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The AP is reporting that Sarah Palin has hired an attorney to represent her in the investigation of the firing of a public safety commissioner who refused to fire her ex-brother-in-law, a state trooper.

Maybe the GOP is just dumping all Palin-related drama at once? You know, in the middle of the party's convention week but as the nation turns its focus to the Gulf.

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Jeralyn Merritt of Talkleft who, unlike you, is a lawyer:

"Lawyering up is the smart thing to do. She probably should have done it months ago. Retaining a lawyer bears no connection to guilt. No inference of wrong-doing should be drawn from it.

"When the government sets its sights on you, the smartest thing you can do is shut up and let a lawyer speak for you. The jails are filled with people who thought if they could only tell their side of the story, investigators would see it their way.

"Palin is facing a legislative investigation, not criminal charges. But the charges relate to abuse of power and it is quite unusual that a candidate for Vice-President of the United States would be under investigation during the campaign."

Attempts to turn this in a positive manner for Palin and the GOP seem naive. Clearly McCain did an appallingly poor job in vetting his VP choice and his chances of getting elected are going to suffer as a consequence.

As the GOP deals with Hurrican Gustav and Hurricane Paliln, the Right says we on the left are afraid of Palin or Jealous of her -- WRONG. What we are upset about is the hypocrisy of McCain to (for months) label Barack as an empty suit, has no experience, etc. ,etc. and then to pick a VP pick with much less experience and intellectual capacity just because she is a Woman in a dishonest attempt to Steal Hillary women. And we are terrified because John McCain is old and not in the best of health and there is a very REAL possibility that this woman who is not fit to be President could be president. That is outrageous! And a slap in the face to the American people. It is dangerous and reckless and this man has to be stopped! This -- McCain's Rush to Judgment -- "fools rush in where Angels fear to tread" -- has unveiled the true persona (The Pretender) because heis not what he pretends to be!

Senator do not have the power to make decisions on their own the must vie for majority votes and presidential approval. Governors make decisions on a day to day basis and are buy power of the office commander of their own national guard. I would doubt if any governor would agree with you, that their term in office does not count as experience. Where did Bill Clinton gain his experience? Thats right, Governor of Arkansas. Palin is fresh new blood in D.C. and is a better example of change we can beleive in than the choices of Obama. People like Biden and kennedy have been in congress since the seventies, what have they accomplished? They are the good ole boys of politics that Osama has been preaching (you heard it WRIGHT preaching) had to go, the change we could believe in. I hear what he is saying but I dont see the change. I would vote for Palin if she were running on the Independent ticket. I was ready to vote for Hillary, But the democratic party just blew her off, along with the eighteen million people who voted for her. I'm ready for something new in Washington, Not a new con job of a carreer politician. Obama's whole campaign is built around the idea that he believes that he looks like George Bush, he's old, and that his running mate has a pregnant daughter. Oh and did I mention that he is black, Or so he told us. I dont believe in this idea of change that Osama is pushing maybe if he based his campaign more about the change and how he was going to accomplish it and less on name calling and finger pointing.

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