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A Palin Affair?

It’s been at least a few hours since the last Palin revelation, so we were overdue for another. This one comes from the National Enquirer, which was right about the Edwards affair but has been wrong about so much else…

You can’t read the “revelation” online because the Enquirer is only hinting at it on its web site:

The ENQUIRER has also learned that Palin’s family is embroiled in a vicious war that is now exposing her darkest secrets, threatening to destroy her political career.

But the McCain campaign is happy to tell us what’s in the Enquirer’s print edition:

The smearing of the Palin family must end. The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Gov. Palin had an extramarital affair are categorically false. It is a vicious lie… The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it… Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.

My guess is that the McCain campaign wouldn’t be drawing attention to the Enquirer article in this way if it wasn’t false. And if that’s the case, then this is probably one small step in a larger process of using false claims about Palin to distract from true claims about Palin—a process that also lays a foundation for casting her as a victim of a vicious, sexist, media witch hunt.

But you never know… The Enquirer has been right before.

Comments (56)

1

It would not surprise me to find out that, not only is Ms Palin into furrie love, she acted on it. Probably shortly after Mr Palin got someone else preggers.

Unless they're swingers. Not that uncommon in Alaska, actually.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 3, 2008 3:40 PM
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since she was pregnant a month before she eloped I think that the Christians would point fingers and say that is extramarital, probably something to the effect of "By giving up her most sacred gift before he said 'I do' she has branded her self as a harlot and will spend her after life in the pit"

Posted by Little Red Ryan Hood | September 3, 2008 3:50 PM
3

Trailer Trash Theatre continues...

Too bad we can't get Alistair Cooke to introduce each episode.

Posted by Karlheinz Arschbomber | September 3, 2008 3:51 PM
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Dude! Once you accept Jesus H. Christ as your personal savior, all is forgiven. Know what I'm saying?

Posted by Gigi | September 3, 2008 3:53 PM
5

If the Enquirer is printing it with regards to Palin, I'm inclined to give it some credence. Apparently, they were the ones who found out about Bristol.

Posted by Gitai | September 3, 2008 4:00 PM
6

I'm LOVING tbis leftist feeding frenzy on Sarah Palin, because it shows just how desperate the Left is as liberalism continues to decline.

My prediction: McCain will win 55% of the vote and more than 40 states. Only the usual suspects (the people's republic of Washington chief among them) will stand behind the Marxist Obama.

Posted by Lord Basil | September 3, 2008 4:01 PM
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I think Eli highlights a strategy at work that may turn out to be effective; unknown person announced just days before the nominaiton, semi understandable media scrutiny of semi sensationalist story is ridiculously intense because it's the first thing we hear about her. McCain camp gets to paint it as 'Democratic hypocrisy', even though Obama has been clear about this not being an issue, because it comes from the 'liberal media.' Palin ends up looking sympathetic by the first time we hear from her on the convention stage. Real issues about troopergate, earmarks, bridges to nowhere, crazy ass speeches in front of churches and membership in the Independent party are largely ignored as people feel she hasn't gotten a fair shake. Anyone wondering why the McCain camp couldn't predict the coverage and what they were thinking has their quesiton answered.


Posted by bohica | September 3, 2008 4:02 PM
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I'm LOVING tbis leftist feeding frenzy on Sarah Palin, because it shows just how desperate the Left is as liberalism continues to decline.

My prediction: McCain will win 55% of the vote and more than 40 states. Only the usual suspects (the people's republic of Washington chief among them) will stand behind the Marxist Obama.

Posted by Lord Basil | September 3, 2008 4:02 PM
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If I owned a newspaper, it would have headlines like

TEEN PREGO CRISIS

each and every day!

Posted by John Bailo | September 3, 2008 4:03 PM
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@8:

I'll take that bet.

What do you want to put up - besides whatever vestiges of self-respect you may still be desperately clinging to?

Oh, and gee The Enquirer certainly didn't get this sort of drubbing from the McSame camp when they broke the Edwards Affair story - although I do note, they're actually calling THIS one "a vicious lie", which is much harsher language than they used on the "Bristol is Trig's baby mama" story, which they could only characterize as a "despicable rumor".

Posted by COMTE | September 3, 2008 4:07 PM
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See, the fun part is that I wouldn't personally care if Palin had cheated on her husband. 'Cause that's private, right? Between them. Has no bearing on her performance in office (which is bad in its own special ways.)

