as it is for the rest of us. For a moment, there were THREE copies of this story on the front page. Now I see only two.

Feels like we’re back at Day One of RS3 again. Groundhog Day?

like the Jerry Springer show around here.

Bob Barr 2008

…..and to many, many families. My personal opinion is that this won’t hurt the campaign at all and may indeed help.

They will assume that Palin will lose all support from the social cons-because they do not understand them. They think social cons are about judgement rather than forgiveness.

And of course this plays well into the contrast of Obama-who views pregnancies in teenage girls as punishments, while the Palins are looking at this as a blessing.

Tough time for the teenage girl, but this was going to come out at some point-kind of hard to hide a pregnancy in its last months.

The real question is what the nutroots do.

This only makes Palin even more an “every woman” that people can relate to. One of my mom’s best friends faced the same thing with her 16 year old daughter 25 years ago. The teenage daughter and her boyfriend married, and 25 years later are still happily married with one son in college and the son Obama would view as a punishment is earning his doctorate in math and is also now married (no babies yet though).

Social cons consider babies to be blessings, even if there may be some stress in dealing with the initial shock. Liberals view them as punishments and burdens.

Glad to be a social con on this issue.

I hope Bristol is doing okay and that she avoids the media spotlight. She must be terrified. I can’t imagine, though, why Palin would want to subject her daughter to so much public scrutiny when she knew this information would come out. But honestly, thinking about my own family…I do a pretty good job telling my own daughters to ignore the liberal hollywood culture and the “role models” like Britney Spears and LIndsay Lohan it produces. But what do I tell my daughter now if she asks why she should hold herself to a higher moral standard? Who can I point to to say: See, honey? This young lady chose to think about her education, her career, her future, and chose to wait. And how can a “strong feminist conservative mother” who can’t even instill conservative values in her own child hope to represent this country for all the world to see? God bless them, and help them.

Whew. That’s some kind of headfake. Now I’m not so sure about Palin.

17 years old and pregnant? Spells D-I-S-A-S-T-E-R to me.

John McCain: A Maverick Too Far.

the media and left is going to go bananas on this!

WHY DIDNT SHE INTRODUCE BRISTOL FRIDAY AS MY ‘ENGAGED’ DAUGHTER, couldve partially avoided this which may become a ‘distaster’ in the media.

the media and left is going to go bananas on this!

WHY DIDNT SHE INTRODUCE BRISTOL FRIDAY AS MY ‘ENGAGED’ DAUGHTER, couldve partially avoided this which may become a ‘distaster’ in the media.

taken from comments in the Fox and CNN headline stories:

“This woman is real. She’s a role model for how to handle a child of today’s world with christian morals. This happens everyday and families need to know that keeping the baby and family support really can work. Way to go Palin’s.”

“This just confirms that the Palins are an average American family dealing with issues and problems that average families have to deal with.”

“Isn’t it wonderful that we will have someone in the whitehouse that can relate to the issues within the American family.”

Also, there’s alot of “this happened to my daughter/sister/friend/me” going on. Women are identifying with this situation. Women are realizing that Sarah Palin lives in their world. They are being reminded through this incident that she will represent that world, and the needs of a mother, wife, and successful career woman, in Washington.

made the same choice two years ago with the exception that she has not yet married the father (thank God).

I am proud of her! She finished High Scholl and now goes to college, holds a job and takes care of her daughter. That she holds a 3.5 GPA is astounding.

My hats off to Bristol Palin and her family.

ugh

I really don’t think they are going to be able to wrap their heads around the fact how supportive republicans will be of Bristol. Congratulations Bristol, you, like your mother, are a person of integrity and should be a role model for others.

I’ve HAD IT with liberals and Democrats. This attempt to smear the Palin family hits below the belt. I went to some liberal blogs and read the garbage posted about the Palins.

Absolutely pathetic!

After McCain announced that Sarah Palin is going to be his running mate, I did something that I’ve never done before–I donated money to McCain.

Now I’m going to do something that I’ve never done before–I’m going to sign up on johnmccain.com to VOLUNTEER to help get McCain and Palin elected. I’m also going to donate AGAIN!

The Democrats MUST be DEFEATED in November–they have no ethics or scruples and will destroy this country if their “man” wins.

