The comment in the subject is taken from the following Aug 31 article, where the judge was commenting on the behavior of Palin and other family members.
Longstanding family feud in Alaska embroils Palin
By James V. Grimaldi and Kimberly Kindy
Washington Post / August 31, 2008
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At trial on Oct. 27, 2005, the judge expressed puzzlement about why the family was trying to get Wooten fired, since depriving the trooper of a job would harm his ability to pay family support to Palin's sister.
"It appears for the world that Ms. McCann and her family have decided to take off for the guy's livelihood - that the bitterness of whatever who did what to whom has overridden good judgment," Suddock said in an audio recording from the trial heard on TV station KTUU's website.
