At this weekend’s PodCamp: Philly, I was having a discussion with some friends about Sarah Palin. I suggested the possibility that their infant son, Trig, is in fact the child of Bristol and not Sarah. I went further to suggest that after the election, we will be told the unfortunate news that Bristol has lost her baby.
I know … all this sounds like some story line out of a daytime soap opera, but stranger things have happened. Okay, I don’t suppose you’ll have heard it here first, but I did want to get this on-record before the election.
What is my reasoning for such a wild theory? Let’s take a look:
- It’s been reported that Sarah never looked pregnant during her pregnancy with Trig.
- Earlier this year, Bristol was pulled out of school for 4-5 months due to a case of mononucleosis. According to WebMD, most people recover from mononucleosis on their own within two weeks.
- While “happy accidents” happen all the time, would a 44-year-old newly elected governor with four kids out of diapers embark on having a new baby? Possibly.
- In this photo, taken on Super Tuesday (February 5, 2008), Sarah Palin was supposedly six months pregnant. She doesn’t look it.
- However, this photo does show that she appears pregnant, although when the photo was taken is still not precisely known. It was supposedly shot around one month after the previous photo.
- Even if she did give birth to Trig, I question her decision to wait to get to a hospital after her water broke (or amniotic fluid started to leak) when she was about to give a speech at an energy conference in Texas on April 17, 2008. Take a look at the now-infamous decision tree.
I invite you to weigh in, and tell me your theories.















