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NEWS ABOUT: Trig Palin

Trig Palin stories: 18 news summaries
BUT WON'T RIP RUSH BY NAME

 Limbaugh 'Retard' Rant 
 'Crude And Demeaning': Palin 

... but doesn't call for firing, as with Rahm Emanuel

Feb 4, 10 7:49 PM CST

Limbaugh 'Retard' Rant 'Crude And Demeaning': Palin

... but doesn't call for firing, as with Rahm Emanuel

(Newser) - Sarah Palin proved today to be a defender of political correctness no matter which side of aisle the assault comes from, ripping Rush Limbaugh for his use of “ retard .” However, while the former Alaska governor, and mother of a special-needs child, “believes crude and demeaning name calling... More »

 Palin Backs Off Birther Talk 

Calls birth certificate hoopla 'stupid conspiracy' theory

Dec 4, 09 12:07 PM CST

Palin Backs Off Birther Talk

Calls birth certificate hoopla 'stupid conspiracy' theory

(Newser) - Sarah Palin backpedaled mightily today on her comments that it was “fair” to question the legitimacy of President Obama’s birth certificate. On a radio show yesterday, Palin said voters were “rightfully making it an issue.” But at 1am today, a posting appeared on her Facebook page... More »

Sarah and Trig Emerge as Anti-Abortion Stars

Palin's Downs syndrome son a huge hit on the 'Going Rogue' tour

Dec 4, 09 9:07 AM CST

Sarah and Trig Emerge as Anti-Abortion Stars

Palin's Downs syndrome son a huge hit on the 'Going Rogue' tour

(Newser) - The anti-abortion movement has a new star, and his name is Trig. And, oh yeah, his mom Sarah Palin. While Palin has always been an abortion foe, her profile in the movement has soared since she left the Alaska governor's office, and especially since she started the Going Rogue tour.... More »

ANDREW SULLIVAN


 'The Wasilla 
 Whack-Job' 
 Reads My 
 Blog! 

Sarah Palin's threat of a libel suit goes a bit awry

Nov 15, 09 4:14 PM CST

'The Wasilla Whack-Job' Reads My Blog!

Sarah Palin's threat of a libel suit goes a bit awry

(Newser) - Back in the day, public figures were cautioned not to pick fights with people who bought ink by the barrel—namely, newspaper publishers. In the age of the blogger, it's more important to guard against fueling your antagonists with the 21st-century version of ink: attention. Paging Sarah Palin: "The... More »

 Palin Lashes 'Mean' 
 Exhibitionist Levi 

Trig is an 'angel,' not 'retarded,' she says

Oct 29, 09 5:38 AM CDT

Palin Lashes 'Mean' Exhibitionist Levi

Trig is an 'angel,' not 'retarded,' she says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has lashed out against Levi Johnston for his digs against her, calling him "mean-spirited" as well as "desperate" because he's appearing in Playgirl. "We are appalled at the inflammatory statements," Palin said yesterday through her spokeswoman. She said Levi's comments on CBS yesterday that... More »

 Calm Down at Town Halls: Palin 

Aug 10, 09 9:01 AM CDT

Calm Down at Town Halls: Palin

(Newser) - Sarah Palin urged supporters to show restraint at town hall meetings, arguing that disruptive protests were giving Democrats ammunition. “There are many disturbing details in the current bill that Washington is trying to rush through Congress,” she said on Facebook yesterday, but we must “not get sidetracked... More »

opinion


 Death 
 Panels? 
 Really, 
 Sarah?  

Aug 9, 09 12:48 AM CDT

Death Panels? Really, Sarah?

(Newser) - So now Sarah Palin alleges that President Obama's "death panels" might have killed Trig had they been in place. "Where to start?" wonders Joan Walsh in Salon. "Palin's entire statement is so ignorant, so bollixed rhetorically and morally, it hurts to read it." Most "health... More »

Palin: Obama's Health Plan
Is 'Downright Evil' 

Aug 8, 09 5:47 AM CDT

Palin: Obama's Health Plan Is 'Downright Evil'

(Newser) - Sarah Palin has denounced the Obama administration's plans for health care reform as "downright evil" in a posting on her Facebook page, TPM reports. "The America I know and love is not one in which my parents or my baby with Down Syndrome will have to stand... More »

 Palin Slams Blogger for 
 Doctored Photo of Son 

Satirical piece is 'a malicious desecration': Palin rep

Jun 25, 09 1:53 PM CDT

Palin Slams Blogger for Doctored Photo of Son

Satirical piece is 'a malicious desecration': Palin rep

(Newser) - Sarah Palin is defending her kids again, CNN reports, this time from a liberal blogger who doctored a photo of the governor with her baby son. Linda Kellen Biegel replaced the face of year-old Trig with that of a conservative radio host who’s chummy with the Alaska governor. A... More »

