The Palin Thing
Sarah Palin’s unquestionably odd decision not merely not to seek re-election next year, but actually to resign this month hit on Friday, a day which, it’s been noted by many, was a holiday and when most Americans were off work, chilling with family, and assembling Home Depot barbecues ahead of the 4th. A slow news day, in other words, and one when she might have hoped to avoid too much attention, or at least to have such attention as there was lost in the general holiday noise.
Fat chance of that.
Many commentators believe that the only thing which could have provoked such an almost-certainly (political) career-ending move is some huge scandal about to break. Sullivan went that way, as did Dan Savage, and many others. Oddly, however, the online commenter that La Palin set sights on was no one of anything like such visibility (hmmm - perhaps that ‘oddly’ was misplaced…). No, the soon-to-be-former Governor decided that the American citizen whose free speech she’d try to muzzle over the Independence Day weekend was Shannyn Moore.
Never heard of her? No, neither had I. She’s been commenting in Alaska for a while though, both online and on radio, and has followed Plain with some interest. Her response to what she called Palin’s ‘rambling*, quasi-legal letter’ is to hold a press conference at Palin’s office this afternoon. The statement she’ll be delivering is on here blog right here.
You’ve got to love Ms Moore:
Sarah Palin, if you have a problem with me, then sue me. Shannyn Moore will not be muzzled!
* ‘Rambling’ is an interesting word by the way, and seemingly one of Palin’s favourite activities, if her resignation speech is anything to go by. Seriously, watch this through and then tell me (if you can) what the hell it was she said that took nearly seven minutes to say.