Bristol Palin Gives Birth to Baby Boy

Seriously, is this “breaking news”????

My Gosh! Since when does an illegitamate birth of a baby born to an unmarried girl who just happens to be the daughter of a Bimbo Republican governor qaulify as “Breaking News!!???

Is this news? Well, if it was Obama’s daughter having a baby out of wedlock, it sure would be, and the same people supporting Palin’s “family values” would be condemning instead.

Lovely to see nothing is beyond politicization or party contempt I’m guessing in 30 years or so, Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston will still be thankful he got a chance to live…and I’d say the same for any grandchild of Obama’s…no matter the circumstances.
Welcome to Planet Earth, Tripp…lot’s of winners out here to hang out with.

Bristol does indeed have higher family values than those who abort their babies.

I’m not sure why this is breaking news, but I wish the family the best, a new life is always a wonderful thing and God don’t place any being on this earth that he does not already have a path for. God Bless them all. From a Liberal who believes in the Power of Life and Love.

Bristol needs to stop naming her children trashy names! Trig and now Tripp. Sarah I do hope at least one of your children complete highschool. Stop using them as props!

Okay,Now is it really necessary for that young man to drop out of school to be a for real stupid dad!!! Could he have done that and still stayed in school? At least with a high school education he stood a little bit better chance at life in case he wanted to better his life later.Duh???? Do you think that really smart Sarah talked him into quitting? We all know how smart she can be at times….Duh!!!!

Congratulations to the Palin & Johnson families..
Levi is working as an Electrician Apprentice to obtain a Family Supporting occupation so that he can take care of his family.
Bristol continues to study for her GED.
You can bet this is child born to young adults ( he is 19 and she is 18)that will not be supported by our tax dollars and he will be a father to his child.

Glad to see most of the comments are supportive for a couple that really have nothing to do with politics – and have a lot on their plate right now. I wish them all the best. As for calling Palin a ‘bimbo’ governor – Proscene – when they were passing out class, you must’ve been absent that day.

Of course it is news. Governor Palin has been in the spotlight, and as a result of that so has her family. If the press had spent half the time trying to find out if Obama was actually born in the U.S., making him eligible to run for the presidency, as they spent trying to smear Governor Palin’s reputation, the election may very well have had different results.

YEEEEEEEEE HAAAAAAAAAWWW!!!!!

Amercuana . Obama could have been born in a swamp in Ecuador and I would have preferred him as president then hypocrticial Sarah Palin ( who also opened her legs before marriage and was knocked up when she married

Bristol Palin: The poster child for “abstinence only education” doesn’t work.

Who cares! When is the wedding now that will be news to hear. I wonder if he is willing the raise the 1st child as his too?

*yawn*

Who said this is news worthy?

ooo-WE!!!! BabyDoll NEWS!!!
Well… myself, probably now known as one who is somewhat critical of BabyDoll…err Governor Palin, I am sincerely happy that she has a healthy grandchild. May he have a very long and happy life! However, I DO hope the grandparents encourage/advise their young people regarding the importance of obtaining their high school education and beyond. Also, in just having a thirst for knowledge about the world we live in. Although, Hot Momma Jr…err Bristol Palin, is lucky to have a Governor as a parent, she is still going to face many of the trials of being a single parent (I for one don’t believe the wedding will happen–if so, well…some of us know how that works out. I hope I’m wrong.)
I hope this incident will cause the Governor to refect upon her positions on sex education, abortion rights etc. It does not mean she has to change her stance but hopefully she will have a clearer vision about such matters and realize that not all families are in such a fortunate position as she and her daughter. I wish them well!

So if the Palins are such a fine, moral family, why didn’t Bristol and Levi get married PRIOR to the birth of this child. What is this trend of having babies out of wedlock and then walking down the aisle in a wedding dress and having a ceremony holding the baby. They had plenty of time to get married, then if they wanted a ceremony with friends and family that would have been more appropriate.
I think the Palins are trash basically.

Tasha, There are pictures of Bristol drinking heavily at parties with buddies and she is under age. It was on her facebook. The pictures are everywhere. I think Trig may be her child too but I dont have any evidence of that so I dont say thats her baby. But this girl is a partier who loves to drink. Go google for the pictures. Maybe her mother needed to stay home and see what the heck Bristol was doing

Tom – Our President-elect is named “Barack” and you are slamming the name “Tripp”????? (And stop with the insinuation that Trig is also Bristol’s – that is just a ridiculous notion) By the way, “Tripp” is the nickname of one of the main characters in “Dirty, Sexy, Money”.

what a stupid name for the baby. by the way, i guess the wedding’s off since sarah didn’t become the vp. these are truly some low-class folks.

Wow… aren’t you all a judgemental group? Let’s see a show of hands of those who waited until AFTER they were married to have sex…WOW not very many of you, huh?? Me either….

Putin flew over this morning in his jet to congratulate the family.

Carramea I am with you. What is the hold up there? Are we just insisting on looking fab in the big wedding gown or what here? And Tasha? I just can’t even put my head around your post. First off – not all that live in trailers are trash. You seem angry. Like you take it personally. Since he dropped out of HS at age 19 (um, was he already behind?) I’m going with odds are he might not amount to much. Or so these things tend to go. I can’t believe they didn’t stop him from not graduating. I can rather understand her having a hard time and needing to go the GED route. Not him.

FS- What business is it of yours WHO is paying the hospital bill??

Happy,
Our President-elects parents WERE married by the time he was born. They divorced when he was about age two. Your point being? Hopefully you are not insinuating Lil-Tripp has a presidential pedigree? Puleaze, spare us!!!

