Exclusive! Sarah and Todd Palin are Splitsville!

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive-sarah-and-todd-palin-are.html

Exclusive! Sarah and Todd Palin are Splitsville!
Earlier this week one of my best sources claimed to have explosive new information for me.

It took all week for us to finally get together, but last night we finally sat down for an amazing conversation. And what I heard made my jaw drop.

According to my source Sarah is finished with Todd and has decided to end their marriage.

She has purchased land in Montana (I wonder whose donations paid for that?), and may be considering moving herself and the children as far away from Alaska as she can get.

Do you remember all of that talk about her missing wedding ring during the three part going away picnics? Well it turns out that ring now sleeps with the fishes. Apparently in a fit of anger Sarah stripped the ring from her finger and tossed it into a lake. (No I did not think to ask WHICH lake so I cannot confirm if it is Lake Lucille, on which her house is located, or some other lake. I apologize for not getting clarification, but I was a little tired last night and so was my source.)

So it appears that the reason Palin has been so quiet, and has given her tweeting fingers a rest, is NOT because of any master plan, or carefully orchestrated new direction, but simply the result of the emotional stress that prevents her from communicating with her fan base or making any public appearances.

I would assume that this stress is also the reason that Sarah has suffered such a dramatic drop in weight and would also explain the hair loss that Jessica Steele referred to in the New York Times (and which she quickly tried to take back after she received a scolding from the Palin camp.)

Okay so that is the biggest news that I have uncovered this week. But that is not all.

I also learned that there was an incident back in the summer of 2008, before the McCain campaign officially tapped Sarah, where Todd Palin pulled a gun on Levi in a heated exchange concerning his relationship with Bristol. This news will be hitting the local papers here in town next week. Stay tuned.

And while I am on the topic of Levi I will also let you know that he did a very interesting Vanity Fair interview in which he divulged a lot of heretofore unknown information. I did not get too many of the juicy details, but my understanding is that Levi was without his handler (Tank Jones) and let some fairly explosive tidbits out. The article will be published in the October edition.

Oh and that rumor about Bristol being pregnant? She is not.

But the rumor of Sarah shopping around the idea of doing a radio show IS true. And according to my source NO station has given the idea a pass. I still cannot imagine Sarah Palin sitting down and talking for three hours without her listeners heads exploding but apparently there are radio executives who do not share my reservations.

Now my final bit of information is about Sherry Johnston.

As some of you may know Sherry's court date was moved from yesterday to August 19. The reason for this is that until just now the prosecutors REFUSED to make any kind of a deal, because of pressure they were receiving from the Governor. For some reason Palin was pushing for Sherry to receive the maximum sentence. It must be that charitable Christian heart of hers we keep hearing so much about.

I cannot talk about what kind of deal Sherry may get, but the prosecution has become much more reasonable now that Sean Parnell is our Governor.

so much for the sanctity of marriage. Explains her weird rambling resignation speech. She's an emotional mess and i would predict will never run for another political office. The truth is out, and keeps getting worse for her, and even her supporters can't deny her fall from grace.

http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71283_divorce_palins.htm

:wow:

:rofl:

It's not Christian. Unless the offender has brown skin or is a Democrat.

:puke:

than Todd....

That's a play on the old "the daughter is really the mother" argument.

..has bounced back in ms palin's winky dink face.

no other news on the website?

OP low post count, hidden profile, no corroborating evidence.

And yet, look how eagerly we all jumped on it, celebrating the grifters' downfall. Gives me pause -- for a nsec anyway.

what a guilty pleasure tho... ;-)

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Does that make it all better for you now?

Sorry if the reception seems rude. This story is nowhere else that I can find. Not on any of the gossip sites, TMZ, Radaronline, or Huffington, so excuse the dubiousness expressed. But welcome aboard and thanks for the link and story.

Welcome to DU!

I was wondering why all the hostility over a rumor with a link.

Do not draw negative attention to the fact that someone is new,
has a low post count,
or recently became a member of Democratic Underground.

