If anyone was in any doubt that McCain is the next George Bush, this story from the Associated Press tells you all you need to know.In what seems to have become standard modus operandi for GOP tactics we have watched one of the most divisive campaigns in history. One smear after another. Lies, boasts, and a distinct lack of truthiness. A campaign that Karl Rove has stated is, "one step too far."
The latest move involves protecting the public from finding out facts about Sarah Palin by sending a 'truth squad' to manage what information is discovered by the news media. The team includes politicians and lawyers who seemingly are willing to do anything to hide the facts that might upset the public were they to find out.
One of their current missions is to stall the 'troopergate' investigation until after the election.
Basically, the allegations are that while governor, Sarah Palin abused her powers to try and get her ex-brother in law removed from his job as State Trooper. She ended up firing the guy who refused to fire her ex-brother in law.
Originally Palin was all set to cooperate with the investigation. But now a team of Republican lawyers are deliberately stalling the investigation until after the election. Palin herself has chosen to flip flip on the issue (to put it in Republican terms). While she was once going to cooperate, it seems she is now 'too busy' to answer for her alleged crimes.
It really is sad and scary that some old guy can pluck a random person out of her life as a hockey mom, make her a vice presidential candidate, and suddenly the law no longer seems to apply.
At the end of the day, if this woman is truly the best candidate for the job, why is so much effort being made to suppress the truth? How can a woman with so little political knowledge and experience have so many skeletons in her closet? How can a man who claims to have what it takes to turn this country around, be so politically inept that he would pick this woman for VP?
