Sarah Palin divorce reports are untrue, says the ex-governor of Alaska's people

[RamboLiberal]

Source: NY Daily News


To anyone who was excited about the idea of Sarah Palin being suddenly single: Sorry.

The former Alaska governor has no plans to divorce, insists a Palin spokeswoman, flatly denying Internet reports that the former Republican vice presidential candidate and her husband, Todd, are splitting up.

"Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent 'story' (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing," spokeswoman Meg Stapleton posted on Palin's Facebook page Saturday.

"The Palins remain married (and) committed to each other and their family," she said.





Read more: http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/01/2009-08-01_sarah_palin_denies_reports_she_is_getting_divorced_from_.html

[Robb]

1. The same Megan Stapleton

...that said of Palin's resignation "This is a fighting move." :rofl:

[RamboLiberal]

2. Bloggers say Sarah Palin to divorce; her camp says it's bull

The No. 1 search term in Google right now is “sarah palin divorce.” The reason? A couple of bloggers in Alaska posted stories this morning claiming to have inside information that former Gov. Sarah Palin is divorcing her husband, Todd.

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The story, naturally, is getting attention on politics blogs, but nothing has moved on the wires at this hour. This looks like one that will burn up the blogs on the Internet for a few hours but not make it into print outside the tabloids.

CBS News appears to be the only mainstream media weighing in on the issue on its news page online rather than just in a blog. This story on its politics page (and on web sites of its affiliates) adds a quote from one Palin attorney, who says the divorce story is “categorically false” and another Palin lawyer who says the rumors are “totally untrue.”

CBS News goes further to tamp down the rumor by quoting its own political director as saying that Palin often campaigned without her wedding ring. And a CBS News producer who followed Palin on the campaign trail says that the claim that the Palins weren’t talking to each other at last weekend’s picnics “appears to be untrue.” The online story, though, does not note on what basis the producer made that assessment. Was he there last weekend or is he reporting what his sources are telling him?

CBS also says Palin may make a statement herself later today.

http://blogs.orlandosentinel.com/news_politics/2009/08/the-no-1-search-term-in-google-right-now-is-sarah-palin-divorce-the-reason-a-couple-of-bloggers-in-alaska-posted-sto.html

[livetohike]

3. Must be true then if Sarah is going to make a statement

She's a real tabloid fodder queen. How can she afford to employ Meg Stapleton and these lawyers? Everytime any sort of derogatory news comes out, they are there to refute it. It has to be expensive. She's jobless now.

I wish the media would stop referring to her as Governor. That should be reserved for those who finish their term.

[Mz Pip]

4. Yeah, but why

isn't she wearing her wedding ring? Huh? Why? Wearing a wedding ring proves you're happily married like wearing a flag pin proves you're a patriot. :sarcasm:

[HiyaEmerald Eyes]

5. Why does Todd feel the need to go back to work in the oil fields

when the wifey got a 11mil book deal, think he could find something closer to the little woman

[truthisfreedom]

7. So he could help look after the flock of offspring they're spewing out everywhere...

Rather than screw oil whores...

[LiberalFighter]

18. Maybe those oil whores are better wife material?

[truthisfreedom]

6. DU adbot knows what the score is. Look down there... it's pushing a dating service.

[kestrel91316]

8. Why should we believe ANYTHING Palin's people say, lol?

[FreedomTrain]

9. As any thinking person already knew.

But what has become evident is that there are certainly a lot of non-thinkers here who just couldn't wait to be taken in by this fabricated and planted story. So now Sarah looks good getting to make her point about media fabrications once again, and DUers and liberal bloggers look bad for being stupid enough to believe it. Doesn't falling for Rovian plots feel very, I don't know, 2004-ish?

[livetohike]

10. Non-thinkers?

Proof that the story is "fabricated and planted"? Oh cause Sarah Palin's spokesperson (her girlfriend from high school days) says so.

Okay, anything Palin camp says or refutes has to be the absolute truth. We'll take note of that.

