Thinking Right

By Jody Beaumont

September 1, 2008 4:28 PM | Link to this

Coming to a theater near you: “Juno From Juneau — The Sequel”!

By Jody Beaumont

September 1, 2008 4:30 PM | Link to this

Coming to a theater near you: “Juno From Juneau — The Sequel”!

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

Here’s what really bothers me (along with Sarah Palin’s underwhelming resume):

McCain knew of this and surely Sarah Palin knew of this. Both of them are would-be players on the national political stage with all its glare and the lack of privacy it brings to everyone connected with the candidate and still they thought that having Sarah Palin, despite a lack of other real credentials to succeed McCain if he died, as the VP candidate was a good idea.

Neither of them cared about the feelings of a 17 year and her privacy? Not to mention that of the baby’s father! They decided it was OK to drag these two young people into the glare of a national spotlight. Even if these two are going to get married, this is still embarrassing for them (esp. if they are fundamentalist Christians) and they don’t deserve it.

By Butt Geyser

September 1, 2008 4:36 PM | Link to this

The phrase “hockey mom” is a new one on me. I’ve heard of soccor moms, but never hockey mom.

I’ve heard of stage mothers. I’ve heard of step mothers. I also happen to have stolen a copy of Sarah Palin’s speech she’s giving at the GOP convention.

“My dirty pillows, I mean, my fellow americans, let me tell you about myself: I was homeschooled but it was a student exchange program, so I spent my entire middle school years on the Concorde. I did my post humous, post partum doctoral work on the in-vitro, pre-natal implications of lifetime achievement awards. My mother was deaf, so I spent most of my summers lip reading holler back girls. I schooed myself in the different ways to fake “en passant” in chess games. I developed a fail safe method for cheating at hop scotch. This served me well at PTA meetings. I was molested at age 18 by a mime and have been faking all my orgasms ever since. I once snatched victory from the jaws of defeat when I simultaneously gave the international sign of surrender and then crossed the international date line. I could go on and on about snatching things, but now it’s John McCain’s turn.”

John? John? JOHN!!

zzzzz

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 4:40 PM | Link to this

Mary Matalin was just on CNN with Wolf’s Situation Room and he asked if this was going to have any political ramifications. She said she was disgusted with the “blogosphere” first claiming that her newborn son was not really her son but her daughter’s. Then she jumped on the moonbats for saying Palin was too old to have a child which was the same age Mary had one. For the slow wit Dimocrats, Mary is married to that Cajun mutant liberal James Carville. This will probably make people rally around the Palins more as this is obviously not the first time in US history it’s happened. Keep up the attacks, RATs. Please.

But the big news in my mind is that the father is marrying the daughter and there will be no abortion. Alaska is a state where you can make a PANT LOAD of money without a college degree. It is not uncommon to hear stories of moving up there for a few years and then come back with six figures in a pocket - TAKE HOME after taxes and living expenses. In short, there is no shortage of serious money making up there for a future young family starting out.

Alaskans are a different breed than those of us in the lower 48: they don’t much look to government for their well being. They can take care of themselves like adults and not bedwet and cry to mommy when things go bad.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 4:42 PM | Link to this

This is a really sad story. A 17- year old is not capable of raising a child. And is too young to be married. She is just a child herself and has her whole life ahead of her. If she had the earlier special needs baby, the probability is high that this baby will also have special needs too. Palin should withdraw, remove this spotlight from her childen, protect and take care of them. No kid should be on the world stage at a time like this.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 4:44 PM | Link to this

Here we go! A mother with evangelical belief has a daughter who is pregnant without benefit of marriage. What do say or do? Normally we would let the girl stay private. But her mother is ambitious and her mother’s protege McCain even more so. So the girl has to have her secret revealed. What better example of vicious evangelical belief and practice!

By Butt Geyser

September 1, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

A: Sarah Palin, Bristol Palin, and John McCain

Q: Name two hockey moms and a puck

……

I guess the RNC wasn’t very good at cherry picking veeps.

……

By Ray

September 1, 2008 4:46 PM | Link to this

For the first time today, I heard something from the Wonder Boy that I had to admire him for. In a very brief news conference before boarding a plane, some reporter asked him what was his opinion of Palin’s daughter becoming pregnant. He became somewhat indignant and said again, as he has said before, that the children of candidates are off limits in the political process. He stated that it was a personal matter and reminded those in attendance that he was born of an 18 yr old mother himself. He stated that if any of his staff made comments regarding this issue that he would see to it that they were fired from the campaign. Some of you liberal dumba**es on Jim’s previous blog were making hay out of this very personal matter between a daughter and her parents. Perhaps you should take the advise of your “leader” and let it go. Palin’s daughter, as Obama stated, is not running for election.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 4:47 PM | Link to this

And another thing: I know a few 17 year-olds who are wiser and more grown up than some 30+ year old pot smoking dumbassed liberal hippies out on the left wing coast.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 4:51 PM | Link to this

Oh, and John Voight is on FoxNews’ Neil Cavuto right now. Great stuff from a great man who has one hot daughter, even though she’s a liberal moonbat. Keep an eye on him during this convention. He will tell it like it is.

By Ray

September 1, 2008 4:56 PM | Link to this

Churchhill and Butt Geyser,

You are both sick and in need of help. What kind of drivel is this that you are throwing up. I am surprised that Jim would let you post this crap on an otherwise pretty decent dialogue exchange. Get a life.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Time for a little Straight Talk. Who vetted Sarah Palin? No wonder no one wants to go to the GOP convention. This is, of course, a private matter for the Palins, Gerson and the GOP except they also believe they have license to insert themselves into the delicate matters of everyone else.

Aside from any cynacism with regard to the tangled web and it’s failure to really dispel the rumours (a little independent and trustworthy DNA testing could probably do that), here’s what really bothers me:

McCain knew of this and surely Sarah Palin knew of this. Both of them are would-be players on the national political stage with all its glare and the lack of privacy it brings to everyone connected with the candidate and still they thought that having Sarah Palin, despite a lack of other real credentials to succeed McCain if he died, as the VP candidate was a good idea.

