I've written so often that the hubristic Republican duo, now self-described by Sarah herself as the Palin-McCain ticket, is a clone of the Bush regime and just as bad or worse than the original. 

 

 Like the criminal Bush administration, McSame and Palin already exhibit disdain for and defiance of the Constitution and rule of law with their authoritarian, proto-fascist beliefs and actions, a blatant arrogance and contempt for accountability and actual government of, by, and for the people.  In addition, a foundation of religious and bigoted zealotry rounds out Palin's actions

 

Take the infamous Troopergate scandal and investigation (begun before her selection as GOP VP nominee) about Palin's possible abuse of gubernatorial power, in which the Moose Woman said she welcomed an investigation but is now refusing to cooperate as is the First Dude who is ignoring a legal subpoena.  Sounds familiar, doesn't it?

 

Terry Knowles, the former governor of Alaska said: "The charge itself that is being investigated, and I say this as a former governor, is a very serious charge" Knowles said. "What the fundamental issue is in it is after something has been dealt with under regulations and in law, Can a governor interfere with the results of that case, and in this case by a personal vendetta extract further punishment against a party. And then when informed that this was an inappropriate approach, not only did the pressure not stop, because it came from others in the governor's office as well as other commissioners and other high-level Cabinet officials, not only did it not stop, but then in fact the Commissioner of Public Safety was fired for reasons that were extraordinarily puzzling, and seemed to many people in the community as fabricated...

"That is a very serious ethical charge. And whether it's for personal vendetta or personal gain, persons in public office cannot use their power to achieve those ends,"

Glenn Greenwald at Salon adds this about Todd Palin's refusal to comply with the Alaska State Senate's subpoena: "It is illegal in the State of Alaska to fail to comply with legislative subpoenas. But Todd Palin has announced he will do exactly that which the law prohibits for one simple reason -- because nothing can be done about it until after the election, and even then, it's unlikely much will be done to punish him for breaking the law. Sarah Palin has similarly ordered all of her aides to refuse to comply with these subpoenas even though doing so is illegal, because she, too, doubts there will be consequences for this illegal behavior. Or, as Bill O'Reilly put it in his righteous Rule of Law tirade: "I'm going to do it anyway. I dare you to come get me."

"There is no doubt that the Legislature has the right to investigate and that these Subpoenaas (sic) are lawfully issued. Before Palin was selected as McCain's running mate, virtually everyone in Alaska -- including her -- agreed that the Legislature could and should investigate these allegations.

:This sort of lawless arrogance doesn't merely insulate political officials from any accountability, though it does do that. It also destroys the crux of representative democracy. The ability of a legislature to investigate what the Executive Branch is doing isn't some ancillary Congressional function, but is as important -- arguably more so -- than the legislative power to enact laws. It's how the people ensure that Executive Branch officials are accountable and are required to adhere to the law.

"That compliance by political officials with legislative subpoenas is a linchpin of how our government was designed to function....

"All of this unmistakably signals that a McCain/Palin administration would mean a continuation of the worst abuses of the Bush/Cheney administration. Worse, it signals their commitment to the ongoing disappearance of Congress from how our country is governed, in lieu of all-powerful and unchecked Executive leaders (that is to say nothing about what an Obama/Biden administration would mean for any of that)."   Read the entire piece here.

An unqualified, scripted, robotic beauty queen and her equally lacking in leadership, unprepared and unfit for the presidency soulmate is a dangerous to democracy duo who would continue a Bush imperial, authoritarian, anti-Constitution, un-American disastrous third term and irreparably ruin this country.