Legal Commentary

Move Over John Edwards, The Enquirer Goes After Palin

By Jeralyn

Wow, that didn't take long. The Washington Post reports the National Enquirer is alleging Gov. Sarah Palin had an extra-marital affair with a friend of her husbands. The McCain camp blasts the report.

But for John Edwards' affair turning out to be true, who would even give the National Enquirer a second thought?

Howard Kurtz writes:

The mainstream media might well have ignored the unsubstantiated allegation, as they did for eight months in the Edwards saga. But the McCain's team quick response in defending the Arizona senator's running mate had the effect, intentionally or otherwise, of giving the story more prominence.

Also read the part about how Levi didn't want McCain naming him publically as the father of her daughter's child.[More...]

The tabloid quotes an insider as saying that the governor wanted to announce that Bristol was expecting and had set a wedding date before McCain went public with his vice-presidential choice. But, the story says, the baby's father, high school student Levi Johnston, balked at the plan.

If the Enquirer is right, Gov. Palin wanted to tell the world about her 17 year old daughter's business before any rumor on any blog circulated. It makes her statement about disclosing it as a result of false rumors on the Internet a little fishy.

Whatever happened to the straight-talk express? Sounds like it left the station without Palin on board.

Full post as published by TalkLeft on September 04, 2008 (boomark / email).