SocraticGadfly

October 18, 2008

Missing — Bristol Palin

So, where IS Bristol Palin? All of a sudden, she’s not visible on the campaign trail.

First, she’s not that far along in her pregnancy.

Second, even if she were, Supermom Sarah in her fifth alleged pregnancy, flew to Dallas a day before giving birth allegedly having a baby.

Oh, a hat tip, I got the “milk carton pic” from the Sarah Palin Deception blog .

That said, I don’t believe — unlike many people there — that Bristol is now in hiding because she’s not really pregnant, and her pregnancy, with the exact number of months she is pregnant, being announced at the Republican National Convention in an attempt to use pregnancy timetables to preclude her being Trig’s mom.

I believe Bristol actually is pregnant. It would be too hard to pull off a fake pregnancy now, and, were Bristol not pregnant, the Trig cover story could be tweaked in other ways. (Although the possibility of Sarah Palin making up a pregnancy for political gain wouldn’t surprise me.)

The "five months" I don't believe, though.

With a second pregnancy in a row, Bristol would know sooner, and Sarah could manipulate dates as she pleased.

I have been on this since early September. Here’s my main blog post on the pregnancy.

Per a Ted Rall column I blogged about, Bristol may well never complete high school; she almost certainly won’t complete college. She and Levi will stay married less than a decade, will probably have at least one instance of domestic violence, and will then get divorced.

So, back to the main point — WHY is she in hiding?

Could it be wedding planning? Possible but not likely.

Is it because she is not as far in her pregnancy as claimed? In the spotlight of the presidential campaign, Sarah, Todd et al know this is going to be more tightly scrutinized.

That said, it’s certainly possible high-ups in the Obama campaign have some questions, but I don’t think they’re 100 percent sold on Trig’s pregnancy being faked. And I certainly doubt they have more evidence than does the Enquirer, kind of contra the Palin Deception blog.

Obama and McCain potential presidential styles analyzed

The AP has twin news analysis pieces on how presidents McCain and Obama would govern.

I totally agree with the McCain piece. His temper and impulsiveness quotients would make him Shrub redivivus in style as well as policy.

I strongly disagree with the central theme of the Obama piece, though, that he would be a hands-off CEO in the Reagan style, albeit much better informed.

Rather, I think due to his controlling nature that he would be hands on all the way to the Jimmy Carter level in a way that might not be an unalloyed good.

A strange way to write a headline at the Snooze

Attention, Dallas Morning News copy editors/page designers:

Cars don’t kill people, car drivers do, unless an unattended car has its “Park” lock shear off or something.

And, it takes two people to byline a story that short? Is this make-work before the next layoff ax?

Alaskan belugas get federal protection

Despite Sarah Palin’s continuing attempts to run out the string on protection, Alaskan beluga whales will FINALLY get endangered species protection.

Jerry Jones schadenfreude alert

Boo-hoo for Jerry. The tanking economy, especially among high-dollar financial types, is putting a crimp in his shopping around naming rights for the new Cowboys’ stadium.

Jerry Jones schadenfreude alert

Boo-hoo for Jerry. The tanking economy, especially among high-dollar financial types, is putting a crimp in his shopping around naming rights for the new Cowboys’ stadium.