Rogues get what they deserve!

http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/story/527218.html

http://www.theage.com.au/world/us-election-2008/state-employees-to-testify-in-palin-probe-20081006-4v0i.html

Dontchaknow, 7 - count 'em - 7 of Palin's gosh-darn state employees will now testify in the abuse-of-power investigation against her. Palin insists that her mavericky firing of public safety commissioner Walter Monegan was based on insubordination, and not on his refusal to fire her state trooper ex-brother-in-law. McCain's camp has called Monegan a "rogue" for pursuing funding for a project Palin vetoed.

Now, hold the horse here a minute. We've got a saying where I come from. "A rose by any other name..." *wink* So Monegan was fired for being a "rogue" or having a "rogue mentality" but we're expected to entrust the next four years to a coupla "mavericks"? Now, doggonit, I ask ya - is that fair? Why does a rogue fail where a maverick succeeds? Here's a guy who went outside the box, wouldn't practice politics as usual and got kicked to the curb as they say on Main Street, some Main Streets, somewhere. *wink*

That's what I call gettin the short-end of the stick. Any Joe Six-Pack would agree. Monegan has, I'm sure, years of "roguish" experience behind him (you don't get to be a rogue overnight here, folks). But now that a coupla of mavericks might be 30 days from the White House, he can't benefit. It's clear to me he just wasn't an Alaskan insider. He just didn't know how those guys think. *wink*

Palin should say, "ya, yaknow, I fired him for not firing my worthless brother-in-law. That's a maverick thing to do." It'd be a lesson on how a maverick works and the unusual politics of the future. And besides, she might've been right to do it. I'm not tryin ta play the race card here, but a maverick can't tolerate a rogue. They just... They'll, well ya know. The newspapers'll fight this one out. You know how they are with their attention to words and such. One thing's clear. If Monegan had any chance of being brought to Washington, his "rogue mentality", his clear disregard for politics as usual as run by Governor Palin screwed it for him (as I like to say to appear likable to Joe Six-Pack). There's room for only one maverick in Washington. And that's John McCain. Or Sarah Palin. Well, they'll have to keep workin at each other. *wink*

A special shout-out to some kids somewhere!