Just what we need. . . another official in the White House who thinks they are above the law.
What gets me the most about this, is she says she is a Christian. My Christian upbringing taught me what is right and wrong. Lying, abuse of power, respect of others - Do unto to others as you would have done unto you. It seems to me that Palin missed that sermon.
REPUBLICAN vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin used her job as Alaska Governor to get a state trooper sacked, a report said October 10.
In a 263-page report released by Alaska's Legislative Council following a six-hour closed doors hearing, investigator Steve Branchflower said Governor Palin was guilty of violating state ethics rules for public officials.
"I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110 (a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act," Branchflower wrote in the report.
We rely on elected officials not to use the power of their office to pursue personal agendas or vendettas. It's called an abuse of power. There is ample evidence that Palin used her power as governor to get her ex-brother-in-law fired. When his boss refused to fire him, she fired his boss. She first denied Monegan's claims of pressure to fire Wooten and then had to amend her story when evidence proved otherwise. The available evidence now suggests that she 1) tried to have an ex-relative fired from his job for personal reasons, something that was clearly inappropriate, and perhaps illegal, though possibly understandable in human terms, 2) fired a state official for not himself acting inappropriately by firing the relative, 3) lied to the public about what happened and 4) continues to lie about what happened.
http://www.news.com.au/heraldsun/story/0,21985,24479770-661,00.html
http://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/palin-repimanded-over-abuse-of-power-as-alaska-governor-958120.html
http://afp.google.com/article/ALeqM5g433yPjC-0omudk1UkYE-xEJ1fvw
http://www.alternet.org/rights/102560/troopergate:_palin%27s_abuse_of_power_--_a_lawyer%27s_view/
http://voanews.com/english/2008-10-11-voa3.cfm
As of 8 am Saturday morning there were 6,313 news results for "Palin abuse" go ahead and google it if you would like more articles.
Here is a link to the PDF file of the entire report http://media.adn.com/smedia/2008/10/10/16/Branchflowerreport.source.prod_affiliate.7.pdf
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