Sarah Palin divorce chatter: Denials

These Palin's are like a Jerry Springer w#t dream.
OK, we'll believe the denials,,,,, until it happens.

Urgent message to her kids:

Trash, Trig, Trapped, Tripwire, Trollop, Timerity, Tubular, Trampoline, Terrycloth,
Ta Ra Ra Booomdeeay,

Now's your chance to get away. Run for your lives!!!!

from "Animal House":

"Oh, boy, is this GREEAAAAT!!"

Yawn. They look pretty happy to me.

Come on, Trib. Why are you 'reporting' rumors? I'm no fan of Palin, and I wouldn't be surprised if this figures in to her crash and burn scenario, but geez.

If it was true it would be the final nail in the political coffin for little miss family values poster child.

On the positive side, a divorce would make her an unmarried MILF, which would eliminate the need for Republican males to renew their prescriptions for Viagra, and give them all natural boners for the first time since their wives and/or mistresses can remember.

It shouldn't be long now until the sex tapes surface.

This is what "news" has devolved into?

Sounds like the Kennedys....without dead bodies in the water.

Sarah Mascara - another fallen "leader" in the Republitrad Party Pantheon of Fallen Dupes Who Tried To Rule: Reagan, Nixon, Henry Hyde, Denny Fatstert.

She joins them on the ash heap of history.

Good riddance.

Sarah Mascara - another fallen "leader" in the Republitard Party Pantheon of Fallen Dupes Who Tried To Rule: Reagan, Nixon, Henry Hyde, Denny Fatstert.

She joins them on the ash heap of history.

Good riddance.

Oh my word!! Give the awesome lady a break for once!! Not many people wear their wedding rings around anymore but that doesnt mean they dont love their spouse!! Let her live her life and "in the name of an American soldier stop makin' things up"

Not as classy as the Dems, like John Edwards, Spitzer, etc. Liberals don't like women, face it. Libs are condescending and vile to women, and the lib men, forget it. They only like onther men...in more ways than one.

Yeah that Alaskareport.com site made up the story. Hope they have a good lawyer...

Good God. Leave this woman alone already!!

If I post in a blog that Barack Obama beats his wife will you publish that, too? Of course not.

Shame on you, ya so called journalist.

It's hard to live with someone with histrionic personality disorder. Q.v.

There's no really effective treatment.

And when she turns on you, you are viewed (by her) as an inconvenient pile of doggy dodo.

She may be the one contemplating the divorce , however.

To shelter all her anticipated $$$$$$ from her speechs and rumored radio program.

If they remain married, it is marital property, isn't it?

John Edwards, what you must remember is:

A lot of Democrats (not just in Chicago) could not STAND Hillary from the getgo.

And were doing everything they could to promote our state senator from Hyde Park.

Or, as BillyBob Clinton would say, "Who?"

Susan,

Or 'The Burbs'--"God, I love this street"

Some of these comments are pretty disgusting. Sarah is an authentic human being. She is the real deal.

the fact that this was posted means to me that they're getting the big D. not to any great pleasure of mine of course but seems like it's just a matter of itme.

When is the Tribune going to start reporting the news? The election ended last November.

Some of these comments are pretty disgusting. Sarah is an authentic human being. She is the real deal.

Posted by: kali | August 1, 2009 9:31 PM

Oh you mean she's NOT a robot? Gee thanks for that confirmation Kali!

I'm no fan of Sarah Palin's but I am a fan of good journalism and this "story" -- "reporting" denials of an unsubstantiated rumor -- smacks of plain old tabloid journalism. Shouldn't have been printed in the Orlando Sentinel. Shouldn't have been posted on-line at the Chicago Tribune. I'd love to read an editor's response to this comment.

The Politico web site offered a pretty good explanation of how this gained traction today beyond an anonymous blog in Alaska: "By having her spokeswoman repeat the charges to rebut them in a public form, Palin effectively guaranteed coverage from the mainstream media that otherwise would not report claims attributed to unnamed sources on an anonymous blog."

