Palin aide: She's not afraid of Jon Stewart

Asked for comment, Palin aide and unofficial spokeswoman Rebecca Mansour emailed The Huffington Post, claiming that Palin “doesn’t recall being invited on Jon Stewart’s show” and that no one at her political action committee, SarahPAC “remembers seeing an invitation,” adding that the former governor’s Fox News contract precludes her from appearing on other networks without approval.

When it was suggested that perhaps she and the other holdouts were afraid to go on the show, Mansour emphasized: “She is certainly not ‘afraid’ to go on his or any show. Sometimes she chooses to avoid a show, such as David Letterman’s, because she doesn’t want to give it a ratings or publicity boost. But afraid? No way.”

In a follow-up email, Mansour was more vehement: “She’s not afraid of his show. She doesn’t think about him all that much. Neither do I. However, I do recall that he’s been rather vicious in his coverage of her, so I’m not sure why she would even want to appear on his show to give him a ratings boost. If you continue to imply that she’s afraid of appearing on a comedian’s satire news show, then you’re just plain wrong. She’s stared down big oil companies and won. Jon Stewart isn’t all that intimidating.”