That is what I think about Todd. I think he is a predator. And the worst kind as I think he thinks it is okay because he acts like your friend and therefore you will enjoy it or don't mind...you are consenting to letting him do this to you. I don't think on his part he feels any remorse or any guilt or any wrongdoing. If anything, after a while he starts trying to make you feel guilty, like this all started because it is your fault. If Todd might feel anything at all is "hurt" "surprise"," why is she doing this to me" "how can she make up all these lies to hurt my family". No one could ever know what goes on in someone's head or know how someone else may feel but I know I felt dirty; as time went on I felt trapped, and there were times I tried to do things on my own to break away, and yet it was all controlled, it was all watched, logged, recorded, and set in stone.
In fact watching Todd in life and how he talks to other people, the emails he writes, and how he treats people when strangers are not looking or holding him accountable I would say Todd is a control freak and carefully manipulates his own family. I don't think he has ever had anyone tell him no and I think when I told him no, this affected him.
Essentially it appears that Shailey's impression of Todd is much like ours only she has had a much more, shall we say, intimate relationship with him which allowed her to see his true nature. It sort of reaffirms that we were right all along.
To read more, and yes there is much more, of Shailey's post just
click here.
OT alert
ReplyDeleteREMEMBER THE 'BRIDGE TO NOWHERE'? DEMS DO....
House Democrats used a creative floor maneuver Wednesday to force Republicans into blocking the elimination of more than $180 million in funds left over from the infamous "Bridge to Nowhere" earmark.
http://www.washingtonmonthly.com/
Predator sounds about right!
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Miss Tripp's comments about Todd Palin, I started thinking Todd sounds like the Anchorage Police Dept, very abusive towards women. I'll bet money she is not his first, there are probably other women in his community and in his life that he abused and terrorized. He comes across as a sex predator.
ReplyDeleteI agree with Frank Bailey. Todd and Sarah are vindictive, nasty people. Because he has mostly remained out of the spotlight and kept his mouth shut, people project an image of sanity to him. But during the few unedited moments we have seen of him at the airport, in e-mails, and through the first hand account of Ms. Tripp, it is pretty clear that he is as much of an a-hole as his wife. Todd and Sarah deserve each other. May their marital union last for ALL ETERNITY!
ReplyDeleteShaiely Tripp's not retreating. She's reloading. Hopefully, she'll post a new exposé for each time that Todd "knew" her.
ReplyDeletePredator-victim-rescuer: I'll bet this is the Palin family dynamic. One of them is complaining, One crying for help, and the others rescuing.
ReplyDeleteI'm so glad she quit!
i totally believe Todd was getting it on the side and Sarah found out. Bam--Ms. Tripp is arrested.
ReplyDeleteI cracked up when she said Todd thought Sarah was dumb. I think she's dumb too--but she's more of a street thug and a nasty fighter. Sarah smelled another woman on Todd because she herself never went near him. Levi was right on that one.
You should have also included the last paragraph she wrote for this post on her blog. It contains the critical message that we all hope takes a hold.
ReplyDeleteWho knows, some day we might find out Willow and Bristol act the way they do because Todd and or Track or other relatives molested and sexually abused them.
ReplyDeleteCould account for Bristol's sex addiction and the girl's drug use and bad behaviors.
Toad sounds creepy as hell! I never have seem him as physcially attractive - more of a slime bucket!
ReplyDeleteSounds like Sarah called the dogs after Shailey...keep talking Shailey...we are listening!
What horrid people the Palin clan is - wouldn't trust any of them as far as I could throw them.
Shailey's encouraging people to speak up:
ReplyDelete"But peoples accounts are hard to dismiss. If and when clients and providers start talking, business associates, family members, or friends start speaking up then things will change, but as long as it is just me well it may stay like this...on a blog...."
Another way the story would get more traction would be for the National Enquirer to update its Todd sex scandal story to counter the lies in the APD statement. Baffling. I also don't understand why there hasn't been sustained pressure for the APD to issue an official retraction.
Sure, most people are not Palin watchers. What they know about the Palins they've gathered from the periphery, yet they're gaining awareness of the reality that there's something not quite right, that something seems dishonest about them. The whole country is slowly coming to know that the Palins are a totally fraudulent bunch.
ReplyDeletewhen we asked why the NE stopped this story and why no one else picked it up in the MSM no one answered our questions?