Do not insinuate that because someone is new, they are a troll or disruptor.

So much so that I didn't even realize it existed

the same exact story has been in LBN for 2 1/2 hours now. I don't understand this at all

This is Dennis Zaki's web page. He is the independent photographer who went out to Emmonak last winter to report on the food/fuel crisis out there and which was subsequently reported on CNN. He is legit.

While he leans left, of course, if you go to his home page you can see a lot of other Alaska news there besides Palin stuff.

You sound like you've been around... you know we're all on troll lookout. Evidence of trolls is low post count and hidden profiles. Gotta go with what we see. To avoid association in the future, unhide your profile if you don't post much.

You can resent it all you want and I wasn't calling you out -- merely questioning as others did and pointing out two facts: low post count and hidden profile.

and maybe you should read the DU rules while you're at it

I'm well aware of the rules and told you my reasons. Looks like I hit a nerve by a suggestion. Oh well... you know what you need to do to remove "the cloud." It's up to you.

:P

and enjoy your razzing by the posters with ownership issues. They're afraid of new people, but they're safe with you, aren't they?

Don't bite them, and do your best. There are a lot of smart, funny, informed people here at DU, and I trust and hope you'll become one of them.

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And 5 days on DU. Too much energy in the defense.

What a nice welcome Thanks

and so vociferously defend "unnamed sources" but rather say let's see how it plays out.

As for your welcome... well... if someone came into my house and started criticizing my housekeeping skills I don't imagine I would be too pleased, would you?

accusing me of planting a thread?


how adult is that?

I suggested caution due to the evidence available at the time.

here's what you posted in case you forgot. It seems you were planting the seeds that I am a freeper


OP low post count, hidden profile, no corroborating evidence.

I said "I'm wondering if this is a "plant" thread" If I were to accuse, my language would have been more direct.

You could have refuted this without antagonism and accusations. And, you must admit... "OP low post count, hidden profile, no corroborating evidence" is a true statement, or was until you unhid your profile. The sources cited are circular and other evidence presented in this thread are anecdotal. Some of us prefer more information.

I see that you have left him alone. It's on the front page, is it just me?

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x3995952

14,000+ posts vs. 50 something, 4 years residence vs. 5 days. Not even close -- and I hadn't seen that post. It takes a while to build credibility around here.

Do you work for SarahPAC?

then make the liberal sites look foolish when the story is debunked.

It's a dirty trick as old as politics itself.

You've got a HUGE lack of crdibility on this site now.

:rofl:

And you violated DU rules and someone called you out on it. No need to be defensive about that.

thing.

Low post count doesn't mean a person's an "infiltrator" (I mean, how do people rack up thousands of posts to begin with if they're all trolls...)

Hidden profile - yes, there can be some rational reasoning, but more times than not trolls hide it outright.

Let's wait and see. I see no reason to accuse anyone of anything.

and maybe you should read the DU rules while you're at it

I can't always vouch for Gryphen, but he does seem to have some good sources out in the Valley and I certainly wouldn't dismiss this rumor out of hand. It will be interesting to see how it plays out. As I said, everyone around here has commented on the lack of wedding ring on Her Highness's finger during the farewell tour last weekend, and she never mentioned Todd in her abdication speech. She hustled off the stage and he was left just kind of standing around. It does look suspicious.

and welcome to DU!! :hi:

don't let these morans get your goat :)

thank you so much, I will not give him another thought

and I hope a moderator sets them straight

Thanks for that.

The OP links to a story from the "immoralminority" blogsite which cites an unnamed source for the story. The Alaska Report story links to its source -- the immoralminority website. So its still one story based on an unnamed source. Oh wait, the Alaska Report also cites to some old National Enquirer stories. Not new ones.

Ptoooey on the Republicon Pharisees.

del

this is some good Palin scoop.

maybe she's gonna run off with mccain?

He's always got the best gossip. We'll see if this pans out, but it may be that Sarah thinks she's outgrown Todd. I don't know. Guess we'll have to wait and see.

