Senator John McCain is accused of interfering with a probe on his vice-presidential nominee, Alaska Governor Sarah Palin by helping witnesses refuse to comply with subpoenas. Governor Palin was accused of firing her public safety commissioner because of personal issues. Ex-commissioner Walt Monegan said he himself was given the pink slip because he refused to fire Palin's ex-brother-in-law, who divorced Palin's sister. This is not allowed by law at any employment position, because personal and business matters are supposed to be kept separate. Palin states that Monegan was fired for insubordination, but Monegan rebuts that he had been a "team player" the whole time. The McCain campaign has been allegedly trying to prevent the probe ever since Palin's nomination. Lawyers for the two Senators say Sen. McCain has been "moving on many fronts" to stop the investigation. Before her nomination, Gov. Palin agreed to the investigation, but has now been trying to get the Alaskan State Personnel Board to investigate. Many members have refused to appear in court, Palin's husband among them. The Republican Vice-Presidential nominee's lawyer declared that the state law restricted federal investigations in internal state affairs. However, if McCain is elected, then Palin becomes the Vice-president, which is a federal position. Therefore, many people are refusing to appear in court, because they think a federal committee should not investigate a state issue. This is illegal, but only the full Senate has the power to vote sanctions on this power, which does not meet again until January. Therefore, McCain would be clear of a scandal before the election.
Personally, I think Sarah Palin is guilty, even without any evidence. If she has no skeletons in her closet, then the people ordered to testify would not skip the trials, because they know that Palin is innocent. The fact that Palin and McCain is trying to get someone, who might be biased towards them, to investigate this matter instead shows that they are trying to hide something. This is just dirty politics. In my opinion, a person that is not ready to lead a country if that person doesn't admit his or her mistakes. A dishonest leader will not be trusted by the people he/she rules over. Honesty is definitely a qualification to be the President/Vice-President of the US. If Palin does not have this qualification, and McCain acknowledges that, then the Republican team definitely is not ready to lead America.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/25/palin.probe/index.html
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