Well, that answers that.

Bristol Palin is pregnant now.

So much for that "abstinence only" education.

UPDATE:  Sarah Palin would oppose abortion even if her own daughter were raped.  That'll bring in the female voters, for sure!

Comments

[attaturk]

Wow, "Juneau"

Literally.

The cause?

HEAVY VETTING, of course. (yes, it can get you pregnant!)

[Buckeye, Dealer of Rare Coins]

So, to combat boredom during her mono, she was having sex?

[Sharkbabe]

Wtf does this have to do with the other kid? How are we supposed to keep up with all these fucking babies?

[watertiger]

insofar as the campaign was trying to ratfuck the opposition, the "Trig is Bristol's baby" meme is being utilized to smear "liberal bloggers" (some of whom, myself included, were having a ball contemplating the possibilities).

The NYT is already blaming Obama's camp for participating in this.

But my basic point stands: who the fuck, after leaking amniotic fluid in Texas, gets on a plane so she can have her baby in a backwoods hospital in Alaska?

[Cilantro]

What a freaking sideshow.

[watertiger]

What Cilantro said.

This makes the family out to be glorified white trash.

And Palin is on record saying that she opposes abortion even if her own daughter were raped.

Family values!

[Mac from Oregon]

She's preggers again?
So much for home school sex education...

[Cilantro]

As to leaking amniotic fluid...30 years ago, as a young, fit, first-time mother-to-be, expecting a totally normal delivery and newborn, my water broke exactly one week before my due date--leaking, not burst, as in Sarah Palin's case. My obstetrician, when notified, told me that as of that moment, I was officially in danger of infection, and I was told to come to the hospital, prepared to stay--I would not be leaving until the baby was born, precisely because of the threat of infection. I was not then in active labor, but my baby (first one, remember) was born 12 hours later. Contrast that to a woman who has had four previous deliveries, this one expected to be a special needs infant, and the whole get-on-a-plane scenario doesn't pass the smell test. Has obstetrics changed that much in 30 years?

[suecris]

Can it be that no one is thinking yet that this new pregnancy is imaginary, to dispute the previous rumors? She will miscarry soon, and we will all be so sorry.

[wtf]

In November 2006, then gubernatorial candidate Sarah Palin declared that she would not support an abortion for her own daughter even if she had been raped.

Granting exceptions only if the mother's life was in danger, Palin said that when it came to her daughter, "I would choose life."

At the time, her daughter was 14 years old. Moreover, Alaska's rape rate was an abysmal 2.2 times above the national average and 25 percent of all rapes resulted in unwanted pregnancies. But Palin's position was palatable within the state's largely Republican political circles.

Now that she's John McCain's vice presidential candidate, Palin's abortion policy (among others) is undergoing renewed scrutiny. The Alaska Republican has long declared herself pro-life. And her credentials on the topic make her the belle of the ball among religious conservatives. But Democrats and abortion rights advocates say her stance, specifically her unwillingness to grant her own child a choice to end a pregnancy induced by rape, is drastically at odds with public opinion -- even among many Republicans.

"This is absolutely outside the mainstream. Even in South Dakota they rejected [outlawing abortion in cases of rape] in '06 because it has gone too far and everyone can identify that in a case of rape or incest a woman should have the chance to make the decision with their family or doctor," said Nancy Keenan, president of NARAL Pro Choice America. "Women voters are going to reject both her and John McCain, and I think we see it specifically because we reach out to Republicans and independent pro-choice women. They live in the suburbs and exurbs. They are very much part of the mainstream America. And woman in general will reject that ticket."

[queek]

I once thought I was good at math, but I can't figure out how if Bristol had a baby in April/May then how can she be 5 months preggers in late August unless she got knocked up by her OBGYN the night of the delivery. WOW This shit just keeps getting better!

[blogenfreude]

Wonder if she was home-schooled?

And no way McCain would have picked Palin if he knew ... imagine the screaming fit he's having right now.

[KT]

What a fucked up philosophy. Since having a rape baby is the will of the lord, I guess that means the lord must have sent the rapist to do his will. Or the short version: God rapes women.

How do these people's heads not explode with the contradictions?

[shpx.ohfu]

Odd that McCake would deign to empower liberal blogs with the ability to dictate how his campaign would handle this.

