McCain Camp Knocks Down Enquirer's Palin (Affair) Rumor

[Newsjock]

Source: CBS News

John McCain’s campaign threatened legal action against the National Enquirer today for running a story about McCain’s running mate, Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband’s business partner.

“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,” said McCain senior adviser Steve Schmidt.

“The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it.”

The Enquirer also alleges that Palin unjustly fired a public safety official while she was governor of Alaska, but the story is based entirely on unnamed sources. The Enquirer has also paid sources in the past to speak with them, something mainstream media outlets do not do.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/blogs/2008/09/03/politics/fromtheroad/entry4413030.shtml

[Critters2]

1. Yeah. That's what John Edwards said, too. nt

[firedupdem]

2. Go on and do it!

File a lawsuit! The enquirer doesn't give a shit especially if they are right!

[melody]

7. The Enquirer ALWAYS has its ducks in a row these days

No way will Palin sue.

[TomInTib]

11. Exactly. Inquiring Minds would demand some DNA tests, for starters.

This is like when SNL said that Cary Grant was gay.

Grant said he was going to sue SNL out of existence.

Lorne Michaels said, "Fine, we'll see you in court".

Guess what?

[TwilightGardener]

3. ...

:wow:

[melody]

4. What a joke their outrage is -- this from the people who prosecuted Bill Clinton for a panty raid

They know it's over.

[amandabeech]

5. Just when you thought that it couldn't get worse . . .

Unfortunately for the McCain camp, the Enquirer tends to get this kind of stuff right.

I simply cannot get over this.

At least the Palins will get a TV movie and book contract out of this.

[tularetom]

10. Nah its already been done - Roseanne

The misadventures of a dysfunctional trailer trash family has had a run on TV.

[amandabeech]

12. You're right, but a drama treatment would be new.

They could have slender folks playing the Palins.

[LeighAnn]

142. Oh! But what about the "peccadilloes" of John McCain?

Listen to this, from Associated Content

"The article currently is not on the National Enquirer's Web site. The country's #1 supermarket tabloid apparently means to make fodder out of the sexual peccadilloes of John McCain, as the Web site features an article on McCain's cheating on his first wife."

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/1008238/in_socalled_sarah_palin_sex_scandal.html?cat=3

What do you suppose that means?

[MannyGoldstein]

18. And A Full Week On Jerry Springer n/t

[Liberalynn]

35. Now that is one week of Jerry's show I would watch

:rofl: :popcorn:

[saigon68]

114. Levi you are NOT the Father

LOL

[eShirl]

6. oh goody!

:popcorn:

[TomInTib]

8. Let 'em file.

Inquiring minds would love to see some DNA test results.

And telephone bills from the Governor's office.

And a whole list of other things.

[and-justice-for-all]

9. I think it is past due for the McCane camp to..

get what they should have been getting; criticized and put through it. McCane has had it easy for the start and if they are going to give him all the media coverage, well it might as well be done with the facts.

“The efforts of the media and tabloids to destroy this fine and accomplished public servant are a disgrace. The American people will reject it.” Actually, what WE REJECT, is republican fascist and we do not want Bush the squeal.

It also the Enquirer, so who really gives a shit. They drag everyone through the mud.

[amandabeech]

14. Yup, but they sometimes get it right.

Lots of people at least look at the thing at the check-out, and plenty buy it.

[and-justice-for-all]

20. My grandmother reads it...

and thinks it is news...LOL.

[amandabeech]

24. I suppose that she votes, too. n/t

[crispini]

13. I give up. I can't keep up with this story anymore.

Every time I log on to the interwebs there's something new and nasty. Amazing.

[FatDave]

28. It's astounding.

Every time I think there can't possibly be more to find...there it is.

[Ghost Dog]

43. What's nasty? It's just wonderful that Jeezus

wanted this to happen... :rofl:

[no limit]

15. Where was their outrage when Michelle Obama was being smeared?

[madmom]

17. well that's different, she's ...uppity!

[smoogatz]

16. If it wasn't true, they wouldn't threaten to sue.

They'd sue. So it's true. Simple as that.

I'm guessing the Sarah Palin sex tape can't be far behind.

Heh.

[cobalt1999]

22. Exactly!

If it wasn't true, they wouldn't say a word. Let it die on the shelves from lack of exposure. Now, everyone will notice it and it becomes real news.

