Point #1 – The smear has been put to rest, if you believe that the Palin’s are now telling the truth about Bristol being 5 months pregnant. She could be 4 months pregnant, she could be not pregnant at all and they will “lose” the “baby” at some point. I’m not saying that’s what I believe, I’m just pointing out that an announcement that Bristol is about 5 months pregnant now does not “prove” anything.
Point #2 – Yes, it does matter. Because if Sarah faked pregnancy to raise Bristol’s child as her own, it means she is a deceitful person who lacks integrity or judgment, and given that McCain is 72 and has survived cancer 4 times, she COULD be the next President. I don’t know about you, but I consider faking a pregnancy to be just a little beyond the whole “families have issues and they deal with them” line…that borders on extremely questionable behavior and judgment, and I think there would be a LOT of Americans who would not be comfortable if this were true.
Again, not saying it is true, but I think it goes beyond just “leave the family out of it.” The rumor also appears to have been prevalent in Alaska months ago, not just some hastily assembled hit job by some left wing conspiracy theorist. So, it also brings up the question of why if she was indeed vetted as McCain claims she was, would their research not have dug this rumor up.
So, whether it’s true or not, it points to a definite lack of judgment on McCain’s part for not having any response other than “leave the family out of it”, and then having his advisors “flush the toilet” on the issue by scrubbing the internet of any pictures or video which might support the rumor (do some searching on it, the number of dead links is breathtaking).
And in a year when the biggest issue seems to be that we want an adminsitration that doesn’t lie to us like the last one, do we really want to put another liar in office? I think it’s pretty important. If she were a private citizen, that would be one thing. But we don’t need our VP to be living the life of Bree Hodge on Desperate Housewives for cripes sakes.