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TrooperGate Report Will Be Released 3 Weeks Early

By Jeralyn

And it's unlikely to be favorable to Gov. Sarah Palin.

ABC News has exclusively learned that Alaska Senator Hollis French will announce today that he is moving up the release date of his investigation into whether Gov. Sarah Palin abused her office to get the Alaska public safety commissioner, Walt Monegan, fired. The results of the investigation were originally scheduled for release Oct. 31 but will now come almost three weeks earlier, according to sources.

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The announcement is set for 9 a.m. AKDT time.
The Alaska state senator running an investigation of Gov. Palin had accused the McCain campaign of using stall tactics to prevent him from releasing his final report by Oct. 31, four days before the November election.

"It's likely to be damaging to the Governor's administration," said Senator Hollis French, a Democrat, appointed the project manager for a bi-partisan State Senate Legislative Counsel Committee investigation.

The radical right won't care if Palin's image as a high-minded reformer and competent executive is tarnished. I think the rest of America will care, just as it will care about other hypocritical actions of Gov. Palin that may be revealed as the campaign progresses.

The selection of Gov. Sarah Palin shows John McCain's failure to properly vet her and his bad judgment. He went for a Hail Mary pass to save his fledgling campaign and he put the interests of the radical right ahead of the interests of our country. That's not what a hero does. His hero days are long behind him. He sold us out.

Let the chips fall where they may. McCain, regardless of his years of service, does not deserve to be our President.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 05, 2008 (boomark / email).