Keep the baby or put it up for a adoption, whatever. But how is a shotgun marriage at 17 “taking the right path”?

How old is the father?

of Obama.

PUNISHMENT.
I don’t want my daughters to be punished by a baby. ~Sen. Obama

I will be 54 years old this Nov.
When I was 17 and my girlfriend was 16 I got her pregnant.
I married her and have been married to her ever since, we have have 3 children all grown up and doing well.

No I am not running for the VP spot, but I will say this if my party and my country cant get past this moment then I think I will have lost faith in them.

I donated 500 yesterday to McCain/Palin and I do not regret doing so today.
I am 100% behind this ticket.

Anyway, to me it seems discussing her “brave” choice is like trying to shut the gate after the horses are out. Where were her morals and decision making process 5 months ago? What has she been taught and by whom?
I’m happy that she’s keeping the child, she is blessed with a healthy and supportive family who will welcome the child, so good for her but i’m wondering why its ok and brave for unmarried 17 year olds to have out of wedlock children.

I know this may be a tad off-topic, sorry. While in a lib chat on aol that was all atwitter over a teen pregnancy, I asked if anyone had any new info about the fraud investigation of Beau Biden. Not a peep. Looks like some research is necessary. Sheesh I hate doing the MSM’s work

Unwanted pregnancies happen, and in the best of families and to the best of people. You would have to be a real bluenose to get censorious about that.

But here’s what bothers me: given the current circumstances, where a late stage pregnancy was bound to come out, why would Sarah Palin agree to run for VP now?

Why not wait until 2012 or 2016 to seek national office, and give her child a break? If it is meant to be, it will be meant to be then as well.

What is going to happen to this kid is going to be sad, and ugly, and life scarring. It’s not going to be the Dems so much as the paparazzi and the tabloid press, and they are more heartless and cynical than any politician.

As parents, we make all kinds of decisions that compromise our goals but that allow our kids a little bit better life. We turn down the promotion that requires a move during a crucial school year, we work less overtime when they are needy, we sacrifice on buying stuff we want so the college fund can be filled up or they can have that life memory of a trip to DisneyWorld.

I’m just not getting why someone who is like the Sarah Palin I thought I was getting to know wouldn’t do that kind of thing, and pass on this opportunity for the sake of her child. She would have had other chances. I even think that maybe McCain should have considered moving on to Pawlenty or Romney rather than subjecting this poor kid to what she’s going to go through.

My prayers are with her. It’s never easy being pregnant, it’s never easy being pregnant when you are unwed, and it’s not going to be made any easier by having the National Enquirer on the case because of her mother’s new level of fame.

Palin will be dumped in 1-2 days and replaced with Romney/Pawlenty….

From the Reuters article that published the story:

“Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter’s pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.”

From this past Saturday (after the announcement):

The Daily News had asked Palin’s press secretary, Bill McAllister, over the weekend to address rumors that Bristol was pregnant.

“I don’t know. I have no evidence that Bristol’s pregnant,” he said on Saturday.

I wonder which story is true. Or maybe SP just kept her press secretary in the dark about things.

From the Reuters article that published the story:

“Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter’s pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.”

From this past Saturday (after the announcement):

The Daily News had asked Palin’s press secretary, Bill McAllister, over the weekend to address rumors that Bristol was pregnant.

“I don’t know. I have no evidence that Bristol’s pregnant,” he said on Saturday.

I wonder which story is true. Or maybe SP just kept her press secretary in the dark about things.

I live in Anchorage and have been a big fan of Governor Palin. But I’m now very worried. Several news outlets today report that the McCain campaign didn’t vet Palin thoroughly including neglecting to review archives of her hometown’s newspaper, the Valley Frontiersman, which are not online. Nor did they speak with some key officials within Alaska’s government. Also, today, rumors are swirling in the state that one of our major newspapers will be breaking a story this week that Palin may be linked to an affair she has had with a former staffer. If she wasn’t vetted properly is there a chance some very unpleasant news about her is about to be unEarthed?

Someone in a GOP smoke filled room will make the decision to throw Palin under the bus. Probably Karl Rove. Pay attention to the man behind the curtain!

