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Jittery Republicans scrutinize Palin

Top-ranking Republican powerbrokers have placed current Alaskan Governor Sarah Palin under intense political pressure. Leading Republican strategists feel a growing sense of uncertainty about the judgment of John McCain because of his hasty selection of Governor Palin as his running mate after only a cursory period of casual consideration.

The Governor cancelled her busy schedule today allegedly to prepare her acceptance speech, but insiders report that she is now consumed in dealings with powerful Republicans who want to oust her.

A consensus appears to be growing that John McCain appointed Governor Palin prematurely without proper scrutiny prior to naming her as his Vice-Presidential running mate in a surprising announcement last Friday.

Initially, many conservatives were thrilled with McCain’s selection because Governor Palin is a devout evangelical Christian, a pro-life politician and a prominent gun enthusiast with a membership in the National Rifle Association (NRA). However, the mood of many of the party’s faithful is changing with the emergence of new and troubling reports about hitherto obscure details lurking in her background.

Today, many Republican heavyweights are becoming increasingly concerned about Governor Palin’s controversial record in Alaska as a growing number of conservative strategists are coming to the conclusion that she will be a burden for their beleaguered party in the November election.

Evidence has come to light that Governor Palin is the subject of an ongoing ethics investigation probing charges that she fired the Alaskan Public Safety Commissioner when he refused to intervene in her sister’s acrimonious divorce. The case involves serious charges that Governor Palin ordered the Public Safety Commissioner to fire her sister’s husband in the midst of what had become an unusually bitter divorce. The pending investigation is casting a shadow of doubt over her viability for the Vice Presidential nomination.

But, the most troubling allegations about Governor Palin may involve her former membership in the Alaska Independence Party (AIP), an ultra-conservative state’s rights group that advocates a vote on Alaskan secession from the United States. In an ill-advised video issued earlier this year, Governor Palin sent a warm message of support to the separatist party.

In 1997 while she was Mayor of Wasilla (pop. 5469) Palin eventually faced down a public call for her resignation after she fired the town’s Chief of Police Irl Stambaugh and other department heads for failing to support her radical agenda. She survived her stormy mayoralty to be elected governor of the state.

Unfortunately, Governor Palin’s controversial political career is not the only source of conservative doubts about her qualifications. Since her selection as McCain’s Vice Presidential running mate, Governor Palin was confronted by disapproval from the evangelical community over the pregnancy of her seventeen year-old daughter, Bristol Palin. Governor Palin is a staunch evangelical Christian who advocates abstinence and virginity for the young.

The Republican Party platform contains a clear-cut position on teen age pregnancy, “"We support abstinence education and oppose school-based clinics that provide referrals, counseling, and related services for abortion and contraception."

Many Republican conservatives attending the St. Paul convention are aghast that Governor Palin’s daughter might not have become pregnant had she been able to obtain appropriate counseling.

The father of Bristol Palin’s unborn child, Levi Johnston (18), may have unwittingly made matters worse for the Governor when he described himself to the press in frank terms as a, “f---in’ redneck.” Mr. Johnston issued a blanket warning that he will, “Kick ass,” if anyone questions him over the pregnancy of Bristol Palin. In a candid interview with the New York Post, Levi Johnston stated, “I don’t want children.” The couple have just announced plans for a December wedding with the baby due to be born later that month possibly as early as Christmas.

For their part, Senators Obama and Biden have stated that charges involving Governor Palin’s daughter are, “Off limits,” but many of the fundamentalist Christians who are the backbone of the Republican Party are taking a different approach from the Democratic nominees and are now regarding the Republican nominee with a more critical view.

That is not all of the troubling information about the private life of Governor Palin. Darker suspicions are now swirling around Governor Palin’s youngest child, a four month-old daughter named, “Trig,” who has Downs Syndrome. The Governor’s latest pregnancy was not announced until March even though she had not appeared to be pregnant. Over an extended period of time, Bristol Palin had been incommunicado reportedly recovering from a bout of mononucleosis that had become intractable.

After the surprise delivery in April, Governor Palin resumed her official duties in only three days. The unusual circumstances of the stealth pregnancy and extended absence of her teenage daughter have led to a plethora of rumors and public speculation that Bristol gave birth to Trig, and the Governor covered up the embarrassment with an elaborate subterfuge that may have involved an attempt to persuade her daughter to have a late term abortion. Eyewitnesses in Wasilla report that Levi Johnston has been escorting Bristol Palin for the past year.

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Even Governor Palin’s personal image is causing her problems. Earlier this morning, Republican eyebrows were raised when a photograph emerged of Governor Palin wearing disco attire featuring a micro-mini-skirt and a breathtakingly low-cut décolleté as she steadied herself on a bar while teetering on shiny, black patent leather platforms fitted with vertiginous stiletto heels that could have been purchased at Victoria’s Secret. The photograph was eventually determined to be a fake, but it captured Palin's character as read by many of her feminist and conservative admirers. The photograph that appears to the left is a genuine image of Governor Palin taken in her early years.

Governor Palin’s colorful image plus her interesting background and rising political profile will certainly remain subjects of intense public interest for a long time to come.

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written by e good, September 02, 2008

Trig is a son

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written by rai, September 04, 2008

public interest for the republicans, many of whom will keep their heads in the sand, and public scrutiny for the democrats.

"I got pregnant with my second a month before the birth of my first" - Bristol Palin
written by Reg Corleonis, September 04, 2008

Clearly, the finer points of human gestation are eluding some people. If 4 month old Trig is the offspring of Bristol who is carrying a 5 month old f*n' redneck foetus, then reproductive history has just been made.

On the subject of the rootin' tootin' gun-totin' granny, she likes to kill animals for fun. Does not bode well for bringing an end to Amercia's imperialistic genocidal wars.

On the subject of these family values pro-lifers, how do these people manage so much compassion for foetuses yet barely blink at the murder of living, breathing children?

will keep going on
written by SullivanP., December 29, 2008

Why some people are tempted to do some illegal acts and are contrary to law? Those can ruin their respectable image to the society. There wasn't a payday for Sherrie Johnston; instead there were felony arrest warrants for possession of narcotics. She was arrested for possession of the prescription drug Oxycontin, which has garnered a lot of national attention for rampant abuse of the narcotic painkiller. Ordinarily, an oxy bust, even a felony oxy bust, wouldn't get a lot of attention. The thing about Sherrie is that it isn't so much what she did; it has more to do with who she is. Who she is, is the mother of one Levi Johnston. Levi got a lot of attention as the fiancé of Bristol Palin, daughter to Sarah Palin, governor of Alaska and former candidate for the Vice Presidency of the United States. Yes, the guy who got her preggers. The Bristol Palin saga has been a subject of a lot of debate and coverage in the media of the course of Palin's campaign, and it appears that the show will keep going on. Sarah Palin may have the extra cash to bail her out, but this is something most people would have the good sense to stay out of. You can read more in the article posted on the payday loan blog at personalmoneystore.com.

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written by SullivanP., December 29, 2008

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