[FreedomTrain]

21. The burden of proof is not on me

but on anyone who's trying to pass this trite gossip off as truth. And since the Palins won't get divorced, it can never be proven. How transparent then that it moved from the initial bullshit to "Oh well, they won't actually get divorced right NOW, but they will stay together a while for the money!", thus giving the source a little more respite before the fabrication will become apparent. You've been had, buddy - that's all there is to it. But by all means, go on griping about Palin if it makes you happy. Her and Gates seems to be all this board is about nowadays. Health care reform? What health care reform?

I take note that your second paragraph is a baseless assessment and a conclusion that cannot be drawn from my post by an intellectually honest person. But maybe you were just being snarky.

[livetohike]

25. Griping about Palin?

My "gripe" is that any one on this earth could possibly believe that Sarah Palin is honest, trustworthy and has family values.

You have been had - you and the Sarah Palin minions who hope to make a silk purse out of an empty headed, national joke.

[FreedomTrain]

33. And there you go again,

Ascribing beliefs to me that I have not indicated I subscribe to. As I said, intellectual dishonesty.

What she said or didn't say has nothing to do with it. You believing the rumors based on what has been offered up makes you look dumb and naive, that is all.

[MADem]

28. Yes it is. You are ASSERTING that it isn't true That means you have inside info.

Or you just like to run around scolding people for enjoying a little fun without your having inside info.

Everyone else, save you, is having fun with a rumor. You're the one stomping around INSISTING that it is false.

Frankly, I'd believe some bloggers in Alaska, particularly the one that said she was the VP pick before it was announced, and that Bristol was up the pole before that came out, before I'd believe you.

Really. They have more of a track record than you do.

[MADem]

13. Gee, Welcome Aboard, Freedom Train.....

You wasted no time coming down the track to impart your words of er, wisdom.

Are you speaking from inside the Palin Camp--that's how you have all this great assertive scoop? How else would you "know" that it's "fabricated?" Hmmmmmm?

Sarah doesn't look "good," dear. She looks like an attention seeking crazy woman. I won't speculate on what you're looking like, but, er, welcome aboard, anyway.

[FreedomTrain]

22. Yes, Sarah looks good.

This serves to further validate her claims of media dishonesty. She's out there milking it, and you're helping her. You're also helping yourself look stupid by throwing in pseudo-disparaging little things like "dear", thinking it'll in any way get to me.

[MADem]

29. You and one other person here are the only ones shopping the "milking it" theme.

I turned on my tee vee this morning, and I heard "milking it" in a bad way--you know, like the drunk at the party runs around behaving loudly and inappropriately, making a spectacle of him or herself for ATTENTION.

So, the more "milking" she does, the crazier she looks.

I want her to milk it. I want her to milk it till the cows come home, and then milk all THOSE cows too.

I want her out there whining about BLOGGERS being MEAN to her. I want her to do it in the same hectoring, scolding and anxious tones you are using.

See, that's good for us. The only way you can't see that as not good is if you're on the Palin team.

Get it, DEAR? (That's not pseudo-disparaging, btw).

[FreedomTrain]

35. Yes, of course...

The only possible explanation for me not thinking like you do is that I must be on the Palin team. Must be nice to live in that black & white, compartmentalized world of yours. :eyes:

In the real world, making shit up will come back to haunt you.

I've said my peace. Racking up posts on Palin threads would really be beneath me, though apparently it's a way of life for some.

[MADem]

37. Well, this seems to be your raison d'etre, doesn't it? Don't blame me for noticing.

You've been here before, I can tell. That'll come back to haunt you.

You're not even subtle about it.

FWIW, it's piece, not peace. And the only posts you've "racked up" are on this topic, it would seem.

Sniff, sniff.

[Orsino]

46. Palin wishes the media would make things up...

...because the straight reporting only shows how ridiculous she is, and how tissue-thin her public persona and pretensions to political thought. She offers more entertainment than any reality TV series, and less political aptitude than any real politician.

Palin "looks good," but a political career based on beauty pageants was bound to run out of steam eventually. Let her sink.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. Here' the problem with your theory...

