Though Matt Drudge may not find it newsworthy, this is simply the biggest scandal to hit the 2008 presidential election.
When you combine the phrases “Sarah Palin” and “abuse of power” you get an electrifying news story that pretty much wraps up the race and allows us to crown Senator Barack Obama the new president for the next four years.
An Alaskan investigator’s report found Governor Palin to have violated state ethics laws by trying to have her ex-brother-in-law fired from the state police. Specifically, the 200+ pages that were made available for public review show that Palin broke a state ethics law that bars public officials from pursuing personal interests through official state actions.
The state trooper, Mike Wooten, was formerly married to Palin’s sister and underwent a bitter divorce, after which Palin leaned on Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan to dismiss Wooten from the force. Wooten denied to do so and went public with the series of events.
And just hours after the report became public which showed the country the true cut of Palin’s gib, the GOP went on the attack – claiming the report to be nothing more than a smear in the latest case of partisan politics.
If anyone knows about playing dirty and smear tactics, that would be Palin – with the “attack mode” she’s been on for the past two weeks against Obama.
Nevertheless, the motive behind the expose really means nothing. The fact that Palin was found to misuse her powers is the real issue here.
How can she be trusted to hold the second-highest government position in the nation with such a tainted record? She absolutely cannot.