ReplyDeleteat this point i think this woman should move on with her life because there is nothing to gain from her story about todd anymore.
After reading through her blog, and everything else that's been written about this, I really have to question her credibility. I'm eager and willing to believe, I really am, but at this point I'm going to need more than her word.
ReplyDeleteI'd also like to know why NE dropped the whole thing all of a sudden.
Mostly I'd like to know why Tripp Palin has her name.
Um ok....I really hope we are not saying Todd did anything wrong to Shailey! He did something wrong to Sarah, he did something wrong to Alaska and he continues to do something wrong to this country. But being a preator towards Shailey...PLEASE. I am not some undercover palin bot. She was a grown woman who made a decision. Give me a break. It was already a stretch for me to like Shailey. Being a prositiute and all, but I HIGHLY respect her for getting her family safe then comming forward with information to help put the trip/todd/tripp puzzle together. However my brain WILL not wrap around "the John" is the bad guy. He didnt rape her. God gave her free will...HELLO. -E
ReplyDeleteGryphen,
ReplyDeleteI'm a little disappointed in your support Newt Gingrich for president. I know that he's much better than Sarah. Of course, anybody is. :) But Newt is not the best Republican out there to take her on. He will likely get some support the mainstream party but I don't think he represents our key values.
Cute picture of Shailey.
ReplyDeleteAnyone who feels sorry for Todd Palin should remember a few things.
He's stayed with Sarah all this time, facilitating her nastiness.
He is part of every cover-up and ethical/illegal things she's ever done.
He acted as a shadow governor and stuck his nose in places it should never be stuck (like personnel records).
He literally stalked Trooper Wooten (which makes me wonder if Todd has/d a thing for Sarah's sister).
He has shown himself to be a bully on numerous occasions, even going as far as to physically intimidate women (there is video evidence of this).
He's cheated on the iron dog in the past, putting his fellow racers in danger.
He set Shailey up with his buddies, paying for them to have sex with her, but without telling Shailey about it first.
It goes on and on and on.
Just want to say that this whole topic, since the first day it surfaced until this post, makes me uncomfortable. I despise Sarah Palin and her toxic presence in our daily lives. Todd seems like a total jerk and Bristol is growing up to be a bouncing baby grifter.
ReplyDeleteBut this story may be taking things too far. What's the point of a picture of Shailey Tripp. If you think the information she writes about is important, why not a link to her blog on the left. Or just let it be.
The whole Shailey/Todd things just leaves me feeling icky. Let's get Sarah for being Sarah.
National Enquirer has cover story about trouble in three marriages: Streisand's; Cruise's; Palins'. It's stuff from Bailey's book. Bailey/Shailey/schmaily--keep em coming, NE.
ReplyDeleteWe know Sarah reads this stuff. When can we expect Sarah to contact lawyer #1 who will tell lawyer #2 to contact the APD demanding that they send out a press release stating that Todd is not a sex predator.
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know why there's a picture of Sarah Palin and the word "divorce" (along with pictures of others, too) on the cover of this week's National Enquirer?
ReplyDeletenationalenquirer.com
@2:29.
ReplyDeleteA man who persuades a woman in financial straits with two special needs kids to sell him sex and then sends his buddies in with money telling them that the masseuse is selling sex, bears part of the responsibility for that woman letting herself be used. Shailey was not a prostitute until Todd made her one.
I am definitely saying Todd did something wrong to Shailey.
I'm guessing it is over for Willow as far her having female friends spend the night at Todd's house. What parent is going to let their daughters spend the night under Todd's roof.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteDoes anyone know why there's a picture of Sarah Palin and the word "divorce" (along with pictures of others, too) on the cover of this week's National Enquirer?
nationalenquirer.com
2:54 PM
1, 2, 3 Sarah: "Divorce? Have You SEEN Todd???"
One of the scariest (powerful) people I know comes across as charming and quiet. Not one to put himself in the spotlight unless it is in his chosen arena. But if you're alone with him and you cross him, the anger and violence is terrifying.
ReplyDeleteThis is who Shailey's description of Todd reminds me of. It may or may not be accurate, but I have no trouble believing that it could be so.
@2:54. The NE article repeats Bailey's stuff about Sarah saying she and Todd don't talk and Todd laughing about a faked nude picture of Sarah. I think they got it from The Daily Beast article about the manuscript. I didn't get to finish it in the grocery line, but I think they were saying of the three troubled marriages that Cruise will divorce but Streisand and Palin won't.
