Professor asks: Trig hoax? Sarah Palin spokesman enraged

A journalism professor at Northern Kentucky University has written a research paper titled, “Palin, the Press, and the Fake Pregnancy Rumor.”  The professor, Brad Scharlott, asserts that there was enough evidence of a possible hoax to have warranted closer scrutiny by mainstream media during the 2008 presidential campaign.

Sarah’s former spokesman, Bill McAllister, has gone ballistic in response, threatening to commit assault and battery on the professor and writing that he’d like to challenge him to a duel.  Calling Scharlott “despicable” and “a scoundrel,” McAllister forwarded his response to faculty colleagues, saying, “he should be fired.”

Rest assured, the question of whether Sarah is really Trig’s mother, or whether she faked the pregnancy and lied about the birth is not an issue I ignore in The Rogue.

49 Responses to “Professor asks: Trig hoax? Sarah Palin spokesman enraged”

  • GinaM:

    Rest assured, the question of whether Sarah is really Trig’s mother, or whether she faked the pregnancy and lied about the birth is not an issue I ignore in The Rogue.

    OH SNAP!!! Really Joe?? Please don’t tease us? Have mercy…this just keeps getting more and more interesting.

  • Just_a_Mote:

    I look forward to your book with tremendous anticipation.

  • Rationalist:

    Very glad to hear this. It’s about time.

  • Chris:

    You write great headlines, lol. I eagerly wait to read what you have to say about this in your book!

  • Joe,

    you made us all very, very happy with your last sentence!

    Please read Bill McAllister’s “email of insanity” in full, uncut, at Politicalgates:

    http://politicalgates.blogspot.com/2011/04/download-professor-brad-scharlotts.html

  • kathleenpoliticalgates:

    Now we will have to order more copies of The Rogue and give them away as presents to friends.

  • jk:

    You’d better watch out, Joe, or Bill McAllister might slap you.

  • drpatois:

    I think I love you!

  • berta wilder:

    I read Brad Scharlott’s paper a hope it makes the rounds and perhaps someone in the media will actually, finally, hat the guts to do something.

  • JC:

    Joe, you are my hero. No, seriously, my HERO. I have been a follower of Palin’s Deceptions, Palingates, and Politicalgates since their inception. If someone doesn’t expose this sham of a pregnancy so I can say “I told you so!!” — I might jump off the roof. Thank you. THANK YOU!!

  • msf:

    Almost time for the bubbly. Thinking of McAllister in Sarah’s own terms…limp, impotent etc. Can’t wait for your book & can’t wait to see Palin out of politics.

  • aview999:

    Goodness, so good to see your blog Joe. I just found it and it thrills me to no end!

    After following Palin for a number of years, I am absolutely THRILLED to see so many people WITH VOICES FINALLY addressing “The Biggest Hoax Of The Century”! Palin faked the pregnancy, no doubt in my mind!!

    It’s WAY PAST TIME for everyone to come forth with all the info on this SHAM of all SHAMS. The evidence is overwhelming and just waiting to be EXPOSED and reported to the American public.

    Thank you – and to all you Triggers out there:

    THE TRUTH WILL SET US FREE….(of Palin!!)

    Yahoo!!

  • Ottoline Lyme:

    SO GOOD to hear you will discuss the babygate hoax issue. I just read the Scharlott paper and it rings true in every respect re my own impressions. McAllister’s name-calling and threats of slapping him (Ooooh! I bet that really scares Scharlott!) do not change the facts Scharlott discusses in his paper.

    I hope you will explain the overwhelming mountain of circumstantial evidence supporting this hoax — and also explain how a woman can have a photo-documented flat-as-a-board profile 5 weeks before giving birth to a 6+ pound baby. And days after the flat profile, how she can be watermelon-sized? And a few days after that, much flatter again? And then a few days later on two plane rides, pass the scrutiny of flight crew who report “she was not pregnant by observation.” And then allegedly give birth 24 hrs later.

    The only explanation is: different-sized strap-on fake pregnancy bellies and someone else’s baby handed to her.

    Whose baby? Doesn’t matter. This is not about Trig or others in her family, It’s about Sarah Palin alone and this one monumental lie that symbolizes her other lies, her bankrupt family values, her lack of common sense and judgment, and possibly severe mental pathology.

