Ethics

Dumbass Quote of the Day

By Ed Brayton

Palin seems to have few supporters even among the conservative pundits, but John Fund of the Wall Street Journal tries his best. He called her resignation "death by a thousand FOIAs, he says:

This situation developed because Alaska's transparency laws allow anyone to file Freedom of Information Act requests. While normally useful, in the hands of political opponents FOIA requests can become a means to bog down a target in a bureaucratic quagmire, thanks to the need to comb through records and respond by a strict timetable. Similarly, ethics investigations are easily triggered and can drag on for months even if the initial complaint is flimsy. Since Ms. Palin returned to Alaska after the 2008 campaign, some 150 FOIA requests have been filed and her office has been targeted for investigation by everyone from the FBI to the Alaska legislature.

Full post as published by Dispatches from the Culture Wars on July 11, 2009 (boomark / email).