Sarah Palin and Ted Stevens
Today, Alaska Senator Ted Stevens was found guilty on multiple counts of corruption. In the aftermath, vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin had the audacity to say this (presumably with a straight face):
"The verdict shines a light on the corrupting influence of the big oil-service company that was allowed to control too much of our state. That control was part of the culture of corruption I was elected to fight. And that fight must always move forward regardless of party or seniority or even past service," Palin said in a statement.
Huh. Did she actually suggest she "fought" Ted Stevens and his corruption?
That's an awfully fluid definition of the word "fight." Palin was a director of Stevens's 527 group, she let him campaign for her during her run for governor, and she expressed pride in the fact that she and Stevens were "singing from the same sheet of music." They appeared in public together as recently as three months ago, long after Stevens's indictment, and as his trial loomed only weeks away (here she is expressing "great respect for him" during that appearance). And, of course, she fully supported Stevens's pet project, the Bridge to Nowhere, while claiming more recently to have worked against it.
If that's Sarah Palin's idea of "fighting" corruption, I'd hate to see her definition of "support."