Ethics? What Ethics?

So, hey - I know you're asking, what's with this ethics controversy regarding Mrs. Palin, the Republican, hockeymom, VP nominee? Well, she reportedly fired her Public Safety Commissioner because he wouldn't fire her former brother-in-law, a state trooper. She denied it was because of that and instead claims the commissioner was fired because he wasn't doing enough about the bootlegging problem in the rural areas. Interestingly enough, after she fired the commissioner she offered him the position of Director of Alcohol and Beverages to deal with the bootlegging problem in the rural areas. Then it was discovered that there were recorded phone calls from members of her staff (and her husband) to the commissioner regarding the dismissal of her former brother-in-law. She says she didn't know about the calls. So darn it, what happened? Let's find out, shall we?



If I were her former brother-in-law I would seriously sweat this election.

Now just so you aren't confused, there's the other Public Safety Commissioner controversy involving Mrs. Palin. It seems she hired a new Commissioner and it turned out that his file had a letter of reprimand for sexual harrassment that nobody noticed, even though the victim had actually emailed the Governor's office two weeks before the hiring to give them a heads up. A reporter even asked Mrs. Palin about the sexual harrassment but she said, "People badmouth a cop who has taken some action. So no, we don't believe it." That part is funny because the commissioner's name is Kopp. Get it? Kopp, cop. Anyway, let's find out about this one too, ok?



So it was just a little vetting issue. Oops! It seems there are vetting problems everywhere, nowadays.