Todd Palin Affair Rumors Could Damage Sarah Palin's Political Career

[Liberal_in_LA]

Todd Palin Affair Rumors Could Damage Sarah Palin's Political Career

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The massage therapist Palin is rumored to have had affair with is Shailey Tripp. Tripp was arrested in March 2010 with running a house of prostitution. It is within that investigation that law enforcement officials confiscated physical items, which directly tie Sarah Palin's husband to Tripp. Tenants of the building where Tripp had her office reported seeing Todd Palin often.

Neither Sarah Palin nor her husband Todd has commented on the National Enquirer story. However, this may have already damaged her political career. In the recent past, the public has learned just what rumors of extra martial affairs can do to a political career.

http://www.associatedcontent.com/article/6255122/todd_palin_affair_rumors_could_damage.html

[Raschel]

1. I wonder what the "physical items" are that they can tie directly to Tawd.

Checks? Engraved handcuffs?

[Marie Marie]

43. Not to worry...

Hannity will interview her about it and everything will be okey dokey. Besides, no one plays the victim better than Sarah Baby. This will be right up her alley.

[katsy]

2. Like her stupidity hasn't?

Nt

[AsahinaKimi]

44. +1

eom

[Cirque du So-What]

3. Stay classy, DU

A lengthy thread on this subject was locked due to insulting comments made about Ms. Tripp's looks/weight. We can be better than that!

[Liberal_in_LA]

4. missed the drama.

[Cirque du So-What]

11. Here are the tattered remains

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_topic&forum=102&topic_id=4706661

If these posts were allowed to stand, the ones that got deleted must have been really wretched.

[Liberal_in_LA]

20. thanks!

[yourout]

7. I missed that.....to me sexy is a state of mind.

[madinmaryland]

22. But why are guys still interested in Linda Tripp?

:wtf:

[IDemo]

5. "extra martial affairs"?

You mean there was Kung Fu involved, as well? Gettin' kinkier by the minute, ya betcha.

[spanone]

6. ???what???? political career?

she quit being a politician to become a celebrity, a mean one at that.

[SoCalDem]

8. Nope..

It will endear her to the people who "love" her unconditionally, and it won't make the people who despise her, like her less:)

Her people will pour out the sympathy & want to help her though it.

[karynnj]

9. What a stupid article

1) Her "career" is limited because over 50% reject her outright - based on REAL things.

2) It is not Sarah, but Todd, who is accused here. I don't remember Bill Clinton's proven infidelity hurting Hillary when she ran for Senate - about 2 years after the accusations. If anything, there was sympathy. (But, Hillary had a reputation for being both smart and concerned with issues that people in NYC cared about.)

[road2000]

10. Nah.

She'll just say God helped her find it in her heart to forgive and name one of the kids after the woman.

[LiberalFighter]

12. Just Todd?

I wonder if anything will come out that confirmed previous allegations during the campaign too.

Couldn't happen to a nicer person(s).

[undeterred]

13. Is she related to Linda Tripp?

[TheCowsCameHome]

14. Sarah goes on trips. Todd went on a Tripp.

No big deal.

[Raine]

15. Tawd probably just wanted someone he could talk to

Sarah never shuts up or even takes a breath long enough that anyone else can even get a word in edgewise. I could almost feel sorry for old Tawd but actually I don't.

[lumberjack_jeff]

16. Isn't this odd?

Her own affair with her husband's business partner doesn't matter, but his does.

[Autumn]

17. Oh Please. She is a republican darling

nothing will damage her career. It just doesn't work that way for them.

[rhett o rick]

18. Sarah Palin is a red herring. She has no career. She is a shill for the republicans.

Look at Palin while Jeb Bush picks your pocket.

[madmax]

29. +10

[xynthee]

30. This is my fear as well!

Look at me: I've clicked on a tawdry (pun not originally intended) Palin thread, despite my resolutions not to do so.

