My understanding is that Palins' pressure on subordinates was the 'unlawful'

act, because it violates Alaska's ethics laws. There are no criminal

penalties for the action, as it does not constitute an actual crime.

The firing of Wooten was not illegal. Palin was completely within her rights

to hire and fire the department heads in the executive branch for any reason

or no reason at all.

This is something that has been known for a while. The issue I found most

interesting was that Todd Palin was using the governor's office to make

calls to the governor's subordinates. If Sarah were a man letting his *wife*

use the governor's office to make calls, most state governments would have

her head on a plate by now.

Doesn't anyone remember all the grief Bill and Hillary received over Hillary

doing official business on the health care initiative in 1993? That was

official business. Imagine if she had been sitting in the oval office making

calls urging the firing of her brother-in-law to subordinates?

Kristyne McDaniel

http://www.kristynemcdaniel.com/blog

http://www.mcstyles.com/

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