Palin pity party and is she really Trig's mom?

Sarah, we hardly knew ye...we wish!

It seems like every time she opens her mouth of late, she's crabbing about the media.

Alex Koppelman at Salon.com, references an interview Palin gave Esquire in which, while whining about "media bias," she mentioned that "Bored, anonymous, pathetic bloggers who lie annoy me...."

But she's also annoyed at the Anchorage Daily News, accusing that paper of pandering to the pathetic pundits by re-airing the old "scandal" as to whether she's Trig's mother.

"I'll tell you, yesterday the Anchorage Daily News, they called again to ask -- double-, triple-, quadruple-check -- who is Trig's real mom. And I said, Come on, are you kidding me? We're gonna answer this? Do you not believe me or my doctor? And they said, No, it's been quite cryptic the way that my son's birth has been discussed. And I thought, Okay, more indication of continued problems in the world of journalism."


The problem with Palin's pathetic patter, is that, in spite of what she told Katie Couric, she evidently does not read "all" the newspapers; in fact, she evidently doesn't even read Alaskan newspapers, or doesn't read them very thoroughly, or the people who read them to her skip some parts.

She sent an angry e-mail to the Anchorage Daily News taking the paper to task for its reporting about her future son-in-law, Levi Johnston's high school "drop out" status, her association with his mother, Sherry Johnston, and the paper's recent attempt to put the birth story to rest.

The editor of the ADN very nicely eviscerated her in his responding e-mail on the first two items and then went on to explain that the paper had never reported on the rumors surrounding the birth of Trig. However, because the story has not gone away, the ADN decided to do a comprehensive report which the editor assumed would shut down the rumors once and for all.

Here's part of the e-mail from Pat Doughherty responding to Palin's concerns:

"I want to be very clear on this: I have from the beginning and do now consider the conspiracy theories about Trig's birth to be nutty nonsense. ...

"Because we have been amazed by the widespread and enduring quality of these rumors, I finally decided, after watching this go on unabated for months, to let a reporter try to do a story about the 'conspiracy theory that would not die' and, possibly, report the facts of Trig's birth thoroughly enough to kill the nonsense once and for all."

In other words, the ADN was trying to help Palin in this predicament. But she's too wrapped up in her own conspiracy theory about media bias to notice!

"...I don't believe she [the reporter, Lisa Demer] received any cooperation in her efforts from the parties who, in my judgment, stood to benefit most from the story, namely you and your family. ... Several weeks ago, when we considered the information Lisa had gathered, we decided we didn't have enough of a story to accomplish what we had hoped. ...

"Even the birth of your grandson may not dissuade the Trig conspiracy theorists from their beliefs. It strikes me that if there is never a clear, contemporaneous public record of what transpired with Trig's birth that may actually ensure that the conspiracy theory never dies. Time will tell."


Notice the paper received NO cooperation from Palin or her family or anyone else connected with the birth of Trig.

What the hell is the problem? Release the medical records of his birth. End of story. End of "scandal." End of conspiracy theory.

Unless (and herein may lie the real "scandal") there are other facts involved in this birth that Palin does not want, under any circumstances, to be made public. How else does one explain this stubborn recalcitrance to clear the air once and for all?


Pity not poor Palin. Most of whatever trouble finds her, she brings on herself.

Palin's medical records

It's been two weeks now since Sarah Palin told Brian Williams she would release her medical records. Then she told ABC news she would release them "early last week." In the course of the discussion Palin said the records would show she was in good health and the mother of five children.

Hmmm. Why, then, does she not follow the example of all the other candidates, who have released at least some of their medical records?

What is it that Sarah Palin is hiding from view?

Is she not in good health? Maybe she's had only four children? Why hasn't the media been able to speak directly to Palin's doctor, Catherine Baldwin-Johnson?

Obviously, Palin does not intend to release her medical records. She really is one devious, lying, "hockey mom."

Why is Palin hiding her medical records?

[Photo of Dr. Cathy Baldwin-Johnson in her Wasilla office]

John McCain has released some of his medical records...more or less, to some reporters.. Not enough, and not for long enough. In other words, the release was something of a joke to satisfy the hoi polloi, but ended up with no one being confident as to what ol' John's medical condition is currently or his future prognosis. Which, of course, raises the question as to whether or not he has much of a future.

Palin, unlike John, won't release any of her medical records. Although she hinted to Brian Williams she might, possibly, in the future, release some.

What the hell's the problem here?

From Andrew Sullivan:

"When medical information related to Governor Palin's health is ready to be released we will make that information available."

Sullivan asks, rhetorically: "'Related' to her health?"

He also says: "The records were part of the vetting process. There is absolutely no reason why they couldn't be released immediately of why Palin's obstetrician, Catherine Baldwin-Jones, could not be allowed to talk to reporters about the evidentiary facts of Palin's controversial story of her last pregnancy. And yet we get this crap:

"'Comella declined to give any more information about when the records might be released or whether there were any particular issues holding up their release.'"


Sullivan, unfortunately, makes a boo-boo here. The pediatrician's name is Catherine Baldwin-Johnson.

But he's absolutely right that the "medical" records of Sarah Palin should be opened to the public now; not just those "related to her health." And Baldwin-Johnson should be allowed to speak to the press.

If all is as Palin claims, what the hell's the problem?

And why do they need more time? To alter the records?

The whole business stinks. It reeks of the kind of government in the shadows, a government predicated on lies and diversions, that has characterized the Bush/Cheney administration the past eight years.

Palin's medical records

Why does Sarah Palin and the McCain campaign refuse to release Palin's medical records?

Of course, McCain has provided incomplete records (the important stuff was missing!)

Is there something they don't want us to know?

Why the hell isn't the MSM all over this?