Sarah Palin Slapped With 18th Ethics Complaint
Posted by: Nikki Dowling
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9:50AM, Wednesday July 15th 2009
Even Joe the Plumber can’t help her now! Sarah Palin has been slapped with her eighteenth ethics complaint. This one says Sarah didn’t turn over her duties as governor while she was running for VP, which she is supposed to do according to the state constitution. She also continued to accept a salary and even used her state staff to campaign outside Alaska. [Huffington Post]
Check out some of the other interesting ethics complaints Sarah has faced, after the jump.
- A blogger tried to make a claim against Sarah for wearing an Arctic Cat logo on her jacket during a snowmobile race. Supposedly, that logo represented a conflict of interest. That one got dismissed. [CNN] — Props for creativity, though.
- Sarah wasn’t as lucky when peeps claimed she took a bunch of trips on the state’s dime, claiming they were related to business. She ended up having to pay back over $8,100. [ADN]
- The Washington-based Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics said Palin’s super expensive wardrobe, which cost more than $150,000, violated the Federal Election Campaign Act. But the Gov and all her fancy shmancy garb were left alone when the complaint was dismissed. [AOL]
- Sarah was found guilty again in the infamous “Troopergate” scandal when she tried to fire a state trooper who just happened to be her brother-in-law.. [Wall Street Journal] — Well will ya look at that! *wink*
Do you think Palin is getting the short end of the stick, or are these complaints warranted?
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CheeeeEEEEse
wrote on July 15 2009 @ 10:02 am: [report]
At some point they have got to be true, right? I mean even if half were wrong, you’re still left with 9.
Raugiel
wrote on July 15 2009 @ 10:11 am: [report]
Some of the ethics complaints are a strech, but some are deffinatly warranted! Unethical behavior has indeed occured!
tabby
wrote on July 15 2009 @ 11:20 am: [report]
I live in metro-Detroit, this stuff is child’s play. Although, sadly, she would fit in well around here.
MissChaotic
wrote on July 15 2009 @ 11:29 am: [report]
@ Tabby…you and me both. But we’re getting out all the scum in the area, thank goodness. I can attest to this!
By the way, I hope she runs for president against Obama in 2012 so she can look extra ridiculous losing, and then we can get Hillary Clinton after his 2 terms.
The GOP has messed up.
I Go To 11
wrote on July 15 2009 @ 11:33 am: [report]
@ tabby and MissChaotic: I’m originally from the metro Detroit area (live out of state now, though), too! I agree that while Palin has issues, she’s not quite up to Kwame-level issues. I still can’t stand her, though.