JD,
His mother gratefully realized he was not getting a top notch education while in Indonesia, and sent him back to live with his grandparents. I’ve been around the world, and have seen American kids trying to get education while in foreign schools….it sets them FAR behind their counterparts back home.

susan–The fact that liberal woman, the same ones that fought for women’s liberation, immediately bashed Palin was an exercise in hypocrisy. There is no arguing that. An attractive, powerful woman with a strong family is the enemy to fat, hairy, unmarriable women across the US. And their are plenty of them.

congrats on the new baby, I was going to say I can’t beleive the dems would be so nasty towards a new born no matter who’s it is, but that is their mentality, can’t see the forrest from the tree’s, grow the freaken hell up! kids

bruhman–I’m talking about his REAL father/sperm donor. The KENYAN father of the year for 1963. Atleast get BHO’s lies correct when defending him.

JD I’m going to try this one again. Women want choices. That doesn’t mean we don’t judge some on the choices they make. IF God throws you a curve ball in the form of a special needs child (this requires more than even normal parenting) it’s NOT a great time to take an unreasonablly more time consuming job when you already have a fab career and then some. It’s not like she needed the money. Anybody can spit a child. It’s all about doing what you need to do to raise them. Notice he’s out in the oil fields as this article goes to print. So he’s no stay at home dad. Get it?

So much hate and judgement from BOTH sides of the fence. This story has hit every major media outlet and EACH and EVERY one has lunatics just like each of you giving their hate-filled opinions… WOW!!

Susan- You just proved my point. That attitude is one that mature people left in middle school. “She said things I don’t like, so I’m going to say bad things about her daughter”. It’s one thing to bash Sarah if you don’t agree with her, but it is immature & stupid to bash her daughter. That girl has done nothing to deserve this.

carramea–You must be one of the aforementioned liberal women. First off, a BHO groupie “waiting for Bush to leave office” is not worth typing. Secondly, there is no need to inform all of your income level. You can tell plenty by the way posters type and phrase their sentences.
Did I mention I’m Superman and Batman. Just because you type it, doesn’t mean it’s true.

I am suprised that ABC – ALL BARACK CHANNEL – would waste their time on a blessed event – I thought they were supporting abortion…. Oh no I’m mistaken, they are only interested in making Sarah Palin transparent and open to the American public…Now whose line was that ? Sound familiar ? Maybe we can find out how many corrupt Chicago thugs she has hung out with, ya think ?

fs – do YOU live in Alaska? If not, then it’s none of your business.

With Lil-Tripp’s pedigree, he’ll be lucky to finish eighth grade!!!

carramea–You call it “incting hate,” I call it raising something people felt passionate about. Like strong family support, traditional values, and a love of civic duty. Is that not enough?
Or am I too stupid to notice my own thoughts and emotions?

JD – “loosely moraled?” Like Bristol you do mean? What is this? A republican does it and “aren’t they special for not having an abortion?” A democrat? They’re trash?

JD,
As apposed to Lil-Tripp being hatched, I guess. My birth certificate original also says certificate of live birth. Get a grip, that’s a dead issue. Barack Hussein Obama could have been born on the moon, and I would have voted for him over McCain/Palin any day of the week, and twice on Sunday!!!

Congrats to the Palin family.
Some of the comments on here are shocking. This is a 18 year old girl people. The election is over so why don’t you leave these children alone.
Everyone wants to condem the Palin’s for this child and I ask why?
People will say that its because of her values and that she is thus a hypocrit.
Thats bull in my oponion. She is a religious person, so what, she has never tried to force her values on anyone else. Never did anything as govenor to impliment abortion laws.
So why the hate towards this women and her daughter? The election is over, the MEssiah has prevailed, so why don’t you people focus your hate on something else

Those of you who have negative coments for the new parents, I want to ask you, Do you have kids? whenever they leave the house and said they are going to the mall with their friends, do you know where they are really going. I am not a republican, but gosh the nagative coments are sickening, get real, grow up and wish them them best. At least the young man step up to the plate. did your son, or will your son step up to the plate? I am a conscious black man, and its time we stop spreading hatred, it spread like bad weed. STOP IT NOW!

JD,
Have you ever been to Hawaii? I have, six times. It’s very much an international flavor. So, the fact that his mother married a Kenyan, and an Indonesian is of little concern. Does Todd Palin love America? I’d think not by joining a political party that desires to secede from our union!!! Why do the Palins hate America? Can you honestly believe such blatant Anti-Americanism from a state governor? Palling around with drug dealers and terrorist (the AIP is a terrorist organization). I guess she has no use for America or her damned institutions after all. So says Joe Vogel.

jon–Don’t forget BHO’s auntie that lives illegally in the US in public, taxpayer funded housing.

susan–If BHO’s mom was in America earlier in her term, she probably would have aborted.

Woo hoo BruhMan. A positive story about the Palin family indeed. Well said!
>>>At last, a positive Palin family story. I guess, as positive as being an unmarried, high school dropout, who lay seed to a high school dropout, future daughter in law to an indicted drug dealer, daughter of a political reject could get.