Neither of them cared about the feelings of a 17 year and her privacy? Not to mention that of the baby’s father! They decided it was OK to drag these two young people into the glare of a national spotlight. Even if these two are going to get married, this is still embarrassing for them (esp. if they are fundamentalist Christians) and they don’t deserve this.

By Davo

September 1, 2008 4:57 PM | Link to this

Hey Wooten; watching you spin is making me dizzy! Do you have any integrity at all or have you replaced it with republican talking points ( which you just admitted to in your intro)?

No big deal, huh? Some journalist you are who can’t see a bombshell like this. Here’s a scoop for you Jim…McCain loses presidential race 2 months before vote; voters claim ‘lack of sound judgement’.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:00 PM | Link to this

The Republicans—-particularly their Christian, conservative members—-really tick me off. I’m a Christian myself (yes, there are Democrats who are Christians), and what really irritates me is that now the conservative bloggers are trying to paint Palin and her daughter as saints because they didn’t have abortions. There are lots of women and pregnant teens who don’t have abortions.

What kills me is that Mr. Focus on the FAmily himself still praises her—-but how can she possibly be focused on her family to be running for VP, when she has an infant with special needs and a teenaged daughter who’s pregnant?? Not to mention the other three. Those kids obviously need her more now than the country does, but she’s going to have a whirlwind schedule of campaign traveling. What is the woman thinking?

As a woman, I do believe a woman can be anything she wants. But I DON’T believe a woman—-or a man—-can have it all. There are trade-offs for everything, and at some point everytone needs to decide what their priorities

By cj

September 1, 2008 5:02 PM | Link to this

NO BIG DEAL? Wake up and smell the coffee Jim and wipe that smile off your face!! This is a 17-years old child! Where was her mother - to busy governing or taking care of her baby? If this had been one of Obama daughters at age 17, you and every news organization would have made a big mountain out of a mole hill over this-24-7 saying he and wife are unfit parents, therefore he would be unfit to run the Country. Again CUT THE CRAP!!

By Suzanne

September 1, 2008 5:04 PM | Link to this

Obama’s right: The kids of candidates aren’t any of our business, but when you’re selling Sarah Palin as some kind of a high standard of pro-life fundamentalist moral standard, sorry but there’s no way I’m voting for a woman who has chosen the national spotlight over her own 3-month old newborn AND clearly didn’t do much of a job teaching her daughter not to sleep around despite the Holy Bible’s teachings. Rove and Cheney must’ve had a cow when they heard about this one.

By TW

September 1, 2008 5:07 PM | Link to this

McSame could not have found a better face for Republican hypocricy than Sarah Palin.

The RNC’s wheels have officially come off.

Pathetic.

By Bush go away

September 1, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

“My response: It’s no big deal. Nobody in the room expressed any particular concern.”

Kinda like the Bush administration when Katrina hit, right Jim?

Oh and if you hear any toe tapping in the restroom stall at the convention center, don’t be concerned. It’s not a pervert, it’s just Senator Craig listening to his IPod while taking a dump.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:08 PM | Link to this

Hey hysterical liberal garbage: take a looksie at this pic of Briston on August 29 and tell me if that’s not a ring on her finger, you mindless emotion-driven liberal wingnut incompetents.

By Ann

September 1, 2008 5:11 PM | Link to this

Note to Atlanta Journal Constitution: It is a VERY BIG DEAL. The crisis is teaching teens abstinence, that condoms are pre-emptive murder, and that once you are pregnant that there are no choices. Being pregnant in high school is a very big deal and we need to acknowledge that and help them not become that way or stay that way.

By Ray

September 1, 2008 5:13 PM | Link to this

Churchhill,

Maybe toning down your rhetoric, like the last post, will get you more and better debate than throwing bricks. First of all, it is none of our business about what decisions that Palin makes. She seems to be married to a rather nice person who was her high school sweetheart ( note the prom pictures in the NYT today). He has seen her through some pretty rough times so far and she seems to have survived. True, the VP is the big leagues, but don’t underestimate this lady. She has a constitution of granite and if most any other American, especially politicians, had the opportunity to be the first Repub female candidate and only the second female in history to run for VP, they would jump at it. Her family seems to have been pretty well taken care of so far and I would not believe that the future will be any different. Some of the far right Christians really tick me off too but that is not the reason I am voting for she and the fossil. I like her grit, her honesty and her constitution. I have a very good feeling for this lady and her future in leadership.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:18 PM | Link to this

You know the liberal garbage is grasping at straws when they first wail about Palin having a kid and being in politics - as if no Dimwitocrat has ever done that or something, and then wail about a teen age pregnancy that 1) will not be aborted and obviously WELL taken care of, and 2) be a young new MARRIED family.

I think the liberal trash buckets here are just upset because that’s one less single mom to go on welfare and vote RAT. And like I said earlier, i know a few 17 year-olds who are WAY more mature than the 30+ year old pot smoking liberal hippie douche bags out on on the left wing coast (and elsewhere).

By TW

September 1, 2008 5:19 PM | Link to this

McSame said that because he was a Vietnam Vet, he didn’t think his VP selection needed Vetting.

Change Grandpa’s diaper and put him down for a nap.

It’s over.

By catlady

September 1, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

I cannot see how Ms. Palin can be held up to be a model of family values when she does not have time enough to take care of her special needs child and her daughter who was BADLY in need of supervision and attention. We want to ENCOURAGE her not to have time for her family? Or are they just “staging” for her ambitions?

I want a woman as a VIABLE candidate. Not someone like that poor female soldier who was made out to be a hero in Iraq for the political purposes of others.

Pimp my candidate—that is what it looks like. But a dressed up pig is still a pig.

By julie

September 1, 2008 5:26 PM | Link to this

Can’t anyone get real without being afraid of being called sexist and old fashioned???