ReplyDeleteSarah is a Malignant Narcissist, and Toad is her chief enabler. Birds of a feather. They deserve each other; I hope they stay "married" to the bitter, bitter end.
ReplyDeleteTo 2:29pm regarding Toad as a predator. Oh, yes he is.
Shailey takes responsibility in her blog for making a bad decision, but I am very sure that before he placed her hand on his privates he had sized up her situation, knew she was vulnerable, overwhelmed, barely able to provide food and medicine for herself and her kids.
He made a calculated gamble that she would not throw him out, and call the cops. She was not chosen randomly.
Anonymous said...
ReplyDeleteHe set Shailey up with his buddies, paying for them to have sex with her, but without telling Shailey about it first.
It goes on and on and on.
2:40 PM
Where I live they call that pimping. What is it called in the Palin household? DRILL BABY DRILL or Creating jobs!
In Anchorage the APD says why pay for it? We can get it for free.
2:31 is right. Gryphen should not be supporting Newt and Rand Paul. I'd like to see Sarah defeated by a democrat not by propping up other republicans.
ReplyDeleteAgain, this story WAS NOT dropped. The NE actually ran 2 stories about this. How is that dropping the story?
ReplyDeleteMs. TRIPP has decided that she wants to tell her story for reasons that are important to her. Good for her! I doubt she cares if anyone thinks she should "move on" and I'm sure Anon 2:15 is not suggesting that she does because he/she has Shailey's best interests in mind.
This has nothing to do with the Palins.
ReplyDeleteI'm just asking can sex predators have passports and firearms?
Anon 2:44: It's possible that if you don't like "icky", this may not be the blog for you. It seems Palins and "icky" are inseparable.
ReplyDeleteThere's something wrong here and you folks are being taken in.
ReplyDeleteIf there were the slightest shred of truth to this story, the Enquirer would be all over it.
Who is watching Piper when Sarah is out grifting?
ReplyDeleteI've always wondered if Todd was an enabler or a Svengali. Being a staunch member of the AIP, I suspect he's had his own agenda, thirsting for power and sensed Sarah was the perfect front. They both seem overly ambitious (greedy) and calculating.
ReplyDeleteIf wishes could come true, I would wish that Todd and Sarah both become parents who care more about their children's welfare than their own ambitions. Each of their children has significant socializing problems, with the exception of Trig. Even Piper has acted out in inappropriate ways for a child of her age. I don't blame them - except when they reach adulthood and continue to be bratty - I blame their parents for not attending to them.
Obviously, Todd is an adulterer. That is a sin in their church. It used to be a crime and grounds for fault-based divorce. Would Sarah ever leave him? Probably not, they seem co-dependent and unable to function without the other. I suspect Sarah is such a diva because she is scared of being a truly strong woman who can face middle age alone.
There has always been a sense of suppressed anger in the Palin family. It showed first in the children. Those are unhappy, angry kids. Todd and Sarah just never resonated as a happy couple. There was always some sort of tension there. Sarah, in particular, has seemed pissed-off at her life since she first appeared on the national scene. I think she's always known she's out of her depth. She's probably felt used and hampered, held-back by her family. If not for them, perhaps . . . (fill in the blanks).
ReplyDeleteWhen Bristol was living at home and went on DWTS and put on a ton of weight in a very short time, was that a mental sign of something was going on or happening to her at home or was she pregnant? Is this something we will read in Bristol's 5th book coming out next year?
ReplyDeleteAt least Shailey doesn't speak in sound bites, and she doesn't go off on Sarah. She keeps her narrative simple and clean.
ReplyDeleteYes, she was a prostitute. She didn't start out that way. Many women whore themselves in many ways - including loveless marriages - to ensure their children stay close and safe and well cared for.
For those attacking Shailey, I would simply refer them to her blog. Her voice rings true - particularly when she speaks of her children. She sounds like the real deal - the mother of disabled kids who would fu*k the devil if need be to keep food on the table and a roof over the head of her kids.
Sarah may sell her soul for the spotlight, but she never seems concerned about Trig or any of her other children. She had the perfect spotlight to be a spokesperson for Down's Syndrome kids, but she didn't really even bother. She does not care to help anyone other than Sarah.
