Palin to resign as Govenor

Catz Part Deux · 07-08-09, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Caine

So you believe as a parent and politician that it should be expected and acceptable to have your children smeared across the nation for absolutely no reason in the way her children were and then look to her child and say, "Suck it up, Mommy wants to be in the big leagues?"

Number one, the major attack that I've seen in the past year was David Letterman on Bristol. I know you want to pretend that it was directed at the younger sibling, but it's abundantly clear who the girl in the family who has difficulty keeping her legs closed is.

And, she got knocked up. People talk. Life sucks that way. You think that's hard, try single-parenting. This is a situation she set up for herself, and she's practically an adult.

Most of the so-called "smears" were far from mainstream, they were absurd, ridiculous, and overstated, and her kids would have had to look for them. So, I think this is drastically overstating the issue. If it had come up in my family, I'm pretty sure we'd have laughed about them and made fun of the people who were making such stupid comments.

I'm not saying the attacks weren't bad. I agree--they sucked.

But Palin totally overreacted to them, IMHO. Some things simply don't deserve a reaction.

StandUpChuck · 07-08-09, 05:39 PM

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Originally Posted by Catz Part Deux

but it's abundantly clear who the girl in the family who has difficulty keeping her legs closed is.

Wow. So sexually active young women (I thought everyone agrees that teens will have sex no matter what) are women who have difficulty keeping their legs closed?

Wow.

Palin has said a few times since her announcement to step down that the costs associated with the bogus ethics charges were costing the people of Alaska too much money and too much of their governor's time.

I know it's hard to believe in this day and age, that a politician may have altruistic reasons for shooting themselves in the foot, but this woman appears to be the real deal.

And the attacks on her family have been shameful.

apdst · 07-08-09, 05:45 PM

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Originally Posted by Catz Part Deux

Number one, the major attack that I've seen in the past year was David Letterman on Bristol. I know you want to pretend that it was directed at the younger sibling

It doesn't matter who it was directed at. A politicians kids, regardless of age, should be off limits.

But, since you brought it up. Let's not forget the media trying to claim that Trigg is really Bristol's baby. Remember that?

apdst · 07-08-09, 05:46 PM

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Originally Posted by StandUpChuck

Wow. So sexually active young women (I thought everyone agrees that teens will have sex no matter what) are women who have difficulty keeping their legs closed?

Wow.

I'm waiting for someone to call Bristol a whore