TIME: "Is the Palin administration shockingly amateurish? Yes, it is. Disturbingly so."

[kpete]

What the Troopergate Report Really Says
The Palin camp displays a childish impetuousness and sense of entitlement.

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Did Governor Sarah Palin abuse the power of her office in trying to get her former brother-in-law, State Trooper Mike Wooten, fired? Yes.

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But the Branchflower report still makes for good reading, if only because it convincingly answers a question nobody had even thought to ask: Is the Palin administration shockingly amateurish? Yes, it is. Disturbingly so.

The 263 pages of the report show a co-ordinated application of pressure on Monegan so transparent and ham-handed that it was almost certain to end in public embarrassment for the governor. The only surprise is that Troopergate is national news, not just a sorry piece of political gristle to be chewed on by Alaska politicos over steaks at Anchorage's Club Paris.

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The report also raises the suggestion that the final incident that led to Monegan's firing was perhaps the most (unintentionally) hilarious part of the whole saga. In the run-up to Alaska's 2008 Police Memorial Day event, Monegan visited Palin in Anchorage and brought along an official portrait of a state trooper in uniform, saluting in front of the police memorial in Anchorage, for Palin to sign and present at the event. The trooper? Mike Wooten.

Palin signed the photo and didn't say anything, according to Monegan's testimony, but later cancelled her attendance at the event, sending Lt. Gov. Sean Parnell in her place. The head of her Anchorage office followed up with a call to Monegan berating him for his insensitivity. (Monegan swears he didn't know it was Monegan in the picture, and that he didn't even know what Wooten looked like.)

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more at:
http://www.time.com/time/politics/article/0,8599,1849399,00.html

[PA Democrat]

1. Even as governor, Palin was in WAY over her head.

And now people think she'd do any better as VP or god forbid, President? Palin never matured emotionally past the level of a middle school bully. People like her should NOT have power.

[Iterate]

2. It's a twofer!

Up for censure by the state legislature and an Oscar nomination for best screenplay. Take that Al Gore!

[ErinBerin84]

3. kick!

I'll take the Chicago politician over the dirty, small town Alaska politician any day.