‘Disgusting Lies’: Todd Palin Responds to Outlandish Anti-Sarah Book
- Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:23am by
Billy Hallowell
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The allegations against former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin just keep getting wilder. On Wednesday, The Blaze covered “The Rogue,” the shocking, new anti-Palin book that makes some pretty outlandish charges.
Aside from claiming that the former Alaska governor has snorted cocaine and used marijuana, the book’s author, Joe McGinniss, goes on to write that she has had scandalous affairs. With press for the book beginning to come in a steady stream, Todd Palin (Alaska’s former “First Dude”) isn’t taking the punches sitting down.
In a statement to reporters, Mr. Palin said the book is filled with “disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears.” As for its author, he had plenty more to divulge.
“This is a man who has been relentlessly stalking my family to the point of moving in right next door to us to harass us and spy on us to satisfy his creepy obsession with my wife,” he said. “Even The New York Times called this book ‘dated, petty,’ and that it ‘chases caustic, unsubstantiated gossip.’”
In citing the Times, Mr. Palin was likely trying to make the point that the newspaper, which is regarded by many conservatives as being left-of-center, took a skeptical stand on the book. In her article, Times reviewer Janet Maslin writes:
Although most of “The Rogue” is dated, petty and easily available to anyone with Internet access, Mr. McGinniss used his time in Alaska to chase caustic, unsubstantiated gossip about the Palins, often from unnamed sources like “one resident” and “a friend.”
Mr. McGinniss’s most quotable, inflammatory lines call Ms. Palin a clown, a nitwit, a rabid wolf and a lap dancer — and those aren’t the parts that assail her as a wife and parent.
There is one area, and only one, in which “The Rogue” is dead-on. Mr. McGinniss knows how publicity works.
Certainly not a favorable take on McGinniss’ work. Although it should be noted that the title of the review piece is, “Sarah Palin Could See This Guy From Her House.” Clearly, this was penned in an effort to play on the 2008 campaign hoopla over Palin’s statement that Russia can be seen from Alaska lands (a true statement, in fact).
The book will be released on September 20, just days away from the time during which Palin may announce a run for the American presidency. A plotted timing on behalf of McGinniss? It’s likely.
(h/t Politico)
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Comments (178)
MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:55am@NORACEISSUPERIOR
Report Post »Only if there is voter fraud. Anyone dumb enough to vote for Obama deserves whatever comes down the pike as a result of his inferior ability to be a leader.
cessna152
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:19amI did NOT vote for Obambi and i am suffering at his hands…
Report Post »mils
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:26amalthough this is true, the rest of us would also be paying the “price”..
It is up to us to get out and talk to everyone who breathes…get them to look at what is going on in our country, how we are falling apart, and get them to vote!
the young college students need to have the parents step forward and try having a casual talk with JR….
Report Post »MOLLYPITCHER
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 12:02pm@cessna152
Report Post »I know. Neither did I and we are all suffering at his hands, I was trying to make a point to someone who sounded like they did vote for him. There are a lot of people out there who still think he hung the moon. My point was that if you are going to stick your head in the sand, and not pay attention to what is going on, then you suffer the consequences. Unfortunately so do the rest of us.
IntransigentMind
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 1:21pmTodd married a winner. This garbage book won’t fly, but Sarah will:
Report Post »http://wp.me/p1HGwx-Lv
KickinBack
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:51pmMy local newspaper (The Flint Journal) had an article today on the front page of the sports section about this book saying that Palin had a tryst with former Flint/UofM basketball star Glen Rice back in the ’80s.
Of course, it doesn’t point out the lack of sources, just how this is a local hot topic (The Flint Journal is basically a small time New York Times/Union publication). It’s disgusting how the media works nowadays, and I’m glad I opted out of career in it.
Report Post »Fed up in Bama
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 2:52pmNO ONE BUY the book. If you just have to know what’s in there…then eventually it’ll be stuck in some library and you can check it out. Don’t give this idiot one penny.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 5:26pmThis is the same idiot who moved in next to the Palins hoping to get some dirt on them. People, there are things in all our lives we would like to forget, but I believe this man found nothing of consequence
so he made up a bunch of dirt that might sell his pathetic book. PLEASE DON’T BUY IT.
The most decent person who might run for President is Sarah Palin. I hate to see this decent woman have to face all the lies and crap the hateful Liberals will try to pile on to her. Should she run, I’ll support her all the way (if for no other reason than to pizz in the faces of the Liberals)
She deserves much more than they will allow, but I consider my vote a payback if they fool with me.
Report Post »Sarah kinda reminds me of Thatcher (whom I loved) with her no nonsense way about her and might just be the woman to change America for the best, back to our roots of Constitutionalism.
