Sarah Palin ‘affair’: big media stays quiet as ‘lover’ named »
Posted By Aidenag 10 months ago in NewsWhile America's respectable media focus on John McCain's acceptance speech to the Republican faithful, blogs and gossip sites continue to lead the feeding frenzy surrounding the National Enquirer's allegation, reported here yesterday, that McCain's running mate Sarah Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner.
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chuck-the-canuck10 months ago
Much as a loath the republicans, and as much as I think McCain’s choice of Palin as his running mate is a transparent, shallow act by a desperate man, I don’t much care about Palin’s personal life, except as it relates to her ability to do the job.
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slate10 months ago
The Positive vote was from me.
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After all the outcry of AG submitting stroies from the right, at least there were some threads from the other side on here. Now all we get are these types of threads on the front page. The one I love the most is the one where the left claims Palin was too mean durig her speech, after the constant attacks against her. -
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inverse10 months ago
I see sexism here. Why should we care about Palin's alleged affair but not McCain's?
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We should all focus on issues, at least until there is an affair between Palin and McCain. -
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not2needy10 months ago
Haven't we been told over and over that being familiar with the candidates associates and private lives are necessities as it gives us insight as to their character??
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Why is so many of McCains military records sealed, and now why is Palin's husband's ex business partner's divorce records being sealed? If there's nothing to hide, why hide it?
Conservatives put this on the table when they posted that hideous video of some deviant who said he had sex with Obama while they did coke. Then took soundbites out of context of Obama's minister for smear purposes only, and attacked Michelle when she supposedly said "whitey", which wasn't really proven to be true because it could have been why'd he....
When you get bit by a mosquito do you watch to see if it will bite you again or do you swat it? I swat it, i think everyone does, but now i will probably be accused of being violent. -
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hyperbola10 months ago
Well, we have already seen that Palin abuses political power to carry out personal vendettas. We have also already seen her corruption.
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What is even worse than the media keeping quiet about her personal life is that they are keeping quiet about her ugly, dangerous religious connections.
Voting for Palin would be like voting for Osama Bin Laden. She is right out of our very own "christian madrassas".
Sarah Palin used AK tax dollars to fund dominionist churches
Over the past few days, I've done reporting on Sarah Palin's extensive dominionist connections--including the attempt to run her as a "stealth" dominionist candidate and her connections to some scary dominionist groups including not just "Joel's Army" folks but a far-right Christian Reconstructionist political party linked to domestic terrorism.
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epiphannyy10 months ago
chuck-the-canuck........very well said. I don't know when we became so tabloid driven in this society, more interested in the sex lives of candidates rather than the platforms they promote, but I couldn't care less. I never understood people's obsession over Bill Clinton's sex life, and I have the same feeling about the opposition. Who Palin is having an affair with, or even if she's having an affair, is of no consequence in my opinion. The only things that matter to me are her positions on issues and her qualifications to carry out any plans she may have. Beyond that, its none of my business and nothing but a distraction in a campaign that is too important to entertain distractions in. We have real issues to face and get through before someone is elected, and spending any energy on anything this ridiculous is just a waste in my opinion.
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Besides.........when did the National Inquirer become a valid news source for anything? Talk about absurd.. -
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SayNO2Obama9 months, 3 weeks ago
I see you got that story from the MOST RELIABLE PEOPLE.......THE ENQUIRER!!! HAHAHAHAHAHA! THESE are the same people that said the WORLD WOULD END IN 2000! AND THAT ELVIS PRESLEY REALLY DID NOT DIE AND THAT ALL OF THE UFO's "creatures" are carrying ROSIE O'DONNELL's BABY! I think I would trust those who know SARAH PALIN BEST and those are her CLOSEST FRIENDS. OF COURSE, all of the LIBERAL PEOPLE WILL HAVE TO SMEAR HER.....THEY SURE CAN'T BEAT HER AT THE POLLS!! AND the more TRASH the ENQUIRER PUBLISHES about McCAIN AND PALIN, the more you push the people who are on the fence to PALIN! GREAT JOB, ENQUIRER!!! ONE DAY, YOU MIGHT JUST WANNA TELL THE TRUTH AND SEE HOW GREAT IT TRULY FEELS INSTEAD OF TRYING TO DESTROY SOMEONE's LIFE! SHAME ON YOU FOR BELIEVING ANYTHING IN THE NATIONAL ENQUIRER. THE ONLY THING THAT "MIGHT" BE TRUE THAT THE ENQUIRER PRINTS IS THE PAGE NUMBER......on the bottom of the page and sometimes, they can't even get THAT right! ROFLMAO!!!