I remember that Audrey refused to condone any comment about incest. The release of the Brown family information makes me wonder if this might be the reason for the extraordinary secrecy about the Palin situation. Todd, or Track for that matter, might be
ReplyDeleteinvolved--and Levi is a chump twice over. About Shailey--if anyone says "I'm just saying" usually means they're not.
I just read Shailey's blog. I had read the comments here first because I couldn't get her site at first. Well, I'm a believer. I believe this woman Shailey and stand up for her right to expose this behavior by Todd as she also exposes her own stupid mistakes. He is a public figure and she is taking all the risk as a whistle blower. The subject may bother some people and that's obvious, however, his predatory behavior is not acceptable.
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said...
ReplyDeleteSarah is a Malignant Narcissist, and Toad is her chief enabler. Birds of a feather. They deserve each other; I hope they stay "married" to the bitter, bitter end.
To 2:29pm regarding Toad as a predator. Oh, yes he is.
Shailey takes responsibility in her blog for making a bad decision, but I am very sure that before he placed her hand on his privates he had sized up her situation, knew she was vulnerable, overwhelmed, barely able to provide food and medicine for herself and her kids.
He made a calculated gamble that she would not throw him out, and call the cops. She was not chosen randomly.
3:07 PM
Don't tell me Sarah is coming out with a new movie or mini series,
"The Terminator and Predator Takes on Wasilla"
Plot is Sarah terminates peoples careers and Todd promotes women's careers.
Anon @2:27
ReplyDeleteMy sentiments exactly.
I once thought maybe there was incest that produced Trig, but heretofore I thought maybe it was Track, and that's why he was sent away to the military, and why he looks so wasted now.
ReplyDeleteWith this new info from Shailey, it seems quite possible that Todd looked to Bristol to take the place of the missing Sarah, and Trig was produced. That would certainly be a big enough scandal to cover up, and, Sarah being Sarah, wouldn't she be more concerned for how that would make HER look rather than making sure the perpetrator was removed from the home and punished?
All speculation, of course. But predator is a pretty strong word.
tawds penis....lol.
ReplyDeleteTo explain this once again, NE dropped the story because they could not come to a financial agreement with Shailey. They offered a certain amount of money, made her jump through a lot of hoops, and then decided to reduce that offer by two thirds.
ReplyDeleteI have spoken to the NE and was told that Shailey's story holds up and that they hope it gets told in another media outlet.
I do believe that Shailey plans to write about this at some point, but currently she is involved with providing interviews to more mainstream media outlets that will provide much more credibility in the long run.
Oh and for whoever thought I was supporting Newt Gingrich, are you high? Or are you basing that on a Google ad you saw on this site, because that is chosen by YOUR surfing habits and has nothing to do with me at all.
But for the record I support President Obama, and believe the entire potential Republican field of candidates looks like a bunch of escapees from a mental institution.
Betsy S puts scenarios on the table that may be worth keeping in mind. Are there clues that have been overlooked?
ReplyDeleteAnonymous said... Gryphen,
ReplyDeleteI'm a little disappointed in your support Newt Gingrich for president.
2:31 PM
and
Anonymous said..
2:31 is right. Gryphen should not be supporting Newt and Rand Paul.
3:11 PM
Where is this? In which post or comment?
You are not referring to the pop up ads are you? Those are not controlled by Gryphen. Click on the ads you don't like and he'll get paid a little by the people you don't like.
If Ms Tripp is indeed telling the truth and nothing but, I still wonder why the Enquirer did not continue to pursue this story....
ReplyDeleteGryphen 3:52
ReplyDeleteLove your Republican candidates comment. You are great, honest and true.
Maybe Shailey's correct in thinking she was ratted to the police by Sarah. We know Sarah loves to target her enemies. Also, too, everything Sarah touches turns to crap. After being arrested, Shailey choose to not slink into the shadows but rather turn the tables and expose Todd for the lowlife he is. So, now, Shailey's blog is another thorn in Sarah's prickly crown and Sarah has to go into lie-and-deny-mode again. This is exactly how Sarah's intervention into stuff inevitably turns out. It makes sense to think that Sarah was involved.
ReplyDeleteGryphen supports Newt Gingrich!
ReplyDeleteGryphen wants you to sign Rand Paul's petition!
HAHAHOHOHOHAHAHEEHEEHEEE ...
Whew brother, can I have a toke of what you're smoking?
