An interesting take on McCain's VP pick.  check the video from an alaskan tv station.

"The taser incident (requested by the son, not that that justifies it), an illegal moose killing (moose eaten by Sarah Palin and other family members), and the beer drinking occurred in 2002-2003. It was only in 2005- after a nasty divorce- that Palin and her family reported the ex-brother-in law.

They filed 36 complaints against the ex, including for behavior they had COVERED UP for years. The trooper has had no other complaints filed against him other than from Palin family members.

That was before she was governor. The trooper was disciplined, perhaps not adequately for many people.

Then Palin becomes governor, and she, her husband and senior staff all try to get the DPS commissioner to fire the trooper. The commissioner refuses, and is fired.

Palin denies any pressure; senior staff won't comment (they will when they are put under oath shortly) or "can't recollect."

Palin has been so busy pointing fingers at other politicians that people didn't realize that she was as much "politics as usual" as anyone.

There's considerable sentiment in Alaska that she has engaged in a major coverup. As we know, the coverup is usually worse than the crime."