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Now There's a Twist
The Anonymous Liberal — ... . That's a remarkably bizarre twist given that, behind the scenes, all anyone has been talking about over the last few days are the rumors that Sarah Palin's youngest child, Trig, is actually Bristol's child. Like Josh, I've so far refrained from writing about these rumors. Like any good rumor, there was enough information available to make it plausibly true, but not enough information to either confirm or dispel it definitively. And given the despicable trafficking in rumors that we've seen from right-wingers during this election cycle, I didn't want to lower myself--or be ...

Just Really Odd
Rook's Rant — TPM We haven't touched it. But you probably know there have been internet-based rumors claiming that Sarah Palin's newborn son Trig is actually the son of her 17 year old daughter, Bristol. In an effort to knock down these rumors, Palin and the McCain camp have now put out a statement claiming that Bristol Palin is currently five months pregnant with another child, which she plans to keep and that she will soon marry the father. Another child? ANOTHER CHILD!?!?!?!?!? What is going on with Sarah Palin? ...

IOKIYAR: Family Values Edition
The Reality-Based Community — ... The RNC has announced that Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant with her boyfriend's child . It also says they will be marrying soon. Congratulations to them and of course we wish them the best. Can you imagine, however, what would be the right-wing's reaction if this had been Barack Obama's 17-year-old daughter? It would take racial coding to a whole new level. For that matter, can you imagine what their reaction would be if the Democratic Presidential candidate had cheated on his first wife, who was disabled, in order to marry a younger, prettier heiress? ...

How John McCain forced me to write about the weird story of Sarah Palin's daughter's pregnancy
AMERICAblog News| A great nation deserves the truth — ... in principle, but a number of readers have written in about this story, asking us to link to this, and to date I'm not yet convinced. I want McCain to lose, don't get me wrong, I just don't like publishing this kind of thing without firm evidence that something is awry.2. Markos. Here's what Markos had to say about the story today: I don't think the evidence is there to claim Trig is Bristol's son, as some have speculated.3. Josh Marshall. We haven't touched it. But you probably know there have been internet-based ...

That’s What You Get When You Don’t Vet
Comments from Left Field — ... Josh Marshall suggests that the McCain campaign, which is now, predictably, castigating “liberal bloggers” for spreading the pregnancy rumors, might have better served their own interests had they done this: ...

Misogyny Watch: Liberal Bloggers Sink to New Low, Reveal Sarah Palin's Teen-Age Daughter is Pregnant
Tennessee Guerilla Women — ... this week? Will Keith Olbermann make Bristol Palin his Worst Person? As I write, CNN's Campbell Brown ponders: "When did John McCain know about Bristol Palin's unwed pregnancy?" And WKJM seriously argues that prying into the private lives of teenage daughters is just part of the vetting process! ...