Palin threatens lawsuit over book

[sinkingfeeling]

http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2011/09/27/palin-threatening-lawsuit-over-book/#more-177837

(CNN) - One week after the release of a controversial book on Sarah Palin, the former Alaska governor threatened to sue the book's author for including what her lawyer called a "series of lies and rumors presented as fact."

The book, "The Rogue," by Joe McGinniss, has received widespread attention since McGinniss moved in next door to Palin to begin writing in 2010.

In a letter sent to the book's publisher, Crown Publishing Group, Palin's lawyer said Monday both McGinniss and Crown knowingly published false information and "defamed the Palins."

McGinniss has staunchly defended the title.

"Believe me, I'm so sick of Sarah Palin right now, that after this couple (of) weeks is over, I hope to never hear her name again," McGinniss said last week on CNN's "Piers Morgan Tonight."

[hlthe2b]

1. Never going to happen...

Palin threatens this crap all the time, but she knows 1. the book was heavily vetted by Random House's legal eagles; 2. Going to court means public depositions--being forced to answer questions she knows she does not want to answer; 3. Truth is an absolute defense against defamation.

All BS to keep her flying monkey palinbots rallied to her cause.

[mdmc]

3. 1

[truebrit71]

4. +1

Just more publicity for the book...Random House must be thrilled!

[no_hypocrisy]

2. The true purpose isn't to clear her name.

Sarah Palin's using the venue of the judicial system to get at the anonymous sources that confided to Joe McGinnis so she can exact revenge on them.

The defense to defamation is truth and that usually means having to prove the authority of what you've published. And during Discovery and later during the trial, you need to cite the sources of your information and they in turn are prone to be called as witnesses where they too can be added to the defamation action later as defendants.

[Lasher]

8. I think it's because she's trying for a comeback.

She's faded from the limelight and her notoriety needs a jump start. As time goes by it's getting harder for her to get anybody to believe she might someday run for president. The frivolous lawsuit thing worked for Orly for awhile.

[Turbineguy]

5. I guess she's running out

of the low hanging fruit. Lawsuits are a hard and slow way to make money.

[Cigar11]

6. Has Palin followed through on anything?

... not worried.

This is just to keep her name in the News Cycle.

[msanthrope]

7. Please do it, Sarah--It would make a great sequel. nt

[PearliePoo2]

9. She's a liar and a fake.

She's never going to sue anyone.
The facts would come out about her "alleged" birth of her son Trig. He might be her son but she is NOT the birth mother.
It's probably the biggest political hoax ever perpetrated in this country's history.
In fact, there's a reward of $10,000 offered for anyone supplying proof of her giving birth.
Read here:
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2011/09/professor-scharlott-offers-10000-reward.html

[Raster]

10. I hope she does sue. It would be marvelous to watch her try and prove...

...the author wrong. But unfortunately, we all know that this won't happen. The last thing the family Palin truly wants is the unvarnished truth about their tacky little lives exposed for all to see.

Hollow threat from a hollow person.

Bulletin to the family Palin: Your fifteen minutes were up long, long ago. Do us all a favor and slither back into obscurity, where you rightfully belong.

[Bucky]

11. It's an idiot book about an idiot. Saying who's bumped uglies with whom isn't a cause.

It's gossip. I loathe gossip.

[hlthe2b]

13. You obviously haven't read the book.. those leaked tidbits...

are distasteful, but they encompass a very small inclusion in the book.

“Having the National Enquirer get the book and leak juicy details is the worst possible introduction a book can have,’’ says McGinniss, 68, who graduated from College of the Holy Cross and then worked briefly as a reporter at the Worcester Telegram. “If you took the National Enquirer revelations, they total 20 pages out of a 320-page book.’’
http://www.boston.com/yourtown/cambridge/articles/2011/09/27/why_joe_mcginniss_is_under_attack_for_his_sarah_palin_book_the_rogue/?s_campaign=8315

[11 Bravo]

12. This ain't Joe's first rodeo. Bring it on, Snowdrift Snookie.