Caught with her hands in the abuse of power cookie jar

Sarah, Sarah, Sarah …
I don’t want to say people told you so, but … people told you so!
And now, there’s a public report released by a bi-partisan legislative commission (consisting of 10 of your fellow Republicans and just 4 Democrats) which states, “Governor Palin knowingly permitted a situation to continue where impermissible pressure was placed on several subordinates in order to advance a personal agenda, to wit: To get Trooper Michael Wooten fired.”
And this, “the disciplinary investigation was closed and could not be reopened. Yet she allowed the pressure from her husband, to try to get Trooper Wooten fired, to continue unabated over a several month-period of time.”
And THIS, “She had the authority and power to require Mr. Palin to cease contacting subordinates, but she failed to act.”
The “he” in this reference is the First Dude, the Todd-ster, who apparently was his wife’s Luca Brazzi for this situation. I doubt anyone in any level of state government was SO involved without any check of his “unofficial” activities in the nation.
As for the Palins’ claim of fear of reprisal by Wooten (who is not going to be named saint by anyone in this lifetime, the report states, “ Such claims of fear were not bona fide and were offered to provide cover for the Palins’ real motivation: to get Trooper Wooten fired for personal family related reasons.”
For all of those who want to read the actual 263-page report yourselves, here’s the link:
http://media.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/investigative/documents/palin-101008.pdf?hpid=topnews

The report does state Palin had the power and right to simply discharge Walt Monegan as Public Safety Commissioner for whatever reason, but … NOOOOOOO … by golly, she had to drag her family into it … and use HER OFFICE illegally and inappropriately to seek revenge upon her former brother-in-law.
Is that “being a maverick?” Is that political “reform?” Is that … (wait for it) being like “a Chicago politician????”
We, in Yiddish, have a word for being such a person:
SCHMUCK!
And this country has elected enough of them over the last eight years.