Posted on 01/21/2015 2:53:17 PM PST by 2ndDivisionVet
Sure, Sarah Palin can be quick to pounce when something rubs her wrong.
But when Michael Moore and others take after the man behind box-office hit American Sniper it gets personal.
"You're not fit to shine Chris Kyle's combat boots," the former Alaska governor and VP candidate wrote on her Facebook page Monday night after Moore, the liberal filmmaker, Tweeted that "snipers aren't heroes" – which many took as a reference to the Clint Eastwood film starring Bradley Cooper.
It turns out that Palin and Kyle were friends. They met and bonded in 2011, when the retired Navy SEAL was hired to help with security at a movie premiere that Palin, a proud military mom, attended in Iowa. (Her eldest son, Track, was an Army infantryman who served in Iraq.)
Palin posted a photo showing Kyle (in sunglasses and taupe suit) in bodyguard mode as she signed autographs outside that screening.
They remained close as Kyle went on to star with Palin's husband Todd on the NBC reality series Stars Earn Stripes, where Todd earned the highest of praise from Kyle: "He's straight-up Rambo. Next time I'm in a war, I want Todd Palin on my side."(continued)
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