[sendero]

50. If the NE prints it..

.... you can bet it is either true or their reason to believe it is true will stand up in a court case.

I was criticized a lot when I asserted that Edwards probably did have that affair, because I knew the history of the NE. They got sued and lost once, and their editor/publisher decided to be a lot more careful about what they publish.

If NE publishes it, it is 95% or better likely that it is a fact.

[Just-plain-Kathy]

19. If Palin is still on the ticket, and McCain becomes POTUS...

...all of America will realize that democracy in America is over.

[bulloney]

37. Even if Palin steps down and Crash wins, people will see that something's rotten in our elections.

This has been out of control lunacy!

It's like all of the frustrations of the past 4-5 presidential elections created by the Republican smear machine are blowing all over the place because they set themselves up for such a scenario.

I don't know how these delegates, party spokespersons and the RW talking heads on the radio like Limbaugh and Hannity can face a microphone right now.

Ain't Karma a bitch?

[Ghost Dog]

44. And 30% or so will think that's great

(Better to have Big Dude in charge, with Jeezus himself as CINC). :(

[bluestateguy]

21. Did they actually deny it, or just attack the Enquirer?

Maybe Obama needs to sign up Mark Penn for the campaign. Then he can go on TV and say, "Well, with regard to Gov. Pallin and an affair, we had nothing to do with that..."

[kestrel91316]

23. John McCain's campaign cannot sue the NE over this, IIRC.

They lack "standing".

Serena Joy or her cuckold, Todd, CAN sue. Doesn't mean they have a snowball's chance on hell of winning, however. NE has an army or attorneys vetting every story like this. They learned their lesson with Carol Burnett, if I recall.

[dchill]

48. National Enquirer vets...

McCain does not. Through the looking glass?

[Hekate]

25. Say, isn't Steve Schmidt the Rove protege? He would know ALL about "vicious lies".

:rofl:

Hekate

[stanwyck]

26. Wow. I've had rightwing co-workers tell me

that the National Enquirer is usually correct. Well, that's when the story involves a Democrat, anyway.

[FloridaJudy]

27. All aboard the Karma Express!

Didn't you just know the sleazeballs who started the nasty rumors about Obama's family never expected that crap to ricochet? I don't really believe it for one minute, but it's nice to see Rove and his cronies get a taste of what they've dished out.

They forget the prime directive: don't tutch the but!

[Karenina]

32. They have indeed tuched the but!

:rofl:

[The Backlash Cometh]

29. Do you all remember how tefloned the Bush/Cheney ticket was in 2000 and 2004?

How much you want to bet that McCain was put up for a patsy? After this election, he's finished.

[Liberalatus]

36. I almost believe this...

I sometimes think they WANT the Democrats to inherit the country in its current state. They know that now is the safest time to let us in office. With the deficit as bad as it is, we really cannot financially support a lot of programs that we would like to implement, without HEAVY condemnation of fiscal irresponsibility from their side. Even if we fix the deficit, like Bill Clinton did after Dumb and Dumber, we will still be criticized for taxing "people" (rich) to death. It is almost a lose/lose with Iraq/Afghanistan. No matter what we do, we will get nothing but criticism. If we don't drill, we get hammered. If we do, it won't solve anything. Its actually quite unfair, the uphill battle we will have to climb just to "break even" if Barack wins. Unless Barack pulls off a MIRACULOUS 4 years, he might be finished for re-election in 4 years. I feel Repugs might be indifferent in this election as to whether or not they win. I think they are already planning for 2012, which would explain why the MSM has been on "lite" mode for this election. That's why we need to expose Palin NOW, and not let her get 4 years of experience behind her (probably in Congress). I shudder at the thought of a Palin/Hillary ticket in 4 years, especially following a "failed" Obama/Democrat presidency. I think Obama can handle it, but never underestimate their ability to misrepresent and frame reality any way they see fit.

[The Backlash Cometh]

46. The only way that we can protect the Dems from getting stuck with the bill,

is to start prosecuting Republicans for what they did to this country. Only then can you slow them down and maybe stop them from pilfering our local, state and federal governments. Because, if the Dems think they're going to stop operating business as usual, they fucking deserve to get their asses kicked in.

