Talk About Byzantine

Well the paperwork in Alaska has gotten monstrous. In addition to the suit filed by five Republican Alaskan legislative hacks against their own party because the Troopergate investigation authorized by a group of 8 Republicans and only 4 Democrats has become too "partisan"; in addition to the trashing of Monegan by McCain reps (which is pissing off even Palin supporters in Alaska); in addition to announcing that the Palin administration figures called in by the investigation will ignore the subpoenas (where have I heard that before?); in addition to all that, we now have the whopper.

Palin, in an attempt to take the investigation out of the hands of the Legislature and put it into the hands of the state's Personnel board whose three members she appointed, last week filed an ethics complaint against herself. Yeah, that's hysterical. But wait, it gets better. Yesterday, she asked that that complaint be dismissed claiming there is no probable cause. Just so we're clear about this, she filed an ethics complaint against herself and then asked to have it tossed because there's no reason for it. Yes, after a thorough investigation of herself, by herself, she's decided there's no ethical problems.

As Mudflats says, "there are no words."