Breaking news : Sarah Palin's 16 year old daughter Bristol is pregnant

rhombus (678 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:10 AM Original message

Breaking news : Sarah Palin's 16 year old daughter Bristol is pregnant

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:27 AM by rhombus Wow. http://thepage.time.com/2008/09/01/mccain-campaign-bristol-palin-is-pregnant/ Fundies are not going to like this one bit. PS. And oh, it matters. To Fundies, this reflects very poorly on the parents. For a woman who has five kids and a soon to be granddaughter born to a teenage mom, that's the equivalent of adding gasoline to the fire. The shine is wearing off pretty fast from Sarah Palin. And if more moderate voters get to know her extremist positions on creationism and birth control, they are going to be really freaked out.

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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:11 AM Response to Original message

1. First read has it as well

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:12 AM by high density http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1318541.aspx I'll never understand why some people can't figure out birth control.

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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Original message

It is un-biblical to use birth control

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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

15. Isn't it also 'un-biblical' to have premarital sex?

:)

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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #15

52. Of course but they won't talk about that

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #15

56. She's rumored to be married. Check out ring finger in pic below:

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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:23 AM Original message

she ain't married yet

http://www.reuters.com/article/newsOne/idUSN2944356420080901 "Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin's five children with her husband, Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, the Palins said in a statement released by the campaign of Republican presidential candidate John McCain."

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message

81. Really...premarital sex?! Be still my heart. Okay, carry on. ^_^ n/t

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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #56

87. That's an engagement ring.

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #87

94. I was already informed. n/t

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marshall (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:49 AM Response to Reply #15

124. It's confusing--Palin supports birth control but not abortion

http://www.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1837523_1837531_1837538,00.html

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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:23 AM Response to Reply #1

70. Palin won't allow it. Even for married couples. /nt

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #70

108. Can you give me link where she directly says that?

I know she's anti contraception but if you can't afford it why force families to have the kid. It's like she's saying people can't have sex if you don't want to get pregnant even if you're married. She's mad and her husband must be repressed.

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mwb970 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:48 PM Response to Reply #108

136. Here's a link to an article about Feminists For Life, which Palin belongs to.

http://www.mydd.com/story/2008/8/31/134127/530 The comments after this article reveal some uncertainty about Palin's stance on contraception. I found some references to her as "anti-abortion, pro-contraception", but I also found others claiming that both FFL and Palin are opposed to contraception, period. Like much about Palin, the story keeps shifting as details come in.

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DangerousRhythm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:12 AM Response to Original message

2. Oh shit!

:rofl:

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tridim (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

3. The Palin family is a freaking baby making machine.

Take a number guys.

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maseman (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

4. No way. Is this true?

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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

5. This looks like a soap opera.

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Cosmocat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #5

26. I am sorry, but this lady is the political Britany Spears ...

She reeks of it, and there is NO WAY SHAPE OR form that the McCain can even begin to say the actually "vetted" her. She is a trainwreck, and I repeat, should be the completely death of McCain's campaign - but the media will try to carry water for this disaster as long as it can.

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Inuca (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #26

68. My first thought too

Did the vetters know about this? Doubt it... If they did, and McCain still chose her, he is even more nuts that I thought. If Palin hid the fact, well... I guess McCain may be somewhat pissed, and maybe not even consider her a "soul mate" (as he mentioned a couple of times in the Fox interview yesterday) anymore.

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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

6. So, how far along?

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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Reply #6

8. Story says 5 mos n/t

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bicentennial_baby (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Reply #6

10. 5 months

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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #10

139. They say....

;)

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Jeff In Milwaukee (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Reply #6

21. Five months

nt

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #21

57. Oh good lord.

Sounds like the rumors about Bristol being pregnant started before Bristol was actually pregnant.

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #57

84. Yup...it was a smoke screen, like I thought all along. n/t

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vanderBeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

7. OMGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG

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onefreespiritedchick (846 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:13 AM Response to Original message

9. Wow, is right!

It will be interesting to see how this plays out.

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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message

11. Holy Shit....

wow... did mccain not know, or not care? Abstenaince only my ass!

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librechik (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message

12. So what did McCain gain by NOT nominating Paris or Brittany as VP?

I hear Paris has a more coherent foreign policy stance than Sarah Palin. And she hasn't shown up with a 16 year old sister pregnant.

