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- esbern1, on 08/31/2008, -26/+79HOW IS THIS ***** ANY WORSE THAN CALLING OBAMA MUSLIM.
The fact that you all feed into this is just as bad as when they call him muslim, but too many of you are hypocritical *****. Go back to myspace and give me back my goddamn not ***** filled Digg. - zombo, on 08/31/2008, -3/+52The original photo came with the caption "Sarah Palin at home with her family in Wasilla, Alaska in 2006" and can be viewed here .....
http://www.adn.com/photos/v-gallery/story/509850.h ...
That would be some gestation period, idiots. - eno0n, on 08/30/2008, -13/+62The point is her mom looks NOT pregnant from other photos.
- AigenArn, on 08/30/2008, -9/+48Bristol Palin wasn't always chubby either. You'll have to google her since the gov sites took down all the pics today, but she clearly gained weight while out of school with mono. Which doesn't usually happen with a sleeping sickness.
- adaziz, on 08/30/2008, -16/+53She totally has a baby bump, rawhedrex. Anyways, let's say that Sarah was pregnant, as she claimed. What kind of idiot, flies during labor? for 7 hours....commercial?
- junkalam, on 08/31/2008, -4/+36Here is a video of Sarah Palin being interviewed while she's supposedly more than 8 months pregnant. You be the judge....
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZS2Gpk5KL8I - ButlerMonkey, on 08/31/2008, -0/+31Prager!!!!!!
This must be every 16 year old girl's dream - to have a picture of herself floating around the net and accused of looking pregnant! - Pilot85, on 08/31/2008, -10/+36Guys! The photo in question is from '06! Do some friggin research.
http://www.adn.com/photos/v-gallery/story/509850.h ... - ambivular, on 08/30/2008, -13/+37Here's an article with a lot more information/facts to support the arguement.
http://digg.com/2008_us_elections/Sarah_Bristol_Pa ... - slickrocktrail, on 08/31/2008, -4/+22I don't think she looks pregnant. She looks a little over weight, but not pregnant. If she was pregnant, I am sure she would not have worn that tight shirt, but something loose.
Edit. It is a fact that picture was taken years before, but don't let that stop the rumor. - inactive, on 08/31/2008, -2/+20i'd hit it
- Pilot85, on 08/31/2008, -5/+20digg is not a place for reasoned, intelligent discourse.
- UberNick, on 08/31/2008, -4/+18We would if the Christian Evangelicals would quit running on their "moral purity" and throwing it in the faces of voters who aren't hypocrites. Unwed teenage daughter gets knocked up, so politically-savvy mom stages an elaborate cover up and spins it into a great pro-life story. Don't tell me there's no news in that!
- livefree12, on 08/31/2008, -15/+29The scuttlebutt is that her last child really isn't hers. I just saw a blurb from MediaTakeout.com that she's covering for her 16 year old daughter. I hope it's not true. That would be terrible for McCain.
Here's the article
August 30, 2008. The presidential campaign has just turned into a soap opera. MediaTakeOut.com is hearing rumors that John McCain’s VP pick, Sarah Palin , may have a scandal in her past. Word is coming from MTO readers in Alaska (yeah, we got readers in Alaska) and from a bunch of left-wing bloggers that McCain’s VP may have hid her daughter’s pregnancy. And that the child which she claims is hers, might actually be her daughter’s.
Here’s a report (excerpted from the popular blog The Moderate Vpoice):
[Governor Palin’s] oldest girl is rumored to have actually been the one who had the last baby, the one with Down’s Syndrome. She was taken out of school the last 4 or 5 months of her mother’s pregnancy.
On March 5th, 2008 Alaska’s Republican Governor, Sarah Palin, announced to the media that she was 7 months pregnant with her 5th child. She is currently 44.
Palin’s daughter Bristol is 16 and attends an Anchorage high school. Students who have attended class with her report that she has been out of school for months, claiming a prolonged case of mono.
Palin does not appear pregnant in any recent photographs. The announcement came as quite a shock to people who had worked closely with her, and have been quoted as saying that she did not appear pregnant whatsoever during the prior 7 months.
And there’s more – check out the photo above taken with Palin’s daughter having a bulge in her stomach. And the below pic shows the governor when she was supposedly 6 months pregnant.
And even more. Since these rumors have begun circulating, the Alaska Department of State has taken down ALL PHOTOS of the governor and her family from the state’s website.
Now y’all know that we’re not knocking the lady for trying to protect her daughter. But if you have that kind of scandal in your recent past, you really have no business running for vice president. If that’s what she wanted to do, she could have done like Janet and Rebe and just stayed out of the limelight for a minute…..