No one's accused me of being a Palin fan, but a rumor is nothing more then that; a rumor. Nothing for anyone to get excited about until the facts present themselves.

I live in Montana. Please Lord, let this rumor be false. There are certain places in Montana that Sarah definitely does NOT want to venture into... much less MOVE to.

Linda: I'm an editor, and I'm happy to respond. I also posted this a little while ago at the Sentinel's blog:

Conservative web sites also blogged on the Palin story today after her folks issued denials about it. Christian Science Monitor -- whose headline on the story is "Palin Getting a Divorce? Nope" -- included this in its report: Conservative websites like The Ace of Spades thanked Stapleton for putting out a statement. “This is the sort of story that’s spreading on the lefty blogs, and then it gets pushed into the comments of other blogs, and then it leaves a Nice Innocent Good-Intended Helluva Guy like me not knowing what to do– do I inform people of what is being claimed on the internet, but at the risk of spreading what seems to be a dubious scam? Or do I censor it, where people then debate it in the comments (they’ve all seen it) but I pretend on the main page I’m oblivious to it?” Ace writes.

I'd say that's the same dilemma a story like this poses for all media. In the old days, we could ignore a story like this and say we were doing readers a favor by not wasting their time reporting rumor. With the Internet, the story spreads like wildfire regardless of what we decide, so the greater public service ends up being to report it out and let readers decide its merits.

And I think the rules are different for print and web. I decided not to publish anything about this in print. There's just not enough there there, as the saying goes.

But it was clear that people were hearing this rumor today as they were out and about and searching for information on the web. What I did -- and what most other political blogs did today -- was aggregate the reports that was out there, with links for further reading for those interested.

That may not change your opinion, but at least answers your question as to why I posted it.

Best wishes,

So Sarah Palin hasn't had her name in the news for a few days--time to put any kind of news into the gossip line. People asked her after the charges made in her last speech what had been made up?--this backs up her claim, even if she is the one who started it! Even negative attention (to Sarah Palin) is better than no attention .

"was aggregate the reports that was out there, with links for further reading for those interested."

UGH - even editors need editors.

the reports that were out there.

As always the libs are scared of Palin and how genuine, honest, real, in touch and unapologetic she is. She isn't the cliche, pro-abortion, man hating, ball busting, lesbian feminist that only liberals support so they attack her. In other words liberals are basically sexist against women....REAL women like Palin. They only have tolerance for the cherry picked, blase, predictable women they put on their front. They all claim to be tolerant and diverse and belive in equality but that is only if you agree with them. Bah...whatever more lies of the liberal induced media monkeys! GO PALIN!!!

With a wink & a nod, I guess the old gal feels like she needs to get her name out there, because she has speeches coming up and maybe they are not sold out!!!!

Or maybe the fish aren't biting, who knows whats up with her. At least she can still see Russia from her back yard.

Wow, Family Values... Tee Hee

Yo TRIBUNE EDITOR!

Why was the second comment, by Kenny Bunkport, allowed to be posted? While we know it is not true, that one of her kids is named "Trash", that should not be allowed.

If I were to refer to one of the Obama girls in that manner or one using a common primate name or any other derogatory name, you would not allow it to be published. The double standard should not exist, the kids didn't choose public life.

Please remove or explain why it is allowed? Why allow the name Trash to be printed in referring to one of Sarah Palin's kids name?

Well if it's not a divorce it's something else. I think we all know that Sarah didn't up and quit because she wants to make more money (the book deal was already in place and the lunatic fringe was forming one PAC after another for her), or because quitting gave her more credibility in seeking national office (huh?), or so that she could be a more effective mercenary in the army of the lord, or because she cared about having the public eye on her kids...

Sarah is one of those bullies who picks a fight and then makes rules: But you can't hit me in the face...or rip my clothes...or knock me down...in fact, I can hit you but you can't hit me...

Of course she thought that she could step into the public arena, take her shots, and then run away without getting scathed to regroup and come back again. But real fights, like real life, usually don't go like that. I have every confidence that the real reasons for her hasty retreat will be reported in grim detail in perfect proportion to all the damage she has inflicted.

