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rocktivity

(44,572 posts)
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:50 PM Jan 2016

Ooops, the Palins did it AGAIN!!!

Addicting Info: Conspiracy theories aren’t something I take seriously very often...but every so often something comes along that seems far-fetched — until you look closely. This particular theory is brought to you by the blog Right Wing Crooks, who seem to have figured out how and why Bristol Palin’s baby was born in November and not December like she claims...

The timeline begins on Palin’s Instagram on Valentines Day. A selfie of her and an Alaskan...dressed to impress...appears with the caption “The night before the worst mistake of my life.” The picture is still there, but the caption, as reported by Right Wing Crooks, has been changed to #Vegas.

If that was the night Bristol Palin was impregnated, a typical gestation period would bring her into early to mid-November for a due date. The first picture of Bristol with her new daughter, Sailor, appeared on Christmas Eve...Things got really fishy when a picture of Bristol and her little girl showed a piece of tape with an IV date on it. After enhancing, both Right Wing Crooks and Winning Democrats are convinced that the date most likely reads 11/4/15. November 4th, which by the Vegas pregnancy theory puts Sailor at exactly where she’s supposed to be gestation-wise...



And just when you thought it was safe to stop wondering why someone who goes into labor a month early with what she knows is a baby with Down Syndrome takes a 12-hour plane flight...

UPDATE: There was an instagram photo that says "For all the people saying I gave birth 11/4/15, here is my IV that was started on 12/22/15 when I was admitted, my baby girl was born 12/23/15 stop trying to create controversy where none exists, desperation is the ugliest thing." Fine, just explain what you were doing in the hospital in November, have your mother confirm that she was in Alaska the day she was born, produce the birth certificate, and it will all be good!


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Ooops, the Palins did it AGAIN!!! (Original Post) rocktivity Jan 2016 OP
Not to change the subject, but you commented the baby that she just had has Down Syndrome? madinmaryland Jan 2016 #1
The reference, I believe is to Sarah Palins son Trig GusBob Jan 2016 #2
And what is the point of dragging this out again. madinmaryland Jan 2016 #6
Exactly. This is a Democratic political forum, not the National Enquirer. Hortensis Jan 2016 #22
I was referring to Sarah's questionable labor and delivery of Trig rocktivity Jan 2016 #3
I know Sarah's son, Trig has DS, but the way the post was written madinmaryland Jan 2016 #5
Thank you. I do wish them the best. Have no 840high Jan 2016 #4
The more we talk jehop61 Jan 2016 #7
Oh, FFS! Laffy Kat Jan 2016 #8
This is at least the third thread about this non-news. Tipperary Jan 2016 #10
^^^This^^^ Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #23
that poor child's name is SAILOR? niyad Jan 2016 #9
Worse yet, IDemo Jan 2016 #13
there is that, of course. niyad Jan 2016 #21
Maybe her name is the reason why the ex-fiance has suddenly decided assert his alleged fatherhood rocktivity Jan 2016 #50
That was my takeaway, too! I mean, obviously the Palins lie and would lie about valerief Jan 2016 #52
the child's middle name is, apparently, grace. and wonkette says that, by popular vote, niyad Jan 2016 #53
thank you for sharing Sniffles72 Jan 2016 #11
UPDATES rocktivity Jan 2016 #12
"her 2 illegitimate children" - the word "illegitimate" has always bothered me. fleur-de-lisa Jan 2016 #18
Illegitimate means the child doesn't have the same legal protections Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #25
What "legal protections" are you talking about? jberryhill Jan 2016 #26
Assumed parentage Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #30
Kind of a miss jberryhill Jan 2016 #32
There is no presumption that the biological father was identified because of the marriage? Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #36
The law is the same regardless jberryhill Jan 2016 #40
Oh and... jberryhill Jan 2016 #44
Thanks for explaining the law. n/t Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #45
I can see where there are certain conveniences jberryhill Jan 2016 #46
Yes, I know about the legal protections . . . fleur-de-lisa Jan 2016 #27
Eh, it's not as bad as bastard Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #31
Meh, my own mother called me a son of a bitch jberryhill Jan 2016 #33
Did you ever ask if you were adopted? Gormy Cuss Jan 2016 #37
Fair point jberryhill Jan 2016 #43
Yes, that's definitely a relic of BAD old days and ways. Hortensis Jan 2016 #41
Do you really CARE about all this nonsense? WillowTree Jan 2016 #14
"Man bites dog" is NEWS: It's noteworthy if not newsworthy rocktivity Jan 2016 #15
Apparently some people have the time and energy....... WillowTree Jan 2016 #17
It's not even noteworthy, frankly. MineralMan Jan 2016 #20
No father is named on the birth certificate... joeybee12 Jan 2016 #16
Where did you see that? Ilsa Jan 2016 #24
Then Meyer's suit for custody is going to be interesting jberryhill Jan 2016 #34
I saw an article...can't recall which one... joeybee12 Jan 2016 #38
Is It His Kid Or Not? SoCalMusicLover Jan 2016 #39
We're better than this on DU. MineralMan Jan 2016 #19
+1 for deleting this thread. n/t tammywammy Jan 2016 #35
WRONG....FUCKING WRONG!! SoCalMusicLover Jan 2016 #42
Babies are not responsible for their parents. Ever. MineralMan Jan 2016 #47
Seriously WHO FUCKING CARES?? tularetom Jan 2016 #28
+ a thousand cali Jan 2016 #29
If you are a Palin,there are four important questions you will always have SoCalDem Jan 2016 #48
That's some lame-ass Photoshopping on that IV tape. Atman Jan 2016 #49
We are better than this. randys1 Jan 2016 #51
One would think. WillowTree Jan 2016 #54
UPDATE: They now have two drunken brawls to their credit, too rocktivity Jan 2016 #55

