Bristol Palin Makes Sarah A Grandma, McCain A Maverick

By Mande • on September 1, 2008
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Around here, we don’t much believe that John McCain is the maverick he’s hyped to be, and even when he’s veered from the course, “maverick” sounds to us more like a euphemism for “liberal,” or “politically-correct sellout.” But we call ‘em like we see ‘em, and for once McCain has genuinely made a maverick move.

McCain’s VP pick Sarah Palin has just announced that her 17-year old daughter Bristol is pregnant, and that she will be keeping the child and marrying the father.

Right off the bat: Kudos to Bristol and her baby daddy for putting family first!

But also, kudos to McCain, who surely knew of the pregnancy and chose Sarah Palin anyway, despite the obvious implications of a staunch social conservative’s daughter getting pregnant as a teen.

Without a doubt, Palin will be harangued, pelted with accusations of hypocrisy and sanctimony. Atheist zealots will shriek about karma, pretending that they’ve been vindicated by Bristol’s pregnancy.

And while the ire will be directed at Palin, it will be McCain who bears the brunt of the backlash. He already has trouble appealing to the most conservative sect of the Republican party, a problem which Palin was brought aboard to fix.

In fact, for the couple of days that Palin has been McCain’s running mate, she’s been regarded as the shining star who can compensate for his shortcomings among evangelical voters. Now those shortcomings – which originate from the notion that McCain’s just not conservative enough – are only amplified by Palin’s candidacy.

Knowing all of this, though, McCain chose her anyway.

Some will cite shortsightedness, others will attribute it to hubris, and still others will point to it as evidence of McCain’s bad judgment. Probably the most effective argument against McCain is that his itch to pick a woman overshadowed political acumen.

Everyone will wonder now if the choice amounts to political suicide – and maybe it does. But that, right there, is the point: A maverick would do it anyway, and say to hell with the consequences.

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Comments

By Newman on September 1st, 2008 at 1:07 pm

“But that, right there, is the point: A maverick would do it anyway, and say to hell with the consequences.”

Is that really the attitude we want for the most powerful position in the free world?

By Lucas on September 1st, 2008 at 1:10 pm

Nice, McCain. What kind of soldier uses a pregnant 17-year-old girl as a political shield? You knew what this was going to do, how it would divert attention away from your policies. You are throwing Bristol under the bus.

By I am so wise on September 1st, 2008 at 1:22 pm

You know, if Mrs. Palin had followed the traditional values of the GOP and had been a stay-at-home mom, well this would not have happened. Sarah Palin is proof of the evils that befall mom who refuse God’s place for them in the home.

By rick on September 1st, 2008 at 1:28 pm

Oh the horror, a young single girl is gonna hava a baby. How about giving me a break, McCain knew about Palins daughter, her choice to keep the child and has decided to keep Palin anyway. It had nothing to do with using her as a shield. He knows that in todays world a child is more often aborted or given birth to by a single Mother than by a married one. The Dems have nothing to attach themselves to since they’re the party of the single unwed mother and to attack from this vantage point will call into question their beliefs. Newman, thats Mandes opinion, not McCains, additionally, a smart confident leader doesn’t fold to political pressure just because a bunch of higher than thou clowns want to take issue with something. And Lucas, what bus? The same one Obama has been busy throwing all his friends under? All McCain has to do is address the issue honestly and attach this episode with the Dem leaders as Cheney did with his daughter….notice how quickly that issue became a non-issue? Think this will make a large issue…..not if the Dems are smart. Unfortunetly as always, parental control is at question once the front door closes behind children. Makes me look more favorably at McCain/Palin ticket.

By Alicia K. on September 1st, 2008 at 1:34 pm

Epic failure by the McCain campaign. Also nice way to announce this when Gustav makes landfall, hoping the hurricane news will overshadow the preggo story and mitigate the fallout. Yeesh what sort of judgment is this on McCain’s part??

By mamacita on September 1st, 2008 at 2:01 pm

This not only says a lot about McCain’s poor judgment, but about Sarah Palin’s as well. Sarah should have just said “NO” when McCain asked her to be his running mate.