We all know it: “Country” does not “come first” family or in some people’s cases, God and family! This woman, no matter her politics is utterly incapable of putting her family first, or is an idiot.

I have a handicapped child, who is now grown. One of the most glaring and in a way frustrating and sad things you realize right away is that time will be your enemy. My child was my first, so I didn’t have others to contend with while I educated myself on issues and strategies I needed to learn so I could take care of my child.

That is number one.

Second, she obviously isn’t doing well as she has a 17 yr old who is pregnant, so much for “handling” a family! I’m not saying her husband has no part in handling a family, but lets’ be honest here! Please! she needs to see to those whom God or a universal entity has given her, and she isn’t doing very well just now.

There is nothing wrong with stepping back in life, as long as you have a have a plan, it’s not forever, but if her judgement and Mr McCain’s are that she can “handle” being VP and being a mother to 5 children, 2 of whom are very needy and deal with the worries of a son in Iraq at war, then she is Wonder Woman.

However, we know from the results so far, she ain’t all that!

What does that say about McCain, is he losing it?? It would seem so. Caving on right wing threats if he picked his real choice Lieberman? Doesn’t he have any backbone??? Wouldn’t that have been better than this soap opera?? I am so sick of people with soap opera lives, doesn’t anyone have morals anymore?? Ethics? That was supposed to be Ms. Palin’s strong suit—fat chance. Look at the Troopergate??

Trotting out PTA membership as part of a national resume is no resume. I have more qualifications. I heard a Mississippi woman at the Convention today, say that she being in the PTO and having 5 kids meant she could handle Congress. S(*^ then lets’ just give up on anyone being qualified or educated about anything.

Creationism, tiny-town rural anti-intellectualism, joy in ignorance, why not just get a big ole button that says “Ignorant and Proud of it”!

My grandmother who had 12 children, was a parachute packer (uin WWII), church organist, semi-professional pianist, volunteer for all kinds of womens and charity clubs, and full time worker of 37 yrs, had more qualifications, but she would never have put her family second, and tried to pull a fast one by saying she could “handle” a most important national leadership role.

Can’t we be honest???

By julie

September 1, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Can’t anyone get real without being afraid of being called sexist and old fashioned???

We all know it: “Country” does not “come first” family or in some people’s cases, God and family! This woman, no matter her politics is utterly incapable of putting her family first, or is an idiot.

I have a handicapped child, who is now grown. One of the most glaring and in a way frustrating and sad things you realize right away is that time will be your enemy. My child was my first, so I didn’t have others to contend with while I educated myself on issues and strategies I needed to learn so I could take care of my child.

That is number one.

Second, she obviously isn’t doing well as she has a 17 yr old who is pregnant, so much for “handling” a family! I’m not saying her husband has no part in handling a family, but lets’ be honest here! Please! she needs to see to those whom God or a universal entity has given her, and she isn’t doing very well just now.

There is nothing wrong with stepping back in life, as long as you have a have a plan, it’s not forever, but if her judgement and Mr McCain’s are that she can “handle” being VP and being a mother to 5 children, 2 of whom are very needy and deal with the worries of a son in Iraq at war, then she is Wonder Woman.

However, we know from the results so far, she ain’t all that!

What does that say about McCain, is he losing it?? It would seem so. Caving on right wing threats if he picked his real choice Lieberman? Doesn’t he have any backbone??? Wouldn’t that have been better than this soap opera?? I am so sick of people with soap opera lives, doesn’t anyone have morals anymore?? Ethics? That was supposed to be Ms. Palin’s strong suit—fat chance. Look at the Troopergate??

Trotting out PTA membership as part of a national resume is no resume. I have more qualifications. I heard a Mississippi woman at the Convention today, say that she being in the PTO and having 5 kids meant she could handle Congress. S(*^ then lets’ just give up on anyone being qualified or educated about anything.

Creationism, tiny-town rural anti-intellectualism, joy in ignorance, why not just get a big ole button that says “Ignorant and Proud of it”!

My grandmother who had 12 children, was a parachute packer (uin WWII), church organist, semi-professional pianist, volunteer for all kinds of womens and charity clubs, and full time worker of 37 yrs, had more qualifications, but she would never have put her family second, and tried to pull a fast one by saying she could “handle” a most important national leadership role.

Can’t we be honest???

By Davo

September 1, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

Rufus talking about maturity is kinda like the neocons talking about responsible government…all talk, no substance. TW’s right…it’s all over now and none too soon.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:30 PM | Link to this

A parent who virtually abandons a newborn with special needs and a pregnant teenager in order to pursue a pie-in-the-sky political office is disgusting, regardless of party.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:32 PM | Link to this

Donna Brazile on Wolf’s Situation Room: *”It is unfortunate this kind of smear politics has come out so early in a campaign trail when so many other important issues are before us and the Republicans are just introducing their vice presidential candidate.”

Amen Donna. Those are your disgusting people though. I pray they lash out even more than they are now.

Keep it up you mindless liberal jackals. PLEASE.

Besides, it’s not going to stop us from voting for McCain/Palin, and it SURE isn’t going to stop you mindless numbnuts on the left from voting for McCain, so what really are you pansies spitting venom for?

Jackasses.

By Hockey in Alaska

September 1, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

@@,

What do you bet that Gov. Palin wishes her daughter had only followed the lead of Monica Lewinsky and got down on those knees!

But instead (warning: hockey terms ahead) she let him go five hole; and he put the buscuit in the basket.

By youcan'thandlethetruth

September 1, 2008 5:33 PM | Link to this

who’s the daddy her father or her mother? seems like someone need to rent “Juno” I mean, “Juneau”…..

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

Rufus talking about maturity

Yeah that’s right, Davo, you hysterics on the diseased left lash out, I’ll lash right back.

By drahcir71

September 1, 2008 5:36 PM | Link to this

The hypocrisy of this situation clearly makes this an issue to be discussed. You can’t ignore the facts.

