On Friday, the Alaska legislative panel released it's report concluding that Governor Palin abused her power and that claims made to law enforcement officials of fearing for her family's well being due to her former brother-in-law, “were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins' real motivation”(1) The second conclusion is likely the most damaging since the Palin's central defense has always been they were just trying to protect their family.
Governor Palin's response? To cry partisanship and to resort to sensationalized revisionist history. Her new claim, for which she “pray[s] to God that people have enough time to let this register with them and start again, connecting the dots, and understand the contrast between the tickets”(2) is an accusation that Senator Obama somehow “put political ambitions in front of doing what's right for our troops”!(2) How did Senator Obama commit such a heinous act you ask? Apparently by holding discussions with Iraqi politicians regarding a very popularly held belief within Congress and the American people that a Status of Force agreement impacts Congressional legislative power regarding scope and duration of military conflicts. As a member of the Senate, Mr. Obama has been public and clear on his belief that Congress must be involved in such an agreement regarding our soldiers in Iraq.
And this happened four months ago during one of the most publicized foreign trips by a politician in history. Where was Senator McCain's, or frankly anybody's outrage then? They didn't miss anything or make new campaign ads because Senator Obama was acting responsibly within his stature as a United States Senator. And politicians in Iraq, having access to newspapers, would have been quite aware of Senator Obama's position before ever speaking with him.
It is pure unabashed political theater for Governor Palin to remake this non-story into a brazen attack and raw meat for her committed followers. It is sensationalized revisionist history, and a transparent strategy.
(1) http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20081011/ap_on_el_pr/palin_troopergate;_ylt=Aia7Hug2ET71btuDSHK.54ys0NUE
(2) http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/10/10/campaign.wrap/index.html?iref=werecommend
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