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shannon_aI've written before that I could live with Republicans being in office if they just had differences in policy. But, it's more than that. In that earlier entry, I talked about how their constant lies offered mainly by Republicans were one of the things that set me off. But even moreso, I'm offended, disgusted and scared by the Republicans' general lawlessness. And it intertwines so tightly with their lies, that you just don't know what to do.
I think it comes out strongly in Palin's TrooperGate scandal.
We now know (as we'd suspected) that Sarah Palin abused her power as Governor of Alaska in her vendetta against her ex-brother-in-law. She continually used her governmental authority to put undue pressure on getting him fired, suspending his disability benefits, and who knows what else. (Lawless.)
And maybe you could understand that. I'm sure most of us have pursued a vendetta at some point that we shouldn't have. And maybe we could have excused her abuse of power if she'd been upfront and admitted that she made a mistake (though I'd hope it'd make you wonder at the ballot box).
But Palin's three-ring circus since is what's so scary.
First, when she discovered that the legislative review was going against her, she tried to get a new commission started that would put out a more favorable review. As far as I can tell, that's still coing on. (Lawless.)
Second, she tried to subvert the legislative system by sending a team of McCain lawyers to stop the legislature from reviewing her. (Lawless.)
Third, she or her lawyers advised many people to ignore subpoenas, apparently under the theory that no action would be taken until after the election. (Lawless.)
Fourth, when it became obvious that everything else had failed, Palin had the McCain campaign issue a report clearing her of all wrong-doing, as some type of dumb-assed attempt to muddy the waters, as if America was stupid enough to think, "Well, Palin didn't do anything wrong because she cleared herself." (Newspeak.)
Fifth, when the report came out today, she (through one of her mouthpieces) called it "a partisan-led inquiry run by Obama supporters". These "Obama" supporters, by the by, are mostly Republicans in Alaska who unanimously decided to continue with the inquiry even when the McCain campaign tried to take over their state. (Newspeak & Lawless.)
Dammit, media, do your fucking job and stop repeating the Republican lies without context.
Dammit, government, take a lesson from Alaska and take your party-uber-alles attitude and your immoral integration of politics and the judicial branch of government and shove it.
I think it comes out strongly in Palin's TrooperGate scandal.
We now know (as we'd suspected) that Sarah Palin abused her power as Governor of Alaska in her vendetta against her ex-brother-in-law. She continually used her governmental authority to put undue pressure on getting him fired, suspending his disability benefits, and who knows what else. (Lawless.)
And maybe you could understand that. I'm sure most of us have pursued a vendetta at some point that we shouldn't have. And maybe we could have excused her abuse of power if she'd been upfront and admitted that she made a mistake (though I'd hope it'd make you wonder at the ballot box).
But Palin's three-ring circus since is what's so scary.
First, when she discovered that the legislative review was going against her, she tried to get a new commission started that would put out a more favorable review. As far as I can tell, that's still coing on. (Lawless.)
Second, she tried to subvert the legislative system by sending a team of McCain lawyers to stop the legislature from reviewing her. (Lawless.)
Third, she or her lawyers advised many people to ignore subpoenas, apparently under the theory that no action would be taken until after the election. (Lawless.)
Fourth, when it became obvious that everything else had failed, Palin had the McCain campaign issue a report clearing her of all wrong-doing, as some type of dumb-assed attempt to muddy the waters, as if America was stupid enough to think, "Well, Palin didn't do anything wrong because she cleared herself." (Newspeak.)
Fifth, when the report came out today, she (through one of her mouthpieces) called it "a partisan-led inquiry run by Obama supporters". These "Obama" supporters, by the by, are mostly Republicans in Alaska who unanimously decided to continue with the inquiry even when the McCain campaign tried to take over their state. (Newspeak & Lawless.)
Dammit, media, do your fucking job and stop repeating the Republican lies without context.
Dammit, government, take a lesson from Alaska and take your party-uber-alles attitude and your immoral integration of politics and the judicial branch of government and shove it.