[Virginia Dare]

42. Yep, I also remember a guy from the Enquirer getting anthraxed...n/t

[Liberalatus]

30. They are up in arms because...

they know that just the "suggestion" of a story is often enough to sway the average person's mind, if only a little. You could destroy someone completely just by bombarding people with false story after false story, repeated ad nauseum. EVEN if none if it were true, AND even if every single one of them was discredited. Businesses use this, Rove knows it works, and uses this method, combined with the MSM. They know it works, and that's why they have to stop it at all costs.

Not to say its not true, or that we would stoop as low as they do...

[daleo]

31. If Clinton's affair was fair game...

and if Edwards's affair was fair game...

[Ghost Dog]

45. But, do they need to spin? Can't they just roll with it

(pun intended)? After all, they've been quite openly lauding her at all levels for being so "hot"?

[DeadManInc]

33. I so fucking hope this is true!! This just keeps getting better

and better!!:woohoo:

[mikelgb]

34. what a thread

:popcorn:

I love how Enquirer has cred now

the word Palin is just getting fucking saturated into everywhere though

she will have name recognition, maybe more the Joe Biden

[DBoon]

38. Poor dears!

After all the tabloid BS that the Democrats had to take over the last 15 years, hey what goes around comes around.

Yeah, it really sucks to be smeared. We can tell you that after years of being subjected to all kinds of nonsense. People are STILL claiming Vincent Foster was murdered by Hillary Clinton, for christ's sake.

[CitizenPatriot]

39. No way...OMG she is the stench that keeps on reeking

the next time someone says that we are picking on her, tell them this (thank you to this story for sending me to the national enquirer where I would never have gone otherwise!). this also debunks the freepers cry that she announced this first and then we attacked:



"The ultra-conservative governor’s announcement about her daughter’s pregnancy came hours after The ENQUIRER informed her representatives and family members of Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol’s child, that we were aware of the pregnancy and were going to break the news.

In a preemptive strike Palin released the news, creating political shockwaves.

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."

[Dem2theMax]

40. I actually came across an article (don't ask me where, I've been researching

for the past three days) that had Sarah quoted in a newspaper as saying that a woman had come up to her and accused her of having an affair.

Wish I could find it. Will keep looking for it!

[Virginia Dare]

41. Gosh John, and you thought it was funny when the Clintons were being smeared..

better add have you ever screwed your spouse's business partner onto that vetting questionnaire you've got.

[democrat2thecore]

47. Hey, McCain -- Ask John Edwards about how false the Enquirer's been lately -nt

[gulfcoastliberal]

49. K&R - That's some heavy vetting, NE heh heh heh... nt

[IndianaGreen]

51. Huff Post: McCain Camp Battles National Enquirer Over Alleged Palin Affair

McCain Camp Battles National Enquirer Over Alleged Palin Affair

John McCain's presidential campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the National Enquirer over a print edition story the tabloid ran today alleging that Gov. Sarah Palin has had an extramarital affair with her husband's business partner.

The allegation would normally be dismissed by political observers as the random musings of a supermarket tabloid -- indeed, the McCain campaign said as much in its statements on Wednesday -- except that the paper has built up a reservoir of legitimacy following its earlier reporting on the John Edwards affair.

In a statement to the Huffington Post, a spokesman for the paper, who promised a larger report next week, tapped into that pool of quasi-respect.

"The National Enquirer's coverage of a vicious war within Sarah Palin's extended family includes several newsworthy revelations, including the resulting incredible charge of an affair plus details of family strife when the Governor's daughter revealed her pregnancy. Following our John Edwards' exclusives, our political reporting has obviously proven to be more detail-oriented than the McCain campaign's vetting process. Despite the McCain camp's attempts to control press coverage they find unfavorable, The Enquirer will continue to pursue news on both sides of the political spectrum."

Clearly, this is a touchy matter. Already, rumors that Palin's youngest son was actually the son of her daughter were batted down. And the McCain campaign has strenuously insisted that the current crop of insinuations is not only false but also potentially libelous.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/03/mccain-camp-battles-natio_n_123696.html

[yellowcanine]

53. Sounds as if the NE is reporting it as an "incredible" charge. So how is it libel?

Like it or not, the news media CAN feport on rumors as long as they do not make the case that the rumor is true.The McCain camp is crazy to react this strongly to the mere mention of a rumor. And it is not very credible for a spokesperson to deny a rumor out of hand - what is their basis for knowing it cannot be true? Did they ask Sarah?

[704wipes]

52. Quit picking on Palin ! She was a POW !!

oh wait, wrong half of the ticket....

