Bristol Palin: feminist Heroine. (Welcome to the 21st century)

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

Finally, a genuinely pro-choice gesture from someone in the Palin clan. The fight for women to control their own reproduction is an ancient struggle and didn't begin with contraception and abortion. It began with criminalizing rape and ending arranged marriages. (Didn't we just sentence that Mormon fellow to a zillion years in jail for telling teenage girls who to marry?) Sad that in 21st century America I can laud a young woman as a feminist hero, tongue only slightly in cheek, for the novel self-assertion of the right to choose her own husband (or no husband), but that's where we are at.

Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin attempted to quietly have her daughter Bristol get married before news of her pregnancy leaked out, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER is reporting exclusively in its new issue.

Palin planned for the wedding to take place right after the Republican National Convention and then she was going to announce the pregnancy.

But Bristol, 17, refused to go along with the plan and that sparked a mother-daughter showdown over the failed cover-up.

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sarah_palin_at_war_with_her_daughter_over_pregnancy_wedding/celebrity/65370

[TwilightGardener]

1. Good for Bristol!

[rurallib]

2. Momma had her best interests at heart, Momma's best interests that is.

[OwnedByFerrets]

3. Maybe just a mite overboard with the hero thingie...nt

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

7. Comedic hyperbole... that resisting an arranged marriage in 21st century USA is heroic

[Abacus]

4. k/r

[Wheezy]

5. Good for her!

[Lars39]

6. And yet momma still announced that Bristol would be marrying him?

What an absolutely horrible woman.

[gateley]

8. Good for Bristol!

I'm glad she's got spunk and backbone.

Interesting that it was the NE informing Palin that they were going to break the story that precipitated the announcement. I guess it wasn't an an attempt to quash the mean blog stories that was the impetus.

[JenniferJuniper]

9. You go, girl. Don't marry that Neanderthal...

no matter how much Momma screams and shouts.

Come to think of it, there is something vaguely Fay Dunaway-as-Joan Crawford about Sarah Palin.

[Danger Mouse]

10. I have a feeling that the shotgun wedding in this case involves a real shotgun...

and a promise of a shallow grave.

[TwilightGardener]

12. Actually, I think it involves money--I think Levi Johnston's family is going

to receive millions. Someone keep an eye on this family's standard of living, it's about to change in a big way.

[Danger Mouse]

14. I think that Todd and Sarah are ruthless bastards. Why throw money at a problem that can be solved..

with a threat of pain?

[MrCoffee]

11. nationalenquirer.com

[slackmaster]

24. I know, isn't it amazing?

In other news, JFK is back from the dead on a UFO, and he's got a terrific new diet.

[julialnyc]

13. Don't know how much stock I put in that paper..... but

but as someone who is also 5 moths pregnant, I give her well wishes. Being pregnant is a handful of emotions and discomfort (and I am 31, married and planned... and still a slight mess). This has to be incredibly tough for her.

[Bicoastal]

15. The Republicans gave it credibility after the John Edwards scandal.

[slackmaster]

25. Even a blind nut shooting wildly into the darkness will occasionally hit a squirrel

:nuke:

It wouldn't be terribly hard to guess that having your 17-year-old daughter turn up pregnant would cause some kind of stir within a family.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

18. Sad but true... on the narrow topic of political baby scandals they're as reliable as the MSM

[Parche]

16. Juneau Who The Father Is?

This is a Kodiak moment, I bet the father cant Barrow to Look anymore now that he has been identified as the parent, it will be a Cold Bay in hell before he actually marries her, after he didnt use any protection when he dropped his Haines to do the dirty deed, he cant Wrangell out of this one..........:woohoo: :hi:

[Erin Elizabeth]

17. She was right not to marry at 17.

It's reminding me of a Far North version of the Gilmore Girls. Must. Maintain. Image. Ug.

[LisaL]

19. Honestly, this is NE.

How exactly would they know that Bristol refused to marry? I don't believe every freaking detail NE puts out.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

20. They are roughly as accurate as AP's political reporting (The bar is very low)

[LisaL]

22. Let's examine this detail.

No source is given as to whom told NE that Bristol refused to marry.
I just don't buy this. Not very convincing when it's not sourced in any way.

[glancingthefuture]

21. Sen Obam and Biden said LAY OFF THE KIDS.

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

23. I have never said a bad word about any kids. I was waiting for something good to say.

This is one of the most positive things I have ever posted about anyone of any age.

I have nothing bad to say about Bristol Palin. I do not consider her a "fallen woman." I don't care whether she has brought shame upon her house or any of that crap.

I have a general idea how difficult it might be to say NO to a wedding forced by a political party and applaud her for having enough sense of self to resist.

That's what choice is about... choosing.

The villain of the piece is Sarah Palin.

[glancingthefuture]

27. Fine. Then try not to USE her situation to diss Palin.

[NibiruEnkiAnu]

26. If this happened to Obama, it would make me wanna vote for him more

i know this is strange, but if Obama picked a mildly attractive 44 year old woman as his VP pick, and this hypothetical woman had a hot pregnant 17 year old daughter, the news would make me wanna vote for Obama *MORE* (not less)

so i can only assume that this news is having the same effect on republicans. they now want to vote for Mccain *more* (not less)

strange. i dont know why i feel this way, all i know is that i feel this way

why do i feel this way? does this make me a bad person? i dont know...

all i know is that hypothetically, if this had happened to Obama instead of Mccain i can honestly say it wouldnt make me less happy to vote for Obama but it would make me want to vote for Obama even more...

WHY? WHY? WHY? i cant come up with a reason i think like this lol

im a male BTW

[Kurt_and_Hunter]

28. I hear you. Fertility symbols are profound.

People can dress it up, but we're still not so different from ancient Crete or mesoamerica.

Many people who were excited by JFK because there would be a baby in the white house were essentially saying it augured well for a bountiful harvest, though probably not thinking that consciously.