This is so sad. Who is taking care of her children while she is off being Gov and VP candidate? Doesn’t she think raising children is important? In this day and age working mothers are a reality but she had a special-need child just five months ago!!! It is becoming apparent that maybe with her husband off working in the north fields and racing snowmobiles someone should be focused on the children. Sad.

When my 21-year-old daughter became pregnant, and marriage was absolutely not an option, my daughter made the decision to offer her child for open adoption. I remember being so proud of her, and I still am. Especially when I think about the wonderful life both mother and child are living, with neither the horribly scarring guilt nor death that an abortion would have meant.

Too bad some feel the need to criticize, when choosing life is the whole point.

my only concern,wouldnt palin be labeled as a hypocrite.its commendable that she is such a staunch pro life, she she is also such a staunch believer of abstinence only,so how can she say with a straight face that she supports a policy when she CANNOT even make her own daughter follow it.what does it say about the new champ of the right???

And you know its going to happen.

My first son was born 2 weeks after I turned 18. His mother was 17 at the time.

Its almost 4 years later now, and we’re married and have another child.

Although the fact that we had a child reflects on our poor judgement at the time, I’ve always said that it does NOT reflect on my parents in anyway, nor does it disqualify us (or, in this case, her) from doing anything in the future.

We had family support, and now do considerably well for ourselves. I hope the same can be said for this girl a few years from now.

It is truly un-hip to be a hypocrite! Unfortunately for all you double talkers out there, spin only goes so far before the unraveling begins.

Quite convenient that in this situation, Bristol Palin becomes a heroine, and ascends to some type of noble divinity for getting knocked up. In reality she has become another statistic representing unmarried teen pregnancy; and further evidence that preaching abstinence wile neglecting to emphasize the importance of condoms and birth-control are ineffective.

If it were the daughters of Obama who were pregnant and unmarried at 17 (fast-forwarding their age 8-10 years), all of you double talkers would be relentless in the impunity of their character and upbringing. Give me a break!

Perhaps many of you should take this moment to wake up and smell the stench of ubiquitous lies that continue to be strung along. It is time for some critical thinking and objectivity for once. Ask yourself, how many pregnant women (speaking of Governor Palin) do you know that don’t show at 7 months (her staff didn’t even know)? Then after their water breaking, instead of going to a hospital (like a rational, concerned parent) they do something else; i.e. deliver a speech. Just doesn’t add up! Could this pregnancy be Bristol’s second? Hmmm, I wonder? It would make sense why Bristol was holding Trig so closely during her mothers acceptance speech. Is governor Palin even breastfeeding? All jokes aside, where are the witnesses? If this is yet another lie, shame on her for lying on her children and grandchildren.

Once again I ask, is the V.P. choice of Senator McCain in Palin (who has a ton of baggage being revealed just within the first five days) to fire up the base, or to set them on fire? Maybe he is tanking his own election?

I always thought he was spineless for not leaving the Grand Ole Party after the 2000 election when the disgusting smears about his Bangladeshi daughter were made by Rove and the Bush Camp. You remember the one about how she was a “black child” that was the product of an affair with a black prostitute. Speaking of his daughter, has anyone seen her this campaign season? Given the track record of how GOP’ers eat their own, I can understand why!

Maybe this is Mr. McCain’s version of sweet revenge; an Obama Presidency.

-Antioxymoron

Pro-Life + Pro-War = Oxymoron

As a life long Republican and devout Christian, I am very disgusted! The Palin family has let us all down. Its bad enough that her daughter is a sinner and a whore, but Sarah Palin is now trying to deflect this sinful behavior by trying to blame “liberal bloggers”! How about accepting responsibility. As Republicans we value taking personal responsibility. Palin’s attempt to deflect criticism of her daughter’s whorish behavior by blaming bloggers or Obama’s sorry supporters is unforgivable! Sarah Palin should not accept the VP nomination and focus on her obviously unstable family.

They have nothing to go on, so they pounce on what THEY perceive to be a weakness (any weakness) to try to minimize the absolute strength of John McCain’s pick for VP, Sarah Palin. Who amongst us, who has children, does not also have the grey hairs with which they bless us? These cockroaches, however, scatter easily with even a hint of the light of truth being shone upon them.

You sir, are no Christian!

I take that back, whether or not you are a Christian is between you and God. However, you are not a Christian I would care to fellowship with.