But...

The fundies love a good finger-wagging over adultery stories. I think any substantiated claims of infidelity are likely to hurt Palin in the Bible Belt, just like they hurt McCain.

Posted by Greg | September 3, 2008 4:09 PM
12

I'd be enjoying this all a bit more if Dan Quayle hadn't once been elected Vice President.

Posted by Dougsf | September 3, 2008 4:13 PM
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Actually, the Enquirer wins most of the libel cases brought against it, and this is most likely true.

@8 - put down the crack pipe, dude. It is certainly possible McCain could pull this election out, but it will be a lot closer than that if he does.

(Also, you might want to go actually look up the term "Marxist" before you bandy it around so casually. That kind of right-wing rhetoric is SO 1957!)

Posted by Mr. X | September 3, 2008 4:19 PM
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WHAT DO YUO MEAN MAN THE ENQIURER IS ALWAYS RTIGHT I ALWYAS SAY YUO SHOUD LISTEN TO ART BELL HE KONWS WHATS UP BEE CARFEUL BC THE GOVT IS LISTENIG TO

Posted by truther | September 3, 2008 4:30 PM
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I suspect they're drawing attention to the article because at this point their primary goal is to stoke righteous indignation in middle-aged female Hillary-sympathizing types by furthering the impression of a media pile-on. It's probably their best bet right now, actually, which is pretty sad for them.

Posted by tsm | September 3, 2008 4:31 PM
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Good god, Lord Basil, are you and John Bailo best pals?

Liberalism on the decline?! Liberalism did not even exist as a philosophy at some recent point in human history, but is now wildly popular. How can you say that liberalism has done anything but expand it's influence?

Try going to college so you can learn the proper words for the concepts you are trying to discuss. Maybe get a basic poly-sci course on cassette or something. Yeesh.

Posted by w7ngman | September 3, 2008 4:33 PM
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Again, remember the successfully-employed CBS Bush Air National Guard story tactic: Plant false evidence, debunk false evidence, close the book on legitimate inquiry into potentially damaging scandal, win points for being the victim of the "liberal media," force everybody to back off from future investigations.

Meanwhile, the Fourth Branch of government, which has no use for conventions or elections except as window-dressing, is over in Georgia quietly re-starting the Cold War.

Posted by flamingbanjo | September 3, 2008 4:34 PM
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If I was Karl Rove, I'd be planting false affair rumors, pre-loaded with the evidence needed to prove them false, in order to draw attention and credibility away from the TRUE rumors.

Remember the fake National Guard letter that ended Dan Rather's career? The substance of that was absolutely true -- GWB was AWOL for most of his Air National Guard service; but by producing a letter claiming to provide proof, but which was obviously a fake, the story was no longer tellable. That letter came from the GOP. I'll bet this affair rumor did too.

Posted by Fnarf | September 3, 2008 4:39 PM
19

Alien anal probe?
Sasquatch?
Jesus image in Doritos?
Inquiring mentals want to know...

Posted by chk_it | September 3, 2008 4:41 PM
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@6,8 - you presume we're not just trying to rip your heads off and are fighting back for America with all our hearts and hands ... which is exactly what we're doing.

The days of passive Dems are over.

Get used to the wilderness, cause you're going to be there for forty years.

Even if you did just spend $1,000,000,000.00 in our Blue State tax dollars over in Georgia without our consent.

Posted by Will in Seattle | September 3, 2008 4:41 PM
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It is sad.

I was thinking that as I watched the GOP audience tear up at Uncle Fred's litany of the abuses heaped on John McCain. He was describing stress-positions, sleep deprivation and isolation - all of which are confirmed as "enhanced interrogation techniques."

To be fair to the Right, the abuses included direct physical violence and medical inattention, but the Justice Department defined torture as actions resulting in "organ failure or death."

Does the Right understand that by their own rules nothing that happened to John McCain would qualify as torture at Gitmo?

Posted by John Galt | September 3, 2008 4:41 PM
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@15 I fully expect they (RNC/McC) are pushing some of the negative rumors about Palin. The tactic: mix in some false rumors, then come out and completely shoot those rumors down, casting doubt on all other negative Palin stories, profit.

Posted by K | September 3, 2008 4:44 PM
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I think we are blowing our load too soon with Palin. We need like 1 scandal every couple days, so they have time to sink in.

