I was just reading about Sarah Palin over at CNN, and I found out some more details about her troopergate problem that I had not seen before:
[Palin] is under investigation for her firing of a state official, Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan. She has been instructed to hand over documents and recordings of telephone conversations as part of the probe, which grew out of allegations she sacked Monegan for refusing to fire her former brother-in-law from the state police.
Palin acknowledged that a member of her staff made a call to a trooper in which the staffer suggested he was speaking for the governor.
Palin has admitted that the call could be interpreted as pressure to fire state trooper Mike Wooten, who was locked in a child-custody battle with Palin's sister.
"I am truly disappointed and disturbed to learn that a member of this administration contacted the Department of Public Safety regarding Trooper Wooten," Palin said. "At no time did I authorize any member of my staff to do so."
Palin suspended the staffer who made the call.
Well, that's settled, then. No impropriety here.
It's just really unfortunate that someone on Palin's staff took it upon themselves to make trouble for Palin's ex-brother-in-law. What a truly sad coincidence. I'd even bet Sarah called Mike the next day to apologize.
How the hell do you dig your way out of that?