Another Frivolous "Ethics Complaint" From A Vindictive Ankle-Biter

And the hits just keep on coming...

Another frivolous ethics complaint has been lodged to further bankrupt Sarah Palin and her family.

Anchorage resident Sondra Tompkins, child disability advocate and mother of a special needs child, is filing the complaint after observing Governor Palin repeatedly display "a pattern of unethical behavior." Sondra believes that the tipping point for her was Sarah Palin's most recent abdication of her role as Governor and apparent conflict-of-interest when she spoke at two outside events in Indiana rather than work with the Alaska Legislature during the most critical time, the end of the session.

The use of a special needs mother is cover. It's like the "Jersey Girls" attacking the response to 9/11.

By the way, here's what the legislature was doing while Gov. Palin was in Indiana. Guess what? They did nothing! "No Bill Activity for Today" was the note on the House Majority Web page. The House looked something like this:

But, by all means, let's slam Palin for a 36-hour charity trip to give a 40 minute speech -- half of which was a travelogue for Alaska! She has done more to improve the tourism industry in Alaska than any governor in the state's history. She's a human gold rush, but don't try to explain that to the Palin haters. They don't want to understand that people see her talk about her state, see the beautiful footage of her state shown during the election, and say, "let's take a cruise there!" Regardless of political persuasion, beauty is beauty. And Palin has introduced a large audience to the great natural beauty of the Last Frontier.

Also, keep in mind that Gov. Palin specifically declined an offer made by the local Indiana Republicans to hold a fundraiser for SarahPAC while she was there. So, I would like this nitwit to explain what Gov. Palin gained from this trip other than the chocolates, doughnuts, and hockey stick they sent her (and she shared the chocolates and doughnuts, so those don't count).

We've seen Ms. Tompkins before. She was one of a handful of anti-Palin protesters in Alaska during the election. She had this nonsense to say about the nothingburger known as "Troopergate":

Sondra Tompkins, a reliably Republican voter, found herself speaking out at the rally — upset, she said, because of Palin's handling of the trooper issue and the example it sets for children in the state.

"They're listening, they're watching, and they're asking questions," Tompkins called out to the crowd. "Do we tell them it's OK not to tell the truth? Do we tell them it's OK to bend the truth? Do we tell them it's OK to distort the truth if you have a gaggle of lawyers to defend you?

"It's not OK, and I think Alaskans have had enough."

Yeah, having lawyers defend you from a frivolous lawsuit is "distorting the truth." There's some sharp reasoning there. By the way, Gov. Palin was cleared of any wrongdoing in Troopergate by the Personnel Board (which is the proper non-partisan, non-political, neutral review board for such ethics complaints).

I am sure she will be cleared of this too, but she will have to spend money to defend herself, and her name will once again be smeared with the words "ethics complaint." That's all these people care about -- the headline and the bankrupting. They should be ashamed of themselves, but they have no shame.

I wish I knew of some way to fight back against these vindictive and petty ankle-biters, but I don't. I'm not a leftist. My mind can't grasp the politics of personal destruction.

UPDATE by VO: The text of the complaint may be read here.

Update by JR: This is classic Saul Alinsky. Here is Rule #4 from "Rules for Radicals:"

Make the enemy live up to its own book of rules. You can kill them with this, for they can no more obey their own rules than the Christian church can live up to Christianity.

Sarah Palin is a genuine ethics reformer, so they will try to destroy her with frivolous ethics complaints. We see how the game is played.

UPDATE II by VO: RepubChica at Hot Air found this old ADN article, which dates back to when Palin announced she was pregnant with her youngest son Trig. Tompkins is quoted:

Sondra Tompkins is staying at home with two little boys, one of whom has special needs. She doesn't like what she sees as a subtext in all the Palin talk this week -- that somehow a woman with a job works harder.

"I think there needs to be some way to quantify what is hard," she said.

Tompkins has been a nurse, a soldier, and a pharmaceutical sales representative. She'd love to go back to work, but there'd be a heavy cost. Her husband is a physician, and her children would never see a parent, she said.

"Sometimes the choices aren't really yours."

Often, it's a matter of support, she said.

"Sarah Palin snaps her fingers and she'll get what she wants," she said. "You go to Elmendorf, and you see a woman with children that's about to deploy, she doesn't get to do that."

UPDATE III by VO: Wow, Tompkins really likes to talk to reporters about the Governor. And she never seems to have anything positive to say. The idea that she is a "reliably Republican" voter seems a bit doubtful to me. Here she is again in a September 2008 KTUU story:

Despite Palin's support for children with disabilities, Sondra Thompkins, (sic) who's son has autism, participated in a rally against the governor Saturday.

"We feel very strongly that Sarah Palin is not the right choice," Thompkins said.