Her daughter probably had the baby and still looks pregnant (anyone who's had a baby knows you don't get back to normal after 5 months, especially after having had a few kids). She'll probably have a surprise “miscarriage”. There is no proof that Bristol is 5 months pregnant.

My thoughts anyway…

But, if the daughter does “lose” the child, what are people going to say? Leave her alone? I think a “miscarriage” would be the smoking gun that this is all a lie.

If it is, a miscarriage is the ONLY way they are ever going to get out of it– what is it that Shakespeare (?) said about “oh what a web we weave…”

We shall see. But there's nothing wrong with being sceptical.

Trig was born April 18, 2008 – not May 10.

Sarah showed no signs of being pregnant until after she announced that she was seven months pregnant. And she was instantly slim, and back at work one day after delivering a DS, premie baby?

Bristol had “mono” during this period. How convenient.

Bristol is not pregnant now. She just had a baby a couple of months ago (Trig), so she is breast feeding and still has the baby-fat from just giving birth. This “pregnant now” is just so we won't question her physical appearance – and it squashes the previous claims that she is Trig's mother (time-line wise).

Rest assured that an unfortunate miscarriage will happen. Because she is not pregnant. AND, I predict that Sarah will then step down because “the pressure and media slander has resulted in a loss of a child… I must now step down from the nomination and focus on my family….”

Plus – the whole: water-broke, gave speech anyway – flew 12 hours to Alaska – no one on the plane knew she was pregnant- story is insane.

People Please!

It was disgraceful for Palin to drag her daughter into this, as a kind of 'inverse evidence' that she had her own child– because the daughter couldn't have, because NOW the daughter is pregnant.

I mean, there were better ways for Palin herself to establish her own maternity. So why didn't she– why did she drag the poor kid into the public eye right now? It wasn't necessary.

The whole thing looks fishier and fishier.

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Imagine this scenario, which is quite common I might add. Imagine that the ex-husband was stalking his wife or some such nefarious behavior that disgruntled ex's are statistically quite capable of. Imagine that Palin's sister tried to get the authorities to help her to gales of guffaws….like they're going to punish one of their own….not…

And so, Governor Palin contacted the boss and instructed him to take punitive action against his officer. The boss refused. The boss was then fired.”

Sorry, there were no accusations of stalking. So there goes your hypothetical.

Also– anything culpable on the brother-in-laws' part would be easily terminable. They investigated—- no evidence. So Palin retaliated against the boss.

Why are people here so trying to defend these Republican wingnuts– and now– family values hypocrites?

Exactly what answers did anyone receive today?

Palin didn't need to drag her daughter into this in order to rebut the “rumors.” All she needed to do was just release doctor's statements, pictures, even the delivery video, whatever. That would have settled the issue.

Instead, she reveals her 17 year old daughter's pregnancy– for what reason? To show that she couldn't have delivered in May? That wasn't necessary to answer the critics.

In other words, she needlessly dragged her daughter into this. There were other way to prove that SHE WAS THE ONE who had the baby !!

Doesn't anyone get this? Bill W., where are you?

It comes as very little surprise to see the types of email lists you're on.

First of all, Palin is a public– not a private– figure. The rules are different for her. And one would think that the self-avowed Super Mom would be more forthright about her own pregnancy, rather than wait until she was 7 months along before announcing it.

Second, it's not a baseless rumor. It's not a “rumor” at all, just a bunch of questions. There is a much circumstantial evidence that something is awry. And if you want to talk about what “women” think, ask any about the claim that Palin flew for 8 hours after her water broke.

NO ONE believes that story.

Where's all the pictures? Where's the hospital affadavits? Instead, we get the story that the daughter wasn't pregnant back then, just right NOW!!

Gimme a break.

Sure, there may be nothing to this story. All anyone sane is doing is just asking questions about it.

But,

Don't any of you think it's odd that the official rebuttal to the rumor that the teenage daughter is pregnant, is that NOW she's pregnant?

