zoot (![[info]](http://l-stat.livejournal.com/img/userinfo.gif){kind=small} sploof) wrote,@ 2008-10-12 22:11:00 |
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They're not even trying to hide it anymore
"For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act."
- The Branchflower Report, page 8 (pdf)
"Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there."
- Sarah Palin, October 11, 2008
"The reality is there was absolutely no wrongdoing found in the report."
- Rick Davis, October 12, 2008
This isn't spinning, or reinterpreting, or challenging the report's findings. This is just flat out lying about what the report says. It's not fudged, or couched in tricky language, as some of Palin's other responses have been. Some reporting has picked up on this, but if we actually had a functional political press, the lie here would be a bigger story than the report.
"For the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act."
- The Branchflower Report, page 8 (pdf)
"Well, I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there."
- Sarah Palin, October 11, 2008
"The reality is there was absolutely no wrongdoing found in the report."
- Rick Davis, October 12, 2008
This isn't spinning, or reinterpreting, or challenging the report's findings. This is just flat out lying about what the report says. It's not fudged, or couched in tricky language, as some of Palin's other responses have been. Some reporting has picked up on this, but if we actually had a functional political press, the lie here would be a bigger story than the report.
