Sarah Palin Responds To “Lamestream Media” Nikki Haley Affair Allegations
Earlier today, Will Folks, a conservative blogger, claimed to have had an affair with Nikki Haley, a candidate in the Republican gubernatorial primary race. Haley has completely denied the claims but many have wondered what Sarah Palin would have to say on subject. Just last week, Palin appeared with Haley giving her a full endorsement. Continuing to demonstrate their impressive skills with social media, Palin and team released a statement on her bustling Facebook page within hours. In it, she defended Haley and gave the candidate her support, going so far as to call the allegations a “good sign for Nikki and South Carolina”.
First, here’s the full denial from Haley:
“I have been 100% faithful to my husband throughout our 13 years of marriage. This claim against me is categorically and totally false.
It is sad, but not surprising, that this disgraceful smear has taken form less than a week removed from the release of a poll showing our campaign with a significant lead. It is quite simply South Carolina politics at its worst.
These attacks – and those sure to follow – are an effort at distraction, but I will keep my focus on what matters, and that is delivering South Carolina’s government back to our people. That’s a fight I have fought for the last five years. That’s why I entered this race for Governor. And that’s what I will continue to do, despite any outrageous and false claims that are thrown at me.”
Palin is taking Haley at her word. Here is her post which contains the surprisingly positive title “Nikki Haley in Opposition’s Crosshairs: a Good Sign for Nikki and South Carolina!”
“Well, whaddya know? South Carolina’s conservative candidate, Nikki Haley, recently zipped to the front of the line in her state’s race for governor; and lo and behold, now accusations of an affair surface.
Nikki categorically denies the accusation that was spewed out there by a political blogger who has the gall to throw the stone, but then quickly duck and hide and proclaim he would not comment further on the issue. Quite convenient.
When Nikki and I held her endorsement rally on the steps of the beautiful and historic South Carolina state house a few weeks ago, I warned her and her family that she would be targeted because she’s a threat to a corrupt political machine, and she would be put through some hell. That, unfortunately, is the nature of the beast in politics today – especially for conservative “underdog” candidates who surge in the polls and threaten to shake things up so government can be put back on the side of the people.
South Carolina: don’t let some blogger make any accusation against your Nikki if the guy doesn’t even have the guts or the integrity to speak further on such a significant claim. And don’t believe anything a liberal rag claims or suggests unless the reporter involved has the integrity and the facts to report to you so you can make up your own mind. For traditional media to rely on an accusation via some blog entry is almost laughable, but I know the seriousness of it because that’s exactly what my family and colleagues have had to put up with, every single day, for the past couple of years.
As I said to Nikki this morning, “Hang in there. I’ve been there. Any lies told about you will strengthen your resolve to clean up political and media corruption. You and your supporters will grow stronger through things like this.”
Reaching her from Wasilla, I then joked with Nikki that I was calling her from one of the many locations the lamestream media claims I moved to. (Let’s see, I think the last I heard I was living in the Hamptons, or was it Montana? No, supposedly L.A. is where they claim I moved when I “left Todd” in their idiotic reports.)
South Carolina friends, don’t let ‘em just make things up.
– Sarah Palin”
If Palin is going to make such a strong statement here, we have to believe that the Haley team truly believes that no further evidence is going to surface, despite what Folks implied in his original post (he claimed that he was coming forward with his confession to head off the inevitable proof that was going to come out). The Palin team was smart enough to hedge their bets with the comments about the “liberal media” which will assuredly sow doubt in her fans whenever any news outlet covers the story.
It will be interesting to see if Palin can save Haley from this scandal. If she can, she should totally try to save Facebook next.