    So many of us are so eager for appropriate discussion of this enormous unreported hoax that continues to prevail unchallenged.

  • SaltAire:

    My question is: “How in the heck do you know when to stop with your chapters and finally get the book to print?”
    There’s new ridiculous screeds and scrawls coming from her yap and crayons daily.
    When do you say “enough”..it’s a “TAKE”? LOL!
    ps…glad to hear you’re going to discuss what most men are SQUIRMISH about….discussing Ms. Quitty-Pants girl’s stuff and her fake pregnancy. I’ll be buying your book!!

  • AFM:

    Hey, calm down, take a deep breath. LOL

  • Molly:

    Yes! Can’t wait.

  • ginger50:

    It is about time! Now, can someone please expose her other hoaxes. Her PAC’s, legal defense fund, her house in Wasilla that looks like the sports complex, etc, etc, etc.

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    Maybe someday I can stop blogging in my jammies about Babygate… because maybe, just maybe the mainstream media will FINALLY step-up and do some actual INVESTIGATIVE JOURNALISM and expose her! And maybe, just maybe Joe’s book will be the means to that end.

    That would be a dream come true! Oh…! the air would smell fresher, food would taste better… now, where did I put those footie jammies…

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    Either that, or he won’t be Received… oh, NO! What shall he do, where shall he go?

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    Volume I… Volume II… Volume III…

  • emrysa:

    excellent! so glad to hear you don’t ignore it. this issue is a huge part of the myth of sarah palin. it is clear as day that she didn’t birth that child (I’m not getting my hopes up that you’ll put it to rest, but still glad that you plan to address it). all those speeches she gave where she talks about her pregnancy and the birth of Tri-G… all lies and I want to see justice served. in addition to the fact that she’s making that kid live a lie in order to further her myth… disgusting. “yes my son look here are pictures of me when I was pregnant with you” – UGH. it makes me sick.

  • Doctor Who:

    It’s about time!!! I can only hope you found out the real truth. I think it’s obvious she faked the pregnancy and duped the American public. Thank you for not ignoring this issue.

  • lillibird:

    Aview..I miss you!!

  • Marmaine:

    Best news I’ve read in AGES – thank you for persevering!

  • Jill:

    Discovering the truth won’t exactly change anything. We will just have confirmation. Sarah will still be here, smiling. Everyone else will then be bored to death when he/she doesn’t have someone to stalk everyday. Can I bring up a very valid point. This has nothing to do with babygate, as most people knew it was a fake from the beginning. Most people just don’t care as they have lives. My question is, due to a couple of palin bloggers who have previously stated several times that numerous people/sources have led them down the garden path with lies, doesn’t that illustrate a certain type of people who live in Alaska, who feel the need to lie about another person? Then, you have a certain blogger who insisted several months ago that a certain young lady was with child, even though she obviously wasn’t. This blogger maliciously and vindictively got his readers to not only believe it too but comment with flatout rude statements regarding this topic. I’ll ask again. Doesn’t this illustrate a certain, er, type of person in Alaska, one that has ill, immature intentions?

  • BlueberryTart:

    I’ve just gotten back and am SO HAPPY to see your post. Thanks, Joe; I can’t wait to read your book!

  • KatieAnnieOakley:

    Joe, this is known as a “Concern Troll.”

  • haveagoodone:

    And someone will do a public records request for the professors emails in about 5,4,3,2…..

  • Molly:

    Got your book on pre-order for quite some time now…..can’t wait to read it!

  • Molly_WI:

    OOPs, didn’t see the other Molly up there. I’m the one in WI.

  • myj58:

    Joe, have you thought about interviewing Shaily Tripp, Todd’s massage therapist. She actually massaged Sarah January or February 2008, before she announced her fake pregnancy… http://shaileytripp.yolasite.com/

  • crystalwolfakacaligrl:

    Yea, Concerned! Concerned the truth about Sarah’s fake pregnancy will GET OUT! Concerned that people might figure out that Sarah named TriG after his condition, you know how clever she is with scrabble game?
    Trisomy-G the old way of saying a baby with Down’s syndrome!

  • Jill:

    actually Katie and Crystal, those are very good questions, if you’d only read them without going ballistic.

  • Ohiovoter:

    And I’m sure you will be “bored to death” now that Palin is being exposed for the grifter/liar she is. What will you do all day instead of surfing the net to defend your queen? Will you have to go out and get a real job?

