Sarah Palin emails: Exxon's stalling tactics called 'outrageous' [ Sarah is tough on Big Oil ]

ExxonMobil has long been Alaska’s most enduring villain, thanks to the 1989 Exxon Valdez tanker accident that spilled at least 11 million gallons of oil, not to mention the years Exxon spent fighting devastated fishermen and others in court to avoid and delay paying damages.

Former Gov. Sarah Palin's emails show how much state officials shared in the general outrage over Exxon’s legal tactics. Having already held the case up in the courts for nearly two decades, winning reversal of billions of dollars in punitive damages by the U.S. Supreme Court, ExxonMobil lawyers in 2008 filed pleadings to avoid paying interest on the $507.5 million they'd avoided paying all those years—a total of about $470 million extra, in the end.

The arguments are “certain to further enrage plaintiffs,” said Colberg, who said they included assertions that there was “no sound basis” to pay interest on the judgment, that all those damaged by the spill had been compensated “years ago,” and that Alaska spill victims had not won a clear-cut victory in court.

Palin punched in a quick response on her BlackBerry: "Outrageous. Unbelievable!" she said. "Glad we have one attorney most folks can like though."

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Proof that Sarah is the one.

The libs don’t care one iota what the others say.

Evey day its: What’s Sarah wearing?

She runs the most contrary to their positions.

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