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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Reply #12

35. ROFLMAO

:rofl:

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:27 AM Response to Reply #12

85. But Britney did.

Showed up with her 16 year old sister pregnant, that is.

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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message

13. bwwaaahahahahahaa!

:rofl: :rofl: :rofl: :rofl:

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Christian30 (341 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:14 AM Response to Original message

14. Birth Control

The result of 8 years of abstinence only education. This is going to sink her.

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gblady (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

16. well,

there you have it... out of the horse's mouth... It will be interesting... how will they spin this? Pass that popcorn!

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John Q. Citizen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:45 AM Response to Reply #16

122. Yes, I'm buying stock in popcorn futures first thing Tues am!

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Kdillard (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

17. So the rumors were true about both mom and daughter being pregnant.

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM by Kdillard

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #17

66. Shocking, ain't it?

Mother was not showing at 7 months. Bristol on the recent photos (allegedly at five months) looks bigger than her mother was at 7 months. And the rumors about Bristol being pregnant started before she was actually pregnant. You can't make shit like this up.

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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

18. don't need to teach about that kontro-cept-tion stuff

So she has pregnat unmarried 17 year old daughter? Did she tell McCain this when she was vetted?

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eShirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Reply #18

48. daughter is wearing a wedding ring in photos this week

don't have a link

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Botany (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #48

64. we all have made our mistakes and this should be a private matter but ....

.... when you work against birth control information and sell "family values" 24/7 it is the hypocrisy that is the crime here.

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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #64

83. But the crime is Sarah Palin's, not Bristol Palin's. It's a fine line to walk -

and walking it wrong could cause all kinds of sympathy to flow Gov Palin's way.

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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Original message

"to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy"

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM by IndianaGreen And the cover-up continues! BTW, it wasn't "liberal bloggers" that started this "rumor." The story of the fake pregnancy by grandma Sarah began in her hometown.

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quercus palustris (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message

36. I think that she faked the pregnancy, and

the daughter went ahead and got pregnant again. Can't fake it twice...

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RoadRage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #36

101. Timing doesn't work..

Little Trig is only 5 months old.. it's almost impossible to have a kid, and get pregnant the same month.

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quercus palustris (42 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #101

107. Not impossible, just highly unlikely.

I know brothers who are 9 months apart. My sister and I are 12 months apart...

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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #101

117. Tests could have been done on the daughter to prove she had given birth...

...or not. Now that she's pregnant, they have an excuse to not do tests.

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dchill (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 12:17 PM Response to Reply #101

131. "almost impossible"

Almost. It's almost impossible to believe anything coming out of the McCain camp, too. What if she's NOT 5 months along? What if it's really 3, or 4?

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Mz Pip (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

19. Maybe if Sarah and Todd had spent

a bit more time working on their own family's values their daughter would have stayed pure. This sure is getting bizarre.

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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

20. Fundies are NOT GOING TO CARE.

They will PRAISE HER for not having an abortion. And even most normal people won't care. If anything, this is sympathy points for Palin. Geeesh.

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high density (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Reply #20

27. Sympathy points?

You've got to be kidding. This turns her daughter into a freaking Jay Leno punch line.

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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #27

65. Which is where those sympathy votes come in.

I can see the fundie-types coming out in droves to support Palin against the big, bad meanies who are picking on her daughter.

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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #65

111. They can give her all the sympathy they want.

But how are they helping if by their vote they take a mother from a family who, apparently, desperately needs some mothering.

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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:38 AM Response to Reply #111

116. Don't ask me to explain their logic.

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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #111

120. The only thing I can see this working with

are those people who tend to vote republican but aren't fundy and maybe consider themselves independent. I can see them being turned off by just way too much drama in Palin's life. But the fundies? Will make the teen girl a hero for not aborting, they will conveniently ignore the abstinence failure angle, and will try to drum up sympathy for Palin for everything she's having to deal with. (Which will lead right back to the too much drama argument, so they'd have to be really careful with that.) God, this Palin woman was a STUPENDOUSLY bad choice.

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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:30 AM Response to Reply #27

96. Because she's having to deal with a teen pregnancy in her house

Try to see it from the point of view of someone not very political.

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vi5 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #20

59. Save your breath/typing energy...

I agree with you 100%. But I've said the same thing over and over again as this whole babygate thing has been going on, and people just don't care or don't want to believe it. It's like nobody has been watching these idiots (the right wing fundie religious nuts) over the past 8 years to see that the only thing that makes them not vote for or to turn against a republican is finding out there's a chance they may have had gay sex.