"lost" him in the crowd and took off with her security detail and the kids. At least that was what was reported here. And no wedding ring.

But didn't she thank him during that stream of drivel last Sunday?

I can imagine that the past year has put an incredible amount of stress on the Palin marriage. I certainly wouldn't blame Todd if he wanted out.

Not exactly a news flash.

Sometimes you see it, sometimes you don't. But lately it's been a lot of "don't."

Like I said, I'm not vouching for this rumor -- it just wouldn't surprise me if it turns out to be true. Sarah has been remarkably quiet since last Sunday, so much so that her followers at C4P are starting to suffer withdrawal symptoms. It isn't like her to go so "dark."

Keep on giving Palin.

I wonder how Obama will get the blame for this??:shrug:

:rofl:

Clinton's indiscretions created such a permissive atmosphere that allowed the breakup of St. Sarah's marriage.

according to all of the wingnuts out there?

:eyes:

:dem:

-Laelth

If this pans out, remember; You saw it here first.

Hope the blog is correct, though.

...that sucker gets around!

That's just her style. :shrug:

Why stay in a lame duck marrage?

While, if this is true, I'm tempted to feel a bit sorry for her, and I do feel sorry for the kids, it furthers my belief that you can't persue a toxic and hateful agenda in one part of your life, without it coming back to karmicly bite you in the ass in the other parts of your life.

By quitting while she's a lame duck, she saves the taxpayers the grief.

Frankly, I don't know if any of us are.

I'm sure her massive ego tells her that she's the #1 American alpha female.

All he has now is his snow machine and a union job.

Sorry Tawd, you're history pal. But don't worry, there's always good money in tell-all books.

He often has very interesting info you won't find many other places.

How much more proof do people need?

Affairs on both sides!

I love the smell of fundie hypocrisy in the morning...

It's politics. Whatever.

Better to quit now than to be in office when that bombshell inevitably hit....

Also better for her to quit than to face losing an election....

P.S. I'll still wait for confirmation....like from TMZ or something :P

(I know, I know...TMZ...but they have a good track record)

multiple sources in Wasilla and Anchorage (the blogger was using mostly one "reliable source") and also emphasized affairs on both sides as being a reason.

but there aren't many of us here. If "multiple sources" are talking, there may be some truth to this. I'm sure it will all come out over the coming weeks because our local progressive bloggers are relentless. They also check each other so if Gryphen's blowing smoke, someone will call him on it.

also been mentioned in other AK blogs. It bothers me that there are some here jumping down the OP's throat for posting this.

If anything, this should be fun to find out if it's true or not! lol!

I'm not sure I will ever post again in GD

There's a link to SARAHPAC on that page. I love the smell of irony in the morning.

Well, this will be interesting.

:popcorn:

now looks like someone either made this story up or it was a fundie plant to discredit the "media" and left wing blogs. this is what we get when anyone can be a "journalist" I fell for it.

"Todd Palin told Fox News last week that he was heading back to his job in the oil fields of Alaska, yet Sarah recently signed a book deal reportedly worth $11 million."

It's sickening that some book co would pay $11 mil for palin's lies and there's idiots who would actually buy the book.

to the clearance racks in the Dollar Stores. Just like Hannity's books and Coulter's books.

with 11 mil coming your way, why?

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/exclusive-sarah-and-todd-palin-are.html

"Update3: I just talked to my source again and learned the following.

Sarah and Todd will not be making their break up official for some time.

There is too much money to be made to throw a monkey wrench into things now.

Money seems to be the motivating factor in many of Sarah's recent decisions (Levi hit the nail on the head with that one.)

However Todd is currently sleeping on the couch and, though they are still occupying the same house, the temperature is below freezing, if you get my drift.

And another thing just learned is that Sarah wants to leave the state, but Todd has no intentions of leaving. You know I almost feel sorry for Todd in this case because I had the same issue with MY ex-wife. (Hey maybe he and I can have a beer sometime and talk about our bitchy exes. I imagine he will win in that comparison.)"
"

SO.. according to this blogger -who claims to have an inside source-they will eventually split once they've cashed in on their fame. i'll bet everyone will be watching for signs now...denials from the Palin camp not withstanding, this story is not over yet.

