The Mudflats

And the ironies just won’t stop. This week we find ourselves listening to Sarah Palin complaining that her almost son-in-law Levi Johnston a) is desperate for attention, b) Is capitalizing from showing off his body and c) is a big fat liar. So says the spotlight-craving, truth-challenged former beauty pageant contestant.

We also learned this week that 55% of Americans find Palin to be “honest and trustworthy.” Apparently 55% of Americans haven’t been watching Palin’s shennanigans back in her home state. From long before Troopergate to the present day, Palin has found herself treading an ethical line, and often stepping right across it without a second thought.

On October 26, the ex-governor submitted her final set of financial disclosure documents to the Alaska Public Offices Commission. And if nobody had been looking, that unremarkable partly-hand written submission would doubtless have passed into history and gone to that great big pile of government documents in the sky. But one thing that Palin has done for the state of Alaska, is awaken a sleeping giant – the citizen watchdog. Thanks to her questionable ethics, there is now an entire pack of them who pay close attention to the things that might otherwise pass under the radar.

Remember those pesky bloggers and ethics complainers and ankle-biters that Palin claimed had driven her out of office? Them.

Blue Oasis blogger Linda Kellen Biegel has been keeping an eagle eye on Palin’s financial disclosures, and has come up with an excellent analysis of the current situation. She lays out some pretty compelling evidence (below) that “honest and trustworthy” may not in fact be the most accurate description of the ex-governor or the ex-First Dude.

Her excellent piece is up on the Huffington Post, and I’d encourage everyone to click the link below and go check it out. Visit and leave comments, and it will get the attention it deserves.

Read it HERE.