A picture refutes a thousand nutcase conspiracies
posted at 6:30 am on September 1, 2008 by Ed Morrissey
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I’d like to share a picture of Governor Sarah Palin’s lovely young family, a photo that some may have already seen in connection to a despicable Internet smear against the Palins. Here we have Sarah and Todd with their daughters Piper, Willow, and Bristol. A few bloggers have pointed to the curve of Bristol’s stomach, rather typical for teens, as proof that it was she who gave birth to Trig Palin in April 2008, and not Governor Palin.
Here’s the caption from the Anchorage Daily News:
Sarah Palin at home with her family in Wasilla, Alaska in 2006.
Either the Palin women have a record gestational period, or this proves that Bristol’s small amount of “baby fat” has nothing to do with an actual baby. She’s a normal young teenage girl, not the center of a grand conspiracy to hide some deep, dark family secret — the type of which stopped being deep and dark a few decades ago.
And there are these new photos over at Free Republic as well:
These appear to have been taken around the same time as the photo I posted on Saturday, which appeared in the Anchorage Daily News on February 29th:
Will this stop the nutroots from attacking Palin’s children in their desperation to derail the Republicans? Doubtful. I’m sure some of them are working out the details of the same kind of time travel that allowed Joe Biden to see Bobby Casey at the age of -2.
On the other hand, perhaps they are moving on. HuffPo has a new scandal — Palin told a boob joke in college. I’m not kidding, unfortunately.
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Here’s the perfect ending for the Kos Kids’ moonbat “It’s Bristol’s Baby” conspiracy theory.
pdigaudio on September 1, 2008 at 10:16 AM
On the contrary: it’s delightful. The more viciously they attack her, the thicker her armor becomes and the more America sympathizes with her and supports her. I want them to do more and more of this, for in so doing they use up time, waste liberal internet bandwidth and make their chosen political party look like freaks.
ManlyRash on September 1, 2008 at 10:21 AM
How much longer until we play out the entire plot of The Contender ?
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0208874/
Rev Snow on September 1, 2008 at 10:24 AM
I just want to know one thing:
Which scandal are you nutroots going to settle on?
Either she was never pregnant and was covering for her daughter, or she was irresponsible and should have gone directly to the hospital.
They can’t both be true.
Will you leftard nutbags please make up your minds?
fossten on September 1, 2008 at 10:28 AM
Arianna Huffington is a “boob joke.”
Not talking about breasts here, unfortunately.
MrScribbler on September 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM
A waste of time using facts against the left. The fact that there are facts is just more proof that it’s a giant conspiracy.
TooTall on September 1, 2008 at 10:32 AM
EPIC NUTROOTS FAILURE!
Kos will from here on be known as “The wacko site that started the crazy lies about Sarah Palin’s baby”
marklmail on September 1, 2008 at 10:39 AM
Palin wore a silly T-shirt in her youth while Obama took drugs and was mentored by a communist poet. It’s foolish to be digging for bones when you have all sorts of skeletons in the closet.
Disturb the Universe on September 1, 2008 at 10:40 AM
Sarah Palin has a pregnant woman’s FACE in these photos. Not sure how she would fake that.
Then again, trying to reason with the insanity on the left is like trying to eat a bowling ball.
Elizabetty on September 1, 2008 at 10:41 AM
Of course, if she had a perfectly flat belly, it would be ‘why is the media covering up Palin’s daughter’s anorexia?’
If you think that’s bad, wait ’till the British tabloids work out that her daughter is named Bristol.
jic on September 1, 2008 at 10:44 AM
We are in SUCH good shape if THIS is all those morons can come up with.
Keep diggin’ libs. That pit will be your political grave in Nov.
tickleddragon on September 1, 2008 at 10:52 AM
This is getting downright embarrassing. Are these people for real? Stupid^3
ronsfi on September 1, 2008 at 10:53 AM
Under moonbat logic, Arianna Huffington, Alan Colmes and Markos Moulitsas had a 4-way with a saint bernard.
