In a post yesterday - after a ruling was issued from the State Legislative Council confirming that Governor Sarah Palin was "guilty" of an "Abuse of Power" - I warned that the deceitful Vice Presidential hopeful would be tossing a spin on the outcome to cast doubts on the probe into her reprehensible conduct.
True to form - Palin's attorneys released a statement over the weekend - wildly asserting that because the "State Ethics Statute" allegedly only refers to "financial" abuses, that Sarah Palin is not guilty of any abuse of power.
On the false premise that Sarah Palin was "not found" to have misused funds - or broken the public trust in that regard - her legal bozos are trying to effect damage control by arguing that the Legislative Council misinterpreted the Ethics Statute - and hence - their thorough findings have no merit.
On the contrary.
In their investigation, the investigators determined that Todd Palin used the Governor's office to carry out Sarah's personal vendetta against the disgruntled State Trooper.
For example, the 1st Dude (!) directed at least one secretary in the Governor's office to contact potential witnesses on the telephone, so that interviews could be set up in Sarah's office to carry out a probe he was heading up (!!!).
Then, on the heels of those overtures, Todd met with a handful of individuals in the Governor's office - at the State's expense - and commenced to interrogate the witnesses about the State Trooper's conduct, personnel record, and other matters his wife found offensive.
For starters - it should be noted from the get-go - that the Legislative authority determined that Todd's handling of those specific personal matters - in the environs of the Governor's office - was unethical and established an abuse of power.
In fact,witnesses noted (after-the-fact) that they not only felt Todd was seeking to "boost" his stature by using Sarah's office for the queries - but used the setting in a deceitful effort to force cooperation.
Understandably, the witnesses felt intimidated by Todd's continued use of the Governor's office during the Trooper probe, in view of the circumstances.
Notwithstanding the obvious, Palin's attorneys clearly have sh** for brains.
Before they opened their yaps, they should have considered the facts.
For instance, it has been established that Todd used Sarah's staff to make telephone calls and set up appointments.
Because the Governor's staff are paid a salary from the public coffers - in essence -Todd misused an "asset" of the State for Palin's own personal gain.
Further, I conjecture that Mr. Palin did not hold his meetings in the dark.
Doesn't the Governor's office get billed for the use of utilities?
I would hazard a guess that Todd also used stationary, pens, fax machines, and what-have-you.
Did he order up coffee and a snack for the "witnesses"?
According to reliable sources, Todd was in the Governor's office hours on end, conducting his man-hunt.
No doubt, he ate on occasion.
If he ordered take-out, who footed the bill?
Did he pay out of his own pocket - or simply sign a tab with a flourish of his cocky pen - so that the personal items would be summarily billed to the Governor's office?
Since there are phone records - and other logs available that track such matters - I expect that a fuller investigation would determine the width-and-breadth of Todd Palin's misuse of the "assets" of the Governor's office.
When it gets right down to it, the Palin's have no class.
It should be obvious to voters Sarah and Todd are white trailer trash.
Is that the element Americans want running the White House?
And, abusing connections to oust 'em when necessary...
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