I bet Palin "leaked" this info to the bloggers.

Let's, just for the heck of it, say there is truth in this, and Sarah is cutting ol' Todd loose. So what? She's a private citizen, and can do what she wants. She's not a Governor, hasn't announced a bid for any elected office, isn't an actress or anything, and hasn't even starred in a reality show. People get divorced every day. Big deal.

By this time next year, after Obama totally destroys this country and puts our great, great grandkids into debt up to their eyeballs, people will be praying that McCain and Palin won the election. By then you won't find a person alive that admits he or she made a mistake by voting for Obama

Rumor or truth? Probably rumor until it actually happens, which it probably won't.

Very disturbing the comments from many. I suppose most of these making the comments are liberals. And they call the conservatives "mean spirited"?

Look, I'm Republican. But I think and speak highly of Obama on a personal level, even though I disagree with his policies. Same with Biden, Dodd - not so about Clinton and Edwards. It's OK to be gracious.

Sarah Palin has not done anything immoral. I think the ethics claims against her have all been dropped and are mostly political harassment. Certainly nothing has stuck.

If you want to say she is light on the issues or something about her credentials, by all means go for it. But personally, she has lived a decent life, so keep it to the policy issues, and lay off of her family. Treat her as you would like to be treated yourself.

The Swamp is more like the cesspool. Great story, knuckleheads. Here is a prime example why the news media is irrelevant, ignored and fast losing what influence it has left.

Jump in the shower, Swampsters, because no matter how hard you scrub, you will never be clean.

You can't believe anything you read in the media these days.

I heard a rumor that Obama was an illegal, a racist, and a Muslum. But those rumors are OK.

No limits to how low Plouffe's network of propagandists will go... and I mean NONE.

The only real thing you can learn from the left about Sarah Palin is that they are mortified at the prospect of her running for president.... you never hear a peep from them about Romney of the Huckster, do you?

Good luck with your wormy little project, DNC Organizing-for-America losers... Obama is tanking in the polls, and people are fast getting wise to your underhanded Stalinist character assasinations... and they're disguisted.

http://reaganiterepublicanresistance.blogspot.com

So David, when can we expect you to write about Gov. Ed Rendell of PA?

A few days ago a New York newspaper (NOT a blog) reported that the same hookers who serviced NY's then-Gov. Elliott Spitzer also did the deed for "Governor X". See www.gawker.com for how that governor cheating on his wife is probably Ed Rendell, PA Democrat and big friend of Obama.

Unlike the Palin story, this Rendell story is a) juicier; b) from a newspaper; c) about a sitting officeholder. Like the Palin rumor, this is all over the internet--everywhere but the Swamp.

Well, David? Why report the blog rumor on the Republican, but not the much better sourced accusation against the Democrat? Why?

Palin is a private citizen and deserves her privacy. Why the news media continues to hound her is beyond me.
Credible news sucks but the hint of scandal is like honey to a bee.

This could be a coy to distract from Obama's being a Racist, remember Obama didn't apologies.

She's dumping Tod for Sgt. Crowley.

wide stance republicans?

Not as classy as the Dems, like John Edwards, Spitzer, etc. Liberals don't like women, face it. Libs are condescending and vile to women, and the lib men, forget it. They only like onther men...in more ways than one.

Posted by: John Edwards | August 1, 2009 8:51 PM

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On August 27, 2007, the Capitol Hill newspaper Roll Call revealed that Craig had been arrested for homosexual lewd conduct in the men's restroom at the Minneapolis-St. Paul International Airport on June 11, 2007, and entered a guilty plea to a lesser charge of disorderly conduct on August 8, 2007.[7] As a result of the controversy surrounding his arrest and subsequent guilty plea, Senator Craig announced his intention to resign from the Senate at a news conference on September 1, 2007, which was to become effective on September 30, 2007. After failing to withdraw his guilty plea, on October 4, 2007, Craig released a statement refusing to resign as senator for Idaho.

The MSM still doesn't get it. The reason some blogs -- Huffington Post, Glenn Greenwald and Andrew Sullivan come to mind -- have huge readership is because they've built up credibility through honest and detailed reporting and commentary on issues the MSM keeps missing or glossing over.