I hate to break it to you ... but Google spies on YOU. When you browse this, and other sites, that include the word "Palin", Google assumes you are a RWNJ, and serves up an add aimed at RWNJs.
I revel in the irony that Gingrich, Rand Paul, and other whacko ads pop up on Gryphen's site. Gives me a big laugh every time.
How about one more toke?
Audrey was correct to disallow incest theories. There's been absolutely no evidence for it and such speculation works against this blog's credibility. Gryphen doesn't go there, and even Shailey says Todd was a good dad. Please drop it.
ReplyDeletesorry g. That dog don't hunt.
ReplyDeleteI sincerely hope this is not the big iceberg, cuz it's already in sarah's wake, and it didn't even leave a mark. Shailey really wants to tell the truth, but did not get paid enough?! come on. that does not lend credibility to her story. This would be huge, if it were true AND could be proven. it obviously cannot be proven, or some other source would have printed it - paid for it, even.
You, for example, are interested in the truth and have seen the "proof" what are you waiting for? shailey won't let you? she already told her story to you.
I have to beleive this is a wild goose chase. Not true, and or cannot be proved. without the proof, she's as credible as Orly Taitz. an just as nutty, too.
I am out.
OT- to add to your scary picture arsenal:
ReplyDeletehttp://thechive.com/2011/03/03/celebrity-close-ups-sans-photoshop-26-photos/celebrity-close-ups-23/
I read Shailey's blog and I think Toad is a sociopath just like Sarah ...they were made for each other. I'm glad that Shailey is brave enough to speak out and I hope by example other people who know the truth will also come forward. Shailey seems like she was in a vulnerable period in her life when she met the Toad. I pass no judgment on her for what happened but it seems that if you become involved with the Palin's they lead you down a wrong path. I wish her good luck and success in her life.
ReplyDeleteB- When you put limits on your thinking because it makes you uncomfortable, you may only be fooling yourself. Do not confuse thinking about something for wishing for it.
ReplyDeleteHowever, I think that if it comes to light that Sarah did fake the pregnancy with Trig, the rest will take care of itself because the logical follow-up question will be, whom did she cover-up for?
Identification of Toad - circumcized or not? Big or small? Other identifying physical things she'd know about him that the majority would not. (except for those others he might have hired as well as the knowledge of his wife, sister Sarah).
ReplyDeleteHe is not an appealing man - physcially - that is for sure!
2:29, You need to knock that chip off your shoulder before you can understand another person's experience.
ReplyDeleteAfter reading Shailey's story, I see a picture of a vulnerable, desperate, lonely single mother, overwhelmed by the medical needs of her children and cautiously hoping for some successes in her life. She had just come out of a shelter. No way was she feeling strong.
Enter Todd Palin, Mr. Governor, a man on top of the world, with his wife's title to throw around, along with his weight. Shailey had it right: Todd Palin is a predator. He smelled weakness in Shailey and went in for the kill. In my mind, his actions were a violation of Shailey.
Shailey admits her error, but that does not dismiss Todd's.
The Palins have been too powerful in Alaska for too long. This disgusting family doesn't have the class that should accompany such power.
Does anyone else have the chilling realisation that some of the more "far flung" theories about Trig's parentage become hauntingly plausible given these revelations about Todd?
ReplyDeleteWe've always known he was a bully.
We're all aware that HE was the real "governor" of Alaska.
Is it really too large of a leap to think "predator"?
Unfortunately, I think not.
Huckabee had a lot to say about Natalie Portman being pregnant but he has not uttered one word about Bristol Palin.
ReplyDeleteMike Huckabee laced into Oscar winner Natalie Portman for her "out-of-wedlock" pregnancy, saying the expecting star is helping to "glamorize" single motherhood.
Huckabee made the comments on conservative commentator Michael Medved's radio show this week, after Portman accepted her golden trophy and in her speech thanked her fiance, Benjamin Millepied, for giving her "my most important role of my life."
Gryphen, if I lived in AK, I would definitely want you as a friend. You are the best! You're welcome to Boston anytime.
ReplyDeleteAnon 3:07 I most certainly agree with you. I do feel Shailey was a mark and there are many more.
ReplyDeleteRemember how Wooten was tracked, even Mercedes had a spat with Bristol regarding a girlfriend's visit. Bristol let slip specific details of a person's visit to Mercede's home. How did Bristol know that information.... Let's remember that Sarah's sister is married to a P.I.
