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IndianaGreen Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 09:33 PM
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National Enquirer promising more details on Palin affair next week!
I want the MSM to devote as much coverage to Palin's extramarital affair as they did to Edwards'.

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
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mucifer Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 09:34 PM
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1. so sad that we have to rely on the national enquirer because the msm is such crap
It's amazing.
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bluethruandthru Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Wed Sep-03-08 09:35 PM
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2. I'll bet the war in Palin's family has something to do with
her mother in law. Earlier she said that she didn't know what Sarah brought to the ticket. She also said she hadn't decided yet how she was voting!

:rofl:
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