*Well, the woman's out of office now, but I just watched the Twitter echo chamber
explode with Sarah Palin divorce rumors. This must the functional equivalent of
Obama Birtherism.
http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=111060718434
"Sarah Palin: No Truth to Latest Rumors
"Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent “story” (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing. The Palins remain married, committed to each other and their family, and have not purchased land in Montana (last week it was reported to be Long Island).
"Less than one week ago, Governor Palin asked the media to “quit making things up.” We appreciate that the more professional journalists decided to question this story before repeating it."
Meg Stapleton
((("Trig Truther," now there's an interesting term-of-art. I think 9-11 Truthers were the first so-called "truthers," and before the Internet and the demolition of barriers to publishing, I don't think there was any such phenomenon as a "Truther." There were just old-fashioned analog-style rumor-mongering, whispering campaigns and nutty cults. Nowadays there's truthiness like fuel-air explosives.)))
(((Political sex-smear "centipedes" are a breeder of "truther" with the minor advantage of some sliver of prurient truth. )))
http://www.conservatives4palin.com/2009/08/palin-camp-shoots-down-ridiculous.html
"- Palin banned books.
"- Palin said that she believed that dinosaurs and humans co-existed.
"- Palin charged victims for rape kits
"- Trig Palin is not the governor's son.
"And where did all of these things, among others, originate? Blogs, usually with unnamed sources."
(((Nice to have these partisan slurs listed all in one place, and the commentary's interesting, too; not so much in what it says about the Palin Divorce flap, but about the modern psychological reaction to this kind of online culture-war provocation. "Sue"? It's like watching guys fight machine guns with muzzle-loading rifles.)))