Aside from your insufferable (and entirely undeserved) air of superiority.


During the campaign, there were credible allegations about marital infidelity in the Palin marriage (his name was Scott Richter). Given the fact that Todd wasn't exactly living like a Boy Scout for those months up on the North Slope, it would be insanely reckless on Palin's part to plant a false rumor about a divorce, which would certainly invite further scrutiny of her marriage. Remember how Gary Hart encouraged the press to "tail him" to prove that he wasn't fooling around? Remember how they took him up on it? Remember what happened? If you're going to do something like this, you plant a rumor where you know you're bulletproof with regard to any scrutiny.

[FreedomTrain]

36. No, I don't remember any of that

And that's because I never even knew it. I'm not interested enough in her person to have even cared. And why should I when we have people like you around to care for the lot of us. Except for the youngest one, I can't even recall the names of her kids right now. And that's how I intend to keep it.

Planted by the Palin camp, or planted by detractors; the only ones who are going to end up looking stupid are the latter ones. A year or two from now I'll be glad to rub your nose in the fact that the divorce never happened.

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

40. I'm not suggesting that I believe the rumor...

And right now the story appears to be only some loose talk that an Alaska blogger decided to post as fact. That being said, we may find out in a few weeks (or months) that there was something to it. But for right now, it's just gossip.

The point of my post was that there was no way in hell that Palin planted this story just to discredit the media. Unless she's a moron. Which she is, but even I don't think that Palin is THAT BIG of a moron.

[The Gunslinger]

24. Don't include me

I didn't fall for it.

[HiyaEmerald Eyes]

27. Uh, with all due respect, Sarah IS a dolt

Uh, with all due respect, Sarah IS a dolt--probably has an average or slightly above IQ (same as Bush Jr), but never had any interest in developing her natural talent (for flashing thigh and cleavage) into anything useful, like managerial knowledge, genuine political experience or adult verbal skills. It should be painfully obvious that sista' snowflake was way over her head as a city councilwoman, moreso as mayor, moreso as governor, and even moreso as potential veep. She's progressed as far as she has by approaching all of her political campaigns as the one thing she almost nearly succeeded at (besides baby-poppin' breeder): being a beauty pagent queen (watch her debate w/Biden with a close eye--esp. towards the end when she's shamelessly mugging for the camera).

Combine that with the ubiquity of hi-def tv as the primary medium for acquiring information, a culture addicted to personality/celebrity worship, and a GOP/conservative movement base that can only relate to their fellow citizens through comic-book arch- and stereo-types (Sarah the hockey mom; Joe the plumber, Tito the builder--the RNC's answer to the Village People?), throw in a ficticious bio and false resume (as a cost-cutting ethics reformer), and all she had to do was let the campaign arrange the photo ops, and show up to pole-dance the recording equipment in the latest Victoria Secret offering.

[sendero]

30. That's exactly what...

.. I think. From her "media lies" meme and now this, I think Palin is on a mission to discredit the media, very Rovian in her execution.

She has to discredit the media because there are too many skeletons in her closet, she needs to turn them all into "media fabrications".

[BlooInBloo]

48. Wekcine! I hope you enjoy your visit.

[JerseygirlCT]

11. Oh just wait. When they actually DO divorce, she'll blame the whole

thing on the media.

[foginthemorn]

12. A CBS article was posted here yesterday saying the same.

[Fearless]

16. Here...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x6199903

[Igel]

14. Oh, goodie.

Nirthers to the right of me, divorcites to the left,
Stuck in the middle of DU.

[AKing]

15. From NBC's Norah O'Donnell.....

Todd gets left behind
Posted: Monday, July 27, 2009 5:08 PM by Mark Murray

From NBC's Norah O'Donnell

Sarah Palin not only left her perch in the governor's office; she also left behind her husband Todd after yesterday's ceremony in Fairbanks.

After swearing in the new governor, Palin made a quick exit with daughter Piper and son Trigg in tow. She jumped in a Chevy Silverado twin cab driven by her security detail.

