<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/71edfa46-b7d4-48d7-b292-67aae319d368/ED39D1AD-1DB0-46B9-ABE8-4646C4784026/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://crooksandliars.com/" href="http://crooksandliars.com/" style="font-size: 11px;">crooksandliars.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/"><P><IMG height="157" width="210" alt="palin_resign_8ad94.JPG" src="http://static.crooksandliars.com/files/uploads/2009/07/palin_resign_8ad94.JPG" /> During her now 10 month-long media victimization campaign, Sarah Palin has <A href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001541.htm">time and again</A> revealed her fundamental misunderstanding of the <A href="http://www.perrspectives.com/blog/archives/001509.htm">First Amendment</A> and Americans' free speech rights. Now as she prepares to exit the Alaska Governor's mansion, her confusion - and thin skin - is again on display.</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/"><P>On the <A href="http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2009/7/4/750060/-Palins-Attorney-Threatening-Lawsuits-UPDATE-X3">Fourth of July</A> of all days, <A href="http://www.adn.com/palin/story/853746.html">Palin's lawyer Thomas Van Flein</A> issued a warning that his client would <A href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/akmuckraker/huffington-post-blogger-s_b_225817.html">bring defamation claims</A> against bloggers and media alike speculating on rumors of a criminal investigation involving the Governor:</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/"><P>As Moore herself noted regarding <A href="http://www.adn.com/palin/story/853746.html">her reference on MSNBC</A> to the lingering questions surrounding the construction of the Palin home and the Wasilla sports complex (a story first raised last year by the Wayne Barrett in <A href="http://www.villagevoice.com/2008-10-08/news/the-book-of-sarah/5">The Village Voice</A>):</P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://crooksandliars.com/">"I haven't defamed the governor, I reported on speculation and rumor in Alaska. ... It's not my rumor; it's been out there for 10 months and the First Amendment protects me," Moore said.</blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/ED39D1AD-1DB0-46B9-ABE8-4646C4784026/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content6.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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