Reply #87: Could be two reasons.

[noamnety]

1. There is incriminating information in it about an affair with Palin
2. He knows they are about to dig through his divorce records for the world to look at, and while it has nothing to do with Palin, he doesn't want his private relationship with his wife to be plastered all over the media.

I have no clue which is true. I know that my own divorce was pretty mild-mannered - apathetic, even, as the ex never lawyered up or contested anything, so a generic irreconcilable differences was all that was needed. But if someone wanted to push it all over the media, I would still consider it my own business and would possibly move to make it private. I don't know - apathy reigns pretty high still, I might not bother. But if there was anything (Palin related or not) that I thought was personal or that I thought would be damaging to my kid, well, if I had a choice between sealing the records or having it all over the Enquirer, I would pick the first option. I imagine most people would do the same.

If either of the partners in his marriage were unfaithful - but Palin had nothing to do with it - would you expect him to want the records sealed?