Todd Palin followed just seconds behind, and was left struggling to avoid a phalanx of cameras. The problem: His family had already left.

After reviewing our camera tape, you can hear someone ask, "No car for Todd?" Then Todd, the former First Dude, laughs and says, "They leftme."
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2009/07/27/2011525.aspx

[elocs]

17. Frankly I don't know how people could be low enough to celebrate the breakup of anyone's marriage,

especially when there are kids involved. Too bad that DU seems to be obsessively fixated on all things Palin.

[MADem]

31. When Family Values People, who tell others how to live, prove themselves to

be Bullshitters For Votes, it is a cause for celebration.

If these things upset you, avail yourself of the HIDE THREAD option. Scolding people just makes you look like a Palin cheerleader or a finger wagger.

[elocs]

38. Until I read the thread, how do I know? If I were psychic, what would I be doing here?

I don't have time for anyone who celebrates a failure such as divorce and I don't care if they are Democrats or Republicans. I'm neither a Palin cheerleader or a finger wagger, but I like to think of myself as a decent person which puts me a leg up on some.

[MADem]

39. If you start getting bent out of shape, hit the button. We'll all be happier.

Guess what? Your objections to people "celebrating a failure" (as you characterize it) aren't going to change a damned thing in the lives of the Hapless Train Wreck Couple from Wasilla. So why the hell do you feel an overarching need to "net nanny" on their behalf?

Divorce is not a rare, odd or unusual concept in this day and age--this isn't the nineteenth century, after all. MOST couples divorce nowadays. Many don't even bother to marry.

Spare yourself the self-imposed agita, and quit scolding people. It just makes you look like a person who likes to try to tell others what they can and cannot discuss. That kind of "Control Freak" shit is unattractive, on a good day.

Again, if it bothers you, hide the thread. Stop telling other people what they can do, or characterizing their conduct as the opposite of "decent." See, that doesn't make you "decent," at all--it makes you bossy.

[elocs]

42. Well, guess what? I won't be reading your posts anymore,

so that's a good start.

[MADem]

43. My heart will go on.

:rofl:

The "fingers in the ears" approach is always easier than engaging on the merits!

Knock yourself out!

[caseymoz]

19. Let's now make a resolution as Democrats: IGNORE SARAH

False and misleading stories about Palin are now being planted deliberately, I am now certain. We are being played. Repubs want her to look persecuted by liberals because that appears to be her best course to national office. They at least want to keep her in the public spotlight.

This is happening too often, and too regularly, especially when it's always some blogger in Alaska who claims "inside information" that starts one of these storms.

I have an idea: let's retire Sarah Palin. Stop paying attention to her, stop commenting on her, stop giving our prognostications that she is going down in scandal. She's the lamest politician if we would only stop extending her 15 minutes. Really, make her and her promoters really work to get our attention.

[MADem]

32. Why don't you make a resolution to HIDE THREAD and stop telling others what

kind of fun they can and cannot have?

Who died and left you boss?

The more Sarah whines about BLOGGERS, the more she looks like a fruitcake. Only a Republican or an idiot would want to shoot that Magic down.

[caseymoz]

49. I didn't know I was spoiling people's "fun," I thought I was on a political board.

I am not on a section of the board marked for fun either, nor am I in a thread devoted to satire.

You don't think the strong possibility that we are being played as fools by an organized propaganda campaign isn't worth a mention, even if it spoils the fun for a moment? The "persecution" of Sarah Palin might not revive her career personally, but conservatives could always use stories of this cruel "persecution" as a means to other things.

I think satire toward Sarah Palin is just great, and I'd enjoy it, but enjoying satire is different from being manipulated to relish her having some kind of tragi-comic downfall-- in real time. At least wait till after it happens. Joe McCarthy was allowed to drink himself to death in ignominy, and, somehow, that was just. As a result, no one got to use his being "persecuted" as a means to any other end. Though they have tried.

[MADem]

50. Yes, you are, in the "general discussion" forum.

GD encompasses a variety of topics, even if you don't like that--everything from Michael Jackson to abducted children. It's not strictly a "political" forum.

