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Apparently there was a lefty blogger rumor about the relatively unknown Sarah Palin that her last child was actually the baby of her daughter, Bristol. A juicy scandal for a woman politician who believe in abstinence-only sex ed. The DailyKos is where the rumor gained traction, even producing a photo of the daughter with what they described as a “baby bump”. Someone even created a website.

Hilarious, right? Too bad that picture was from 2 years earlier than they described.

Welcome to Politics. This is what happens when you’re an unknown candidae that vaults to stardom within your party. It also happened to Obama with the Rev. Wright thing - although the right wingers fanned those flames a bit harder. And with the continued blurring of the lines between journalists and blogs (most newspapers now have their own blogs that their journalists write in too) these stories can gain lots of traction without the proper research. Especially when cable news uses the rumors to fan the flames of difference and get viewers to stick around - asking the same questions when they know the answers and reporting the opinions of those who aren’t qualified to give them. OK - enough bad sentence structures. Here are some funny takes on the whole rumor nonsense - the first one from Gawker

Sarah Palin Might Be A Lying, Phony, Hot Grandmother

Sarah found out her daughter was pregnant and, not wanting to ruin her career as a family-oriented politician, pretended the baby was hers. (Check her Bed Bath and Beyond receipts. She bought a set of matching shammy cloths that fit snugly under the blouse.) As a peace offering, Sarah told Bristol she could name it. Out of passive aggressive spite, Bristol picked her least favorite school subject, in this case trigonometry. And thus became the legend of Trig Paxson Van Palin. Oh, and, um … the rest of the name? The “Paxson” came from the midwife who agreed to shred the documentation on the real mother, and “Van” came from where the conception happened.

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