jon; Sarah Palin not only carries the cross of her own nastiness, and devisiveness. She carries those of the Larry Craigs, Haggartys, Mark Allens, and Foleys. Heck! She is basically carrying the whole load regarding the Karl Rove “Family Values” agenda.
In my opinion, it is not that we all don’t want to have a value system, and rear good, contributing American citizens. But my point is; what might work for you and your famiy just might not be in the best interest of me and my loved ones. For example; I want my children to be exposed to yoga. I think its a great exercise and teaches many valuable principles. We ARE Christians by the way. I am highly offended that a “conservative right-winger” nearly had such a program eradicated from the public school system because HE felt it promoted Hinduism and not Christianity. Instead of choosing that his child not participate in such an activity, he was hell-bent in having no child receive such exposure. Where’s the choice? Where’s the freedom?
Another example; I know gay people…I have members of my family who are gay. I don’t want them to be subjected to discrimination and beaten in the streets. If you met them, even you would admire what such upstanding citizens they are, and be bowled over by how much they contribute to the community as a whole. Trust me, you would never know they were gay unless they told you. …Don’t they deserve the same opportunities and rights?
Te “hard” right conservatives…these are people (Sara Palin included) who passed, supported legislation which curtailed such rights and many, many others. I’m against guns but I will fight for Sarah Palin’s right to have one.
So, Ellsbelle asking how her daughter’s pregnancy and grandson’s birth are being paid for IS a valid concern since she proposes/supports certain legislation which curtails one’s freedom to choose. Besides being taught abstinence, I want my children to have sex education to help support what I teach them so that they can HOPEFULLY make wise choices.
Sarah Palin is only receiving the brunt and backlash of that agenda.

Whether you believe me or not, has no bearing on how I’ll live my life. I happen to have voted on issues beyond taxes. That part of the feeble republican problem, one issue platform. Tax and spend label…but also tax and spend like the bank account has no end. So, I’ll pay an extra bit of taxes, I’ll help someone who can’t make what my family does. And, it’s not that much more I’ll pay. The two business my wife and I own are not multi-billion dollar businesses. They’re local service, and retail. My accountant is skillful enough to make sure I don’t get killed, but we do end up paying each year.

BruhMan,
I don’t know about you, but it is a little insulting to me that someone thinks I need to help someone else.
I help my family DAILY. My father-in-law just died and we did not hesitate to pay for the funeral, although my wife was going through a serious operation at the same time. (HAVE NOT GOT ALL THOSE BILLS, YET)
My parents are in their 70′s and 80′s. I have to spend a lot driving up and down the road to take them to the doctor’s and to get groceries. All my aunts and uncles are in their 70′s and 80′s and I go and do all I can for them.
My elderly next door neigbors can’t get around and they have no children (that will take their time to care for them).
So, we spend time helping them.
I THINK I ALREADY DO MY PART!?? I think it is really pissy that someone seems to think that I don’t. Actually, it is pretty damned insulting!
So, I am sorry, I LIKE A HELL OF A LOT of other AMERICANs already give! Why does someone think I need to share more???

@BruhMan,
I think if you read what I said, you would see that I ALREADY pay to help others.
I have no problem helping others. What I find insulting is someone thinking that we Americans ARE NOT ALREADY giving to help others.
Someone drinking lattes, evidently has the time and the money to give. :)
I was not picking on you, but at your and others remarks that makes it sound like American’s don’t ALREADY GIVE. A lot of us, already do.
Sorry.

which is worse?
1 – ABC runs this as important ‘news’.
2 – People actually blog post as if it is important news

I wish Tripp every blessing that a new life will need in this world. He is a precious innocent child and deserves all the support he needs.
However, for the parents to exploit this event and sell baby pictures to People magazine for $300,000 is absolutely unconscionable! They are teenage unwed high school dropouts. Where is the glamor in that? This sends the message that it’s ok to get pregnant as a teen, it’s ok to drop out of high school, it’s ok not to get married if you don’t feel like it, and if you can make money from your mistakes, you should absolutely do it!
If Sarah Palin allows Bristol to glamorize this birth, what kind of message is it sending to Sarah’s other daughters?
I think it’s incredibly sad that so many people find this to be an attractive story. Where is our moral compass, America?

Past quotes from Babydaddy Levi.
On advice to avoid the media:
They’re not telling me anything right now. It’s pretty chill.”
On joining the campaign and parading in front of the cameras:
“At first, I was nervous. Then I was like, ‘Whatever.’ ”
On Sarah Palin:
I just hope she wins. She’s my future mother-in-law. She better win.”
(Unfortunately, Levi neglected to register, so he couldn’t vote for Grammy Sarah.)
I can’t wait for his next interview with more riveting dialogue like this!

Tabloid tripe…that’s all…I mean really…Palin’s daughter’s giving birth is worthy news? What rubbish.

Tim:
Putin just shouted through the window,
“C O N G R A T U L A T I O N S”!

Susan – You said that Sarah brought this on her daughter. No, she didn’t. It is the immature, ugly people who CHOSE to react the way they have who have done this to this young woman. You, apparently, thought it was fine for them to say awful, ugly things about Bristol -and THAT is what I was talking about.

ells – She brought it on her daughter by choosing to run knowing she was pregnant. Had I stood in her spot I would not have said yes to a run because of Brystol. For two reasons. People are mean and I would not choose to put her thru that. It wasn’t like she needed the money nor didn’t have a fab career already. Not to mention that due to all of the preaching on morals and values from the party she would represent it would lend itself to a harsh bit of talk as well regarding it. This is what happens when you soapbox your beliefs as superior against what it is your child ends up doing. What I think has no effect on any of this and frankly I think people say horrible things on here daily. I can’t be held responsible for what they say. It was more toned down on this link than I thought it would be. You’re on here a lot as well and I know you’ve seen far worse. I can’t get all boo hoo about what you are saying there as I’ve listened to republicans run down about everything there is about liberals and their children for years. I doubt you cared much then. There’s more mean by far off the right.

idlspn: The Bradgelina clan are nothing but bums to me. Angelina Jolie broke up Brad’s marriage and had no shame about herself doing it. They were having sex all the time he was married to Anniston so don’t put a halo around their head’s. He is no saint and she is a sham. Brad should have divorced first. Get a grip. I am aware of the fact that people like you and 52% of college student’s are having sex all the time. But they are not in the limelight because no one cares what they do. Guys and girls in the same dorms. Get lost.