What kind of a mother would shove her pregnant teenage daughter into the international spotlight in such a negative way? I am absolutely APPALLED at Sarah Palin.

What a rotten mother she is…. talk about BLIND ambition!! What on Earth was she THINKING? And we want this backwoods yay-hoo as our vice president? I think not. She needs family counseling, not a place in national politics. This is all sounding like a BAD TV show at this point…

By S. T. Agnew on September 1st, 2008 at 2:11 pm

Bristol’s and the father’s ages when they engaged in sex is an important question, considering the law: “The age of consent is defined as 16 years old, according to Alaska statutory rape laws. If a person who is at least 18 years old engages in sexual activity with a person who is 16 years old or younger, he or she will be charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. This charge is a felony in Alaska. And remember, it does not matter if you did not force or threaten the other person into performing this sexual act with you. It is still a crime under Alaska statutory rape laws.”

By Jason on September 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pm

I have no idea how the religious right is going to handle this. It’s not good news for McCain but it may turn out to be a non-issue. The real story is not rolling this out before she was picked. It lends credence to the idea that McCain made this as an impulse choice at the last minute. If Palin was really on the short list for even a few weeks why wouldn’t she roll the news out when it would have been confined to the Alaskan press?

The worrisome part of all this is the reports of McCain sending a vetting team to Alaska three days after the selection and the Wasilla paper saying no one had asked for back issues in the vetting process. There’s a 5-10% chance Palin has a campaign ending skeleton in her closet.

By Writing-In-(?)-Nov 4. on September 1st, 2008 at 2:12 pm

Palin IS a maverick — but can she be president? She has a uterous, you know. But she hasn’t worked for it. And if there is one thing true conservatives hate, it is a government hand-out.

Governor Sanford IS a maverick — why else would the GA be so porcupine-ish?

John McCain — if a maverick — has crappy judgement.

By Phil on September 1st, 2008 at 2:23 pm

As usual, the comments (and their authors)are more shocking than the story content. Are you people really this shallow? Storms happen. Babies happen. This is not a reality show or a soap opera. We are choosing a leader of this nation and it really doesn`t matter who is pregnant or when it was announced.

These are the issues no one, not even the candidates, want to mention. I`m not sure the candidates even understand them:

1. The US is beyond bankrupt, with debts and liabilities in the uncountable trillions of dollars. The value of our currency is plummeting because we continue to spend like drunken sailors and then borrow and print money to pay for it. This problem supersedes ALL others, but there are others.

2. Our leaders are midgets. McCain can`t use a computer. Hillary can`t drive a car. Three of the four current candidates could manage a Dairy Queen.

3. We have built a worldwide empire that we can neither manage nor pay for. We have troops on 767 bases in 130 countries including, of all places, Japan. Why?

It is exasperating to witness the electorate prattle on about inane matters such as “gay” rights or political tactics when the country is nearing collapse. The Constitution has been abandoned and the idiots are oblivious.

By Maggie W on September 1st, 2008 at 2:40 pm

Sarah Palin’s family is starting to look alike like Alaska’s version of the “Beverly Hillbillies”. What next? Kudo’s to McCain’s campaign though, with all the Palin controversies, i.e ethic’s investigation, disregard for Alaska’s environment, inexperience etc., what a great way to divert the voting public’s attention away from McCain’s record and position on let say, the economy or perhaps the current war we are into, to the tune of 10Billion per month. Do they think the American public are really that stupid!
Maggie W. (ex-Hillary supporter, 100% Obama voter)

By Chris on September 1st, 2008 at 2:42 pm

Any way one looks at this candidate McCain failed his first test as a Presidential nominee:
1. If he knew of the pregnancy from the beginning why not have Gov. Payne announce the matter in her first press conference as his Veep choice? After the past eight years haven’t we had enough of the nation’s CEO hiding the truth from the American public?
2. If he did not know of the matter then his campaign is poorly fun and that does not bode well for a White House with him at the helm.
3. The chorus of support for Bristol’s “brave choice” being echoed throughout the Christianist world (e.g. Focus on the Family, Liberty University, Eagle Forum, etc.) would never be shared with a staff member or student of any of those organizations. Expulsion/termination from the institution would be the response. They know it and so do we.
4. What sort of person knowingly subjects their daughter to this type of embarrassment? This tops John Edwards.

