# Palins Divorce **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Created:** [August 1, 2009, 8:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000 "2009-08-01T20:54:26Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 3
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 12:56am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/41 "2009-08-03T00:56:08Z")
> [@Merijeek](#): > > If the rumor was true, will it now be false just because of Palin’s burning need to spite the librul media? > > -Joe My guess is that the separation is true, and possibly the infidelities, but now she’ll hold off on filing the papers just so she can say the “media” was lying. On the plus side, that means she now has to share the book money. We’ll see. I bet they’ll keep living apart, anyway. \*I wonder who’s the father of that baby. I bet it’s Levy. \*This bit is just intended as a little mean spirited satire. Spare me your indignation. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/42 "2009-08-03T01:03:26Z")
What’s up with the whore and filthy little slut remarks, **Dio**? It’s starting to creep me out. Are you oversharing your spank bank fantasies, or do you call all politicians you dislike dirty whores? ---
**Author:** ![VinylTurnip](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/b2d939/32.png) [@VinylTurnip](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/VinylTurnip)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/43 "2009-08-03T01:09:04Z")
Yeah, don’t ANY of them practice good hygiene? ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:16am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/44 "2009-08-03T01:16:54Z")
> [@InvisibleWombat](#): > > [mod hat] > I think this thread would be happier back in the Pit so everybody can _really_ go to town. > > Have fun, folks. > [/mod hat] I knew what would happen, hence the original decision. ---
**Author:** ![Measure\_for\_Measure](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/measure_for_measure/32/557_2.png) [@Measure\_for\_Measure](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Measure_for_Measure)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/45 "2009-08-03T01:24:53Z")
The link to the CBS debunking story in the 2nd post is dead. The latest debunking comes from [The New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/01/2009-08-01_sarah_palin_denies_reports_she_is_getting_divorced_from_.html). > [@](#): > > “Yet again, some so-called journalists have decided to make up a story. There is no truth to the recent ‘story’ (and story is the correct term for this type of fiction) that the Palins are divorcing,” spokeswoman Meg Stapleton posted on Palin’s Facebook page Saturday. > > “The Palins remain married [and] committed to each other and their family,” she said. So the original debunking cite is a post on Palin’s Facebook page: [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note\_id=111060718434](http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=111060718434) Palin’s page: [http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin#/sarahpalin?v=app\_2347471856&viewas=0](http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin#/sarahpalin?v=app_2347471856&viewas=0) ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:31am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/46 "2009-08-03T01:31:06Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > What’s up with the whore and filthy little slut remarks, **Dio**? It’s starting to creep me out. Are you oversharing your spank bank fantasies, or do you call all politicians you dislike dirty whores? I call all politicians I dislike dirty whores. Especailly when they’re family values hypocrites. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/47 "2009-08-03T01:33:01Z")
Democrats, he just calls grubby little skanks. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:41am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/48 "2009-08-03T01:41:40Z")
Bubba Clinton — HUGE skank. ---
**Author:** ![Revtim](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/revtim/32/1042_2.png) [@Revtim](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Revtim)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:42am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/49 "2009-08-03T01:42:35Z")
> [@miamouse](#): > > I think Palin is a moron, but: > > You guys wouldn’t accept a blogspot and the national enquirer as a cites here. Why would you quote an article that does and let them get away with it? The way I see it, since an extraordinary claim requires extraordinary evidence, the evidence for this is pretty close to the size of the claim. It’s not like something remotely important is being claimed, it only somewhat interesting. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:46am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/50 "2009-08-03T01:46:25Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > I call all politicians I dislike dirty whores. Especailly when they’re family values hypocrites. Okay- I must have never noticed it. But I’m not going to let little Karen sit next to you at the family reunions from now on, just in case. I’m watching you. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 1:55am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/51 "2009-08-03T01:55:31Z")
Really, anyone who facetiously calls a moral hypocrite a “whore” must be a child molester? You are a nutjob. ---
**Author:** ![tnetennba](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/7993a0/32.png) [@tnetennba](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/tnetennba)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/52 "2009-08-03T02:02:11Z")
James Madison was a tawdry little tart. ---
**Author:** ![Alice\_The\_Goon](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ed8c4c/32.png) [@Alice\_The\_Goon](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Alice_The_Goon)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/53 "2009-08-03T02:04:01Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Really, anyone who facetiously calls a moral hypocrite a “whore” must be a child molester? You are a nutjob. No, any man that goes around calling women that clearly are not professional prostitutes “whore” probably has issues, perhaps with misogynism. Plus, it was a joke. Get over yourself. ---
**Author:** ![HMS\_Irruncible](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/hms_irruncible/32/7394_2.png) [@HMS\_Irruncible](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/HMS_Irruncible)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:04am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/54 "2009-08-03T02:04:49Z")
> [@Bricker](#): > > It’s not true. > > But the speed and the glee with which it’s being repeated is interesting. Like the faked pregnancy, this will vanish and no one will own up to having believed it, even those people who posted here with no disclaimer whatsoever. No, it will just vanish away, it’s job done. Eh? You think people here are getting away with changing their story because the original posts… vanished? That’s a pretty bold claim to make in a written, searchable, datestamped forum. ---