Tim: They are too young to have sex but wait until later. They might just have sex before marriage, not get pregnant but get married later. Of course with all the security people surrounding them they won’t even have a normal life of their own. And Obama had enough news with his ties to corrupt people and its people like you that got duped like the rest of the public voting him in for change. What a laugh that is now.

Susan: What has Palin’s daughter got to do with her running for the VP spot. Who cares if she was pregnant. Its going on all the time and young girls and guys are having sex everyday of the week. And many are getting abortions that you don’t read about. Wake up. This is not the thirties, forties and fifty’s. Walk past Wrigley field when the Cubs are playing and you will see how many young guys and girls are getting drunk hanging on to each other. No doubt having sex later. All you people commenting about Palin’s daughter are a joke when your doing the same thing. And college student’s are having sex in the dorms. We know it and the news media knows it.

Mariann frankly I don’t care. It is the republicans that have spent the last few years damning liberals over this sort of thing – like they’re the only ones doing it. The hypocricy is the only thing I care about, and it appears it bit em in the rear. However, I do find it stupid the father dropped out of high school. Oh, and did I mention I would not remotely give Palin “Mom of the year” for the way she tends to the kids? Anybody can give birth. It’s what you do to raise them. So far she’s batting poorly. The rumors on why the son signed up for the Army imply it wasn’t a big patriotic thing either. Could it be the children are not being watched as much as they should be? It’s 2008 and is any child of hers going to make it to college you suppose? I voted left and am a stay at home mama with one heading off. So yup, I do what it is I say I’m judging on here.

The intense interest in anything related to Sarah Palin is amazing and a clear indication that both sides see her as the candidate in four years. I believe that is a good thing. We need someone in Washington that will bring new ideas. It seems both the Democrats and the Republicans have become the same. They both pursue the same failed big government ideology.
I believe Sarah Palin would finally bring a new perspective by redefining the role of the federal government. She seems supportive of states rights and an advocate of transferring power back to the states as the framers of the constitution envisioned.

Wow – Well said.

Wow, you are now a target of the so called “tolerant” left. How dare you be born out of wedlock? Don’t you know you and society would be better off if you had been aborted? Your mom should be stoned for her egregious behavior.
Welcome to liberal America 2008.

You guys that like Palin must not “hear” the mean spirited mouth speak she did the entire time on the trail? Play back some of her speaking engagements and picture how you’d take her if you didn’t lean towards that side. She took it entirely too far.

Wow…I wouldn’t call this “breaking news.” I feel teen pregnacy is a PROBLEM in this country and more needs to be done in teaching these kids about sex education. Parents need to take more responsibilty in the education of their children.

Can we PLEEEEAAASSEE Stop wasting media space on this bunch of dumb losers? Drugs, out-of wedlock pregnancies, school drop-outs…Sounds like they belong on Jerry Springer, not in the national news.

I’m not saying this to argue. I’m merely pointing out she’ll NEVER play well in the middle and we now see the middle is important. “Parts of the US are more patriotic.” Inciting people to yell to “kill him.” Yeah, that’s my idea of “united.” Well, not really. The ones turning to the black camera guy yelling “down boy” were really ugly. It’s clear on the many tapes on YT that her followers take her a bit too much to heart and it seems to bread some rabid pit bull mentality. Haven’t you guys gotten that many voted against this very thing? It went too far. The people spoke. Not to mention she’s appears to lack a great mind. The days of division races need to cease too. Such as catch phrases like “small town values” implying NYC is evil or something. I’m telling you, since you like her you’re missing how offensive she really was. She’s now “over my dead body” with me. I absolutely can not stand her whatsoever. She’s toast. I know many that feel this way. Many in the middle. The night she spoke at the RNC is the night I immediately donated a wad to Obama against that woman. That was his biggest night. She’s like “liver.” Love her or hate her. I doubt she’ll ever change my mind.

I was not a Palin supporter and I thought she was delusional for getting pregnant at 44. Kind of like playing Russian roulette for Down Syndrome, ya think? I also thought it was sad that this Bristol Palin didn’t use birth control in a day when it’s so easy to get. If you aren’t married, then you don’t need a kid, and it sounds more and more like the baby’s Dad isn’t up for marriage or it would have happened before the birth. Given all of that though, I feel badly this this new baby has gotten a rough start to his life. A grandma on drug charges? Another grandma who is the butt of many jokes? Yeah, life can be interesting.

The baby is innocent in all of this no matter what we think about Sarah and Levis’ mother,or Sarah Palins views.I hope that Bristol continues her education though.

James, One more thing. Governor Palin and Troopergate. She’s vindictive and I loathe vindictive. I don’t care if she would bring small government. There are many aspects to her personality I simply don’t approve of. Actually I am pretty sure I have more morals and values than she does. Anybody can say they have these. It’s how we live that proves it. I don’t go after people due to my ego or whatever it is that prompts her. And the trooper guy isn’t the first.

HE ONLY GOT HALF OF HIS SALARY=THE AUTO WORKERS GET 95%.GIVE HIM A BREAK= HE STILL OWES $14.000.000 ON HIS APT.

Congratulations to the new family.
To those who think that the birth of a child is a good time to spew your hateful comments, please chill out and try to see the beauty in the world. Life is a sad thing when you can only focus on the negative aspects of every story.
Teen pregnancy is a nationwide epidemic and family values really has little to do with it – girls from good, moral homes get pregnant every day. Most have abortions.
What really has most of you upset is that Bristol did not abort her child but instead chose life and decided to see this pregnancy as a blessing, not a mistake. But don’t worry, soon, when Obama passes the abortion rights bill, teenage girls across the country will be able to get an abortion without parental consent (your teens will still need your consent to get their ears pierced or to see a dentist, but not for abortion). That should make a lot of you very happy. We can then go back to pretending that only the low-class teen girls from immoral homes are the ones that get pregnant.