It is NOT because they cite unsourced tittle-tattle just because it happened to be on the Internet.

And thus far, the situation with Palin is just that -- unsourced tittle-tattle.

The reason newspapers have lost credibility and readers is not because they print on paper, as the notoriously web-challenged but big-selling "Economist" newsmagazine proves. It's because they print tittle-tattle like this while ignoring the real issues.

Palin's going to Montana to hook up with Max Baucus.

This story may be BS, but it's just as believable as the idea that the President was born in Kenya. Bipartisan media crud.

Reaganite

Sarahhh is going to be the gift that keeps on giving for the Democrats.

"Lame Duck" Sarahh.

Did she leave the $150000 wardrobe behind in the Gov. mansion?

The most likely reason for the Wasilla Quitta's departure was $$$$$$ to be made on right wing media outlets and speaking gigs.

Also, to take wind out of the sails of ethics investigations.

But a divorce makes sense, too.

Turning on former intimates is a marker for her histrionic personality disorder.

Just ask Levi, or former staffers she fired, or in laws she's dumped on , or.....

Maybe you'll be asking Todd.

I luvs me some Sarahhh on a Sunday morning.

She's priceless for Democrats.

There's not one single speculation about her "future" that is not derogatory.

Let alone speculation about the real reason for quitting.

That should tell you something.

OK, here is a question I have yet to hear reasonably answered.

If Sarah Palin is now history as the liberal media would claim she is, if she is no longer a force to be reckoned with, then why does the liberal media keep attacking her and her family?

What is it about this woman that terrifies pundits like Maureen Dowd, DailyKos, and Paul Krugman to the point that Palin has become an obsession with them, that they have to keep beating her down week after week?

What is it about Sarah Palin that is still throwing the liberal media into a feeding frenzy? What are they really afraid of here?

I don't really get why you are all so scared of her. I actually find it a little funny with "good ole Joe" running around that anyone would have the nerve to say Palin wouldn't have done a better job.

Well, David? Why report the blog rumor on the Republican, but not the much better sourced accusation against the Democrat? Why?
Posted by: Dissent is Patriotic | August 2, 2009 8:03 AM

Because the Dems aren't preaching from their high pulpit about 'family values' and "I'm holier-than-thou" rhetoric. That's why.

Birthers ! Meet the Divorcers!

http://hickeysite.blogspot.com/2009/08/birthers-dont-know-one-now-divorcers.html

The left wing wacko's just can't leave her alone, just like the story they made up on the internet that said she can see Russia from her house, which was proven to be untrue.

"I heard a rumor that Obama was an illegal, a racist, and a Muslum. But those rumors are OK.
Posted by: bill r. | August 2, 2009 6:19 AM"

And don't forget 'palling around with terrorists'.
Who was the cretin that started that one?

Juan,

Lighten up. I was trying to help the ever-prolific Palin family with their ridiculous propensity for names beginning with "t." C'mon, "Trip?" They're running out of options (in more ways than one.) Maybe she should name one "Rupert" and begin a line named for publishers.

No need to thank me; glad to help her out (the door, that is...).

"By then you won't find a person alive that admits he or she made a mistake by voting for Obama"

Posted by: Robert | August 2, 2009 2:04 AM

You're absolutely right. Since it wasn't a mistake, none of us will have to "admit" it!

The left is so scared of Governor Palin. She IS their biggest threat. These rumors are just hilarious. Guess what??
The obamas are divorcing, too!!!

Yes, Palin was very free with the slurs like "palling around with terrorists".

That's the "Spiro Agnew" function of the Republican Vice Presidential Candidate traditionally:

The smear and fear merchandising.

She's quite good at it.

But:

She can dish it out, but she CAN'T TAKE IT.

That's quite consistent with being the Quitta.

Now, Sharon, honey, dear,

you know your side would never start rumors about Obama, like, he was born in Panama City, or he started the Forrestal Fire....

You wouldn't do something like that, would you?

Of course not, sweetie.