Go ahead…prove it isn’t true.
fusionaddict on September 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM
It’s fine to throw a hissy fit over this moronic story but keep the attacks directed at the sites and users who spread them, not the entire other side of the aisle.
That’s correct, Rywall: The real victim here is you.
Jim Treacher on September 1, 2008 at 10:59 AM
http://gov.state.ak.us/bio.php
Here’s a photo of the family from Summer 2007 and they look the same. How do I know it’s 2007? Because it’s captioned 2007. How do I know it’s summer? It’s Alaska and there is sun and no snow.
I feel for the Bristol. This is how young women’s body image get’s destroyed.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Do any of y’all remember the OUTRAGE when some suggested that Chelsea Clinton was perhaps not a beautiful adolescent???
These disgusting sub-human DailyKos lifeforms are acusing this poor young girl of looking PREGNANT!!!!
Do you know what that will do to young girl’s self image? At her age gittin’ called ‘fat’ by the media is horrid.
Where is the OUTRAGE now??!!
ExTex on September 1, 2008 at 11:01 AM
Why even try to prove the head cases wrong? They live in their own little World, and never will accept reality.
Leave them alone! Let the fruit loops waste their time. They assist in making the liberals look like the loons they crave to be. :oP
DannoJyd on September 1, 2008 at 11:01 AM
That was a sarcastic comment by somebody who can’t believe these idiots are doing this. They’re not all crazy.
Jim Treacher on September 1, 2008 at 11:02 AM
Desperate No-Lives
rockmom on September 1, 2008 at 11:02 AM
muffin top
ctmom on September 1, 2008 at 11:04 AM
The kooks are not accusing Bristol of looking pregnant…they are accusing her of actually being Trig’s mother. It’s a bit more serious than off-handed jokes about Chelsea Clinton’s physical attractiveness.
ManlyRash on September 1, 2008 at 11:05 AM
isn’t it obvious that the picture proves that Sarah Palin was the surrogate mother for her daughter’s illegitimate child??
Just thought I’d give something for the nutroots to latch onto.
theguardianii on September 1, 2008 at 11:05 AM
Leave them alone! Let the fruit loops waste their time. They assist in making the liberals look like the loons they
crave to beactually are.Fixed it. :oP
ManlyRash on September 1, 2008 at 11:06 AM
Are you kidding, I’d vote for her twice if her husband kicked some ass over this. I can’t believe the poor daughter has to go through this. What part of “leave the children out of political attacks” don’t the Dems get? If the Repubs were talking about Chelsea being pregnant back in the 90’s, we would have been crucified.
As for the photos being proof, Kos said this
WTF? These nutjobs will not give up.
jnelchef on September 1, 2008 at 11:07 AM
Unreal, isn’t it…
I always said, wait ’til the general election got going, and you’ll see the lefties go bananas with the smears.
The Obamites will sink the messiah’s ship, just like the Paulbots did for him.
I say, let ‘em keep inserting their collective feet in their mouths. The moderate Dem’s aren’t liking the far left much these days.
And they might just vote McCain…
JetBoy on September 1, 2008 at 11:14 AM
Why? Because the msm is starting to pick this nonstory up. They are reporting that there are rumors on the internet about the baby and Bristol and why wasn’t Palin vetted, blah blah blah. That’s all they have to say to give credence to this b.s. They are doing nothing to report that this is a slime job on a family and a kid.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 11:16 AM
Ubertards insert collective foot in mouth, then shoot themselves in same foot.
maverick muse on September 1, 2008 at 11:17 AM
One of the best parts about Palin’s nomination is that she shakes up the dynamics. The Obama’s and Biden’s are all Ivy League educated liberal elites. They end up looking incredibly stuffy in comparison to the Moose Hunting Beauty Queen!
highhopes on September 1, 2008 at 11:17 AM
Well, some one had to say it…
HEH!!
I’m sure there wasn’t any ‘OH,PLEASE!LET IT BE TRUE!OH,PLEASE!LET IT BE TRUE!OH,PLEASE!LET IT BE TRUE!OH,PLEASE!LET IT BE TRUE!’ Running through his mind for even a second.
