Winners
September 1st, 2008I had read the rumblings this morning about the “faked” pregnancy of Sarah Palin, presumptive GOP Vice Presidential nominee.
Then things got weirder:
CNN: Teen daughter of GOP VP pick is pregnant - CNN.com
Fox: Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter is Pregnant - America’s Election HQ
NYTimes: Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant - The Caucus Blog - NYTimes.com
Talking Points Memo: TPM Election Central | Talking Points Memo | McCain Campaign: Palin’s 17-Year-Old Daughter Is Pregnant
Talk about an indictment of “abstinence-only” sex education. Those wacky right wingers!
And then the Washington post has this nugget:
Palin Was a Director of Embattled Sen. Stevens’s 527 Group | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
This is the craziest presidential election. What will happen next?
p.s. Vote Obama ‘08. o
Tags: fundamentalism, GOP hypocrisy, politics, self-righteous karma
OBAMA/BIDEN 08!!!!!
seriously, I don’t care.
seriously, attack her on her issues. Show her as the right wing wingnut she is. Things like this will get moderate liberals and swing voters to like her.
The McCain campaign is beginning to be like a Monty Python skit.
Amen on the crazy election.
I am tempted to say that with the teenage pregnancy, and records of DUI in the family, at least now we know that Palin is, in fact, human, and not a robot. That’s good, right?
I would not be surprised if Ms. Palin stepped out of the race due to the “needs of her family.”
And in this case I think that would be honest and true.
But she probably won’t. She seems pretty driven.
I wonder if the repubs will still want to pass the ban on birth control after this?
The hypocrisy in all of this is overwhelming. I have so much to say, but this is not the place to do so.
Vote Obama ‘08.
Yay for voting Obama! I was there to see his speech live in Denver on Thursday, and it was amazing - just like he genuinely is.
Abstinence totally works! TOTALLY! Right, Bristol?
As this information was released to stop the rumor that her youngest son is actually her grandson, I found it interesting that one blogger calculated this conception would have taken place roughly 5 weeks after the birth of Trig (is that his name? Can’t remember). What a development THAT would be!
Missed a sentence on that last comment. I meant to point out that it is possible for her to have had a child and then conceived another. Not too likely but ya never know.
Whilst i dont support any of the opinions expressed in the AudacityOfHypocrisy blog. It at least gives some proof of sarah pallin’s real pregnancy which should dispel the rumours.
See: http://www.audacityofhypocrisy.com/2008/08/30/dailykos-rumors-debunked-here-is-sarah-palin-pregnancy-photo-on-feb-10th-2008/
As for sarah’s ploitical views - i agree with you Jon.
Wow. Everything about Palin has left me speechless. But this from CNN has just left me with my chin on the floor:
“Before, they were excited about her, with the Down syndrome baby,” conservative, anti-tax activist Grover Norquist said. “But now with this, they are over the moon. It reinforces the fact that this family lives its pro-life values.”
Over the moon. Because the best time to move across the country and take on one of the most demanding jobs in the world, is six months after you have given birth to an infant with special needs? Is that what they mean by focus on the family? Or maybe because seventeen is the ideal age for motherhood and has no effect on the lifelong earnings and opportunities for women who reproduce at that age? Or is it because the success rates for teen marriages is high?
Oh? None of the above? So what exactly are they “over the moon” about? I guess I’m part of the “liberal left” who doesn’t get it.
It is a crazy election! I cannot wait for the vp debates. Remember Ross Perot and that crazy Colonel dude with the hearing aid? I think it will be like that with Palin and Biden.
This Palin thing is the weirdest thing ever. Weird weird weird WEIRD. And insulting. And infuriating. And I’M A DEMOCRAT! I can’t even imagine how pissed I would be if I was a Republican.
P.S. Life in here Denver was surreal and awesome last week.
@wistari, I didn’t link to that insane craziness about the “fake” pregnancy because it was unsubstantiated and venal.
I concur. Bizarr-Oh!
This is all Jamie Lynn Spears’ fault…damned liberals!
For some interesting info on Palin, here is a link to the complete text of an email that arrived in my inbox last week from MoveOn.org. I found it VERY informative (Jon, I hope it is okay to post a link via comments):
http://pol.moveon.org/emails/palin_announcement.html?rc=homepage
Not only does it have some basic background on Palin, it also has some comments from some folks from Alaska living under her rule.
And another weird thing is this, the Republicans down here (Florida, they’re everywhere here like Palmetto bugs) just love Palin, get this, “Because she’s pretty”. What a great reason to vote for someone, and they’re dead serious. I guess I’ll vote for Obama because “He’s hot”
Is this woman acceptable as the next President of the United States?
Because that is what McCain’s VP should be seen as. I need to go find some foreign press opinions on Palin. She’s too much of a wild card, and has too many home obligations.