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
1. Not to change the subject, but you commented the baby that she just had has Down Syndrome?
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 10:55 PM
Jan 2016

I am not going to talk about the child or the mother who had the child, if that is the case. If it is the case, then we all need to lay off her and the child and wish for the best for child.

madinmaryland

(64,931 posts)
5. I know Sarah's son, Trig has DS, but the way the post was written
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:17 PM
Jan 2016

seemed to imply that Bristol's child had DS. Sorry if I misinterpreted your post.

As was said elsewhere in this thread, lets leave the children out of this.

Thanks!

jehop61

(1,735 posts)
7. The more we talk
Mon Jan 4, 2016, 11:20 PM
Jan 2016

about these people, the better they like the t. Lets leave these grifters alone and ignore them.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
23. ^^^This^^^
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:29 PM
Jan 2016

The family's a pathetic mess of liars and grifters but the paternity of her children is no one's business except the baby's parents.

rocktivity

(44,572 posts)
50. Maybe her name is the reason why the ex-fiance has suddenly decided assert his alleged fatherhood
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 12:39 PM
Jan 2016

He's a Marine.


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valerief

(53,235 posts)
52. That was my takeaway, too! I mean, obviously the Palins lie and would lie about
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 12:59 PM
Jan 2016

a birth date. No surprise there. And they name their kids bizarre, stupid-people names, but c'mon, Sailor???? That's truly a fucked-up name. I can see the kid's nickname now--Seaman/Semen.

niyad

(113,075 posts)
53. the child's middle name is, apparently, grace. and wonkette says that, by popular vote,
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 01:11 PM
Jan 2016

her other name is eggnog.

sailor grace eggnog palin. that poor child.

rocktivity

(44,572 posts)
12. UPDATES
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 03:23 PM
Jan 2016
Addicting Info:



Since the story was released Bristol has had little to say. She has been posting, however:

Guns, guns and more guns...Is this maybe another message to people who would question the abstinence princess and her 2 illegitimate children...It seems like someone may be using all of the grains of powder at her disposal to deal with some anger issues.



This is the legacy of Bristol Palin...Nobody really cares, Bristol. If you had your baby to cover up slutty behavior just admit it. If not, then…well — good for you.

FreakOutNation.com: ...Bristol has never announced who her baby Daddy is – but we all knew it was Marine Medal of Honor recipient Dakota Meyer, even though their engagement abruptly ended...

Bristol’s lawyer...confirmed Wednesday that Meyer is the father, but otherwise refused further comment...Meyer wants custody of the baby...And there’s one more thing Meyer wants: child support.

Well, it looks like the joke's on me, especially if there's a DNA test to back it up with. Unfortunately, it would still mean that she had sex before marriage (in either February or March), with him or someone else -- which WOULDN'T matter if she weren't an active abstinence advocate. And why hasn't Meyer claimed the baby before now -- because he STILL doesn't want to marry Bristol, or, being a Marine, he's pissed off that baby was named Sailor?


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fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
18. "her 2 illegitimate children" - the word "illegitimate" has always bothered me.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 04:20 PM
Jan 2016

No child has any control regarding the circumstances of its birth. If we have to resort to name-calling, we should call the parents "illegitimate". Though these days its very common for children to be born out of wedlock and nobody seems to care. I certainly don't.

Why should an innocent child be saddled with such a negative term? Isn't it bad enough that these 2 babies were born into a family of idiots?

I know you didn't mean any disrespect to these babies, rocktivity, I'm just ranting. Pet peeve, you know . . .