BigWyo on September 1, 2008 at 11:18 AM
I hear that one time, Mitt Romney strapped his dog to the roof of the car in a custom built cage that kept the wind off his face in order to let the dog go on a family trip.
I see the morons over at Kos grasping for scandals at Sarah like they were Mitt.
The next attack by the left will be:
Sarah Palin is a naughty nymphomaniac who had sexual relations at least 5 times. A REPUBLICAN had sexual relations! HYPOCRISY! SCANDAL! OUTRAGE!
BKennedy on September 1, 2008 at 11:19 AM
I don’t get why you are even discussing it in such depth,’only in America’, honestly.
Rise above it,deal with issues,do not retaliate with the same dirty tricks.
As one of only a very few international posters i am aghast with all of your posturing and you are giving me a headache
and i insist you play nice or i will get a coalition of well mannered people and i will invade your country.
mags on September 1, 2008 at 11:19 AM
icemaniceman1111 made an important observation about the misplaced comma on Palin’s t-shirt.
“I may be broke but, I’m not flat busted.”
This is obviously a sinister plot to corrupt America’s youth through improper punctuation. The teachers union should begin marching in the streets against right-wing grammatical evil at once.
scrubjay on September 1, 2008 at 11:21 AM
I have the suspicion that before this is over some of the nutroots are going to be happy that dueling is illegal on this country.
However, in the inmortal words of Trace Adkins, the first admentment don’t protect you from a ton of whoop ass, bastards.
El Coqui on September 1, 2008 at 11:23 AM
Mark Twain said it best:
“I thoroughly disapprove of duels. If a man should challenge me, I would take him kindly and forgivingly by the hand and lead him to a quiet place and kill him.”
JetBoy on September 1, 2008 at 11:26 AM
Yeah, way to go lefties. The Palin’s daughter doesn’t starve herself like a hollyweirdo to fit into size 1 jeans, so you attack her and accuse a 14/15 year old girl of being pregnant.
At least Alhouse had the decency to call them out. Where’s the rest of the feminists and how about the anorexia treatment industry leaders? Oh, right, in their 1 week post-DNC cocoon, rocking back and forth muttering Obama over and over again.
funky chicken on September 1, 2008 at 11:29 AM
my sister went through a pregnacy as a single mom.. (In her twenties… not her teens)
when she would visit us, she would wear loose fitting shirts to hide her belly until she couldn’t hit it anymore and told my folks..
a teenage girl facing a pregnancy and wanting to keep it hid would NOT wear a snug shirt like she is wearing in the photo.. especially if the family was ‘in on it’.
My sister kept her belly hidden from my parents out of shame and/or embarrassment.. (parents are religious.)
I bet that Bristol would do the same.. IF SHE BECAME PREGNANT.
then again.. after seeing Mr. Palin.. I wouldn’t want to be the boy asking her out for a date. :)
the ‘Mom-Claiming-The-Daughter’s-Baby-As-Her-Own-And-Faking-The-Pregnancy’ is something straight out of a bad prime time soap opera..
DaveC on September 1, 2008 at 11:33 AM
The nutroots are behind the powercurve with this left field nomination. They haven’t had time to dig up dirt on Palin. As we speak, I am sure liberals are headed to Alaska to search for dirt- not that Birkenstock wearing hippies won’t stick out in a town of 9,000.
highhopes on September 1, 2008 at 11:35 AM
In my best Chris Crocker voice:”YOU LEAVE BRISTOL ALONE!!!…BOOH OOH HOO…SNIFF”
These kooks are pathetic.
Lunkinator on September 1, 2008 at 11:39 AM
This comment from Ann Althouse’s blog succinctly captures the genesis of the moonbattery:
PERFECT!
Jim M. on September 1, 2008 at 11:39 AM
To all our friends on the left who actually think this might have even an ounce of truth in it:
Home Shock Therapy Kit
- 1 9-volt battery
- Your tongue
Stick battery on tongue; remove; repeat as necessary.
thirtypundit on September 1, 2008 at 11:42 AM
You’re right. You don’t get it. And considering the viciousness of the tabloid press in other countries, your “only in America” comment is disingenuous at best.
