I mean…sigh. I mean. I need a word for this. Backwardism? Reverse-fu? I think I’m past the shock of the baldfaced lies that fly into the face of the truth, and I’m just in a state of dull depression.

TPM MUckraker | Palin Falsely Claimed Report Cleared Her of Legal Wrong-Doing

In a conference call on Saturday, after the report on the Troopergate investigation was released, Palin says:

I’m very very pleased to be cleared of any legal wrongdoing … any hint of any kind of unethical activity there.

It’s just…its just astonishing. The first finding of the Branchflower report says, quite clearly:

…Governor Sarah Palin abused her power by violating Alaska Statute 39.52.110(a) of the Alaska Executive Branch Ethics Act.

That’s not clearing you of legal wrongdoing, that’s finding you guilty of legal wrongdoing. I mean it’s right there. I was going to say that I can’t comprehend the size of the girl-balls needed to so brazenly lie like that—at reporters—who are all taping the conversation—but really, the media’s generally shown them there’s little accountability for doing so.

Edit: oh, I missed McCain campaign manager Rick Davis doing the same thing.