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Weebeasty10 months ago
The Republicans cared when Clinton got caught... The Reagans cared when McCain was caught (they adopted his abandoned wife and distanced themselves from him.) It goes right to the heart of whether someone is trustworthy or not. McCain is an adulterer and a liar... you have to care because it demonstrates so much about a person.
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wtagg10 months ago
I agree that there is really no point in casting accusations, especially in view of the seeming frequency of occurrence in the political world. It would be better if everyone just accepted that they are mostly likely all having or had affairs, push that off the table and get down to business.
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It demonstrates that the government has no real place in trying to legislate morality. That choice should be left to the citizen to work out.-
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Hobe10 months ago
Character is a very good way to judge how honest one may react in various situation.
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Ex New Jersey Governor McGreevy resigned in Disgrace for a love affair with a HoMosexual, Idiot Spitzer Governor of New York resigned in Disgrace for having an affair, a least with a female, Gary hart was also destroyed for having an affair, etc....
Is it fair to say, one may want to think before making dogmatic, uneducated, Foolish statements, regarding the value of Character, Honesty, and fine attributes in candidates competing for a high office to Serve the people of the United states???
How Shallow and incompetent...-
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ISITJUSTME10 months ago
Don't forget the media drug John Edwards through the mud. What is the difference between Edwards and Palin? If Edward's political career is over, why shouldn't Palin's also be over. is If it true, then she should step aside. Hey, cheaters cheat.
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Endoscopy10 months ago
This is one of the things that Palin was talking about when she accused the Obama/Biden Democrats of trashing her and her family with lies etc. There was a story on here yesterday where people there tried to make it that since it did not come from Obama or Biden she was wrong. Those silly libs couldn't read apparently.
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This is a rumor story discussing another rumor story from the National Enquirer. Then it is posted here. Aidenag must love to share rumors instead of discussing the facts.-
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ADAGUY10 months ago
I don't recall you complaining the other day when a story was posted about Obama's mother, with a disclaimer right at the top of the page?
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Why not? I'm sure you want to be fair to all? Right? -
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happenings9 months, 4 weeks ago
Well Palin has already put this country in an economic depression, by telling the world that is okay for teenagers to have unprotected sex. According to People's Magazine even she, was pregnant before she was married. The facts say that she eloped in August and her oldest son was born in April. Go figure why she can be so deceptive with controlling the rights of other women and animals, when she can't even control the one woman in her own house. Who say that this story was not going to be news when teenage pregancy has hit it lowest record. Now she has stirred another group of people into thinking that her daughter is a role model.
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For anyone who thinks that teenage pregancy is a good thing, they should sign up to pay $15,000 a month in taxes to pay for teenage pregnacies who has to be subsidize to pay for the welfare of their children. Doctor visits aren't cheap, nor is the care to take care of one.
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chuck-the-canuck10 months ago
"Why bother to make this stuff up or to step to the level of alpha and bring it up here?"
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Ah yes, AG. Where is she now?
Now, don’t criticize me for being a romantic, but I kind of like to think that somewhere here on Propeller, she lives on. Every time I see a republican spew another bit of hate, every time I see that someone has popped in to neg a reasonable comment made by someone slightly left of centre, I like to think that it just might be "Her Assholiness", "The Queen of The Sphincters", AG herself, reincarnated as a flatulent computer pixie, returning to share the piquant aroma of her ordure. -
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MisssyM10 months ago
The thing is that extra-marital affairs ARE important when the people who have them take a particular moral stance. And alhough slightly different (as he was in office at the time), an extra-martial dalliance was enough to impeach a President not that long ago. So to say a person's sex life dopesn't matter, is a little naive.
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However, this story seems like made up muck raking. Gossip manifesting itself as journalism. If it weren't and there was testimony or evidence, the other papers would be running with it too.-
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Tcaros10 months ago
I agree. The fact that Palin came out with the whole "family thing" as a main part of her personal qualifications means she needs to answer about the affair.
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If she's lying about the "sqeaky clean family life" as part of her persona then she needs to belly up to the bar about the affair.
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Georgia5010 months ago
Depends. Was the Enquirer right about Edwards?
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No one accepts their writing or dismisses their writing absent evidence one way or the other. If the Enquirer gets it right, that does not mean that children of aliens are running around. And just because we all snicker at the idea of alien children running around, doesn't mean they don't get it right once in a while. -
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Juno9980110 months ago
She is quite the righteous "cheer leader"... just have to wonder about her religious dager... is it one-sided or two????? hmmmmmmmmmm. I say phoney 2faced, power hungery, legspeader .
