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Statement from Gov. Palin's Legal Counsel on Defamatory Allegations
Statement from Gov. Palin's Legal Counsel on Defamatory Allegations
The following statement was issued by Gov. Palin's legal counsel, Thomas Van Flein: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 4, 2009 On July 3rd, 2009, Governor Sarah Palin announced her intent to resign her gubernatorial duties and transfer the powers of Governor to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell. Almost ...
Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory material'      (Politico)
Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory material' (Politico)
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Palin attorney decries 'defamatory' rumors
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Sarah Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory material' - Jonathan Martin
politico.com — Ratcheting up her offensive against the news media , Gov. Sarah Palin s attorney threatened on Saturday... to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish defamatory stories relating to whether Palin is under federal investigation. In an ... (more) Sarah Palin attorney warns press on 'defamatory ...
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Sorry Libs... Palin's Legal Counsel Releases Statement-- Denies Criminal Investigation
Gateway Pundit — Sorry libs. Sarah Palin's legal councel released a statement to quashing rumors that Governor Palin resigned due to a criminal investigation. The Palin-haters at MSNBC are wrong again: Conservatives4Palin reported: FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE July 4, 2009 On July 3rd, 2009, Governor Sarah Palin announced her intent to resign her gubernatorial duties and transfer the powers of Governor to Lt. Governor Sean Parnell. Almost immediately afterwards, several unscrupulous people have ...

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Palin on the Offense
Patterico's Pontifications — ... The Anchorage Daily News reports the Palin’s personal attorney has issued a statement “denouncing rumors that Palin resigned because she is under criminal investigation and threatening legal action for publishing ‘defamatory’ material about the governor.” ...

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FullosseousFlap's Dental Blog — ... "quitter," unpredictable, sulking, etc. But what else are her critics really going to say? It's not like a Letterman can trump laughing at her on late-night television as he puns that a Yankees star had sex in a dugout with her 14-year old daughter. Can Andrew Sullivan at the Atlantic website go beyond his slurs that she did not deliver her own child? How much more cleverly can N.Y. feminist pundits tsk-tsk her that she's a Wasilla trailer-park retread? Statement from Gov. Sarah Palin's Legal Counsel on Defamatory Allegations of Federal Investigation ...

Palin Attorney Threatens to Sue Bloggers and Mainstream Media for Defamation
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... The Washington Post. If a lawsuit is what it takes, I'm all for it. Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post are the tip of the iceberg when it comes to media outlets that are in too big of a hurry to publish to bother with little things like fact-checking. That's why it's called the Misinformation Age. The interesting thing about this kind of lawsuit is that the evidence of lies and gossip passing for journalism is everywhere. From Palin's attorney: [S]everal unscrupulous people have asserted false and ...

Sunday/Monday Open Thread – PLUS: Palin fights back!
Sister Toldjah — ... Last but not least: Palin fights back – hard – against bogus media smears and rumors (via ...

Dissecting Leftism — ... need for a female Hate Receptacle exists, even with feminists. But that would explain why Palin haters are so reluctant to give up hating her. It would explain why they’re so resistant to the truth. They don’t want to find out that the lies are lies; they don’t want to be disabused. They need a hate receptacle, and so they need Palin to be the sum of all things they fear. I guess. More HERE ************************ We need a lot more of this From Gov. Palin's legal counsel: To the extent several websites, most notably ...

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