Palin denies she abused power

Palin says that it is a partisan-led inquiry. But the team comprised of 10 Republicans and only 4 Democrats... So does she consider her own party members as partisan? If so, if she does not command the respect within her own party how does she want to take on the Democrats?

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Ram

There is no doubt in my mind that she did abuse her power and the funny thing is, she's lying saying that they found nothing wrong when they obviously did. And, I find it rather sad that the people that judged her were mostly from her own party. Therefore, they obviously see she did something wrong. I think it's pretty sad when people from her own political party are saying she did something wrong.

i never heard of this before but im from canada and i hope obama wins it i think its time for change and the only way to do that is to go with a new party.

Yes, I feel that she abused her power, and furthermore I say that the "partisan-led inquiry" comment is nothing but an evasion to the answer to the question, something that Palin seems to be good at. This is abuse of power in two ways. One, she did this for no other reason except that she was mad at her ex-husband. Second, what does the brother-in-law has to do with Palin and her ex's relationship. Yes we know there was domestic violence involved, but was the brother-in-law hitting her too?

Bottom line is, if it wasn't an abuse of power, Palin could have dispelled the allegation a long time ago by explaining what happened, instead of hiding behind the investigation results, and saying this is something that is led by the Democrats.

She is the governor of Alaska, is she not? Does not the governor of a state have powers that the others do? If she wanted to fire her former brother-in-law maybe she had a good reason. It all depends on whether he was fired unjustly or justly. If they found nothing unlawful and people seem to think that it was because the majority of investigators were Republican then what they are saying that Democrats are more honest. I do not think so.

No I don't think she abused her power at all considering what her sisters exhusband was doing. She was just trying to protect her sister and a patrolman who was drinking who was suppose to be pulling over drunks.

Yes, I think she did abuse her power. Ten of the fourteen people on the committee were Republicans, like she is! How is that partisan? If she was innocent of any wrongdoing, why did she start her own investigation?

I think it's clear she did abuse her power although her supporters are claiming it's no big deal because she broke no laws and/or that it was a political witch-hunt, which makes no sense since it was mostly her own party who made this ruling. Of course she'll say she's being picked on! I've never seen anyone who says she's so tough, even calling herself a pit-bull with lipstick, who whines about being picked on so much. It makes no sense - she really thinks she can have it both ways.
Annie

I have no idea. I think they all pick on each other and dig things up or make things up to put one another down for. I wish they would find something better to do and worry more about getting the country back on track and helping the American people more.

Palin is responsible for the rules of the state. The state appointed the board and the board made a ruling. It does not seen, from the preponderance of Republicans on the board in question, that partisan ship is a reasonable charge. However, McCain and Palin do.. politically speaking.. have to provide chatter which allows people predisposed to voting for them to believe what they will. In this case, to ignore the unflattering report. I think, digging into the issue, that the answer to the question is clear enough if one approaches it with an impartial mind.