom if she thought the charges against Kernell were excessive, Palin said, “I don’t know, but I do think there should be consequences for bad behavior.”
As Palin walked to the witness stand, some jurors smiled at her. The first question from Assistant U.S. Attorney Greg Weddle was, “May I call you Governor Palin?”
The former Alaska governor smiled almost constantly through 30 minutes of testimony as she told jurors about the disruption the hacking caused for her family and close friends when their e-mails and phone numbers were publicized on the Internet.
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Mike commented:
I love this lady. The only thing is that the left will use her It’s up to the judge statement against her when she calls out bench decisions that she disagrees with in the future. Anyway, she’s still one of my favourites. My choice for the next 2012 team would be Guiliani as President and Sarah as VP. Guliani has gotten it done in New York – reduced spending and crime in a state that is as left-of-centre as they come – that says alot.
bg commented:
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OT.. posted about this the 19th: bg @ 6:39 pm #55
South Park Takes on [Censored]
[Trey Stone and Matt Parker, the cartoon’s creators, were warned this week that they would be killed if they were seen to continue mocking the Prophet after an episode broadcast last Wednesday . It included a character representing [censored], who spoke from inside a giant bear suit to prevent the illustrators having to depict him — a blasphemous act according to some [censored].]
Today, Jon Stewart — Free Speech Warrior — is My Hero
[Put in the difficult position to address his network’s controversial decision to censor a “South Park” episode that mocked Islamic extremists, he deftly put the network’s decision in context, back-handedly criticized it but summed it up with an adroit, “But hey, they write the checks.”]
these are some of the supporters of “this group”..
[He noted that the three politicians’ campaign war chests are
heavily funded by radical Islamists who support the mosque.
"While brave young Virginia men and women are risking their lives to fight terrorists in Iraq and Afghanistan, Connolly, Moran and Kaine are yucking
it up with them and slapping each other on the back over at the Marriott," charged VAST Chairman James Lafferty.]
I’m afraid of what the…that’s where I’m really afraid. I would like to
criticize Islam much more than I do publicly, but I’m afraid for my life
if I do.
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Barney commented:
Kernell is making jokes now..but he will make a nice little prison bitch to a whole passel of veteran inmates
Auntie Em commented:
Mohammed’s Allah is a figment of a demented, demon-filled, tormented, opium-induced, syphillic hallucination.
It is Satan’s distortion of the truth of the God of Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and anyone who adheres to it willingly follows the father of lies.
Auntie Em commented:
Oops…sorry for the above post…wrong topic.
Corporal Vere commented:
Three pluses today; and one booo.
One, the second SEAL was acquitted of failing to kissing a mass murdrer’s @$$.
Two, this young red rat may get 50 years in jails.
Three, Blago, possibly the best hope for America’s rescue, will either cause Obama to lie on the stand or prove every word out of the zero’s mouth is a lie.
Boo: If you read or watch the state run propaganda apparatus known as the MSM you will never know about the above.
Valerie commented:
The criminal conviction isn’t the real penalty: the civil damages, which were very real, should get daddy’s attention.
ebayer commented:
Thank you so much for posting the video with this article.
It’s such a refreshing treat to see Ms.Palin being dealt with by decent reporters who weren’t intent on getting in their “gotcha” questions.
And didn’t she look poised and elegant?
Loved her answer about what that scumbag did “not being a prank”
He knew what he was doing and he had his 15 minutes of fun and fame and now I hope Ms.Palin has the last laugh on this clown.
ogee commented:
I hope she gets to collect punitive damages at some point. She is so cool. She’s on her way to Eugene Oregon, one of the hippiest left of left towns in America. I hope she makes her way up north. I would cancel all plans to get to see her.
jetstream commented:
#6 Corporal Vere
Add another plus Corporal:
Arizona Governor signed the illegal alien bill today, and is standing firmly on the side of citizen’s rights. If the feds won’t enforce the law, Arizona will.
bg commented:
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God Bless, Godspeed & Thank You Sarah & Family!!
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Valerie commented:
Another plus:
The TV critic at the Baltimore Sun, David Zurawik, insists that, if you’re going to list angry, nasty, irresponsible voices in the media, you need to include Keith Olberman.
http://weblogs.baltimoresun.com/entertainment/zontv/2010/04/keith_olbermann_deutsch_msnbc.html
David Zurawik is considered a Liberal.
I don’t think Olberman’s a Liberal: I think he’s a jerk.
Andreas K. commented:
Stop calling him a hacker. He’s no hacker. I’m pretty sure he can’t even do BASIC.
ar05075 commented:
What a classy lady, so refreshing compared to the current administration and their ilk.
pjean commented:
As I listen to that video, I’m reminded at how “divisive” Sarah Palin is.
ar05075 commented:
# 16
LOL.LOL.ROTFLMAO.
Dennis commented:
Well, I’m not upset he’s getting punished. Still, 50 years? That’s the price of two and a half man-slaughters. He could have murdered Palin and not gotten much worse. Hopefully his sentence won’t be that bad (and the same for that Climategate hacker person, if they catch him/her).
Sojourner commented:
…She shines like a gem, I’d say.. God bless her.