[boilinmad]

145. Well then...

....she's old...still the wrong half.....uh, she's a midget...still the wrong half....she's had cancer....oh, still the wrong half....oh, did i mention she was a POW?

[Seldona]

54. Now there is an affair?

Stick a fork in her, she is done. I don't see McCain recovering from this gaff. Though it is so much more than a gaff. True or not, people are going to be talking. I would pay to be fly on the wall on the first meeting that takes place between the two after the last couple of days.

:nuke:

[RamboLiberal]

55. Palin denies affair rumours

Source: The Age

The McCain campaign has vigorously denied reports that Republican vice-presidential pick Sarah Palin had a steamy extramarital affair with her husband's business partner.

The story, which appeared just hours before Mrs Palin was due to address the Republican convention today, was branded "scurrilous" by McCain chief strategist Steve Schmidt, who said it was "a vicious lie".

"The smearing of the Palin family must end," he said.

"The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Governor 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."



Read more: http://www.theage.com.au/world/palin-denies-affair-rumours-20080904-49cv.html

[Speck Tater]

56. "I am not a crook." NT

[AzDar]

57. And of course he knows this because of the thorough and careful vetting done...oh, wait.

IDIOTS.

[aquart]

58. I didn't get this many gifts at Christmas.

Palin is my Santa!

[fortyfeetunder]

92. I thought this was the 13th day of Fitzmas

Fitzgerald missed his calling....

[ColonelTom]

59. I wouldn't be surprised if this rumor is a red herring...

Planted by the Republicans to "prove" that all the other stories are also untrue.

[fulllib]

64. Interesting-

I don't doubt it either.

[countmyvote4real]

74. That was my first thought, too.

It's so easy for them to lie. That's all they have. And they project themselves when they attack their opponents.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

90. Could be. I really wouldn't care if it was true or not.

I'm not interested in hearing about the sex lives of the candidates.

[aquart]

107. Or just the ones about Todd Palin's philandering.

[whistle]

60. Affair? No shit!

[Henny Penny]

104. lol.

The heading cannot read "Palin is having an affair" and so the next best choice is "Palin denies having an affair".

Utterly pathetic. Are these people hoping wavering Dems plump for the other side?

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

61. They're finally getting a taste of their own medicine.

[lisainmilo]

77. Exactly!

I think it is great!

[gateley]

62. I hope it's not true.

I don't think much of Sarah, but seeing shots of her family tonight made me feel for them. Track looked overwhelmed -- this must be surreal for them. And I saw a pic on CNN when the family gathered on stage, and Todd was in the background holding the baby, and looking down and smiling at him. It was touching. So for their sakes, I hope the affair rumor isn't true.

[Blue Gardener]

108. Using that baby as a prop

Just turns my stomach. There is no good reason a baby with health problems should be paraded out amongst thousands of people from all over the country and exposed to who knows what kind of germs. Despicable.

[gateley]

116. I strongly agree that I think the baby shouldn't have been there -- and that

they drag him around with them too much, but my observation was that Todd seemed to be very loving toward him. More loving and affectionate than I've seen Sarah.

[tuckessee]

119. At what age is it acceptable to use children as props?

Because I've sure seen a lot of Obama's kids even though they aren't running for any public office.

[Wednesdays]

123. Of course, we all want to see all the candidates' families

(within reason...it's silly to hold a family reunion with scores of third cousins and aunts and uncles, etc.)

However, the presentation of Palin's baby was quite different than that of Obama's kids. Sorry you didn't see it that way.

[Jack Rabbit]

63. Response

Reasons to oppose Sarah Palin for public office, especially national office:

• Sarah Palin is a global warming denier;
• she is in the pocket of big oil;
• she is some one who thinks creationism is science fit to be taught in public schools;
• she is a homophobic bigot;
• she is some who opposes a rape victim's right to lift her finger to attempt to prevent pregnancy, let alone a woman's right to choose to terminate a pregnancy in general;
• she is some one with no experience at all in national or world issues;
• she is some one who says an imperialist war predicated on lies is God's task.

I don't give a flying fuck about her sex life or that of her daughter.

[ticked]

72. I couldn't have said it better myself n/t

[robbibaba]

80. I don't either, but...

Maybe some of those rigid right wing "Christian" crazies will?

