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1/21/2011

Ace on the National Enquirer Story About the (Barely) Alleged Todd Palin Affair

Filed under: General — Patterico @ 5:16 pm



Ace rips apart a National Enquirer piece that floats a Todd Palin affair with absolutely zero evidence. Here is one passage in which they attempt to bolster the story by assuring readers that it is partially based on an anonymous e-mail:

While representatives for Todd Palin vehemently deny he cheated on his wife, allegations of his extramarital affair surfaced on Jan. 4 when an anonymous tipster sent out messages to news outlets making the allegation using the e-mail address thepalinmorals@hotmail.com.

“My sources reveal that a massage therapist and computer technologist, SHAILEY TRIPP, had an affair with Todd Palin that lead (sic) to her arrest March of 2010,” claimed the anonymous e-mail.

Ace’s response is hysterically funny:

Wait, wait, wait — this allegation came from “thepalinmorals@hotmail.com? No, hold on — certainly not The thepalinmorals@hotmail.com?!!

Oh, well, that changes everything! I didn’t know this came from thepalinmorals@hotmail.com!!! Or, as I call thepalinmorals@hotmail.com, “the Gold Standard of lefty bloggers sending out false tips to the media in an effort to generate media interest.” If I had known this came from a respected source like thepalinmorals@hotmail.com, I never would have adopted such a sarcastic, dismissive tone.

But the National Enquirer has an update. You wouldn’t think they even needed one, given that thepalinmorals@hotmail.com had already provided the definitive word on the matter, but there’s so much more!

Read it all.

34 Responses to “Ace on the National Enquirer Story About the (Barely) Alleged Todd Palin Affair”

  1. So the National Enquirer was right about John Edwards sex scandal and deserved a Pulitzer for it, but couldn’t possibly be right about a Todd Palin sex scandal.

    And it matters that Palin is schtupping a hooker because…?

    JEA (f0d714)

  2. what does this Shailey person say about it I wonder… she’s probably the best person to clear things up I think or at least have better dirt than the email people

    happyfeet (aa4bab)

  3. JEA shows the slimy mentality well.

    SPQR (26be8b)

  4. Bingo! This proves that The Left really wants Todd to run for President because his affair(S???) make him just like their beloved Jack Kennedy…or their beloved Bill Clinton…or their beloved John Edwards…

    Linda Starr (7f850a)

  5. You have to wonder about the sanity of anyone who steps into the political arena today.

    Huey (339a76)

  6. I guess the downside of being tabloid fodder is they write lots of stories about you in the tabloids

    happyfeet (aa4bab)

  7. but… remember me again what’s a computer technologist exactly?

    happyfeet (aa4bab)

  8. You’re just looking to get punched in the mouth,
    aren’t you pikachu, then again we’ve never seen you and Donny Deutsch in the same blog

    narciso lopez (6075d0)

  9. And, Keith Olbermann canned at MSNBC today. Last show is tonight. Contract expired and not renewed by network.

    Curious that it follows almost immediately the news that the acquisition of NBC by Comcast was approved by the gov’t.

    shipwreckedcrew (fe3b5b)

  10. At the bottom of article, look at the date:

    Tripp pleaded no contest on June 13, 2010, according to the tabloid, and has a sentencing date set for June 15, 2011. Link below:

    NYDailyNews.

    Do they have court on Sunday in Wasilla? Hmmm

    hal (0ab796)

  11. Does Todd Palin get labeled a “public person” or whatever the term is for being married to someone in the public spotlight? Or does he have a chance for a libel suit?

    MD in Philly (3d3f72)

  12. I am not a lawyer, MD, but I suspect Todd is a public figure.

    I also suspect this is another attempt to make sure the most popular person opposing the President is assaulted on every front.

    And I don’t really care for Palin. I’m not a fool, though. Unless Todd really is stepping out. Which I doubt.

    Ag80 (e03e7a)

  13. If the MSM couldn’t or wouldn’t find something on Todd,after they missed Edwards, there’s nothing there.
    Hell,they’d have made something up. Oh,wait…

    Richard Aubrey (59fa91)

  14. “So the National Enquirer was right about John Edwards sex scandal and deserved a Pulitzer for it, but couldn’t possibly be right about a Todd Palin sex scandal.”

    JEA – With Edwards, the Enquirer had pictures and stuff called evidence to back up their story. With todd, they have what, the sacred honor of “thepalinmorals@hotmail.com? I can see how somebody like yourself would view the stories as carrying the same level of credibility.

    daleyrocks (e7bc4f)

  15. Can’t “read it all”…..AoSHQ has blocked me from a number of blogs for speaking my mind. Forbidden there, you know, unless you toe the line and worship his paramours…..

    Larry Sheldon (7d77d0)

  16. WTF do you have todo to get banned @ AoS? Somehow, I suspect there is more to it than what Larry just described.

    JD (d4bbf1)

  17. Larry Sheldon – Behold the awesome power of Ace!

    daleyrocks (e7bc4f)

  18. I’ve had a lot of heated arguments with Ace, and he’s always been pretty damn cool about it. Even if my behavior isn’t that great (which I think his blog inspires), he doesn’t ban people unless they are ridiculous. Ace actually is pretty good about really thinking through other people’s arguments and having a drawn out discussion about it.

    I did get banned automatically for sockpuppeting the lacey wigs spambot. That was my fault, though.

    Dustin (b54cdc)

  19. Is she a Cousin of Linda’s? Todd is a handsome charasmatic figure, I’ve read that insiders consider him as dynamic as his wife

    They are indeed a power couple and I would not be surprized if this is a made up story by the woman that got blown out of porportion by someone she told –

    EricPWJohnson (4380b4)

  20. we’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out

    happyfeet (aa4bab)

  21. No, it’s a malicious lie, plain and simple, from the usual suspects, including one character, who really comes from a ‘hive and scum and villainy’
    background.

    narciso lopez (6075d0)

  22. Oh look! JEA crawled out from under his rock.

    This means eight more weeks of stupidity.

    Icy Texan (ed56f8)

  23. FYI:

    thepalinmorals@gmail.com is available if anyone would like to send the Enquirer rumors that will be published without question.

    Might I suggest you start with a rumor about Olbermann being fired because he’s a disgusting pervert.

    thepalinmorals (abb0bd)

  24. “15.Can’t “read it all”…..AoSHQ has blocked me from a number of blogs for speaking my mind. Forbidden”

    Wow. Ace hasn’t blocked me and I’m pretty vile, at least I think I am.

    Sure it was for not loving his paramours?

    gary gulrud (790d43)

  25. “20.we’ll just have to wait and see how this pans out”

    No need to wait, just take a look at Ms. Tripp’s pulchritude. Use a mirror tho, looking straight on wouldn’t be prudent.

    Then go check out Vera Baker.

    gary gulrud (790d43)

  26. I blame the Duke Lacrosse team for spreading this vile false rumor – yeah, that’s the ticket!

    In fact – I blame the Palins for creating an atmosphere that lead to their being the victims of a false and scandalous rumor that appears to be a complete fabrication! Ah HA! That’ll show ’em!!!!

    Californio (86cb14)

  27. Oh look! JEA crawled out from under his rock.

    This means eight more weeks of stupidity.

    Comment by Icy Texan — 1/21/2011 @ 9:27 pm

    Thread winner.

    SPQR (26be8b)

  28. “Thread winner.”

    Amen! I almost never mean it when I type LOL, but I’m still chortling. I think I’ll compile an Icy Texan anthology.

    Gesundheit (cfa313)

  29. “I blame the Palins for creating an atmosphere that lead to their being the victims of a false and scandalous rumor…”

    runner-up to Californio

    Gesundheit (cfa313)

  30. I love all the hypocrisy and double standards rampant on the left. Todd Palin nor his wife are elected officials. Ok so many of us are quidnuncs and like to hear the dirt. Funny how news created out of what amounts to thin air is gospel truth and facts about public figures running for potus on the dem side are deemed not news. Nancy Reagan was vilified for consulting astrologists but Billary can talk to the ghost of the deceased Eleanor Roosevelt and shyster Breck Girl Edwards can talk to dead children and have juries make him a multi-millionaire and no one on the left calls them on it. Obama has a real birth certificate in Hawaii but the governor can’t locate it. And no one will accept a penny to reveal any details from Obama’s past. Bill Ayers and Reverend Wright are inconsequential as related to Obama and yet Palin’s uterus is fair game. I understand Rush Limbaugh makes a ton of money for being an entertainer and sponsors think he is worth the big bucks, but do assclowns do for ratings that they deserve multi-millions. I think Senator Franken from Minn. had a very lucrative contract with Air America despite its horrible financial condition and penchant for stealing money from orphans’ funds.How well is Katie Couric doing for CBS to justify her millions?

    Calypso Louie Farrakhan (798aba)

  31. whyizzit m00nbat
    JEA brain in zip code
    EIEIO ?

    ColonelHaiku (5430d1)

  32. Next, we will find out that Saint Barney Frank has thepalinmorals@hotmail.com ?

    Neo (03e5c2)

  33. Waitaminnit, didn’t they already accuse both Palins of affairs back in ’08? How many bites are they allowed at the same cherry? How many times can they tell the same story before the readers get bored?

    Milhouse (ea66e3)

  34. “30.I love all the hypocrisy and double standards rampant on the left.”

    I am so dreading going to the in-laws for the Super Bowl expecting to defend, as always, Palin and Bachmann, Fox News, George Bush and the GOP…

    That I’m a life-long Indie means nothing, because I never vote with them. It’s like a pack of wolves chasing down the sickest straggler.

    Hell can not be worse than living among Liberals.

    gary gulrud (790d43)


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