We have risen above it. Have you seen anyone attacking Obama’s children? How dare you insinuate we would retaliate with the same type of behavior. And if you’ve been reading, we have dealt with the issues. What you are really arguing is that we allow untruths, lies, innuendos to go unchallenged. Why?
I sincerely hope your headache gets worse. As to your threat of invasion: Bring it on.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 11:43 AM
The more I get to know Gov. Palin. The more I like her. She shure has the Libs heads spinning.
ronsfi on September 1, 2008 at 11:46 AM
Someone tell me again how brilliant the Left is.
Go ahead.
The only questions are this:
Is the majority of the American voting block smarter than the Left is stupid?
Or- will the corrupt Chicago street organizer with no Executive experience, and no real solutions of “Change”, win this election?
FiveWays on September 1, 2008 at 11:47 AM
For someone who is a ‘nothing’, Governor Palin sure has the left tied up in knots. But then, FEAR has a way of doing that to people.
GarandFan on September 1, 2008 at 11:49 AM
Probably not.
However, clear-thinking people should note Gov. Palin’s face in the first compared to the one’s when she is pregnant. Notice how much fuller her face is compared to the family portrait from 2006. That is something you cannot fake.
Wildcatter1980 on September 1, 2008 at 12:07 PM
Heartache?
http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2944356420080901
reaganaut on September 1, 2008 at 12:08 PM
SARAHCUDA!!!
Hey liberals,
If the real thing don’t do the trick…. You’d better make up something quick…. Shes gonna have you down, down, down, down on your knees, now wouldn’t she, SARAHCUDA…
Oh yeah…. can you hear me hummin??? this is going to be ALOT of fun..
Seems as though most of us here are on the same page now, reflective of the party as a whole? sure looks that way :)
stlpatriot on September 1, 2008 at 12:10 PM
The boob joke was actually funny! It’s almost funny that this kind of stuff is all the left has; that and their lies. It’s not at all funny or ok that the loony left is smearing a young girl nationally. I’m sure in their minds it’s ok because she’s on the Republican side. But in their dementia, do you think they might wonder even once, what all this smearing of a young girl will do to further their agenda and win people over to their side??
4shoes on September 1, 2008 at 12:11 PM
I think this will just endear Palin to the average voter.
Look around- this is happening in lots of families.
FiveWays on September 1, 2008 at 12:13 PM
I should have actually put this comment here instead of the other thread.
Good Lord, don’t any of these kids pay attention in health class? I guess spending all of that time in mommy’s basement means that they don’t get to see too many teenage girls with their muffin tops. I’d better have a talk with my 14 year old as she and half of her friends look pregnant too – it’s called PUBERTY boys…
pcbedamned on September 1, 2008 at 12:15 PM
reaganaut on September 1, 2008 at 12:08 PM
looks more like honesty, and a definitive end to the BS rumors about Trig…
what are they gonna say now? i’m sure it’ll be something about her being “forced” to have the child and marry her BF..
stlpatriot on September 1, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Ya, weird though. What are the odds of that happening?
reaganaut on September 1, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Yes, I heard on the news. The photos on Friday she did look pregnant and she was obviously wearing a lose fitting or maternity dress. I doubt this will matter to anyone but the people who won’t vote for republicans anyway.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Under moonbat logic, Arianna Huffington, Alan Colmes and Markos Moulitsas had a 4-way with a saint bernard.
Go ahead…prove it isn’t true.
fusionaddict on September 1, 2008 at 10:55 AM
Giggle, chuckle, snort…………bwahahahaha. Wipes tear from eye.
SKYFOX on September 1, 2008 at 12:16 PM
Pending Update: Oops.
ThePrez on September 1, 2008 at 12:18 PM
I just heard from Bill O’Rielly, that the 17 yr old daughter is pregnant and plans on marring the boyfriend, any comfirmation???
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Actually, that is a good article. They call the slime attacks what they are: slime attacks. And it does put the allegations about baby Trig to rest. Then again, there has never been a whacked out conspiracy theory that the moonbats couldn’t spin.
