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13 Oct
I’m a little late to hop on this, but as of Oct. 11th, Sarah Palin was found guilty in her infamous Troopergate scandal. Imagine that: a self described ‘pit bull with lipstick’ got drunk with power and miss-allocated resources… whodda thunk it? As for what the punishment will be, I’m guessing the McCain camp will just put her outside for a bit, call her a bad dog and then rub her belly when she’s learned her lesson. Here’s an edited version of a News.com story, full link HERE.
REPUBLICAN vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin used her job as Alaska Governor to get a state trooper sacked, a report said today.
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.
The report comes as another blow to John McCain’s struggling White House bid.
As McCain sought to restore control over unruly rallies which have seen a stream of invective, including a death threat, aimed at Democratic rival Barack Obama, the “troopergate” scandal threatened to torpedo his campaign.
In the long awaited report Mr Branchflower said she had allowed her husband Todd Palin to use the Alaska governor’s office and its resources to pressure officials to fire her former brother-in-law, state trooper Mike Wooten.
“Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: to get Trooper Michael Wooten fired,” the report said.
“She had the authority and power to require Mr Palin to cease contacting subordinates, but she failed to act,” the report added.
Fuck that. You can put lipstick on a pit bull, but at the end of the day she’s still a bitch.

17 Sep
Today’s topic: Troopergate, or in the non hyped-up media terms, Alaska Public Safety Commissioner Dismissal Investigation (APSCDI). As you probably know, our soon to be GILF Sarah Palin kinda messed up a little bit in terms of firing Walter Monegan, the said safety commissioner. The breakdown:
Palin, who later became the Republican vice presidential nominee in the 2008 United States presidential election, said that she dismissed commissioner Walter Monegan because of performance-related issues. Monegan said that his dismissal may have been tied to his reluctance to fire Mike Wooten, an Alaska State Trooper who is also Palin’s ex-brother-in-law. At the time Palin dismissed Monegan, Wooten was involved in a custody battle with his former wife, Molly McCann, Palin’s sister.
Check out THIS fine piece of text for more on the issue, as it’s kind of like reading a really trashy novel complete with death threats, moose hunts, a ‘taser incident’ and alcohol fused allegations.
Palin has now officially hired Thomas V. Van Flein, an attorney to deal with the mess she created. The state has granted a private investigative team to research if Palin did, in fact, abuse her power whilst firing her ex–-husbandstepson-brother-in-law.

On a semi-related note, there’s no doubt about it that McCain can’t use the internet to save his life (yet his council tried to credit him with being apart of inventing the Blackberry… huh…), but now Palin’s lack of tech might be getting her in some hot water. Because of the investigation, she and her council are being asked to provide a slew of missing e-mails regarding subjects pertaining to the issue. From some events taking place deep in the worst corners of the internetz, it has come to my attention that Palin’s use of Yahoo mail (opposed to a secure, encrypted government mail server) might makes these mails open to the public before the investigators see them. I’m not going to say much because frankly I can’t find too many details, but just remember the mantra of the internet: “Anon Always Delivers”.