    Mr. McGinniss…. I really enjoy your writing. Best of luck with your book on Pathetic Palin. I hope you enjoy great success!

  • SCmommy:

    Oh, I don’t know. Something tells me that even if she’s still standing, she won’t be smiling. 🙂

    And as far as your “question” about an illustration of the type of people who live in Alaska, I’m pretty sure more people will see a sociopathic lying quitting ex-governor who faked a pregnancy with a special needs child as far more damaging to the reputation of Alaska than a couple of–how is it you all refer to them? oh yes–jammie wearin’ basement dwelling bloggers.

    Interesting that you would consider the comments from KatieAnnieOakley and crystalwolfakacaligrl “ballistic.” Seems the Palin camp always goes straight to “eleven” like that when faced with even the teensiest criticism of their “ill, immature intentions.” Just check out Bill McAllister’s reaction to the prof’s paper for the most recent example.

  • Gail:

    Hopefully Sarah Palin, an insignificant sociopath, will fade away and never become the lipsticked face of fascism, carrying a bible and wrapped in a flag. As shown in these Palingates videos linked to below, the larger question is the subservience of the media to their corporate masters, and the distortions, outright lies, and lies of omission that they perpetrate. There have been enough glaring examples, from the phony excuses to invade Iraq to the coverup of the real damage done in the Gulf by BP, to come to the sorry conclusion that Americans are bombarded with propaganda from the teevee, radio, and press, and our government is a wholly owned subsidiary of Blackwater, Koch Industries, and Monsanto.

    Maybe this paper by the good professor and Joe’s book will expose the media so that the public can wake up out of its stupor and demand accountability.

    http://witsendnj.blogspot.com/2010/07/perfidy-of-sarah-palin.html

  • GinaM:

    “Jill” thanks for confirming to us that Bristol was/still pregnant. Good Job!! Have you seen the new baby? Boy or Girl? Please let us know….so we know where to send the baby gifts….thanks in advance for your confirmation!

  • BanditBasheert:

    I’m willing to bet that most of your friends have already ordered their copies as well.

  • KarenW:

    Looking forward to this book. I really hope all the shenanigans of the Palins are exposed once and for all. i just don’t understand why the media has ignored all the lies and decptions they have perpetrated on the public.

  • BanditBasheert:

    I know I know … he’s joining her in the Rapture … maybe like Brad Hansen did???

  • BanditBasheert:

    I wonder – do “real” men threaten to “slap” other men? Isn’t that sort of … well … gay?

  • BanditBasheert:

    Is there a “beyond concern” troll? Is there a “troll academy award for concern”????

  • BanditBasheert:

    McAllister’s response was totally over the top – just think about a 3 year old who is caught with his hand in the cookie jar when Mummy has told him “no”.

    The knee jerk overreaction (which sounded like someone on a real bender) is typical of bots. Rather than just argue the point, they go screaming bonkers and threaten to “slap” another guy.

    Wow – how limp and impotent … McAllister has serious man issues.

  • BanditBasheert:

    I wonder if Brisdull would even remember the total number of times she has been pregnant? Or even who the fathers were.

    She doesn’t seem to be very particular in her choice of partners. They seem to be qualified if they have a pulse.

  • GinaM:

    She doesn’t seem to be very particular in her choice of partners. They seem to be qualified if they have a “penis”

    There…I fixed it for ya Bandit….LOL.

  • Archivist1000:

    Don’t be so quick here … he may ‘address it’ but I am betting that he won’t be exposing the hoax.

  • Archivist1000:

    I don’t see how anyone is expecting Sarah’s fake pregnancy to be exposed based on the above comment by Joe. It seems a very guarded statement . He checked it out, doesn’t mean he concluded that she faked it.

    In fact, I read his comment differently than you all seem to … I don’t think he will reach a definitive conclusion at all. I am betting that he will lay out the ‘evidence’ and discuss the why/where of the rumours, then leave it at that.

    Hope I am wrong, but I am not counting on an AH-HA moment.

  • Nick:

    I’m glad you’re focusing on this groundbreaking and crucially important controversy. I can’t think of anything more important!

  • Does it really take guts for a left-wing media member to go after a conservative female?
    The only thing they won’t investigate is anything that might prove negative for Barack Obama.