Sarah Palin: The Mudslinging Begins

Donald Douglas at American Power has run a couple of good articles on the Left's plan of attack against Sarah Palin. They will (1) claim she has no relevant experience and therefore isn't qualified to be "a heartbeat" away from the Presidency and (2) she was involved in some kind of "troopergate" scandal. That's what they've got so far.

The "lack of experience" argument is laughable considering the fact that the Dem's Presidential candidate is Barack Obama, who has less experience and inferior experience to that of Palin. Palin's experience is that of an executive; Obama's is not. Obama is running for President; Palin is not. She's running for Vice President.

The "troopergate" argument is so bogus that those who make it are the moral equivalent of liars. The Left states that Palin misused her position as Governor to fire the head of the Alaskan State Troopers for refusing to fire her former brother-in-law from his state job. Allegedly, Palin abused her position as Governor to pursue a personal grudge against the brother-in-law, Wooten. Wooten was not fired and still has his job, though he was suspended for a time for abuses described below.

Palin's former brother-in-law Wooten was an Alaskan State Trooper who was under investigation for misdeeds even before Palin took office. He had tasered his stepson (to show him how tasers work - good thing the kid wasn't curious about guns) and was caught drinking on the job. Finally, when divorce proceedings began, the brother-in-law threatened to shoot Palin's father if he paid for an attorney to represent Palin's sister. The guy was bad news and deserved to be fired, but he wasn't. Palin says it is the Governor's prerogative to fire and hire the head of the State Troopers as she sees fit. MSNBC, the most rabidly pro-Obama news outlet who doesn't hide its bias, is describing Palin as "under an ethics investigation."

The Dems fight extremely dirty and that's to be expected. No doubt the conservative blogosphere will be working overtime for the next two months, disproving many smears, lies and conspiracy theories. That's also to be expected.