You could tell that the Left was caught flat footed by the selection of Sarah Palin as McCain's VP yesterday. They started off by attacking her experience, which is deeply ironic, given that she is more qualified to be President than their own nominee, Barack Obama.

So now that they've figured out that the only real criticism they've been able to hit her with better applies to the guy at the top of their ticket than Palin, they've started going in a bizarre, new direction.

Over at the Daily Kos, there is a blog post called (and, no, this is not some kind of parody) Palin's faked "pregnancy"? Covering for teen daughter? UPDATE #2!.

But it appears that Palin's last child, a baby with Down's syndrome, may not be hers. It may be that of her teenage daughter.

...Apparently her teenage daughter was out of school, unseen, for months, because she "had mono".

I'm not quite sure what to think of this. Seeing as how she opposes abortion even in cases of rape and incest maybe she's actually not a hypocrite.

Normally I'd say this is a totally private issue for them, but seeing as how she's quite willing to butt into the private lives of every other American woman, I think it's fair game.

Yes, folks, the most influential liberal blog on earth is really floating the idea that Sarah Palin, this year, while she was in the eye of the media because she's governor of Alaska, faked having a baby to cover up for her teenage daughter's pregnancy.

Gosh, if only there were some evidence out there that Palin was pregnant, just anything at all to refute this brilliant investigative journalism by the Kossacks -- oh wait, how about, courtesy of Hot Air, this picture from February 26th of this year?

Gee, she doesn't look quite as trim as she did yesterday, does she? It's almost as if she had gained quite a bit of weight for some unknown reason. Well, there can be only one answer....obviously, Karl Rove had her gain the weight to cover up the fake pregnancy, just so she could use her child as a campaign prop if the McCain camp were to choose her as Vice-President.

Now, you're thinking like a Kossack!

Hat tip to Betsy Newmark from Betsy's page for pointing out the story.

Update #1: Another pic of Palin appearing pregnant from March of this year.

PS: How insane is it that liberals actually need proof Sarah Palin was pregnant earlier this year? What is wrong with these people?

Update #2: Yet another pic of Palin looking pregnant from earlier this year.