hm... well I guess that means she’s not running for sure, because if she was running she would no longer be a “private citizen” subject to protection, but a public servant subject to any and all attacks.
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The crime happened while she was a private citizen.
“Private Citizen” really is neither here nor there. She has been a “Public Figure” since she was Governer, and has never ceased being one.
In fact Mark Levin said a week or so ago that she has zero chance of getting anywhere with a defamation suit. I don’t think it’s zero, but it’s going to be really tough.
The kids may be a different story.
It seems to me the suit is not Sarah Palin versus..., it is ‘The Palin Family’