# Palin to media: So how about in honor of the American soldier, you quit making up things **URL:** \ **Category:** Great Debates\ **Created:** [July 28, 2009, 12:47pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540 "2009-07-28T12:47:50Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 12\ **Page:** 6
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:09pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/101 "2009-08-02T14:09:32Z")
> [@pseudotriton\_ruber\_ruber](#): > > Huh? So are you moving this to MPSIMS or BBQ Pit, or what? Or are you just passing a casual observation, or some gas, in your official Mod mode? If this isn;t about the media making shit up (or not) about public figures, and specifically Palin, then I don’t know jack. I’m not moving it anywhere. I am noting that rumors about any divorce are mere gossip items that are not comments on Palin’s perception of how the media has treated her. My statement was pretty clear. While this topic has wandered around without a lot of focus, (that is probably due to the lack of focus in Palin’s diatribes), dragging in more stuff that she has not even said simply to make more lame jokes is not relevant to a “debate,” here. Now, if you have a desperate need to challenge my actions as Mod, take it to ATMB, and if you have a desperate need to be insulting, take it to the Pit. [/Moderating] ---
**Author:** ![running\_coach](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/running_coach/32/15836_2.png) [@running\_coach](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/running_coach)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 2:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/102 "2009-08-02T14:40:56Z")
> [@tomndebb](#): > > **I’m not sure what a speculative impending divorce has to do with this topic** , (or whether this topic has any point any more), but let’s leave the gossip posts to MPSIMS or the BBQ Pit as appropriate. > > [/Modding] > [@tomndebb](#): > > I’m not moving it anywhere. I am noting that rumors about any divorce are mere gossip items that are not comments on Palin’s perception of how the media has treated her. > [/Moderating] But it is relevent as Palin will almost certainly use this as an example of the media makin’ things up despite the fact it appears to be bloggers and the media has mostly ignored this. ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:23pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/103 "2009-08-02T19:23:06Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > But it is relevent as Palin will almost certainly use this as an example of the media makin’ things up despite the fact it appears to be bloggers and the media has mostly ignored this. > [@](#): > > Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent “story” (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family, and have not purchased land in Montana (last week it was reported to be Long Island). > > Less than one week ago, Governor Palin asked the media to “quit making things up.” We appreciate that the more professional journalists decided to question this story before repeating it. > > Meg Stapleton > **[Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?v=app_2347471856&viewas=593062424&ref=search)** ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 7:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/104 "2009-08-02T19:59:34Z")
[Palin Lawyer Threatens To Serve Libel Papers At Kindergarten](http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2009/08/02/palin-lawyer-threatens-to_n_249506.html) > [@](#): > > Sarah Palin’s lawyer threatened to serve a blogger with libel papers at the kindergarten where he works for writing a post saying the former Alaska governor was getting divorced. > > Gryphen, who writes a blog called “The Immoral Minority,” wrote on Saturday that “according to my source Sarah is finished with Todd and has decided to end their marriage.” > > Palin’s lawyer, Thomas Van Flein, wrote a letter to the blogger, asking “if you want to be served with the summons and complaint at the kindergarten where you assist or at your residence.” ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:00pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/105 "2009-08-02T20:00:55Z")
> [@runner pat](#): > > But it is relevent as Palin will almost certainly use this as an example of the media makin’ things up despite the fact it appears to be bloggers and the media has mostly ignored this. And when Palin actually makes a comment about the media, based on a couple of bloggers and the Examiner, then it will become pertinent to this discussion. The fact that Stapleton is foolishly willing to include bloggers among the news media is less relevant than that the Palin cohort has chosen to not make this a “news media” issue. Or are you suggesting that we can invent anything we want so that we can speculate about what Palin might do if she actually heard it? ---