I am truly amazed. I thought American politics couldn’t possibly get any weirder than George W. Bush getting elected for a second term, but clearly I was mistaken. When I first saw Palin’s picture, where she was standing next to McCain at the podium, I thought, “Wow, when did Tina Fey become the governor of Alaska?” Now I’m thinking…”Wow, Tina Fey might be a better VP than the woman McCain has picked.” She certainly can’t have a more complicated family life.
One more thing…though I am a Christian, I would never classify myself as right-wing (in fact, I’m a fairly liberal Democrat). However, I come from a lineage of very conservative Southern Baptists. My uncle is a Southern Baptist minister in Mississippi, and six years ago, when my cousin (his daughter) became pregnant out of wedlock (she was 22 and a senior in college), he offered his resignation to his church for his inability to hold moral authority over his children. He also made his daughter (who, remember, was an ADULT) get up in front of his church and apologize for her sins. After that was done, the church board decided they wouldn’t accept his resignation, and he remains in the pulpit. And he is THRILLED with Sarah Palin…
So, he felt that HE had failed morally because his ADULT daughter got pregnant out of wedlock, but Sarah Palin is a model of Christian morality. Is it just me, or does that smack of hypocrisy.
BTW, my cousin, at my uncle’s insistence, married the jerk who was the father of the child. They are now divorced.
I love my family, but this stuff drives me nuts. Also, they think I’m bound for Hell because I’m voting for Obama.
Oh come on! She’s the perfect pick. Look at how well she balances the ticket. McCain is a grumpy old man and she was Miss Congeniality.
Though frankly, I wonder if she has what it takes to fill Dick Cheney’s shoes as a Republican VP. Is she ready to become A Dark Lord? I know she’s a lifetime member of the NRA, but IS SHE READY TO SHOOT PEOPLE IN THE FACE?
America needs to know!
I don’t care that her daughter is pregnant or that her husband got a DUI as a young adult. These are not issues that show if Palin is or is not qualified to be president of the United States. They only show that she comes from a real family….one with warts…like we all do. Her husband and child are the only ones that should be held accountable for their actions (not Palin), and they are not the candidate seeking public office.
I was ecstatic when McCain choose Palin as his running mate. Based on Palin’s lack of experience alone, I instantly thought McCain’s choice put Obama and Biden over the top.
His choice told me a lot about his own ability to make sound choices as president.
Wow. Your politics is even more complicated than ours in the UK at the moment! I can’t believe the words ‘ban on birth control’ have even been uttered, I seriously can’t…
Anyway if I was in the US I’d back up your vote Jon. Please America, don’t screw this up this time
(I’m wishing the same here in the UK for our next election…)
I fail to see how the fact that Palin’s daughter is pregnant is a reflection on Palin. As parents, we try to instill our values and beliefs into our kids but at the end of the day they will make their own decisions. Also, the notion that a new life born into this world, unplanned or otherwise, is some sort of Karmic vindication (as you imply in your tag, “Self Righteous Karma”) is highly distasteful, and smacks of self-righteousness on your part.
Please don’t jump to the conclusion I am Republican- I believe in political debate- I just don’t see how this is a pertinent revelation.
@bethy, you should read my post today.
It seems that the people who make the biggest issue of unplanned teen pregnancy, including denying education to the very teens that need it are those who pay the biggest price. That is my implication. That perhaps those who are in position to deny proper contraceptive education might want to look in the mirror.
I second bethy’s comment on your ‘karma’ tag. I understand calling out politicians for the hypocrisy of saying one thing and doing another (your 9/2 post). But Palin’s daughter is not a politician, she’s a child. Maybe she’s pregnant because she didn’t have sex education, or maybe she was well-educated and the condom broke. Are you saying that whenever hardship falls on your family, that you deserve it? Because it sounds like you’re pleased that this 17-year-old girl is going to face challenges.
Politics aside, my heart goes out to her, just as my heart went out to Elizabeth Edwards when, after many denials, John Edwards finally admitted to an affair while his wife was battling cancer. I believe Elizabeth & family did nothing to ‘deserve’ his betrayal, and I believe theirs was also a private matter. You must too since, you didn’t see the need to post links like the one below and tag it self-righteous karma.
http://projects.newsobserver.com/under_the_dome/john_edwards_in_1999
@mudita, read my previous comment.
Edwards didn’t make a point of campaigning against adultery. He didn’t and doesn’t want to deny funding for programs that educate people. He’s a moron who couldn’t keep it in his pants.
Finally, the pregnancy isn’t the karma. That’s not what I’m implying. I’m implying that ignorance and the propagation of it is where the karma comes. We are on the cusp of a new Dark Ages and it will be fundamentalism and religion that ushers it in. I would like to halt this turn away from reason and education. Palin is one of the minions who wants to turn back the clock 500 years. I stand against her.