Liberals come up with conspiracy theories like this because those from their ilk would act like that in this situation. They just can’t fathom that someone can live with values. Yes, we’re all human, but those of strong character don’t hide mistakes, they face them.

Buh-Bye, Anti-Oxymoron. Waiting for the “banned/unregistered from forum” for being a troll shoe to drop.

It is truly pathetic for those liberals and democrats out there who are targeting a 17 kid because they are desparate to shoot down Sarah Palin.

It’s not going to work.

All McCain needs to win the election is for all of the Republicans to show up and vote in November.

Liberals pretend to be perfect and pure.

Christians make no such claim and they don’t throw people under the bus who falter.

We’ve all sinned, right? You don’t have to be a Christian to acknowledge this.

The solution for Democrats is hide your flaws and pretend to be like Hillary.

This will not hurt McCain-Palin and this will only harden the resolve of the Christian right and conservatives.

It’s always people like that who call young women bad words who usually have something really* sick that they are hiding themself. I’ve seen it at least 20x.
You should apologize right now no woman should be spoken about like that.

Thank goodness no matter how they vote, in personal dealings most people are understanding. Most of us are parents and want ALL young men and women who face challenges to have support and love from those around them. I think people change when they get on the internet or it’s someone they don’t know and are talking about it.

1. We are all appalled by this news.
2. As reported, McCain knows this thing very well and was part of the considerations in vetting for Palin.
3. By the help of a troll, we have expressed our thoughts on the issue of Real Working Mother, which is very educational and very new compared to RS usual topics.
4. A few of us have similar (or somewhat closer) concept with the left: Mothers, instead of working, must stay at home to guard their children. Many of us concluded, however, that this is wrong and misogynistic.
5. Again, with the help of a troll, even some RS guys, including Kowalski, took the bait about Palin being a bad VP choice.
6. On the issue of Bristol marrying the father of her baby at 17, it is not clear. One thing is interesting though: At least one guy here indicated that “young marriages” can work.
7. No one among us can give exact traditional values of the Eskimos. It is possible that the “offending” boy is an Eskimo and their traditions have something to do with Bristol’s decision to marry.

BUT WE MISSED TWO POINTS:

1. Even for people in the “right age”, marriage has no guarantee to succeed. It’s up to the couple involved and there is no by-the-book formula. Let Bristol decide what she think is good for her.

2. On political front, we have also forgotten the real “political” issue against Palin. A scary authoritarian.

The issue of Bristol’s pregnancy has just proven that Palin has never used her own powers and authority for personal advantage. She could have easily used some of her Alaskan Guards to put surveillance and limit the freedom of her daughters, for Palin’s own personal political interests.

But no, Bristol has all the freedom in this world courtesy of her parents. Her pregnancy is a result of her own decisions in life as a young American.

This incident will put to rest Monegan’s claims that Sarah Palin is notorious in using her power for her own personal advantage.

You should apologize for calling her those words.

How about instead of being so immature instead act like an adult and say something constructive. Mrs. Palin hit the nail on the head when she said grow up fast, that is exactly what parenthood is, it’s like grow up fast bootcammp. Why not encourage Miss Palin instead of saying demeaning words.

Why wouldn’t the Palins support their daughter? Prisons are full of hardcore felons whose parents still love them.

No doubt the Palins have done their best to impart their values to their kids, but their daughter chose differently for
herself (and it isn’t as if she’s 12 years old). That’s not grounds for their casting her out into the darkness.

I give Gov. Palin bonus points for sticking by her convictions, instead of dragging her daughter off for an abortion, lest the pregnancy interfere with the Governor’s career.

I found it reprehensible, to bring up the choices of the children. Children don’t always go in the way we would wish them to. It is no reason to toss them aside as if they aren’t ours. It is still possible to love a child even if they turn out differently than you would like. One of my daughters is gay. I love her just as much as I always have. I was glad she came out to me instead of hiding it from me like her girlfriend has to with her family. No, I don’t think we should just adopt an anything goes attitude, but we don’t have to stone people that make different choices either. Bristol is brave and so is her mom to stand by her instead of casting her aside.

Member for all of 44 minutes and two posts - both of which are classic troll material.

What we really could use right now is for new member registration to be turned off for awhile until a way to screen them better can be implemented.