I just wish the new family member and his parents well…I hope when the parents marry they are happy. I also wish them all the luck…With society the way it is they will need it..Those casting stones should take a better look at themselves and their own lifes. There’s just too many hipocrites in the world.

WWW – “Did you know that currently in Sarah Palin’s great state of Alaska, teen-aged girls can get an abortion without parental consent or even parental notification?”
Nope, I didn’t know that, but it’s good to know that despite that, Bristol still chose life over the easy way out – that takes bravery and faith. Soon, those same laws, erasing parental notification rules, will go nationwide.

AnnD52 and just an innocent baby – I agree with your comments. All this bashing is ridiculous. We all made mistakes at that age and continue to use poor judgment in our lives. The only questionable thing in my thinking is why they have not already married. I understand how accidents happen, but it bothers me that the two of them are not putting the baby first. They are still determining what is best for the two of them. That is just my opinion and I know there are good arguments for what they are doing.

Sarah’s first grandson name is Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston. Tripp Johnston, the name is much better 1,000,000 times than Barack Hussein Obama as an American.
HAPPY AND HEALTHY NEW YEAR on All Palin’s family with new Baby.

Mike_C wrote, “Do you want to add a few real facts to your insinuation ????”
I insinuated nothing. I said “currently in Sarah Palin’s great state of Alaska, teen-aged girls can get an abortion without parental consent or even parental notification?”
That’s a fact, Jack, no matter how you slice it.

Poor right wingers are forced to defend teen pregnancies and unprotected sex because of Palin’s hot to trot daughter. Hope your children read a book and learn how to protect themselves because they sure won’t be taught the right thing by their parents.

SearamblerOne – it may surprise you to know that not everyone hangs on O’Reilly’s every word or agrees with everything he says. Of course, premarital sex, especially among teenagers, is immoral and should be discouraged. But the reality is, teens do have sex and they do get pregnant. Some handle that pregnancy with maturity and grace while others do not. It doesn’t take O’Reilly to tell us who the pinheads are.

“Enough of them do, and enough of them don’t have the education or maturity to take care of the kids once their born. Funny thing about sex, the least intelligent are the most prone to get preggers.”
Hey Torque, I’m still waiting on those statistics that show that unwed mothers kill their kids in disproportionate numbers compared to married mothers. Also, still waiting for the stats that show it’s only the dumb kids that get pregnant.

It seems the Palin family is very close. Even though their daughter made a mistake they are there to support her and to make the best of a bad situation. The world would be a better place if we all followed this example. Don’t condone poor choices but realize our kids will make mistakes and be there for them if they do. The family being so involved and ready to help is quaint in some people’s eyes but I find it refreshing. Governor Palin has shown she is not blinded by her own personal beliefs. She seems more likely to believe that you try to instill your own values in your kids but you accept them even when they fail to live up to those values.
I would very much like to hear from Governor Palin again in 2012. She was probably not experienced enough in the last election but should be more than ready in another four years. Her willingness to reach out beyond her own personal beliefs to embrace a very human response to her daughters mistake demonstrates the kind of willingness to deal with reality that we need in government.

Kim – Amen to that!

c’est moi wrote: “Try to have a good day.”
LOL, I rarely have a bad day, but thank you for your concern.

TO:WWW
The word bastard is a very ugly word, and you know it. Would you call your love ones ‘bastard’? Well, maybe you would. I don’t know.
FYI: This young girl only has one baby.
People are writing that she has two. Sorry, no. She’s the sister to her little brother. You know this.
There’s a lot of hateful people here.
The Palins welcomed this baby into their family. She did not abort.
That is indeed Christian values, and you can’t stand it.
I think misery loves company: that’s why there’s a whole lot of hate showing.
Now go away and be miserable by yourselves. The Palin family are sticking together – eat your heart out and be hateful somewhere else.

who in whoville wrote: “Of course, premarital sex, especially among teenagers, is immoral and should be discouraged. But the reality is, teens do have sex and they do get pregnant.”
Do you suppose it’s possible that, had Sarah Palin actually taught her children about birth control (instead of simply preaching abstinence-only), her daughter could have avoided becoming pregnant? Even while engaging in the “immoral” act of premarital sex? Shouldn’t the mother have acknowledged the “reality” that teens do have sex?

torque wrote: “Poor right wingers are forced to defend teen pregnancies and unprotected sex because of Palin’s hot to trot daughter.”
How true! And the really pathetic thing is these exact same people would be screaming ‘immoral’ and ‘no family values’ and ‘bad role model’ if the unwed teenage daughter involved was the child of a democrat…..

I thought all Conservative family values Republicans were holier then thou? You mean they’re not perfect? And they have the nerve to want to control everyones life and tell you how to live,what to think etc. These people need to mind their own business and attend to their own screwed up families. The Palin family being Alaskas version of the Jerry Springer show.

That is indeed Christian values, and you can’t stand it.—— Not everyone is Christian. I think the pro Palin camp can’t take any heat. Think of the heat if she would have won the election. Im happy. I am not running for president. Im happy Obama won. As a citizen I can say that Palin didn’t represent anything, period. She was so evasive until she finally got caught. It took another woman to uncover the lack of depth that Palin represented. If you can’t talk to Katie Curic how are you going to talk to Putin? An unplanned pregenacy gets alot of attention for a has been polititan. SOme press is better than no press I guess.

Some one mention Obama’s Birth cirtific. Has one ever shone up, or is that going to be a dead issue since he was elected? And when he gets away with it, then is that the new standard?
What is wrong with just being American?
I also dod note vote for the Draft dogger for President.
Where did Daver& www get so inteligent?

