17 year-old Bristol Palin IS* pregnant ... did McCain know this? Is Bristol married?

[npincus]

A Palin neighbor, calls herself "Sue Williams" comments on the blog linked below confirms Palin's kid IS pregnant, and the photos DON'T lie. You see a front view of her in the just-taken People magazine cover, and a side-view taken of Bristol at the same shoot.

One MUST wonder, did McCain even know everyone's favorite hockey mom had an underage pregnant kid? What will the Fundie base say? Will our national media look the other way, a courtesy they have not given to Democratic candidates?

added on edit: *"IS"- based on circumstntial evidence and a pinch of hearsay, not to mention my own two eyes.



http://mudflats.wordpress.com/2008/08/30/off-to-the-land-of-palin/

Sue Williams (08:34:00) :

Bristol Palin is pregnant. She is well into her third trimester. She has been out of sight in Alaska for the past couple months. I learned the morning we all heard Sarah was chosen that Bristol and her high school boyfriend had had a quickie wedding. So, at least Sarah’s grandchild won’t be born to an unwed teenage mother, just a teenage, senior in high school mother.

When Todd and Sarah first learned Bristol was pregnant, they were “devastated” - which parents wouldn’t be? Sarah said she knew the scrutiny of the press would be hard for Bristol to take.

And then Sarah decides it’s okay to run for VP? If she thought the press in down home Alaska - a press corp who has given her family a free pass and who, even tho they’ve known about Bristol’s pregnancy for months, hasn’t touched it with a ten foot pole - if Sarah thought Alaska’s press would be hard for Bristol to bear, just exactly what did she think the nation’s press pool would be like? Or the fact that by accepting McCain’s offer to join the ticket, Sarah knew full well Bristol will become the most well known pregnant high school senior ON THE PLANET.

Apparently that’s what blind ambition does for you, folks. It blinds you to the hearts and needs and lives and emotions and futures of everyone around you - incl. your own daughter who, God only knows how she’ll bear up under the shock and shame when this story finally comes out.

[Quixote1818]

1. Well, that would certainly clear up the other theory.

:P

[Lucinda]

3. LOL

[npincus]

5. I didn't post it but the neighbor confirms Trig is Sarah's baby.

That makes sense to me. The rate of kids born with Down Syndrome in mom's in their early 40s is very very high.

[Hippo_Tron]

13. Not at all, maybe she got pregnant twice

:evilgrin:

[George II]

84. Pregnancies can happen about 6 weeks after a previous one..and...

It's HER word that she's five months pregnant, she could be only 3 or 4 months pregnant, leaving a longer gap between them.

[roguevalley]

43. that dress, while pretty, doesn't help her hide. what a terrible spotlight

to be in.

[tabatha]

2. Andrew Sullivan noted that she is wearing a wedding ring.

[avaistheone1]

66. So when are the fundies going to admit that abstinence only programs do not work?

Just say "No" has a poor track record. And 17 year old Bristol Palin is a glaring example of that.

[scarface2004]

4. we need a trailer for the veep and her family to live in!!

with a car on blocks in the front!

[book_worm]

6. So is this Bristol's second child or first?

[dailykoff]

8. she's really been wearing out the sheets hasn't she?

Busy little tyke :wow:

[mcctatas]

14. I believe many of us (myself included) were "wearing out the

sheets" at 17, the only difference is MY parents and I (and my HS boyfriend) believed in birth control. I would be the last person to get all holier than thou on the child of a fundie douchebag :shrug:

[FatDave]

35. Yup. I did more of it at 17 than I do today.

And we used birth control. I mean come on, who wants kids at 17? I was barely ready at 30.

[avaistheone1]

71. Kids having kids is not a good idea. Who is going to raise them?

How are this teen mom and dad going to finish their own education? Who is going to be financially responsible for this young family?

How are we going to compete in a global economy with uneducated children producing children?
This country is looking more like the third world every day.

BTW How IS that abstinence education working for the fundies out there?

[Hutzpa]

20. lol!

well what else is there to do up there....

and its cold too....


bwahahahaha!!!


:rofl:

[dailykoff]

26. If this is off the table

they're running out of table!