**Author:** ![ZebraShaSha](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/z/eada6e/32.png) [@ZebraShaSha](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ZebraShaSha)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/106 "2009-08-02T20:05:52Z")
> [@Squink](#): > > [http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?v=app\_2347471856&viewas=593062424&ref=search](http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin?v=app_2347471856&viewas=593062424&ref=search) Holy shit… > [@](#): > > There is a very good reason why the liberals cannot tollerate this woman. She just lights up the room with Jesus wherever she goes. When she gets up in the morning , the atheists scream, “Oh god help us!” Satan is happy to oblige. He is , after all, the father of lies,the accuser of the brethren…and the god of this present world. > Don’t you know … Read Morethat he would stop at nothing to destroy Sarah Palin??? Go ahead, libs, shoot your best shot. Just remember, when you let it fly, you’re aiming at the daughter of the King of Kings and He is not amused. He’s got her covered. Hide and watch!!! > Rev. Betalulu > [@](#): > > All I have to say is the world doesn’t like Sarah because of who she is and what she stands for. I believe Sarah is a woman of character and integrity and this world and the prince of this world (satan) knows she is going to tear down his kingdom. She is going to mess up the corruption that has been in politics and in Washington DC for way to … Read Morelong. Sarah is on the scene for such a time as this and the media just can’t figure her out - she is truly to powerful for them. The battle is not hers, it is the Lords and if He opened this door for her He will not let no devil from hell hurt her. We need to realize the majority of politicians that are running this world are out for self and God is going to put a stop to this. I thank God for men and women of God that will lay their life on the line to stand up for what is right no matter the cost. I believe Sarah is going to be used mightily by God to be a mouthpiece for Him to help turn this country and world back to Him. Etc. What a weird world. ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 8:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/107 "2009-08-02T20:40:14Z")
> [@purplehorseshoe](#): > > But not to me. > > Explain it to me as if I was a five-year-old. Media Bad. Media Say Bad Things About Sarah. Bad Things Not Real. Bad Things Made Up. Sarah Smash! ---
**Author:** ![elucidator](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/e/8edcca/32.png) [@elucidator](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/elucidator)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/108 "2009-08-02T21:15:14Z")
“You see, when a woman and a moose love each other very, very much…” ---
**Author:** ![Rumor\_Watkins](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/d9b06d/32.png) [@Rumor\_Watkins](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rumor_Watkins)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:24pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/109 "2009-08-02T21:24:19Z")
You nincompoop, she earned our unyielding loyalty for acting as a governor-qua-border officer-qua-pseudo member of the military remember, putin and his head rearing or some such buffoonery? ---
**Author:** ![Steve\_MB](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/steve_mb/32/5339_2.png) [@Steve\_MB](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Steve_MB)\ **Post date:** [August 2, 2009, 9:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/110 "2009-08-02T21:42:53Z")
> [@Dinsdale](#): > > It really is one of those confounding things. The more I see/hear her, the more I wonder how ANYONE - even the most committed conservative/Republican - could think her more than a mediocrity. Hey, [mediocrities deserve representation, too](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Roman_Hruska#In_Defense_of_Mediocrity)! ---
**Author:** ![tomndebb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/b9e5f3/32.png) [@tomndebb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tomndebb)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:57am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/111 "2009-08-03T01:57:04Z")
> [@Rumor\_Watkins](#): > > You nincompoop, she earned our unyielding loyalty for acting as a governor-qua-border officer-qua-pseudo member of the military > > remember, putin and his head rearing or some such buffoonery? I am assuming that this was an attempt at humor. Please make sure that your next attempt is both funny and intelligible lest I am compelled to deem it an insult against another poster. [/Modding] ---
**Author:** ![Frostillicus](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/e9bcb4/32.png) [@Frostillicus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Frostillicus)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:25am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540/112 "2009-08-03T03:25:39Z")
Me to Palin: So, how about in honor of the American soldier, you STFU. [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palin-to-media-so-how-about-in-honor-of-the-american-soldier-you-quit-making-up-things/504540.md?page=5)