Anamah
Posted on September 17, 2011 at 12:23amIf this imbecile know how to write he can better turn to his inner circle, the Progressive, Marxist, Communists the Radicals wearing Democrats mask, and investigate their corruption, scandals and dirty grime. All the wage matted as ticks to political power. I would say people will find more interesting material to know so we will understand how in the world America bought their scam. Let the good clean people as Sarah and her family is.
Report Post »MediaElite
Posted on September 21, 2011 at 7:50pmIn her congress with Glen Rice, Sarah was trying to make the GOP tent bigger & more inclusive.
Certainly, the size of his pole made this much easier.
Report Post »biohazard23
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:55amStill can’t understand why, if she’s so dumb and irrelevant, the left is soooooooooo maniacally obsessed with her. It’s rather unhealthy and downright creepy. If she’s not a threat, why the rabid attacks? If she’s just a caribou Barbie, why the obsession with her? What a bunch of sad, pathetic, and unmedicated losers……
Report Post »TammyChicago
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:53amI heard the sale of lotion bottles skyrocketed in Wasilla during McGinniss’s stay. Hmmm, go figure.
Report Post »Chakam
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:00am#commentwin
On the one hand, (no pun intended), I am shocked and horrified that you said what you said. Yet, on the other hand, I am nodding my head in agreement.
I think I’ll go with nodding my head in agreement. :)
Report Post »pavepaws
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 1:25pmMaybe McGinniss should watch his back, dark alleys and public parks in Washington.
Report Post »CultureWarriors
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:34pmNow that’s funny. I hear that playgirl sales went up too. And then went back down when he left.
Report Post »Want our country back
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:53amSarah Palin is my hero. She loves her God, Country and family and these dirtbags cannot take her down.
If Sarah Palin was doing cocaine (like obama) or have multiple affairs (like clinton), she would be the darling of the left and if she had driven a screwdriver thru her baby’s head, all of the Liberal women’s groups would be cheering for her.
What kind of morons would buy into this… or buy this book…. correct – Liberals who do not care about the truth.
Report Post »Mort
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:37amI guess if you have absolutely no moral character, then you can write a book about a famous person, and makeup all kinds of stuff. And if you quote ‘a friend’, or ‘a relative’, or ‘a former co-worker’ then you cannot be sued for slander or libel.
I guess you just have to have thick skin if you want to run for public office. But is there anything that can be done when someone publishes something that is not true?
Report Post »Banter
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:51amIf this was true it would have come out long ago. There is no way the lsm would have missed this as intensely as they have gone after her.
Palin 2012
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:57amAnother week, another non-announcement from Sarah Palin. She is turning into a drama queen and is quickly losing TEA Party support in 2011 (having lost 70% of Republican support since 2010).
Do you really think “Palin 2012” is still viable? Just Saying…
Report Post »Banter
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:02pmYea, Palin 2012 is not only viable, but will be the resounding cry of a fed-up, disgusted, and down-trodden America. She is 4th in the polls and is not even in the race, so just wait until she announces (before end of Sept), she will skyrocket to number 1.
Palin 2012
Report Post »Clive
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:07pmThis book is stupid garbage and baseless…. that being said, she’s an idiot. she can’t hold her own in an interview (unless you are counting the softballs at fox news), or in debate, she can’t go a week without saying something totally stupid… she quit her job after a year and a half, her education sucked, her son knocked up someone before marriage, her daughter was knocked up without marriage, so her motherhood is questionable… etc. etc. and thats why she can’t win. She’s not even liked by mainstream republicans, so she certainly won’t gather any independent votes. Her running would solidify BO’s re-election. her taking shots at other republican candidates is just sinking the ship. but shes too stupid to even know it.
Report Post »cjmartel
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:51amThe socialists are now becoming shrill, that is a good thing. I do believe Americans are starting to wake up, and what they are seeing and hearing from the liberals is beginning to anoy them. Mrs. Palin is an exceptional Lady, with a capital “L”, no one can take that away. As for the garbage spewed forth by this stalking POS, disregard it, as others have said on this site, no one is going to read it!
Report Post »kralspaces
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:50amCan she NOW announce her bid for President. There is absolutely nothing in her closet.
Report Post »TRONINTHEMORNING
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:50amYeah, I think those books are gonna get quite the dust build-up at the bookstore. No one cares about this author or his crap inside the binding of his failure of a book.
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:49amI do hope that the Palins sue him for his lies…sue the book publisher, and the editor for allowing such trash to be published, and FOX News should put both Todd and Joe on the curved couch some morning soon and let them have a nice long chat…Maybe Joe will get that fist upside the head that he so richly deserves!!!
