Your argument is fine, except that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with the defense fund, never asked for it, never touched it, and didn’t make any of the decisions about it.
That was a smart move on her part, because it seems the people who did it hired 7 lawyers who either didn’t know what they were doing, or were overridden by the people making the decisions.
SO I don’t see any point in blamine Palin for this, or saying this contributes in any way to a perception about her.
It does reflect poorly on those who were involved in the fund, but that’s not Palin’s fault, especially as she did a good job keeping out of it.
“Your argument is fine, except that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with the defense fund, never asked for it, never touched it, and didn’t make any of the decisions about it.”
That’s just not true Charles, she obviously was involved in many of the decisions in starting it up.
“She was acting on the advice of her attorneys.”
What advice? “Her” attorneys? “Acting on”?
The language in the ruling makes it apparent Palin was receiving legal opinions and had the final decision on whether to go forward. In addition she was setting conditions like “keep it Alaskan”. The trustee was a close, personal friend.
None of this points to an arm’s length distance on what was going on.