[Bad Thoughts]

18. It's the other kind of two-fer

She may be pregnant AND SP endangered her child be traveling while in labor.

[npincus]

29. tirst... Trig is Sarah Palin's natural kid

per "Sue Williams", and I see no reason to think otherwise. Incidence of Down Syndrome is VERY high in babies of moms in their 40s.

[grantcart]

7. were going to need a PPD Pregnant Palin Discussion forum

[beac]

11. See GD-P

General Discussion-Pregnancy

[MadrasT]

34. Good one.

:toast:

[Dollface]

9. They'll probably claim its a virgin birth,

[1corona4u]

10. Hello?!? Repukes don't care, they're hypocrtites!!

[madaboutharry]

12. I really don't think I can take

any more of this. My head is going to explode.

A pregnant teenager and a shotgun wedding?

[roguevalley]

44. it gets worse. there is talk that palin was preggers with her first

kid before she got married. I will now go put my head in a bucket. I don't want to be responsible for shrapnel.

[anigbrowl]

15. ...says one commenter on a blog.

I too believe there is something odd going on, not least because I've seen something similar in my own extended family. But I also think your thread title is over the top. Would you want to see this quoted at Free Republic or some conservative blog as an example of 'typical DU'?

[npincus]

23. I'd call it being ahead of the national MSM in reporting a matter of fact.

It is certainly an important story- not because of the personal details- but because of what it says about McCain's judgment and the seriousness with which he takes the presidency. It is SHOCKING that a presidential candidate for a major party KNOWS SO LITTLE about the person who will be entrusted with the presidency, should he drop dead. THAT'S why this story matters.

I think his inner circle is FREAKING OUT now... they are off to AK on a fact-finding mission. Too late. McCain's political stunt is about to blow up in his face. Or so i hope.

DU is welcome to disown me, personally! I only represent myself, and that's a hard job.

[anigbrowl]

28. Right, but nobody on here knows for sure if she's pregnant or what the full details are.

So given the lack of certainty, flat statements like 'Bristol Palin is pregnant' in thread titles border on slander. Of course nobody is likely to sue you or indeed DU, but there's no point in giving the GOP free ammo to say that DU is a sub-tabloid nest of gossip and slander.

Yeah, he appears to have exhibited a monumental lack of judgement, and the story is worth following. But not more so for posting in CAPS. Even if everything in the OP turns out to be 100% true, at least consider we're talking about a teen who did not choose to be the subject of gossip on the net or make her Mom run for VP. You can still discuss it as an important story without the tabloid-type thread titles, mkay? Just be a little more circumspect.

[greguganus]

16. Why did Cindy remove her sympathy cast for People shoot? n/t

[WorseBeforeBetter]

21. It competed with the flaps on her dress.

White jewelry? And what is that mess pinned to her chest? Freakin' flag pins?!

[PBS Poll-435]

22. Now THAT is a great observation!

And the cast is just one of the many optional accessories available for Pillz 'N Pints Barbie.™

[npincus]

24. and where's Bridget, their adopted daughter?

I see white people...

[PBS Poll-435]

25. Cleaning one of their houses?

:shrug:

[npincus]

27. you dint say that...

:rofl:

[jeffrey_X]

49. and where is the black kid??????

:sarcasm:

[Cronus Protagonist]

59. Yeah, where is that kid?

Locked in the basement of house #6, wearing white gloves, polishing the family's house keys?

[qwlauren35]

62. Please leave Bridget alone.

She's at boarding school, trying like heck to avoid being paraded around as she was in 2004 with no one having any idea of her heritage or place in the family. She's an adopted daughter, NOT a maid!

[greguganus]

77. I hope she's not found hiding with "mono" thinking up stupid baby names. n/t

[SoCalDem]

73. They signed a pledge to not touch her

:)

[Greg K]

17. looks that way

Guess the "abstinence only" talk didn't help.


But trying to make a political issue out of the daughter is a bad way to go.

