Sarah Palin Abused Power: Ethics Report

[onetwo_threefour]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

Palin has made just as many Republicans mad as she has Democrats in her State legislature. The only people who like her in Alaska are the people of Alaska. They can see she has been working for her.

Palin's decision not to testify is the right one. It would have taken away from the campaign.

Yeah, just keep on moving them goalposts. First it was partisanship, now it's just general antipathy toward Palin. (Of course doesn't that say something about her capacity to lead in and of itself)

[Bagor]

Findings: (from the report). "I find that Govenor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.

Palin: "Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing," Palin said, "any hint of any kind of unethical activity there. Very pleased to be cleared of any of that."

[Calgaryborn]

Originally Posted by onetwo_threefour

Yeah, just keep on moving them goalposts. First it was partisanship, now it's just general antipathy toward Palin. (Of course doesn't that say something about her capacity to lead in and of itself)

The goal posts haven't moved. She got rid of a corrupt Republican Governor by exposing corruption. He no doubt had the support of many Republicans in the legislator. She than beat the old Democrat governor to win the office. Since she has been in she has been shrinking earmarks and balancing the budget. That is where the excessive vetoes come in. On top of that she has angered both the environmentalists and the big oil companies. Not bad for being in office for just over a couple years. Her only allies have been the Alaskan people. They have been the only winners.

[Phanuthier]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

The goal posts haven't moved. She got rid of a corrupt Republican Governor by exposing corruption. He no doubt had the support of many Republicans in the legislator. She than beat the old Democrat governor to win the office. Since she has been in she has been shrinking earmarks and balancing the budget. That is where the excessive vetoes come in. On top of that she has angered both the environmentalists and the big oil companies. Not bad for being in office for just over a couple years. Her only allies have been the Alaskan people. They have been the only winners.

Would you say that she is a Maverick?

[Calgaryborn]

Originally Posted by Phanuthier

Would you say that she is a Maverick?

Originally the word "maverick" was coined to describe free range cows that hadn't been branded which were owned be the Maverick family. Palin carries the conservative brand and right now is the Republican VP standard barrier. In that sense she is not a maverick. Her history does demonstrate a person who doesn't follow the herd when she doesn't like where it is going. She does have a history of reform.

[octothorp]

Originally Posted by Calgaryborn

The goal posts haven't moved. She got rid of a corrupt Republican Governor by exposing corruption. He no doubt had the support of many Republicans in the legislator. She than beat the old Democrat governor to win the office. Since she has been in she has been shrinking earmarks and balancing the budget. That is where the excessive vetoes come in. On top of that she has angered both the environmentalists and the big oil companies. Not bad for being in office for just over a couple years. Her only allies have been the Alaskan people. They have been the only winners.

Well, if you look at her high approval ratings in her home state as proof that she's doing a good job, then you also have to look at the freefall that her approval ratings have taken in the last month (down 14% in late September, before the Couric interviews, the debate, and the results of Troopergate); it's pretty obvious that independent and Democratic voters who had supported her earlier are very upset with the details that have emerged about the Troopergate scandal, about her attempts to block the inquiry, and the far-right tone that her campaign has taken. I think it's very questionable whether she could even successfully run for re-election in Alaska right now.

[Bagor]

Four Pinocchios for Palin.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fac...for_palin.html

= Whoppers.

[Azure]

This thread should be moved back into the election thread.

[Dion]

Originally Posted by Bagor

Four Pinocchios for Palin.

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/fac...for_palin.html

= Whoppers.

She gets them everytime she opens her mouth

[Bagor]

Originally Posted by octothorp

Well, if you look at her high approval ratings in her home state as proof that she's doing a good job, then you also have to look at the freefall that her approval ratings have taken in the last month (down 14% in late September, before the Couric interviews, the debate, and the results of Troopergate); it's pretty obvious that independent and Democratic voters who had supported her earlier are very upset with the details that have emerged about the Troopergate scandal, about her attempts to block the inquiry, and the far-right tone that her campaign has taken. I think it's very questionable whether she could even successfully run for re-election in Alaska right now.

Pretty damming no holding back editorial in today's Anchorage Daily Press :

http://www.adn.com/opinion/view/story/555236.html

Sarah Palin's reaction to the Legislature's Troopergate report is an embarrassment to Alaskans and the nation.

In plain English, she did something "unlawful." She broke the state ethics law.

Palin's response is the kind of political "big lie" that George Orwell warned against. War is peace. Black is white. Up is down.

But it wasn't appropriate, especially for someone elected as an ethical reformer. And her Orwellian claims of "vindication" make this blemish on her record look even worse.

Looks like she's going to have a few home repairs to do when all this is over.