Bill O'Reilly to Pay Court Costs of Fallen Marine's Father

By GottaLaff



I'm relieved that the soldier's family doesn't have to come up with the money to pay those creeps, but I can't help but wonder what Bill-O the Clown is getting out of this (other than badly needed positive press):

Newsmax reports FNC's Bill O'Reilly will pay the legal fees for the father of a fallen U.S. Marine who sued members of the Westboro Baptist Church who picketed his son's funeral.

This is not the face of a do-gooder:

Coleman Camp To Pay $94,000 To Franken's Legal Team?

By GottaLaff

Young Toker

It's not like Toker Norm doesn't have $750,000 in his stash, now is it?

Norm Coleman's appeal of his defeat in the Minnesota election trial has not yet been argued before the Minnesota Supreme Court, but the two campaigns are busy litigating yet another point: How much Coleman's campaign will have to reimburse the Franken camp for legal costs under the loser-pays provision of the election law.

As of now, and as determined by the court clerk, Coleman will owe Franken about $94,000 for trial-related fees. Team Franken had asked for $161,000, which was then reduced by the clerk after the Coleman camp objected that some of these costs either didn't qualify or weren't sufficiently itemized.

This hardly begins to cover the millions that have been spent on legal fees, but it's one more thing for Coleman to worry about. [...]

The Coleman camp argued that they should not have to pay until the appeals process is over -- due to the possibility that they can still win. [...]

In the Franken camp's reply, filed on May 13, they say that there is no legal basis for Coleman to delay paying the check.

Sarah Palin formally unveils new legal defense fund

By GottaLaff

You know you're in trouble when you need a legal defense fund...

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, facing a string of costly ethics complaints, formally unveiled a defense fund Friday to help pay her legal fees — now surging past the half-million dollar mark.

I guess The Surge worked.

"For Alaskans, the time has come to end the siege on our government by political tricksters. Enough is enough. With the help of reform-minded advocates from across our nation, we will stand up for what is right," said a message on the Web site for the Alaska Fund Trust.

She needs a trunkload of money to fight "tricksters"! Who knew tricksters could be that expensive?

"Your maximum contribution of $150.00 will allow the Governor, her family, and her colleagues to retire their legal debt at no cost to Alaskans and reduce the incentive for mischief by her opponents. Together, we can help Governor Palin and future elected officials turn back the tide of overtly partisan and unnecessarily personal political attacks."

So they're not just tricksters. They're mischievous tricksters! They sound almost... impish:

(relevant segment at 3:30)

Kristan Cole, a Palin ally from Wasilla, will run the fund, which she described as "one of the most restrictive and transparent legal funds in history." The group said it plans to voluntarily release the names of donors and size of their contributions.

In history! Gracious! That is restrictive! How clever of them. How wickedly nimble.

One might say almost... impish.