[SpiralHawk]

19. Was that kid in front play the character Wednesday in the Addams Family TV series?

[Arctic Dave]

30. The fundie base will say this,

"How wonderful the kids kept the baby and got married". Remember this is a great thing for fundies, they will point to it and say that everyone should be like them. This situation is a winning hand for them.

[DU9598]

31. Johnnie McCan't getting his face on

Check out the second pic ... McCan't is getting makeup on his corpse like face. Eww. Just like John Edwards, only he's a freaking scary old dude.

[BeyondGeography]

32. Damn, that 7-year-old looks preggers too

:scared:

[greguganus]

78. That man in the 2nd pic with the white shirt looks to be in his 3rd tri-mester. n/t

[RNdaSilva]

79. Don't forget about this "guy" in Oregon.

[underpants]

33. What is this the FANTASY TICKET-Palin, Cindy, and what the hell is with McCain's daughter?

I've seen LESS suggestive looks on late night "Chat" commercials

[Tansy_Gold]

37. OMFG, I thought she was photoshopped in, like from

some goofy "nanny" movie or something. You mean, that one on the right is McCain't's daughter?


Tansy Gold, who rarely sees movies and will not cast aspersions. . . . . . yet

[starroute]

38. You mean like from this?

[SoCalDem]

74. She's screen testing for the part of wacky neighbor in any sit com

that will have her..

here's one from her own website.. don;t know what the hell she was doing or why.. but it's not the sort of thing a 24 yr old normally does..

maybe she thought she was a ballerina

[Emit]

36. Some of the comments on this thread are just hillarious - DUzies fer sure

[Erin Elizabeth]

39. The fundie base won't give a shit.

They'll give her a fucking medal for not having an abortion.

[Oak2004]

53. yeah, and the sane 2/3rds of the US will go WTF? about McCain's judgment n/t

[shellgame26]

68. I'm really tired of hearing

about how this will appeal to the fundie base. Newsflash: They were never going to vote for a democrat anyway. EVER. Besides, among christians the fundies are a minority despite what the MSM will have us think.

[emmadoggy]

40. Oh PLEASE, for the love of all that is good and holy!!

Someone PLEASE HELP CINDY!!! HER BOSOMS ARE ABOUT TO FLY AWAY!!!!!!!!!! :rofl: Srsly, :wtf: is she wearing???!!

As for Bristol, yeah, she definitely looks pregnant, and I assume the black dress was to help disguise it, but then why go and pose facing OUT and AWAY from everyone, when she could have turned IN behind her sister and no one would have seen her front. She doesn't seem to be trying to hide it too hard. And if she IS pregnant NOW, then I don't think there's any way the baby boy could be hers. The timing wouldn't work.

Still doesn't excuse Palin, in my eyes, for flying so late in her pregnancy not only to the event in Texas, but also back to Alaska when her water had broken, it's a very long flight, the airline personnel were not informed, she knew she was carrying a special needs baby (my sister has a child with Downs and she had to be helicoptered to a large hospital right after birth due to heart problems and other issues, so there is definitely risk of major complications), AND she was four weeks early!! AND it was her FIFTH baby and they can come very quickly. Stupid, stupid, stupid, selfish, selfish, selfish. Not to mention, she gives birth to a premature special needs child and goes back to work THREE DAYS later?? :wtf: There is something seriously wrong with that IMO.

[shellgame26]

69. well she is conspicuosly wearing a black dress

which we all know, makes you look thinner. But just to provide further confusion, most women after giving birth still have a belly...I'm just sayin'.

[emmadoggy]

41. Oh yeah, and McCain looks like he's

filling his......erm....well....or something..... :hurts:

[medeak]

42. McCain's daughter must think she's on the red carpet

what a ridiculous pose

[704wipes]

45. How's that abstinence thing workin' for your own family, Sarah?

nt

[kath]

48. and how'd it work for you yourself, Sarah?

"abstinence until marriage, blah, blah, blah"

[krkaufman]

46. Where's McCain's adopted daughter in the People pic?

Why is McCain leaving her out?

[vaberella]

51. Because she's brown. n/t

[dixiegrrrrl]

47. who is the blond in the black dress next to Cindy?

At least she can pose a bit more than the other arm danglers.