By Writing-In-(?)-Nov 4. on September 1st, 2008 at 2:52 pm

Crappy judgement on VP picks, if you asked me. But you didn’t…

…even so — as a pro-lifer and whole-lifer [as Rick Warren terms it], I am proud of the Palin women for their brave decisions.

Back to McCain, though.

What’s next? Hottest Tupperware Lady=USDA; Hottest Avon Lady=Dept. of Commerce?

:| ??

By Michael on September 1st, 2008 at 3:13 pm

Lol, the idiot never even vetted her before choosing her. If he makes decisions like this without checking out the facts first, don’t you think he lacks the ability to make intelligent choices as a President?

By Scott M. on September 1st, 2008 at 4:01 pm

I heard J. Sydney McCain III is the father. Is that true??

By dj on September 1st, 2008 at 4:17 pm

nice to know a “hockey mom” could throw our entire country in a hissy fit. what a bunch of pussies you are….i looove the fact that by the hour feminists are destroying everything they ever worked for though…

By al g on September 1st, 2008 at 4:21 pm

it makes the Republican Conservatives flawed.

Stop preaching to me about family and church values

Trooper gate

Support of Pork (Bridge to no where)

Family difficulties

The Party that claims to have the moral high ground, opps

By Ted on September 1st, 2008 at 4:30 pm

This is a plus. As Mark Steyn points out in his recent best seller, America Alone, if our western civilization is demographically to survive in the increasingly “hostile to the west” islamic world — and not end up like the sinking European populations — these are the precise people (the Bristol Palins’) we should thank for increasing their progeny.

By Mincing Words on September 1st, 2008 at 5:26 pm

Chris, Michael, Scott, Mamacita, Maggie, and all the rest of you sanctimonious buttholes;

do you remember being 17? do you remember listening to a thing your parents said? did your parents make decisions for you, or did you decide you were old enough and smart enough to make your own decisions? Holding Bristol’s decisions against Sarah Palin are akin to holding your parents accountable for YOUR decisions; namely, the alcohol-drinking and sex-having that characterized your adolescence. And if you dare, go ahead and let the world know you abstained from sex and alcohol when YOU were in high school.

Go ahead, I’m waiting. Tell the world that you were the only one in your high school class not having sex and drinking.

By Justin on September 1st, 2008 at 8:40 pm

Most of you people are more entertaining than you know. There are so many bigger issues than whats happening in Palins family life. Lets talk about Obamas brother that lives in a shack. McCain made a good choice for a person who has fought tooth and nail against her own party for over spending including shooting down the bridge to nowhere while the rest of the republicans in Alaska were pushing for the extra money. She gave money back to the Alaskan people when they had a surplus of tax money. Sounds pretty good down here in the lower 48. It should be easy enough for us to forget all about babygate 08′ …. almost as easy as it was for us to forget about a certain democratic president having relations, “staining” the oval office…. oh thats right, we forgot about that.

By Silence Dogood on September 1st, 2008 at 9:07 pm

“Kudos to Bristol and her baby daddy for putting family first!”

Indeed, too bad the same can’t be said of Sarah Palin and her husband though.

By mijeel on September 1st, 2008 at 9:16 pm

Let ye who is without sin cast the first stone…

Sara Palin should not be held to account or viewed any more or less favorably for the consequences of Bristol’s poor decision to engage in a sexual relationship before marriage. Bristol and Levi are accountable and frankly everyone should simply shut their self-righteous pie holes and leave them alone.

However, how both Sara and Todd Palin and their daughter, Bristol, reacted to the consequences of Bristol’s poor decision is another matter. Any objective evaluation of their reactions reveal that all three dealt with the consequences in a manner truly consistent with the values they have publicly claimed.

