the sad thing is the mccain camp would only reveal this b/c of rumors and not straight up saying it to america. what else are they keeping from us?
Too bad the daughter and her boyfriend didn't use protection to prevent this pregnancy from happening. What is Palin's position on sex ed and birth control being available in public schools? Does she believe that all of that should be handled by the parents in the home? Outside of how it affects her position on birth control then it isn't much of an issue really. Even then it is only a minor issue.
are you freaking serious. you can do everything in the world right raising a child and sometimes they will still make a huge mistake come on. it says nothing about her.
I don't see how this is an issue - it supports everything Palin stands for. If her daughter had an abortion - now that would be a bit of a scandal. But Palin is pro-life, and her daughter is doing the right thing by her values. Conservatives will love this. And frankly, if her daughter is fine with this than that's fine. Now there is a question about "does abstinence work" - that's a legitimate thing to raise to Palin as a question - because it contradicts her personal experience - unless Palin didn't teach that to her daughter of course. Now, it's interesting that thumbs describes this as a "plight". So tell us more about that thumbs - why is this from your conservative opinion a "plight"
This is on CNN. This is just another example of John McCain's poor judgement. He did not need to put the country through this Peyton Place story. He chose to do so. Anything to distract from Obama and his message. You don't have to be a prude to think that it is not a good example for the office of the presidency The Palins are not successful with teaching abstinence. They are not successful teaching birth control. Palin is showing poor judgement and a lack of actual family values by putting her political ambition above her ( or her dtr's) 5 month old Down's Symptom kid and this new kid from her daughter. Hopefully we will never hear any more crap from the GOP and its supporters about how pregnant teenagers are worthless and deserve no support. Imagine if the Democrats ran a woman with a pregnant unwed teenage daughter the conservatives would go ballistic.
In all seriousness, I see it as a huge issue. Many people are already concerned at Palin's judgment after hearing the story of her latest child's birth, and think she was reckless for flying back to Alaska after her water broke. Others are concerned with her ability to focus on her responsibilities when she has to raise a toddler with special needs. Adding another child, a grandchild, to this equation will only make those who question whether Palin can balance being a mother and vice president adequately--or among social conservatives, whether she should even attempt to balance them--even more doubtful that she is in the right place in her life to take on such a huge responsibility.
one other thing this has nothing to do with obama. but its pretty sick that this is even a story. leave the girl alone
while technically it may say nothing about her b/c her daughter made a decision based on her choice, the american public and people in general don't think so. many judge the actions of their kids based on their parents and families, whether you like it or not.
Yes he can. He was a POW for 5 1/2 years. He is entitled to an occasional lapse in judgement like choosing Palin.
you may be right in a generalized almost gossip kind of way. and also you have to think about what actually happened. she doesnt have one daughter that got caught with drugs and is a stripper. and a son that got caught stealing a car. a daughter of hers is pregnant having a baby at the age of 17 it happens.
It is a shame that Governor Palin and John McCain were willing to have the girl undego this international public humiliation for political purposes. What type of mother would volunteer her daughter for this?
This is OT, but glynch, I'm surprised that you too are unable to spell the word 'judgment'. Going forward, I'll make sure to categorize your posts with those of the high school crowd (Guerrilla Black, tmac_1, rockets3forlife, etc)...
look, in general, underage pregnancy is never a good thing publicly. while i believe the palins are great people and the child will live a great life, i don't know why they would keep this from us knowing the baby bump would show anyway since she's 5 months along.
I don't post in D&D very often, but I'm surprised at some of you people that automatically assume that the girl is going around having unprotected sex. There's no evidence of that being the case here. You guys did learn at some point in your life that condoms aren't 100% effective, right?
Which is why you have emergency contraceptive. Oh wait, her mom doesn't support that. She doesn't support any contraception. She only believes in abstinence. How ironic...
Well, considering her puritanical like religious views, it should be no surprise that their daughter is prego and having a baby before she's 18 because that was pretty normal in the 1600s.
We forget these frontier people often have children young -- you can never have enough family to help run the moose farm and ice cube factory.