Hold back bloggers! Dish them out 2-3 a week tops. People need to digest them.

Posted by Original Monique | September 3, 2008 4:45 PM
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If so, then what's to prevent the media from dumping all over the GOP for deliberately fabricating false evidence?

Seriously, if this is the level the GOP has to stoop to (as if they haven't before, I know), I just find it inexplicable that anyone with an IQ in the double-digits wouldn't condemn their actions.

I mean, isn't there SOMETHING in The Bible about "bearing false witness"?

Posted by COMTE | September 3, 2008 4:45 PM
25

Well the McCain camp has been making a big deal about her Foreign Experience. My guess is that Foreign Experience is a Canadian Hockey player.

Posted by Zander | September 3, 2008 5:40 PM
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Hey - if she hasn't already had an affair, I'm more than willing to scratch her itch. (It's that "hot for teacher" thing.)

As long as she promises not to talk post-coital politics. Or pre-coital politics. Or politics at all.


Posted by Fremonter | September 3, 2008 6:56 PM
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That is what McCain gets for picking someone that has so little national experience. What is really perplexing are the number of highly qualified Republican woman that could have been selected who are nationally known and respected. Current and former governors and senators for example. McCain did not have the courage at the last minute to honor those who voted for him in the primaries over very conservative competitors, It looks like McCain would rather start a new culture war rather then loose this election. My respect for him is so low that it looks like its time to vote for the Dems. By the way, all of those Washington elites they are running against are in fact Republicans. They are running against themselves. It’s the Republicans who have controlled the White House for 8 years, and congress most of that time.

Posted by Steve Smith | September 3, 2008 10:48 PM
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he he he, hope all you want, after that speech and ripping Obama a new one, her having had an affair is the only HOPE Obama has LOL

look at what you messiah has reduced you to, hateful little people just hopping that a family is ripped apart so that the outcome of your election can CHANGE

ROFLMMFAO

probably turns out that she passed notes to a different guy in high school, hey there is still hope, perhaps tazergate will pan out for you all

Posted by mark 5.56 | September 4, 2008 1:23 AM
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Remember this is same thing the New York Times tried to do to McCain. McCain went straight at the times.

Why would you not think he would go after the National Inquirer.

Plus who really cares if she did have an affair. Look at Bill Clinton!

Posted by dean | September 4, 2008 3:11 AM
30

Look at

Look at Blll Clinton..... it only took eighty million dollars, a rabid, frothing at the mouth, phony christian right wing wacko special prosecutor, a complicit news media, and forty million cheering republicans to find out that yes indeed, the greatest president of the twentieth century had an affair. And the attempted public lynching.....disguised as an impeachment process will be our shame forever. Republican.....just the word makes me want to vomit.....hypocrites.

Posted by Earl | September 4, 2008 3:42 AM
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Look at

Look at Blll Clinton..... it only took eighty million dollars, a rabid, frothing at the mouth, phony christian right wing wacko special prosecutor, a complicit news media, and forty million cheering republicans to find out that yes indeed, the greatest president of the twentieth century had an affair. And the attempted public lynching.....disguised as an impeachment process will be our shame forever. Republican.....just the word makes me want to vomit.....hypocrites.

Posted by Earl | September 4, 2008 3:42 AM
32

Look at

Look at Blll Clinton..... it only took eighty million dollars, a rabid, frothing at the mouth, phony christian right wing wacko special prosecutor, a complicit news media, and forty million cheering republicans to find out that yes indeed, the greatest president of the twentieth century had an affair. And the attempted public lynching.....disguised as an impeachment process will be our shame forever. Republican.....just the word makes me want to vomit.....hypocrites.

Posted by Earl | September 4, 2008 3:43 AM
33

I am sorry but she is a hottie and if she did have an affair wrong or not I couldn't blame the guy for doing it. Everytime I look at Sarah all I could think of is she's 44 and HOT!

Posted by John | September 4, 2008 6:01 AM
34

And they make fun of Obama's religion? This lady is a nut.

Posted by ted elder | September 4, 2008 7:33 AM
35

Give me a break. She's got 5 kids and is the Governer of Alaska. Like, she's even got time to have an affair.

And by the way, women don't have the same urges as men do.