As for Sen. McCain, regardless whomever he would have picked for his VP, the pundits and chattering class would find something about which to complain…

…and we’d still be focusing on the hole (PC politics) and not the doughnut (finding credible solutions to the enormous challenges facing America).

If even half of SC’s elected representatives had an ounce of the honesty and integrity of a Sara Palin, perhaps SC wouldn’t be in the fiscal and educational mess in which it finds itself.

By Silence Dogood on September 2nd, 2008 at 1:19 am

“If even half of SC’s elected representatives had an ounce of the honesty and integrity of a Sara Palin, perhaps SC wouldn’t be in the fiscal and educational mess in which it finds itself.”

While the rest of the world gets to know Sarah Palin, and little of the world knows most ney all of the S.C. legislature, mijeel above obviously knows all of them intimately enough to cast the first stone at teh 170 memebers of the S.C. General Assembly based on her first hand knowledge of Palin. Bravo!

Again, like fitsnews.com took John Edwards task over an over for running for President because his wife was dealing with cancer(pre-knowledge of the affiar he was having) I am sure now that the shoe is on the other foot so to speak, with Sarah Palin and her husband dealing with the birth of the first granchild to a highschool senior and their most recent child who has special needs being affected with down syndrome, fitsnews.com will again be taking politicos to task for running to fulfill personal ambitions instead of family obligations…oh wait…that hasnt’ happened??? Hmmmmm, there must be some reason for the double standard?

By True Grit on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:13 am

Will,

Ask your wife if she would take on a new job requiring 16 hour days and cross country travel four months after having a baby with special medical needs AND with a pregnant teenage daughter.

The only people who support Palin in this are hardcore Limbaughites and parents who think dropping their newborn spawn off at daycare for ten hours a day is a good thing.

By Not Only That on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:01 am

I gotta agree. It’s bad enough that Sarah Palin is willing to haul off and leave a 17-year-old child who’s facing the difficulties of teen motherhood and marriage to what appears to be a hoodlum (if Internet reports can be believed). I don’t know how in the world she can justify leaving any infant, let alone one with special needs, to campaign for a job that would utterly consume her life for at least the next four years if she got it.

I’m not getting the traditional family values in any of that.

By mijeel on September 2nd, 2008 at 9:23 am

“mijeel above obviously knows all of them intimately enough to cast the first stone at teh 170 memebers of the S.C. General Assembly based on her first hand knowledge of Palin. Bravo!”

Thanks for your resounding kudos, Silence Dogood!

Though I do not know each of “teh 170 memebers” of the S.C. General Assembly, I am capable of evaluating the fiscal and educational results of their actions as members of the Assembly. I do not judge their personal character as many are want to judge Sara’s and Bristol’s but rather critically analyze the fruits of their labor as legislators.

That analysis leads me to unashamedly conclude that many of the individual members of the collective S.C. General Assembly do not demonstrate the honesty and integrity necessary to do what’s right to address S.C.’s fiscal and educational needs but, rather, simply focus on politics as usual.

“In a world of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.”
— George Orwell, from his classic book, 1984

By CL on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:05 am

“Epic failure by the McCain campaign.”

“This not only says a lot about McCain’s poor judgment, but about Sarah Palin’s as well. ”

The liberals are so desparate for a line of attack against Sarah Palin, they are willing to attack a 17 year old girl to satisfy their need for moral sanctimony. Then they have the temerity to blame Palin and McCain for bringing this about by making her the VP. Astounding.

Exactly what problem do liberals have with this? We know it is not the premarital sex part, since they want to hand out condoms and the pill to middle schoolers. No, its the fact that she kept the baby. The real “poor judgment” to the left was letting Bristol “punish” herself with a baby (to use Senator Obama’s phrasing).

And spare me the hypocrisy argument. Palin is not the one who did this. No family is perfect, and, as I am all too aware as I worry about my own daughters, you cannot force your children follow the path you have tried to clear for them. The only reflection on Palin is how she responded to the pregnancy. I give her an A+ on that score.

