Sarah Palin reads The National Enquirer -- Updated

Katie Couric once asked Sarah Palin what she reads. How many years has Couric's question been dogging us? More than two years. Now we know, unless someone reads to her, that Palin reads [but see the update, below] The National Enquirer, because Sarah Palin said, referring to a National Enquirer story claiming that Todd Palin had an affair with a massage therapist, "Look at this recent b.s. about Todd being all caught up in this prostitution ring in Anchorage. Heck, all they needed to do was to ask him, 'Hey, Todd, you been hanging out with hookers in Anchorage?' He'd tell the truth!"

It is good to know that Palin reads the Enquirer, but I don't know what to make of either the Enquirer's or Palin's claim. Obviously the thing to do is buy the current National Enquirer and compare its claim with what Sarah Palin and the Anchorage police department have said about the Enquirer's claim. Last night, I saw the Enquirer on a newsstand; apparently, John Travolta is a bigger draw than Sarah Palin, because he got more of the Enquirer's cover space than she did. But I didn't buy it, even though it is possible that the denials are half-truths or outright lies. Perhaps the denial depends on the definition of "hanging out," and I have no idea where Todd hangs out. I may reconsider, but I am sure that Sarah Palin is finished politically, so why bother? The National Enquirer has part of the story online, in "TODD PALIN SEX SCANDAL: ALASKA COPS ISSUE STATEMENT."

The quote from Sarah Palin was obtained from New York magazine's "Sarah Palin Encourages Enquirer to Call Her More Often," which quotes a NY Daily News article, "Todd Palin sex scandal claims: Sarah Palin calls ... 'b.s.'," which has audio of Sarah Palin's claim.

This post's photo can be found in a NY Daily News gallery, here. It is number 32 of 43 and is captioned, "During the vice presidential debate on Oct. 2, [2008], Palin had more than a few uncomfortable moments ... ."

Update: The Enquirer's article can be read here. It doesn't appear as though Sarah Palin is denying what the Enquirer claims, because the Enquirer doesn't claim that Todd Palin is involved with a prostitution ring or that he hangs out with prostitutes in Anchorage. It's possible that Sarah Palin doesn't read the Enquirer; or is she trying to get in front of a bigger story? Assuming that Palin's "denial" is true, what we have from her is a half-truth: the Enquirer's claim wasn't disputed.

Palin Family Circus News - Wednesday, December 1, 2010 + Bill Kristol got over his infatuation with Sarah Palin!

Why not just move the show to Wasilla? E!Online is reporting that Dancing With the Stars is eager to book Todd Palin -- Mr. Sarah Palin? -- for the show's next season. E!Online's Marc Malkin has been told so, so it must be true.


Margaret Cho is concerned that she might wake up with a moose head in her bed after writing that Bristol Palin was forced by her mom to appear on DWTS. CNN's The Marquee Blog wrote about what Margaret wrote at her own blog. While some thought an epic cat fight might erupt with Margaret and Bristol appearing together on DWTS, Margaret praised Bristol for her accomplishments on the show and slammed the haters, who were obsessed with Bristol's weight.


Don't think miracles don't happen. Bill Kristol, The Weekly Standard's Editor and for a long time one of Sarah Palin's chief spinners (Quitting is good!), is for Ryan/Odierno in 2012. That tidbit, and others, can be gleaned from Jennifer Rubin's Right Turn column, titled "The myth of Palin's frontrunner status," which appeared in today's Washington Post. Ryan is congressman Paul Ryan of Wisconsin and Odierno is General Ray Odierno, U.S. commander in Iraq.

So, why is this circus news? Because palin-bots must be crying. They depended upon Bill Kristol. Now, once Matthew Continetti, an Associate Editor of The Weekly Standard, gives up his infatuation with Sarah, there won't be anyone left to spin Sarah Palin's pratfalls into oscar-winning performances for them.


And finally -- the coup de grâce? -- Ed Rollins, a former Reagan staffer, speaking to Sarah Palin, reprises an old line from the Bentsen/Quayle VP debate of 1988: "I knew Ronald Reagan, and you're no Ronald Reagan."

It's bedtime for Bonzo Sarah.

Sarah Palin's Next-door Neighbor Is Controlling Her

Sarah Palin appeared on Fox News Sunday with Chris Wallace and was asked how her summer was going with writer Joe McGinniss living next-door. She said, "We just avoid certain angles in the house and we avoid the front yard and we're doing a lot of things out and about around Alaska to have our summer fun and our outdoor recreation. Like Todd says, some people just need to get a life and bless his heart he needs to get a life."

Was Sarah referring to her husband, Todd, or to Joe McGinniss when she said that Todd said, "some people just need to get a life," and then said, "bless his heart he needs to get a life?" Does "his" and "he" refer to Todd Palin or to Joe McGinniss? Both? The Washington Post is running a story, "Palin: Next-door author changes way family lives," which says, "Sarah Palin says the best-selling author who moved into the house next door to her family while writing a book about her needs to get a life." Does that make it any clearer? Fox News makes its interpretation very clear, however, stating, "Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said her family's had to change its behavior ever since a writer working on a book about her moved in next door. She said writer Joe McGinniss needs to 'get a life.'"

A Politico story, "Palin blames media for unfavorable rating," has additional damning notes of Sarah's TeaVee appearance:

Former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin blames her upside-down approval rating among independents on one of her favorite foils: the media.

Palin, who serves as a paid commentator for Fox News, said on "Fox News Sunday" that "if I believed everything I read or heard in the media, I wouldn't like me either." [me?]

Fox host Chris Wallace cited recent polling numbers from Quinnipiac University that showed 50 percent of independents viewed the former vice presidential GOP nominee in an unfavorable light. Just a third said they viewed her favorably.

"I've never committed to running for president for one and I know that polls are fickle so we won't even talk about the approval rating or the favorability," she responded.

"As for the unfavorable, you know, I don't blame people for not really knowing what it is, in some instances, what I stand for or what my record is," she continued. [We weren't going to talk about it?]

Asked about how her summer was proceeding with journalist Joe McGinniss living next to her, Palin acknowledged his presence has altered her family's behavior.

Later, I'll look for a video/transcript of Palin's TeaVee appearance.