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knitter4democracy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #20

88. Oh yeah, they will.

They'll be glad she's not getting an abortion, but they're not going to be happy about it all. And many will blame the parents, as they usually do. At our evangelical Christian college, just having sex could get you punished, but getting preggers or getting someone preggers would get you kicked out of the school permanently. There are many who aren't going to be happy about this at all. Their leaders will try to spin it, sure, but talk to the rank-and-file. They're going to be ticked.

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calmblueocean (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Reply #20

95. Fundies won't care. Independents will.

Not only is Palin inexperienced, but she has a pregnant teenage daughter, too? Too much drama for the pragmatic independent crowd. They're not going to want to trust the country to someone who couldn't keep her own daughter from getting knocked up.

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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:33 AM Response to Reply #95

106. Ok I can see that.

But it's crazy to think you can control everything your teenager does. Teens get pregnant, it happens in every kind of family imaginable. Families who have a healthy attitude toward sex, families who don't. Upper class, middle class, struggling, there's no one group immune to this. I CAN see people feeling like there's too much drama surrounding Palin. That's an angle that could easily be pushed without seeming to attack the teen daughter and having it backfire. I do know people who wouldn't like all the drama.

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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:32 AM Response to Reply #20

104. How is it that according to some DUERS..

...only republicans get sympathy points! Elizabeth Edwards lost a child, is fighting cancer...her husband screws up...how many sympathy points has she gotten?????

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Erin Elizabeth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:34 AM Response to Reply #104

109. I don't recall Elizabeth Edwards being on any national ticket

or running for office. And I'm not saying Palin deserves any sympathy. In my mind, she deserves nothing but scorn for her positions on the issues, killing a lactating moose, tons of stuff. I was just saying I could SEE people feeling sorry for her if they saw her getting attacked for her pregnant teen daughter.

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

22. Not really breaking. But definitely no longer just a "rumor". I hope it puts babygate to rest.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6855565

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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Reply #22

40. Don't hold your breath!

:popcorn:

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #40

73. I won't...~sigh~ It does get more fantastical doesn't it. Good job McCain, great decision. n/t

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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

23. This family is really something.

Not that I have anything against the daughter, I sure don't. But seriously...this is why you VET!

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Vote2008 (599 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

24. Please have this be true!!! I don't see anything on CNN!

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Riddler (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:15 AM Response to Original message

25. This is a fucking family of rabbits!

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adamuu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:41 AM Response to Reply #25

119. I hear its pretty boring in Wasilla, AK. n/t

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democrattotheend (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

28. Ok, so that clears it up. Now let's take it off the table.

Sorry, but going after her 17-year-old daughter is below the belt. If she had lied about her own pregnancy, that would have been one thing, but I think it's pretty low to make an issue of her daughter's private life.

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hulka38 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

29. That's just sinful living. What kind of values was this girl brought up with?

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:36 AM Response to Reply #29

113. What kind of example does it set for other teenagers in

this country. Hello? Doesn't anyone care?

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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

30. It will probably make my fundie SIL happy, as she herself

got pregnant with my nephew out of wedlock. Funny thing, so did her fundie sister. This doesn't bother me much, other than I know being a young mom is a tough row to hoe, even though there are plenty of successful young moms. What does bug me is that Palin is choosing to thrust this young lady into the spotlight by accepting the VP nom.

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Left Is Write (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #30

58. Yes, that is troubling.

She's asking for privacy for the girl and her fiance, and they do deserve privacy. However, Palin herself stripped away any illusion of privacy for her daughter by accepting the running mate position in the first place.

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LibraLiz1973 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #58

100. You put my thoughts into words beautifully.

Saying she wants privacy but then accepting the VP nod at this time...... aye yay yay.

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BlooInBloo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

31. hahaha! Good luck winning with that ticket, McHorndog.

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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

32. CONDOMS ARE CHEAP!

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yourguide (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

33. Palin statement...it's on!

Yuppers.

