Sarah Palin Aide Says She Was Joking About Divorce

Sarah Palin

An aide to former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin emailed The Huffington Post Saturday to say that Palin was joking when she mentioned the prospect of divorcing her husband Todd in a 2007 email.

"Governor Palin was clearly speaking tongue-in-cheek in the email," said Doug McMarlin, one of the few political operatives who Palin has retained, on and off, to work for her since she left the governor's office in 2009.

An email that surfaced Friday briefly sparked talk that Palin had been seriously considering a divorce, though that talk was rather quickly dismissed by reporters such as Slate's Dave Weigel. McMarlin emailed to make clear that Palin was simply making a joke.

"This email was during her fifth pregnancy and the Palin marriage remains one of the most solid in any environment. We thank the media for their, er, continuing attention to this particular issue," he said.

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Comments

[thomasearlva]

02:06 PM on 03/11/2012

Of course she's kidding. To protect the sanctity of marriage she probably would have sponsored a bill to make divorce illegal. Let no man tear asunder.

[Jack Knowlton]

02:49 AM on 03/01/2012

One more time....In the name of God....GO....AW-a-a-aaYYY!

[gsulhi]

04:08 PM on 02/29/2012

Sarah Palin conservative? Her skapticism about Mitt Romney is totally unfounded. She would be more effective if she just shutup and just look at her own family.

[rickwar]

08:03 AM on 02/29/2012

Hey, get the divorce Sarah. Their are plenty of Republican idiots who'd do you.

[walsenberg]

02:54 AM on 02/29/2012

Chaching goes the money ho, do you think he would divorce that?

[IndependentAndProud]

04:47 AM on 02/29/2012

She wouldn't permit it. I doubt he takes a leak without her say-so.

[northernbucks]

01:46 PM on 02/29/2012

Crass

[FiredUpRTG]

02:33 AM on 02/29/2012

This is none of our business, unless Palin runs again and the reasons for divorce are based on bad character issues on her part. She shouldn't stay with someone she no longer loves, not because it's bad PR. She's the public figure. Let's move on.

[RitaS]

01:00 AM on 02/29/2012

Does any husband / wife really speak 'tongue-in-cheek' when it comes to divorce? Let alone 'public' people???

[jotrn]

12:29 AM on 02/29/2012

I am soooooo relieved, gee I was losing sleep over this. Not.

[radiodog]

11:59 PM on 02/28/2012

Now good. I can sleep well tonight knowing that Sarah and Todd have a solid marriage.

[sunnyskiesinyuma]

01:49 AM on 02/29/2012

Absolutely. Should keep them off the streets. Hopefully.

[Marc1940]

08:10 PM on 02/28/2012

Tongue in cheek, foot in mouth. That's Sarah Palin.

[indy girl]

10:40 PM on 02/28/2012

...and hand out!

[sunnyskiesinyuma]

01:49 AM on 02/29/2012

She does work that tongue a lot.

[RobbyCanuck]

08:08 PM on 02/28/2012

If I were Todd I would have left this bubble-headed, vacuous, ditzy woman who seeks nothing but publicity being the narcissist she is, years ago.

[proudtohaveserved]

10:15 PM on 02/28/2012

ROBBY yeah but she has all the money, millions from the fools that supported her

[sunnyskiesinyuma]

01:50 AM on 02/29/2012

She is his meal ticket.

[Donald]

07:59 PM on 02/28/2012

Don't we have anything better to do than to traffic in rumors about a political has-been like Sarah Palin, especially on personal matters?

[trisha08]

07:53 PM on 02/28/2012

Dismissed by Weigel? Really? How would he know. Hasn't he been a Palin fan all along?

[rbeck]

07:29 PM on 02/28/2012

Sarah who?????

[sushigirl]

07:49 PM on 02/28/2012

How about Tundratart, did that jog your memory? Has a daughter SledSlut....

[rbeck]

09:14 PM on 02/28/2012

Oh, that Sarah lol.

[VTFF]

07:18 PM on 02/28/2012

The emails released last week are not just about this joke but about more important issues :
http://andrewsullivan.thedailybeast.com/2012/02/committing-journalism-revealed.html