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When you see yourself as The Executive or Commander-in-Chief, you view such minutia in terms of its effect on your power; when you see yourself as a public servant, you view it more in terms of how it affects the public and you ask yourself how could I have served them better.
Andrew Halcro has a great take on some of the report findings @
http://www.andrewhalcro.com/rebranding_troopergate_a_seinfeld_moment
Halcro concludes:
In finding Governor Palin guilty of abusing her power as governor, Branchflower concluded:
"The evidence supports the conclusion that Governor Palin, at the least, engaged in "official action" by her inaction if not her active participation or assiatnce to her husband in attempting to get Trooper Wooten fired (and there is evidence of her active participation). She knowingly permitted Todd Palin to use the Governor's office and the resources of the Governor's office, including access to state employees, to continue to contact subordinate state employees in an effort to find some way to get Trooper Wooten fired."But more importantly, we know now that Governor Palin's press release on July 18, stating;
“To allege that I, or any member of my family....directed disciplinary action be taken against any employee of the Department of Public Safety, is, quite simply, outrageous".......was, quite simply, a lie.