By CL on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:06 am

“Atheist zealots will shriek about karma . . .”

Mande, I hope you recognize the (I believe unintentional) irony of this statement.

By Mande Wilkes on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:32 am

I gotta say, it’s heartening to see a few of you focusing on the fact that Palin’s candidacy is itself a testament to her lack of family values. Because that’s the inconvenient truth, isn’t it, the dirty little secret that won’t be shoved to the background: “Family values” is – to Palin and to most others – a passive act, a concept. Even the term has become something of a parody of itself, cheapening the party whose platform leans so heavily on it.

By Draven on September 2nd, 2008 at 10:33 am

Right on, CL. Liberals are the only ones who have a problem with this. Certainly no right thinking Republican would question McCain’s judgement here. No siree.

By James on September 2nd, 2008 at 11:45 am

The left-wingers are upset because Bristol CHOSE not to have an abortion. Some right-wingers are upset and have stones in hand (the ones that don’t pay attention to the words in red).

Seems like Bristol learned quickly the value of family and that having a family (with all the hardships of having a baby at 17 entails) is a self-less sacrifice and one that will require sacrifice for the next 17 years.

Seems like the 17 year-old is one of the few adults in this story.

By Lack of judgment dooms McCain on September 2nd, 2008 at 2:07 pm

McCain wanted to piok his liberal buddy Lieberman. But his aides convinced him not to . So he wanders off and spends a very few minutes talking to Palin and picks her with less diligence and research than the average family spends on choosing which new refrigerator to buy .

McCain is either senile, or a puppet or lacks common sense – he is much better suited to the Senate with this skillset than the Presidency.

By Crooner on September 2nd, 2008 at 2:18 pm

It ain’t about the Palin family, it’s about Johnny McCain’s judgement. I was shocked to learn that his campaign was aware of both the investigation into the firing of the Public Safety Chief and the unwed pregnancy of the daughter, and yet McCain STILL PICKED HER to be his running mate! Why, because there wasn’t another qualified female in this nation?

This smacks of W’s comment about seeing Putin’s soul when he looked in Putin’s eyes. Do we really want another president who’s just gonna wing it? Because, with the selection of Palin as his running mate after but a fifteen minute conversation, that’s what it looks like McvCain has done.

By rick on September 2nd, 2008 at 3:00 pm

The other day I was labeled a fuckmook by the New Orleans crowd because I espoused what our Declaration of Independence might call the responsibility of being an American. Sarah Palin and her Daughter both embody that principle by the actions both have taken and are taking on behalf of family and country. It would have been easy for Sarah Palin to say “the hell with America, I have a daughter to keep safe.”Instead she determined that her daughters pregnancy should be kept within the family until it was necessary to expose Bristol to the ugliness that is Leftest America. It was only after the Ugliness of the Left determined that Trig was her child and Mommy was hiding the fact that Sarah and Bristol decided America needed to know the truth. During the vetting process John McCain knew and respected that the secret be with held until the necessary time for exposure. The time of exposure was incidental and had nothing to do with Gustav, but you won’t be able to convince people of it. After all, thats what they’d do. Thank Goodness that some people are more forthright and honest in their dealings. America will judge the McCain/Palin ticket through each individuals prism of truth, hopefully we’ll see that Sarah didn’t throw her child under the bus, took the time to discuss with her family the vigours of the job ahead and has their blessings. For what it matters….keep moving on Sarah, it’s only when you stop that the beasts are able to bring you down to their level.

By James on September 2nd, 2008 at 3:11 pm

So the hate-monger left-wing talking points have been revised from “Palin family values” to “McCain didn’t vet/is senile”?

Keep flailing Obama worshippers – I remember when you knuckle-draggers used the senile term for another Republican – and I also remember how much it hurt Reagan in his 2 LANDSLIDES!!

By rYaN S on September 2nd, 2008 at 3:30 pm

hey SIC willie, im taking a current issues class debating about this issues with Ms.Payne. I personnaly believe that McCain did this to seem more aprochable like Obamma did with his wife at the demmocratic covention.It also will speak to all average middle class women who has issues like teen pregnency.