I think you're right about Jeb, though. :scared:

[rhett o rick]

34. I hope I am not right. But we must be prepared. nm

[butterfly77]

37. Exactly...

[mia]

19. I doubt it - even if it were true. It will probably bring her sympathy

if it is true.

[TheBigotBasher]

31. Exactly.

Her supporters will blame "the liberal press", they will back her 100% whatever decision she takes re Todd.

This is a stupid issue.

[Lost-in-FL]

21. I don't see the sarcasm emoticon

:yoiks:

[WinkyDink]

23. Whatever it takes.

[TheBigotBasher]

24. There is an awful lot more to attack Palin with

than this pile of crap.

She is the de-facto leader of what is a race hate terror movement for a start.

What Todd does or does not do with a prostitute is not relevant.

[emilyg]

25. Thank you. Gloating over

possible infidelity is not my cup of tea.

[Davis_X_Machina]

26. What career? 19% favorables in the latest poll.

19% -- that's slightly better than chlamydia.

Can we ignore her now?

[gratuitous]

27. IOKIYAR

Jon Ensign's still a senator, after all.

And as for ignoring the former half-term governor of Alaska, I ask: Why the hell would you do that? She is the face and the epitome of today's Republican party. Tie her securely around the neck of every other Republican, all her nitwittery, all her buffoonery, every last scrap of idiocy. Let the Republicans distance themselves from her. Let the Republicans worry about answering for her.

[pacalo]

28. "We can accept that you're not very bright & that you could destroy the country..."

"But we can't handle your husband's cheatin' on ya."

Could it be because he broke a couple of Ten Commandments?

Nope. They're okay with bearing false witness, hating thy neighbor/killing thy neighbor, & idolizing money over doing Jesus' work of helping those who are hungry/without resources.

Must be because of that "Family Values" thingy they claim to have.

:rofl:

[pa28]

32. Conservative elites don't trust Palin with their money. They want her to go away.

If there is something to this rumor I'm sure we'll be hearing all about why "it matters" and we'll be hearing it from establishment Republicans.

Watch what happens here; it'll be a good lesson for anybody concerned about "President Palin".

[Stevenmarc]

33. If being as dumb as a box of rocks and a quitter can't damage her career then Todd's

Happy Ending won't either

[UTUSN]

35. MORE?!1 &/or his BAD TASTE in wimmin?!1 Gimme MORE- more!1 nt/

[Snarkoleptic]

36. I can see divorce court from my house...

[RagAss]

38. The Aristocrats !

[Stevenmarc]

48. ROFL

[Ilsa]

39. Was it an affair or was he just screwing her?

Maybe he just wanted sex. Or maybe he wanted sex and attention. Or maybe sex and friendship. Was it sex and love?

In any event, it sounds like he wasn't feeling "fulfilled" with his spouse. One has to wonder if her travel schedule was part of the issue.

[sadbear]

40. I thought her career ended with Tucson

Did she resurrect her career since then?

[Capitalocracy]

41. why would being cheated on hurt her political career?

just out of curiosity. I want her political career to end as much as the next guy, but how about because she's a total nutjob instead of because her husband cheated on her?

[City Lights]

42. A Republican candidate damaged by an affair?

:rofl: Not gonna happen. Affairs only damage Democrats.

[Jokinomx]

45. What career? All she is is a media whore, who will never ever run and win

a political office again. I wish the media would recognize this fact. She plays them like a bad violin and they eat it up.

I wish she would just go away like quayle did after his infamous potato gaff.

[catzies]

47. Came here to say that. Being a culture warrior pays better, as she's learned

She has less a political future than a media one.

[customerserviceguy]

46. Affair? I thought that involved an emotional relationship with someone

Going to an establishment of prostitution isn't an affair, in my book.

Besides, unless Caribou Barbie herself did this, its only going to strengthen her support with the people who already see her as a victim. If it ever is revealed to be completely true, her forgiveness of Todd would surely make her a saint in their eyes.

[Tx4obama]

49. ''law enforcement officials confiscated physical items'' - they will never see the light of day!

they will be lost or destroyed probably!