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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:16 AM Response to Original message

34. And. So. It. Begins.

:popcorn: Reap what you sow? Am I close? :rofl:

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blondeatlast (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:17 AM Response to Original message

37. "Natural Family Planning." Works 100% and safely too* **

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:24 AM by blondeatlast *On verifiable virgins only. On women who are having sex, clinical studies have shown "Natural Family Planning" works only about 5% of the time for 1 year. Studies longer than one year have yet to be completed. **Feminists for Life assumes no responsibility for Failure of "Natural Family Planning.

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cliffordu (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #37

61. Someone once said that the technical term for people using the rythm method for

contraception was "Parents".

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NashVegas (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

38. The Talking Point:

What a great advertisement for sex education.

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Red State Rebel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

39. Story says she's 17 - not that there's much difference! Too Young!!

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mikiturner (581 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

41. Wait till HuffPo gets this

:popcorn:

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Azathoth (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

42. Is this a campaign or a made for Lifetime miniseries?

:shrug:

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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:22 AM Response to Reply #42

67. I know I wrote my 80 yr old mom about it and said

I would be amused and laugh if it wasn't so scarey that she has a chance of leading the country...

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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

43. Oh, the irony -- check this out

From: http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-news/2072180/posts

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IndianaGreen (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Reply #43

55. You are posting something from Free Republic in here!

Shame on you!

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Emit (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Reply #55

62. It was for a better cause -- the irony of it all

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RichGirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:53 AM Response to Reply #55

126. With all the threads and posts on this subject...

...not even once have I read the words "illegitimate baby". To us, it was a baby. To freepers it was illegitimate. Now they have their real illegitimate baby!!

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #43

97. Oh that's rich.

Sorry. Wrong again. Bristol Palin HAS a teen pregnancy. Ooops.

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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

44. As long as repents, keeps it, and punishes heself with a bad marriage, she'll be a fundie hero

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kwyjibo (612 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

45. So, I wonder if they're standing by the story that she had mono for several months

while pregnant.

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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:18 AM Response to Original message

46. I don't know about that.

I know plenty of Fundies who have had kids who get knocked up out of wedlock. (Or do the knocking.) As long as the new parents agree to toe the line and become more Fundamentalist than thou, it's all good. This happened to my boss's son (who married into a Fundie family after his girlfriend pregnant). Now they're just one big happy cult. All is forgiven.

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RayOfHope (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #46

82. Is your boss's son my brother, lol? He's bought into it hook, line and sinker. n/t

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Island Blue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 12:31 PM Response to Reply #82

132. I had to check out where you were posting from,

because I thought it could be possible. :rofl: Apparently not though.

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Lars39 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message

47. I was right...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=389&topic_id=3885660&mesg_id=3888533 Sad situation,though.

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Original message

And not married as of yet.

Only plans to marry the father. So, I guess all these rumors about Bristol being pregnant were true after all. I guess that means Sarah and Bristol were both pregnant at about the same time for a while.

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NoodleyAppendage (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message

49. Now, I hope all the panty-waisted wimps around here will stop complaining about the coverage.

WE FORCED THEIR HAND with the BabyGate story. PERIOD. J

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Reply #49

75. I don't know how you could cover it up longer.

The daughter already looks really big in her stomach area. Some things you just can't cover up.

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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message

50. "Just Say No! " ROFL!!!

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM by jazzjunkysue :rofl: More like, "If it feels good...." :popcorn:

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SoCalDem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:50 AM Response to Reply #50

125. Don't ! Stop! in Moosese must be DON'T STOP!!!!

:rofl: Great vetting there McBlunder..you found yourself a real doozie

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Roland99 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:19 AM Response to Original message

51. Yeah..a 17 year-old marrying another teenager is EXACTLY what those kids need to do.

:eyes:

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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message

53. like a poster kid for what happens with no birth control

and sex education. I read somewhere yesterday that when Sarah found out she was going to be VP she had her daughter marry the father of her baby that day in quiet private ceremony. I was reading so many threads I don't know where I read that. there is no way she can cover this one. Its going to look bad for her just from the trying to hide it to protect her ambition.

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bunnies (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:20 AM Response to Original message

54. Palin: "respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy..

as has always been the tradition of children of candidates". You mean like the RESPECT john McLiar showed Chelsea? hah.

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book_worm (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message

60. It won't matter to the fundies because at least she isn't having an abortion.

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ErinBerin84 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:21 AM Response to Original message

63. ok. Now can we put babygate to rest?

