Something I am grappling with:
Sarah was actually sued out of office by Democrat Party activitists. There was no limit on the number of ethic complaints these harassers could file against the Governor and Gov. Palin had to pay for her own defense until the DNC broke the family bank. In addition her staff had to direct so much attention to defend against these ethic complaints, I understand that Gov. Palin felt her being in office was crippling the ability of the Gov. office to govern.
Who put into place these mindless ethic rules that permitted this kind of abuse and obstruction of the Governor and ultimately democracy? Why did not this abuse happen to other Alaska Governors?
One of the things I like most about Palin was her commitment to go after crooked politicians. Why does she not mention going after the crooked politicians in Washington - Democrat and Republican? Seems to me that this might be the central reason the Washington insiders are all circling the wagons in an effort to keep her away.
Who put into place these mindless ethic rules that permitted this kind of abuse and obstruction of the Governor and ultimately democracy? Why did not this abuse happen to other Alaska Governors?
Didn’t she tout ethics reform as something she promoted and signed early on in her short tenure? If so then the rules/regs etc came via her help/promotion. Seems I’ve read that somewhere.
Here you go. From her mouth in her acceptance speech at the GOP convention.
“I came to office promising major ethics reform, to end the culture of self-dealing. And today, that ethics reform is the law.”