Supporters Raising Funds For Palin Legal Defense

ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin's supporters are holding a Web-a-thon to raise money for her legal defense fund.

Organizers of Conservatives4Palin said they hope to raise more than $500,000 in a week for Palin's Alaska Fund Trust.

Palin has said her legal fees while fighting ethics complaints exceed that amount. She also incurred legal fees during last fall's Troopergate investigation into her firing of Alaska's public safety commissioner.

After settling with the Alaska Personnel Board over a complaint that the state paid for the travel of her children to events, Palin has until June 23 to reimburse Alaska about $10,000 in costs from about 10 trips.

Palin's office said 14 more ethics complaints have been resolved with no findings she has violated the Executive Branch Ethics Act. Earlier this month an investigator for the personnel board found Palin hadn't violated the act when she wore a coat bearing the logo of her husband's sponsor at the start of the Iron Dog snowmobile race last winter.

Palin has called such complaints frivolous.

Fund trustee Kristan Cole said Palin's high visibility this week, after a trip to the East Coast and a public feud with talk show host David Letterman, has helped fundraising efforts.

The legal defense fund was established in April. The Web-a-thon started Monday.

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Information from: KTUU-TV, http://www.ktuu.com

Comments

[rfranklin]

I think it is time Sarah Palin keeps her nose in Alaska , she was elected to govern Alaska, not the world, she is always trying to get something messed up she bounces all over the country, at tax payers expense stay home, keep your nose out of the rest of the countries business, and if you think you can get elected president, ha ha, better think some more.

[mychagal]

These people shouldn't waste their money on Palin. She's a lost cause.

[mychagal]

No matter how much she manages to raise, it will never be enough. The family needs new clothes, shoes, make-up and money to travel around the country, so Palin could continue to make a fool of herself.

[mychagal]

I wasn't aware that it was other people's responsiblities to pay for Palin's legal bill. If someone told her base of supporters to jump off a cliff, would they? These people are as stupid as Palin is!

[mychagal]

Palin should be ashamed of herself!

[CJWebber]

Whatever amount she raises will probably be divisible by 15.

[Travis bdboy]

I have a dime to spare.....NOT

[chriss0114]

I guess she needs new clothes to wear to all those depositions not to mention the luggage and hotel accomodations for her and her family who must accompany her

[weatherwaxx]

I'll grant you, being stupid SHOULD be against the law, but "criminal stupidity" is really only a figure of speech.

Or is it just that she needs some new outfits and can't figure out a way to put it on the state tab?

[politicaljunkie41910]

I hope they all donate to her. That just leaves that much less for some poor slup republican who might actually have had a brain and might have actually been a viable candidate. So keep contributing to this airhead rethugs.

[MisterHands]

Letterman protest draws more media than activists

15 protesters upset with the late night comic held signs and occasionally shouted as they stood across the street from Letterman's studio. But they were often hidden from view by the more than 35 members of the media.

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2009/06/16/letterman-protest-draws-more-media-than-activists/

Letterman's Ratings Soar On Palin Feud.

http://mediadecoder.blogs.nytimes.com/2009/06/16/as-furor-over-palin-joke-rages-letterman-rises-in-the-ratings/

[Tommygun264]

And the grift goes on...

Guess the $725 Louis Vuitton backpack little Piper got during mommy's 2008 campaign shopping spree is just too last season for her to be seen with this year.

[AnnfromCA]

Alaska citizens should pay for this.

It's their ethics policies that allows frivolous lawsuits.

[Tommygun264]

Enforcement of the law is never frivolous. The only frivolous ethics complaint was the one Sarah Palin filed against herself in order to keep the press from reporting on her shenanigans in the weeks leading up to the election because of the pending litigation.

[Tropiholic]

poor ann, still smarting from hillary's loss......­..........­...where have all the poomas gone?

[CJWebber]

I agree, there seems to be a couple of frivolous ones in there, but they are not ALL frivolous.

[mychagal]

How true.

[demimckingwoodtx]

SP needs a new pair of shoes(5" please) that money will send her and her family to a lot of places including 1st dude who seems to not have a job.

[BBinMT]

The RNC isn't stepping up with some cash? Thats funny.

[weatherwaxx]

Or at least a new frock. Shocking!