"oops, my bad."

in the oil fields?

Need better sourcing.

So many people who know this to be true and yet none are willing to be named. Because they're scared of the immense power of the former governor of Alaska? Because if its true it will still remain a secret?

Lotsa grains of salt to be taken with this story. Not saying it won't turn out to be true. But I'm not ready to accept this as gospel the way some here appear to be. Time will show who was right I guess.

Sorry, but your source cites the source in the OP.

At this point, we have unverified gossip, nothing more.

I'd love for it to be accurate, but right now it's unsourced gossip.

Line up your pickup truck's boys. Time to go 'a' Sarah fishen.

I really don't think anybody will be surprised. Who cares?

???

The conservative media whore slut puts birthers above family. Stupid trick

then certainly the Living Patron Saint of Family Values shouldn't be expected to suffer a mere mortal Husband-Wife relationship?

Makes perfect sense to me.....

Some one needs to review the map of the world....or even USA.

firm alleged to have handled this land purchase.

Read it out loud..................

IMO, it would explain her resigning as Governor.

;)

I may as well go out and suck a hundred and finger a thousand then. Maybe ethics are too devolved in modern "society".

Again, if what you're posting is even remotely true. If it isn't, then I wouldn't want to see the potential lawsuit they'd put out against the source you cited.

for small town folks from the backwoods of Alaska?

even as we speak. Whoopee! Another week or two of Sarah!

particularly if the pulling a gun on Levi story referenced above is true. St. Sarah will play the victim with all of the sympathy going to her.

I can just see the interview where she tearfully recounts how she tried so hard to keep the marriage together, Todd was jealous of her success, all of her "mistakes and mis-steps" were because she was trying to put on this facade of a happy family, blah, blah, blah...

There will be "confirmations" from other places and her base will rally to her in a show of support as our flying monkey news media freaks out over the story...

I don't like Todd, he's always kinda creeped me out but he's about to get thrown under the entire fleet of Greyhound should this come to pass..

Let's wait for some REAL journalists to confirm this story before jumping all over it.

You know, like TMZ, Perez Hilton, and Access Hollywood.

:rofl:

It will be pandemonium.

I just hope you like eight kids with normal names.

I got that from a fairly reliable source.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/national_enquirer_world_exclusive_sarah_palins_secret_lover_revealed/celebrity/65481***

In a world exclusive The NATIONAL ENQUIRER names GOP VP Candidate Sarah Palin's secret lover!

No less than three members of the man’s family including one by sworn affidavit have claimed that Sarah Palin engaged in an extramarital affair with hus band Todd’s former business partner, Brad Hanson.

These sources have named Hanson as Palin’s secret love, and say their affair nearly wrecked both their marriages.

Hanson owned a snowmobile dealership with Palin’s husband Todd, who immediately dissolved the partnership after he heard stories about the affair, which occurred around 1996, according to the sources. At the time, Palin was mayor of Wasilla.

That came up in the GE. The Enquirer is actually a pretty good source on these things, as we've learned.

of making "Nalin Palin" hell... he's willing to pay big bucks for that! and man, would that sell! She's be set for life, and we wouldn't have to listen to her yap on the radio....

but Gryphen's gossip often turns out to be true.

and DEBATED IT FOR WEEKS...not only a worthless rumor, there was proof (the actual birth certificate] that it was total bullshit.

only real journalists do. I'm sure the Alaska bloggers will get to the bottom of this.

Utterly shocking. NOT

but absolutely none of it would be surprising. This family is Alaska's Beverly Hill Billies, minus the scruples.

posted after I did, does DU allow gossip in LBN?
That's why I did not post it there

I saw that right after I posted. AND I wasn't surprised at all.

Welcome to DU!!!

:hi:

:hi:

That is all.

Zing.

Who's next?

:hi:

never mind the hateful people. Plenty of them here.