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
25. Illegitimate means the child doesn't have the same legal protections
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:38 PM
Jan 2016

as a child born to a married mother. People who have children without being married have to take extra steps (like declaring paternity) to give their child these legal protections. Thus the term has a function.

Now people who use the term "illegitimate" as a more acceptable epithet than "bastard" are just child-shaming ignoramuses.

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
26. What "legal protections" are you talking about?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:43 PM
Jan 2016

I am aware of no legal rights which are at all contingent upon the marital status of one's parents, so please humor me with an example of one.

Under medieval law, a bastard could not inherit property or title, but that has utterly nothing to do with any legal protections whatsoever under US law.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
30. Assumed parentage
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:57 PM
Jan 2016

and all of the attendant privileges that come with that. Most lesbian couples until recently had to jump through hoops in order to be recognized as parents if they had no biological link to the child. And property inheritance barring a will still presumes that children born in a marriage are potential heirs while those born out of wedlock must have some demonstrated link like the parent declaring paternity, a DNA test, etc. Is that not correct?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
32. Kind of a miss
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:06 PM
Jan 2016

You are talking about children of unidentified biological fathers.

The presumption of paternity of the husband of the mother isn't what I would think of as a "legal protection" of the child.

The child of an unidentified father (in the absence of adoption) has the same legal right of support from both parents as the child of an identified father, or a married father.

That's like saying that a child of married parents whose father is dead has "less legal protections" than the child of a living father. The child of a marriage with a dead father is in the same boat as the child of unwed parents whose father is Unidentified, from a practical perspective. Neither one of them is going to get support from the father. That's not a difference of "legal protections", just one of practical circumstances.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
36. There is no presumption that the biological father was identified because of the marriage?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:16 PM
Jan 2016

I realize that since DNA became a tool it's easier to refute presumed paternity, but the law used to protect children within a marriage automatically, right?

 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
40. The law is the same regardless
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:43 PM
Jan 2016

When you say "legal protections" it sounds as if there is a difference of rights.

The right in question - to receive support of both parents - is the same in each instance.

The distinction you are making is one of evidence.

Consider:

Able - child of identified unmarried parents.

Baker - child of married parents who then divorced, father now dead.

Charlie - child of unmarried parents, identity of father disputed.

All three children have the same "legal protections" in that they have a right to be supported by both parents.

As a practical matter, the only one unable to benefit from that right is Baker, the child of married parents. Able is fine, and Charlie has a matter of evidence to deal with.

----

And yes, I haven't done a state by state current survey but there is a presumption of paternity by a married father. There has been some nibbling around how rebuttable that may be, and the effect of waiver (i.e. Trying to deny it after saying it was his for years)



 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
44. Oh and...
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:55 PM
Jan 2016

In some places, if the husband denies it from the get-go, or within a certain time frame, the presumption is rebuttable.
 

jberryhill

(62,444 posts)
46. I can see where there are certain conveniences
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 07:01 PM
Jan 2016

Back on the topic, however, Mr. Meyer is suing for joint custody. IMHO the parentage is pretty safely assumed.

It would be a hell of thing to defend that action on the grounds he's not the father.

fleur-de-lisa

(14,624 posts)
27. Yes, I know about the legal protections . . .
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:44 PM
Jan 2016

My then boyfriend ditched me when I found out I was pregnant in the '80s, so I raised my daughter by myself. Probably a good part of why I hate the term "illegitimate".

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
31. Eh, it's not as bad as bastard
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:00 PM
Jan 2016

says someone who was called both as a child. But as I wrote above, using it as an insult just reflects a lack of humanity.

Gormy Cuss

(30,884 posts)
37. Did you ever ask if you were adopted?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:17 PM
Jan 2016


I have a friend who was adopted in a closed proceeding. If someone calls him a bastard, he replies "Probably." If he's called a sonofabitch, he replies "Possibly."

Hortensis

(58,785 posts)
41. Yes, that's definitely a relic of BAD old days and ways.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:43 PM
Jan 2016

Conservatives, especially religious ones who believe children born out of wedlock can't go to heaven, and perhaps even don't have souls, may like it, but I never use or acknowledge it.

WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
14. Do you really CARE about all this nonsense?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 03:39 PM
Jan 2016

I'll never, ever understand why irrelevancies like this get to be "news" and inspire the expenditure of energy to "investigate" something that shouldn't matter to anyone.

rocktivity

(44,572 posts)
15. "Man bites dog" is NEWS: It's noteworthy if not newsworthy
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 03:54 PM
Jan 2016

because Bristol's parents tried to get away with THE EXACT SAME NONSENSE. Otherwise, I'd agree that it would merely be a relatively minor case of hypocrisy on Bristol's part. Besides, it's what conservatives count on -- us being too "high-minded" to call them on trying to frog-boil us in their brand of morality.


