So now it seems a legislative committee in Alaska has concluded that Gov. Sarah Palin exceeded her authority by canning Public Safety Commissioner Walt Monegan for refusing to fire her former brother-in-law, state trooper Mike Wooten.
For me, this whole Troopergate story has been a complete waste of energy, if not an outright red herring. From what I read, this Wooten guy’s record was pretty awful, and he probably wouldn’t be a state trooper in any other self-respecting force. And it was a family thing, with the Alaska First Dude on the phone trying to get the firing done. In many quarters, Sarah Palin’s efforts to root a bad guy out of the police force and out of her family might be applauded, so the Democrats are wasting time trying to make an issue out of this. Too bad for the governor that Tony Soprano doesn’t live in Alaska. Otherwise, Mike Wooten might have had an unfortunate highway accident with a moose in some remote area – and there are lots of those -- moose and remote areas – in Alaska.
The Troopergate issue ranks right up there with the William Ayres allegations against Obama. The public just doesn’t care about this stuff, which seems petty compared to the hardships they will soon be facing, if they haven’t already.
Let’s close the gate on Troopergate and move on. Democrats, if you really want to go after Sarah Palin, there are plenty of other issues available. On the face of it, does she really have the experience and confidence to be vice-president, and potentially, president of the United States? Compared to that, Troopergate is small potatoes indeed.
There, now I’ve said it.
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