Alaska Officials Ask For McCain Apology
The Anchorage Daly News reports on a statement released by "Former House Speaker Gail Phillips, a Republican, and former Senate President Chancy Croft, a Democrat," taking McCain to task for interfering in the investigation of Gov. Palin's firing of Walt Monegan and "attacks that damaged the reputation of Walt Monegan, Gov. Sarah Palin's fired public safety commissioner."
"It's unconscionable that an outside campaign organization which had no knowledge of the history, background or understanding of an Alaskan issue would come to our State to destroy the reputation and life of a dedicated Alaskan public servant," Phillips and Croft said in a joint statement.
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McCain has no concept of the abuse of power. He knows only what he thinks is good for him and is unable to understand the broader implication of how his outlook influences a democratic state. The exercise of any authority to unduly influence the proper application of justice is a contradiction in democratic terms. McCain is blind to this. Unfortunately, the power of high political office is all too often abused in this contradictory way. Citizens need to be wary to not give our elected officials even the slightest doubt in how they conduct their affairs in this way. Hold them accountable for everything.
November 2, 2008 12:50 PM | Reply | Permalink