I just don’t buy it.
Okay, well I guess it was always possible that the rumors about Sarah Palin’s son being her grandson were not true.
But Bristol *is* pregnant, now. I have a lot less to say about this. I’m glad the Palin family is supporting her.
However. This means that *if* Bristol isn’t really the mother of Trig, then the story of her delivering a speech, getting through airport security, boarding not one but a series of connecting flights back to Alaska, and engaging in otherwise risky behaviours during the labor and delivery of her fifth child – IS true. And personally I think it’s a) implausible at best, and b) if true, horrible that she showed such lack of concern for the safe delivery of baby #5, whatever her reasons were.
She’s pro-life. That is why she carried a Down’s Syndrome baby to term. (Over 90% of Down’s Syndrome pregnancies are terminated – according to wikipedia.*) Her behaviour between water breaking and delivery certainly indicates a lack of concern for the safety of the child, an inconsideration for the other passengers on the two flights that could have been grounded if she needed to be brought to a hospital mid-flight, not to mention for her own health.
This is infuriating, to say the least.
I just don’t buy it. I think that maybe Bristol is 3 months pregnant, and being used as a convenient cover up to the original cover up. It certainly is a resonably successful diversion to the rumor about Trig’s birth.
The bottom line is that no matter what is true, at this point, something is seriously wrong with Sarah Palin.
*A 2002 literature review of elective abortion rates found that 91–93% of pregnancies in the United States with a diagnosis of Down syndrome were terminated.
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i saw this earlier and instantly looked to see if you were online. I agree with what you’ve said 100%.. and I cant form good complete thoughts to say anything further (esp with the kid banging on the gate now that he’s discovered Im out of the shower. dang)
Couldn’t agree more. I feel like I can sympathize more with a mother’s wish to cover up her child’s mistake, apart from the part when doing so in her case would have meant insurance fraud, than I can with a mother risking an already-troubled pregnancy in the way she supposedly did.
Furthermore, I find it appalling that the mother of a pregnant teen can call for abstinence-only education.
First and foremost, the young Ms. Palin has my sympathies and my very best wishes. I can’t imagine it’s anything but horrifying to be in her shoes right now. But unfortunately, given the campaign statement, this is now a very public issue, and you’re right, it does matter to me, the voter, the constituent, if the VP is a big fat liar. It matters to me, the voter, the constituent, that a potential President met with his VP only once, that he barely seems to have vetted her. Is this the person I want with his hand on the button? That’s all right. I already knew the answer to that question. I had sympathy for him once but he blew it for me permanently when he sang “Bomb, Bomb Iran.”
I don’t know what the truth is here, but I know when I am being lied to. I also know the difference between a 32-week neonate and a 40-week neonate (if your theory about the current pregnancy bears out). 32-weekers don’t go home unless it’s against medical advice in a pretty big way.
I’m also still not buying that Gov. Palin is Trig’s biological mother. If not, I find it pretty appalling, lying to a child about his or her origins. Maybe that child will not be able to process the information in the way that a neurotypical person could, but we all deserve to know where we come from.