Evidently this was a rumor that had been circulating about Ms. Palin even before she was a vice presidential candidate. This reporter suggests that one way to put this to bed would be to provide a birth certificate.
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I think that the McCain campaign has an interesting problem on its hands. Let the story fester on the Internet, or address it directly. There's risk in both approaches.
OK - the Palin baby speculation is inescapable at this point. The left-leaning Daily Kos posted an item Friday called "Palin's faked "pregnancy"? Covering for teen daughter?"
It's a version of a rumor - long simmering in Alaska -- that Palin's daughter Bristol was pregnant and the governor somehow covered it up by pretending to have the baby (Trig) herself.
Then the also-left leaning Huffington Post slammed all the speculators saying that Democrats have plenty to target Palin on without the baby drama. "Guys, its a loser. Can we not do this?" writes Bart Motes. And then there's this from the Atlantic Web site , pursuing the questions.
So, time for some rumor patrol. It'd be nice to put this to bed.
The answer here should be pretty simple. It happened or it didn't. For months, we have been getting anonymous people telling us they "know" it's true, or people we do know telling us they've heard it fifth-hand. We haven't seen anything resembling proof. We asked the governor's office, and the governor, multiple times about it.
Here's a story we wrote soon after the birth. At that point, the questions were all about whether Palin should have flown back to Alaska to give birth. In the story, Palin's doctor talks about the labor and addresses questions raised at the time about Palin's decision to board a jet and fly to Alaska from Texas when she showed signs of early labor.
"The stage of her pregnancy was not apparent by observation," said an Alaska Airlines spokeswoman. The doctor, Cathy Baldwin-Johnson, said she induced labor once Palin was at the hospital.
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I think that the McCain campaign has an interesting problem on its hands. Let the story fester on the Internet, or address it directly. There's risk in both approaches.
Sarah Palin has announced to reporters that her 17-year-old daughter Bristol is five months pregnant.
The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.
Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
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Get real....oops, forgot: you liberals live in a fantasy world! Go live in Europe, and take the Obamas with you!
Your candidate made his first big mistake, and it's enough to cost him the election. He chose a dumb woman, with a shrill voice and not a drop of foreign policy experience. How smart is that? Oh, I forgot. He is in the early stages of Alzheimer's Disease. Never mind!!! He's TOAST!!!
Biden's got more baggage than John Edwards. Where's the so called change that NOBAMA touts as his platform? Palin's got enough experience to put Senator "143 days" in his place, which is back in the communist underground of Chicago. Tell me how many murder capitals of the United States has McCain & Palin been leader of? Chicago? Detroit? Oakland? Atlanta? New Orleans? Philadelphia? Baltimore? Washington D.C.? all take turns as burned out liberal murder capital of U.S.? What's gonna change liberals?
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