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hefaa110 months ago
The National Enquirer is like Fox news they very rarely get one right. NE getting the Edwards story was a fluke. But it just goes to show ya' that even a blind rooster will get corn on his pecker if he pecks long enough.
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pcknowledge10 months ago
It was so much more fun to discuss Clinton's bjob.
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The economy was going strong, jobs were plenty, salaries were high, gas prices were very low, healthcare was very affordable, there were no home foreclosures.
We needed entertainment, and the Republicans provided it when they went after Clinton and had to watch on the sidelines when Clinton got re elected for a second term. -
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gwhiddon10 months ago
Think it could be, JUST possibly that the MS media doesn't HAVE critical stories on Palin.
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MSM has at least a little self respect.
Duh.
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Kyttea10 months ago
??? This is a question more than a comment. ???
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Does anyone know why Obama crashed down all over Hillary when she was running, saying that because she voted for the war, that meant she had bad judgement. Now, he chooses a VP candidate , Joe Biden, to run with him, who also voted for the war but Obama has no problem with it .What is the explanation for that? -
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injest10 months ago
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"Sarah Palin ‘affair’: big media stays quiet as ‘lover’ named
While America's respectable media focus on John McCain's acceptance speech to the Republican faithful, blogs and gossip sites continue to lead the feeding frenzy surrounding the National Enquirer's allegation, reported here yesterday, that McCain's running mate Sarah Palin had an affair with her husband's business partner."
More desperation from team Obama, Truly pathetic.
This story was debunked days ago how stupid are you people?
http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/years/2008/09...
One Palin Mystery Solved
Privacy, not intrigue, behind pol pal's bid to seal divorce records
an Enquirer source claimed, he "quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guy." So when the blogosphere discovered today (via an online court docket) that Scott Richter, a Palin associate, personally filed a sealing motion in Alaska Superior Court, well, conclusions were jumped to. Was Sarah Palin named as the other woman in a messy divorce action? Well, since Richter's September 3 motion, a copy of which you'll find below, was denied yesterday, his divorce filings remain open to the public. And a TSG review of the 98-page file shows that the Palins are only mentioned in Richter's sealing request.
(Did ya get that Obama? his divorce filings remain open to the public)
(Did ya get that Obama? the Palins are only mentioned)
According to the filing, Richter wanted the documents deemed confidential in a bid to cloak details about his home, workplace, and phone numbers because "reporters and news agencies" were using that information to contact him.
Richter, a 39-year-old contractor, noted that he is "friends and land owners in a remote cabin" with the Palins and,
(Did ya get that Obama? Translation for you Obama, the have a time share the Palins)
as a result, journalists were intruding on the "cabin life and private life" of him and his 11-year-old son. The petition to dissolve the marriage was filed jointly last July by Richter and his ex-wife, who were not represented by lawyers. A judge granted the dissolution less than two months after the couple filed to end their marriage.-
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obiefrommuskogee10 months ago
Obama has nothing to do with this. Palin is fresh news... it sells papers. That's all.
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You know.... the free market ecomony the GOP espouses, including the free marketing of opinion from blowhards like Limbaugh. Palin is fair game, just as any political figure would be. Or are you suggesting she needs coddling?
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mompro10 months ago
As much as it saddens me, we will never know what all of the candidates have done prior to their bid for office. We can only hope that serving the people to a higher standard than they served their families will be the case. But considering the viscious level of mud slinging by the Repubs in the 2004 election, I say let all of it fly. I've been stuffed full of their damn high, but fake, moral authority my entire life. Too bad it was nothing but crap spread over all of us. They need to rethink their ability to live up to their own double standard. I'm not buying it any more and I certainly hope no one else is. It does matter if their character is of such low moral standard. McCain is an expert at crapping on his wives and his children. I use to respect him as a moderate. Now I have no respect for him at all. I certainly don't trust him or the choices he made for VP. I hope every underhanded dirty thing she has pulled hits the front page. Hello Swiftboat. Hope you like the ride.
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PatrioticAmerican10 months ago
and if this story was about biden or Osama obama , you guys on the left here would be yelling SMEAR SMEAR thats all this is is SMEAR you guys are afraid of palin and you will rake the mud till you think yoou have a story then you will twist it and turn it into something big when it very small well nice try didnt work and i look forward to your next attempt
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