Palin sidestepping the facts in Troopergate report?
The consistent storyline from the McCain campaign and Sarah Palin herself in the aftermath of her rebuke for the “Troopergate” situation is that she did nothing illegal and was also cleared of “any kind of any hint of unethical activity.” Problem is, that isn’t exactly what the report concluded.
The Branchflower report, published on Friday and available in full here, concluded that Palin had the legal right to fire Monegan. However, it also concluded that Palin had “abused her power by violating Section 39.52.119(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act,”
Whether or not the Branchflower report — which was launched by a bipartisan committee — was a partisan smear job is debatable. What is not debatable is that the report clearly states that she violated the State Ethics Act. Palin has reasonable grounds for arguing that the report cleared her of “legal wrongdoing,” since she did have the authority to fire Monegan. But it is the reverse of the truth to claim that she was cleared of “any hint of any kind of unethical activity.”
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It’s now being reported that my IQ is estimated at 120…. there ya go again, Joe, looking smarter than me by the minute, you bettcha–I’m smart and Obama is a terrorist!