A bit convenient, a bit coincidental, don't you think? What are the odds of this actually happening?

This new revelation raises even MORE questions. And as someone else pointed out, the best rebuttal would be the release of official documents, pictures of an obviously pregnant Palin, doctor's statements, etc.

Where are they? Instead, we get the claim that the daughter is pregnant right NOW!

My bet? The daughter will suddenly “lose” the baby in a few months. But if that happened, I'm sure most of you would swallow that lie as well.

Ya think?

And what's with the 'all she had to do was show some photos' stuff? Does anyone actually believe that every baseless rumor should require candidates to dig up proof to quash the rumor? Besides the fact that as a guy, Jazz obviously has no clue that most women wouldn't exactly be thrilled at posting photos of themselves in the maternity ward. Yes, most families have such pictures, but most have them for family memories, not for the general public.

Snark off.

Anyway, Jazz, I'm glad you prominently retracted the story; however, on a blog as prominent as TMV, I still believe it would have been better to find evidence of the rumor instead of spreading it first and retracting later.

For Christ's sakes you're being ridiculous. First of all there is nothing to suggest that Michelle Obama is a crack whore- not even circumstantial evidence. Certainly her lifestyle (able to manage a full time job and young family) is not that of a crack whore. Second of all she's been in the media spotlight for years. Furthermore she is not running for office…

The circumstances and Palin's own actions (and the actions of the government) surrounding Palin's last child were enough to raise questions…. (I'd still like to know why the pics from the official Alaska website were taken down). Palin has only been in the national spotlight for three days. Lastly Palin IS running for office.

By the way, Cindy McCain IS a drug addict and the left is not pushing that…. Thankfully Cindy McCain had the strength to kick the habit and thankfully she continues to lead a clean life. As much as we may not like Cindy on other issues I hope we all understand that her overcoming an addiction is an achievement.

So AR, the rest of us who wanted Palin's actions looked into have a perfect right to know and I hope we can all let this go now. Too bad those on the right continue to smear Obama and his wife with completely baseless allegations that have been researched for the last year or two.

From the linked article: “Senior McCain adviser Steve Schmidt said the campaign decided to issue a statement about Bristol Palin's pregnancy to help quell those Internet-based rumors, which he called “disturbing, nasty smears.”'

Link to the full article….

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/ar…

At any rate, this is more of an observation than an attack on Palin….

But I guess Palin's family doesn't practice what they preach (abstinence only birth control), just like Quayle's daughter (I think it was) got an abortion a few years ago despite Quayle being against abortion…. This hypocrisy is amazing…. Now that is a small attack….

And what about parental oversight? I guess that won't be an issue if Palin becomes VP and she and her family have Secret Service protection….

But I do applaud the family's decision to keep the child and her daughter and boyfriend take responsibility for their actions.

I feel the need to comment because I was right there with you in calling for a closer examination into these allegations. To the extent that anyone felt that I was spreading false rumors I apologize. But I do not apologize for demanding answers. We only have two months to figure out the VP candidate and so time is essential in delving into her past and (as I mentioned in one of my comments on your original posts) so that her name can be cleared of this allegation and we can focus on more important aspects of her.

I just looked at my first comment on your first post, because I wanted to quote it here… Though it turns out that I got it backwards originally The word “less” should have been “more”, though if you read further it is obvious of my intent. Here's the comment from the original post:

“I'm less [should be more] concerned about Palin's lack of qualifications than her claiming her granddaughter as her own…. Though having said that I still consider this to be a serious charge, especially given the Republicans' rantings on personal responsibility….”

Sorry about the typo… but now that the allegation has been put to rest (I'm going to assume that all the dates match up and consider) I'm happy. We can now talk about some of those other more important things.

As far as the “condensed examination” of Palin…. the Republicans spent the better part of two decades unfairly trashing Hillary… Two months doesn't give America much time to look at Palin, so any future allegations I will wholeheartedly call for an investigation on. In fact, didn't the Republicans go on for two months on Hillary's clothes????