If this is any indication of how Palin handles political pressure and inquiry,

[Emit]

she's going to be 'Failin' Palin' for sure:

Palin can’t seem to admit she erred

DAN FAGAN

Last Modified: August 17th, 2008 03:20 AM

Gov. Palin is revealing her ugly side during this, her toughest political battle to date. As she continues to dig a deeper hole for herself day by day in the so-called Troopergate scandal, the more desperate she appears. Sarah Palin is not handling the pressure well.

On Thursday Gov. Palin kept digging at Walt Monegan for lying for saying he felt pressured by her administration to fire her former brother-in-law, Mike Wooten.

If Monegan felt pressured to ax the trooper, he would have said so, she said. “I’m sure Monegan would have come to me and said, ‘Call off the dogs, I’m feeling pressure,’ ” Palin said.

Translation: If Walt didn’t like my husband and several members of my administration hounding him relentlessly about firing my ex-brother-in-law, he should have said something. What was he worried about? Was he afraid if he didn’t fire Wooten, I would fire him? What a crazy idea that is.

The governor should really just stop talking when it comes to Troopergate.

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Palin contradicted Monegan when asked by Channel 2’s Jason Moore if she or anyone in her administration pressured the commissioner to fire Wooten. “No, no, absolutely not. No — I’ve never,” she said.

But then last week she changed her story, admitting members of her administration and/or Todd placed at least two dozen calls regarding Wooten, one of them caught on tape.

You would have thought at the press conference vindicating Monegan she would have publicly apologized to him. But instead she continues to criticize him.

And then, just when you thought she couldn’t dig herself in any deeper, she said this about Alaska state troopers who felt pressured by her never-ending campaign to fire her ex-brother-in-law.

“If that’s pressure, then (after) years in law enforcement, how do they do their job if that’s perceived as pressure?”

Yeah, that’s a good idea. Portray the brave men and women of the Alaska State Troopers as weak because they are afraid of losing their jobs and their ability to feed their families. What’s wrong with these guys?

The governor seems to be saying: Hey, troopers who felt pressured, man up, help me break the state’s personnel rules and stop your bellyaching.

Remember all the complaints the Palin family filed against Wooten have been investigated and punishment was rendered. The governor might not have liked the outcome, but it was taken before Monegan was commissioner. Demanding further action of Monegan is a clear violation of the state’s personnel rules and something Monegan simply could not do.

But there is something in Sarah Palin’s personality that prohibits her from saying, “I screwed up.” She seems to obsess on something and will do almost anything to get her way.

The sad part of it is if she would at any point just come clean, Alaskans would forgive her. They love her.

But nobody likes someone who cannot admit when they are wrong.

Sarah Palin is a classic example of that.

From the tricityherald.com

featured here: http://thebruceblog.wordpress.com/2008/08/29/interesting-mccain-chose-palin-when-she-is-under-scrutiny-and-investigation/

[liberal N proud]

1. Maybe someone can get both her and McLame blow up together

Temper, Temper.

[creature of habit]

2. ABCnews has four pages on this up

http://abcnews.go.com/Blotter/Story?id=5687512&page=2

[Emit]

3. Thanks, I'll check it out and welcome to DU, creature of habit

:hi:

[elocs]

4. Palin may be the classic example now, but she had some role models to learn that behavior.

What if both Richard Nixon and Bill Clinton had come before the American people and said, "I was wrong, I made a mistake and I'm sorry, please forgive me". How might history have been changed. Unfortunately this is human nature and Republicans will do it again as well as Democrats. Americans are a forgiving people to those who will openly and sincerely admit their mistakes.

[BrklynLiberal]

5. A trait she shares with prez shit-for-brains...

But there is something in Sarah Palin’s personality that prohibits her from saying, “I screwed up.” She seems to obsess on something and will do almost anything to get her way.

[gblady]

6. sounds like....

there may be some popcorn worthy displays ahead...
hopefully from both repug candidates.

[hamsterjill]

7. Scapegoat?

Heck, maybe McShame picked her so that he'll have someone to blame his loss on.

With him, who would ever know what he was thinking?

[Arrowhead2k1]

8. This is gonna be so awesome.

We're about to witness the utter destruction of a Republican campaign. Truly history in the making.

[Emit]

9. I hope so

she's toast, as far as I'm concerned. But the forces of ineptitude and evil and misinformation are against us (sorry, my kids are watching Star Wars ;) )