[Jack Rabbit]

83. No, they won't

They can be very tolerant and forgiving of the foibles of one of their own.

[Bette Noir]

82. So the tabloid press can destroy John Edwards,

but not a Republican Beauty queen from Alaska?

[Jack Rabbit]

84. As far as I am concerned . . .

John Edwards rose and fell with the issues. I still think he'd make a good Attorney General.

And I still don't give a flying fuck about his sex life, either, except to feel sorry for that fine, brave woman he wronged.

[dysfunctional press]

85. unfortunately (or not) the voting public DOES give a flying fuck...and much more.

i'll take any reason they're willing to hang out there.

[clixtox]

113. Speaking bout "flying fucks".

Sarah Louise Heath was very pregnant already when she got married to Todd Palin, ironically. Same as her poor victimized oldest daughter, Bristol.

Sarah Palin's hypocrisy has no rational bounds. Sarah Palin has lived in a fantasy world that has worked very well for her until her indomitable hubris and the "PETER PRINCIPLE" converged this past week.

Between the obvious fascism displayed to the world by the USGestapo in Denver and the Twin Cities coincidently with the transparent, amateurish, incessant, desperate prevaricating from the Rethugs spokesbozos, and their lousy candidates, the world is watching our meltdown into a scary new paradigm.

Tyranny!

Blatant, naked corporate/government conspiracies to enable the continued pleonexia, the boundless greed which is squandering our progenies chance for a prosperous economy and efficient infrastructure.

Even the most sanguine Amerikkkan consumer/producer ant can see the country we knew 30, 40 or 50 years ago has gone the way of the Dodo.

The USA is the newest "banana republic"!

Can you feel the heat yet

I sure do...

[Suji to Seoul]

87. But Steve Douche-y and those friendly Foxes on Fox and Friends say

Alaska is close to Russia, so she know global things.

Am I not supposed to believe pravda?

[Jack Rabbit]

99. Of course you're not supposed to believe the privatized Pravda

In fact, we should be putting that case for Mrs. Palin front and center. They say she has experience as a military commander because she is CiC of the Alaska National Guard. They say she has foreign policy experience because Alaska is next to Russia.

As you are aware, I'm not making this up. The argument is a parody of itself.

[Barrymores Ghost]

93. Best response of the night!

:applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause: :applause:

[NM Independent]

94. Agreed, leave this stupid ass rumor alone...

Please, who cares? There are plenty of negatives that are perfectly acceptable targets.

[NBachers]

97. Yeah, well, everybody doesn't share your values or integrity

And every issue you've cited is "No Big Deal" for a huge number of our citizenry- Millions upon millions of people.

If this is true, and it's what it takes to torpedo this monster, then I see no need to keep the powder dry. Let 'er rip.

There were stories about this going around while she was still up in Alaska.

[Lorien]

100. She's a hypocrite who needs to be called out like EVERY RW hypocrite

they point fingers at everyone else and want government in all of our bedrooms, but when their private life loses it's privacy they squeal to high heaven about how wrong it is to expose their hypocrisy. Once they get their noses out of everyone else's life I'll cut them some slack!

[Henny Penny]

105. Now that is how to attack an opponent.

Good start Jack. I'm sure there are other policies etc she supports that most of us would not.

[tularetom]

65. That doesn't say Palin denied anything

steve schmidt denied it, but he wasn't the one accused of the affair.

[Mojambo]

70. Yep.

She hasn't said anything.

[Historic NY]

66. Why is she denying affairs if they aren't true or of some merit....

[ColonelTom]

68. She's denying the rumor her campaign planted in the first place.

Note that she's vigorously denying this one while failing to respond to all the others. Now why is that?

[olddad56]

69. my thought exactly, sort of what they did to ruin Dan Rather.

[ColonelTom]

73. Yep. nt

[NM Independent]

95. ding ding ding

[merwin]

67. Why is the National Enquirer doing what the news guys should be doing?

When did it become their job?

[niceypoo]

71. Like mother...

...like daughter

[defendandprotect]

75. What's the GOP response to Palin being involved in the Alaska Independence movement?

[Phred42]

76. That's it! DNA tests for EVERYONE in that family

[NYC_SKP]

88. LOL...

That's a fact!

[Name removed]

96. Deleted message

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[MilesColtrane]

98. Why not just accuse them all of being cannibals?

:eyes:

[Phred42]

115. Well, I guess that's it then

Nothing to see here.....move along....

