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Palin Pregnancy Rumors
I take an in-between position on this. On the one hand, I don't think an orgy of speculative posts full of arguments about whether she or her daughter "look" pregnant is either useful or right. On the other hand, some people on this and other boards seem to be taking what I consider a self-righteous and politically mistaken view against even thinking about this. I think it's a legitimate story. Personally, I'm not sure how much it should matter, beyond a vague sense that if true, it seems freaky and puts focus on the scary world of the religious right. I definitely think that it would matter to many voters, and would be a net negative for the GOP ticket. Mattering to voters is my criterion for whether legitimate news sources should investigate a story. And that's what I think they should do, right now and thoroughly. I certainly hope and expect that the Enquirer is on it. So don't bloviate about it, but push for it to be looked into and confirmed or not. Here's my vote for at least TPM to get started.
Comments (4)
You know the road I am taking on this. Sit pack and let the others do the work, if it turns out to be a dud, we move on. If it doesn't we will turn her into Thomas Eagleton.
August 31, 2008 10:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
I'm really sorry about the triple post. I got error pages the first two times. Next time I'll know to check if it posted. Still no way to delete blog posts, right?
August 31, 2008 10:14 AM | Reply | Permalink
A new picture has been found in which Palin looks sort of pregnant:
http://alaskareport.com/images48/trig_paxon_van_palin.jpg
August 31, 2008 10:20 AM | Reply | Permalink
It is political suicide for anybody on our side to even talk about this. Can you imagine the anger this will generate if it's false? Can you imagine the hatred it will stir up if it's true. This is LITERALLY a no-win for us and I wouldn't be that surprised ultiamtely to find out that it's a plant from the other side for that very purpose. Who was it that said that paranoia is merely perfect awareness? Well, I admit I'm paranoid as hell about this VP pick.
August 31, 2008 10:36 AM | Reply | Permalink
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