This appears to be dubious information, but if it's true, the Palin campaign for 2012 is in the commode. Religious conservatives are Palin's base...and I don't see them voting for a divorcee, ESPECIALLY if it's a woman.

I hope it's not true. I want Palin to run in 2012 so Obama can win by a landslide. Even Texas will go blue in November 2012 if it's Pres. Obama vs. Sarah Palin.

If religious conservatives can overlook the pregnant daughter then they may overlook a divorce too.

Yes, Palin being the Republican nominee would guarantee Obama's second term. I would, however, be disappointed to see Palin go down in the history books as the first woman nominated for President by a major party.

Palin's Facebook Page

Bullshit gossip.

This thread should be locked.

and you believe everything Sarah says?

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I wondered about this...

:popcorn:

then play the victim when you debunk it.

It's an old trick even KArl Rove used liberally.

And the left side of the blogosphere bought it hook, line, and sinker.

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:cry:

Denials by Palin's Press Secretary do not necessarily mean the story's not true.

don't give the story any credibility at all, too.

It's a rumor, and doesn't belong on DU.

We don't know if it is credible or not. We could wait for the "mainstream media" to verify it or we could discuss it with the possibility that it may not be true. Perhaps it is only a rumor? Perhaps not?
I thank the poster for putting up the information. I will wait for further information before I accept it as fact. Anyway, rumors are entertaining on slow weekends. :-)

but apparently it has subsequently posted in LBN and I am being accused of being a freeper? I don't get it. I thought there was a difference between LBN and GD.

We got played.

Anyone's guess who's right...

Time will tell. You know, the OP never posted that the information was true, and gave its source so everyone could go see what the source said. That's how it's done, as far as I know.

I'm a little curious why you're so sure Miss Stapletongue is telling the truth. Can you elaborate?

The one about Johnston and the other about Levi Johnston and Todd Palin.

If the divorce story is false, both of those stories become dead.

Think back to Rathergate.

Get the picture?

It's an old tried and true technique to kill stories you don't want out there.

conspiracy thingie. I bow to your expertise.

Vanity Fair, and there is no way of hiding that from the world.

Go pick on someone else, please. I just happen to find threads like this fun to read. Besides, that wasn't a very nice thing you said just upthread.

Post lies on progressive blogs and message boards. And then go on TV and whine and moan about stories the press are "making up."

Then, every time you don't like a legitimate story that's being reported, go back and cite all of the "awful rumors" have been perpetuated the past!!! :cry:

And yeah, after what you posted. This should be locked!

You called it.

Now when the Todd Palin v. Levi HJohnston story appears in Vanity Fair, it'll be discredited.

Not to mention when the report about Johnston's mother and her hearing gets out.

and I do think we're being played for all the reasons you stated.

Attach it to an outlandish rumor and leak it.

Then, when the real ugly truth comes to light, you can scream victim.

Who knows? If this is the case, it's definitely not Bible Spice who came up with it, that's for sure.

Abuse of power regarding Levi's mother and the story about Todd Palin getting violent on LEvi.

Both will now be dismissed because they got attached to the divorce shit.

:boring:

You gonna believe that?

A blog post does not make something the truth. Dig a bit before flying off at the handle.

:woohoo:

:bounce:

:party:

:toast:

:headbang:

:evilgrin:

Raygun Library committment?

Palin's attorney and spokesman are categorically denying this report.

It may turn out to be a false rumor.

http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2009/08/01/politics/main5204228.shtml

here we go again.....

This is juvenile.

In her case it's the blogosphere and main stream media.

People lap that shit up.

Nobody likes the press or Congress. As a politician, you can't go wrong deriding Congress or making it look like the media is out to get you.

UPDATE: August 2, 2009

Palin's Attorney Threatens to Serve Papers at Kindergarten
http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71284_flien.htm

A copy of Attorney Thomas Van Flein's letter can be read here:
http://alaskareport.com/news39/x71285_letter.htm

A response from the Blogger Gryphen (the original story breaker):
http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2009/08/was-it-somethng-i-said.html