Governor Palin would only approve funding for abstinence teaching & then her teenage daughter becomes pregnant?!? Maybe the courageous hockey Mom of 5 should have spent more FAMILY time instead of hunting deer or smiling in front of the nearest camera.

I can’t wait to hear the comments from Republican conservatives justifying this as a “non-issue” or that the “pregnancy is a blessing from God” or that everyone makes mistakes in life.

There is plenty of blame to go around when a teenager gets pregnant but the parents are near the top of the list.

By @@

September 1, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Churchill:

Neither of them cared about the feelings of a 17 year and her privacy?

Could it be that McCain and Governor Palin had more faith in the compassion of the American people. Perhaps they aren’t aware of just how vicious radical leftwingers could be.

Radical leftwingers will be the last nail in the coffin of the Democratic Party.

OBlahMa is where he is today because the radical leftwing kooks, DailyKos, Huffington Post, and MoveOn.org carried him there.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:38 PM | Link to this

Wow….if Chelsea Clinton had gotten pregnant at 17, the right wing would still be flying that flag. When it suites you then morality is definitely in the eye of the right wing. Just like Cheney’s daughter is the only one allowed to have a baby (in vitro) and is protected from any verbal right wing assault, yet Rachel Maddow is dragged thru the mud just for being a broadcaster on a progressive radio station and now at MSNBC. Hypocrotical swine…

By Bush go away

September 1, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

The same party hacks that got Bush elected by saying that McCain fathered an illegitimate black child are now complaining about “smear campaigns”?

Now that’s rich.

By TW

September 1, 2008 5:39 PM | Link to this

Like mother like daughter - how’s Sarah gonna say anything when she did the same thing herself? Quite obvious he was pregnant with her son Track when she married Todd on the Court house steps.

Have the Republicans invested heavily in Inquirer Magazine?

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

Republicans should remember when you are in a hole stop digging. Not scandalous. Please. Republicans have been blaming out of wedlock births for the destruction of America for decades. Now that it’s one of their own it doesn’t undermine the american family. The hyprocrisy on display regarding Palin is absolutely unbelievable and the stench is going to turn off their base. I don’t care that Palin’s daughter is pregnant, but I do care that I have to be subjected to Republican bs on this subject.

By @@

September 1, 2008 5:42 PM | Link to this

To all the leftwing kooks who are reveling in their ridicule of young Bristol……..

Rest assured, I will be taking your hate-filled posts to a location where they will do Governor Palin the most good.

You guys are rookin mahwelous dressed in your dem duds.

Chortle nyuk nyuk.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:43 PM | Link to this

*This woman, no matter her politics is utterly incapable of putting her family first, or is an idiot *

A parent who virtually abandons a newborn with special needs and a pregnant teenager in order to pursue a pie-in-the-sky political office

And that^^ from a couple of moonbat liberals who stood up and cheered for Shrillary Clinton when she said she “wasn’t going to be like some little Tammy Wynette standing by her man.”

My cheap advice right now, little liberal skirts: heed the advice of your fellow Dimocrat bretheren on this. But, you don’t have to. Keep running your toxic lips. We will thank you for it.

By TW

September 1, 2008 5:45 PM | Link to this

Bush go away - I was not aware that McSame had fathered an illegitimate black child. Perhaps he will accompany Sarah Palin when she and her circus spend an hour with Jerry Springer this fall.

It’s over. It’s soooooo over.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:47 PM | Link to this

Yes she is a hypocrite and her behavior is NOT consistent with Christian biblical values….(only consitatn with hypocritical secular conservative values… do as I say, not as I do).

She should have been home RAISING HER OWN KIDS, instead of dumping them on family. She sacrificed her family (husband and children) on the alter of her ambition. Her husband is a weakling and apparently has no leadership value what so ever, he is a lacky to his wife. If they had an ounce of care for ANY OF THEIR KIDS, she would not have even come close to the VP slot and drag her daughter and the rest of the kids thru this mess. There is nothing to admire here at all. Selfish is more like it but that makes her fit in all the more with McCain who ABANDONED his first wife and kids.

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:50 PM | Link to this

The same party hacks that got Bush elected by saying that McCain fathered an illegitimate black child

I never said that nor anyone I know. Try again, you worthless mindless liberal mud plugger.

By Ray

September 1, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

Julie,

The ice cream wagon only comes once in your life. In those same photos of Palin’s family in the NYT were pictures of her and her husband’s parents when the news was released about McCain’s choice. Tears of joy, proud parents and inlaws. These photos did not show an unhappy bunch of people or someone who would not be there if needed. I am not sure that this is raw political ambition, as many of the posts suggest. I think that this a very qualified and dependable leader who happens to be an Evangelical Christian. This is almost as bad a Karl Rove to most Demos. You just have a problem with the right, whether this lady is a good choice or not. They tick you off with all of their better than thou rhetoric and give you the impression that they are looking down their noses at you who are not one of the fold. Palin is living her life as she chooses. It is none of our affair why she has chosen to do as she has. Quit judging her on your terms and give her the benefit of the doubt. You just might be surprised how fortunate we are to have someone of her caliber making decisions for this country.

By Single Mom

September 1, 2008 5:51 PM | Link to this

HAHAHAHAHA! Thank goodness we’re going to have some “conservative” women in higher office, instead of these doggone loose moral libruls, eh Wooten? Pregnant minors of conservative parents: “No big deal.” (Ditto unwed lesbian mothers of Republican vice presidents.) After all, they “plan to wed” so that’s moving America in the right direction. Kids marrying before they can vote… Yeah, that’ll keep them on the straight and narrow.

I guess Palin tried to do too much raising four children, being Alaska’s head diva, and returing to work three days after her fifth baby was born. Who needs family leave to attend to one’s own children? HAHAHAHAHA! Morals are what you make of ‘em, right Wooten? Just don’t let the Democrats pull that stuff on your watch! HAHAHAHA!

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:54 PM | Link to this

Talk about switching sides!

But in the bright side, nice to see Republicans talking about CHOICES, and TOLERANCE, and PRIVACY AND how the pregnancy (or end of the pregnancy) of a teenager out of wedlock is a PRIVATE FAMILY AFFAIR.

