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Andrew Sullivan and the Palin Emails [UPDATEDx2]

I haven't been so stupefied by a shocking revelation since Geraldo opened Al Capone's safe.

Now, I know everyone's been busy pounding Weiner so often and hard that they're liable to go blind, and I know that Joanie Baloney and Alex Pareene have gotten (some of) the shit they deserve, and Chuckles Green Footballs, and that there are loads of scores still left to be settled on Weinergate coverage, but with regard to the Palin emails . . . what about the evidence that Trig is actually the child of Bristol? Wouldn't Palin's staff, complicit as they were in the greatest political cover-up EVAR, have used some kind of coded language to communicate their manipulation of the press and all that stuff?

Oh, wait. Maybe Palin's not so stupid. Maybe she used her personal account! Then . . . oh, yeah. We've seen those emails, haven't we?

It's going to be fun watching loony Andrew contort over this. I'd like for you to help make sure he has to take the issue up.

Politico, via Insty:

After Sarah Palin revealed she was pregnant with son Trig in March 2008, her office quickly zeroed in on then-state Senate president Lyda Green as the source of rumors that Bristol Palin was actually carrying the baby, according to emails released Friday.

The series of emails reflect the former Alaska governor’s deep frustration over the issue, which would later gain national attention after an active network of gadflies, bloggers and authors on the left sought to raise doubts about the circumstances surrounding the birth of Palin’s fifth child.

UPDATEx2: In the headline, The Daily Mail states that Palin "plays God" in reacting to Trig's birth (whereas aborting him would have been prudent), but in the article, it states that she's imagining what God had in mind, giving her a son with Down Syndrome:

The letter also makes unlikely conspiracy theories that have long been circulating on blogs that Trig was actually born to Mrs Palin's unwed daughter Bristol.

"Makes unlikely"? They've always been batshit insane.

The week that was, according to Andrew's Acolytes at the Daily Dish:

Monday: "Monday on the Dish, Andrew demolished the Republican agenda as a fulfillment of Christian ideals."

Tuesday: "Tuesday on the Dish, and Andrew backtracked on his original defense of Weiner since the lying complicates things."

Wednesday: "Wednesday on the Dish, Andrew marveled at American puritanism about sex, and picked apart what it means to live, both online and off, while we all seek out our authentic selves."

Thursday: "Thursday on the Dish, Andrew dismantled AIPAC's disproportionate popularity in Congress. He also pinpointed the moment our political system became decadent, and poked Limbaugh for thinking anyone in the world thinks Palin is sane and stable."

Friday: "Today on the Dish, Andrew analyzed testosterone as a blessing and a curse (for gay men and straight). We eagerly awaited the Palin emails . . . ."

Cape and tights. Large.

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