I can't believe Palin allowed her name to be put in nomination KNOWING

[XemaSab]

that her underage daughter's PRIVATE BUSINESS would be exposed and scrutinized.

I wish nothing but the best for Bristol, her child, and her child's father.

But Governor Palin, this was a really shitty thing to do. Even if Palin had announced it a month or two ago, it would be better than allowing the gossip to circulate the way it has been.

And this not only shows the horrible judgement of Sarah Palin, it shows the horrible judgement of John McCain for not vetting her properly in the first place.

[Vinca]

1. Exactly. nt

[Bernardo de La Paz]

40. McCain knew too, Washington Post is reporting (Reuters original)

McCain knew too, Washington Post is reporting (Reuters original).

http://voices.washingtonpost.com/thefix/2008/09/bristol_palin_is_pregnant.html

[Ichingcarpenter]

2. He's damned if he keeps her and damned if he drops her

Its a win, win for our side.

[ecstatic]

13. Yep. Even the women who were stupid enough to consider him after the pick

will be disgusted.

[NJCher]

32. how quickly the tide has turned

Just yesterday on these threads there were people admonishing us to leave the story alone and that nothing good could come of it.



Cher

[L0oniX]

3. I can't believe that everyone is finding out that I boinked her daughter.

[Arrowhead2k1]

5. Now you HAVE to marry her!

:rofl:

[coalition_unwilling]

31. ROTFLMAO -n\t

[XemaSab]

33. .

:rofl:

[Bobbie Jo]

4. Completely self-serving decision

With everything else that's come out about her....it fits.

[Bobbie Jo]

6. dupe/delete

[No Elephants]

7. Not such a "typical hockey mom," after all?

[XemaSab]

34. I think she's an all-too-typical hockey mom

:(

[Left Is Write]

8. Exactly.

Sarah Palin has repeatedly exhibited poor judgment, and this is one of the more egregious examples. It's also an example of the poor judgment of John McCain.

The "liberal blogs" are getting the blame for bringing this story to the spotlight, but I say the blame for the scrutiny can be laid directly at the feet of Sarah Palin and John McCain. There is NO WAY I would do this to my teenage daughter, political ambition be damned.

[POAS]

15. Liberal Blogs

kept Sarah's pregnancy a secret for 7 months.

Made Sarah fly to Texas 8 months pregnant.

Made her decide to accept the call from John McSleazy.

Got her daughter pregnant.

And then announced it to the world to quash a rumor.


Yep It's all the fault of the commie pinko liberal blogs!

[NJmaverick]

9. Either Sarah is really stupid (thinking she could hide this)

or she is really selfish.

[marew]

20. I'm picking stupid here.

She thought the Founding Fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegiance.:rofl:

[NJmaverick]

53. I hear she wish she could have seen George Washington's MySpace page

[qwlauren35]

52. I'm picking selfish.

Given the other "scandals" she's involved with, she's used to getting away with things.

[liberalmuse]

10. I blame John McCain...

He obviously cannot be trusted to make a sound, informed decision. The man is obviously batshit.

[Danger Mouse]

11. Yeah, but it's not our job to drag Bristol through the mud either.

It makes us as despicable as she is.

[POAS]

24. NO we aren't

either dragging Bristol's name through the mud, nor are we as despicable as Sarah.

She dragged that pregnant kid out to the national stage. It is her responsibility and hers alone. I will not shut up about it. Her poor judgment and poor parenting cast NO aspersions on Bristol at all

[XemaSab]

36. I don't think Bristol's despicable

and Palin... she may not be a bad person, but she certainly exhibited bad judgement.

[Cha]

12. palin put her name up ..knowing that she would be lying about

the bridge to nowhere and she was about to be investigated for abuse of power. Just one more thing that didn't matter with the promise of being a gop celebrity.

[bcoylepa]

14. agreed

would never - ever - have put my daughter through this kind of media attention at such a vulnerable time in her life - what is she ( Palin) thinking?????

[marew]

16. Absolutely!

Whomever had the baby, that doesn't really matter in light of the fact if either version is true, and one has to be, Palin is in trouble. Then there's the bridge to nowhere, troopergate, etc.

