Republicans and short memories
So, Sarah Palin is caught bang to rights:
The running mate of US Republican presidential candidate John McCain has been found guilty of an abuse of power, according to a state legislature probe.
An open and shut case. But what’s this…
“This was a partisan-led inquiry run by [Democratic candidate Barack] Obama supporters and the Palins were completely justified in their concern,” a McCain campaign spokesperson said.
A serious charge and something Republicans would never do, resorting to such low partisanship. Erm…
As Secretary of State for the State of Florida, [Katherine] Harris was a central figure in the contested 2000 US presidential election in Florida. There were allegations of conflicts of interest and partisan and unethical behavior during the 2000 campaign. Harris had been named as Bush’s Florida campaign co-chair the year before.
Harris certified that the Republican candidate, then-Texas Governor George W. Bush, had defeated the Democratic candidate, then-Vice President Al Gore, in the popular vote of Florida and thus certified the Republican slate of electors. Despite the fact that the margin separating Bush from Gore was only a few hundred votes, with thousands of votes remaining to be counted, Harris ordered a halt to the count, freezing Bush’s small margin in place.
Still, that’s ancient history and no real harm was done.
Posted on October 11th, 2008 at 9:50 am
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There’s only one problem with the Republican explanation: the investigation started when Palin wasn’t even a blip on anyone’s VP radar. Oh, and according to the local press, Palin’s response to the investiagation was: “I’ve said all along, hold me accountable,” along with “And I’m telling the truth when I say that there was never pressure put on Commissioner Monegan.”
Obviously Palin didn’t under stand the difference between ‘personnel’ and ‘personal’ – maybe she’ll find a dictionary and get back to ya.
As one of the members of committee said, the offense was not so bad, but the attempts by the McCain Campaign to shut down the investigation was much more egregious.