Palin, New Ethics Complaint! Complaint says she crossed line between job, self-promotion

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http://www.adn.com/sarah-palin/story/594143.html

Palin publicity blitz: no signs of slowing

Complaint says she crossed line between job, self-promotion

By KYLE HOPKINS
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Published: November 19th, 2008 12:36 AM
Last Modified: November 19th, 2008 02:10 AM

She's a national political figure and one of the world's most famous people.

She's also governor of Alaska.

As Sarah Palin settles back into her job as the state's chief executive, a new ethics complaint filed Tuesday says she's already improperly mixing her official duties and broader political ambitions.

The charge: That Palin broke state ethics rules by holding national television interviews about her run for vice president from the governor's office.

The complaint comes as Palin's personal life, her prospects as a future presidential candidate and everything she says and does continues to draw headlines.

Zane Henning, a North Slope worker from Wasilla, said he filed the complaint with the attorney general. He says Palin is promoting her future political career on state property, pointing in particular to the governor's Nov. 10 interview with Fox News Channel host Greta Van Susteren.

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1. complaints like this are just going to garner her sympathy

its stupid.

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2. She used the same law against a political rival. From the article

Meantime, Henning argues that Palin already broke the same ethics law that she exposed Republican Party chairman Randy Ruedrich for violating when both served on the state oil and gas commission.

Ruedrich admitted in 2004 to conducting party business on the job -- and leaking a confidential state document to a lobbyist -- and was fined $12,000.

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3. It is beginning to look like she might be able to use advances

from a book deal for normal living expenses. Hopefully her political career is at an end.

It's a minor personal loss for me - I've been taking lessons in Palinese. Now those classes are wasted.