Palin Doesn’t Have To Put Up With It Now

By Andrew Bolt

TonyfromOz prefaces …..

Now that Independence Day has gone, and it’s Monday, watch the media frenzy as they try to smear Sarah Palin all over again. It’s already started, and Palin’s legal representation is already seeking redress over accusations alread having been put our there. No matter what the smear, it still doesn’t mean you don’t need to be able to actually back up what you say, and say so publically. Smear for smears sake should not be tolerated, and those who do smear will deserve all they get. This is a longer than usual post, but after the page break here is an excellent video clip showing how smear so cleverly detracts from what is actuall happening elsewhere.

When Sarah Palin resigned as Governor of Alaska, Leftist bloggers decided to slime her all over again, on the assumption that anything she did must be sinister.

Shannyn Moore:

For weeks the rumors of a criminal investigation against the governor have been brewing. They are rumors, but are swirling fresh again with Palin’s resignation.

Brad Friedman:

Okay, I’ve now been able to get independent information from multiple sources that all of this precedes what are said to be possible federal indictments against Palin, concerning an embezzlement scandal related to the building of Palin’s house and the Wasilla Sports Complex, built during her tenure as Mayor. Both structures, it is said, feature the “same windows, same wood, same products.”

There’s more where that came from, but Sarah Palin doesn’t have to put up with the sliming any more, and won’t. Her lawyer therefore warns::

To the extent several websites, most notably liberal Alaska blogger Shannyn Moore, are now claiming as “fact” that Governor Palin resigned because she is “under federal investigation” for embezzlement or other criminal wrongdoing, we will be exploring legal options this week to address such defamation. This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law.

As Tim Blair notes, the FBI dismisses the rumors that it’s about to pounce on Palin:

Despite rumors of a looming controversy after the Republican governor’s surprise announcement Friday that she would leave office this month, some of them published in the blogosphere, the FBI’s Alaska spokesman said the bureau had no investigation into Palin for her activities as governor, as mayor or in any other capacity.

“There is absolutely no truth to those rumors that we’re investigating her or getting ready to indict her,” Special Agent Eric Gonzalez said in a phone interview Saturday. “It’s just not true.”

Here’s a counter-slime of Shannyn Moore and two other Palin-hating bloggers, Mudflats and Celtic Diva, which Moore ran on her own blog. The allegation that the three women were paid off is false, of course, and I therefore don’t approve of this. But it’s surely right in nailing a certain lack of proportion, and not just from these three:

Reclusive Leftist wonders why it doesn’t matter to other Leftists – especially feminists – that every reason they give for hating Sarah Palin is false.

(Via Instapundit.)

Andrew Bolt is a journalist and columnist writing for The Herald Sun in Melbourne Victoria Australia.

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