Anyway, even though the mainstream press is too chicken to report on this, MediaTakeOut.com has learned that The National Enquirer is all over this one. Expect the scandal to get bigger (if it is true) in coming weeks… - duckley, on 08/31/2008, -3/+16And Sarah Palin's "water broke" while she was in Texas, so did she go to a hospital?
No.
She FLEW BACK TO ALASKA to have the baby!
Actually, her daughter Bristol's water broke, so Palin HAD to fly back... - inactive, on 08/31/2008, -2/+15Whateva!! Whateva!! Ill do what I want!!!
- Lucas123, on 08/31/2008, -4/+16Right now, the McCain campaign is gleefully giggling at the prospect that this ugly character attack at Palin is going to be attached to Obama, especially after Obama said in his nomination acceptance speech that he would not participate in these kinds of character assasinations, but stick to real issues. Knock it off.
- eno0n, on 08/31/2008, -1/+13Apparently they only vetted her on troopergate
- jkc120, on 08/31/2008, -2/+14I'm not ready to conclude one way or the other, but this pictures is from 2006. Buried as inaccurate.
- stagnate, on 08/31/2008, -2/+14I cant wait for the next "don't tase me bro" video to come out after some self proclaimed truther stands up and asks her wtf is going on. :D
- bjornski, on 08/31/2008, -1/+12Still waiting to see a link about that claim.
With as much scrutiny going on about this story atm, something like that would be trumped loud and wide. - thehead21, on 08/31/2008, -0/+10A lot of 8 and half months pregnant women where high heels in snow and ice and run up flights of stairs.
This is crazy major cover up here folks! - YoHenYo, on 08/31/2008, -0/+9I feel bad for the daughter if this is not true.
I feel bad for her daughter if this is true. - Numarx, on 08/31/2008, -1/+10The Anthrax attacks as an Inside Job was a "Conspiracy Theory" for almost 6 years, now its 100% fact. Don't throw around those words about a story that you disagree with. Not that I agree with the story, its just I don't agree on those words being used to belittle it.
- dantesfurnose, on 08/31/2008, -0/+9I had mono in junior high. I lost 25 pounds. Gaining weight is unlikely.
- troub, on 08/31/2008, -0/+9True. I had a very short bout of mono in high school, and lost 20 pounds in a week while eating buckets of bacon grease gravy made by my girlfriend's grandmother.
- Kidtuf, on 08/31/2008, -2/+11A lot of people care. She's running on a platform of pro-life, abstinence, and anti-corruption, and is possibly covering up her own teenage daughters pregnancy while trumpeting her decision to deliver the baby to term as just how genuine and comitted she is.
If this proves true than she cannot be trusted in a position of governor, let alone a god damned vice presidential slot. - Berkana, on 08/31/2008, -2/+10Yes it is: she took her daughter to her old town of Wasilla, where she has tons of clout, and had them forge the birth certificate. The forging of state legal documents is a serious crime.
- DemDude, on 08/31/2008, -0/+8Did you do that when your water had broken? By her own story, Sarah Palin did!
- poxonyou, on 08/31/2008, -1/+9This has terrible backlash potential.
1st, the photo is from 2006. The girl is just chubby in the stomach.
2nd, even Daily Kos is not supporting this story. Some Digg users keep linking to that diary which was barely on the front page. Let the media look into it, but playing Internet detective does no one a favor here. If it turns out to be false, the right-wing will try to claim all Democrats, and Democratic blogs hyped this story, which is not true. Please look on http://www.dailykos.com/
the story is nowhere to be found on the front page (at the time of me writing this at least). - mlarsen, on 08/31/2008, -3/+10or she is just a bit chubby-
- HYPEractive, on 08/31/2008, -0/+7Did you say you had a high-risk premature pregnancy? By her own story, Sarah Palin did!
- sodoh, on 08/31/2008, -0/+7Thanks for the link.
What is strange about that link is that it just recently appeared. The numbering system appears to be higher then this one..
http://www.adn.com/news/alaska/v-gallery/story/339 ...
Which is a picture released in March 9th 2008 called "Best of '08"
Personally I think if the daughter story was true all it would do was increase her standing with people (except for the fact she would of lied on a birth cert, but that isn't confirmed).
If it is not true, the fact she took over 10 hours to get to a hospital from when her waters broke is mindblowing. More so that she took time to do a speech, fly 8 hours and stop over and 45 min drive to the hospital. That shows a serious lack of care to the unborn child.
The picture being false or not doesn't dispute the fact that the daughter was out of school 5-8 months prior to the birth with mono (which rarely lasts beyond 3 months). - unknownpoltroon, on 08/31/2008, -3/+10That is the NEW caption. The old caption mentioned the picture being from 2007. Could be an honest mistake, but i doubt it.