[pansypoo]

rape? she doesn't believe you can have an abortion if it will HARM her daughter's future fertility or life. only if bristol would die. incubating is GREAT!

[attaturk]

Ladies and Gentlemen,

THE OFFICIAL VETTER OF McCAIN 2008

[FiveAcres]

If you truly believe that a conceptus is a human being with a soul from the moment that the sperm penetrates the ovum, then the conceptus is innocent and should not be aborted for any reason. It is logically consistent, and like a lot of religious ideas, morally repugnant.

[JeffCO]

Sarahpalinfreude.

[psychobroad]

Jeffco--too perfect

[TeddySanFran]

So, the mono story is a lie?

[wtf]

it's ***all*** a lie, everything they say

[darkblack]

Bristol crashed a car while she was 'sick with Mono', also...Girl gets around.

[queek]

Did she kill her boy friend in the process?
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Wait! Could Laura have been pregnant?

[P O'Neill]

Bride to Nowhere!

[Elspeth Ravenwind]

SueCris, my thoughts exactly!

And Queek - let's see if there's a 'miscarriage' before the 'wedding'.

BHO was saying that the family is off limits, that it's none of our affair?! That pissed ME off. If the woman is lying about her birthing the child, she falsified records/lied/etc...that's been proferred before. Now she may well be lying her ass off again using her daughter's uterus as a human-being-incubating shield...ODIOUS!!!

Now, wait just a gol' darned minute here - she 'found out' early in the pregnancy that Trig had Down Syndrome?!?! That means she (or someone, cough cough) had an amniocentesis, aren't Anti-Choicers against that? Since there's a risk of spontaneous miscarriage? And why have one if there's that potentiality OR even why bother finding out if there's something wrong w/the fetus - because they sure as hell won't abort it?!?!

How DARE she dictate to the rest of the women of this country/world how to deal with our own psyches/bodies!?!?!

I am sooo way over this b.s.!!!
Elspeth

[pursang]

The conventional wisdom of those who are paying attention to this is that Trig is 4 months old and Bristol is 5 months preggers so this proves that Trig is indeed the Governors kid and not the daughters.

So basically this is a lie to cover the lie and somewhere down the road young Bristol will lose the baby and of course an outpouring of sympathy from the nation for the Palin family.

If this were a movie script it would get turned down because the plot was too unbelieveable.

[pursang]

The conventional wisdom of those who are paying attention to this is that Trig is 4 months old and Bristol is 5 months preggers so this proves that Trig is indeed the Governors kid and not the daughters.

So basically this is a lie to cover the lie and somewhere down the road young Bristol will lose the baby and of course an outpouring of sympathy from the nation for the Palin family.

If this were a movie script it would get turned down because the plot was too unbelieveable.

[Elspeth Ravenwind]

So, 5 months preggers or thereabouts? Hmmm, so Bristol got knocked up at her "I'm almost over my Mono" after-party?

;)
Elspeth

[Elspeth Ravenwind]

Oh, Pursang, you haven't watched much of the Hallmark or Lifetime Movies channels have you? It's appalling. I tried a couple of movies on there, in case they would make for a good drinking game, but I was so agog w/the lack of storyline, let alone scripting I had to change the channel and hadn't even taken a sip!!!
Elspeth

[moeman]

'Mystery, Alaska'

[Elspeth Ravenwind]

And the points go to Moeman!!!
Ding ding ding!!! :)
Elspeth

[Court Jester]

I understand and sympathize with the calls for privacy, but I'm finding it hard to honour.

Why? Because we're dealing with Republicans. We're dealing with people who think they have the right to tell everyone else how to live their lives. They're the ones demanding to have creationism taught to *everyone's children*, not just their own. They're the ones wanting abortion to be illegal with no exceptions. They're the ones who want to prevent other people from getting married.

So when I find out that one of the many cheerleaders for limiting childrens sex ed (to just abstinence-until-marriage) has a young unmarried daughter who's given birth, I find the combination of irony and hypocracy hard to stand.

By all means, leave her daughter out of it, but if Palin *ever* brings up funding for abstinence-only education, I want her confronted by the reality of how well that actually works in the real world.

[pansypoo]

eh. my isue is with the mother. the stoopid stoopid mother.

[wa ching]

All sex is bad!
It eventually causes people!
I hate people.