Blake on September 1, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Just announced on Fox that her 17 year old is pregnant and will be marrying the father… prophetic.
Brad on September 1, 2008 at 12:19 PM
Thanks Brad
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:20 PM
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:19 PM
yes.. seven posts up.. rueters article
stlpatriot on September 1, 2008 at 12:20 PM
FightThePalinSmears.com has the link and updates.
faraway on September 1, 2008 at 12:20 PM
hope Palin handles this pregnancy well
jp on September 1, 2008 at 12:21 PM
Fox news just said her daughter is pregnant now.
eski502 on September 1, 2008 at 12:22 PM
BHO
Abort, Abort, Abort! She will ruin her life!
Oh, Maybe she could still be VP for the GOP!
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:29 PM
Praise the Lord, she will have a baby! Unlike the FEMI-NAZIS, who kill women in the womb. They hate women they just care about themselves.
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:30 PM
Are you and illegal alien?
Johan Klaus on September 1, 2008 at 12:33 PM
On this one I agree, stunning hypocrisy by the people who tried to push this rumor after everything that’s happened with the Obama-Muslim smears. I can’t believe they didn’t make the connection, with some people it’s all about tearing down the other side without reason.
Typhonsentra on September 1, 2008 at 12:33 PM
I am not one of those persons calling Barack Obama a mulsim or terrorist. Plus I am a Daily Dish Sullivan Reader from way back when Sullivan first started after 9/11. I defended Sullivan when he called Hugh Hewitt on his past excesses (although I never recall Hewitt attacking a politician’s kids). I have also defended Sullivan in the past from Ace, HotAir, Michelle Malkin, Jonah Goldberg, John Podhoretz, etc. I often do not agree with Sullivan’s take, but I thought he was an honorable voice. For me to attack him now is a big deal, but it is justified.
Sullivan crossed a line with this nonsense. You do not attack a candidate’s children without good cause and solid evidence. A Daily Kos echo chamber is not a legitimate source. Sullivan played the role of a dirty gutter hack. And he did it all on his own.
John Podhoretz nails it with this article: http://www.commentarymagazine.com/blogs/index.php/jpodhoretz/24862
Mr. Joe on September 1, 2008 at 12:36 PM
At least the daughter is KEEPING the baby.
Oink on September 1, 2008 at 12:38 PM
I read an article today about how mad Hillary is about another women possibly stealing her thunder. How shes going to go out more determined for BHO. That is exactly why that whole movement is a fraud. Real women love to see any women(of course like minded women would be great), advance. So screw the Libs, and Hillary who is a selfish witch, who rode on the back of her man who abuses women for fun. I see her as an accomplice to crimes against women.
Mercy4Me on September 1, 2008 at 12:39 PM
Wow, is my head spinning, and not just from the antihistamines. I congratulate Bristol on her ‘choice’ to do the right thing and be responsible for her ‘mistake’. I’m sure she will be fine, with a supportive family like hers. I wish her the best.
I agree with whoever said they’d vote twice if Todd Palin pounded the people who promoted the awful rumors about his family. I have to admit I actually went to the sites and read through quite a few of the comments. I wanted to turn away, but it was like a gruesome train wreck. You just can’t stop yourself from looking and then regret it.
I could not believe the vile things those people were clearly hoping for. Not only did they slander/liable (?) Sarah, her daughter, possibly Todd, but there were even some suggesting the oldest son was ‘responsible’. Disgusting!
I was pleased to see some trying to get the wackos to stop, but even most of them only cared because of how it would make them look ‘if it wasn’t true’.
I may loathe pretty much everything about Obama’s positions. I might find him the most frightening potential President EVER. I might have even ‘joked’ from time to time that I think he might be the anti-Christ! But I would not wish what the wackos on those sites were hoping for on anyone’s children/family. Not even to keep him out of office.
pannw on September 1, 2008 at 12:51 PM
“Ubertards insert collective foot in mouth, then shoot themselves in same foot.”
Out of respect for Governor Palin (and for all similarly situated) lets just drop the whole “tard” thing.
