Today, at the breakfast table, I was surprised to find this editorial from the stately. conservative Dallas Morning News – Palin’s Troopergate actions disturbing.  Keep in mind, this is a newspaper more than likely to endorse McCain/Palin short of some cataclysmic campaign meltdown scandal.  It sets out the case plainly.  Palin is lying, although the language is not quite that blunt.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin claims the Troopergate investigation clears her of wrongdoing in the firing of her public safety commissioner, which it does not.
source:  The Dallas Morning News

DMN editorial writers chastise the Alaska governor.  Her “spin” – as they so politely put it – isn’t fooling anyone.  In fact, it raises questions both about her candidacy and McCain’s choosing her.

Ms. Palin would be wise to quit trying to spin her way out of this mess. It would be far more plausible if she admitted error but said she and her husband acted out of fear – perhaps misplaced – for the family’s safety. But to claim vindication when the report is actually fairly damning should give even McCain-Palin supporters pause.
source:  The Dallas Morning News

DMN writers try to compare Troopergate with Hillary Clinton’s “Travelgate”.

Her  behind-the-scenes machinations against the White House Travel Office – engineering the dismissal of career employees, apparently for the benefit of the Clintons’ Arkansas cronies– were legal but unethical.
source:  The Dallas Morning News

DMN writers forget that it was the Palins’ “behind-the-scene machinations” which exactly were the illegal acts outlined in the report.  However, the comparison is fair enough based on using public power for private purposes.

Finally, the DMN reminds Gov. Palin of something of which she should not  have to be reminded, as it quotes the report.

Compliance with the code of ethics is not optional.

source: Branchflower Report to the Legisltive Council (aka Troopergate report)

I just love the next item, as The Sarah gets snarky with her own supporters.

There she was at the Richmond International Speedway in Virginia with some 20,000 on hand for her appearance.  As she began speaking, many of the edges of that crowd and outlying folks who couldn’t get in could not hear.  AP reporter Bob Lewis takes up the story.

“Louder! Louder!” they began chanting, and the cry spread across the crowd to Palin’s left. Some pointed skyward, urging that the volume be increased.

Palin stopped her remarks briefly and looked toward the commotion.

“I hope those protesters have the courage and honor to give veterans thanks for their right to protest,” she said.

source:  Anchorage Daily News

Attempts to set her straight failed.  That doesn’t seem to be an unusual pattern for The Sarah.

[chuckle]

Finally, 35 years ago, William C. Ibershof tried to put Weather Underground founder William Ayers behind bars.  What’s his take on all this terrorist stuff?

I am amazed and outraged that Senator Barack Obama is being linked to William Ayers’s terrorist activities 40 years ago when Mr. Obama was, as he has noted, just a child.
source: New York TImes

Mr. Ibershof says times change, (ed note – even if looney toon attacks do not).

Although I dearly wanted to obtain convictions against all the Weathermen, including Bill Ayers, I am very pleased to learn that he has become a responsible citizen.

Because Senator Obama recently served on a board of a charitable organization with Mr. Ayers cannot possibly link the senator to acts perpetrated by Mr. Ayers so many years ago.
source: New York TImes

So, now we wait to see if Sen. McCain says all those nasty things to Sen. Obama’s face.  I bet he gets an interesting reaction if he does.

With the way things have been going lately, let’s just hope we can slide through the rest of the week.

Cheers!