The National Enquirer, a sensational tabloid that is usually ignored by the so-called “mainstream media,” is now reporting that Alaska Governor and John McCain’s pick for Vice President, Sarah Palin, had an affair with a former business associate of her “fisherman” husband, Todd.

The press is paying more attention to the Enquirer of late, however, since the paper turned out to be right about an affair on the part of former Senator and presidential candidate John Edwards, the Democrat from North Carolina.

“Todd discovered the affair and quickly dissolved his friendship and his business associations with the guys,” a source said who is reportedly a close enemy of the Palin family. “Many people in Alaska are talking about the rumor and say Todd swept it under the rug.”

The paper is also reporting that the “ultra-conservative governor” tried to sweep something else under the rug. Sources close to the family say she “desperately tried to cover up” her 17-year-old daughter Palin’s pregnancy, until it became clear that the media already knew about it.

She reportedly worked “frantically” to arrange a small wedding ceremony before McCain announced her name as his choice for Vice President, and then again before the Republican National Convention last week.

“But Bristol refused to go along with the lies,” according to sources close to the family.

A nasty fight ensued between mother and daughter, they say. Now there are plans to get Bristol married to 18-year-old Levi Johnston, a high school hockey player, who may or may not be the father of the baby.

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