Gov. Palin's Son May Not be Hers

[anan_ab]

Along with all the stories making their way through the news cycle is one regarding Trig Palin, her youngest child. Apparently, there has been suspicion, some reported through Alaskan media outlets even before the Vice Presidential buzz, that the child actually belongs to her daughter, Bristol Palin. Normally this would be a personal issue, but

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[maenads_dance]

It's a rumor not as yet sufficiently substantiated for me to have an opinion one way or another, aside from general unhappiness about the way that Trig Palin is going to be used against her presumed mother.

[the_living_end]

well... her daughter does look rather pregnant in the photo i looked at. but that doesnt mean much i suppose. mostly this just makes me sad for the daughter and her child. it's seems like a very 1950's way to handle it.
but then i think at least she didnt give her some kind of "give the baby up for adoption or get out" ultimatum.
as much as i dislike mccain/palin i do not want *this* to be the story that brings them down. its unfair to the children involved.

[fireworksandice]

as much as i dislike mccain/palin i do not want *this* to be the story that brings them down. its unfair to the children involved.

Very much so. If this story is true, I feel very badly for the children involved.

[shyshutterbug]

as much as i dislike mccain/palin i do not want *this* to be the story that brings them down. its unfair to the children involved.

I agree. As much as I dislike what I have read thus far on Palin's politics, I think publicizing and politicizing this matter is a very low blow, regardless of its validity.

(Edit for a grammatical error.)

[rocketgeek]

More convincing to me is all the pictures of Gov Palin when she was supposedly six or seven months pregnant. If she's pregnant in them, I'm a hamster.

And even if she was, then the official story of Trig's birth is evidence of extraordinarily poor judgment.

[muliebrity]

You took the words right out of my mouth.

[lisaquestions]

IAWTC.

I don't want to see Obama supporters descending into a morass of sexism and misogyny just to make points against McCain.

[coaldustcanary]

Yes, this.

Speaking of Hillary, you know what this reminds me of? The "Chelsea Clinton is a dog" thing pulled by Rush Limbaugh back in '93. It's really the same thing, when it comes down to it. This is creepy and wrong.

[blaueteufelin]

I think this is just another of the many sexist attacks we'll see on Sarah Palin in the coming months. I'm very uncomfortable with a story that bases its credibility on scrutinizing two women's bodies in this way.

Btw, Trig Palin is a boy.

[celesteh]

Sexist Democrats are doing no favors for Obama.

[futurebird]

Yup.

[rosehiptea]

I'm not comfortable with this being used against Palin either. I realize that she's an advocate of abstinence but that's her and not her daughter. In the end it essentially looks like shaming the daughter for having sex, which is not somewhere I want to go.

(I don't actually believe it's true, anyway, so there's that too.)

[ebay313]

In the end it essentially looks like shaming the daughter for having sex, which is not somewhere I want to go.

Could not agree more. The whole, "you support abstinence only, but look, even your daughter went and had sex" bothers me so much for this. And in what way are we any better then for publicly shaming her daughter for being a sexual person, regardless of her mothers stance on things? Yeah, her mother needs to let my private sex life and medical decisions remain my own private business, but that doesn't justify us not giving her daughter the same respect.