Does anyone remember the days when liberals were all about love, acceptance, unity and free choice? What happened? They now characterize the exact opposite of those ideals. Just read through some of the comments from those who I assume call themselves liberal. Very scary to see the hate.

Just wondering–I ain’t no stinking liberal, try centerist and I am not taking the BS about the baby. You can’t be for family values and preach this to the nation and not expect some snears at your daughters out of wedlock bastard child. You just hate having another opinion that conflicts with your own.

Daver – OK. I’m glad that you’re a centrist (I am too). But I think the whole idea of family values is not to promote the idea of the perfect family, but to accept family members with all their imperfections and love and support them. Face it, teens are downright stupid sometimes (I was one once, I know) – they don’t always think straight, they make stupid mistakes and sometimes they embarrass their families. The smart ones though learn from their mistakes and grow to become good, honest adults. Those who are truly behind family values stand behind those teens throughout it all.

If Sarah Palin had her way your teenage daughter who was raped by a serial rapist and got pregnant would “have” to carry the fetus to term. So what if it psychologically screwed her up for life! If Sarah had her way your pregnant wife who would die if she carried a fetus to term would have no choice but die. It would be “Gods” will of course.

Hey Mike Rightwingers are a dying breed! Thank God! I bet you voted for Bush! He ruined this country! Heck of a job!

Daver,
Of course it makes no sense to you. You don’t want to admit the common link. Edwards and Clinton both had affairs while running for and actually being the President. LOVELY VALUES!!!!
Now do you think you can “get it” ???

Just wondering –sounds interesting but that is not how the game is played. The people on the right are creepy. Just some of the crowd chatter from a Palin rally is evidence enough. From creepy people you get judgemental hypocrites. Its not a far leap to make that connection. Republicans think they are better than the average American, they’re not. IF Palin’s family is any indication they are worse than the average family in the US. Palin would have made a better case if she would have admitted her faults like the mother in law, the divorse and the trooper, etc.

Daver, true, but there are creepy, judgmental hypocrites on both sides of the political spectrum. I think with Palin, her family is a typical American family, faults and all. Rather then hide those faults, they own up to them, stand by one another and support each other. You don’t have to be a creepy hypocrite to see the beauty in that .

Mike_C–Sorry I was an A student and didn’t hang with losers. My son applied for Dr without boarders, I was proud. What does your sorry ass do?

Nogin, I’m not so sure Palin supports the use of the morning-after pill. Remember this exchange from the Katie Couric interview?
Couric: Some people have credited the morning-after pill for decreasing the number of abortions. How do you feel about the morning-after pill?
Palin: Well, I am all for contraception. And I am all for preventative measures that are legal and safe, and should be taken, but Katie, again, I am one to believe that life starts at the moment of conception. And I would like to see …
Couric: And so you don’t believe in the morning-after pill?
Palin: … I would like to see fewer and fewer abortions in this world. And again, I haven’t spoken with anyone who disagrees with my position on that.
Couric: I’m sorry, I just want to ask you again. Do you not support or do you condone or condemn the morning-after pill.
Palin: Personally, and this isn’t McCain-Palin policy …
Couric: No, that’s OK, I’m just asking you.
Palin: But personally, I would not choose to participate in that kind of contraception.

WWW – Well, I don’t know but I think the morning after pill technically prevents conception doesn’t it (as long as an embryo hasn’t implanted, it’s considered pre-conception, I thought, but I could be wrong)?
But yes, it does sound like she’s against it, but so what? Bush is adamantly opposed to abortion too and what did it get him? Safe and legal abortion is here to stay and even most conservatives (maybe not Palin or Bush, but most others) do not oppose the morning after pill, expanded birth control services and safe and legal abortion, so long as it’s not used as birth control or population control.

Daver,
They’re just liberal, elite media until they show up with “front” money for Grammy Sherry. Then, they become “defense fund” contributors. Any of ‘em, all of ‘em, that have been in front of Her Holiness…just as long as you keep Katie Couric away.

Hey Center,
How many trillions have we spent in the past 40 yrs to fight drugs & alcohol?????
Only a a moron beleives that human beings can live up to any set of reasonable moral values 100% of the time! The point that people should be focused on here is that this child will have a complete family around to support it.
Contrast that with the situations in many cities where single moms have multiple kids from multiple fathers and have zero support around them.
These are two yong people who certainly did not plan to have a child at this point in their lives. They are working hard to to the right things for this child and the family is there to help & support them. For some reason, liberals seem to find this a great source for ridicule.
As I stated above, ALL of us made mistakes at that age. It was in that liberal kingdom called Massachusetts that we had the case of the high school girls all getting pregnant at the same time. Some by total strangers! Where were Ted Kennedy, John Kerry & Barney Frank then???
How many teen pregnancies are their in your own local high school this year alone ?
Family Values are a set of principals we try our best to work to. Like most things in life, we do not always live up to the goals we set for ourselves.
Would all you liberals feel better if Palin tossed the kid out on street? Or told her she HAD to get an abortion?

daver,
LOL….my “sorry @ss”..keeps you free to be an idiot! I’m an engineer with 25+ yrs of experience working on things that most people never see, until they country needs them.
My son is a 4.0 student/athlete at one the country’s elite engineering schools.
I made my share of mistakes at 18, and I’m damn sure you did too.

James- you moron, Obama hasn’t even taken office and you are going gonzo anti-american. Get a grip.

Daver…I don’t care what you do. You shouldn’t call an innocent child a bastard nor ridicule a name that he did not select, like you suggested “Condom” please, talk about brazen, get real

Mike_C — I actually stayed at home with my ailing mother duirng my tweenties, taking care of her. Not really doing things for myself. I too am an engineer in computer science. What a small world. You sound so important. Im into crypto. Do you know what that is? I got my degree at MIT. But I am sure you are doing import things too. Good luck with your son. Tell him to use a condom.

