Going Rogue: An American Life (107 page)
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Authors: Sarah Palin,Lynn Vincent
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Andree wasn’t the only complaint filer, jusr one of the most prolific. As per the conventional leftwing playbook, disgruntled political operatives twisted the ethics reform process that I had championed into a weapon to use against me. They were relentless-and shameless. I was charged with violating ethics laws for wearing a jacket with the logo of Todd’s Iron Dog sponsor. I was charged with accepting “btibes”· of chocolates and a kids’ hockey
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stick when I gave a speech at a chatity event in Indiana. I was charged with holding a fish in a photo for a state fishing pamphlet. I was served with a complaint filed under the name of a fake British soap opera character. I was
with conducting
an interview with a national media figure in my state office. I was with
repotters’ questions
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my way through, I stopped to answer questions-and got slapped with an ethics accusation.
relencless time-sinks shook my staff’s confidence and fotced us to question our every decision. Instead of concerning ourselves with legislation and problem solving, my staff had to worry,
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