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WillowTree

(5,325 posts)
17. Apparently some people have the time and energy.......
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 04:00 PM
Jan 2016

.......to expend on ruminating about when the Palins procreate. I have way better things to do.

Have fun, though.

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)
20. It's not even noteworthy, frankly.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 04:29 PM
Jan 2016

In my opinion, you should self-delete this thread. Your choice, of course.

Ilsa

(61,690 posts)
24. Where did you see that?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:31 PM
Jan 2016

I'm just curious; I hadn't heard that they released the b.c.

I have my doubts about it being Meyers' kid.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
39. Is It His Kid Or Not?
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:39 PM
Jan 2016

I too thought that the baby was not his, and that was part of the problem which ended their relationship.

Some mighty weird stuff going on with the whole situation. He's also a right wing nut, so my first reaction was that he would not do anything to embarrass the Palins.

WHY in the world would he sue for custody if he is not the father? Does he know that he's not, and is doing this to bring the truth out so he can act surprised when the tests show the baby is not his?

Really fucking strange, which is par for the course with these Morans.

MineralMan

(146,262 posts)
19. We're better than this on DU.
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 04:27 PM
Jan 2016

It's a baby. It has been born. Leave the baby alone, please. The baby did nothing wrong.

I suggest self-deleting the original post. Thanks a bunch.

 

SoCalMusicLover

(3,194 posts)
42. WRONG....FUCKING WRONG!!
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 06:47 PM
Jan 2016

The baby is fair game because THEY make her fair game.

If sex loving Bristol would keep to herself, then absolutely the child should be left alone. But that is 100% not the case. She uses Twitter, Facebook, Instagram to create NEWS, and keep herself in the public eye. She is posting pictures, updates, and will undoubtedly continue to do so as her children get older.

If nothing else, the 2 children should continue to be talked about, and called exactly what they are......Bastards, to show how much of a HYPOCRITE the mother is, hell.....the WHOLE FAMILY IS.

Fuck her and her privacy. She got paid to preach abstinence, then promptly proceeds to get knocked up again by her non-spouse.

Either stay in the public eye, and accept all that comes with it. Like being called a HYPOCRITE, and a PHONY. Or go away and live a more private life. But there is No Way the latter will happen, because the whole family are hyper media types, and could not just fade into the air. They are too obsessed with being relevant, so they can deal with any fallout.

Besides, I am 100% certain they couldn't care less about stupid posts on a Democratic message board.

tularetom

(23,664 posts)
28. Seriously WHO FUCKING CARES??
Thu Jan 7, 2016, 05:49 PM
Jan 2016

I mean, I don't have a very exciting life, but even I have better things to do with my time than follow the misadventures of dysfunctional trashy families that seem to be forced on the public, like the Kardashians, the Duggars, and above (or below) all, the miserable goddamn Palins.

SoCalDem

(103,856 posts)
48. If you are a Palin,there are four important questions you will always have
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 06:17 AM
Jan 2016

Who's my Daddy?
Who's my Momma?
What's my real birthday?
Why didn't I get a real name?

Atman

(31,464 posts)
49. That's some lame-ass Photoshopping on that IV tape.
Fri Jan 8, 2016, 06:38 AM
Jan 2016

I certainly don't give a damn about the Palins, but that's not even close. Photoshopper should have at least tried to make all the numerals look as if they were written with the same pen.

rocktivity

(44,572 posts)
55. UPDATE: They now have two drunken brawls to their credit, too
Wed Jan 20, 2016, 12:29 AM
Jan 2016
Gawker: ...Sarah Palin...is in Iowa to endorse Donald Trump, which will shore up Trump’s standing with Real Americans and once again give the Palin family a moment in the national spotlight. But things back home aren’t as rosy: Last night, Palin’s son, Track, was charged in Wasilla on domestic violence and weapons charges...

Gawker: According to a police report...Wasilla police were dispatched to a home owned by Sarah and Todd Palin after receiving a 911 call from a woman who said that she had been punched in the face by a male who was also in possession of a gun. 911 dispatch also received a call from Track Palin, informing them that the woman who had previously called them was drunk.

Palin...was found...outside talking on his phone with a “visible injury” to his right eye...Palin’s eyes were bloodshot...his breath smelled like alcohol, and...(he) was “uncooperative, belligerent and evasive.” Because of Palin’s “escalating hostility” and the “unknown whereabouts” of the victim, (he was) placed...under arrest.

...(O)ther officers on the scene located the victim, who is identified in the report as Palin’s girlfriend. She was found “hiding and crying underneath a bed inside the residence” and told police that earlier in the night Palin had struck her near the eye with a closed fist and then held a rifle to his head threatening suicide...

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Good timing just DOESN'T run in this family, does it?


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