Mike_C- my mistake. After reading all the rightwinger bashing of Obama in this discusssion I couldn’t help myself. And you are a right winger that has to respond to every thing about your candidate like an engineer of sorts. What you couldn’t just let it go either?

Daver is so cute. He’s like a little boy that still hasn’t decided whether he likes girls yet. It’s OK Daver, Sarah won’t bite.
Awww the little ones are so cute…

Nikki – my reaction to Palin’s nomination (and thanks for the cute comments) was that it was great that women were going to get representation in the executive branch. But when she opened her mouth it was shrill. And when she hid from cameras and interviews it was noticable. But now women have represnetation in the State department and if the world is any indication she has a lot of work to do.I’m talking about Hillary.

Nogin,
Many believe that conception occurs at the moment of fertilization. I believe that’s why Palin seems unsupportive of the morning-after pill.
Also, George W. Bush isn’t nearly as adamant about abortion as Palin. He’s against them except in the case of rape or incest; she’s against them always unless the mother’s life is in danger. I suppose that’s her brand of Christian charity.

For all you folks who have a problem with the term bastard, here’s a “softer” name: Fitzlevi.

Mike_C – one more point: According to a study by Nobel Prize economist James Heckman, US “moral failure” can be improved through education. High school graduation rates peaked in the U.S. in the late 1960s, at about 80% and have fallen ever since. Heckman says this is not because of poor schools or lack of funding for college – it is American family environments which have deteriorated over the past 40 years. He points to huge gaps in a child’s ability to learn by age 5. IQ matters, but Heckman says equally important traits are established in very young children: motivation levels, emotional stability, self-control and sociability – you know – traits kids need to continue in school and get a job. Heckman says early childhood education can help break the cycle of drop-outs, teen pregnancy, and generations of welfare moms – similar to the bi-partisan supported Head Start program. This successful program has seen its federal funding strangled over the past 8 years while the US instead spent 1 Billion on failed abstinence-only programs.

Personally I don’t care if Bristol Palin F&%*s like the energizer bunny. More power to her, but Mama and the Religious hypocrites need to come off their high horse. If Bristol were black (or in Wasilla) Native American and on welfare the goody-goody 2 shoes would be blasting her for being a “harlot”. Levi is not in any hurry to marry Bristol because they are honestly not sure just who is Daddy. Booze makes for foggy memories.

Daver,
I know I’ve had thousands of hours of political debate, conversation, and arguments with family and friends. Tort reform has never, ever, EVER come up as an issue. James just sounded like he had a beef with lawyers, period.

All will take for Palin to run, is hearing an imaginary voice in her head, that she’ll no doubt claim is God, telling her 2012 is “her time”. She’ll just plow right through that door…maybe prematurely, but all she needs is a crack, and she just plows right through. Never will she stop and maybe listen to God tell her NO, NO, NO Sarah, I don’t approve of your hypocritical, religiously phony, hateful lifestyle. For a political novice to come on the scene, with that kind of hate speech, and limited knowledge was comical. I mean, she played well for the camera (what a waste of $150,000)…but GD, there was absolutely no way in hell she could even have been considered. She absolutely made FoxSports Far NorthWest proud, with her journalism degree, and all.

After four years of failure under Obama, the Republicans will run on a platform of change in 2012. I also believe Governor Palin will push states rights specifically as a way to reform Washington. The federal government has proven they can never be trusted to provide responsible governance. Social programs and other governance issues can be more effectively addressed at the state level.
Governor Palin understands this and will make a compelling argument for fundamental change through states rights. She will restore our federal government to what our founding fathers envisioned; a government where states become the laboratories of government and the people can be ensured of good governance either through change in their local state legislatures or by moving to another state. Neither of these things is possible under the current model of strong centralized control.
Governor Palin will be a strong voice for this fundamental change. Obama will prove over the next four years that “change” was just a slogan. We need REAL change not a slogan.

Any of the chants of ‘Sarah’ or anything that maybe also would look like maybe anything was Sarah-centric control, is, again, on my part, I know that it is not me personally, that the cheers were for. It’s for, ‘Cool, we’ve got a woman on the ticket, also the laboratories, and a platform for change, also we’ve got this manifestation of progress and fundamental change in America. Governance issues, again, as a slogan, but not me, personally, were those cheers for, but it was also just for the representation of a woman on the ticket, a mom, again somebody who loves this country so much, somebody very, very committed to policies that, again, I believe, will progress states rights in this country in the right direction. I think that’s what that was all about too.

No Liberal or Moderate voter would EVER vote for Caribou Barbie! Only a few Kool-aid Bible thumping Lush Limbaugh morons would vote for her!

Why does everyone assume that Bristol knows nothing about birth control because her mother favors abstinence only ed? She probably had sex ed in school & read magazines. And why does everyone assume she didn’t USE birth control? I know plenty of people who have gotten pregnant while on the pill. One friend of mine got pregnant 3 times while on the pill. Another got pregnant after her husband had a vasectomy. Then she had her tubes tied & got pregnant again. As for bashing Sarah Palin about her family values, she has not been hypocritical at all. What a shock… she taught her daughter not to have sex before marriage & the teen went & did it anyway. How many of you have your children follow everything you tell them to do? She stood beside her daughter & supported her… just the way you would expect someone to who has the values she does. And for those who think she shouldn’t have accepted the nomination knowing her daughter was pregnant… why shouldn’t she have? Should every woman who has a pregnant teen daughter quit their job? Not take a promotion? Not apply for a better job? The idea is ludicrous & sexist.