My point here is that you find someone who is vulnerable and exploit the hell out of it. Would there be many vulnerable women giving massages...forgive me, I should be asking Todd that!
Shailey comes across as very believable, especially when I consider what I've seen of Todd these past two years (Troopergate and the bullying of Kathleen Gustafson and then Hawk at the Valdez airport).
ReplyDeleteYup sounds pretty much like your typical bastard.
ReplyDeleteShe is smart to leave the state, because this type of person has no bottom line, they have nothing they won't do to keep control. Even if it would otherwise not matter then will stalk a person and twist them just to maintain their dominance.
Now we see another side of why people in Wasilla and Alaska are so afraid of the Palins.
What they can't control or manipulate, or bribe or threaten or coerce they will crush. Its all about control.
And I bet Tod and Sarah love to watch their victims squirm and they try to free themselves.
There is no incest. And with all this being discussed, we can see now that sarah really is a justified victim. This was a shy, sweet girl who really didn't date before todd. With a father with super high standards and a controlling husband, yeah, I'd say its pretty expected for sarah to eventually turn out this way.
ReplyDeleteBut seriously guys. Knock off the incest talk. And the kids aren't unhappy.
"And believe the entire potential Republican field of candidates looks like a bunch of escapees from a mental institution."
ReplyDeleteGryphen, that's hysterical! Thanks for the laugh.
4:56 said:
ReplyDeleteB- When you put limits on your thinking because it makes you uncomfortable, you may only be fooling yourself.
@4:56, I am limiting speculation to any evidence whatsoever, not to a "comfort zone" (in Palinese).
Anyone who thinks Shailey (and Gryphen, FTM) doesn't come across as "believable"...
ReplyDeleteHas about the same level of character judgment and discerning wisdom as Sarah Palin herself. "SRSLY", as the kids say these days.
7:31...noooo. If the kids were "unhappy", they'd be drinking, whoring it up at a young age, using drugs, breaking and entering, destroying property...
ReplyDeleteHey, wait a minute.
So Shailly's story is believable, credible ......... and the Enquirer wouldn't pay?
ReplyDeleteHAH!
2:27, 3:23 PM, et.al. - I agree. There's too much about the Shailey Tripp story that leaves my head ringing with cognitive dissonance.
ReplyDeleteI want this to be true. I want this to be "the iceberg." I'm totally interested; I am all in.
I don't think the audience wants to know where she is right now or track her down or find out if she really was a hooker. All just details.
What everybody wants is to know if this stuff is true, specifically where it intersects with Sarah and Todd Palin. Shailey _knows_ that that's the draw; but at the same time, she's a little resentful and wants it to be about HER, not the Palins. This is where it gets a little crazy and stuff gets really loud.
She wants the attention but she doesn't want the attention. She drops huge clues, left dangling out there around all over the place, that she WANTS people to ferret out like some geocacheing game, but then she's insulted when they do. What, are we 'spying' on her? She is under 24/7 surveillance by some unnamed entity, you know...
But it just doesn't all add up neatly like it should. Those of us that are generous and willing to expand way beyond to make things fit, simply can't make the pieces fit together easily. In the end, ya gotta default to Occam's Razor - the most likely answer is the one with the shortest distance between two points. When in doubt, whatever seems to be the easiest answer, probably is.
Some thoughts based on HER own narrative (the three blogger interviews) -
ReplyDelete> I can appreciate being kind to her especially if she was exploited, but Todd was not her first prostitution gig. I believe she did get sucked into prostitution, but not by whatever happened with Todd.
Understand that prostitution is inherently exploitative. That doesn't mitigate a well-educated 30-year-old adult woman's decision to actively participate.
> I cannot accept that Todd "pimped" her. She was a known prostitute. She had "clients."
Todd "dropped off" envelopes of cash at the shop. The other "girls" teased her about it.
I presume that prostitutes appreciate client referrals from a man known to them. They're having sex with strangers, it's high risk.
> They had routine lunch and coffee dates. Out in the open, not clandestine. In Wasilla.
"Everybody knew." But not Levi, Mercede, his own socially-active teenagers, the neighbors, the church congregation, Todd's parents who live in Wasilla, the police chief that Sarah fired and had a grievance, the ex-brother-in-law State Trooper holding a grudge, the other people that she trashed during campaigns, etc.
OKAY, REALLY?
> Strained/estranged relationship with parents who refused to provide support, love and help.
