Posted on 09/04/2008 7:26:30 PM PDT by kristinn
An e-mail smear targeting the seventeen year-old daughter of GOP vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin is burning up South Carolina inboxes - and may have originated from a South Carolina public school e-mail account.
According to a copy of the e-mail (entitled “Sarah Palin’s Drunken Daughter”) obtained exclusively by FITSNews, five pictures alleged to portray Palin’s underage daughter possessing alcoholic beverages (and one allegedly portraying her holding a gun) were attached to the following message:
“(P)ics of Sarah Palin’s knocked up daughter Bristol kicking it. Yeah boozing it up is pretty standard for a seventeen year-old, especially in Alaska where it seems like there ain’t crap to do, but damn…if your mom is a politician don’t be dumb enough to have your (expletive deleted) posted online. Poor thang… But wait - How do you think this whole teenage pregnancy thing would’ve went down, if it was Obama’s kids?
Ironically, we broke a story last year about anonymous e-mails smearing Obama which were later featured prominently in a national television segment.
The e-mail account from which this particular message appears to have originated belongs to an employee of Richland County School District One, a public school system located in Columbia, S.C.
In fact, the disclaimer below the original e-mail specifically identifies the school system and states that “Richland County School District One provides employee e-mail access for administrative and instructional uses only. E-mail correspondence to/from Richland County School District One is considered public information and is subject to release under the South Carolina Freedom of Information Act or pursuant to subpoena.”
Calls to Richland District One seeking comment were not immediately returned.
The “Sarah Palin’s Drunken Daughter” e-mail - which began making the rounds yesterday morning - quickly ended up in thousands of e-mail inboxes across the state, including e-mail addresses at the South Carolina Department of Education, Department of Mental Healthm Midlands Technical College, the City of Columbia and Blue Cross Blue Shield of South Carolina.
One Blue Cross Blue Shield employee, who forwarded the message to at least a dozen of her co-workers, referred to Palin’s daughter as a “drunk heifer,” and a “lil’ loose.”
Within hours, the e-mails were being forwarded to individuals and businesses all over the state.
FITSNews has confirmed that the five pictures attached to the original e-mail (included below) are not , in fact, images of Bristol Palin, and we have sent an e-mail to the alleged author of that e-mail requesting additional information regarding the contents of her widely-read missive.
Obviously, it’s one thing to spread trashy, misleading e-mails about a vice-presidential candidate, but an underage minor? On a state-owned computer? During taxpayer business hours?
Hmmm …
We’re used to South Carolina public schools routinely breaking the law regarding e-mail usage (and our State Ethics Commission ignoring those violations), but this strikes us as a new low.
Developing …
I am amazed...but more than that, sickened.
God bless the whole family.
An after thought...is there some where we can e-mail her to show that not everyone is this mean?
Some years ago, some clown was posting on FR from a Department of Transportation office in North or South Carolia (as I remember). He was incredibly obnoxious and told everyone here he was smarter than all of us. Then, he sent an obnoxious email directly to JimRob. The guy was turned in to his supervisor. They tracked the emails on his government computer, and he got canned.
Perhaps someone might lose a job here.
Well, I am certain there is an email usage policy for school district employees, and I am sure progressive discipline will be used to handle the matter.
“As punishment the person should be forced to live in Columbia.”
In August.
Worse yet, be forced to be a Gamecock fan. Vanderbilt has now beat them 2 years in a row.
Vandy ( 2-0 ) now has a better record than the Gamecocks ( 1-1 ).
This is probably happening in many other states; we're (or we'all) just probably find it quicker because we expect it sooner.
The Liberals see this as 'WAR' with no rules and no-one is off limits.
Go! Sarah!
Katherine
The public school teachers union is made up of some of the most vile people in the country.
The Tiger Paw is appropriate. Sara Palin is a Tiger for sure.
Thomas Sumter is not available for comment.
...”one allegedly portraying her holding a gun...”
OH NO! SAY IT ISN’T SO! A teenager in Alaska with a gun. I didn’t know teenagers in Alaska who didn’t have at least one gun.
Probably someone in the teacher’s union did this. They’re scared they might have to produce results if McCain/Palin win.
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