- Aroundtheworls, on 08/31/2008, -1/+8If it's not true then I'm sure the daughter is bummed out about everyone thinking she's so fat she could be 8 months pregnant.
- roho76, on 08/31/2008, -0/+7I don't think they didn't notice. I just don't think they care. They will lie about and cover up anything that comes there way. At first it will be a big story but it will blow over and they know that, so why should they care.
- homercles337, on 08/31/2008, -13/+19There is no way that the GOP missed this. No way. How could they? They are some slick mofos, but they couldnt possibly miss this.
- pyronik, on 08/31/2008, -13/+19I don't care if it is true, all it does is show shes a mom who cares about her daughter. This smear campaign is disgusting.
Side not, the kid has down syndrome, shes like 44, and that is a common occurrence in women who are later in their reproductive lifespans, like sarah is. - rawheadrex, on 08/31/2008, -6/+12Look, dude, see my profile, I'm as pro-Obama as it gets. But this is so utterly ridiculous; never say never, so I won't say the story has 0% chance of it being true, but there's probably a better than 0% chance that McCain is a Satanist. Doesn't mean we should go around Digging stories that purport him to be one.
'Course, with all the Diggers who like conspiracy theories like nobody's business, I guess something like this is right up their alley.
Really, a funny bunch, Diggers are. On the one hand, strongly anti-religion/pro-science, but at the same time, utterly lacking in critical thinking skills and just love love love the conspiracy theories.
Regards to her actions; yes you could make a case that she was a little reckless. But a woman often knows exactly how she's doing after giving birth to 4 kids. She obviously felt comfortable to do all that she did. Hey, that's definitely one experience she's got ;-p - Someguy101, on 02/19/2009, -7/+13You forgot to mention that she's a creationist and an evangelical Christian zealot.
"Healthy debate is so important, and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. ... Don't be afraid of information, and let kids debate both sides." - Sarah Palin - inactive, on 08/31/2008, -1/+7There's plenty of reasons to legitimately dislike the woman based solely on policy. This sort of thing is completely uncalled for.
- lastmaster, on 08/31/2008, -1/+7Obama is not a creationist?
- everlast88, on 08/31/2008, -1/+7another thing is her drinking coffee, ANY doctor will highly recommend that you don't drink caffeine during pregnancy.
- IphtashuFitz, on 08/31/2008, -1/+7Sorry, but IF it's true (and that's a mighty big IF) then it's huge. If she did cover up her daughters pregnancy and claim the child is hers then she's guilty of conspiracy, fraud, etc. A birth certificate is a legal document, and faking it would be necessary to perpetrate this alleged coverup since it would list the birth parents. Any member of the press could request a copy of the birth certificate under the FOIA, so it would have to be faked to perpetrate this supposed coverup. I seriously doubt most US voters would take too kindly to a presidential nominee who knowingly and willingly commits fraud when filling out a legal document to cover up what she considers to be a family embarrassment. But if she's willing to do it over a birth certificate then how far would she be willing to go?
Oh yeah, and the whole Downs Syndrome thing is a total non sequitur. True, older women are more likely to give birth to Downs babies, but the rate is also slightly higher for very young mothers. But whether or not it is, it still doesn't alter the possibility of a coverup one way or the other. - magic6435, on 08/31/2008, -4/+10If it is her daughters........ so ***** what? its not like any of us were voting for mccain anyway. and even if you were what does that have to do with her job. blah blah blah blah.
- duckley, on 08/31/2008, -0/+5Regarding Sarah Palin's decision-making "abilities" ...
When Sarah Palin’s “water broke” last spring, while she was at a convention in Texas, her first thought was:
"Hey, my water broke. I should get on an airplane, not tell anyone I’m in labor, and fly to Seattle..."
"Then, I'll get on ANOTHER airplane, AGAIN not tell anyone I’m in labor, and fly to Alaska - 8 hours altogether - THEN have my baby..."
Is THIS the kind of decision-making we want in the White House ? - duckley, on 08/31/2008, -0/+5No longer works.
- unknownpoltroon, on 08/31/2008, -1/+6"ok, so not only did they scrub pics, they tweaked the captions of ones they kept?"
bingo - crocodilexp, on 08/31/2008, -0/+5She phrased it nicely, but a problem is that she said "both sides". There is an infinite variety of sides. If my child brings up the Flying Spaghetti Monster in biology class (which I firmly believe created the world 20 minutes ago, with internet and all), I bet he'd be mocked and told to shut up and Palin wouldn't do much to protect him.
- sideffects, on 08/31/2008, -4/+9I don't understand why people need to write crap like this.
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