Pops commented:
Lock the punk up
wanumba commented:
The Left’s excuses are “it was satire,” “I was just testing the system” and “it was just a prank.”
Sick and tired of it.
For perspective, what would have been the reaction from the victims had he hacked into … Governor Blago’s email? Or Senator Obama’s email? Or Mayor Bloomberg’s? Or how about candidate Hillary Clinton’s email?
The guy would probably WANT to be in prison, to be safe.
Freddy commented:
I still do not understand what David Kernell has to gain in this trial.
His defense atty must have an agenda that does not include his clients best interests. All this atty is accomplishing is to put his client into jail rather than a plea bargained probation.
When you challenge criminal charges and lose, you show the court no remorse for your actions. The sentence for this is always worse than simply accepting responsibility for your own actions.
vxcvxcvxcv commented:
Give him at least 5 years or else we will see more political hacking..
vxcvxcvxcv commented:
This was no different than Watergate.
vxcvxcvxcv commented:
Liddy was the Nixon Administration liaison and leader of the group of five men who broke into the headquarters of the Democratic National Committee at the Watergate Complex with the intent to plant listening devices.[6] Liddy did not participate in the break-in himself, insomuch as he did not actually enter the Watergate Complex, rather, he admitted to supervising the break-in from another hotel across the street.
For his crime, which he coordinated with E. Howard Hunt, Liddy was convicted of conspiracy, burglary and illegal wiretapping. Liddy was sentenced to a 20-year prison term and was ordered to pay $40,000 in fines. He began serving the sentence on January 30, 1973. On April 12, 1977, President Jimmy Carter commuted Liddy’s sentence to eight years, “in the interest of equity and fairness based on a comparison of Mr. Liddy’s sentence with those of all others convicted in Watergate related prosecutions”, leaving the fine in effect.[7] Carter’s commutation made Liddy eligible for parole as of July 9, 1977. Liddy was released on September 7, 1977 having served a total of four-and-a-half years of actual incarceration.
indigo commented:
Dear Jim: If people can’t stay on topic could you please delete there posts? Yes, Mr. Kernal should spend a few years getting lubed by the the senior bitc$es in jail.
MVH commented:
Good Lord! And good for her! Now Mrs. Palin has been fully vetted by, of all people, the MSM. They’ve dug everywhere, and found nothing. They’ve thrown whatever they wanted at her, and it just didn’t stick.
It’s funny that for someone whom the MSM says is irrelevant, they sure pay a lot of attention to her. They basically give her free air time and print.
Boy, those old info babes, Andrea Mitchel, Baba Wawa, Peggy Noonan,
MiseryJoy Behar, Diane Sawyer, Kathleen Parker, et. al., are sooo jealous of her.Sickofobama commented:
I love Sarah. She is so strong – I would be balling half the time.
She is taking whatever the goons on the left are throwing at her with dignity, humor and determination.
May God watch over her and her family as she fights for America.
Roy Mustang commented:
Palin is right. What this kid did was pretty awful. If Liddy got 20 years for his snooping, this kid should too.
And Palin didn’t “lash out”. The things we do for page views…
Kerry commented:
Several of the happy anarchists breaking windows, threating violence and death, dropping cinder blocks from highway overpasses and other forms of peaceful protests during the recent Repub. convention here in St. Paul remain in the slammer. One got 18-20 months, and another 3 1/2 to 4 years. Has this kid had his “Uh oh” moment yet, and by how many months and years will it be followed? Too bad kid.
ProLifer commented:
God takes care of His own.
jimbo commented:
He should get the same punishment that a Conservative would receive for a similar crime against a liberal VP candidate. No more, and certainly no less.
Possum Dearie commented:
This says something about Rep. Mike Kernell (D-TN). Vote him out.
DCE commented:
Dennis @ #18,
The ClimateGate files were believed to have been posted by someone inside of CRU after Phil Jones and others there decided to ignore the FOI requests for the information. The data had already been collected for the FOI request but held on the CRU servers so it wasn’t like the ‘hacker’ had to go looking for it. When Jones et al decided to ignore the request the data was released to ‘net. I don’t believe that equates to what was done to Sarah Palin’s e-mail account.
All the first took was to post data that was supposed to be available to the public by law. The second required identity theft and fraud, a deliberate criminal act that exposed private information. The two aren’t really equivalent.
Wbm commented:
As they say: If you cannot do the time, don’t do the crime……….throw the book at him!
Semjaza commented:
Always she tolerates the intolerable with a smile…and that just kills her enemies!
rider commented:
everyone—my guess is –he did NOT act alone!!!!
“Former University of Tennessee student David Kernell, the 22-year-old son of a Democratic state lawmaker…”
DEMOCRAT LAWMAKER—
kato commented:
The turd won’t even spend 50 days in jail.
pst314 commented:
“Has this kid had his ‘Uh oh’ moment yet?”
There may be jail now, but afterwards there will be dozens of universities eager to offer him a position. And if he had managed to murder someone they’d offer instant tenure.
Militant Conservative commented:
Read not a single post here. I hope Palin lets the courts decide this matter and lets the justice system pronounce its verdict. proving two things, wheather the Tn. system is valid and if Palin can let the courts do thier job. this is a major hurdle for any management postion to let the peons do thier job. choke on this libs.
powder is dry.