Shailey Tripp Threatened by Todd Palin's Associate

Let's say you are financially marginal. Let's say you are a mother. Now, imagine opening an email one day and reading this:

Like I said, hire yourself a VERY good lawyer. We will not tolerate you. I have the endorsement of palin himself.

You just spent 40 seconds imagining yourself in Shailey Tripp’s shoes.

No, not Shailey’s new shoes; not the ones she was standing in yesterday delivering a speech about the mistreatment, abuse, and exploitation of women. No, not new shoes; you tried on an old pair.  What I quoted is from an April 2010 email which can be found in its entirety on page 256 of the book “Boys Will be Boys: Media, Morality, and the Cover-up of the Todd Palin Shailey Tripp Sex Scandal.”

I don't know why I assumed that Shailey’s arrest in March 2010 ended her career as a prostitute and cut her ties to Todd Palin. It was when I read her manuscript I learned those assumptions were wrong...VERY WRONG. 

In Shailey’s memoir,  Todd and the author of the email above (whom she names) are exposed in their attempts to get Shailey to go big time, to sign a contract with them – a contract with a minimum starting salary of $80,000 and bonuses that would take it into six figures. Applicants for the position get interviewed in hotel rooms because “of the nature of the interview,” and the interviewer tells Shailey (his potential new hire) that the other reason for using the hotel room is to “make sure I am not talking to law enforcement.” (I guess if law enforcement were wearing a wire it would be discovered when the clothes came off. ) That same “businessmen” asks for pictures and says “my girls will only work up to 3 days per week.”  The enticements end and the email culminates with “Todd P. has vouched for you, you come highly recommended.”  

Shailey Tripp did not say no immediately, but when she did say it - said no to Todd Palin and his business partner -  she received the threatening email above. I would imagine that wasn’t the only threat she received. Maybe she received many. There’s some stuff Shay is saving for another time, and certainly I don’t know. 

What I do know is that the one email above would convince me to leave Alaska. No one should live like that – looking over your shoulder for Todd Palin or one of his thugs. 

There’s no doubt Todd Palin can be menacing. We got a sense of it (thanks to Palingates ) in the video shot by an Alaskan citizen at an airport in 2010. From Immoral Minority we heard Todd pulled a gun on Levi Johnston. Shailey Tripp says there were times he grabbed her arm roughly when he was angry. And in the last bunch of email released, we find the Anchorage Daily News trying to get the facts about a newsworthy confrontation of Levi by the First Dude. That must have been some argument, maybe the one Gryphen heard about. Anecdotal evidence like that is reason enough for the people of Alaska to avoid pissing off the aging spouse of the governor who bailed out after serving two years. Besides, Alaskan culture imposes the expectation that everyone mind their own business. All of this works well for Todd. No one is speaking up about “Boys Will Be Boys” – the expose by Shailey Tripp of Todd Palin’s deep involvement in sex trafficking. 

In this political climate where women are under attack, Sarah Palin’s husband  is peddling his influence, and probably peddling his prostitutes in order to get Palin-friendly people in office. Newt Gingrich thanked Todd Palin Tuesday night in his victory speech after winning the primary race in Georgia. He thanked a man who has been exposed for running an interstate prostitution ring!  What’s coming next from the right wing – a bill to require women to undergo clitoral circumcision?  Other countries run by barbaric men have such laws, is Todd more evolved? Is Newt? Surely their leader Rush Limbaugh isn’t. Are you ready to do something about it? I have ideas.

It’s Shailey’s book that’s going to bring Sarah Palin down. When the media can no longer ignore Todd Palin’s involvement in sex trafficking, the Palin dynasty will fall. Everything will be exposed. The media will have weeks worth of material once they begin. Todd, once arrested under the Mann Act (there’s a name that works) will not have any power to stop the media from exposing Babygate. Our job should be to clamor for Shailey’s book to be reviewed, let people know where to buy it,  and to insist that the law look into Todd Palin’s activities. 

There’s plenty of evidence, according to Shailey. She told us on her blog that there are several copies of all her documents, and a set has been left with her lawyer, being held as evidence in case the Palin’s come after her. Have you noticed the Amazon.com listing for “Boys Will Be Boys” says this is “Volume One”?   I’ve not asked Shay about that, specifically, but I’m pretty happy with the thought she’s going to put more documents out in another book. Don’t you just love this woman? She is the best hope for us Truthers who want to see Palin’s exposed for the frauds they are. For the danger they are.  Let’s help.

Here are some ideas. If we each did one thing each day, it would have an impact. The more of them we do, the quicker we can see results. Let's start a buzz about Todd Palin by making calls and sending email.

Call or email some of these organizations and individuals:

• the Gingrich campaign and tell them Todd Palin is a pimp.  Tell them you wouldn’t vote for Newt because of Todd.
• your favorite local news, ask them to carry the story of Todd being implicated in sex trafficking across state lines
• your favorite cable and national news personalities
• Local university libraries. They got a complimentary copy of “Boys Will Be Boys." Tell them it is an important book for students and faculty in politics, social, and women's studies.
• Faculty at local universities who teach Women’s Studies. Ask them to bring Ms. Tripp to campus for a seminar open to the community as an educational event (this is Women’s History month, and if not this year, next year)
• Local churches, ask them to sponsor an appearance by Shailey Tripp to speak to young women and teenage girls
• Your local library, ask for the book; ask them to start a waiting list in case they decide to buy it. Get your friends to call, too.
• Public and private high school librarians. Tell them you think this book has an important message for that age group. (It has a couple raw descriptions of sex, but nothing today’s 16 year olds aren’t doing ).
• The FBI and tell them to do an investigation.
• The Alaska state police, tell them to do an investigation.
• The Washington state police, tell them to do an investigation.
• The IRS, tell them to look into the Palin's income from prostitution
• Put a book review on Amazon.com
• Comment on online reports that mention Rush and the "prostitute" comment, or mention Palin in any way, or in news about the Gingrich campaign. Mention the book and author by name. 
• Send a letter to the editor
• Put a notice on Craigslist

 You get the idea. Stick to the message "this political year has become the year to denegrate women.  Todd Palin has been exposed for running an inter-state  prostitution ring." 

 Will you do something to try to bring about a day of reckoning for the Palins? Add your ideas in the comment thread below, take action, then share with us and tell us who you called or emailed. If you have a good response, tell us about it. Take five minutes each day. We can't all write books, but we can write email. Let's go.