Why are people even reporting about this, whether its true or not? Don't answer that. This is like when people started publicizing the Bush daughters underage drinking. What about the time Rush Limbaugh was on Letterman, ripping Chelsea Clinton because "she looks like a dog". Letterman was quick though, and retorted with "Well, being the perfect human specimen that you are, Rush, it must be easy for you to criticize her."
You're absolutely right about the "sheep", Cpaw. They will eat this up. Just like the 15% of people who think that Obama is a Muslim terrorist cronie of William Ayers.
The article said she wasn't vetted properly, so that idea isn't exactly valid. It still is BS most likely.
I do not believe the leaders of the Republic Party have enough brain power to turn on a cheap solar powered calculator outside, at noon, on the sunniest day of the year. They could have very easily screwed up
Haha bullshit. Who was the party of screw ups the last two Presidential races? Which was the party that got it right?
Just because the Dem's are dumber than them, that doesn't make the Republican leadership smart. I'm not saying that any of what I quoted is true. I'm only saying the Republican leadership could easily have made a mistake. Remember, I'm a centrist and I loathe both parties
They know what they are doing. They proved it by mocking Obama's celebrity, calling him the messiah. Democrats got pissed off, that's a good move. It's a smart move.
Yes, acting like first graders takes a lot of brain power. I'm sure when they got home their mommies had some cookies and milk waiting for them. Of course, being republicans, that means the mommies were wearing high heels, an apron and a string of pearls.
I'm intrigued by this to say the least. (a good conspiracy also gets my attention). Especially with the photo of Bristol looking possibly pregnant, and her absence from school for 4-5 months. But it'd be nice to get some more solid evidence. (to prove or disprove the rumour) (Birth certificate, doctor who performed the delivery, even if those can't be gotten, a DNA test should do it.
This is nonsense. Even if she did this, she did it to protect her daughter and nobody got hurt, and who the fuck cares. Revenge firings and perjury are far more pertinent issues to the matter of her suitability in office.
If there's truth to this, and that's a big if, and if more evidence pops up, yes this is huge. In her acceptance speech, and I'm assuming for the rest of the campaign trail, she'll be talking about HER son with the syndrome. And if indeed the daughter had the son, she's been lieing to the public since day one. Do you want a liar in a position of power? ..I guess the answer is obvious. We have one right now.
Ah yes, the comeback of choice: "We're still better than them." I didn't know you had already gone into politics.
My grandmother had 6 kids. She surprised the doctor when she showed up at the hospital to have the 6th delivered. After going through the 5 previous, she was pretty much an expert - or so she said. This was in the 1940s, when prenatal care wasn't anything like it is today. BTW, after naming the first 5, maybe they ran out of names. They named the 6th Murial, inspired by a the name on a cigar band. http://www.newsminer.com/news/2008/apr/22/palins-flight-labor-falls-under-scrutiny/ Palin says she felt safe flying to Alaska to have baby Gov. Sarah Palin’s decision to make the eight-hour flight from Dallas to Anchorage has some people wondering about the possible safety hazards of flying while in the late stages of pregnancy. The governor, eight months into her pregnancy, noticed amniotic fluid Thursday morning prior to giving a keynote luncheon address at the Republican Governor’s Energy Conference in Texas. After wrapping up the speech, Palin and her husband consulted with her physician about possibly flying home on an earlier flight. After being granted permission from her doctor, she and her husband proceeded with the trek home. At that point, Palin was only having minor contractions and was not showing signs of active labor, Sharon Leighow, the governor’s spokeswoman, said on Monday. After the baby was born, Palin told her staff members that her experiences from four previous pregnancies made her comfortable with the signs of active labor. She felt that neither she nor her baby were in any danger, and so she flew home as scheduled. Most airlines have specific policies concerning air travel during pregnancy, especially during the final months. For women traveling in the final month of pregnancy, a “permission-to-travel” letter is required by her primary physician. However, most restrictions rely on an honor policy that leaves the decision to notify the airline in the hands of the passenger. The governor did not feel the need to inform the airline of her condition, Leighow said. Alaska Airlines is one of the few airlines that does not have a policy regarding flight during pregnancy. “We leave the decision to fly up to our customers and their medical advisers,” according to Alaska Airlines representative Caroline Boren. Palin told her staff that she would not have boarded the plane had she thought she or her baby were in danger. Had Palin needed medical assistance during the flight, ground agents and flight attendants for the airline are highly trained to look for signs of distress or other concerns with a passenger’s condition, Boren said. “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. Flight crew members are not specifically trained to assist in labor during a flight. But had Palin gone into active labor while en route to Anchorage, the crew would have been prepared to offer medical assistance through a system known as Med Link, a medical advisory service that allows crew members to radio for medical help during the flight. The flight would not have needed to land, barring any emergency with the delivery. No medical assistance was necessary for Palin during the flight. Palin’s flight landed at 10:30 p.m. Thursday. She and her husband drove to the Mat-Su Valley Regional Medical Center, and she checked in with her doctor an hour later. Trig Paxson Van Palin was born seven hours later. The governor confirmed Monday that early testing showed that Trig was born with Down syndrome. The syndrome is a chromosomal disorder caused by the presence of all or part of an extra 21st chromosome. Trig is the governor’s fifth child. She told her staff members that Trig was the easiest delivery of all her children.
Downs Syndrome babies are typically 20% underweight and undersized. In the photos that people use for this conspiracy theory, she does look pregnant and like she's wearing clothes to hide her belly.
If she went to this extreme to protect her family, she would have taken her name out of VP consideration.