No, I don't think "we are being played for fools." It doesn't MATTER if the story is true, or not. What matters is Palin's hypersensitive reaction....to BLOGGERS. Not the NYT--BLOGGERS. And people on MESSAGE BOARDS. She's not a pitbull--she's not even a chihuahua. She's an Alaskan Whiner.

Barack Obama has something to cry about--he's being accused of all sorts of untrue shit, on a daily basis. Does he blow a gasket and start whining about it? No, he does not.

The fact that Palin can't take the heat is both instructive and amusing.

If you don't like hearing about it, use the HIDE THREAD option, because your squawking is having the opposite effect. Every time you wag your finger, you're bumping the thread.

[caseymoz]

51. "General discussion" doesn't say "fun" or "humor"

Nothing on here says that only fun, with it, and lighthearted posts are welcomed. At least nothing except you, and judging by your other comments, you seem to be committed to getting onto as many people's ignore lists as you can to make the point as snarky as possible. Why is it worth that?

I am well in-bounds to make a wider political point.

Palin not being able to take the heat was over three weeks ago. But, you could try this thread:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=385&topic_id=336276

Not one that I would have gone to with my point.

[MADem]

52. But you're NOT making a "wider political point." You're trying to shut down discussion.

With that "Let's make a resolution" horseshit. And if you keep track of "other people's ignore lists" you really do need to get a life. It doesn't bother me if people can't handle a discussion, you know. They're doing me a favor, rather than talking ragtime and getting all spun up and behaving petulantly.

General discussion is for all sorts of posts. Amusing, serious, you name it. That was my point.

The fact that Palin is having a melt-down over what bloggers say about her IS salient. If you can't see that, you are obtuse to reality. That's like a public figure getting angry about what the seventh grade clique at the local middle school had to say about him. It's way too much reaction over a rumor. I don't see Obama flinging himself off the WH balcony over the "Kenyan Birth Certificate"--do you? Her handling/mishandling of this is a revealing moment.

And for someone who doesn't like the topic, you sure like to yell at people who don't see things YOUR way, hmmmm?

Of course, you're just kicking the thread, so you're acting against your own stated goals...Whatever.

[muriel_volestrangler]

20. What a bizarre word choice for a newspaper headline

Normally, the press want headlines to be short and punchy. Especially a paper like the NY Daily News. But this one is wordy, and highly ambiguous. And grammatically incorrect.

They could have said "Sarah Palin divorce reports are untrue, say her people". Or "Sarah Palin divorce reports are untrue, says her spokeswoman". Or, longer, but useful for those who have been living in a cave for a year and don't know who Sarah Palin is, "Sarah Palin divorce reports are untrue, say ex-governor's people".

But they went for the longest possible headline: "Sarah Palin divorce reports are untrue, says the ex-governor of Alaska's people", using 'says' with 'people', and, because of the non-agreement in number between the verb and subject of the sentence, making it look like the subject is a singular person - which would make the subject of the sentence "the ex-governor of Alaska's people". A bit like "The People's Princess", you see. She wasn't just governor of the state, she was governor of the state's people. That sounds more sympathetic.

Is the Daily News very pro-Palin? Would they want an echo of Princess Diana for her? I bet Palin would.

[MADem]

44. Sounds like a bad translation from.... North Korea, or something!

I thought Daily News was the "fairer" tabloid, and the Post the nutzy one. I could be wrong.

Maybe the headline writer with talent was fired?

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

26. Stapleton does not decry abuse of power charge in one of the articles though.

According to the Alaskan Reporter, Palin was trying to set up a maximum sentence for Levi's Mom.

[ColbertWatcher]

34. REPEAT! It was bull when it was posted yesterday and it still is today. n/t

[ProfessorGAC]

41. Good Enough For Me

:sarcasm:

Since everything Sarah and her minions have said has so much integrity, if they say it, it must be true.
GAC

[hyphenate]

45. The announcement I read seemed pretty reliable. eom

[BlooInBloo]

47. Ah. So they're both continue porking other people, while remaining married.