B-Girl, a Red Herring? Friday Palin Testified to Investigator

[tekisui]

ST. LOUIS (AP) — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin testified for two hours Friday in an abuse-of-power investigation that has been a distraction to her Republican vice presidential campaign. Palin's leadership was questioned this month in a stinging but largely toothless legislative report that found she violated state ethics laws by letting a family dispute influence her decision-making.

Palin is hoping the Alaska Personnel Board, which is running a parallel investigation, will clear her of wrongdoing. It's unclear, however, whether any conclusion will be reached before Election Day.

"I am so pleased to finally have gotten the chance to tell what really happened and get the truth out," Palin said in a statement released by her attorney. "It was the right thing to do to bring this before the Personnel Board and have a true arms length unbiased and apolitical investigator look into this."

The board is investigating the firing of her public safety commissioner, Walter Monegan. Monegan claims he was dismissed because he refused to fire Palin's former brother-in-law, a state trooper involved in a messy divorce from Palin's sister. The controversy, known as "Troopergate," took on national significance after John McCain selected Palin as his running mate.

The legislative inquiry found that Monegan's firing was proper but the pressure to fire the trooper, Mike Wooten, was not. Griffin says Palin stands by her decision to fire Monegan and her concerns about Wooten.

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[vanderBeth]

1. Wouldn't it be funny if her own personnel board found her guilty?

:rofl:

[Essene]

5. They already expanded the investigation and hired a democrat to do it

As far as i can tell, she's REALLY pissed off the local Republican power brokers in Alaska.

The previous investigation was a republican-dominated Committee... the guy she fired was a beloved Republican. She insulted all of them when she turned on the investigation, brought in fancy DC lawyers, etc...

[Buzz Clik]

2. Having a staffer commit a felony as a diversion?

[tekisui]

3. It worked?

:shrug:

Little conversation about the investigation was had.

[chelsea0011]

4. Rachel Maddow was pointing out last night why it is odd that Palin

refers to the scandal as Tasergate instead of Troopergate. Palin is on record as saying the firing had nothing to do with the behavior of the brother-in-law and more to other issues. So why call the scandal Tasergate?