Over the weekend, soon-to-be-former-Gov. Sarah Palin (R-AK) made news by the disclosure that her attorney had send letters to a number of media organizations (including Huffington Post) threatening them with defamation lawsuits if they continue to publish speculation that Palin was being investigated by the feds for political corruption matters.
But what's noteworthy to me is that Palin never went after the National Enquirer last year after they published specifics about an extra-martial affair that Palin was reported to have had with her husband's former business partner, Brad Hanson (while the McCain campaign barked that they would sue, there's no evidence that a lawsuit, or even a letter threatening action, was ever commenced).
So...reports that Palin may be under federal investigation result in hyper-aggressive threats of defamation, but reports of an adulterous affair by Palin with a specific person with on-the-record sourcing didn't result in any legal action? Seems curious, doesn't it?
File this away...
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And you would think if EVER there was a topic she could sue about, this would be it.
But then she'd have to prove it was true. In a court of law.
And she can't.
How could her own personal staff not know she was pregnant until she was seven months along ?
There is such a thing as prenatal appointments.
And, if it happened as Miss Sarah said it did, the 'Wild Ride' shows appallingly bad judgement.
Why aren't all the right-to-lifers all over her for endangering her soon-to-be-born baby ?
Who just happened to be preemie and special needs. I do NOT think she would have gotten
on an airplane if she was only hours away from delivering a baby.
These things cannot be timed. And the abrupt changes in atmospheric pressure during a flight
can precipitate labor. . . .
Sounds like a job for Ken Starr!
The thing is, most of the evangelicals are hypocrites themselves (don't they have an extremely high divorce rate? I should look this up. I know that the red state conservatives spend the most on porn - for some reason that tickles me. I just went ha ha ha) so even if it turned out she did? All she'd have to do is paint herself as a victim of the bad hoodoo coming from liberals (yes her itch would be your fault) and talk about how her sin brought her closer to righteousness or something, and they'd end up taking her to Neiman-Marcus to buy a new halo.
Having said that, I couldn't care less. I just want her to go far, far away.
Another source, who preferred to remain anonymous for fear of repercussions, provided The NATIONAL ENQUIRER with a sworn affidavit attesting to the Palin-Hanson story.
“Todd was away on business a lot and Sarah felt lonely. Brad was a good listener, and Sarah talked to him at length. Eventually, she realÂized she was falling in love with him,†one insider divulged.
“When Todd got back from one of his trips, Sarah told him that she had begun to have feelings for Brad.†--National Enquirer
“Todd was away on business a lot and Sarah felt lonely. Brad was a good listener, and Sarah talked to him at length. Eventually, she realÂized she was falling in love with him. When Todd got back from one of his trips, Sarah told him that she had begun to have feelings for Brad.�?
Since when did feelings and talking become an “affair.†This anonymous source doesn’t even claim they had sex!
“I’ve known about Brad having had an affair for a long time, but it wasn’t until just recently that I learned his affair was with Sarah Palin. Sarah was elected mayor of Wasilla, Brad became a city council member in the nearby town of Palmer, and they started an affair. Todd found out about the affair and was so mad he broke up their partnership at the snowmobile dealership.
My gut tells me something is coming down the pike. While listening to Sarah's voice during the press conference she was nervous, her thoughts were scattered, but what gave it away was the gasps of air she took between sentences (surprisingly no one has mentioned).
Furthermore why did she feel the need to have her lawyer threaten the media and bloggers for speculating on rumours? (rhetorical question) And on top of that the FBI spokesperson making a public statement denying she is a target of an investigation is something unheard of. The FBI has never done that before muchless address a rumour -- at least not that Iam aware of.
And last the threatening emails signed by her attorney, it is said, were sent by Palin's spokesperson, Megan Stapleton to her extensive media list, but not to Shannyn Moore. Therein this appears to be a media stunt and an attempt to intimidate and silence her critics.
Whatever Palin's reasons to resign, having an affair is the least important, if that is the case. However if Sarah quit because she couldn't deal with the difficulties ahead, then that is a completely different matter. Her supporters ought to look at that objectively.
"This is my edited version of Sarah Palin’s rambling and incoherent July 3rd press conference in Wasilla announcing her resignation as the governor of Alaska. No deep breaths were duplicated (she really did it that much) and the video edits are presented in the order that they occurred with one minor exception. Enjoy."
http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/sarah_palin_every_breath_you_take/
Update: Rumproast’s Sarah Palin Video on CNN!
http://www.rumproast.com/index.php/site/comments/rumproasts_sarah_palin_video_on_cnn/
You're wrong about the FBI, though, and I'm pretty sure you ARE aware of it, if you think for a minute. They did exactly the same thing for president-elect Obama when Blagojewich was arrested.
The brief answer is, Sarah Palin probably listened to sage advice on the Enquirer story because she still had to answer to Steve Schmidt and John McCain. Now she listens to nobody except the voices in her head and her handsomely paid lawyer (who appears from his resume to have zero experience in defamation law).