As to Bristol Palin, she made a mistake. Guess what? She is a human being with free will, that makes her imperfect like us all. What’s important now he how she deals with it, and that she is right with God on the mistake.

Being right with God is really something only she and God can know. Dealing with it rightly is a matter of not compounding one mistake with another, and from what we know she appears to be dealing with this correctly. Other than that, anything else is speculation.

After reading the comments to this great article, I am feeling sick at how some posters here feel about a situation that happens every day in our great country. Teenage pregnancy. It is not the end of the world for those who make a mistake when young. Think Fred Thompson! He got married to his pregnant girlfriend when 16 I believe. He supported his wife and child, AND, worked his way through college and law school. The libs did the same thing to him when that news came out. I admired him more for it! He had responsibility!

mdc- Thank you for sharing your positive story. You are an inspiration to all with your good character and morals. You know you did the right thing!

olderthan(dirt)gandalf- I believe you sound more like Obama in saying that Bristols life will be sad, ugly and life scarring. It sounds as though you agree with Obama in that Bristol has been punished with a baby. You talk of all of your sacrifices in job promotions and etc. for the sake of your children. Obviously you never had the opportunity to become a great voice for our country, and to put all in proper perspective. Do you think for a moment that because Trig is challenged and because Bristol is pregnant that Sarah is a selfish power monger? Do you really live in a glass house with children that have never made any mistakes? You seem very quick to cast the first stone. Shame on you. Most people I know would have taken that promotion in order to provide a better life for their children, and I don’t mean bigger and better tech toys!

Thank you Ben Domenech for the best line in your article- “We send our strongest prayers and best wishes for Bristol Palin, for her future husband, and for the entire Palin clan.”

according to the Washington Post she was the subject to a FBI background check:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/08/30/AR2008083002377_pf.html

The whole “she wasnt vetted” claim is just a bunch of drive-by’s excuse for not doing their jobs well.

It seems the those that describe themselves as pro-choice find some of the choices here unacceptable.

A 17 year old girl has a “right to privacy” only if she isn’t related to someone the Left is trying to take down for their own political gain.

Really none of this is any of our business… the only reason it was necessary to come out with it publicly was the ridiculous “fake pregnancy” stuff.

This 17 year old girl is not running for anything. She should not be the subject of attacks by the Left any more than Chelsea should have been targeted by the Right (and with the exception of some inappropriate jokes by a few people, she wasn’t).

I have a lot of sympathy for this girl because everyone makes some stupid mistakes when they are young adults, but by virtue of who her mother is her error in judgment is being picked apart across the country. That is not something a 17 year old should really have to deal with.

I guess that just goes to show that the Left doesn’t much care about a woman’s “right to privacy” as they pretend they do.

I continue to be impressed with the lady I hope to be the future Vice President of the United States.

People accuse Gov. Palin of being utterly unprepared to face the challenges of national office. There has particularly been a lot of “concern” expressed over her ability to stand up to the Putins and Ahmadinejads of the world. I ask you, how many of us would have the courage, after developing a reputation for preaching abstinence only education and strong family values and then being selected for the national ticket of the “values” political party, to stand before the whole world and acknowledge the behavior of and announce our support for a child whose choices haven’t lived up to our ideals? I think in all honesty the temptation of most people would be to try to hide it. (Although, I can think of one other, namely the current V.P.) I think this willingness to live openly “in the light” is indicative of a type of courage that is rare, even within the church. I think it is the type of courage that lends credence to Sarah Palin’s reputation as a reformer. People who live with a constant fear of being “found out” are severely crippled in any attempt to reform anything.

Furthermore, Gov. Palin’s response to her daughter’s poor choice speaks volumes about her integrity and her solid conservative values. As many have pointed out here, it further emphasizes her commitment to life. However, something that few have noted is her demonstrated commitment to personal responsibility. While assuring her daughter and future son-in-law of the family’s unconditional love and support, she also makes it clear that she expects them to take responsibility for the choices they’ve made. She expects them to “grow up” and “face the responsibilities of adulthood”.

Contrast this with how Barack Obama has said he would respond should one of his daughters face a similar situation: “if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby”. Daddy’s urge would be to step in and absolve his child of any responsibility and any consequences for her action. I think, unspoken in this response (and maybe I’m being unfair), is the implication that one should hide the mistake.

