Sarah Palin’s attorney, Thomas Van Flein (the one who threatened to sue several news organizations for allegedly defaming his client) just spoke with Andrea Mitchell on MSNBC. Mitchell asked him if Palin was upset that critics called her speech “rambling.”
Well, I don’t think she’s upset. What I think is, she sees it as the standard criticism that she receives….She’s actually very articulate. I didn’t find her speech rambling at all. She laid out exactly the reasons she had for stepping down and it was really a form of self-sacrifice. She has become the issue. The state of Alaska has been spending money on public records requests, defending or investigating ethics acts with the personnel board.
So, the official word from the Palin camp remains that she’s taking one for the team, stepping aside so Alaskan taxpayers can save some cash.
Van Flein also denied rumors that she’s leaving office for the money she could make on, say, a speaking tour. She has different plans, he said.
“She’s taking the battle on a different battlefield…She’s gonna help conservative candidates that she supports for the 2010 elections,” he said.
