The topic of whether Sarah Palin was actually pregnant makes me uncomfortable, but the evidence sure is suspicious.  When one reads the press accounts of the announcement of her pregnancy, which was just a month before the birth, it just gets weirder and reminds me of Rosie Ruiz where the evidence of her cheating during the 1980 Boston Marathon was perfectly obvious if one just ignored the euphoric chatter of her victory and looked at the facts soberly.

These are just a few snippets of the coverage and excuse the lack of links for I pulled these from Nexis:

Unassuming Alaska commentator Elise Patkotak gushes without seeing:

“I will eventually get over the desire to stand up and scream at Sarah Palin, ‘Are you kidding me here? You’re seven months pregnant? Where are you carrying this baby? In your pocket?’ Once that impulse has passed, I’ll be left with a quiet feeling of satisfaction that I was of the generation that led to all the Sarah Palins who dot the American landscape today.”

A writer at the Anchorage Daily News who hails himself as Alaska’s Ear pronounces three rhetorical questions and completely ignores what the last one suggests:

Well, darlings, is there anything left to say about Sarah’s pregnancy? After the acres of ink spilled since the announcement, Ear sees only three unanswered questions: What’s the gender? What’s the name? And how the hell could she get to be seven months pregnant without anyone leaking it to Ear? So much for the Omniscient Orifice.
And by the way, not a single reporter noticed? Are these the people we count on to watch the government for us? It’s mind-boggling.
Sharon Leighow, the governor’s press aide, was there when Sarah told a small group of reporters, including Bill McAllister, Wes Loy and Steve Quinn, as she was leaving the building Wednesday.
“You should have seen it,” Sharon said, clearly amused. “Their eyes went straight to her stomach. There was about seven seconds of silence. Then someone said, “You’re kidding.”
The Luscious Lobe is inclined to blame the general cluelessness on the fact that the Juneau press corps is overwhelmingly male, but Sharon insists she too didn’t know until last week. Sarah effectively hid her baby bump with long scarves, jackets and coats, she said.

And here is the front page story from the Anchorage Daily News, once again tripping right past the obvious mystery because its answer would be so incredible:

Palin said she’s already about seven months along, with the baby due to arrive in mid-May.
That the pregnancy is so advanced astonished all who heard the news. The governor, a runner who’s always been trim, simply doesn’t look pregnant.
Even close members of her staff said they only learned this week their boss was expecting.
“I thought it was becoming obvious,” Palin said. “You know, clothes getting snugger and snugger.”
But people just couldn’t believe the news.
“Really? No!” said Bethel state Rep. Mary Nelson, who is close to giving birth herself.
“It’s wonderful. She’s very well-disguised,” said Senate President Lyda Green, a mother of three who has sometimes sparred with Palin politically. “When I was five months pregnant, there was absolutely no question that I was with child.”

Oh yeah, and she was back at work three days after giving birth.  Pics of Palin during the supposed pregnancy here.