Posted by NCR | September 4, 2008 8:39 AM
36

She got the time!!!!!! She is not taking care of 5 kids-GET REAL!
She was back to work 3 days after having the last one-IF in~fact she is really that ones mother!?
It must be nice to have a "special needs kid" and be able to run for VP----it's CALLED _________hired help!!! and MOST of us do not have it!!!!!!!! She is an insult to working moms----she doesn't deal in the real world with day care and 3AM feedings! Is she fighting for help like most have to that do have children with special needs?

Posted by Mot; girl | September 4, 2008 11:42 AM
37

YAAHHHHOOO Alaskan Cracker hillbillies gonna be runnin the USofA when McBush kicks1

Posted by Jethro | September 4, 2008 2:00 PM
38

Sarah Palin gave me a blow job

Posted by John | September 4, 2008 3:05 PM
39

I love this VP pick, John McCain is pissing down hois leg about now....

Posted by Scott | September 4, 2008 6:13 PM
40

How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:01 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:01 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:01 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:02 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:02 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:02 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:02 PM
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How many of the 10 Commandments has this religious nut broken? What's next? This is better than "Desperate Housewives"

Posted by Moretti | September 4, 2008 9:03 PM
48

If this one is not true, just standby. She is a joke, McCain didn't vet her and more revelations are certain to come!

Posted by Fighting for my Country | September 4, 2008 9:57 PM
49

How many positions did McCain vet her in?

Posted by verg | September 5, 2008 4:58 AM
50

Loving Lord Byron's comments. What an idiot! LOL.

Amazing how the "Enquirer" is now "leftist media."

Byron, don't put any money on that bet of yours. McCain is going to lose in a landslide. It won't even be close.

Finally, we'll shut the filthy mouths of the RePUBICcans.

Posted by daveyinlondon | September 5, 2008 11:20 AM
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Karl Rove wants us to talk about nothing but this woman's dirty laundry. IT IS FAKE. She didn't screw around on her husband and that baby is hers. She did pull some political shenanigans as a Mayor and as a Governor. She isn't Paris Hilton but the blame the media narrative won't work unless the media spreads the lies they started themselves in the first place. Who leaked that her daughter was preggers? The McCain Campaign! Quit doing the Republican's dirty work.

Posted by Crempole Stalwart | September 5, 2008 12:45 PM
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Karl Rove wants us to talk about nothing but this woman's dirty laundry. IT IS FAKE. She didn't screw around on her husband and that baby is hers. She did pull some political shenanigans as a Mayor and as a Governor. She isn't Paris Hilton but the blame the media narrative won't work unless the media spreads the lies they started themselves in the first place. Who leaked that her daughter was preggers? The McCain Campaign! Quit doing the Republican's dirty work.

Posted by Crempole Stalwart | September 5, 2008 12:50 PM
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Hmmm, let's see, Obama has a degree in international relations from Columbia and a law degree from Harvard, graduating at the top of his class. He experimented with drugs in high school (as if that would make him unusual) and gave that up to become almost monk-like in college. He has but one wife and two children born long aftter they were married. McCain graduated from the Naval Academy near the bottom of his class, is on his second wife, whom he had an affair with while his first wife was recovering from a horrible accident. Now we have Palin with her journalism degree and all her questionable positions and history compared to Biden with his law degree who has had two great marriages, the first ending when his wife died. No divorces at all on the Democratic side, no unwed pregnancies, no affairs, no moral issues at all really. Now, I may have some of these details wrong, but you get the idea. Is there any question about our choices based on just these issues (as if there weren't any others)?

Posted by Nonpartay | September 6, 2008 2:15 PM
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truth is i don't really give a damn about her alleged or actual cheating. i just want a 24k intellect in the white house.

half the pricks roasting clinton over lewenski were cheating on their wives. it's a fact.

and the other half were having gay butt sex in airport bathrooms.

Posted by Vinny | September 7, 2008 2:18 AM
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McCain is probably nailing her in is straight talk express bus right now.President of Vice Sarah Palin, who can take care of america's needs.

Posted by biggus dickus | September 7, 2008 4:11 PM
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Yeah, it's strange how she's been sequestered and McCain or Rove will not let her be interviewed. I think they know something's wrong. I wouldn't be surprised if she's off the ticket within 1 or 2 weeks.
The British bookies are accepting bets on it.

Posted by Denis Jonnes | September 8, 2008 1:32 AM

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