And the comedy material just keeps on a-comin! Too bad SNL has to wait till fall!

1 - John Stewart did an awesome video clip of Palin's critique of HRC next to her own whinging about the media - about a year ago (along with other Republican hypocrisies side-by-side). If you missed it, it's worth going back for.

2 - Palin is the ultimate wanted-to-go-to-Hollywood personality. The David Letterman fit, the "consecrated photo of Trig" fit - could she be anymore desperate to grab publicity? The only other explanation is that she really is the thinnest-skinned person to make it past puberty and if she wants to continue, she needs o learn that she's not 13 and we're not in high school. She looks beyond needy freaking out about every non-worshiping thing printed about her. That just has to be an act, really.

3 - Lastly, her lawyer's tone sounds much like hers - it's stunningly unprofessional. If this scandal stuff is untrue, she'd look best by letting those spreading the story look stupid all by themselves when it turns out to be untrue. (Much as when the Repub's did after spreading the rumor there was a video "coming out any day now" of Michelle O ranting against "whity".) That being said, if this rumor feels truly defamatory, that's one I could understand her taking legal action against. It's not a petty accusation. But this letter is hardly a legal document. It's a finger-pointing, victim-playing playground soliloquy. I can't tell - is it really a legal warning or a threat that he'll tell mommy if they don't stop being meanines?

Palin's enduring popularity is a testament to the fact that we have not progressed much with women's rights. It is obscene that after decades of fighting for legitimacy, success as a woman still boils down to sex appeal. Palin's wink during the debates was an admission of defeat. She was broadcasting to the world that skill, intellect, gravitas and just plain hard work simply do not work for women, but sexual playfulness and willingness to brand yourself a MILF (now a GILF) sure do. Now she has provided fodder for critics who contend that mothers simply can't manage motherhood and responsible careers.

I agree with commentators who sincerely hope her resignation means Palin is going away. I don't want to see her continue in the limelight even for entertainment value, though I suspect she will. For professional women, Palin's behavior is just one more obstacle we have to overcome on the way to being treated as full and equal contributors to society.

Wherefore art thou? I guess you are as struck dumb by the sheer stupidity on display as the rest of us...

"Naturally, the lawyer's letter, with reference to the scandal, made the Washington Post today -- just what Palin wanted? Mention in the New York Times and on MSNBC can't be too far behind."

DING! DING! DING! DING! We have a winner! Next up: the announcement of the job with Faux News. Also note that Bible Spice's mug has been on the front page of Salon all weekend. Last laugh?

Also, what tomcruz and mercedes von uppity said.

Selah.

As Mr. Van Flein kindly articulated in his "threatening" letter: "To be blunt—this 'story' was alleged during the campaign, evaluated then by national media and deemed meritless. Nothing has changed."

Add to that the fact that Palin "already faces $600,000 in legal bills inflicted by Democratic plumbers chasing down similar rabbit trails for 'news'" (as readerreader has pointed out) -- well, the letter is neither "odd" nor "menacing."

As for your statement that "Max Blumenthal added details Saturday in the Daily Beast." Sorry, Joan, but Mr. Blumenthal hasn't added anything at all. He's simply resurrected an old rumor and you are more than happy to jump right back on board, despite the fact that the FBI itself has denied this rumor as recently as today. But don't let the facts get in your way. They never have before, have they?

Tell me, Joan, if this meritless rumor once again turns out to be just that, will you be apologizing to the woman Salon has made a fortune misogynizing since the day she appeared on the national stage?

You, sir, have a way with words.

So how come Bill Clinton never went bankrupt? Must have made a ton of money off all his shady endlessly-investigable deals.

Yeah, investigable. I can make up words too.

That was the best, craziest rumor I'd read online. So far. Wasn't she pals with Greta Van Sustern (a Scientologist)? And don't Scientologists just LOVE to sue people?

Too weird. She's got a black fly in her burka, that's for sure.

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TRAIN WRECKS

Insane Sarah Palin, Late At Night On July 4, Threatens To Sue Entire Internet, Via Twitter

'Now when all the clowns that you have commissioned, Have died in battle or in vain, And you're sick of all this repetition, Won't you come see me, Queen Jane?'

How did you spend the Fourth of July? Maybe having a BBQ with friends and family, watching a fireworks show, and generally enjoying a happy patriotic holiday? Batshit-insane American Quitter Sarah Palin ended her own special “Independence Day” by posting a series of desperate grammar-challenged nonsense and vicious threats on her Facebook and Twitter pages. Really.

(Also: Sarah, you idiot, when do you plan to give up your Twitter name AKGovSarahPalin? Because, you know, you just quit being governor ….)

It is unwise to dwell on the past or be obsessed with an unknown future, but we should all appreciate the wonderful present — a present in which Sarah Palin is nothing more than a punchline. Because, had things gone very differently in November, this dangerous delusional numbskull would’ve been just an Ambien overdose away from the presidency.

Thank you, America, for steering clear of the Sarah Palin disaster.

So, after crazily quitting her elected position as governor of Alaska, via an alarming backyard last-minute press conference void of any explanation , at the classic 4 p.m. hour of the Friday-Holiday news dump, Sarah Palin is now twatting on the twitter about how her Anchorage attorneys are going to SUE THE AMERICAN MEDIA, for saying “WTF?”

Honestly, this is what Sarah Palin twatted on Saturday Night, July 4th, Independence Day, in America.

Her link goes to (of course) Scientologist nut and sub-literate weirdo Greta Van Susteren’s blog on FoxNews.com, where Greta has helpfully (?) posted seven pages of legal threats from Palin’s lawyers, although you can’t actually read beyond the first vague page of whining bullshit, because Greta/Fox can’t figure out how to operate the Internet.