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I for one am so sick of the obvious prejudice against the disabled with articles like this one.

If Trig were born "normal," nobody would give a shit about how Palin and her husband cope with him, regardless of her age or her career.

It's that she dared to have the baby rather than have an abortion that pisses so-called "progressives" off.

It's long overdue to lay off the baby.

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A "doctor" tries to chastise Sarah Palin, who had the nerve to give birth to a Down syndrome baby instead of aborting it (the correct decision according to the nutroots), by claiming she would deny other women the right to an abortion.

Furthermore, the author has to mention the Kos hoax of the other day and claim it is HER fault Kos and Andrew Sullivan peddled lies on their sites.

It is just filthy for so-called "progressives" to trash her by using her baby as an excuse to yap about abortion, first of all for even bringing the baby into the world in the first place (it is SO expensive and hard to bring a Down syndrome baby into the world and raise it), then second of all for not staying at home to raise him.

This would NOT be brought up if it were a male politician. Furthermore, it isn't being brought up regarding her "healthy" children, any one of whom could wind up disabled. The yowls about Trig and his care reek of disability prejudice.

The more the "progressives" bring this up, the more likely the disabled community of millions of voters will jettison the Democratic Party and vote Republican. They did in 2004 for the first time, primarily because of the Schiavo case. I expect them to vote for the GOP ticket in droves thanks to shit like this.

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I have heard this rumor going around the internet about her baby not being hers but her daughter's instead.

This is an interesting take from the people who made the video podcast of her urban hike. However, the video podcast of her walk doesn't disprove her pregnancy at all. The baby was born premature, after all.

The only problem with this is Down syndrome is very rare among younger women, especially those in their teens, while it is or was common among women Palin's age, at least before amniocentesis and abortion of DS fetuses. Just because a teen has a "bump," like yours truly has had one all her life, that doesn't mean there's a pregnancy.

That's the problem with this rumor.

If the rumor is true, it could hurt her and even force her out of the slot, but on the other hand it could create a lot of sympathy. After all, whose business is it about a private family affair? Bristol is only 16 years old and could hardly stand the media scrutiny.

This video appears to give the lie to the rumors. Governor Palin appears very pregnant here at a March meeting. I doubt very seriously she was running around with a pillow under her clothing:




People should be ashamed of themselves for peddling this crap. It is similar to the speculation that was surrounding John and Elizabeth Edwards' two youngest children. It is disgusting. I am now anxiously awaiting Larry Sinclair to be interviewed by Larry King.

Update: Somebody has been vandalizing her bio over at Wikipedia, and no edits are allowed there for the time being. Her article was neutral until the idiots decided to put "babygate" on the site.





(HT: Commenter Mary Louise)