I thoroughly disagree, and would like a clearer explanation of why you're calling for banning people.

The republicans are happy to fuel these rumors, and I have little doubt they're partially, if not directly, responsible for starting these things to make the left look creepy.

http://www.reason.com/convention2008/show/128478.html

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/goldfarb-doesnt.html

I agree whole-heartedly that this is bad news. I wouldn't call for any bans yet.

wow, amazing how we all fall in line when it is time to kiss the other side's hiney, but we have never shown such respect for one of our own...we tear him down as much as the other side...michelle has been ripped apart, no such cries of outrage from anyone.....obama has been ripped to shreds, no such cries of outrage from anyone....

please tell me what makes you qualified to ask for the banning of someone? i am offended and ask that you are banned for attempting to quelch the my first amendment right....

sarah palin is a disaster....her pregnancy story has holes in it...i agree we shouldn't pursue it...alaskans questioned her and they know her.....a liberal blogger just repeated it...if that offends you, stop reading.....besides, obama himself said that the story was off limits for himself and anyone in his campaign...that's great...we expect the high road from a leader such as obama, but my dear you cannot tell me or anyone else what is appropriate to discuss, especially since it is fair game in the MSM at large....

get a grip and for the cronies who rushed to agree with you, they are wussies...a characteristic that has dogged dems forever! i am sure the republicans are going to cook up another lie about obama and i will watch you fakes carefully to see how quickly you rush to his defense....once your testicles reduce their swelling, i am sure you will see why palin's potential lies are scary....she is neck deep in a whole pile of hot manure and this is just one more stain....

poor bristol..she didn't deserve this...thank mccain for his greed! do not dare suggest someone here is somehow to blame for this trailer trashish scandal....note i said ISH at the end....

forget the pregnancy thing and move on to why she when she is going to take direct questions from the press.

They should ask Sarah Palin questions directly from the test to become a US Citizen. Ask her geography questions. Ask her constitutional and law questions. Ask her to name 5 world leaders and which country they are from. Ask her to name 3 former Soviet Republics. Ask her what year the Berlin Wall came down. Ask her to name 3 or more eastern block countries the soviets invaded. Ask her the year and the purpose of the Berlin Air Lift. Ask her which countries participated in the Russo-Japanese and the Sino-Japanese wars. Who is Sun Yat Sen? Paul Pot? Ho Chi Min. Che Guevara? Lafayette, Rousseau, what was the enlightenment? The Magna Carta? Hey Sarah, what is the 19th Amendment? The Marshall Plan?

How many of these questions do you think she will answer correctly? I guarantee you that Obama and Biden can answer 100%. The press needs to vet her historical knowledge and we the people have the right to know.

Actually, the rumors about her (Sarah's) pregnancy have been circulating up in Alaska since April. I have family in Wasilla. It is unfortunate that due to woefully incompetent vetting and ambition that a young woman is being pulled through the mud. I am sure that every candidate has things in their background that can be devestating or no big deal depending on how they are packaged and explained. Because of McCain's rash decision-making process, there was apparently no time to do it properly. If they had come out and said initially that they were the proud parents of five children, one young man going to Iraq this fall, one young woman who is pregnant with their first grandchild that they are SOOO excited about and the youngest blessing from God. (I have a special needs son who is 20 now and he is the best thing that has ever happened to me.) So the problem is not the young woman's pregnancy or the rumors about Sarah's pregnancy -- both of which became more than they should have because of an effort to cover them up. The issue is McCain's behavior, decision making and judgement.

I cannot recall one single post that I read that in any way AT ALL went after the family. You know, if you are going to make accusations, back them up.

My blood pressure is through the roof about CNN. Apparently, they decided to check out the story, and sent people to Alaska to investigate it. Well, it looks to me that if it's not in a scripted press release, they don't considerate it news, because from what I can tell, after the McCain camPain issued there official statement, they called off the hounds.

They whole baby story should be addressed. If you can find one Ob/Gyn who could find a shred of justification for the Texas/Alaska trip, bring it.

Today's news just made the story weirder.

The timing is too perfect. She's exactly pregnant enough that she can't be Trig's mother, and would give birth after the election, so if it's a sham story, we won't know at a time that it matters.

Most importantly, between Friday and Monday, the only thing that happens is that people are blogging, which might have never hit the MSM, until she validated it.

The Trig story did not revolve around Bristol - so what does her mother do? To stop the rumors about herself, she tells everyone her daughter is pregnant. WHAT? How could she? You have to know that the story her mother is now telling is going to inspire some yahoo to get pictures of a pregnant Bristol.

And if her goal was to prove that Trig was her's {Sara's), she could have proved just that, instead of serving red herring - at her daughter's expense!

Are you getting this? She did not have to reveal this about her daughter, but she gave us information we did not need to save her own skin.

Okay, maybe I am alone in this. But if it was me, and people thought my son was my grandson, I would prove he was my son - medical records, birth certificate, what ever it took. NOT tell the world my 17 year old is pregnant. And I am sick that there are people who think what I am doing right this second is the low road! ACCKK!

What a bunch of tripe. Are you really so afraid of your shadow that you won't explore an anomalous set of circumstances because it might offend someone who has thrust herself into the public light?

The fact is that everyone in Alaska was stunned when Palin announced her pregnancy. The fact is that the the birth of her child is inexplicably shrouded in mystery. The fact is that the "evidence" such as it is went missing after questions were raised. The fact is that Palin could conclusively answer these questions in 5 minutes, but she hasn't.

So does it matter? Would it reflect on Palin's fitness for the job if she lied her constituents in Alaska about having a child and then lied to the American people when she was nominated? Maybe not in your universe, but it sure as hell matters in mine. I am sick of leaders who lie, and I think that perpetrating a fraud on that scale is a disqualifier. Then again, if pointing it out would hurt someone's feelings, maybe we should just drop the whole thing and hope that it is a just an aberration. The world may go to hell in a hand basket, but you can take comfort in knowing that you took the high road.

Never thought I would see a TPM member try to ban another. Sick.

I think the community here is more than capable of handling a few errant posts like you're describing. There's no reason to ban people from saying outlandish things, especially if they can be persuaded by the community to give up fantastic claims and character assassinations in favor of better, more enduring arguments against McCain and Palin.

It doesn't matter who started talking about what may or may not have been a rumor. This has been in the Northwest blogs for months and it still ain't over. There's this current fiance Levi, and another boy Chris Ray involved--oooh baby it's a doosey. Northern lights!