OH SO NICE to see that Teenage Pregnancy is not “a big deal” and that who cares, THEY CAN GET MARRIED and it will all be fixed! Good to know they have the option of GETTING MARRIED.

17 year olds who think they can fix a mistake by making a bigger one can get married!! unless of course they happen to ge gay, now THOSE people… they have no clue!

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Yeah, hypocrisy rules. These same mindless halfassed liberal Dimwitocrats who are chastising Palin for not being a stay at home mom have been touting women’s liberation and getting out of the house for 40 years now and using their brains. Now suddenly THEY believe in stay at home moms, who they’ve been RIDICULING for decades.

If nothing else, the posts on these blogs and the reaction from the pig-tailed left in this nation just goes to show that liberalism is an emotion-driven disease of which there is no cure for happiness.

You sick liberals have no baring on this election and this situation. So go jump off a bridge down in NoLA.

By Churchill

September 1, 2008 5:58 PM | Link to this

Maybe if Sarah Palin wasn’t so egocentric she might have considered not only preaching family values, but also living them. What kind of mother is so narcissistic that she actually thinks she can devote eighteen hour days to her job as vice president of the United States while caring for a special needs baby and her other children? This is NOT putting your family first! I bet Romney and the Mormon crowd are livid about McCain’s choice. Mormons totally adhere to the stay at home mom philosophy. Maybe if she wasn’t so concerned with her own agenda she might have been around more to guide her daughter toward more productive activities.

By Bush go away

September 1, 2008 5:59 PM | Link to this

Oh sure abstinence education hacks will point out that some kids do indeed postpone sex until marriage. But they don’t tell you that kids who take abstinence pledges are four times more likely to engage in anal sex. Gotta keep that woo-woo nice and pure right?

Must have learned about anal sex from Bush appointee Dr. David Hagar; you know the gynecologist who said he wasn’t really anally raping his wife; he just couldn’t find the right hole!

Now them’s “family values.”

By TW

September 1, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

The trouble with Romney was that America was tired of having a Moron in the White House. Romney says he’s proud to be a Moron, and even though he doesn’t have a bunch of wives like most of ‘em do, he still would have hurt McSame’s chances. Thus, Sarah Springer Palin was the choice.

Pawlenty has every right to be ticked off, as does the guy from Florida.

By Churchill's wife

September 1, 2008 6:05 PM | Link to this

This is such a shame for Palin’s daughter. I can’t imagine how that poor kid is feeling after being exposed like this. My heart goes out to her. Shame on her mother!! No job—NO job—is worth exploiting a vulnerable child in such a fashion, and I think the latest Palin train wreck speaks volumes about Palin and her character, or lack thereof. (While she was busy espousing Abstinence for everyone else’s kids, where was her daughter?!) As a mother of teenagers myself, and a staunch feminist, I have to say that it sounds as if Palin’s children, brand-new baby included, need her a great deal more than the United States does.

By Richard

September 1, 2008 6:07 PM | Link to this

Suddenly the religious right is all-forgiving and pious. Tolerance and love spring to the forefront. If it were Senator Obama’s daughter, the right-wing hardliners would burn her at the stake. Just once could the Democrats stand up and swift-boat McCain? Remember how the Republican establishment made hamburg of Kerry? Sara Palin would be one heartbeat away from the presidency. DNC, get nasty! Richard

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 6:08 PM | Link to this

For real leadership on how the left perceives this, look at the Democrat politicians’ reactions; they aren’t touching it, and wisely so. The only ones who are are the Daily Kos blog scabs that we see on this blog, who said that Palin’s son wasn’t really hers for starters.

We need more talk like this from you disgusting, vile, wretched mindless sub-human troglodytes on the modern diseased far loon left.

By @@

September 1, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

Dang Churchill! You went from sounding concerned for the Palin children to sounding just plain ol’ Anti-McCain.

that makes her fit in all the more with McCain who ABANDONED his first wife and kids.

Your spelling is a little off too.

17 year olds who think they can fix a mistake by making a bigger one can get married!! unless of course they happen to —->ge<—- gay, now THOSE people… they have no clue!

By catlady

September 1, 2008 6:09 PM | Link to this

she might have been around more to guide her daughter toward more productive activities.

Seems like to me her daughter understands how to be “productive.”

By Ray

September 1, 2008 6:13 PM | Link to this

Churchhill,

How many times have you made decisions regarding your children that you have paused and asked yourself whether or not you did right? We are pulling from a pool of Americans with flaws, mistakes in their resume, things that they wished they could take back……. and how many of us do the same? We expect our prospective leaders to be perfect to the bone and if one or two flaws show up, they are immediately not qualified, depending on what party you are voting for. We overjudge those who would lead us. They are not perfect as we are not perfect, like it or not. Pick any American president or Vice President and give me one person who was not flawed in some way. Some were impeached for telling lies, some were shot for their beliefs, some were sleeping around more than the average male, some resigned……. none were perfect. So why do we expect Mrs. Palin to fit some kind of perfection mode? Look past all of this to the person. She is a very qualified lady with rock solid integrity and I don’t care if she has a daughter who made a mistake or not. I will vote for her in a heartbeat.

By catlady

September 1, 2008 6:27 PM | Link to this

she might have been around more to guide her daughter toward more productive activities.

Seems like to me her daughter understands how to be “productive.”

Absentence does NOT mean “not talking about it.”

Who would have ever thought we might have the Repulbican version of the Jamie Lynn Spears family a heartbeat away from the White House?

By Rufus

September 1, 2008 6:28 PM | Link to this

ST. PAUL, Minn. (AP) - Protesters smashed windows, punctured car tires and threw bottles Monday during an anti-war march to the site of the Republican National Convention. Police used pepper spray in confrontations with demonstrators and arrested five.