[jacobfloyd]

78. She Doesn't Stand a Chance!

Omg! I toast to the toast.

[Waiting For Everyman]

79. Oh well, if Schmidt says so then... I guess we can't think about it no mo'

:rofl:

I'm sure the Enquirer thinks likewise. What an ass!

She might not wanna kick the press in the face, with all the public scandal about her they're just finding out about.

They'll crucify her. Her speech tonight and her behavior toward certain reporters took all the gloves off. She'll get the full bazookas. And she isn't even smart enough YET to tone it down and generate some sympathy for herself.

What an idiot. She deserves what she gets.

Btw, I have no doubt the affair is true. I think the Enquirer's got the goods on her. Very cool, that they forced her hand into going public on Babygate. Credit where it's due.

[Bette Noir]

81. Ha ha ha ha ha...

Who needs soap operas?

Will she even last until Friday?

[happygoluckytoyou]

86. EASY TO PROVE....... if he still has his nutz they were never in bed together !!!!

[happygoluckytoyou]

89. PITBULL

10. 10 DIFFERENCES BETWEEN SARAH PALIN AND A PITBULL
1) pitbull has more experience in international matters
2) lipstick
3) pitbull won't hump her way to the top
4) pitbull didn't vote FOR A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE before voting AGAINST A BRIDGE TO NOWHERE
5) pitbull HAS A BETTER CHANCE of being in the whitehouse in 2009.... obama needs to buy a dog
6) if you have sex and your balls are still there... it was a pitbull
7) pitbull favors stem cell research, understands global warming, and wants women to have the right to choose
8) pitbull doesn't look as good in a wet T-Shirt
9) pitbull doesn't have a husband working for the OIL INDUSTRY
10) pitbull isn't about to get ripped apart in the next two months

[sunnybrook]

110. cannot stand her

but you are seriously clueless if you don't know how sexist this is. or maybe you don't really give a damn.

[sunnybrook]

112. pitbull won't hump her way to the top?

I need to clarify what I am calling sexist. Not this thread about her alleged affair. I agree that the issues are what matters in reality but not always so much to our fellow voters, who care about this stupid crap. But some of the pitbull comparison list...

[grasswire]

91. I love it when they tell us what the American People will do.

Or not do.

"The American People" is just the pugs' device for triangulation.

[depakid]

101. Condoms? You've stumped me: McCain

US Republican presidential candidate John McCain, whose presumptive running mate disclosed that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, has opposed proposals to spend federal money on teen-pregnancy prevention programs and voted to require poor teenage mothers to stay in school or lose their support.


More: http://www.theage.com.au/world/condoms-youve-stumped-me-mccain-20080903-486r.html

[flamingdem]

102. bbb but the Enquirer's reputation is on the line!

Seriously though .. they brought home the bacon on Edwards so who knows?

Has anyone seen the Enquirer yet? Just innuendo?

[A-Schwarzenegger]

103. Gee, who to believe, McCain/Palin, or the National Enquirer.

No brainer.

[santamargarita]

106. Would Caribou Barbie lie?

~

[grannie4peace]

109. the enquirer is sticking by their story

that's why the news wanted paternity tests thank you john edwards :):):)

[workinclasszero]

111. Palin is already a proven liar

If she denies it, she better have some proof because her word ain't worth spit.

Typical lyin ass republican.

[nam78_two]

117. God- I am already SO sick of hearing about this gross family

As long as these people are around they are going to be a distraction from every issue that counts...

[Kablooie]

118. Sue them all you want but you'd better resolve the suit and change people's minds in 8 weeks.

[wvbygod]

120. Well this one might turn out to be real

It would be sweet to finally get one right instead of unconfirmed nonsense that has people
chasing dead ends.

[Wednesdays]

121. And to think, it's still relatively early

And Larry Flynt hasn't even come out with what HE knows yet. :popcorn:

[lurky]

122. Surprise, surprise. CBS uses a slanted headline favoring McCain.

I don't see any evidence of the story being "knocked down". The headline suggests that the story has been disproved or discredited.

[MetaTrope]

146. CBS? The news network that splices different answers to questions that McCain gets wrong?

Pull the other one!

