Sarah Palin still pissed off that people do not believe she gave birth to Trig. Update! Updated again! And again! And yet again!

The BBC caught up with Palin at the beginning of the Iron Dog. two weeks ago and managed to get one of the few interviews with Klondike Kardashian that is not from Fox News.  Oooh I wonder what she will say?

This exchange is between BBC reporter Jackie Long (JL) and Palin (SP).

JL: What are the criticisms that have hurt you most? One of the big ones that's thrown at you is that you're not intellectually capable. Does that sting?

SP: Who said that?

JL: Lots of criticism about the interviews you have given, the ability to get your head around foreign policy.

SP: Well, how about the idea of perhaps what some of the media has chosen to portray. Let's take a couple of examples - and I don't really want to have to talk politics on one of the best days of our life here in Alaska - but I'll give you one more answer. Things like, that are misconstrued regarding rumours out there that are still in the media because reporters don't do their homework, too often, and they don't set the record straight - though I think it's their job to set the record straight - rumours like I didn't know that Africa was a continent, that's still out there, that's a lie. (BTW Frank Bailey's book absolutely confirms that Palin had no idea that Africa was a continent.  As well as a number of other gaps in her knowledge base.) Things like I censored books when I was a mayor up here in Alaska, that's a lie.

[Governor Palin begins to walk away]

SP: So again if I decide to run we know that we have to put up with a lot of the BS that comes from the media but ... It's not all of you guys but some of you still claim that Trig isn't my kid. I think that's an indication of screwed-up media.

JL: You were saying, your favourite from the media? Which one is that?

SP: Is that trig is not my child, which is still out there in the media.

JL: How offensive is that? How do you deal with that?

SP: Would you be offended if someone said you're child wasn't your child? It's offensive. OK, you know what, I'm really really trying to enjoy one of the best days of our lives.

Now first I think all of you should reach around and give yourself a pat on the back, because when Palin says this story is "still out in the media" she is talking about this blog and others like it. In reality, until just recently, ALL of the MSM has refused to contemplate that she is not Trig's birth mother. The only reason this story has not died completely is because WE have refused to let it die.

And knowing that it still gnaws at Palin that the truth about the birth might still be revealed to the general public, who are NOT reading these blogs, definitely warms the cockles of my heart.

If Palin decided to run, and I am currently very confused about whether she will or not, THIS issue obviously scares her the most, which is why she keeps bringing it up and attempting to play it off as ridiculous.  Of course, as any thinking person knows, if Trig really is her child she could have easily put the rumors to rest with a birth certificate over tow years ago, yet STILL refuses to do so.

Now this Jackie Long also interviewed Palin's parents about their safety concerns for Sarah and the rest of the family. (You can see video of it, as well as video of a portion of Long's interview with Sarah, by clicking here.)

However during this interview Chuck Heath makes the allegation that the so-called Palin stalker, Shawn Christy, was caught in Anchorage by the FBI "last month" which, since this interview takes place in February, would have been in January of this year.

But here is the thing, I have been communicating with Christy for over a month now, in anticipation of setting up an interview, and he has NEVER indicated that he was ever up here or that he had any recent problems with the FBI.  (There was ANOTHER allegation that Christie had traveled up to Alaska in 2010, but his father said that was completely untrue.)

Currently other news outlets are taking this story and running with it, but I have very serious doubts about its veracity.  Like I said I have been in communication with Christy as late as February 24th, and at that time he was talking about how busy he was at work, and mentioned NOTHING about having recently been in Alaska, or having any trouble with the law.

Another point that makes this story seem unbelievable is that Heath claims that "the FBI was on top of it and sent him home."  With a restraining order out against him, I do not believe the FBI would simply "send him home."  They would immediately place him under arrest and I have a lot of difficulty believing that the Palins would not have contacted the media within about ten minutes to start playing the victim.

It also might be wise to keep in mind that it appears the ONLY source for this story is Chuck "I was there when he popped out" Heath.  Who it should also be remembered was the source of the original "leaking amniotic fluid on the way back from Texas" wild ride story.

So is this yet another lie coming from a Heath/Palin family member? Or did Christy actually sneak past me and get arrested in Alaska, only to be sent home with a slap on the wrist, without any reporter catching wind of it until Chuck spilled the beans?

Update: Here is the text of the full interview with Chuck and Sally Heath. Here is verbatim what Chuck said about Christy.

CH: The only thing that worries us most is her safety. Because she is, I won't say lackadaisical, but she was raised in a very small town, small family, and there's too many kooks out there, she's beginning to see it, people threatening her through the mail, we help handle her mail. There are some weirdoes. We have pictures posted in our house here of people who have threatened her, even, then have even been in Anchorage.

JL: And people have threatened her life?

CH: Oh yeah, oh yeah. And her kids too.

JL: In what way, what are they saying?

CH: A good example is one guy from Pennsylvania. He sent us and other people copies of a gun he'd bought, copies of a receipt for a gun he bought, copies of a one-way ticket to Anchorage. We kind of laugh it off, we got a restraining order on him, and lo and behold last week he showed up in Anchorage, from Pennsylvania, and fortunately the FBI was on top of it and sent him home.

JL: You say you laugh it off, but what does Sarah say about it? It must be terrifying.

CH: Well, she has good security when she goes places but here in Wasilla she doesn't have that good of security, other than family, friends and things like that. Not only Sarah has been threatened but her whole family has been threatened. We sleep with the guns.

I am currently working on getting verification that the FBI did not pick up Christy in Alaska.  I will provide an update if and when I get that confirmation.

Update 2: I just got off of the phone with the U.S. Attorney's office, and after the guy finished laughing, he told me that the story is not valid.  He also said that if the FBI had apprehended this young man he would have been put in jail, and that if it happened in January, his trial date would be fast approaching.

So it should not be a surprise to any of us that Chuck Heath made the whole thing up.  What IS a surprise however is that the BBC ran with the story without first confirming its validity with local officials.

Update 3: Well as it turns out I am both right and wrong.

In fact Christy DID fly up here on February 11 of this year, stayed 30 hours without once leaving Anchorage, and then flew back according to the Frontiersman. It also appears that he had clearance from the law enforcement before making the trip.

However Chuck Heath's story is still mooseshit because while Christy was here he had NO contact with either the FBI or the APD as reported by Politico:

UPDATE: An Alaska State Troopers spokeswoman also says they have no record of arresting Christy. A spokeswoman for the Anchorage Police Department, Anita Shell, also said her office had no record of contact with Christy.

However, as many of you have pointed out, the false story of Christy's arrest in Alaska is still spreading across the Internet like a wildfire.

Update 4: Here is Andrew Sullivan addressing what I at first thought would be the biggest story to come out of this interview:

I know of no one in the MSM who has claimed that Trig is not biologically Palin's child. I certainly haven't. The NYT ran a front-page story based on the premise that the rumors were nuts. Other MSM reporters made a decision to slime other journalists for even asking the question. To the best of my knowledge, no reporter (outside the ADN) has ever directly asked her to provide easily available evidence, which is odd given the many bizarre parts of the story. This the Dish has - of the McCain campaign. It is my quixotic belief that it is the duty of elected officials to clear up genuine, empirically resolvable questions about their past. Obama rightly produced his birth certificate - however offensive the insinuation that he was ineligible to be be president. Palin refuses to produce any medical records - however offensive the question understandably is.