re: #145 kynna

You’re right. She probably won’t win. But if she sues someone then her side of the story might actually get a chance at seeing the light of day. As it stands now, the fact that 15 bogus ‘investigations’ on her have been thrown out is more secret than our troops’ movements in a war zone.

I don’t see how it’s a secret. It’s been reported in several mainstream media outlets. The actual number cited is more like 33.

And your premise is that she is engaging in exactly the same behavior that she derided as out of bounds when resigning. This is a point her opponents will gleefully seize upon to hang the placard “hypocrite” around her neck with.

A smarter move, frankly, would have been for Palin to contact the FBI and confirm for herself that there was no investigation, then allow the FBI’s public statement on the matter made yesterday do all the talking. Given the FBI statement - nearly unprecedented, by the way, as the FBI typically responds only by saying that they don’t comment on their business, giving it a great deal of weight - her opponents look like carping fools. The threat of a lawsuit shifts the focus back onto Palin, and tosses a whole cartload of new ammunition into their hands.