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Palin Camp Discredits Book

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Todd says it’s “full of disgusting lies.”

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Mama Grizzly’s team has come to her defense over the scandalmongering claims in Joe McGinniss’s new biography, The Rogue: Searching for the Real Sarah Palin. While Palin herself has been mum on the book's allegations of infidelity and drug use, her husband, Todd, released a statement blasting the author for his “creepy obsession with my wife.” Todd also said the book was “full of disgusting lies, innuendo, and smears,” citing quotes from a New York Times review that said The Rogue “chases caustic, unsubstantiated gossip.” Meanwhile, McGinniss defended his book on NBC, saying he was “as fair as I could have possibly been” considering he was forbidden to speak with those closest to the former Alaska governor.

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