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Worst Mom Ever? McCain's VP Pick

SUNDAY AUGUST 31 2008 10:30 PM

Submitted by ZakSmith. Edited By crispy.

TAGS: McCain, Election, Palin, Abortion, Anti-Choice, Vice-President

What do you do if your sixteen-year old daughter is pregnant with a baby that's going to have Down's Syndrome? Tell her to have the baby, then pretend it's yours forever. This, at least, would appear to be the only option if you're a governor who got elected on an anti-choice/abstinence-only-education platform and are currently hoping to be elected to the second-most powerful office in the world. There are reasons to suspect that Sarah Palin, Republican presidential nominee John McCain's choice for Vice-President, did just that.

Let me stress here that this is, as of right now, a rumor on the Internet. SuicideGirls news is not a credible news source, and neither are any of the other places on the internet which allege Sarah Palin's youngest son actually belongs to her daughter Bristol. So why report it? Because unless a large number of non-credible sources makes some noise on this point, no credible news source will use its expense account to send a reporter to Alaska and go through hospital records and find out whether or not it's true. So what's the evidence so far?

The strangest piece of evidence, according to (credible and pro-Palin news source) The Wall Street Journal is that she allegedly started having contractions, then, against the advice of her doctor, made a speech in Dallas, and then flew to Anchorage -- a flight that could not have taken less than six hours -- to have the baby.

"Maybe they shouldn't have let me fly, but I wasn't showing much so they didn't know," she says.

Not only did they not notice she was pregnant, but neither did anyone else during her pregnancy--at least not until she mentioned it, seven months in, according to The Anchorage Daily News.

That the pregnancy is so advanced astonished all who heard the news. The Governor, a runner who has always been trim, simply doesn't look pregnant. Even close members of her staff said they only learned this week that their boss was expecting.

There are dozens of photos of the Governor during the late stages of her pregnancy, she doesn't look especially pregnant--but it's pretty hard to say either way. I will not sully SuicideGirls with fully-clothed MIDNLF photos.

Last and possibly least, the controversial and quite possibly unreliable DailyKos -- who started the story/rumor -- reports that Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol Palin, was reportedly out of school for four months with "mono". Mononucleosis usually lasts a month at most, though symptoms can linger for up to three months. To be fair: in the "against" category, there is the fact that the child in question has Down's Syndrome. Down's is much more likely in older women, but is nonetheless a possibility for all mothers. Most babies born with Down's are born to younger mothers, following the pattern for fertility in general.

None of this evidence is conclusive at all, but considering that the possible future Vice-President may have forced her daughter to have a child in order to further her own political carrier and anti-choice policies, this non-reporter feels this is certainly an important enough issue to encourage real reporters to check this story out some time very soon. Maybe it's all a baseless lefty rumor, but if the real press doesn't do its job, we'll never know.

14 Comments

JekyllAndHyde

Nottingham, MD

April 2005

AUG 31, 2008 11:29 PM

I would be amused if a Republican candidate had to deal with bullshit stories, be they true or not. If Obama had to put up with stories about flag pins and his nonexistant Muslim-hood, then I would laugh if Palin had to put up with these rumors.

redconsensus

Baltimore, MD

August 2004

SEP 01, 2008 09:57 AM

Like everyone, I've been seeing this rumor splashed across the internet. And like most sane people, I've been completely disgusted by it. Jumping on a woman and her handicapped child in the pursuit of political, quite simply, repugnant. Leave that kind of base, cowardly, swift boat shit to the red state mouth breathers please.

redconsensus

Baltimore, MD

August 2004

SEP 01, 2008 09:57 AM

N8theSk8

Gibsonia, PA

March 2005

SEP 01, 2008 02:16 PM

Garbage.

xo_b_mac

Markham, ON

June 2007

SEP 01, 2008 02:36 PM

I recommend you get 0 Diggs

Weatherpunk

Japan

June 2008

SEP 01, 2008 02:46 PM

I knew when she was picked, that the next 8 weeks would be a politico-wonk's wet dream.

This may be the most amazing Presidential Election season I witness for a couple of years, if not decades.

That being said, let's get our journalism on! ^_^

Weatherpunk

Japan

June 2008

SEP 01, 2008 02:56 PM

CNN has picked up the story!

VP Candidate's Daughter Is Pregnant

Let the games begin!

Kohai

I'm lost

October 2006

SEP 01, 2008 03:36 PM

I can't imagine that this could be true. Not that a person wouldn't do this to their daughter, or that the anti-choice anti-education anti-welfare party would force someone to have an unwanted child, but that McCain's advisors wouldn't have vetted her a little more carefully. I think a lot of his decisions are outright stupid, but that's due to our political differences; this being true would pretty much be a killing blow for his campaign, and the GOP has a low sort of cunning about these things.

Please, frog god, let it be true.

Max16Characters

Korea, Republic Of

March 2003

SEP 01, 2008 03:43 PM

Well, it's pretty much 100% Palin's baby as her own 17 year old daughter is actually now 5 months pregnant. She plans to marry the father. Way to go abstinence only education!

Knotsaying

North Scituate, RI

October 2006

SEP 01, 2008 06:33 PM

This is ridiculous, Trig is only 4 months old and the daughter is over 5 months pregnant, the math doesn't add up.

maliceide

Oklahoma City, OK

December 2006

SEP 01, 2008 10:19 PM

This is a very bad article. No evidence, just gossip. this issue should not have been brought up.

Knotsaying

North Scituate, RI

October 2006

SEP 02, 2008 11:38 AM

This is a silly accusation, the baby is 4 months old and Bristol is 5 months pregnant, the math doesn't work

maike

Germany

January 2004

SEP 06, 2008 12:21 PM

Ok, you've piqued my interest, but it seems that the only absolute resolution would be a DNA test. Irrespective of which biological vessel was the source, a better story would have been an adoption of Trigger by the family. I'm still at a loss to understand how your reasonably found analysis of rumors synchs with their campaign strategy, other than a poor demonstration of their craftsmanship at spin. The electorate really wants, and deserves, only the best spinners.

willam9

Philadelphia, PA

January 2008

SEP 15, 2008 08:20 AM

yeah, its probably bunk and who cares either way? she's got enough dishonesty, hipocrisy and incompetance to fill the void left where her experience should be without this.

go birds!!!!!!!!!!!!