Report Post »The_Hut_In_Co
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:39pmIf I were Todd I’d plant my fist about elbow deep in this morons face!
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:48amMe too!! Slander is a terrible crime .especially when presented with the color of legitmacy.
Report Post »christos
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:49am……If Mr.Joe McGinniss wanted a best seller he should have wrote a book about Glenn Becks T.V. shows on Fox the last 2 years his researchers and sources actually exist now that book would be worth reading and an eye opener the jealousy of Sarah is astounding wish we had a President like her she is honest the stalker author is not.
Report Post »just the facts
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:00amI was going to really rail on him a bit but after thinking about it, doing so with people like him simply is a waste my time. He’s not worth my time.
Report Post »Bluebonnet
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 7:13pmYou got that right? He’s just a waste of my time too. I had my say and that’s that. Don’t buy his book.
Report Post »SpankySpankerton
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:48amin the words of jimmy hoffa jr (approved by president titanic), we need to take this SOB out!
Report Post »godhead
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:48amWhy hasn’t Sarah responded?
Report Post »bikerr
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:59amIf I were to say your wife is a slut would she respond or would you?.I’m of course taking the huge leap that someone is married to you.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:11amBIKERR: Too big a leap !
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:23pmThe book hasn’t been released yet. Also, if she does respond, McGinness will simply use it as a springboard for more publicity.
The best he could come up with is that Sarah had a one night stand with a basketball player? Uh, was the guy married at the time? Somebody clarify this for me, weren’t the liberals all about sex education because the “kids” were going to do it anyway? Doesn’t that pre-suppose sex outside of marriage? More than anything, this says hypocrite. Of course, however, McGinness is running a tight race with Levi Johnson as to who can be the lowest of the low and sling the most mud.
Report Post »rangerp
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 8:14pm@bikerr
on another post, TURDHEAD was very defensive of the gays. I doubt he has a wife, and would bet he is fond of dudes.
Report Post »godhead
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:19pmBIKERR and Ranger P – the alphabet twins . . . I know you don’t like the thought of your ice queen smooching the business end of Mandingo, but if it’s good enough for your wives, it should be good enough for the Dumb One.
Oh, I forgot , you’re a turd head. na na na
Report Post »Mimi24
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 1:04amDid you stop beating your wife yet? I’m thinking about writing a book. Doghead.
Report Post »thetreyman
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 3:51amas we all know now, its not weather its true or not its the seriousness of the charge. that is what i learned from the 90s. make an allegation, even if there is no proof, then make the target defend themselves. it is a cute distraction. this may have worked in the past for the left but they are now dealing with a more informed public. i unlike the president think that its good that we now have more options for news. good for conservatives but bad for statist. information is a poison to the left. why else would they want only there side in all media hence the hatred for fox news, breitbart, rush, sean, beck, levin, i could go on but you get my point. they also hate anything that flies in the face of what they believe in i.e.sara palin. a women that is conservative and diddnt kill her down syndrome child, there must be something wrong with her. start with the premise that she is wrong and work backwards from there. i guess i just dont get the hatred. the left brands itself as full of compassion when you are nothing more than a bunch of children whos parents didnt get you toy you wanted at the store. so you throw fits and call names. i hate you, your stupid, sound familiar. dont get me wrong, some on the right do this as well. sometimes because they cant think anything else to say and others because they are fighting fire with fire. the point is that the left no longer has a monopoly on info and that is a good thing. btw stop the hate, the only one it hurts is you.
Report Post »matt708
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:47amsue,sue,sue
Report Post »SpankDaMonkey
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:47am.
Til now I had no idea the book was out…WTG Todd…….
I think I almost have Palin derangement syndrome…………
Report Post »godhead
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:46amTPal is on the gravy train. He’s not do, say, defend anything to stay on it.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:50amGlad you did not write the Constitution or we would still be trying to decipher its meaning….
Report Post »conservgirl
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 11:19amGood lord, english would be nice most of us were taught it in school. Like others have said if Sarah is irrelevant why the continued bashing. Liberals keep talking you continue to look like idiots.
Report Post »chazman
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 5:30pm… I agree. Hey FOUNTAINHEAD. Re-Read your posts before you post them. That’s good advice …
Report Post »loadingmyclips
Posted on September 16, 2011 at 6:52amWhat public school did you flunk out of??
Report Post »SamIamTwo
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:44amMcGinniss should be in jail for defamation of character. Sick em, book him danno!
Report Post »Servant Of YHVH
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:50amI don’t think that this guy should be in jail. He should be in a nut house locked up permanently for being a menace to society.
