I don't support Andrew Sullivan's Trig Palin birth theories. I happen to believe that even politicians deserve some privacy, and so long as there is no hard evidence suggesting anything amiss, I don't think there should be any expectation that she should have to prove herself. The public does not have a right to know every personal detail about its public figures, and while Sullivan seems to think that the no privacy standard is acceptable, I see it as being a gateway toward legitimizing fringe theories by setting an unacceptably high level of disclosure. To put it briefly, as soon as Sully finds a flight attendant that says that Sarah and Bristol switched babies, I'll concede it's time for her to present evidence.
This being said, if Sarah is going to join into other birth certificate theories--if she thinks that its fair game to question other people on this matter without hard evidence--shouldn't she bite the bullet and release the Trig stuff? If she's going to apply that standard to others, why not to herself?
And, yes, this is a joke. Consistency and Palin are like oil and water. I think that endorsing birtherism will wind up being her equivalent of McCarthy's taking on of Eisenhower.