**Author:** ![Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/e99b99/32.png) [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Diogenes_the_Cynic)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/55 "2009-08-03T02:09:20Z")
> [@Alice\_The\_Goon](#): > > No, any man that goes around calling women that clearly are not professional prostitutes “whore” probably has issues, perhaps with misogynism. Plus, it was a joke. Get over yourself. Put your bra back on, Gloria Steinem. You’re imagining things. ---
**Author:** ![Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/848f3c/32.png) [@Fuzzy\_Dunlop](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Fuzzy_Dunlop)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:13am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/56 "2009-08-03T02:13:40Z")
> [@Diogenes\_the\_Cynic](#): > > Put your bra back on, Gloria Steinem. You’re imagining things. Seriously. What a stupid slut/whore. 😛 ---
**Author:** ![Covered\_In\_Bees](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/c/7ab992/32.png) [@Covered\_In\_Bees](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Covered_In_Bees)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 2:52am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/57 "2009-08-03T02:52:34Z")
Whore is not equal to prostitute anymore **Alice**. Whore is almost synonmyous with slut, only whores are dirtier. And anyone who cheats on their spouse is either a whore or slut, hard to tell which these days. So if Palin is proven to have cheated, she is indeed a dirty slut. Or whore, whatever. ---
**Author:** ![Rhythmdvl](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/85f322/32.png) [@Rhythmdvl](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Rhythmdvl)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:03am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/58 "2009-08-03T03:03:51Z")
I thought the difference was in which one you could lead to culture… My vote: Like some have suggested upthread, the fake story was prompted/hinted/suggested/just-short-of-planted by the Palin camp. It’s real close on the heals of the “quit makin’ stuff up” sound bite, and feeds into it very well. Never mind that it was a few bloggers who put it out there, none of her base is going to make the distinction (especially as more reputable outlets covered the denial). And look at how this (relatively!) tame board is all atwitter and ready to poke fun. Even with tongues firmly planted in cheeks, looking back it is yet another Palin rumor bandwagon that was fun to ride for a while. (Note: I’m certainly not chastising anyone or whatnot, just pointing out the merrymaking.) Fox News and AM radio have built a huge business–a veritable empire–out of pitting themselves as the _real_, or _unbiased_, or _factual_ news outlet (add adjectives as you will). This just feeds into that myth–look at the new horrible thing the Gotcha Ya media is saying this week. ---
**Author:** ![Merijeek](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/f05b48/32.png) [@Merijeek](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Merijeek)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:05am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/59 "2009-08-03T03:05:25Z")
> [@Measure\_for\_Measure](#): > > The link to the CBS debunking story in the 2nd post is dead. > > The latest debunking comes from [The New York Daily News](http://www.nydailynews.com/news/politics/2009/08/01/2009-08-01_sarah_palin_denies_reports_she_is_getting_divorced_from_.html). So the original debunking cite is a post on Palin’s Facebook page: [http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note\_id=111060718434](http://www.facebook.com/note.php?note_id=111060718434) > > Palin’s page: [http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin#/sarahpalin?v=app\_2347471856&viewas=0](http://www.facebook.com/sarahpalin#/sarahpalin?v=app_2347471856&viewas=0) Yeah…Palin’s spokesbot saying “No, it ain’t true” isn’t exactly “debunking”. Give it a year. If they’re still married, it’s obviously false. If they’re not, well, who cares what a spokesbot says? -Joe ---
**Author:** ![Squink](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b5e925/32.png) [@Squink](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Squink)\ **Post date:** [August 3, 2009, 3:18am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000/60 "2009-08-03T03:18:32Z")
[Palin’s now skipping out on speeches](http://www.venturacountystar.com/news/2009/jul/31/palin-not-coming-to-reagan-library/) next week: > [@](#): > > Just days after officially stepping down as governor of Alaska, former GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is dropping out of an advertised speaking engagement in Simi Valley. > > Palin was slated to attend on Aug. 8 the 50th anniversary gala of the Simi Valley Republican Women, Federated, at the Ronald Reagan Presidential Library and Museum. It would have been her first public appearance since leaving office and had been widely reported by media outlets. > > Pat Saraceno, the spokeswoman for the Simi Valley Republican Women, said they found out Thursday that Palin wasn’t coming. > … > Up to 900 people were expected to attend the event at $100 a ticket for members and $150 for non-members, but media had been barred from the occasion. > … > “Neither the governor’s state staff nor SarahPAC has ever committed to attending this event or speaking at this event. The governor has other work and commitments to take care of at that time,” Stapleton wrote. > > It is unclear what those other work and commitments are. Possibly filing separation paperwork? I like Wonkette’s headline best: [Sarah Palin Pisses On Ronald Reagan’s Grave](http://wonkette.com/410235/sarah-palin-pisses-on-ronald-reagans-grave#more-410235) [Previous page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000.md?page=2) [Next page](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/palins-divorce/505000.md?page=4)