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<DIV><FONT size=2>Saundra writes:</FONT></DIV>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><FONT
color=#0000ff>"Again: this is the clear pattern with Palin: she publicly denies
reality, insists on repeating that denial and is unable to deal with real world
the way psychologically healthy people do. That's why I called her lies "<I>odd
</I>lies." They are not the lies of a devious politician. They are much more
troubling than that. They reflect a psyche unable to process fact when it
conflicts with a delusional self-image. She is even worse in this psychotic
denialism than Bush. She is a politician who can only survive in a propaganda
state."</FONT></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Holding two
contradictory/conflicting opinions at the same time is a mental health problem,
sometimes a very severe one. We have seen some examples of this on Vision
2020 in forms ranging from mild to severe.</SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">I
agree with Saundra. Sometimes Palin's denials are so strange that the
question of her mental wellbeing arises, not her honesty -- when she makes
contradictory/conflicting statements, I think that she actually believes them at
the time of their utterance.</SPAN></P>
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<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial">----- Original Message ----- </DIV>
<DIV
style="BACKGROUND: #e4e4e4; FONT: 10pt arial; font-color: black"><B>From:</B>
<A title=sslund_2007@verizon.net href="mailto:sslund_2007@verizon.net">Saundra
Lund</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>To:</B> <A title=vision2020@moscow.com
href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com">vision2020@moscow.com</A> </DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Sent:</B> Monday, October 20, 2008 1:43
PM</DIV>
<DIV style="FONT: 10pt arial"><B>Subject:</B> [Vision2020] The Odd Lies Of
Sarah Palin XVIII: Abuse Of Power</DIV>
<DIV><BR></DIV>
<DIV class=Section1>
<P class=MsoPlainText>The Atlantic<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>The Daily Dish<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>Andrew Sullivan<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>19 Oct 2008 06:06 pm<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText>The Odd Lies Of Sarah Palin XVIII: Abuse Of
Power<o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">The
legislative report is very clear. Shall we review its findings in its own
language? <A
href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/abuse-of-power.html">Finding
Number One</A>, released Friday afternoon:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e9e9e9; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">For
the reasons explained in section IV of this report, I find that Governor Sarah
Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska
Executive Branch Ethics Act. Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) provides The
legislature reaffirms that each public officer holds office as a public trust,
and any effort to benefit a personal or financial interest through official
action is a violation of that trust.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Here
is what vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin <A
href="http://thecaucus.blogs.nytimes.com/2008/10/11/palin-denies-abuse-of-authority-in-trooper-case/">said
yesterday</A>:<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e9e9e9; MARGIN-LEFT: 0.5in; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">“There
was no abuse of authority at all in trying to get Officer Wooten
fired.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
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style="BACKGROUND: #e9e9e9; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 26.25pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 30pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">In
fact, remember, Officer Wooten is still an Alaska state trooper, which is up
to the commissioner and the personnel top brass in the Department of Public
Safety that decides who is worthy of a badge and carryin’ a gun in the state
of Alaska. If they think that Trooper Wooten is worthy of that, that’s their
decision. I don’t micromanage my commissioners and ask them to hire or fire
anyone. And thankfully the truth was revealed there in that report that showed
there was no unlawful or unethical activity on my part.”<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
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style="MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0pt; MARGIN-LEFT: 15pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt; mso-margin-top-alt: 0in"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">At
some point, the McCain campaign will realize that their veep candidate is a
couple of sandwiches short of a picnic. <o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'"><o:p> </o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoNormal style="LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; MARGIN-RIGHT: 15pt"><SPAN
style="FONT-SIZE: 10pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 150%; FONT-FAMILY: 'Georgia','serif'">Again:
this is the clear pattern with Palin: she publicly denies reality, insists on
repeating that denial and is unable to deal with real world the way
psychologically healthy people do. That's why I called her lies "<I>odd
</I>lies." They are not the lies of a devious politician. They are much more
troubling than that. They reflect a psyche unable to process fact when it
conflicts with a delusional self-image. She is even worse in this psychotic
denialism than Bush. She is a politician who can only survive in a propaganda
state.<o:p></o:p></SPAN></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><A
href="http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-lies--4.html#more">http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/10/the-odd-lies--4.html#more</A><o:p></o:p></P>
<P class=MsoPlainText><o:p> </o:p></P></DIV>
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