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Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

Posted Sep 24, 08 3:52 PM CDT in Politics 

(Newser) – Andrew Sullivan, blogger for the Atlantic, has come under fire for hammering John McCain’s campaign on an issue everyone else seems to have gotten over: whether or not Sarah Palin or her teen daughter Bristol is the mother of 4-month-old Trig Palin, Howard Kurtz writes in the Washington Post. Sullivan asked the campaign in two emails last week to “confirm, on the record” Trig’s paternity.

Sullivan’s insistence has infuriated conservatives: The Weekly Standard’s Jonathan Last said Sullivan was a “disgrace” for the Atlantic. Even his colleagues have doubts—in a veiled reference to Sullivan, Atlantic writer Ross Douthat wrote that those who “bleat loudest” against “Rove-style politics” are “happy to similarly dirty their hands for the sake of their own causes,” citing media coverage of Palin's family.
Sources: Washington Post, Daily Dish (The Atlantic)

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Atlantic writer Andrew Sullivan poses with Huffington Post founder Arriana Huffington in a 2007 file photo.   (AP Photo)
Sarah Palin carries her son Trig up a jetway before departing from Fairbanks, Alaska, Sept. 11, 2008.   (AP Photo)
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This baby was a centerpiece of the public case for Palin made by the Republicans. They made it an issue—and therefore it is legitimate to ask questions about it. That's all. - Andrew Sullivan

I have every right to ask questions about it, especially since we have discovered that this woman lies more compulsively and less intelligently than the Clintons. - Andrew Sullivan

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