I must have imagined when he criticized her looks.

Oh my. You got to be kidding. This is far from politicising children.

I’m voting for her and McCain in November.

Obama’s people are voting for him and plugs.

The undecided people will go towards honor, security for this country and their children and grandchildren, and truthfulness.

Obama will lose.

Am I supposed to be surprised that evangelical abstinence-only education doesn’t work? The only surprising thing about this non-story is that the daughter didn’t already have a kid.

At any rate, this is all just a distraction from: (1) Palin’s support of creationism in the classroom; (2) her belief that rape victims should be forced to carry to term the rapist’s child; (3) the ongoing investigation into her abuse of her office; and (4) the fact that she was a director of indicted senator Ted Stevens’s 527.

Trust me; if this was about an Obama girl, we would be told to butt out, period.

The Palin’s privacy was breached by obscene bloggers… mostly – of course – on the left.

Senator Obama just stated that this matter will not be, should not be a political issue in this campaign. He is right.

Not that that will stop DailyKos, MoveOn or Huffpo, and opportunists like Lestat.

You say children of candidates should be left alone- I agree. But let me post a joke that your candidate made in 1998:

Why is Chelsea Clinton so ugly? Because her father is Janet Reno.”
John McCain at a Republican dinner-1998

How do you spell hypocrisy?

Zsa Zsa, many things are a little more exciting and dangerous when “not permitted”. Just walking at night on a public street can be dangerous. It was merely exciting when I was a teen. I did nothing wrong apart from not being where someone else assumed I was. Now, doing the same thing might get one killed, raped or even tortured and kidnapped. Morals have degenerated quite a bit in the last forty years.

Sex is probably better without permission.

Could one of you post a link to Palin’s policy on sex ed which excludes instruction on birth-control?

It would seem that birth-control is an essential part of any sex ed and can be presented responsibly without condoning or promoting promiscuity.

Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.

Thanks Hawk. Obviously Gov. Palin is not opposed to all sex ed.

Like most responsible adults, she wants to end the sex training programs in the govt schools that have sexualized our children. Sex education is the province of parents, not govt employees.

Sparkie & Load the mule, How does this not reflect well on the Palin’s parenting in your opinions?

Obama came out swinging for Palin’s privacy and reminded the world that he was the child of a teen mother.

http://blogs.abcnews.com/politicalpunch/2008/09/obama-to-media.html

For what it’s worth, I usually don’t follow political news. Until recently, I thought the Puma’s for Hillary was a sly reference to sexy, older women. Y’know, like a cougar.

This will do nothing to the Race. The left will sling their mud and attacks and NOBAMA and Plugs will do something else that will upstage this.

Trust me; if this was about an Obama girl, we would be told to butt out, period.

And the right wouldn’t. Rush Limbaugh didn’t avoid talking about Chelsea Clinton did he? I must have imagined when he criticized her looks.

I am a young woman, a few years older than Bristol, and I’ve recently moved to the state of Alaska. I think it is the obligation of parents to support their children in such matters, and though it may have not been ideal timing, I hope that Bristol is happy with her decision…its a little too late to not be happy about it!

However, her mother, Sarah Palin has made statements that if her daughters ever became pregnant as minors (in the state of Alaska you need parent permission to get an abortion if you are under 18) even in the case of rape, she would choose life and not sign for any abortion.

I admire women who have children in difficult circumstances, but I do not believe their is shame in seeking a different path for yourself. Children are wonderful and human life should be treasured, but it is also a very personal and permanent matter, that I hope Bristol chose for herself. Bristol is 17 years old, and I hope the decision to have her child was not forced by her mother.

There is just a lot of hypocrisy in the idea, that a child is not old enough to decide NOT to be a parent, therefor we must force them to do the right thing and BECOME a parent…I love babies, and hope to have one someday myself, however I know that when I was a teenager my mother would never have FORCED that bravery on me. I hope this was Bristol’s own decision. I also hope that she was involved in the conversations and decision making process of her family entering the national spotlight at this fragile time.

In this country, there are many different political views, none with absolute truth. It is important to respect the views of others when holding executive office. That would entail that you respect the opinion of your daughter. I’ve also believed that involving the abolishment of abortion in politics comes to close to violating the separation of church and state. There are many different types of families, circumstances, and lives. The truth of the matter is, that whether its a choice you would make or not, abortion has been a constant in various human cultures throughout time. Be it through herbs or ancient practices, there have been women who have controlled their reproduction in the endless and various circumstances that inevitably arise in populations of human beings, for thousands of years. There are Chinese records of royal concubines who have had abortions. Ancient Japanese, southeast Asian, Greek, and Egyptian records all show the social acceptance of abortions in dangerous health and poor situational pregnancies. This is not a dark part of history, it was just the first records shown. The aspect that has not changed about it, is that it is a personal and often secretive thing…probably not often involving the opinions of men and their knowledge of its occurrence.

To conclude, I hope that BRISTOL decided to carry this baby, in the bravery and sacrifices it will entail.

Lestat,

The left has already been attacking Bristol before this story broke. They were spreading the lie that the youngest Palin really belonged to Bristol and that Sarah faked her pregnancy.

Well, as you yourself said in another thread, Rob–”This certainly doesn’t reflect well on the Palins as parents.”

1. Family matter only, but the idiots on the left don’t see it that way. It is the Palin family’s business alone.
2. It happened to my wife and I. The grand-daughter is now 7&1/2 years old.
To all hwo are raising the BS flag on this one.
The Invitation:
In the street, stripped to the waist and we go. I win: you will shut your useless pie holes and go home to mommy and daddy.
You win: Don’t make me laugh. That ain’t gonna happen.

Plugs?

BWahaha! Where’d you steal that epithet? Its funny.

(4) the fact that she was a director of indicted senator Ted Stevens’s 527.

OOOOOh. Aaaaah. Ooooh.

Can we just get a scratch and start the whole 2008 primaries and everything all over again?

HG
She’s for sex ed. As long as its not about sex organs, sex, or education.

Zsazsa
I think the point you are picking on was misunderstood. Rob questioned the parenting capacities of Palin in a previous post. Now he is questioning the abuse of Palin’s privacy in this post.

His posts are arguing with each other. They need to take their Lithium pills and calm down.

Zsa zsa
I think the Palin’s are probably fine parents… I wish my parents let me run around and have sex all over the place when I was seventeen! Jeez. At least I know how to use a effing condom.