By Strom on September 2nd, 2008 at 3:40 pm

Is Palin pumping on the campaign trail?

How does Trig get fed during a busy campaign day?

By baker on September 2nd, 2008 at 5:11 pm

I think ranking on Bristol Palin herself should of course be off-limits. But I guess I can’t help wondering why in the world her mother would do what she’s doing while her TEENAGE daughter is pregnant and fixing to get married.

I suppose that’s up to the Palins and not any of my business. But the whole thing seems pretty far out. Especially considering that Sarah Palin is asking for “privacy.” If protecting her family’s, her daughter’s, privacy was of utmost importance, why in the world would she thrust her into this situation? I reckon all candidates with children worry about the spotlight and the various kinds of stress that campaigning and being a “public” family bring….but not all of them have a teenage kid who just got pregnant. Again, it’s not my call to make, but it seems like pretty heavy stuff to me.

By Mincing Words on September 2nd, 2008 at 5:47 pm

Ryan, I suggest you consult that dictionary while writing anything. Your frequent misspellings might give someone the impression that you aren’t taking your studies, or yourself, seriously.

By My2Cents on September 2nd, 2008 at 6:03 pm

Strom,

There’s a None-Ya if I ever heard one. None-Ya-Business.

By rick on September 2nd, 2008 at 8:52 pm

The Dog that nips at you’re heels today, is the Dog that will lick you’re hand tomorrow.

By CL on September 3rd, 2008 at 8:24 am

” ain’t about the Palin family, it’s about Johnny McCain’s judgement.”

Keep telling yourself that and maybe you’ll start to believe it. Exactly how do the exposes on Bristol’s fiancee fit into the McCain’s judgment story? Or the conspiracy theories that Palin faked her pregnancy with Trig? Palin is a threat to the Left, and they sink to any depths to destroy her. Bobby Jindal or any other promising conservative would get the same kneecapping if they had been the selection. The press has dropped any pretext of neutrality and is actively trying to determine the outcome of this election. This whole episode is disgusting.

“I was shocked to learn that his campaign was aware of both the investigation into the firing of the Public Safety Chief and the unwed pregnancy of the daughter, and yet McCain STILL PICKED HER to be his running mate!”

The Left can’t keep their story straight for 2 seconds. First, the problem was that McCain did not vet her. Then the NY Times article was shown to be total fiction, so now the problem is that he knew and still picked her.

If you want to talk judgment, how about Obama’s judgment in associating for years with an unrepentant terrorist, an American hating, racist preacher (Wright), an American hating, sexist preacher (Pfleger), etc. Plus, Obama knew Biden is a serial plagiarist and still picked Biden as his VP.

By rick on September 3rd, 2008 at 10:54 am

Wow CL, keep it up.

By CL on September 3rd, 2008 at 1:43 pm

“The time of exposure was incidental and had nothing to do with Gustav, but you won’t be able to convince people of it.”

So now McCain planned a hurricane to cover up this story, since it certainly hasn’t gotten any play in the press. Its really a shame the MSM has missed this story due to McCain’s machinations. And I thought Karl Rove was devious.

As anyone with even a finger hold on reality knows, the story was released to dispel the disgusting and unfounded rumors about Palin not being Trig’s mother. Where did those rumors come from? I guess McCain secretly planted those rumors on KOS and with Andrew Sullivan so that he could then dispel them (which he brilliantly coordinated with that hurricane he started).

“Wow CL, keep it up.”

Hey Rick, quit attacking a 17 year old girl.

By rick on September 3rd, 2008 at 2:06 pm

And where did I attack a 17 year old girl? I suggest you re-read the posting

By Turd Ferguson on September 3rd, 2008 at 5:24 pm

so the veep candidate is a soon to be gilf? awesome!

By --SCH[Hibernating] on September 3rd, 2008 at 6:36 pm

Men ! — You’re all turds. Dressed-up turds.