CGull.....

There is a word for it.

It's called "piling on".

She can't go away to quickly for me! Oh, and for Mitt Romney! Wasn't Romney born in Mexico? Maybe he's an illegal?

sarah will live forever in GOD'S heaven and that person in the white house better "change" or else he's headed for the OTHER place

It is not possible! She has never married! I have not seen their 'certificate', have you?

And don't forget Obama was 'palling around with terrorists'.

When you kick off your political career with a fundraiser at Bill Ayers home
and live one block from him and are also on multiple boards with him, I think that is enough evidence too link the two of you together.

and live one block from him and are also on multiple boards with him, I think that is enough evidence too link the two of you together.

Posted by: Denny Crane | August 2, 2009 3:29 PM

Yes we know how the rightwing can link things together. Like Iraq and Al-Qaeda. By the way, how come you couldn't link Todd & Sarah Palin to a group in Alaska that wishes to secede from the Union? Selective linkage?????

Wasn't Romney born in Mexico? Maybe he's an illegal? Posted by: Jim

Sorry. Mitt's father, George Romney, was born in Mexico and was a candidate for president for brief time. Mitt was born in Michigan, and grew up in the same town there as Madonna; go figure.

Denny,

Where's the certificate for the fundraiser?

Where are the certified minutes of the boards of directors?

President lived 1 block from a lot of people in Hyde Park, including myself. That proves nada.

I hope and pray that this is NOT true but more importantly I pray for Sarah's happiness*

I'm sure that the constant media attention & hounding isn't helping their close knit family.

God Bless the Palins~

quote:
As always the libs are scared of Palin and how genuine, honest, real, in touch and unapologetic she is. She isn't the cliche, pro-abortion, man hating, ball busting, lesbian feminist that only liberals support so they attack her. In other words liberals are basically sexist against women....REAL women like Palin. They only have tolerance for the cherry picked, blase, predictable women they put on their front. They all claim to be tolerant and diverse and belive in equality but that is only if you agree with them. Bah...whatever more lies of the liberal induced media monkeys! GO PALIN!!!

Posted by: Dreika | August 1, 2009 11:31 PM

Your post serves to only to reveal your own personal contempt for women.
Wether one is a Rep. or a Dem., there is a consensus that Palin is finished, as in
" hatsa la bye-bye " because she is a quitter.

Don't gossiping liars have anything better to do with their time? Sheesh. GET OVER IT ALREADY! Why keep coming up with more lies about Palin? Why keep shining a spotlight on her? Shine the spotlight elsewhere as in on OBAMA and his SOCIALIST AGENDA that he's trying to shove down all of our throats. CHANGE that you can certainly BELIEVE IN!

Denny,

Where's the certificate for the fundraiser?

Where are the certified minutes of the boards of directors?

President lived 1 block from a lot of people in Hyde Park, including myself. That proves nada.

AC360 with Anderson Cooper
The famous CNN Show.
I guess you have blinders on while you drink the Koo-Aid?

Hey, Trib, congratulations for that great scoop...by a 47-year old male kindergarten's assistant in Anchorage!

http://www.riehlworldview.com/carnivorous_conservative/2009/08/is-this-sarah-palins-gryphen.html

I'm sure he's far better educated than any of your staff, and privy to the deepest darkest Palin secrets from his unique perspective. Citizen-journalists strike again.

And the story's fabricated.

Hugs to my kin in Chi-town!
John

Denny,

I must have missed that one.

But explain me this:

If there is a terrorist living 1 block from where Barack used to live, why didn't the Bush Administration have him Gitmo'ed and waterboarded???

Maybe O'reilly could help you out on that one.

Bottom line...WHO CARES??..She is finished politically anyway and if this is true it will seal her future in politics as a no contender....Bye Bye

ornery
"President lived 1 block from a lot of people in Hyde Park, including myself. That proves nada."

We already knew where you lived by your remarks.

no way is she marrying sgt.crowley..she is marrying skip gates...i mean with his looks and her brains they can't miss

If Sarah is leaving, they both have room at my house. Better than the Osama Obama clan.