Author Geoffrey Dunn responds to the National Enquirer story.

Geoffrey sent this to me so that I might share it wth all of you:

Yes, it’s true, I’ve heard dozens of rumors about the Palins—all sorts of things—and I have asked my various sources questions, including about this alleged “love child.” So the National Enquirer accurately reported my questioning. You are correct, also, about this rumor re. Todd. It came from people very closely connected to him in Wasilla and Dillingham. And this rumor had nothing to do with Trig or Shailey Tripp and, in the end, I decided not to pursue it. It was challenging enough to track down those things I knew with certainty. And I did unearth some startling personal stories, which is perhaps where this rumor originated.

That said, it’s what Sarah Palin did during her public career that is really what most concerns me—from her tenure on the Wasilla City Council and as mayor, through her governorship and her quest for the American presidency. And that sordid record has not been thoroughly examined or exposed. What she did to her former brother-in-law Mike Wooten, for example, is an absolute outrage. She and her father and her husband conspired in an orchestrated vendetta against Wooten to get his job as a Trooper. And they weren’t even able to pull that off—and, in the end, it was Troopergate that ultimately soured the McCain campaign and GOP insiders on Palin. It is Troopergate that will ultimately cost her the GOP nomination and any shot at the presidency. Troopergate was the issue that exposed and underscored her corruption as governor. It called lie to her pretensions of being a political crusader and a reformer.

As for all the rumors, there’s nothing the Palins could do that would shock me. About their parenting. Their private lives. Nothing. Because what we know is already shocking enough. She absolutely betrayed John McCain in the middle of the campaign. She raised the specter of Reverend Wright when McCain had specifically said it was off-limits because of its purely racist subtext. And she did it. Intentionally. On national TV. Then lied about it. What doesn’t she lie about? Her political career is one long train wreck from Wasilla to Juneau to D.C. I’ve said it before, she has no moral compass. She has no governor on her ambition.

Well there you have it.  The TWO most famous authors currently working on books about Sarah Palin have both confirmed the validity of this story.  STILL think the National Enquirer is "just making stuff up?" 

Now if we can only get somebody to confirm it beyond any doubt.

Are you listening Dillingham?

Joe McGinniss weighs in on the National Enquirer story about Todd's love child.

This from Joe's new blog:

National Enquirer out with a story about Todd’s “love child.” http://bit.ly/e1j9km

I heard the story from a number of people last summer. Basic version is that it’s a boy now in his late teens and that the mother is an old flame of Todd’s from his hometown of Dillingham. I haven’t yet been able to confirm this, but I won’t be delivering my final chapter until June.

Yes this is exactly what I have heard as well.

So no the baby could NOT be little Trig, this boy was born much earlier. In fact I was told that he is somewhere between Bristol and Willow in age, but that estimation came from a single source so take it with a grain of salt.

While I am on this subject let me clear up a few things.

I was NOT the main source for the NE article. In fact I don't believe I provide anything of real value except to confirm that I and others knew about it.

Shailey Tripp has NOTHING to do with this story.

And, if my sources are correct, Sarah is NOT just now hearing about this.  In fact rumor has it that money has been paid to keep this quiet, and it is very unlikely that Todd alone could have come up with enough to do the job.

Now are you all beginning to understand the kind of relationship the Palins "enjoy,"  and why the whole family seems so screwed up?