By Bethany on September 3rd, 2008 at 8:17 pm

I don’t think that Sarah Palin’s personal ordeal with her pregnant daughter is going to affect McCain’s Presidential campaign. He didn’t pick Palin’s pregnant seventeen year old daughter for Vice-President! We shouldn’t be focusing all of our attention on someone that is not even involved with John McCain. We should be focusing on Sarah’s accomplishments as a businesswoman, mayor, and governor of Alaska. So what if Bristol’s pregnant?! We can’t focus on the bad choice that Palin’s daughter made! She’s not running for office, neither has she been chosen to be Vice-President!

-Bethany
[from Ms. Payne's Current Issues student]
:)

By Vincent on September 3rd, 2008 at 10:21 pm

umm i agree with bethany.. who cares about what her daughter did. it doesnt make sarah palin a bad choice for the vp. i mean seriously.. think about this.. if you have kids and your kid does something you dont approve of.. does it make you a bad parent? umm im pretty sure all of you wouldn’t think so! so leave that family alone and worry about what really matters.. beating obama!

By Kyle on September 3rd, 2008 at 10:36 pm

Vincent is my hero, and I agree with him. I don’t think that should interfere with Sarah Palin.(She is my hero too because she is a member of the NRA) I’m sure she is a great parent, I don’t really think she could really help what her daughter chooses to do. I think these people just want something to argue about. Anyways as long as McCain gets the job done, us repubs should be happy.

By rick on September 4th, 2008 at 8:06 am

Bethany, as always we have to look beyond the obvious. While some will focus on a single issue (hair, voice, looks) there are others out there that will look to see how the pieces fit together to get a more perfect picture of what someone is all about. Not so much a question of what her daughter has done as much as a vindication that Sarah talks the talk and walks that talk. What we say in public is often different than what we do in private. The fact that her daughter is pregnant is farless important to me than the fact that the daughter will marry the father and raise the child. While the daughter may not have followed her mothers teaching about pre-marital sex, her teaching of taking responsibility for her actions and doing the “right” thing shows thru. This is the All-American family. Stayed up past my bedtime last evening to watch her acceptance speech…while I still have issues with McCain, Sarah and her family have my vote.

Men ! — You’re all turds. Dressed-up turds.
Someone with a limited vocabulary?

By Not Sayin', Just Sayin' on September 4th, 2008 at 3:01 pm

Obama’s mother had him when she was 18, and after just six months of marriage to a married man (Obama Sr. never divorced his first wife from Africa). Like Bill Clinton’s mother, she let her parents do most of the child-rearing while she found herself. Why isn’t she being savaged for doing far worse than Bristol Palin? Because the liberal media (I’m a J-school grad, and 95% of my classmates were flaming liberals) can’t not mentally process the fact that a successful and powerful woman can be embraced by the general population unless she’s a manimal like Hillary Clinton. It’s doing to be their undoing, and won’t help the cause of Senator Barak Hussein Obama, II, either.

By rYaN S on September 4th, 2008 at 4:59 pm

Mincing words, sorry im just a natural bad speller and did not read over what i wrote to closely.

By rick on September 5th, 2008 at 8:23 am

Ryan, none of us really know why McCain picked Sarah Palin for his running mate. My best educated guess goes like this:
1. Obama did’nt have the guts to pick a female and thus angered his base.
2. McCain couldn’t energize his base due to his history of being soft on social issues.
3. McCain is a maverick and likes being a maverick.
4. McCain knew the deligates that the Democratic Party dissed were his for the asking if he showed them some love.
5. He needed someone that would enhance his ticket, someone that wasn’t the norm.
6. McCain knew that 54% of the voters are women.
7. Sarah Palin is an outsider
8. Shes a maverick
9. Shes young, beautiful and hard as nails.
10. She resonates with Mom’s trying to juggle all the things they feel the need to do.
11. She says to every woman…you to can have it all.
12. Both candidates enjoy a good fight if the result is good for America.
13. Both love this country unconditionally.
14. Both cut their teeth on reform.

Just my guess

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