The mysterious saga of the no longer useful political prop.

Has anybody seen my Mommy?

You know after campaigns it is not uncommon to place your political props in storage.

After he was elected I don't believe Bill Clinton's felt the need to bring out his saxophone very often anymore, and I haven't heard that Scott Brown still bothers to drive his GMC pickup to his job in the Senate or not. But what happens when a useful political prop is also a human being?

Since the campaign, and Palin's last book tour, little Trig Paxson Van Palin has only rarely been seen accompanying his mom as she endlessly attempts to drag out her fifteen minutes of fame.

In fact the last time I can remember them being photographed together was during Palin's visit to the Ronald Reagan ranch back in January of this year.

He did not show up on Palin's Constitutionally wrapped bus tour/donation drive, nor was he present during the premiere of her propaganda move debut, and of course we can all rest assured he certainly did NOT accompany the Grizzled Mam to Korea ("Does he still need a passport if we check him in as baggage?")

Now that is not to say that we have not seen the little fellow occasionally (The last time was this photo that was posted by the person who runs Bristol's Facebook page), but with Sarah? Not so much.

Courtesy of Bristol's official Facebook page. NOT the secret one.

Trig has been conspicuously absent from Klondike Kardashians' entourage for quite some time now. Which begs the question, what does one do with a very human political prop, who has outlived their usefulness?

I have been asking this question for a while now and, except for a couple of anonymous tips, have not been conclusively able to determine that Trig is being well cared for at this time. And what I mean by that is while I assume he is being fed and that his basic needs are met, I don't know that the needs determined by his hearing loss, eyesight problems, and Down syndrome are being adequately addressed.

And before anybody argues that it is none of our business, let me remind you that Sarah Palin made it our business by using Trig to gain our sympathy and to help create the illusion that she is the perfect pro-life mother.  I would like to know if that was all just smoke and mirrors, or if she is actually doing the hard work that it takes to raise a special needs little boy?

In other words, she made us care about this child, so she cannot complain if we still want to know that he is doing well. Don't you agree?

And no we cannot just assume that he is well cared for, since we have heard from numerous sources that Palin is an absentee mother at best, and a manipulate vindictive harpy at worst.

Make no mistake, I totally believe that Trig's presence in the Palin home was driven by her political  aspirations. So now that she no longer appears to have political aspirations, what becomes of Trig?