I don’t know how Sarah Palin would respond if she had to go toe-to-toe with a nasty dictator. But I’d lay better odds on the success of someone who has demonstrated a willingness to face public criticism and NOT shield her children from the consequences of their actions than a person whose fears for his children’s futures would prevent him from encouraging them to grow up.

Given all the trolls are purposely coming here to check our reactions to the issue, I think Barack is really the mastermind of this grand design to discredit Palin in a most unnatural and inhuman way.

Somehow the far left knew this story all along. First, they explicitly disseminated the lie that Trig is actually son of Bristol, not Sarah to paint Sarah as a hypocritical conservative. Now, that Bristol’s story is out, all the trolls are prepared to attack Sarah as a bad mother.
If my recollection is right, someone here at RS said that they have a plan to “out” Sarah as *unfaithful wife *to Todd in an Alaskan newspaper.

Along the middle, *Barack is washing his hands to remind his mad dogs *of “don’t attack on personal matters”.

THIS IS TRULY A DEMONIC WAY OF ATTACKING A CANDIDATE. This is exactly what Cliff Kincaid is saying about the Chicago tactic of the far left.

… respecting choices like the one that Bristol made to continue her pregnancy and keep her baby. Even if her decision to have premarital sex wasn’t the best decision on the planet, especially given her age and the difficulties she will now face with trying to balance parenthood with finishing high school (and hopefully college), she did make her choice about what she wanted to do.

Any person who is pro-choice must respect and support that decision at least as much as they support the right for a pregnant woman to make another decision.

Now, I can kind of, sort of, halfway, maybe, understand the idea that a person may not wish to glamorize teen pregnancy, or encourage premarital sex.

But calling her behavior “whorish” — woah.

I’m very glad the person who said that appears to be a troll, although I am sad that they would say that even while trolling.

The point about respecting Bristol’s decision to continue her pregnancy and to keep her baby is not to glamorize or encourage teens to engage in sexual activity. If she’s going to be a role model to women, it will be that yes, she made a mistake, but she did what she believed was the right thing when that mistake resulted in a new life being created — and since she has decided to keep her baby instead of giving it up for adoption, she obviously feels that the new life will be a blessing for her and give her joy, even if she may regret starting that life while she herself is so young.

If the father of her child plans to marry her, it seems like he also sees this new life as a blessing — and I wish nothing but the absolute best for both of them through what will be a difficult and trying situation. (Having a baby and being a parent even when you are married and planned to have a child is challenging.)

I am glad that Sarah and Todd fully support their daughter’s decision, because having a baby so young is even more difficult when you do not have the support of your loved ones.

And I think the media should leave the story alone, as Bristol is not running for public office.

A relative of mine’s daughter (I think she is my fourth cousin, but I’m not sure if that’s actually the correct way the familial relationship would be classified — I call her my cousin though) got pregnant a few years ago. She was still in high school.

She talked with her mother and her grandmother, and said she wanted to keep her baby and get married. However, her mother and grandmother felt it would be better for them not to get married so young — mainly because the father was also still in high school. So they talked with his parents, and all of them agreed that the most important thing was that both of them were able to finish school and go to college.

So her grandmother, who is retired, is taking care of her great-granddaughter now during the day. My cousin is going to college in the town nearby and is staying with her grandmother as well. She is still in love with the father of her child, and they are now engaged — although they plan to wait until they both finish college to get married. He stays at her grandmother’s house as often as his own, and loves his daughter dearly. And because they both had the support of their families, they have been able to continue with their education and still raise their daughter.

Being pro-choice should be exactly that — being willing to support and love a person no matter what choice they make, especially when they decide that the best choice is to raise their child.

Thomas and Nick may have to come back on an emergency basis. Kinda like Stop Loss.

I’ll be the first to commend the Palin’s on the way they handled the situation regarding the (no brainer) decision regarding Trig and their words today regarding Bristol’s pregnancy. Unconditional love and support is exactly what their daughter needs right now. This should be a strictly private family matter. But in today’s age of the biased MSM, the DailyKooks, instant information, etc…this situation should have been handled better from the McCain camp. Surely they had to know about this and in retrospect, I think it should have been included in Friday’s coming out party. But to me, personally, this has just taken the wind out of my sails politically. It just smacks of trying to cover something up, esp. in light of those disgusting rumors on the Kook site. Bristol’s pregnancy was bound to come out at some point in the campaign so why delay? Because you had to respond to the filth being spewed from the Kossites? This whole episode, personal/family matters or not, should have be handled in a more pro-active way.