America1st on September 1, 2008 at 12:53 PM
Got to admit that this smear sets a new low for the far left…trash nearly all
JIMV on September 1, 2008 at 12:58 PM
My heart goes out to Bristol Palin. She isn’t the first to find herself in this condition and she won’t be the last, but it must be horrible to have these screwballs slobbering over her condition. Very few pregnant teenagers find themselves undergoing such scrutiny.
The Clintons made it clear that Chelsea was off-limits, as did the O’Bamas regarding their daughters…..guess “off-limits” only applies to Dem families……GOP families are fair game ;-(
poodlemom on September 1, 2008 at 1:33 PM
Well, I guess it all makes sense now, doesn’t it?
Amy Proctor on September 1, 2008 at 2:09 PM
Blake,
Don’t be so pissy with me, it was a light hearted comment.
It is absolutely appalling for your left wing to do this.
Here in the u.k it is getting very negative and damaging coverage and disbelief.
It is not a left/right issue it is right or wrong issue.
Wasn’t there smears about john mc cains adopted child-and that was from your own side.
‘Only in America’- say it is true ,her daughter had a down syndrome baby- so what?
Is that a crime in the U.S?
mags on September 1, 2008 at 2:19 PM
It’s not the belly that shows in a pregnant woman! The face and its glow as well. Look at her hair, also: glowing! Think of all the blood running through her veins, the extra iron she has to take for baby’s sake, and the pregnancy vitamins.
Pregnancy has its own way to beautify a woman. After the birth, now, that’s a different story…
newton on September 1, 2008 at 5:18 PM
Amen to that, I really believe that’s going to be the case. There is a Bugs Bunny cartoon (Tortoise and the Hare) that seriously almost mimics this campaign. Bugs Bunny gets out to a fast start then dresses as a turtle (moving to the center). He starts to win until the rabbits (liberals) turn on him for looking like a turtle. There’s even mobster rabbits on the rabbits side lol. Eventually they stop the rabbit and whisk the turtle across the finish line! (DRESSED AS A RABBIT!). There will be plenty more gaffes from the left and the Messiah’s lead will continue to corrode. That’s what happens when you make a deal with the
Soroser devil (ie Iraq stance vs Hillary in debates). Here’s theObamaBugs link.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=53eOMFT6BHI
Ozprey on September 1, 2008 at 5:29 PM
Fake but accurate™.
4k78 on September 1, 2008 at 7:31 PM
I posted this on another thread that got buried:
This is getting tiring. If the daughter is pregnant, “Grandma-gate” is not true. Simple.
If it’s a cover-up, the Left will waste a lot of time and resources on an issue which in the end only points to the Palins as being very “traditionalist” in their private lives, thereby appealing to that crowd. Indeed, even in this alleged cover-up of the cover-up, the daughter is actually marrying the father. Either way, it’s a win for traditionalism.
Such cover-ups were indeed common at one time–send the wayward girl away to stay with a “sick aunt,” then have her come back and raise the child as a nephew/niece. It allowed the child to live, have a somewhat normal life, and not only preserve family honor, but also promoted and maintained the societal pressure on the impressionable to restrain (albeit not totally) inappropriate behavior.
It wasn’t perfect, but it was better than our alternative today. We now have out-of-wedlock births viewed as nothing significant, and as a result traditions and morals are driven further and further down, and restraints more and more discarded. (Yes, the “Murphy Brown” Effect.) Maybe it was/is a deception, but one no worse than the self-deception that throwing off restraints and abandoning foundational values is some sort of beneficial “enlightenment” for society.
Sincerely,
Someone longing for the ’50s… the 18 ones or the 19 ones, not too picky.
If new evidence pops up one way or the other, let me know.
Tommygun on September 2, 2008 at 5:33 AM
Maybe I missed someone noting it, but the Kos link above:
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/8/30/121350/137
is now yielding: “Sorry. I can’t seem to find that story. j 1 k 1 l ”
(And BTW, if you wondering, the answer is yes, I ripped that description in the post above off from a Frasier episode.)
Tommygun on September 2, 2008 at 7:25 AM
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