Posted on 09/29/2010 7:38:30 PM PDT by kristinn
The news media has been slow to report the emergency restraining order obtained Monday by former Alaska Governor and 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin against 18 year old Pennsylvania man Shawn R. Christy. It took forty-eight hours for the national media to report on the court order, even though it was reported online by the local paper the Mat-Su Valley Frontiersman on Tuesday.
Palin friend Kristan Cole also obtained a restraining order against Christy, who reportedly told Cole he had bought a gun and flown to Alaska in recent days.
This evening, the Associated Press quoted testimony Palin gave by telephone in the hearing Monday:
"Bottom line is, he is crazy and could kill me," Palin said, according to the court transcript. "He wants me dead."
Palin also testified that he also believes he has some kind of relationship with her daughter, Willow, and has brought up the girl's name.
The AP also quoted Palin's attorney Thomas Van Flein on the constant threats the Palin family has lived with since she came to national prominence two years ago:
Christy had "risen to the top of the dozens and dozens of people" who have threatened Palin since 2008, when she emerged on the national stage. "He stands out as the most persistent," trying to reach her through friends, associates and family members, he said.
Reuters also published their first article on the Palin stalker tonight, noting "Cole, like the former Republican vice presidential candidate, is from Wasilla and a former beauty pageant contestant."
The Frontiersman reported more details today:
Cole testified that Christy sent a letter in August 2010 saying that he tried to follow the bible but had evil and wickedness in him. She said Christy told her that he is convinced she is evil and must be punished.
Petitioner is concerned because the respondent appears to be unstable and has stated that he believes petitioner is evil and that she needs to be punished and that he is coming to confront her to get her to tell the truth.
Christy also claims to have had a sexual relationship with Gov. Palin, the documents say. Petitioner testified that respondent has told her that he has had an affair with Gov. Palin and that petitioner needs to tell the FBI the truth about the affair.
Palin testified that she has not had a sexual relationship with Christy, the filing stated.
AOL News reports on Christy's purported Facebook page that Christy was homeschooled and claimed to work for a Hazelton recycling company.
The constant stalking the Palin family lives under explains their visceral reaction to literary stalker Joe McGinnis moving into the home next door to the Palins last summer to work on a book about Sarah Palin.
The media's slow coverage of the threats to Palin are in keeping with their downplaying of the arson fire at her church in Wasilla after the 2008 presidential election.
That’s what I’m confused about - why hasn’t he been arrested, evaluated and placed in a nut ward?
Maybe a bunch of freepers should have a “word” with him....
Tell me about it. It’s like they are unwilling to deal with these nuts the way they deserve. And then people wonder how innocent people get killed. Mental illness is no excuse for criminal behavior.
A “bunch”?????
....well, it might take some extra help to pick up the litter.
This is a job for Holder....to ignore.
I’m sure many of us would like to give him an “opinion”....
I’ll keep my eyes peeled for her to write something. Thanks a million!
LLS
I’ve forgotten......who were the nazgul and balrogs?
“The liberal media practically does Manchurian Candidate code words to get the killers to come out of the woodwork.”
It’s “Telefon”
The woods are lovely, dark and deep.....
“I thought ten thousand swords must have leaped from their scabbards to avenge even a look that threatened her with insult. But the age of chivalry is gone.” (Edmund Burke)...but not, it seems, with Sarah Palin. This lady has struck such a chord with so many Americans - its like that final scene in Spartacus when the captured slaves all cry “I am Spartacus”....I swear there are hundreds who would take a bullet for her.
I lived in Palmer for a couple of years. I met a rather nice young Jehovah’s Witness lady who carried a bag with the required literature in it. Beneath the Watchtowers was a .44 magnum and below that was a bottle of Jack Daniels. She was ready for nearly any possibility.
“I swear there are hundreds who would take a bullet for her.”
Only hundreds?
LoL..
Well, walking the backroads of Alaska can be hazardous to your health. We all hear about the bears - and they’re a problem, but the moose are pretty territorial as well. A ticked-off cow can easily kill a person with their hooves. Add to those two well-documented dangers the ever possible wolverine encounter or - in more remote areas - wolves.
The lady in question was rather pretty too, so she had to consider the possibility of an unwelcome invitation from a two-legged wolf.
In the book, or in the real life analogy?
It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Spartacus.
That can only mean that it’s time to locate it and watch it again. :-)
Or perhaps they are people who may disagree with one of her positions and/or decisions, but by no means wish her dead.
In the movie.
That guy should be in the pokey for his threats; how is a restraining order going to protect her from a mentally unstable person who has uttered precise threats and has a gun and is in/ going to Alaska?
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