We’re in the fight of our lives to keep from this country from electing a freaking Marxist as POTUS. The McCain camp knew about this ahead of time and chose to release this information today…Labor Day, when we’re all at the pool, or at a cookout, or thinking about those in the path of Gustav. Today was even a more opportune day than a Friday afternoon to try and bury or minimize the impact of a story. The McCain camp has been brilliant in being pro-active about just about everything…until now. I sincerely hope I’m in the minority in my reaction because I think Gov. Palin and her pragmatic, country-first conservatism are just what this country needs. I just have a gut feeling that this will not sit well with the middle 20% swing voter group. I hope I’m wrong.

Don’t get me wrong. I will still vote for the McCain/Palin ticket and the noseplugs are still put away……for now.

I have a real question: Why are “Pro-life” supporters proud of Palin for sticking with her beliefs and having Her child with down syndrome even though She new of the child’s troubles. Are you kidding? You are proud Palin had the child? Proud of her . . . CHOICE! Wow. So am I! I am also very proud that she had that CHOICE! You can’t give credit for not doing something that you firmly believe SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! If she picked the other option wouldn’t they think she should volunteer to spend time in jail for her crime of murder? Are you proud of her for not speeding or not robbing her neighbors. You can’t be proud of someone for making a choice when you are actively seeking to eliminate the choice as an option. Example: If date rape was not illegal and I thought, as I do, it should be. I wouldn’t be proud of someone that didn’t date rape someone. It is just obvious. In the same light, I am not proud of someone for not being racist or for someone being tolerant of others. It is obvious.

I can only think this shows me that some “Pro Lifers” really just think people should make the choice to have the child and do not real believe what they are saying. Otherwise this argument would be obvious and you wouldn’t see it as brave choice but obvious one. She would have the child and any even thought about aborting the pregnancy would be wrong.

I on the other hand, I have every right to be proud of her making that difficult CHOICE and I hope it work out best for all of them. I real do! I am also very proud of the country that protects and continues the fight for Palin’s and other woman’s right to make that CHOICE.

If a someone says they are proud, have great respect or solute her choice call them out as the pro choice person they are.

“I am proud of her choice and proud we haven’t taken away her right to make it.”

She on the other hand has no right to say she even had a choice if she is actively trying to take away the choice from others.

I really hope for some intelligent responses.

I have a real question: Why are “Pro-life” supporters proud of Palin for sticking with her beliefs and having Her child with down syndrome even though She new of the child’s troubles. Are you kidding? You are proud Palin had the child? Proud of her . . . CHOICE! Wow. So am I! I am also very proud that she had that CHOICE! You can’t give credit for not doing something that you firmly believe SHOULD BE ILLEGAL! If she picked the other option wouldn’t they think she should volunteer to spend time in jail for her crime of murder? Are you proud of her for not speeding or not robbing her neighbors. You can’t be proud of someone for making a choice when you are actively seeking to eliminate the choice as an option. Example: If date rape was not illegal and I thought, as I do, it should be. I wouldn’t be proud of someone that didn’t date rape someone. It is just obvious. In the same light, I am not proud of someone for not being racist or for someone being tolerant of others. It is obvious.

I can only think this shows me that some “Pro Lifers” really just think people should make the choice to have the child and do not real believe what they are saying. Otherwise this argument would be obvious and you wouldn’t see it as brave choice but obvious one. She would have the child and any even thought about aborting the pregnancy would be wrong.

I on the other hand, I have every right to be proud of her making that difficult CHOICE and I hope it work out best for all of them. I real do! I am also very proud of the country that protects and continues the fight for Palin’s and other woman’s right to make that CHOICE.

If a someone says they are proud, have great respect or solute her choice call them out as the pro choice person they are.

“I am proud of her choice and proud we haven’t taken away her right to make it.”

She on the other hand has no right to say she even had a choice if she is actively trying to take away the choice from others.

I really hope for some intelligent responses.