McCain’s Ball and Chain (and it’s not Cindy)
If Sarah Palin (the woman I am absolutely TIRED of dissing, but who remains a candidate for VP) is a simpleton, a mere mouthpiece for the Republican Party, then I pity her. If Sarah Palin is an outrageous, deluded liar, then I fear her. Either way, she is the awful mistake the McCain campaign has to live with.
The Anchorage Daily News Editorial page spells out the best interpretation of Sarah Palin’s bizarre reaction to the recent report on Troopergate:
She claims the report “vindicates” her. She said that the investigation found “no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”
Her response is either astoundingly ignorant or downright Orwellian.
Page 8, Finding Number One of the report says: “I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.” In plain English, she did something “unlawful.” She broke the state ethics law. Perhaps Gov. Palin has been too busy to actually read the Troopergate report. Perhaps she is relying on briefings from McCain campaign spinmeisters. [...] Palin’s response is the kind of political “big lie” that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.”
According to Newsweek, the Palin camp attempted to skirt the original Troopergate findings by appealing to the Alaska State Personnel Board for a separate investigation. Surprise! They’ve expanded the investigation to address several other complaints against Governor Palin.
Still sure you don’t want to swap out your VP pick, McCain?
Above the Law? Come on Down, Snowmobile Boy!
Dang it smells like Karl Rove around here lately, what with TODD PALIN, SNOWMOBILE HERO, AND FIRST “DUDE” ALSO COMPLETELY ABOVE THE LAW AND REFUSING TO TESTIFY even though he’s been subpoenaed by a BI-PARTISAN, YES, A BIPARTISAN committee whose investigation began PRIOR TO Palin (the Lipstick Pig, why is Lipstick Pitbull okay, but not pig? They’re both noble animals!) being picked as VP and subsequently launched into a blinding vision of righteousness by the Republicans. According to the family lawyer, Thomas van Flein:
“We maintain our general objections that the legislative council investigation, besides being pursued for partisan purposes, is being conducted in violation of all accepted norms of due process.”
So let’s talk about Lipstick Boy, shall we? He sits in on almost all legislative sessions and Sarah copies her husband on all official state business, yet he works for BP as an oil employee. Okay, so I can get past the whole conflict of interest thing, but what is up with his “unusual” involvement in Sarah’s governing? Is this Biblical subordination to the husband? Is this a deep-seated insecurity that maybe Sarah does not know what the heck she’s doing? Is it to make sure Todd agrees whenever she fires someone?
However, speaking of conflict of interest, according to one news source:
In a letter listing Todd Palin’s objections, his Anchorage attorney, Thomas Van Flein, argued that legislators lack legal authority to investigate the governor, [ED., WHAT?!?!] that French has shown his bias by talking of potential impeachment, and that Branchflower has a conflict of interest because his wife worked under Monegan at the Anchorage Police Department.[ED., EMPHASIS ADDED]
I don’t like these people! It’s illegal not to testify when you’re subpoenaed by a BIPARTISAN 
committee. Conflict of interest, my butt! I’ve had it with eight years of above-the-law behavior from the Bush administration. DON’T LET THESE PEOPLE GET ELECTED!!
Okay, deep breaths. I’m better now.
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