This Week in the Mercury
Friday, October 10, 2008
News Palin Abused Power As Governor
Posted by Matt Davis on Fri, Oct 10 at 8:53 PM
The Google news aggregation service is showing 3,842 articles with the same theme at 8:53 tonight. The wife and I have been drinking up the coverage like melted chocolate, so here's some of the most enjoyable so far:
The Guardian says the report's findings "could barely have been worse for the Republicans," and describes the decision as a "bodyblow" for McCain.
The Kansas City Star says Palin's "stunning abuses of power sting her campaign."
The AP has video saying her supporters are calling the investigation "political," juxtaposed against a Republican lawmaker on the investigation committee emphasizing how much it wasn't:
The BBC lays it out nice and simple, like. Pointing out that "Mrs Palin did not co-operate in the bi-partisan Legislative Council's investigation, and she always denied any wrong-doing."
You can download the whole report here. Page nine mentions Palin and her husband hired a private investigator to look into Palin's brother-in-law. Page 22 has the chief of police describing how he felt pressured to fire the trooper or be fired by the Palins. Pretty cut and dried, really.
Lastly, to add insult to injury, the Houston Chronicle shows Palin met with dozens of business lobbyists while Governor in Alaska, having told NPR in a recent interview she only met with "two or three." She also courted media attention with plates of brownies for reporters and calls to journalists on their birthdays...in stark contrast to her attacks on the media since joining the Republican presidential ticket.
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and this surprises you? coming from the party that brought us richard nixon, ronald reagan, the bushes, and karl rove...the party that has stolen the last two elections...Please don't let them disenfranchise your vote on Nov. 4th.
The success though is that it was released, late Friday, like John Edwards love child... A blip. I hope not, but this was the compromise, any political wonk can see that.
drinking up like melted chocolate? really???
It's worth your time to visit www.adn.com and read the report. It reveals an obsessiveness and lack of discretion that is really astonishing. I mean, when you've taken your shot, the process has run its course, the verdict is in and the penalties have been assessed, you've got to let it go. Over two years later, the Palins were still at it, stalking the guy, reporting every trivial potential infraction they could find.
Especially worthwhile is the judge's opinion in the divorce hearing that started all of this (p. 53 of report). In the fall of 2005, in his oral statement of judgment, he explicitly noted the active determination of the McCann/Palin family to have the trooper dismissed from his job, and it played into his decision, but in a very ironic way. Wooten wanted a 50/50 split on child support; Palin's sister wanted 55/45. But by putting Wooten's job in danger, they shot themselves in the foot. The judge concluded that in light of the proceedings initiated against Wooten as part of a resolute campaign to have him fired, his future earnings were not reliable enough to sustain the 55/45 request, so he found for Wooten & 50/50. It must have been an especially galling decision for the Palins--just the sort of thing that drives a vindictive person to the edge.
I have to admit I read that report, too. The interviews offer some of the most fascinating reading of the year. You can't make up this stuff--I highly recommend it.
The part about killing the moose--wow. The part about the Palins hiring a personal investigator to follow her ex brother in law around, the part about Palin retaliating against the police commissioner for not immediately firing Wooten by pulling budget from his department... She dragged countless numbers of state employees into her family's personal vendetta. They all tried to warn her that it was illegal to push the Wooten thing.
It shows such incredible ignorance--then followed by a lack of regard for the responsibilities of her position. ugh.
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