Perhaps you would have a different perspective if you and your family had been falsely attacked by the media for the past 3 years, and you also had to spend 5x your annual salary and all your days in court defending yourself against psychotic people that continuously filed frivolous lawsuits against you.
At some point, you have to say “enough is enough” and fight back and make a statement that if the shenanigans continue, that those smearing you will have to pay for their false attacks.
These people are just opponents, they are mentally unbalanced and won’t stop. Ever.
Unless they realize that if they continue, they will get a taste of their own medicine, get dragged into court, have to answer and defend against these frivolous accusations, and spend time and money defending themselves, but against real smears, not made up ones.
what about being a national leader at a time of such peril ?
Yes, she can do both. That’s why she hired a law firm to send a letter to Random House, letting them know that they have crossed the line and that future occurrences will be met with similar action.
Yes, Sarah Palin can hold office and raise a family.
She can also run for office if she chooses and to sue the crap out of the people attempting to ruin her reputation and her life.