New-Partygate, Odinga-gate, Foreign-Donor-gate, Bracelet-gate...

While the mainstream media is infatuated and obsessed with the outcome of the "Troopergate" (Governor Palin's alleged misuse of power to try and fire a trooper who happened to be her brother-in-law), there's a few things I'd like to clear up.

1. Palin was ruled to have abused her power. This part is true. She was also ruled to have not broken any laws in the process, contrary to what CBS News has tried to lead readers to believe.

2. The trooper deserved to be fired. He shot an 11-year-old with a taser as punishment, drank on the job, killed a moose illegally, and (most tellingly of why Palin pressured the Police Comissioner to fire him) threatened to kill Governor Palin's father. Being a trooper with a gun, he surely was capable.

3. The investigation was an effort to tarnish Palin's reputation. The person who pushed the case was a Democratic partisan who refused to let the case go. The many, many people involved in the case didn't respond to their subpoenas simply because the case was that irrelevant.

4. The trooper (Mike Wooten) has endorsed Palin's candidacy.

I personally think this whole case is making a mountain out of a hole, which should in theory be impossible to do, but then again, the way that the press has neglected so many details in an effort to portray Palin in a negative light should, in all counts, also be impossible. But it happened, anyway. The man should have been fired, Palin was right to pressure it. This isn't some story about Hitleresque tyranny.

But that's what they want you to believe.

Meanwhile, "Troopergate" is over, and should dominate the news for at least a few days.

But what about Annenberg-Challenge-gate? Marylin-Katz-gate? Socialism-gate? Odinga-gate? Foreign-Donor-gate? Lying-About-NRLC-gate? Citibank-Lawsuit-gate? Refusal-to-Release-Documents-gate? New-Party-gate? Bracelet-gate? Silence-of-Dissent-gate? Anything? CBS? NYT? They've already shown what they'd do in response to these "gates", even if they haven't sddressed them.

After all, just look at Ayers-gate. They rushed to his defense (quoting official Obama campaign statements as "evidence") while they go on offense against Palin.

It's disgusting.