[LonelyLRLiberal]

124. What's good for the goose is good for the gander -

McCain's campaign doesn't have a problem with the "Lie of the Minute" about Obama and Biden, but screams like holy murder if anyone dares whisper anything about Little Susie Sunshine Palin? Give me a break! Stuff like this sticks in the public's mind, even when it's totally false. Obama is correct to distance himself and his campaign from any of it in every instance, but that doesn't mean rumors and innuendos don't have an effect.

Seems like Mrs. Palin is a veritable fountain of rumors.

[Lone_Star_Dem]

125. Kick to combine

[Indi Guy]

126. McCain campaign calls Palin affair 'vicious lie.'

Source: Associated Press

6 hours ago

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) — John McCain's campaign is denying a tabloid report that vice president candidate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. "It's a vicious lie," spokesman Steve Schmidt said.

The campaign is considering legal action, the senior adviser added.

The National Enquirer wrote in its edition dated Sept. 15 that Palin had an affair with a business associate of her husband, Todd Palin. He discovered the infidelity and dissolved the business, the article said. It attributed the allegation only to "an enemy" of the Alaska governor.

"The smearing of the Palin family must end," Schmidt said in a statement released Wednesday. "The allegations contained on the cover of the National Enquirer insinuating that Gov. Palin had an extramarital affair are categorically false."


Read more: http://ap.google.com/article/ALeqM5iCQKRFo4ZmCB4v060sbYhVX_dUJQD9305F2G0

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I'me not saying the National Enguirer is much more than a fish wrapper, but NE did get the Edwards story right.

[MrModerate]

127. Excuse, me but this is *not* a smear of the Palin family . . .

It's a direct smear of her personally. Bring it on!

[question everything]

128. Let's be skeptics

Just because the NE nailed it with Edwards, does not mean that all the reports there are true.

[rpannier]

129. Just like her connection to the trooper firing was a lie

until it wasn't

that she opposed the Bridge to Nowhere from the beginning...which she wasn't

that she has been a steadfast crusader against corruption in government... which she isn't

[TwilightGardener]

130. Can't wait to see what develops. They ALWAYS deny it first, and make

noise about suing.

[firedupdem]

131. The Enquirer isn't afraid of that threat...if they know they are right they will go with it!

and why doesn't she speak for her self? Can't wait until she's not reading from a teleprompter..they are going to fry her ass!

[Old and In the Way]

132. I wonder if this is the 'Rouge Cuo' car-wash business?

That business wasn't paying taxes and it was shut down, IIRC. Wouldn't this be delicious?

[kurth_]

133. Let inquiring minds inquire

It's a free country. Palin is welcome to sue if she can't handle the truth.

[Aqaba]

134. They also busted Rush Limbaugh and his oxycontin addiction/maid

[Politicalboi]

135. Sarah do you want cheese with your whine?

When you play with the "Big Boys" things are going to get tough

[Baby Snooks]

136. And suddenly there was this tremendous sound of ripping metal...

But the first class passengers didn't worry. After all, the Titanic was unsinkable. John McCain is the Titanic. Sarah Palin is the iceberg he hit.

[Frisbee]

137. Rag that they are...

The NE seems to be right more often than not on this kind of thing. I don;t care who takes her down, so long as someone does.

[slackmaster]

148. The NE cares about only one thing

How many papers they can sell.

[Nambe]

138. Where else but in Alaska could Palen get laid for free.

[Liberalatus]

139. Okay, honest question...

Do you personally care if she is taken out with lies? Does the end justify the means?

Or do you prefer it is the truth that takes her down?

Or do you really not care either way, as long as she is gone?

I'm not asserting the veracity of the story at all. Just thinking out loud.

[Indi Guy]

143. If it's a lie -- then it's only an ugly rumor put forth by a sleazy rag...

I don't want any public figure (of any stripe) brought down by a lie.

This understood, Palin is now on the national/global stage; and she's going to have to weather the storms -- just like all other high profile figures that have to deal with the rumor mill.

Albeit an unseemly process -- it's a test, and a right of passage.

[western mass]

140. If it wasn't true, they wouldn't be "considering"....

legal action. They'd be taking legal action.

Put up or shut up, McCain.

[Imagevision]

141. Didn't McCain hit on Cindy while he was still married?

[fasttense]

144. Sarah Palin, allegedly having an affair with her husband’s business partner?

I'll be darn. I would say I don't believe it, if they hadn't been right about John Edwards.

[MetaTrope]

147. Is it an affair if it was a three-way?