[faithfulcitizen]

17. Again, the ME FIRST ticket.

[seabeyond]

18. THAT is the point. it isnt media, dem, du... it is the PARENTS responsibility to protect

her children and she failed

[populistdriven]

19. *cough* John Edwards *cough* But at least our reactions are consistent when its our own

:hide:

[RoadRage]

50. Bingo.. i was about to say the same thing..

Political ambition is not a partisian issue... we have our own problems. But, luckily that problem dropped out before making it onto the final ticket.

[BrklynLiberal]

21. Gov Palin put her own personal ambition ahead of her family's welfare.

Guess she forgot to read this part of the Bible...

Proverbs 16:18: "Pride goes before destruction, a haughty spirit before a fall."

[Jeff In Milwaukee]

23. Let the church say, "DING, DING, DING"

We have a winner...

[Greg K]

30. You got it - reckless disregard for her family's well being.

[Infomaniac]

22. Palin

Four days ago very few people had ever heard of Bristol Palin, now half the planet knows she's 17 and pregnant. Nice going Mom. That poor young girl.

[POAS]

25. Bingo!

[Infomaniac]

35. It's not just soap opera...

It strikes me as downright narcissistic to seize a career opportunity like this when your kid is at such a sensitive point in her life. If voters connect based on common values, what does her decision to put her kid through this say to those voters? My less charitable side thinks this is a really passive-aggressive way to "punish" her daughter for getting knocked up at 17.

[POAS]

41. I can't get into

that whole "passive-aggressive" thing. I just don't think she thought about her daughter in this decision making process at all.

Wouldn't surprise me if the kid runs away now! I hope she doesn't, but then again....

[Missouri Girl]

26. Thanks for saying that...that is exactly what I've been thinking.

It is OK for this Mom to pursue this position, as a working mother. However, what mother would knowingly subject her pregnant teenage child to this sort of NATIONAL press scrutiny. This screams pure selfish ambition - in my mind. Everyone is free to make their own choice, but I'm sorry, I just think this is an absolutely horrendous decision this mother made.

[Liberal_in_LA]

27. good post.

[Coexist]

28. how could a loving mother expose her child to this? WTF is wrong with her?

[Quixote1818]

29. You raised a HUGE issue! This needs to be asked of her. K and R. nt

[Thrill]

37. McCain was forced to pick her. And she was forced to take it

Rove running this thing now

[BrklynLiberal]

38. If that is true, I cannot help but think that Rove, or whoever is directing this fiasco, has

something else up their sleeve. Is it possible that all of what has come out is news to those who looked around and decided to choose Palin??

[seabeyond]

39. bullshit. let anyone tell this mom that i cant protect my child. tell that to any mom.

NO ONE tells me i cannot protect my children.... ever.

[TheWraith]

42. It's way, way worse than that!

She's now using her daughter's pregnancy to try and score political points with the far right about abortion--as if the girl ever had any real choice about keeping the child given the opinions of her parents. She's exploiting her pregnant teenage daughter.

[fishwax]

43. It's pretty shocking

She made an already difficult situation for her daughter exponentially more difficult.

[gblady]

44. this is in such stark contrast...

to the interviews I saw of Michelle and Barack
who said they had many lengthy discussions about how
his running for president would impact their family.
And how they have tried to lessen the impact as much as possible
by continuing to live in Chicago and keep Malia's and Sasha's lives
as normal as possible.

[marshall]

45. She probably doesn't read Daily Kos

She better fasten her seatbelt, it's going to be a bumpy ride.
And she better watch those two younger daughters--heaven knows what skeletons they have in their closets!

[ronnykmarshall]

46. and Gramps KNEW about this ....

he's more of an idiot than I thought.

My feeling is that he didn't want her on the ticket but was forced to do so.

[XemaSab]

47. I don't think he's telling the truth about that

I think he's backtracking so he doesn't look TOTALLY clueless.

[RiverStone]

48. Thinks makes sooooooo much sense

WTF does not everybody out there get it too? :shrug:

K&R!

[merci_me]

49. Big problem with her judgment as a mother

It was bad enough the lack of judgment involved the day her water broke. Of course, that and the fact that she hid her own pregnancy so long may have been because, though she doesn't believe in abortion, she may believe in miscarriages and stillbirths.

However, to follow up that poor judgment, with choosing to leave newborn, special needs baby, to go into a whirlwind campaign was bad enough, but to leave her young pregnant teen to face this pregnancy, at home, in the glare of the media, while mom is out campaigning, just boggles my mind.

[Kahuna]

51. I don't believe she knew. I can't believe that if she knew this

she would have accepted the offer.