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The Tasergate Report–Is that all they’ve got?

October 11, 2008 - 5:36 am - by Roger Kimball
Tversky
2008-10-11 11:32:16

I’m sorry Angela, but you are a grade A moron. I try not to attack the Obama supporters personally but your total refusal to look at the facts of the case show a stunning degree of arrogant stupidity. The report states Governor Palin behaved unethically by failing to stop her husband from talking to one of her employees about a bad cop. A man that the Alaska State Troopers concluded had tasered a 10 year old child and drank in his patrol car. I would hope that you would be honest enough to admit that a trooper that did something like that should be removed from the force. Given that fact, how then could Governor Palin’s behavior be considered unethical? Imagine if Todd Palin had never spoken up about Wooten and one day while Wooten was drinking in his patrol car he killed someone and the state faced a huge liability suit? I bet you would be screaming she was behaving unethically then too! You can’t have it both ways.

As for McCain? Please bring up Keating Five. PLEASE!!! Lead Democratic prosecutor Robert Bennett (he also defended Bill Clinton in the Paula Jones case) concluded McCain was totally innocent and only named because the Democrats were afraid the S&L scandal would fall completely on their shoulders (as the other four senators were Democrats – including Obama supporter John Glenn) Moreover, McCain has pretty much spent the rest of his career trying to make up for the shame he went through by championing SERIOUS, BIPARTISANSHIP legislation like McCain-Feingold. In contrast, for all his bluster and ego, Obama has NEVER championed any serious bipartisan legislation. He’s never taken a stand. He’s never shown bravery or a committment to doing what’s best for his country even over the interests of his party. He’s an opportunist and a fraud. So yes, please keep bringing up Keating 5 and Tasergate. Because the truth actually REINFORCES McCain and Palin’s well earned reform credentials. Also, by doing so you reveal the pettiness, silliness and ignorance of many Obama supporters. Not to mention the fact that you are apparently completely incapable of doing independent research and instead mindlessly rely on the “gospel” of DailyKos, HuffingtonPost, TalkingPointsMemo and the other lefty sites. Please, for your own sake – don’t be a sheep. Go out and find the facts for yourself.