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I received a very interesting e-mail from a progressive blogger in Alaska last night. In that e-mail was a gold mine: The official analysis from the McCain campaign on the investigation that has hounded Sarah Palin in Alaska.
That same blogger followed up with this explanation, which should give you some idea of what this investigation has been like in the state:
I apologize for sending that flaming piece of crap without an explanation. I forget that we have folks in our community outside of Alaska who are not necessarily familiar with all the bizarre antics of the McCain-Palin Campaign up here.
They have taken over our state government. They filed suits against the investigator trying to stop him. They encouraged (through our Palinbot Attorney General) 8 of the witnesses (including Todd Palin himself) to ignore subpoenas to testify. As a result of a Superior Court and then Supreme Court ruling which upheld the validity of the Legislative Council's investigation AND their subpoena power, the criminals then "decided" to testify and Todd Palin filed a huge, long deposition.
It looks like this alleged "report" from the McCain/Palin Campaign is Todd's deposition almost verbatim.
Tomorrow is the presentation of the Monegan Report by independent investigator Stephen Branchflower. Tomorrow, the Legislative Council will vote on whether or not to release it. That's what we've been working on so incredibly hard, for folks to vote to release the report. However, we're working against a slick campaign who are making some serious threats against any Republican who stands against the Governor. They decided to get this piece of crap out first, in hopes that the pressure they've exerted on the Republican Legislators will cause them to quash it and theirs will be the only one.
What I have done is copy and pasted the entire analysis from the McCain campaign below the fold. It amounts to a few pages on paper, so it is lengthy. But it's a very interesting read nonetheless. Keep in mind that this report is straight from the McCain-Palin campaign, so it's going to be loaded with partisan rhetoric and pointing the finger at others.
I read it a few times last night and kept shaking my head throughout. It really is amazing how far the campaign has gone to defend her. My guess is that McCain was so clueless about her that the campaign had no idea she had this scandal in Alaska until after they had picked her. Now they are spending their time (and presumably campaign resources) defending her and her husband.
By the way, why does Todd Palin play such a heavy role in state politics? Imagine if Michelle Paige Paterson was doing the things he was doing. Here in New York, I think there would be an uproar. But in Alaska, it seems to be ignored and not considered a big deal.
Again, the report is below the fold. It's an interesting read if you are curious as to how the McCain campaign is trying to spin this.
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