OPINION

 Palin Talks of 'Choice' When She Would Take It Away

Apr 20, 09 1:36 PM CDT

Palin Talks of 'Choice' When She Would Take It Away

(Newser) - Sarah Palin continues to inadvertently make pro-choice arguments as she campaigns for a ban on abortion, Ruth Marcus writes in the Washington Post. After revealing that she twice considered aborting son Trig, Palin said “I do understand what these women, what these girls go through in that thought... More »

Palin Visits Midwest,
Blasts Obama

In speech to right-to-life group, gov gets emotional over Trig

Apr 17, 09 11:20 AM CDT

Palin Visits Midwest, Blasts Obama

In speech to right-to-life group, gov gets emotional over Trig

(Newser) - Amid complaints from the Alaska legislature that she's is spending more time cultivating her image than running her state, Sarah Palin gave a rousing speech before a right-to-life group in Indiana last night the Evansville Courier & Press reports. Speaking of her son Trig, whom she called "a miracle,... More »

 Bio Sheds Light on 
 Palin's 'Secret 
 Pregnancy' 

Guv nearly outed herself to daughters

Feb 16, 09 10:42 AM CST

Bio Sheds Light on Palin's 'Secret Pregnancy'

Guv nearly outed herself to daughters

(Newser) - Sarah Palin kept her pregnancy with son Trig a secret from her girls until late in the game—but almost outed herself when one of her daughters found an ultrasound scan, People reports. This and other tidbits are revealed in Trailblazer, an unauthorized biography of the guv out tomorrow:
... More »

 Palin Slams Media for 'Salacious' Reports

Reporters habitually took her remarks out of context, Governor says

Jan 9, 09 12:02 PM CST

Palin Slams Media for 'Salacious' Reports

Reporters habitually took her remarks out of context, Governor says

(Newser) - Sarah Palin attacked the “personal, salacious nature” of media reports about her during the 2008 campaign, accusing journalists of taking her remarks out of context “to create adversarial situations,” CNN reports. A statement from Palin’s office today specifically criticized the Atlantic (probably mostly just Andrew Sullivan)... More »

Fox Pundit: Media Bashed Palin for Not Aborting Trig

Writer makes 'humorous dig' at liberal media for relentless Palin attacks

Nov 12, 08 4:54 AM CST

Fox Pundit: Media Bashed Palin for Not Aborting Trig

Writer makes 'humorous dig' at liberal media for relentless Palin attacks

(Newser) - Political analyst Michael Barone was booed by a crowd of academics after saying the media hated Sarah Palin for not aborting Trig, Politico reports."The liberal media attacked Sarah Palin because she did not abort her Down syndrome baby," the US News & World Report writer said, prompting... More »

OPINION

 Palin's Critics Bitter 
 Over Own Abortions 

'Grief, shame, and guilt' spur attacks on Republican candidate

Oct 24, 08 4:29 PM CDT

Palin's Critics Bitter Over Own Abortions

'Grief, shame, and guilt' spur attacks on Republican candidate

(Newser) - The attacks lobbed at Sarah Palin have less to do with the candidate herself and more with the shame, guilt, and grief of the post-abortion community, the co-founder of an anti-abortion group writes in the National Review. Kevin Burke says Palin inspires such vitriol because she chose to have a... More »

Palin Clashed With Fired Official Over Trig's Car Seat

Todd's Troopergate statement hints at bad blood with axed commissioner

Oct 9, 08 11:46 AM CDT

Palin Clashed With Fired Official Over Trig's Car Seat

Todd's Troopergate statement hints at bad blood with axed commissioner

(Newser) - Deep in the statement Todd Palin wrote to Troopergate investigators is a surprise history of his wife's long-standing feud with a fired Alaska safety commissioner—including clashing over her apparent failure to use a car safety seat for her baby son, Trig. The commissioner was not axed because he refused... More »

ANALYSIS

Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

Atlantic's Sullivan engaging in 'Rove-style politics,' critics charge

Sep 24, 08 3:52 PM CDT

Blogger's Pursuit of Paternity Issue Verges on Vendetta

Atlantic 's Sullivan engaging in 'Rove-style politics,' critics charge

(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.... More »

Tiny Trig Palin a Vital Player
in Mom's Political Life

Governor's work-family balance draws cheers, criticism

Sep 8, 08 9:59 AM CDT

Tiny Trig Palin a Vital Player in Mom's Political Life

Governor's work-family balance draws cheers, criticism

(Newser) - Baby Trig is a key part of Sarah Palin's campaign story, underlining her real-mom image and her stance against abortion. But Palin kept the pregnancy under wraps until the seventh month, "struggling to accept that her child would be born with Down syndrome" and fearing it could undermine her... More »

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