This story is getting juicy folks.When former Democratic Senator and Presidential candidate John Edwards was accused of having an affair by tabloid The National Enquirer recently, the mainstream news media were deafeningly quite. (The story turned out to be accurate.)
Today, the same can be said about the alleged affair ultra-right wing Republican Vice Presidential candidate Sarah Palin. Again, there is a deafening silence from the traditional media. However, that does not mean you can't miss out on the drama unfolding!
The most outstanding revelation. That the man involved in the alleged Palin affair wants documents related to a divorce, sealed.
HERE are the Allegations surrounding this developing story:
-The affair apparently happened in the mid 1990's, around the time Palin had just become mayor of the small Alsakan town of Wasilla.
-The man alleged to have had the affair with Sarah Palin was a guy by the name of Brad Hanson.
-Brad Hanson was a business partner of Sarah Palin's husband, Todd. Brad Hanson and Todd Palin shared a Anchorage Car Wash venture together.
-Brad Hanson was apparently also married at the time, he divorced his wife not long after.
- According to reports today, this week Brad Hanson filed an emergency motion to have his divorce papers sealed with an Alaskan family court. The motion was... denied.
-According to the National Enquirer, there definitely "was" an affair, but some sources suggest it was pretty tame. Just "reportedly flirtatious.... but (Palin and Brad Hanson) never consummated the relationship."
-In its latest news stand editions, The National Enquirer said: "Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and business associations with the guy. Many people in Alaska are talking about the rumour and say Todd swept it under the rug."
-Speaking out against the National Enquirer, John McCain spokesman Steve Schmidt said, “Its a vicious lie.”
According to other sources, the National Enquirer said it would be holding off on further details until "next week."
Update: Subsequent reporting by news agencies/blogs shows mixed information, at least in reference to the 'sealing of divorce court documents'. Smoking Gun now reports that a man named Scott Richter filed for the documents to be sealed.
Scott Richter is a Palin associate and apparently part owns a log cabin with the Palin family. Scott Richter was concerned about address, phone numbers, names and other information being available to the public, journalists had been using this information to contact him and his family.
"I can tell you this with 1,000 percent certainty, Sarah Palin never had an affair (with Scott Richter)," said Debbie Richter, Scott Richter's ex wife, on Friday afternoon in Alaska.
The media frenzy over information on the court documents is described in detail at Wasilla by Politico here.
Watch this space.
VIA: Alaskan Abroad Blog, the National Enquirer and The First Post (UK)
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