Possible Insight Into Why Palin Resigned...

OK. The governor of Alaska stepped down. And we know that:
1) She was spending all her time defending herself against frivolous lawsuits by barking moonbats and
2) Defending against said lawsuits put her some $500,000 in debt.

Well apparently now they are going after her for violating ethics. See, although her position as governor of Alaska was the loophole that allowed her attackers to harass her with frivolous suits, apparently she can't in any way mention that in trying to figure out how to raise funds for a legal defense fund:

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Well done, scummy liberals.

Not only have you taken a law designed to fight corruption and twisted it to attack your enemies, now you're trying to use it to say they can't defend themselves either.

This is the one thing those jumping on Palin as a "Quitter" don't get..anyone in Alaska can file a ethic complaint against her without it costing them a cent while Palin has to spend thousands of dollars to fight each one...she can't do it..she had to resign.

So what we got is her political enemies using this tactic to get rid of her..because they can't beat her at the polls.

I love Sarah Palin, and I'm sorry to see how screwy the leftist liberal garbage in the world is.

It should be the law everywhere in the U.S. that if an ethics complaint is dismissed then the ones who filed it must pay the accused persons legal expenses.

That would be counterproductive. Perhaps worse than the abuse of the system going on now. Now, at least everyone is on their toes.

They need to find a way to redirect the spear instead of blunting it... to make a spear analogy.

The kicker? Palin didn't start the legal fund. And it sounds a lot like the fund the Obama (praise His name) used to get himself elected. You know, the one he said, back during the campaign, he wouldn't use?

So....they're pissed because they were hoping to bankrupt her too?

Naturally. At this point, they've done loads to destroy Palin's reputation, but there are still a whole bunch of people that are regretting voting for Obama. And Palin pretty much single-handedly took away Obama's lead before the media managed to do their hatchet job on her. So if they don't ruin her financially and bar her from using the same fundraising that was so successful for Obama (praise His name), they're looking at trouble, come 2012.

Anyone that calls liberals compassionate, diverse, fair, or inclusive is a liar and should be kicked in the balls like a mule.

Palin resigned because while you might be able to see Russia from her house, you can't hear the blissful ch-ching of cash registers.

Exactly, which is why the ACLU, EFF, and other similar organizations don't exist. Jayzus, these guys are making it personal.

Right, so the usual haranguing over politicians is forgotten when they happen to be on your side and stirs something turgid in your pants? No, the hell with that.

I have no sympathy for politicians and neither should you.

I don't think you could make a blanket ruling like that, however, she should be allowed to sue them to try and recoup the legal defense funds. If the original claim is found to be totally baseless she should be able to collect.

And as usual, the lawyers are sitting back in their $5000 chairs and going "mwhahahahahahaha!"

Brutal.

Move to Europe then, you pinko liberal.

Please, this chair's not worth more than $250, tops.

You need to represent Sarah Palin.

She couldn't afford me...now.

I called it two weeks ago.

There is blood in the water now. Join me in supporting the extermination of liberals, won't you?

Go write a strongly worded letter about it, Andy Rooney.

This question might be slightly off topic, but if these lawsuits are costing millions and millions of dollars, isn't there a point that it makes more sense for Sarah Palin to just open up her own law firm to defend these accusations?

A good full-time lawyer would cost what, about $200,000 a year? And if worst case scenario, she needs 5 of them, full time. That's only a million a year to defend her against a lot of lawsuits. There is no need to pay a firm hundreds of thousands each time for each lawsuit.

I know in Canada, to open a law firm, you need to have a degree in law, but surely she has enough connections to do this, as well as raise the money for the startup costs.

She could get a degree from an "online law school" like that crazy birther dentist representing Alan Keyes.

I am sure you are a lot more familiar with those "online degrees" than most of us are, so riddle me this:

How many companies actually take those online degrees seriously?

How would I know? I don't have an online degree.

Then maybe you should get one!

Why would I get an online degree? I have a perfectly fine BA and no real interest in a Masters.

Sure, once that becomes applicable to criminal defense as well. If you're innocent, the cop that arrested you is liable for a malpractice suit.

Oh, and if you are released from prison after an appeal or retrial, the judge/jury can serve the same time in prison that you did....

Being found "not guilty" or winning an appeal doesn't mean you were actually innocent or that it was wrong to arrest you. I don't think we want cops shying away from good arrests for fear of suffering for someone's skilled manipulation of legal loopholes.

And in situations where a defendant is declared innocent by the court?

Antonio Villaraigosa, mayor of Los Angeles, agrees: