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Republican presidential nominee John McCain is blasting a story by the National Enquirer claiming his vice-presidential running mate Sarah Palin had an extramarital affair. McCain's campaign is threatening a lawsuit against the tabloid magazine. According to the Enquirer, Palin allegedly had an affair with a 'former business associate' of her husband, Todd Palin. This latest scandalous rumor comes only days after Palin announced that her 17-year-old daughter, Bristol Palin, is pregnant by 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston.
The National Enquirer, citing unidentified sources, reported that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin allegedly engaged in an extramarital affair with a friend of her husband, Todd Palin. According to the unnamed source whom the tabloid labeled ‘an enemy’, “Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guy… Many people in Alaska are talking about the rumor and say Todd swept it under the rug.”
In a statement released on Wednesday, John McCain’s campaign threatened to sue the National Enquirer over the story. “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.”
According to the Enquirer, Palin also reportedly unjustly fired a public safety official while she was in office. However, the magazine did not site any named sources in their report.
“Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin look forward to discussing the issues that Americans care about, fixing broken government, creating jobs, making our country energy independent and securing the peace for the next generation by bringing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a victorious end,” said Schmidt.
“Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.”
The rumors of Sarah Palin’s possible extramarital affair are only the latest in a seemingly endless progression of scandal following the announcement of the Alaskan governor’s addition as Republican John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate. Previously, a pervasive rumor flying across the internet claimed that Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin, was actually the real birth mother of her youngest child, Trig Palin. Several web sites, including DailyKos.com, outlined a convoluted plotline of a faked pregnancy, illustrated by photos of mother and daughter, to support their claim that Sarah Palin was actually Trig’s grandmother, not his mother.
That rumor was met with the announcement that Bristol Palin was five months old with a child fathered by 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston—therefore making it impossible she could have fathered four-month-old Trig Palin.
Even that announcement was fodder for the Enquirer, however, which says an insider claims Palin had wanted to announce her daughter’s pregnancy and impending marriage to her boyfriend before the vice-presidential announcement—but Levi Johnston, the baby’s father, was not yet on board with the plan.
Johnston has been cited as being an unwilling participant in the decision that he and Bristol Palin should marry before their child is born. In a posting on his MySpace page, which has since been set to private, Johnston claimed that he was not interested in having kids.
The Enquirer’s claims that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair might have previously been largely ignored, as many such similar stories have been in the past. However, the magazine’s accurate information regarding former Democratic presidential candidate John Edward’s affair with mistress Rielle Hunter has lately given the Enquirer a bit more credibility as a new source in the mainstream media.
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McCain's campaign has no standing to sue the national enquirer. ONLY the slandered or libeled person has standing to sue.
The National Enquirer, citing unidentified sources, reported that Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin allegedly engaged in an extramarital affair with a friend of her husband, Todd Palin. According to the unnamed source whom the tabloid labeled ‘an enemy’, “Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guy… Many people in Alaska are talking about the rumor and say Todd swept it under the rug.”
In a statement released on Wednesday, John McCain’s campaign threatened to sue the National Enquirer over the story. “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.”
According to the Enquirer, Palin also reportedly unjustly fired a public safety official while she was in office. However, the magazine did not site any named sources in their report.
“Sen. McCain and Gov. Palin look forward to discussing the issues that Americans care about, fixing broken government, creating jobs, making our country energy independent and securing the peace for the next generation by bringing the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan to a victorious end,” said Schmidt.
“Legal action will be considered with regard to this disgraceful smear.”
The rumors of Sarah Palin’s possible extramarital affair are only the latest in a seemingly endless progression of scandal following the announcement of the Alaskan governor’s addition as Republican John McCain’s vice-presidential running mate. Previously, a pervasive rumor flying across the internet claimed that Palin’s daughter, Bristol Palin, was actually the real birth mother of her youngest child, Trig Palin. Several web sites, including DailyKos.com, outlined a convoluted plotline of a faked pregnancy, illustrated by photos of mother and daughter, to support their claim that Sarah Palin was actually Trig’s grandmother, not his mother.
That rumor was met with the announcement that Bristol Palin was five months old with a child fathered by 18-year-old boyfriend Levi Johnston—therefore making it impossible she could have fathered four-month-old Trig Palin.
Even that announcement was fodder for the Enquirer, however, which says an insider claims Palin had wanted to announce her daughter’s pregnancy and impending marriage to her boyfriend before the vice-presidential announcement—but Levi Johnston, the baby’s father, was not yet on board with the plan.
Johnston has been cited as being an unwilling participant in the decision that he and Bristol Palin should marry before their child is born. In a posting on his MySpace page, which has since been set to private, Johnston claimed that he was not interested in having kids.
The Enquirer’s claims that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair might have previously been largely ignored, as many such similar stories have been in the past. However, the magazine’s accurate information regarding former Democratic presidential candidate John Edward’s affair with mistress Rielle Hunter has lately given the Enquirer a bit more credibility as a new source in the mainstream media.
http://www.gaywired.com/Article.cfm?ID=20201
McCain's campaign has no standing to sue the national enquirer. ONLY the slandered or libeled person has standing to sue.
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