You just have to find the disgusting far left liberals in this nation as entertaining as the circus and zoo coming to town.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 2, 2008 8:10 AM | Link to this

Good morning all. Non-issue for conservatives. Big issue for the leftists who think babies ought to die under these circumstances.

By cmitchell

September 2, 2008 8:18 AM | Link to this

ok people i also have very conservative views but FULLY understand that young people (heck - old people too) don’t always make the best choices that can result in difficult consequences – BUT if my 17-year-old daughter were pregnant (whether she was marrying the father or not) i would want to perhaps stay a little closer to home and spend more time with my family. NOT TO MENTION HAVING A 6-MONTH-OLD BABY. i’ve been the working mother of two and it was often difficult to concentrate on work with a baby - and even now that they are older (9 and 12) as they are involved in many activities. BUT ADD TO THAT HER BABY HAS DOWNS SYNDROME. THIS CONCERNS ME MUCH MORE THAN THE PREGNANT DAUGHTER! i have a very supportive husband but there is NO WAY i would be putting myself in line to the leader of the country (as she very well could be) with my baby having special needs. a woman can most definitely be a viable VP choice but one with more experience and fewer concerns at home would have been a far better choice. as a “conservative” palin’s conservative beliefs aren’t nearly enough to sway me. i need more. and the horrible spotlight that is now on that 17-yr-old child and the father - is the VP spot really worth all that to gov. palin??? what other selfish choices will she make? ….

By robert brooks

September 2, 2008 8:24 AM | Link to this

Most of the people in the world was probaly born to unwed moms. My mom was 15 (married) when she gave birth to me. For sure I know we are not throwing rocks at Gov. Palin’s daughter, after we praised a sex maniac president who ‘sexed-up’ a woman named Monica in his office. rb

By hotlanta

September 2, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

Aw come on Wooten,. We all know if this was Obama’s daughter the media will be all over it. Especially Hannity and Push Limbaugh. I can see the headlines now “Obama Can’t Run his Own Household. 17 year old Pregnant and he is Trying to Run the Country. It is just amazing how white girls get pregnant and it is no BIG deal. But if she was black it would be a national disaster. Then it will be a Black problem not an American problem. Obama knows if his campaign was to push negative ads the same as with Hiliary Clinton, she is a white female and it will backfire on him. You mean to tell me that Palin can shoot a moose but she couldn’t shoot her daughter’s boyfriend. I was also shocked that ADULTER Fig “Net” Newton had the nerve to say that he finally has respect for Obama when he cheated on his wife.He also acted as if it was no deal and still didn’t answer Tavis question about the media having a field day if it was Obama’s daughter.

By hotlanta

September 2, 2008 8:25 AM | Link to this

Aw come on Wooten,. We all know if this was Obama’s daughter the media will be all over it. Especially Hannity and Push Limbaugh. I can see the headlines now “Obama Can’t Run his Own Household. 17 year old Pregnant and he is Trying to Run the Country. It is just amazing how white girls get pregnant and it is no BIG deal. But if she was black it would be a national disaster. Then it will be a Black problem not an American problem. Obama knows if his campaign was to push negative ads the same as with Hiliary Clinton, she is a white female and it will backfire on him. You mean to tell me that Palin can shoot a moose but she couldn’t shoot her daughter’s boyfriend. I was also shocked that ADULTER Fig “Net” Newton had the nerve to say that he finally has respect for Obama when he cheated on his wife.He also acted as if it was no deal and still didn’t answer Tavis question about the media having a field day if it was Obama’s daughter.

By Rob

September 2, 2008 8:28 AM | Link to this

How any of you moonbats can question Palin’s credentials is beyond me… She has more years of elected experience than Obama, and her experience is actually executive experience. Please tell me what Obama has ever lead or been in charge of? She has more experience than the guy on the TOP of the Dem’s ticket!!!

By Jinx

September 2, 2008 8:31 AM | Link to this

So do you think Fox News will flash a picture of Bristol with the caption “Baby Momma” like they did Michelle Obama, who became a wife WAYYYY before she became a mother?

By Not Happy

September 2, 2008 8:34 AM | Link to this

The pick of Palin was a mistake. She has too many issues and too little experience (God forbid ANYTHING ever happens to John McCain once elected!). I am disappointed in this pick and will have a lot of trouble pulling the lever for that woman on election day. You can say it’s no big deal about her daughter getting pregnant. I disagree. It shows what sort of parent Mrs. Palin is and goes directly to her ability to lead. If she can’t lead her family, how can she lead the nation?

By Uh-huh

September 2, 2008 8:36 AM | Link to this

A “Non-issue for conservatives?” Somebody didn’t get the memo:

(From the PI blog:) Here is why foxnews, and their conservative supporters, are so sad:

“On the pinhead front, 16-year-old Jamie Lynn Spears is pregnant. The sister of Britney says she is shocked. I bet. Now most teens are pinheads in some ways. But here the blame falls primarily on the parents of the girl, who obviously have little control over her or even over Britney Spears. Look at the way she behaves.”

Thanks Bill O’Reilly. You can read this at: http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,317577,00.html

Let’s see what Rush Limbaugh had to say: (http://radioequalizer.blogspot.com/2007/12/spears-pregnancy-news-annoys-talk.html)

CALLER: Would you tend to think that a family in this position, though, wouldn’t you think that there would be a more watchful eye as a parent to be watching over these kids so this doesn’t happen to them?

RUSH: I would certainly hope so, but it’s long past time for this to happen. The parents here are the culprits!

CALLER: (chuckles)

RUSH: I mean, the parents, they’re infected with this disease, this addiction to fame themselves. Look at Britney’s mom, for crying out loud. “Put me on TV, too! Put me on TV!” You know, celebrity parents, they can go both ways, and some of them lose whatever grounding they had as adults when their kids get famous. They want to be part of it. They like the money themselves. It’s very rare to have celebrity parents that remain grounded, but who’s going to get this family in line?

