September 17, 2008

New Palin Scandal: She Used Personal Email to Email Politicos!

Hackers break into Sarah Palin's private e-mail, and then leak the contents to the internet. The scandal isn't that a VP candidates e-mails were illegally hacked. No, the real scandal here is that Sarah Palin was using her private e-mail account to contact other politicos!

Wow, that's some "scandal" you have there. Who the hell hasn't used their personal email account for business, or business email for personal use.

Seriously, Whiskey Tango Foxtrot?

And the content of allegedly scandalous emails seems rather tame, to say the least. This is a scandal?

As Paul McNamura says of the leaked e-mails:

"As for the sample e-mails, rather than bolstering the contention that
Palin uses private e-mail to avoid possible public scrutiny of
official business, at first blush they actually seem indicative of her
dutifully separating Alaska business from Alaska and national
politics. Both samples are overtly political in nature, which, based
on my admittedly limited understanding of the law in this area, make
them inappropriate when using government resources."

I'm busy following the latest al Qaeda non-release release of the 9/11 video, but the link to Michelle above and Allah's link should keep you occupied for awhile.

UPDATE: So I'm told the "real" scandal is that Palin denied using her personal email account. It's the "denial" that's the scandal. Um, WTF? Seriously, if I'm following this correctly she denied using her personal email so she could write embarassing stuff that could hurt her politically and couldn't be tracked.

The emails I've seen aren't scandalous at all. Certainly nothing that could be construed as Palin trying to hide them from scrutiny. Pretty mundane stuff.

UPDATE: Yet again I ask "where's the scandal"?? Now I'm told it's not the denial, it's that the personal email account was being used to hide evidence from a subpoena.

BUT READ THE FREAKING EMAILS. NONE OF THEM INDICATE ANYTHING WORTH HIDING.