http://theplumline.whorunsgov.com/republican-party/palin-spokesperson-its-okay-to-attack-kids-if-we-do-it/Palin Spokesperson: It’s Okay To Attack Kids If We Do It
You may have heard that Sarah Palin’s spokesperson launched a brutal hit today on 19-year-old Levi Johnston, the former fiancee of Palin daughter Bristol, because he committed the sin of claiming he’d heard Palin say she’s hoping to cash in on a book deal. “It is interesting to learn Levi is working on a piece of fiction while honing his acting skills,’ Palin family spokeswoman Meghan Stapleton said.
Sorry to go all tabloid, but haven’t Palin and her spokesperson repeatedly said attacking kids is off limits? Haven’t they repeatedly insisted that attacks on her kids are proof that everyone from the media to the White House is conspiring to make Palin the victim of a cosmically unfair double standard?
Palin spokesperson Stapleton has repeatedly attacked Levi in the harshest of terms. And we don’t particularly care about that. But Palin recently complained that her kids should be off limits, and griped that her kids are constantly targeted, even though the Obama children were left alone. It’s a constant refrain from the Palin camp.
Palin and her crew, of course, would argue that they’re just defending themselves. But it seems fair to expect her camp to be called out for not taking a higher road, particularly if Camp Palin is gonna constantly do its victimization shtick and position Palin as a heroic Everymom defending her children against snooty family-values-disdaining coastal elitists.