[vaberella]

50. That's Cindy and John McCain's daughter. n/t

[JI7]

52. i wonder if Meghan is creeped out by the Palin family

[CitizenLeft]

54. where is Bridget McCain?

Just askin'.

[jillan]

58. Was wondering the same thing.

[CitizenLeft]

60. I can see, maybe, that she wouldn't actively campaign...

..maybe... but not being in a family photo shoot?

I have yet to see her this entire campaign season except in photos on the internet. She is nowhere to be seen near McCain's campaign.

[elehhhhna]

81. Think aboiut how Cyndee treates HER SISTER & you'll figure out where

Bridget is.

[symbolman]

55. But these AREN'T People.. Except for the kids..

The rest of them are Degenerate Hypocrites, Dangerously demented, ignorant haters of Freedom..

[and-justice-for-all]

56. Smell the hypocrisy..nt

[progressivebydesign]

57. Yeah, that abstinence thing Palin pushes really works, eh? N/t

[Disturbed]

61. Gov. Palin is Anti-Choice & Anti-birth Control.

She is also for Abstinence Only Programs in Public Schools.

McClown chose someone who has a whole lot of scandal swirling around her. That was real smart of him to appoint her, wasn't it?

[Jack Rabbit]

65. . . . and her daughter just demonstrated why Abstinence Only is a bad idea

Chalk another one up for the reality-based community that wants a wide array of options.

[NYC_Chic]

63. She IS NOT pregnant

looking to me in those pics. She looks more like she still has the baby fat from her last pregnancy.

[rabbits4love]

64. you joined just to say that?

arent you just a lil rebel rouser...
bless your heart.

[shellgame26]

70. BINGO!!!

[shellgame26]

72. Welcome to DU

NYC_CHIC...you can say anything you want.

[SoCalDem]

76. Exactamundo.. she was never a slim girl

and being sequestered from all your friends and being the family pariah, no doubt depressed her some..maybe she gained a lot, and 4 months is not enough time to lose it ..

[shellgame26]

67. Mccain has this look on his face

that says "WTF is going on"?

[HughBeaumont]

75. Pregnancy Shmegnancy . . .

. . . I think it goes without saying that this is SUCH a shitty pick for VP, bordering on clownish.

It takes McCain's campaign, which was merely pathetic and good for a few laughs, to an embarassing tabloid fodder joke dripping with slime all over.

They either stopped caring and are trying to throw this (you know, so they can give Bewsh's flotsam and jetsam on Obama and smack him down when it takes more than one term to clean it up) or are super confident about their ability to steal it again that it doesn't matter WHO is on the ticket.

I would like to talk about Barack Obama and his economic plan. He's the only serious political candidate in this race.

[GrizzlyMan]

80. "Thanks for taking the bait" -- Karl Rove

[George II]

82. This is just TOO bizarrely coincidental!!

[George II]

83. It's in the Chigago Tribure, an AP release....

Sarah talks about her daughter and "the man she plans to marry"!

http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/politics/sns-ap-cvn-palin-daughter,0,2731124.story

[barbtries]

85. abstinence only, please!!!

isn't that great? the possible future vice president, chosen for her deep christian beliefs, opposed to sex education in the schools and abortion under any circumstances, has a 17-year-old daughter who couldn't - wouldn't - did not - wait. what a great and public example of how that crap doesn't work.

tends to put the story about whether the 4-month-old is actually hers to rest somewhat though...until i read the headline on huffington post a few minutes ago i was personally convinced that sarah palin was a grandmother already, not just a grandma-to-be.

i will be waiting with bated breath for the first msm interviewer to ask this woman whether her 17-year-old's advanced pregnancy has made her rethink her opposition to abstinence-only sex education.

[npincus]

86. OK, naysayers...

http://www.reuters.com/article/topNews/idUSN2944356420080901?feedType=RSS&feedName=topNews&rpc=22&sp=true

ST. PAUL (Reuters) - The 17-year-old unmarried 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, according to aides of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.

Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, the aides said.

The Palins, in a statement released by the McCain campaign, said Bristol "came to us with news that we as parents knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned" and that their daughter "has our unconditional love and support."