GOP VP pick's daughter pregnant at 17.

[Enigma]

ST. PAUL, Minnesota (CNN) -- Bristol Palin, the 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, is pregnant and will keep the baby and marry the baby's father, the Republican vice presidential candidate said Monday.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/...ter/index.html

Personally, I don't give a hoot about such things, and I don't think it effects her ability to be Veep, etc, etc. But, you know what? Other people do....

[UnderseaLcpl]

Yeah that was my bad, sorry. :rotfl:

[Enigma]

Oh, one thing I do want to say about this story....this idea that McCain knew before he picked her, etc etc, .....I don't buy it for a second. Not a frikkin second.

[Linton]

I was about to start a thread on unusual first names but this beat me to it.
Who calls their daughter Bristol and why?Has the mother ever been to the historic city?Perhaps she was enchanted with the west county accent and the cider,or was it the suspension bridge that she really liked?Perhaps the child was conceived there.
Will the baby be called Avonmouth or Portishead or Filton?I particularly like Lulsgate Bottom.
Bristol is sometimes used in the UK instead of the word breast,perhaps she should have called her daughter jugs or rack,that may have had a better ring to it if that was her intention!!
I believe that somebody in New Zealand wanted to call their twins Benson and Hedges(a tobacco company) but it was disallowed!

[Platapus]

I think her oldest is called Treat

[Enigma]

Anyone who names a kid Treat doesn't posess the desired judgment for the job of Vice President.

[AVGWarhawk]

Family matter. Leave it at that. Clintons said hands off on Chelsa. Bush said hands off on his two girls. Same applies here...unless you are running a campaign and it is far game . I would have to say Obama did take the high road and said leave it alone. Families need to be left along. I agree 100% with Obama. I give him credit here. You never know, one day he might be in the same boat.

[Tchocky]

Originally Posted by AVGWarhawk

Clintons said hands off on Chelsa.

John McCain didn't believe Chelsea was off-limits.

[Enigma]

Hows this for a quote?

"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."

Thrilled, they are. Down syndrome babies and pregnant high school teenagers. Makes these folks just as happy as pie.

You know, I just hadn't considered that the party to use this development politically would be the Repubs.

[Stealth Hunter]

I.R.O.N.Y.

She doesn't want sex education taught in school and is against abortion all the way around.:rotfl:

Maybe she'll become a bit more of a hypocrite now.:hmm:

[baggygreen]

Forgive me, but wheres the hypocrisy?

SHE has the pro-life, anti-sex-ed stance. Why should the thoughts of her daughter, who is old enough for independent thoughts and beliefs (and actions, too ay USLC) reflect in any way as hypocrisy on Palin??

We cant force our kids to think the same way we do, just as we cant force other adults to think or feel the same way we do.

Edit - as to her daughter being pregant, well if i was a few years younger and a bit (a lot) more single, i'd be a heartbroken kid!!

[JetSnake]

Well atleast Palin doesn't have personal relationships with guys like william ayers. Gawd-damn the USof KKKA.

[Enigma]

Well atleast Palin doesn't have personal relationships with guys like william ayers. Gawd-damn the USof KKKA.

The Department of irrelevant, confusing and "I know you are but what am I" comments just called. They'd like a word with you.

[Stealth Hunter]

Originally Posted by baggygreen

Forgive me, but wheres the hypocrisy?

SHE has the pro-life, anti-sex-ed stance. Why should the thoughts of her daughter, who is old enough for independent thoughts and beliefs (and actions, too ay USLC) reflect in any way as hypocrisy on Palin??

We cant force our kids to think the same way we do, just as we cant force other adults to think or feel the same way we do.

Edit - as to her daughter being pregant, well if i was a few years younger and a bit (a lot) more single, i'd be a heartbroken kid!!

These things always take time. Give it a month or two. My guess is she'll be a little more leinient on the sex-ed restrictions.

And although that may be true, Palin seems to have trouble keeping family issues separate from her politics (and her political influence). I recall her attempting to have the ex-husband of her sister fired from the police corps just because the two were going through a divorce. The police chief admitted that he was pressured to do so, too.

You can get them to think like you, though. Kids are like blank computer disks: they have to have information given to them before they can function. My nephew is one of the few Democratic kids at his high school. He says there are still some kids who go there that believe Bush is a good president, yet they can't justify why. The reason: their parents have told them Bush is a good president, so they believe it to be true, and they don't bother to question or investigate more to draw their own conclusion.

[Digital_Trucker]

Originally Posted by Stealth Hunter

And although that may be true, Palin seems to have trouble keeping family issues separate from her politics (and her political influence). I recall her attempting to have the ex-husband of her sister fired from the police corps just because the two were going through a divorce. The police chief admitted that he was pressured to do so, too.

Not saying the fact that they were getting a divorce wasn't a factor, but a couple of the charges brought up against the trooper (which he was found guilty of and "disciplined" for) are pretty troubling. I believe there's a little more to this than just the fact that they were getting divorced.

Here's an article from the Anchorage Daily News describing the information released regarding the investigation of the trooper. This isn't the only information available, but it's fairly informative.

http://www.adn.com/politics/story/476430.html