KICKIN' AND SCREAMIN'...........

Regarding some of the motivation for Sarah Palin’s stepping down as governor, when I read stuff like this I love being wrong.

Ratcheting up her offensive against the news media, Gov. Sarah Palin’s attorney threatened Saturday to sue mainstream news organizations if they publish “defamatory” stories relating to whether Palin is under federal investigation.

In an extraordinary four-page letter, Alaska-based attorney Thomas Van Flein warns of severe consequences should speculation that until now has largely been confined to blogs about whether Palin embezzled funds in the construction of a Wasilla, Alaska, sports arena find its way into print.

“This is to provide notice to Ms. Moore, and those who re-publish the defamation, such as Huffington Post, MSNBC, the New York Times and The Washington Post, that the Palins will not allow them to propagate defamatory material without answering to this in a court of law,” Van Flein warned, citing Alaska liberal blogger Shannyn Moore.

Much like Palin did in her Facebook statement Saturday, Van Flein savages the news media in his letter.

“Just as power abhors a vacuum, modern journalism apparently abhors any type of due diligence and fact checking before scurrilous allegations are repeated as fact,” the Anchorage attorney wrote.

Here’s an example of MSNBC’s bullshit:
 

 
Gateway Pundit contributes this:

Once again:
** This past year Governor Palin won 15 different bogus ethics complaints filed against her.
** The state of Alaska spent $2 million defending the governor.
** It cost those Sarah Palin-haters nothing to file the bogus complaints.
** Fighting the complaints left Sarah and Todd Palin $500,000 in debt.

More… Don adds this:

Thank God. Sarah Palin should be pissed off. These fruitcakes have been after her since Aug. ’08. I hope she sues the NYT’s, wins, gets the building and donates the property to a church, or turns it into an anti-abortion, pro adoption center.