Another example of why abstinence only education does not work, but other than that, it has to be a bit difficult and embarassing being a pregnant 16 year old with your mom as the VP nominee. I wonder if she is really excited about her mom being a VP nominee...I mean, I'm sure she's proud and everything, but it does seem to have happened very suddenly...all of the sudden, your family is scrutinized on the national level.

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Oak2004 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 02:19 PM Response to Reply #63

142. No, because the core "babygate" question remains:

What the hell was going on when she traveled at 8 mos pregnant with a very high risk pregnancy, had her water break, and still took forever and half a continent to get to a hospital? Granting that it was probably her baby, is she that reckless? Or does she like to tell whoppers (while still being reckless enough to travel at that stage)?

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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message

69. What's wrong with condoms? Why can't people use them?

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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 12:11 PM Response to Reply #69

129. God hates latex.

;)

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NYC Liberal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:23 AM Response to Original message

71. So they weren't married then?

I don't give a shit, but the fundies definitely WILL. I don't think they'd even care about a 17 year old having a baby -- but they had ~sex outside of marriage~!

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:25 AM Response to Reply #71

77. The article says they only plan to marry, so I would guess

they are not married as of now.

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mtnsnake (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message

72. Nothing like rightwing family values. Fuck & formicate when you're 15. nt

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moriah (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:24 AM Response to Original message

74. Fundies may not like it, or they may do as they always have when it comes to teen pregnancy....

"Well, if the girl opened her legs she deserves the burden of motherhood, and at least she's not having a <gasp> ABORTION...." And then praise Palin for raising a daughter who didn't decide to kill her baby.

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Phx_Dem (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message

76. Somehow, I don't think the fundies will care.

It's always okay if this happens to one of their own. It's only bad when it happens to a Democrat. They'll forget about the 16-year old having sex part of it, and praise her for keeping her baby.

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Colobo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Reply #76

80. They probably think it's nice for a teen to "become a loving mother" ASAP.

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Reply #80

90. Yes, especially in TX.

Unless that young mother belongs to FLDS. Then it's a big no no.

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Ichingcarpenter (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:25 AM Response to Original message

78. Hurricane Palin- Has reached a category 4 and strengthening, bearing down on"New McCain"

Many expect it to reach a category 5 or even more, breaking the levies of New McCain, residents of New McCain are seeking shelter in the Super Dome of Stupidity.

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beac (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 12:14 PM Response to Reply #78

130. .

:rofl:

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jazzjunkysue (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:22 PM Response to Reply #78

133. You should make that an original post-Brilliant!

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Mugsy (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:26 AM Response to Original message

79. Fundies will praise her for "keeping the baby".

Since when have you known Rednecks to be upset about young girls getting pregnant? I went to High School in a small town, and I'd guess at least three of my female classmates weren't alone when they walked across the stage to accept their diploma.

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renate (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:27 AM Response to Original message

86. in all seriousness, I don't think fundies will mind

So many of their kids have babies out of wedlock because of their abstinence-only sex education... and this is one family that didn't go down the "abortion is murder unless it screws up MY daughter's life" road. I don't agree with their stance on choice, but at least they're walking the walk. It's kind of Britney-esque for the family of a VP candidate, but it's not all that horrifying or unusual. I doubt it'll sway anybody one way or the other.

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MNDemNY (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message

89. Will they add a baby shower to the RNC?????

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slackmaster (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:28 AM Response to Original message

91. We're all over it like a bunch of monkeys fucking a football

How about sticking to real issues?

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mvd (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message

92. This is a much bigger issue than Babygate IMO

Edited on Mon Sep-01-08 11:32 AM by mvd And we have proof of this one. This is DU, and Sarah Palin is new, and I think DUers have done a great job vetting.

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Reply #92

99. Babygate was trash from the get go...so of course this is better. It's true. n/t

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trashcanistanista (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:29 AM Response to Original message

93. Old news to us thanks to DU! You guys are fast,

fast, fast! Scooped the MSM once again!

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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message

98. Fundies will LOVE this. They LOVE pregnancy among their own.

Teen pregnancy only reflects porly on those heathens and "welfare queens" in the cities. Watch the fundies come out of the woodwork to WORSHIP the new mom........

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:39 AM Response to Reply #98

118. Saying it once isn't enough.

I don't mind that. Their issues are just starting.

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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:54 AM Response to Reply #118

127. DU is wiggy. I have had more dupes in the last 3 days

than I've had in the last 6 years, lol.