By gigi

September 2, 2008 8:37 AM | Link to this

thank God, finally a real human being, one who isn’t perfect, wasn’t concieved by saints, and certainly did’t give birth to any! i’m sick of talking heads in Washington who babble on about how they understand me and my life when none of them has a clue. here’s a nice dose of American Reality. choke it down and move on.

By S

September 2, 2008 8:38 AM | Link to this

Palin is not Qualified to be VP. She has no experience on international anything. She at one time was a member of the Independence Party in Alaska. Don’t know what that is check out You Tube. This woman has to many unknowns. Personally I don’t think she has a lick of sense, and McCain doesn’t either for selecting her.

By mel

September 2, 2008 8:39 AM | Link to this

So who’s the babymama now? LOL

By Typical

September 2, 2008 8:40 AM | Link to this

Hmmm. Very odd. How quickly the party of “family values” is able to compromise those values just to win an election. Typical. If this was a democrat you right wingers would be frothing at the mouth. Especially YOU Wooten. But since it’s a republican it’s OK to be a pregnant senior in high school. Even James Dobson has said “no big deal.” Wow. You have lost all credibility.

By ljohnson

September 2, 2008 8:42 AM | Link to this

at least obama was smart enough to pick someone with more experience than himself as his VP. a mark of a wise leader if you ask me (and you didn’t :-)) but what the heck is mccain doing??!! picking a pretty gal to help him get his dream job. who cares what predicament this could potentially leave the country in one day. more selfishness in my opinion. good looking out mccain.

By james

September 2, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

hello if any one can read this pleaae post a message. And if you do say something bad about either Mccain, Obama or Clinton. Thanks for participating!

By Willie G

September 2, 2008 8:44 AM | Link to this

Two of the happiest people I have ever known got married when he was 15 years young, and she was 13 years young. They had 9 kids, had a ball, more fun than a barrel of monkeys. Never got a dime of welfare.
How old do you thing people was, when they got married, when the USA was started??

By Charles

September 2, 2008 8:47 AM | Link to this

If I were a Democrap (God forbid) I’d be more concerned with having a racist (20 year membership in Jeremiah Wright’s church) Presidential candidate (Obama) who is friends with a unapologetic terrorist (William Ayers) and has less experience than Palin (sorry, running for the Office of President all your Senate life doesn’t count) and a plageristic (liar) running mate in Biden.

By ljohnson

September 2, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

at least obama was smart enough to pick someone with more experience than himself as his VP. a mark of a wise leader if you ask me (and you didn’t :-)) but what the heck is mccain doing??!! picking a pretty gal to help him get his dream job. who cares what predicament this could potentially leave the country in one day. more selfishness in my opinion. good looking out mccain.

By dbrown

September 2, 2008 8:49 AM | Link to this

OK, SO WE ARE SUPPOSED TO TRUST THAT THIS CHICK CAN KEEP THE COUNTRY IN ORDER WHEN SHE CAN’T EVEN KEEP HER OWN HOUSE IN ORDER?? PLEASE! WHAT WAS MCLAME THINKING? SHE IS A JOKE! MCLAME OWED IT TO US TO CHOOSE A FORMIDABLE CANDIDATE, ESPECIALLY SINCE HE IS ONE FOOT IN THE GRAVE HIMSELF. I AM SO DISGUSTED WITH HIS CHOICE!

By Debora

September 2, 2008 8:50 AM | Link to this

Palin wants birth control illegal as she believes most are types of abortifacts. She also wants sex-ed out of schools. We can already see the consequences of her actions.

So what if you can make a boat load of money in Alaska. I want my kids to have an education for education sake.

P** poor example for my 15 year old daughter.

By Tuffy, the Airborne Soldier

September 2, 2008 8:53 AM | Link to this

It was just a matter of time before this and probably more came out about the good Guvnor from the frozen tundra. Was reading some article last night concerning young Bristol and found that she was out of school for 8-9 months for Mono. I’m an older bird and recall Mono as being one of our childhood rites of passage in the social world. 2 weeks at best and plenty of antibiotics would fix it. C’mon 8-9 months??!! Guvnor Palin did not show until month 7 or 8? Had a child with Down Syndrome and was back to work in 3 days? As a man, I love women with incredible strength, my wife is that example, however, if you think for one minute that Guvnor Palin had a child with Down Syndrome, PREMATURELY, and she left it in a hospital too rush back to address the needs of the people of Alaska (all 650,000 of them in a state with enough money to give each resident a stipend), you must be CRAZY. This is going to come back on the GOP badly my friends.

Sen. McCain has placed himself in a horrible situation. He has no platform, he is in a party that, as hard as they try, continually shoot themselves in the foot (without aiming), has the most unpopular and most incompetent administration in the history of this country (save Laura Bush, that’s strength), a running mate who he selected after a 15 minute chat (15 MINUTES!!!!), who he CLEARLY did not vet worth a damn, who we the people are watching implode on a national scale, and the GOP is trying to defend this debacle after demonizing people in the past. (I wish young Bristol well, because she is just as any of us, period.) I think the GOP will has farther reaching issues that it must come to terms with. If not, I think we’ve seen the last of it.

Just my viewpoint.

By kj

September 2, 2008 8:54 AM | Link to this

Ok, everyone is so concerned about what will happen if McCain dies…what about if Obama dies? No, he’s not as old but he could be assasinated. There was even an attempt on Reagan. So, just figure Obama dies then Biden becomes pres. He’s old as dirt too. So then he could easily have a heart attack from the shock of Obama dying and then we’re stuck with Pelosi as pres. I’d much rather take my chances with Palin than Pelosi. I think Palin was a great choice and I’d much rather make history with Palin as the first female VP than Obama as pres. (I’d support the first black president if it were Colin Powell running instead of this slimeball that just talks a good line) Get a clue read the book “the case against Obama” he’s complete slime - pull your heads out of the sand - just because he’s black and speaks elequently doesn’t mean he’d be a good president. The only thing he’s qualified for is a spot at a used car dealership where he could talk his way into salesman of the month. Do some research and you’ll be shocked when you learn the truth about Obama’s political past in Chicago. The media is not telling you about his very shady background and what his plans for our country are. Or go ahead and vote for him if you want your taxes (everyone that makes $32,500.00 or more per year) to nearly double. He’s not from a poor family (unless you consider $240,000.00 per year poor) YOU NEED TO EDUCATE YOURSELF ON WHO YOUR TRYING TO ELECT - DON’T JUST BLINDLY FOLLOW A CROWD!