Report Post »Taquoshi
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 6:26pmNaw, don’t lock him up. Then we have to pay for his meals, his clothes and medical care. Don’t buy his book. If you see it at a library sale, buy it and burn it, or if you are in a really generous mood, buy it and send it back to the publisher.
McGuniess is not worth our time, money and effort. Neither is Levi Johnson. They are both so envious of Sarah Palin, it’s pitiful.
Report Post »NewLife56
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:43amTodd & Sarah, sue anything and anyone that has anything to do with this book, do not let them get by with this normal liberal trash
Report Post »Detroit paperboy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:54amIts time to take these people out.
Report Post »Once and for all. Libs are parasitic by nature
CAPITALISM can no longer afford SOCIALISM
kralspaces
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:59amI agree. Beck said he is going to sue Huffpo over their lies. Eventually, these people may think twice before making stupid statements.
Report Post »Bill Rowland
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 10:10amCan you spell libel?
Even tho she is a public figure you can go to far. Sue in Alaska where you will get a conservative jury.
OMG – Psalm 109:8
Report Post »godhead
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:23pmBill Rowlan
Libel? Truth is the ultimate defense. If she can prove he libeled her, she should, and would. You’ll never see a lawsuit here. The Palins are counting on the brainwashed masses (guess who that is) to do her character assassination for her.
Chris Rice confirmed it. You got something better than that? Bring it. No? STFU, suckers.
Report Post »NOBALONEY
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:40amThe Obama campaign!
Report Post »No Race Is Superior
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:44amGive it a rest cry baby. He’s the president and will remain the president until 2015
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:52amOh Lord, “No Race” has been aroused…
Report Post »db321
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:55amNo Race – we’ll see who is crying after 2012 – oh and by the way, Obama’s race has nothing to do with him losing – the man has been a monument failure as President.
Report Post »Dexter Alarius
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 12:12pmNO Race, since the term of the next president ends in Jan 2017, what are you saying about him being president until 2015? Why would his term be cut short? Will he resign? Be impeached? Or… something else?
Report Post »What, exactly, did you mean?
RIGHTHOOK
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:38amThis loser McGinniss; who is really behind his motivation and who is actually funding his efforts? Simple answer, the prez, Soros, Cass Sunstein no doubt.
Report Post »barber2
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:54amYes, and the source for this trash is probably hidden as deeply as the current president’s school records !
Report Post »Mandors
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:37amThe people who would want to buy this trash can’t read, and those who can aren’t interested.
Report Post »bandi9
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:37amya know, public figure or not, if someone said this stuff about my wife i am afraid i would be inclined to risk going to jail and beat the hell out of him.
Report Post »happ77
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 12:09pmI’m with you.
Report Post »MONICNE
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:31amIf this author is real, the book will stand on it’s merit. What else has he written? Is he an Ant-Conservative?
TEA
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:31amI wonder who PAID him to do this dirty work?
Report Post »fancydancy
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:35amAny “thinking’ person knows one lie usually follows many others. I am suspect of his fetish for Sarah Palin. I think Todd is correct to be concerned about the safety of his wife and what a terrible thing to do to children…smearing their lovely mother like this. What goes around usually comes around and this author will reap what he has sown. Spewing such hatred and lies tells us a lot about who “he” is more than who Sarah is.
Report Post »lillymckim
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:44amThis STALKER posing as a fiction writer moved in next door to the Palins how desperate and twisted was this act?
Report Post »It doesn’t get more extreme and twisted then that! He stalked this FAMILY it wasn’t just Sarah and Todd this stalking also including their children he used binoculars to watch children?
Would YOU have put up with this from YOUR neighbors without calling the police?
This twisted pervert should be arrested for stalking the Palins children!
C. Schwehr
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:44amI think we already know who paid for it…..the usual suspects of course…Soros being among them. They‘re so scared of Sarah announcing her candidacy that they’ll use any lie, any invented scandal, any bit of gossip, to try and derail this woman’s life.
Joe McGinnis needs to be bitch slapped, with a real bitch!
Report Post »Johnny916
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:26amPeople will do anything sell and make money.
Report Post »Obama Snake Oil Co
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:37amThe only story they really have here is whether or not she dyes her hair. The rest is the same ole made up libterdial lies they are famous for! This book will be a flop…hell, Obamas book wasn’t exactly top of the line either. Both are fiction….
Report Post »C. Schwehr
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:45amBut I really wonder how many hundreds of copies they’ll sell?
Report Post »EqualJustice
Posted on September 15, 2011 at 9:26amTODD.. NO ONE IS READING IT so do not give the stalking peeping Tom any press. NO ONE NEEDS to defend Sarah and most of us don’t CARE what lies are written. JUST SUE THE B*ST*RD :)
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