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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:31 AM Response to Original message

102. Fundies will LOVE this. They LOVE pregnancy among their own.

Teen pregnancy only reflects porly on those heathens and "welfare queens" in the cities. Watch the fundies come out of the woodwork to WORSHIP the new mom........

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kestrel91316 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message

103. Fundies will LOVE this. They LOVE pregnancy among their own.

Teen pregnancy only reflects poorly on those heathens and "welfare queens" in the cities. Watch the fundies come out of the woodwork to WORSHIP the new mom........

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proud2BlibKansan (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:32 AM Response to Original message

105. Let's hope she doesn't listen to her mother's advice if her water breaks

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Bobbie Jo (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:35 AM Response to Original message

110. Fine..now lets get back to the business of...

pointing out all of the OTHER hundreds of reasons this woman should be allowed no where near the White House, and the stark contrast of the Repuke ticket against the obviously sane choice of OBAMA/BIDEN '08!

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vaberella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #110

121. I agree. Let's hope we stay no the facts. n/t

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Kablooie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:36 AM Response to Original message

112. again?

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:37 AM Response to Reply #112

114. She is not a cat to pop them out every four months.

I guess that pretty much proves Trig is really Sarah Palin's child.

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Raffi Ella (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:38 AM Response to Original message

115. It's always the the ones

who are most extreme in their stances and most vocal about them that end up being the ones with the 'problem' they are 'preaching' about... :eyes:

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marlakay (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 11:49 AM Response to Original message

123. One of my daughters got preg at 17

so i understand a bit of this, to me its more damning what she did with the plane thing. total lack of judgement...someone on thom hartman this morning asked, was she trying to kill the baby? my daughter chose to keep the baby and get married even though i begged her not to. this is my pro lifer religious daughter. she is 29 now, still married, happily and i love my grandson who is 11...but even she switched from fox to cnn this year and voted for obama in the primiaries after voting for Bush last time. Even the fundies know the country has turned to shit!!!

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No Elephants (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 12:09 PM Response to Original message

128. I think neo theos can forgive this. She did not abort her Downs' syndrome baby and Bristol did not

abort either. Besides, Bristol is not running for anything. In Palin's shoes, I would not be putting Bristol under this scrutiny, even if Bristol said it was okay, though. And that may occur to the neo theos. It reflects on whether Sarah puts her personal ambition above everything, as she did with endangering the Downs Syndrome baby.

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jasmeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:33 PM Response to Original message

134. Check out Bristol with a baby bump- hiding it with Trig

http://news.yahoo.com/nphotos/Gov-Sarah-Palin-Vice-Presidential-running-mate-Republican-presidential-candidate-Alaska-Gov-Sarah-Palin-Sen-John-McCain/ss/events/pl/082908govsarahpalin/s:/ap/20080901/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_daughter#photoViewer=/080901/480/47012dd3da5341e4a4b9c20b95cf4da5

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ecstatic (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:40 PM Response to Original message

135. Do we really know how old Trig is? If he's older than 4 months

then it's still possible that Bristol is the mother. Doctors advise waiting before resuming sexual activities, but if someone chooses not to wait, she can be pregnant again upon first ovulation (which varies among women).

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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:50 PM Response to Original message

137. Family pattern. Sarah Palin eloped and had son Track less than 9 months after marriage.

This is a family pattern. Sarah Palin eloped and had her son Track less than 9 months after marriage. Family values begin at home unless you are an ambitious power-hungry hypocritical fundy dominionist Republican. You don't even have to be fundy or dominionist.

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LisaL (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:55 PM Response to Reply #137

140. So, why haven't they married their daughter off?

She is already supposedly five months along. Would it be legal in Alaska for her to marry with parental consent, considering she is a minor?

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Bernardo de La Paz (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 02:27 PM Response to Reply #140

143. Perhaps they were going to swap babies, but the VP nom interfered?

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Kahuna (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:54 PM Response to Original message

138. Fundies will sit home on this news. A lot of McStupid's voters will

sit home over this. :evilgrin:

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CalaisDem (3 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore

Mon Sep-01-08 01:58 PM Response to Original message

141. Don't you know they will spin this one...

Mom had a Down's Syndrome baby and was congratulated. Sis is pregnant at 16 and she will be praised for having the child and marrying at this incredibly absurd age. You can't win with Fundies.

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