By ron

September 2, 2008 8:56 AM | Link to this

Meanwhile,rolling right along,the Obama campaign has been defanged by Mrs.Palin.She and Gustav have had the headlines.Quite a way to splash upon the national scene.

This McCain guy is a politician.I think he may have orchestrated all of this.The way I see it,he’s in charge of the campaign.He shut downthe convention beause of Gustav.There won’t be any roll call votes for the other candidates either.McCain’s in charge.

I read that the pregnancy of Mrs. Palin’s daughter is being called a mistake.Who decided that?I know many reciprients of shotgun weddings that were happily married all their lives.Their pregnancies certainly weren’t mistakes.Let’s all vow to lay off the young lady and leave her alone.She’s not running for office.

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 2, 2008 9:02 AM | Link to this

The moonbats are raving on this one.

Dear Churchill @ 5 PM yesterday, with all due respect you are not competent to award yourself that title. You may profess your attempts to be a Christian, but of course your posts contradict that affirmation also. There is no charity in anything you post, and no compassion. Your posts truly reflect the perspective of an Obamaniac; you would do well to follow the example of your fuhrer instead. Your posts are filled with false innuendo and manufactured facts. Your level of seething hatred is rare even for this blog, and we have some true lunatic leftists posting here regularly.

Dear Ann @ 5:11 yesterday, why do you assume that there is no teaching opportunity here?

Dear Catlady @ 5:26 yesterday, you have false predicate assumptions in your judgment. Not that you have ever cared about illegitimate judgments.

Dear Julie @ 5:26 and drahcir @ 5:36 yesterday, do you similarly blame Hillary Clinton for Bill’s sins?

Dear cmitchell @ 8:18, it is called noblisse oblige – you leftists don’t understand such a concept. Suggest you read up on Cincinnatus.

By ButlerDawg

September 2, 2008 9:03 AM | Link to this

The anti-McCain/Palin bloggers on this site are just slightly more civilized then the thugs who are terrorizing delegates and other attendees of the RNC in Minneapolis. Both are experts at hurling bombs and hatred while hiding under their false veil of “Change.” The problem is that it isn’t “Change” that they want, they want an all out New World order! Have faith in knowing that the toilet will soon be flushed though and that these people will feel the waters swirling under their feet…maybe they already have.

By Dirk

September 2, 2008 9:04 AM | Link to this

OK kj:

I am biting… WHAT is Obama’s shady past? And PLEASE don’t repeat rumors you read on wacko-right-wing-blogs… tell the truth.. WHAT, in your esteemed opinion did he do that should disqualify him from being president? Of course besides being an African America…

By nodock

September 2, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Please do me a favor…if you run into Combs, from Hannity & Combs, pick up a 2 x 4 and slap him across the mouth…I know I can get enough repub friends to pay the fine and send you on an all expense paid trip the Greek islands…keep up the good work…..

By nodock

September 2, 2008 9:06 AM | Link to this

Please do me a favor…if you run into Combs, from Hannity & Combs, pick up a 2 x 4 and slap him across the mouth…I know I can get enough repub friends to pay the fine and send you on an all expense paid trip the Greek islands…keep up the good work…..

By ljohnson

September 2, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

mccain’s choices are just more evidence for me that “experience” doesn’t always equal wisdom. in this election obama has shown more wisdom time and time again. i choose not to dwell on the bad choices people made years ago, as we have all made bad choices if we admit it (even if we don’t admit it). but thank God some of us have learned from our mistakes.

By ljohnson

September 2, 2008 9:09 AM | Link to this

*mccain’s choices are just more evidence for me that “experience” doesn’t always equal wisdom. in this election obama has shown more wisdom time and time again. i choose not to dwell on the bad choices people made years ago, as we have all made bad choices if we admit it (even if we don’t admit it). but thank God some of us have learned from our mistakes. *

By Elephant Whip

September 2, 2008 9:10 AM | Link to this

Dear Democrats:

FOLLOW THE EXAMPLE OF OBAMA. If you continue to beat up on Palin and her family, the Hilary women will swing and the McCain ticket will get really close, if not beat Obama, who SHOULD be the next president.

By kj

September 2, 2008 9:11 AM | Link to this

S, In response to your comments about Palin not being qualified as VP becasue of her lack of experience on anything international - What experience on “anything international” does Obama (who is running for PRESIDENT!) have? Don’t you think it’s a little more important for the President, Commander in Cheif to have at least a couple of years of experience at doing something (other than running for office?) than for the VP? Palin will get all of the international experience she needs as VP. When will Obama get international experience or are we now providing on-the-job-training for our president??? Wake up people!

By Ragnar Danneskjöld

September 2, 2008 9:14 AM | Link to this

Dear kj @ 8:54, not sure, but I think Pelosi is older than Biden.

Dear Ron @ 8:56, today’s WSJ reveals the name of the genius orchestrating the McCain campaign: Fred Davis.

By Joey D

September 2, 2008 9:15 AM | Link to this

Great…that’s all we need:

Trailer trash drama up there in the White House.

Palin may be a conservative angel but methinks she’s from simpleton stock..(creationism taught in public schools?) too simple to be one heart beat away from the most important office in the world.

By lacuda

September 2, 2008 9:19 AM | Link to this

So Govenor Palin is in the same league with Britney’s parents: too busy to take care of their teanage kids & family,but have enough time to chase the dollar or run for power.Now we know Palin can be a good leader,despite neglecting the needs to raise a wholesome family:GREAT!!!!!

So there goes your FAMILY VALUES.

By tcoach

September 2, 2008 9:20 AM |