12:16 AM 4 Sept 2008:   "Evidence and documentation, please".   Certainly a reasonable request--now where have I heard that request before? I have to say I'm flattered--"Imitation is...."

But then, later on the same night, the same request. Uh, some of us actually need to sleep more than 4 hours to function the next day at work. (And some can't post from work). My hat's off to you if you don't need sleep--or maybe I'm sorry for you--that your addiction to battling fellow Mudcatters won't let you sleep.

At any rate, try this.

Documentary evidence of Sarah's fighting against corruption in the AK Republican party?

Waaal Lesseeee here. Maybe you'd like to start by actually reading this very thread. To save you time, try the 29 Aug 2008 12:09 PM post by Ed T---his link to the National Journal-Almanac.

Of course it's hard to know what a person whose profession is hard-bitten cynicism might consider as an objective source. This one seems pretty objective to me. But if you disagree, please tell us exactly why.

Without further ado:



From the National Journal:   "As the commission's chairwoman and designated ethics officer, Palin spearheaded the investigation that ultimately prompted Ruedrich to resign from the commission".

Further down: " Palin also joined with Democratic State Representative Eric Craft to file an ethics complaint against Alaska Attorney Greg Renkes, who had close political ties to Governor Frank Murkowski. The complaint alleged that Renkes' ownership of a coal company represented a conflict of interest".

You're welcome to peruse the whole article if you don't like my excerpts.   It doesn't change the conclusion--she did in fact fight corruption in the Alaska Republican party.

Her motive? Hard to say. I'm sure ambition was part of it. But the fact remains she did help to cause the removal from office of some corrupt Republicans.

As I've said before, she is dead wrong on virtually every issue. But humans are complex creatures. And she has done some good--in helping to purge her own party.

Sorry she doesn't fit the cartoon of her fondly held by some Mudcatters.

He who has eyes to see...

Unless of course the poster is more along the lines of "Nowhere Man"--"Just sees what he wants to see..."