no kidding, that's the actual headline.... not the most brilliant move to clear yourself. If she is cleared, then why pre-empt. It just makes you look like an ass. She should have just waited. There is no bonus in this either way. If she's cleared, this is fodder, so why do it. If she's not cleared, this looks even worse. This is to stupid to be Rove, must have been Todd.
Palin pre-empts state report, clears self in probe ANCHORAGE, Alaska - Trying to head off a potentially embarrassing state ethics report on GOP vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin, campaign officials released their own report Thursday that clears her of any wrongdoing.
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Sen. John McCain's running mate is the subject of a legislative investigation into whether she abused her power as governor by firing her public safety commissioner. The commissioner, Walter Monegan, says he was dismissed in July for resisting pressure from Palin's husband, Todd Palin, and numerous top aides to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, Palin's former brother-in-law.
Lawmakers are expected to release their own findings Friday. Campaign officials have yet to see that report — the result of an investigation that began before she was tapped as McCain's running mate — but said the investigation has falsely portrayed a legitimate policy dispute between a governor and her commissioner as something inappropriate
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