Troopergate Investigation Finished: Palin Abused Her Power

The investigation in to everyones favorite hockey mom's involvement in the "Troopergate" scandal has come out.  MSNBC reports that:

"Investigator Stephen Branchflower, in a report by a bipartisan panel that investigated the matter, found Palin in violation of a state ethics law that prohibits public officials from using their office for personal gain."

Now I am not going to sit here and discuss the specifics about this case, because you can find that information just about anywhere at this point.  But instead I am thinking about what the effect this will have on the elections will be.  My guess: Nothing at all.

It is a pretty sad state of affairs when people will sit idly by and support someone for vice president, who abused their power as an elected official.  Instead of discussing a tangible concern that speaks directly to the character of the person proposed to be elected as vice president, the right will still continue to worry about ads trying to make a weak link between Barack Obama & William Ayres,

Let's put this in simple terms.  John McCain will have you believe that because Barack Obama once sat down and had coffee with William Ayres, that maybe that makes him a terrorist.  The link that John McCain tries to make between Barack Obama & William Ayres is tenuous at best, and downright deceitful at worst.

So here we have this connection that John McCain is trying to paint, this thinnest of the thin connections.  And yet we now have a verdict from a non partisan panel that unequivocally states Sarah Palin abused her power, and John McCain is going to deny it?

What is going on here?  Why is it that people will believe complete fabrications about one candidate in an effort to discredit him, and then completely ignore tangible proof of wrong doing from their own candidate?

Let's say for the sake of argument that Joe Biden had been the governor of Delaware.  And lets further say that for the sake of argument that Joe Biden had inappropriately used his powers to have someone fired.  I would have to voice some serious, serious concerns about Barack Obama's choice of vice presidential candidate.  I dare say that it would probably cause me to not vote for Obama period, if that were the case.

What I don't understand is the one sidedness that goes on in this country.  If you are willing to overlook something that speaks volumes for the ethics that one of their parties candidates employs, just so they can make sure the ticket on the other party isn't elected, then we have a serious problem.