And the search for dirt on Sarah Palin begins

[GAVol]

So far we've got Daily Kos claiming her youngest child is actually her Grandchild and was a cover for an unwanted pregnancy for her oldest daughter. Meanwhile Alan Colmes is questioning whether she may have caused Down's Syndrome due to poor prenatal care.

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[myrobbins7]

Good lord...The Dem party at its best.

[allvol123]

Can we get a Mod in here to fix the title to "Palin"?

[VolByBirth]

Originally Posted by myrobbins7

Good lord...The Dem party at its best.

Considering the Republicans went nuts claiming BO was a devout Muslim, I would say it's politics at it's best...

Can't trust anything these days.

I'm just really hoping they find some old nude photos of her. That might be the only dirt I can stand...

[oklavol]

That's the tip of the iceberg. The rumor I heard was she has nothing on her resume except being governor for 20 months of a state with a population of 600k. Unless you count being Mayor for 4 yrs of a town of 5k.

[oklavol]

[dickens821]

Originally Posted by oklavol

That's the tip of the iceberg. The rumor I heard was she has nothing on her resume except being governor for 20 months of a state with a population of 600k. Unless you count being Mayor for 4 yrs of a town of 5k.

governor of any state >>> being a senator of Illinois for 2 years.

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by VolByBirth

Considering the Republicans went nuts claiming BO was a devout Muslim, I would say it's politics at it's best...

The whole Muslim thing was pretty stupid, but IMO this really goes a step further since it involves kids. Daily Kos is a nutjob organization, so that story doesn't surprise me, but Alan Colmes is better than this.

[oklavol]

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JUNEAU -- Gov. Sarah Palin shocked and awed just about everybody around the Capitol on Wednesday when she announced she's expecting her fifth child.
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Palin said she's already about seven months along, with the baby due to arrive in mid-May.
That the pregnancy is so advanced astonished all who heard the news. The governor, a runner who's always been trim, simply doesn't look pregnant.
Even close members of her staff said they only learned this week their boss was expecting.
"I thought it was becoming obvious," Palin said. "You know, clothes getting snugger and snugger."
But people just couldn't believe the news.
"Really? No!" said Bethel state Rep. Mary Nelson, who is close to giving birth herself.
"It's wonderful. She's very well-disguised," said Senate President Lyda Green, a mother of three who has sometimes sparred with Palin politically. "When I was five months pregnant, there was absolutely no question that I was with child."

[MontereyVol]

I have to agree, lets leave families out of this.

edit: the husband is fair game

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by oklavol

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We can all read the links.

[oklavol]

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On Friday, April 18th, 2008, Sarah and her husband Todd were in Dallas, Texas for a Republican Governor's Convention. They had been in town for three days already, but Sarah had yet to give her keynote speaker address on energy policy. Then early Friday morning at 4:00am, Sarah began leaking amniotic fluid. Instead of checking into a hospital, she instead made a call to her doctor, and delivered the keynote speech.

"I was not going to miss that speech," she says.
She rushed so quickly from the podium afterwards that Texas Gov. Rick Perry nervously asked if she was about to deliver the baby then.

The oddities only grow from here on, as instead of rushing to a Dallas medical facility that could treat a mother who's amniotic fluid has been draining for hours on end (made even more crucial due to the fact that this is occurring a full month prematurely), Sarah & Todd instead opted to... Fly all the way back from Texas to Alaska. A dangerous choice, as with each pregnancy (once again, in this case after four previous), a mother's window of labor to delivery grows shorter and shorter.
Aboard Alaska Airlines, the flight lasted for eight hours, with an additional landing in Seattle. The majority of commercial airlines require mothers seven months pregnant to provide a doctor's letter to fly, but Sarah did not inform the airline of her condition. Alaska Airlines is one of the few airlines that do not require such a notice, despite the possibility of an emergency landings being required in such scenarios. That said, no one on board noticed that Sarah was going into labor:

"We leave the decision to fly up to our customers and their medical advisers," according to Alaska Airlines representative Caroline Boren.
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"Governor Palin was extremely pleasant to flight attendants and her stage of pregnancy was not apparent by observation as she didn’t show any signs of distress," Boren said.

Eight months pregnant. A 6.2 pound fetus. No one notices a visible trace. By the third trimester, a perfectly fit woman not wearing anything less than a space suit should be easily spotted as pregnant. Not in Sarah's case.
The plane then made a landing in Anchorage, Alaska. Does Sarah then visit a medical facility that can accommodate a premature birth in Alaska's most equipped city? No. She drives 45 minutes away, to Mat-Su Regional Medical Center, right outside the small village she used to govern as Mayor, Wasilla. Trig Palin is then delivered one month premature, Friday night. Sarah returned to work after three days.
The inherent need to absolutely have Trig delivered in a remote and possibly ill-equipped facility for premature deliveries, where Sarah would likely have numerous contacts and pull, does not sit well. The doctor, Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, approving of all of these actions borders on malpractice. Not treating leaking amniotic fluid causes infections, and time is of the essence after water breaks. Husband Todd Palin simply delivers this winner of a line:

"You can't have a fish picker from Texas," said Todd.

A poor motivation, to be sure. Another motivation began making its rounds in the Alaskan legislature, where everyone was initially shocked to hear the news.
Sarah Palin was not pregnant with child.
Her sixteen year-old daughter was.
Checking with the Anchorage High School that Bristol Palin attended, reporters were given word that her family had taken Bristol out of school due to contracting infectious mononucleosis. The amount of time Bristol was absent shifts from five to eight months.
Mono can last anywhere from two weeks to three months, but an eight month infection is a freak oddity. Yet it remains a common excuse given by girls in private & Catholic schools around the nation when pregnancy comes

[GAVol]

Hello . . . We can still read the links. The copy and paste is annoying.

[GAVol]

Originally Posted by MontereyVol

edit: the husband is fair game

I agree with that.

[MontereyVol]

I'm all for showing Gov. Palin as a bad decision on McCains part, but that's the families business. It may be true, but unless Palin trots out this as an example it shouldn't be our business