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What does it say about Governor Palin's judgment that she apparently had unprotected sex at her age and, in effect, played Russian roulette that she might have a Down Syndrome child? Downs Syndrome children require an enormous amount of care and are extremely expensive to maintain. If Gov. Palin had an amniocentesis test and knew months in advance that her child had Downs Syndrome, perhaps she should voluntarily offer to forgo any public assistance for the child's care and handle 100% of the expense herself. Then she would be putting her money where her mouth is as far as right to life is concerned.
It is interesting that Governor Palin’s eldest daughter, who is 17 years old and alleged to be five months pregnant, is going to be the nanny for the Governor’s infant Downs Syndrome son. If Gov. Palin had to provide the care herself, it would leave little time for her to carry out her duties as Vice President. It would seem that she has decided to make her daughter the family’s indentured servant for taking care of this child. Is that fair to the daughter? It would appear that a decision has been made to sacrifice the daughter to the mother's political ambition. Of course, it would would be perfectly fair for the daughter to tend the child if he actually belongs to the daughter.
The daughter was supposedly kept out of school due to mononucleosis for the last five months of the Governor’s pregnancy. It is interesting that the daughter was kept in seclusion during that period. Gov. Palin was supposedly in Texas late in her pregnancy when her water allegedly broke. She claims that she went into labor and flew 3,000 miles back to Anchorage to deliver her baby. This would seem to be very dangerous. Are there any records of the delivery, or did she deliver the baby at home with the help of a midwife?
What if Governor Palin’s claim that the infant is hers originated in an attempt to collect Alaska state employee insurance benefits for the Downs-Syndrome child of her daughter and the plan was to have her daughter claim to be pregnant to make it appear that the child attributed to Gov. Palin could not have been her daughter’s? What if they then planned to have the daughter claim after the election that she had had a miscarriage?
The Alaska state government insurance carrier should demand an independent pregnancy test of the daughter to determine whether she is actually pregnant. If she is not pregnant, then Gov. Palin is covering something up, probably the fact that the baby is the child of her daughter. In that case, the insurance company should demand a DNA test to determine whether Gov. Palin’s alleged son is actually the son of her daughter. If the test shows any DNA from a source outside the family, the baby is her daughter’s, unless Gov. Palin had the baby by someone other than her husband.
Who is the alleged father of Gov. Palin’s alleged grandson? Is he 17 or 35? Is he a relative? When are they going to wed? What is the age for statutory rape in Alaska? Can a shotgun marriage void the charges?
If Gov. Palin has committed insurance fraud, and Sen. McCain knows it, could that be the real reason they shut down the convention and have gone into hiding since Friday? Is that the reason McClain is refusing to give any interviews? Is he so freaked out by his screw up in selecting an unknown, improperly vetted person to be his vice presidential running mate that he has assumed the fetal position and is now in indefinite seclusion trying to figure out what in the world he can do? He has, as usual, shot from the hip without giving due diligence to his vice presidential selection and is now caught in a "vice" of his own making.
