Mr Gallagher has accused Sinn Fein of carrying out a "hatchet job" and a "political assassination" on the basis of the word of a convicted fuel smuggler.
His lawyer, Tim Herman, has described the Usada report as a "one-sided hatchetjob" and the cyclist himself has accused the agency of offering "corrupt inducements" to other riders to speak out against him.
Would you have accused Korean War vets of engaging in a political hatchetjob because they disagreed with a ruling that resulted in the government illegally (at least in my opinion) screwing them out of the benefits they were promised?
This presidential race has now become so polarised it seems likely that both Republicans and Democrats will see the report's findings as vindication for their own trenchant views about Governor Palin - that she is alternatively the victim of a Democratic party hatchetjob, or a hypocrite.