But her mother came to the shelter to take her to buy diapers.
First, most of us in crisis and homeless would be staying at our parents' home if they lived in the area. If she wasn't, there's a reason. I wonder what that was.
Second, consider the fact that her mother came to the shelter to help her. That's not abandoned without support.
2:29, I read no "chip on your shoulder"...
ReplyDeleteI read an opinion. You weren't rude. You did nothing wrong in posting. Pay no attention, some of us agree with you.
Anon 7:31 keep drinking that cool aid or vodka or whatever you are drinking!!
ReplyDeleteYou are the fairy tale spinner who comes here regularly to tell people how normal the Palins are.
How do you know Sarah was a quiet good girl before she met Todd. Please tell us how you know because my understanding of Sarah Barracuda is quite different!!
How do you know there isn't incest??
And the kids are happy?? That comment alone tells me you don't really know the family ! Right?
You havent fooled anyone darling.
"...there were times I tried to do things on my own to break away, and yet it was all controlled, it was all watched, logged, recorded, and set in stone."
ReplyDeleteIt was all controlled. Watched. Logged. Recorded. _Set in stone_?
What can this possibly mean?
That's pretty huge. So _everything_ was a conspiracy to entrap Shailey Tripp?
How about Sarah's massage? That too?
Shailey was in a vulnerable position that many women find themselves in. Desperate women do desperate acts. Their children come first and we will practically anything to support them.
ReplyDeleteEven prostitution.
Though I never came to that point (but very close), I completely understand Shailey's predicament. No family support whatsoever, husband long gone. No money, no shelter. Zero, zip, nothing - this after having lost a good paying job and house in the 1984 oil recession in Alaska when Sarah was busy being crowned 'Miss Wasilla'. Grab me the barf bag.
Yes, the police/state troopers in Alaska treat women like yesterday's garbage. The Republican party in Alaska has always held a heavy hand of punishment and oppression. They are not nice/caring human beings whatsoever. They are the worse abusers you can imagine. And I mean it when I say this - they hate women.
Sarah is a typical Republican - mean-spirited and vindictive individual. This is why people are still afraid of her. Todd is her enabler. The kids are by-products to be used in any way their parents see fit. Actually a lot of parents do this even though that are not in the national spotlight. They sell their kids' very souls and bodies.
I wish Shailey all the best - I hope her testimony is heard by millions and I certainly hope she makes a lot of money telling her story.
Don't EVER judge a person such as Shailey until you walk a mile in their shoes. Ever.
What a bummer, though. She's simply not going to be revealing informaton or answering questions.
ReplyDeleteLet's do an internet blast and see if we can collect enough money to pay her for her story to be published.
Sorry guys. The fact is that money is going from the Koch brothers to the right wing candidates to Google and then to Gryphen for displaying them on his site. If you're ok with that then you really need a lesson on ethics. I would NEVER let such ads pollute my website. I guess Grryphen has lower standards than me. But please don't write articles talking about Sarah being a grifter who will do anything for money. That would be hypocritical.
ReplyDelete10:06 PM - "No family support whatsoever, husband long gone. No money, no shelter. Zero, zip, nothing."
ReplyDeleteI think people would be surprised at how often this is women's experience, in our seemingly abundant society and service provisions. Who exactly does everyone think is applying for food stamps?
"Don't EVER judge a person such as Shailey until you walk a mile in their shoes."
Good advice and good point.
Except that this wasn't Shailey's experience exactly, by her own account. She had family and resources. This fact kind of gets lost in the drama.
She hasn't offered any explanation.
Did anyone notice that ST is considering moving to AZ? One of the reasons she gives is that she is a conservative...
ReplyDeleteI'm wondering how tied in to the Palin clan she really is and whether or not this is all a distraction?
Betsy S @ 3:36: What "Brown family info"? I must have blinked.
ReplyDelete"To explain this once again, NE dropped the story because they could not come to a financial agreement with Shailey. They offered a certain amount of money, made her jump through a lot of hoops, and then decided to reduce that offer by two thirds".
ReplyDeleteSo, she rejected their money and decided to start eliciting those who read her blog to send her $1-$5? This makes no sense. Whatever NE offered her was most likely much more than the $2,500 she is trying to raise on her site.
Look, I am no fan of Palin at all, but Shailey lacks credibility. I mean, she wrote about how her own parents accused her of being a liar.
