It makes NO sense. Born 2 months pre-maturely after water broke in TX and she

[helderheid]

continued her speech (that is in and of itself downright nuts - don't you think everyone would notice??) and then risked both her and the child's life to travel 12 hours back to Alaska?

Either,

A) She's totally fucking nuts and those with her were nuts enough to indulge her and this insane behavior or

B) She was pulling a Bree Van de Kamp.

[helderheid]

1. .

[Nostradammit]

2. Notice the body language

The eldest daughter is not being embraced and she has that Mona Lisa thing going on while she encircles her stomach with her hands.

These people just creep me out.

[helderheid]

6. I couldn't miss that. Pregnant women do that. Teens with body image issues do not.

[Nostradammit]

7. Any idea when this was taken

and how it relates to the birth timeline?

[helderheid]

13. working on that

[Prophet 451]

44. That leapt at me too

That supporting/protecting the belly is almost a trademark pregnancy thing. People who are just a little overweight tend not to do that.

[grantcart]

3. Only one solution

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/tip/

[endthewar]

8. LOL!

I hope they investigate it. First John Edwards and now Sarah Palin.

[grantcart]

10. I keep emailing them threads

this is a job for professionals lol

[helderheid]

35. Indeed!

:hi:

[LongDistanceRunner]

39. isn't it sad that tabloid journalists are the only real investigators left?

[TheDonkey]

11. DO IT!

[B2G]

4. Jesus Christ, that pic is from 2006

Will this insanity never end??

[helderheid]

15. is it?

[Nine]

36. It really is.

And if you've been reading my posts you know I do believe there's something here worth looking into. That photo was attached to a 2008 article, but was supposedly taken in 2006 (and I don't doubt that date). I don't think the daughter looks especially pregnant in any photo I've seen. But I think Sarah Palin has looked decidedly UNpregnant in some photos from this year, which I think is much more incriminating.

[Seen the light]

19. No it won't

DU sometimes gets distracted like a dog chasing after a cat can get distracted by something as tiny as a firefly going by.

[Orangepeel]

5. or, she went into labor on the plane or right after and made up the Texas part to make it dramatic

that would make her a liar and a drama queen, but not totally fucking nuts.

Somebody should definitely ask her if she regrets putting her child in danger and see what she says.

[JFKfanforever]

17. This issue could hijack McCain's entire campaign!

Why wasn't Sarah Palin properly vetted?  How could the
facts/time sequence presented here - 
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137/486/580223
- have been overlooked by McCain's aides?

What will they do when the tabloids focus in on the
possibility of a tissue of lies and deception? Are they
already on the trail?  Have the paparazzi located Bristol's
boyfriend or interviewed her classmates?

How will this all evolve next week?  Will Sarah suddenly be
relegated to 'Edwardslike obsurity'?  Will she be pressured to
withdraw quietly from the ticket?  Will she fight on
regardless?

Nothing like an emotionalhuman interest tabloid story to
derail a presidential campaign... 

[helderheid]

18. Welcome to DU

[jgraz]

37. Oh noes! That might hurt someone's feelings or make us seem mean!!

:sarcasm:

I swear, it's like some people WANT to lose this.

[Jade Fox]

43. The Niceness Police.....

are gonna get us!!

That's what I like to call'em. :evilgrin:

[JenniferJuniper]

9. Maybe she's

just a little chubby.

[tammywammy]

16. No no no!!!! She's pregnant!

Can't you tell!!!! She obviously cannot be a girl with a little pooch!!! Heaven forbid!

[Radical Activist]

25. Now that's just crazy talk!

:)

[knitter4democracy]

38. I would agree. In every pic I've seen so far, she just has a bit of a belly.

Nothing big, and she doesn't look preggers. I've seen pregnant teens, and the ones I've known didn't look like a normal teen with just a little belly but instead like a preggers mama.

[Quantess]

12. Or, she was just bragging about how "tough" she is to not let childbirth stop her from doing her job

As was suggested in this thread.
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6833004

Any way you slice it, something is not right about her story.

[helderheid]

14. good point

[Bjorn Against]

20. My understanding is that the claim is her water broke at 4:00 am...

She then waited eight hours to give the speech, then got on an airplane for a twelve hour flight to Alaska. Yeah, something definitely doesn't seem right.

[helderheid]

21. No matter what, THAT story doesn't wash.

[1Hippiechick]

27. Well, read this from another thread: current native Alaskan's updates

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6833004

[helderheid]

28. I did read that but it still doesn't convince me. Had any of my mom friends claimed this

I would have been appalled, and I'm fairly certain had I they would be too.

[seabeyond]

22. exactly. and both are horrible. if it is two, she was willing to expose and humiliate daughter

for own ambition. if number one, i cannot even wrap mind around, i do not get it


this is not a little issue. it is more of the "we can do whatever we want cause so fuckin arrogant think it wont come out" bullshit

[helderheid]

23. Thank you. One way or the other, this IS a big deal. We're talking about #2 here.

[JenniferJuniper]

26. Agreed. Something is up here.

I don't know what it is, but something isn't right.

These rumors are old. News articles from the time clearly indicate that everyone who knew Palin professionally was shocked to learn she was 7 months pregnant and the story about the long flight while she was allegedly leaking fluid was well known. (Someone went so far as to interview a flight attendant who said she was suprised to find out the woman was even pregnant, never mind in any distress.)

So what is up with McCain's vetting process? I can't believe they didn't bother to use the Google. Assuming it is her child, the stories about the pregnancy and labor are bizarre at best. And if it isn't her child........

[seabeyond]

32. this is ultimately what pisses me off so much about this. they can do ANYTHING and arrogant enough

to believe they wont get caught or just doesnt matter. they get away with so much shit. why even bother with. probably didnt even have a second thought about it. and most men hearing about her getting on a plane wouldnt blink an eye cause they dont realize that NO ONE would get on a plane, leave medical atttention to where there is no medical help available when water breaks. it would mean nothing to the,

all women that have had babies have challenged this. the only ones that dont challenge it have been men.

[demobabe]

24. she looks pregnant in this photo

http://alaskareport.com/news48/x61145_trig.htm

[B2G]

29. Thank you

She looks pregnant because she it. She's tall. She's an athlete. She gave birth.

Can we please put an end to this nonsense?

[Left Is Write]

30. Yes, she does.

[helderheid]

31. yes she does

[obamican]

33. we have a winnar

ding ding ding

[helderheid]

34. welcome to DU

[kath]

40. Born FOUR WEEKS EARLY, not 2 months. 36 WEEKS GESTATION.

please, get the facts straight.

and,as mentioned, above photo is from 2006.

[helderheid]

41. Can you link me up?

[eridani]

42. Third possibility

She lied about the water breaking to burnish her image as a "tough" sourdough type. A 3rd generation Alaskan native has a thread about it.

[seabeyond]

45. it is only a possibility cause someone thought it up, not cause anything directs us to that

possibility. everything us has to have at least soemthing factual about it. this is just a story

[Norrin Radd]

46. Not sure I buy the bit about the daughter's body language. The two younger

girls mimic that stance in other images:



and in the video of McCain supposedly looking at Palin's derriere, the girl in red stands like that, as well (at about 0:31):

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1RN5xbWtNSU&eurl=http://www.jedreport.com/2008/08/john-mccains-wandering-eyes-ne.html