Why not? Her legal team appear to have things well in hand. I don't think she even has to show up in the courtroom.
If Palin decides to follow through with the defamation/libel lawsuit, it will stop in their tracks all the other lowlife who want to make up stuff about her and her family. She will basically inoculate herself against every other scumbag that wants to make some quick cash by spreading lies about her.
I disagree with other comments being made on this thread that it is almost impossible for Palin to win this lawsuit on account of her being a public figure. If the allegations in the book are fabrications and McGinniss cannot bring any witnesses forward to verify their authenticity, he is toast. Especially in context of that email he wrote to that anti-Palin blogger in January in which he seemed to be in panic mode because his manuscript was in legal review and he had apparently had nothing to back his claims up.
I would not be surprised if the Palin legal team has already reached out to some of the subjects in McGinniss' book. For example, whatever happened to that basketball player with whom Palin supposedly had a one-night stand with? Isn't anybody curious as to why he hasn't publicly confirmed or denied the allegation? My educated guess is that he may be willing to testify in court that not only did he not have the one-night stand but that he was never even approached by McGinniss to verify whether or not it was true. If so, this will be devastating testimony in the libel trial. Who puts out a "non-fiction" book without even attempting to verify the facts with the actual subjects?
Imagine the utter humiliation that McGinniss and Random House must be undergoing right now. I reckon they have been conspiring the past few years to launch this disgusting book at a time where it would devastate the Palin 2012 presidential campaign at a crucial juncture. Instead, Palin foiled their plans by never announcing her candidacy in the time frame that they had in mind.
Now the book is foundering and both author and publisher are revealed for the jackasses that they are. Now when Palin announces her campaign, not only will the allegations in this book be "old news" but they will be revealed to have been a pack of lies as well.
I think she perhaps want to drill down to the people who were actually behind this effort. Then it gets very interesting.
“For example, whatever happened to that basketball player with whom Palin supposedly had a one-night stand with?”
Of course it’s bullcrap,,,but when i first heard that charge about the NBA player one night stand charge,, I wondered if McGinnis was actually trying to prove that Sarah is NOT a racist? The left just doesn’t get it. The old games are totally over,,and we are onto them. They must be in a panic than none of the old tricks will work.
2012 will be epic.
What if the basketball player is willing to perjure himself? This could also be a last ditch trap. They would be able to call defense witnesses and make life miserable for a lot of people. How about them putting Bristol on the stand and ripping her life apart like they do a rape victim?