The "Brown Incest story" is about Senator Scott Brown revealing he was sexually abused as a child, no one, not even his wife new about it until he wrote his book.
ReplyDeletePeople of childhood incest often do not talk about it as adults. They just move on, trying to forget it happened.
Often they think such things are normal to all families, when they are not!
Since Todd is a predator, I wonder if that is the reason Piper tags along with Sarah on her trips. Maybe Sarah is trying to keep Todd away from his own kids.
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At her blog Shailey just listed some items in her possession that, if true, should make Todd Palin a very nervous man.
ReplyDeleteKimosabe, you are an idiot and obviously have no idea how the ads are served up on Gryphen's site. The content of the ads shown totally depend on the viewer's surfing habits and are in no way controllable by the site owner.
ReplyDeleteWhich means the ads are more of a reflection on you, so put that in your pipe and smoke it.
Huge (as in hugely significant) post on Shailey's site. She just listed the contents frozen in a huge block of ice floating at sea. :)
ReplyDeleteIs this
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a joke or a threat?
Is she slyly telling Todd she has proof?
Longtime lurker, first time commenter: People, PLEASE don't draw any conclusions about Gryphen or anyone else from the Newt ads or whatever weird ads are popping up on the site. I sometimes get "Sarah Palin is wonderful!!111!!!"-type ads somehow entangled in my stuff. The ways of the tubes are mysterious.
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ReplyDeleteWhat a bummer, though. She's simply not going to be revealing informaton or answering questions.
Let's do an internet blast and see if we can collect enough money to pay her for her story to be published.
10:09 PM"
Why should anyone pay her for anything?
Whatever she says about Todd has nothing
to do with his wife. She has already said SP
didn't look pregnant with Trig, and no one
ran with that story. Unless she was assaulted
by Todd & SP covered it up, nothing is
worth paying her. Why should we work and
send money to Ms Tripp for her allegations?
If she can't prove anything, her words aren't
worth a dime. If she truly wants the truth
to be told, she'd tell it for free. The world
knows Todd Palin likes hookers, and the
world didn't go after him with pitchforks...
It's not that common that incest or other sexual abuse can be seen by outsiders. It's even less common that outsiders can assert that sexual abuse is not happening.
ReplyDeleteSometimes one child in a family is the only one abused, and other siblings are clueless about it because it didn't happen to them. Abusers are skilled in manipulating people. Some survivors of childhood sexual abuse compensate by trying to make themselves as perfect as they can, others act out with drugs, sex,and other ways of masking the pain.
Without any real good proof, speculation about incest is a dead end. It's hard to prove, and the ick factor really makes credibility of anything else suspect by contagion.
Bringing up speculations about sexual abuse is just as likely to be manipulation by trolls here as anything else. Audrey was right to draw the line there, without very strong evidence that could no longer be ignored.
7:49 am is incorrect.
ReplyDeletethe brown incest story is about "the 5 browns" brothers and sisters mormon musical group whose father recently admitted to sexually abusing the girls when they were young:
http://www.popeater.com/2011/02/18/5-browns-father-pleads-guilty-sexual-abuse/
senator scott brown was sexually molested but not a victim of incest.
tawd is just another boil on the ass of alaska, just like der serror. please just reveal the facts so they can fade away.
ReplyDeleteToo funny. People are responding to ST's post about "garage sale" as if there really is one.
ReplyDeleteNobody really reads or listen, these days, do they?
It's a list of the evidence confiscated by the police, folks. With a few clever references to the whole narrative. Of course it's not a garage sale. That's a bit of coy feeding-us-a-bit-at-a-time thing to keep people donating in the hope that she'll actually answer the simple question that she led with in the first place: was Sarah Palin pregnant when she alleges that she gave her a massage in February 2008.
Surveillance tapes? Come on. Whose tapes do you think she means? Her own? Really? If she had taped her business, wouldn't the cops have taken the tapes?
You really think she has clothing of Todd Palin's, let alone the silk boxers from the McCain campaign? Wouldn't that be the wrong time period? Hadn't she already stopped "seeing" him? Speaking of which, really, this is taking on the look and feel of an affair and not so much a business client.
Shailey is a woman scorned. She must have genuinely thought she was dating a married man, with expectations that he would leave his wife for her.
democrats and republicans are the same kind of people, they do the exact same things, they just have a different strategy for distraction while they do whatever it is they are told to do
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