Why do Freepers keep saying Palin is (or was) a “private citizen?”
Once she decided to run for VP of the United States, and started touring the country with McCain and giving nationally televised speeches, didn’t she cross the line into “public figure?”
She should sue, but I don’t think she can be described as a “private” citizen.
She isn't holding any office, nor running for office. She has a celebrity status, but still, IMO, is a private citizen. In any event her children surely are and they have been maligned as well.