“And for those who think she shouldn’t have accepted the nomination knowing her daughter was pregnant… why shouldn’t she have? Should every woman who has a pregnant teen daughter quit their job? Not take a promotion? Not apply for a better job? The idea is ludicrous & sexist.”……. You left out the special needs child Ells. Yup, she should NOT have accepted the job. She chose to have a pack of kids, one special needs, a couple having issues and nope, should not have taken the job Ells. Because while women want choices? Most choose with their family in mind first, THEN their own selfish desires. Or so that’s how I parent.

sara wilson: Your ignorance and stupidity is showing! You know absolutely nothing about downes syndrome or you would know that, granted more babies with downes are born to older mothers, but they can be born to women of any age! They are also born to families of any social class or income from the richest families to the poorest! Downes syndrome knows nothing about social class or income and doesn’t discriminate! A baby with downes can even be born in your family sometime!

Sarah will be back in 2012 but this time no one will be able to say that she’s not experienced or qualified for whatever office that she runs for. She will be ready in 2012! You can count on it! She will be completely read up on all of our laws and foreign policy and she will know what to expect in a national campaign. She won’t be caught off guard next time! She will also know what to say and what not to say to reporters next time! Go Sarah in 2012!

that’s an innocent baby_so shame on you: I agree with everything you said!

We can see where the hate is coming from: the left.
You can’t stand Palin. Okay, that’s your right – no problem.
But to write such ugly words about a BABY, is just plain hateful.
Where’s your values?
Where’s your morals?
Where’s your sense of fair play?
Hey, nobody isn’t saying that the girl and the guy were not foolish to get themselves into this situation. They might be pinheads – or whatever you want to call them. I don’t care.
HOWEVER, they could have gotten an abortion. They decided to have that baby. So good for them.
This is where the hate comes in that I will never understand.
So for all of you who wrote such hateful words regarding this baby:
SHAME ON YOU. MAY NOBODY EVER CALL YOUR BABIES IN YOUR FAMILY THOSE NAMES.

Trig and the newborn Trip are both innocent babies. They don’t deserve the hateful things that have been said about them.

BruhMan you’re an idiot and you know nothing about the Bible! You should read it sometime, especially the part about love and how to treat others! You might learn something!

Read the Bible? The same one of yours that predicts Obama stealing everyone’s money and destroying the world? The same one that Witch Doctor Muthee slapped Bible Spice across the grill with? Oh, yeah….i need to read the Bible.

Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston is already in the midst of a tabloid bidding war—which is rumored to have started at a sweet $100,000—for the exclusive first photo. The asking price, which is supposedly around $300,000, wasn’t due to the popularity of grandma Palin, but to the fact that the mother of Bristol’s baby daddy, Levi Johnston, was recently arrested on drug charges.

S. Claus: Just because carlyonsue and I agree does not mean that we’re the same person!

Rudy: Trig and now the newborn baby Tripp have been called every hateful name that they can be called. Trig has often been called an idiot and a retard because of his downes syndrome and now baby Tripp has been called a bastard. This is an eight month old baby and a newborn baby that we are talking about! That is the kind of hateful people that we have now!

countrygirl, you agree with carlyonsue about what? She hasn’t written anyting on this blog!
But let’s compare from an old blog just for giggles.
I think that before Obama’s term is over Sarah Palin will seem like a genius to you Obama supporters after he has raided your 401ks and your IRAs and deposited your money in a government fund and left you nothing for your retirement and not done half of the things that he promised! You’ll regret voting for him and turn on him and start calling for his impeachment! Your love affair with him and your honeymoon with him will definitely be over and you’ll be BEGGING Sarah Palin to run for president in 2012! …carlyonsue
In a year or two after Obama has taken ALL of your money and completely emptied your 401k’s and your IRA’s and put all of your money in a government fund, as he promised he would do in one of the debates, and you are flat broke and the bank has taken your home and you are living on welfare and food stamps, you will be BEGGING Sarah Palin to run for president! Your opinion of her will change very quickly when you lose everything! You will suddenly think she is VERY intelligent! You think the last few years with George W. Bush have been bad. You have not seen anything yet! You will soon think they were good years compared to what’s coming! I think the honeymoon with Barack Obama will end very quickly and soon and before the next four years are over you will be calling for his impeachment! …countrygirl
The same person didn’t write those two comments???? ROFL!

Nobody called Trig any names on this blog and Tripp is a bastard! The word isn’t hateful unless it’s used in its slang connotation. If you folks would take just a moment away from your bible readings to look up the word, you would find that its primary meaning is a baby born out of wedlock. The word is not derogatory unless used in a derogatory fashion!

S. Claus: I’ve read carlyonsue’s comments on other blogs. (I read them, too, just as you do. I just don’t keep a record of what everyone says like you do! I have a life and I have better things to do!) I know what she said. I don’t need to be reminded. I just happen to agree with her! We are not alone in our opinions either! There are amny others who agree with us!

ROFL, carlyonsue, you just don’t know when to stop with the fibbing! ROFL! Not only are the two messages exactly the same in substance, you typed some passages word for word, punctuation for punctuation, and even typed the very same word in UPPERCASE! Let’s compare the writing styles in more detail, shall we?
*emptied your 401k’s and your IRA’s = raided your 401ks and your IRAs
*put all of your money in a government fund = deposited your money in a government fund
*you will be BEGGING Sarah Palin to run for president! = you’ll be BEGGING Sarah Palin to run for president in 2012!
*Sarah Palin will seem like a genius = you will suddenly think she is VERY intelligent!
*the honeymoon with Barack Obama will end = your honeymoon with him will definitely be over
*calling for his impeachment! = calling for his impeachment!
BTW, I don’t keep a record of what everyone says; Google does that, and does it very efficiently.
Oh, and your claim that Obama said in a debate the he was going to put 401(k)s and IRAs in a government fund – do you remember that as distinctly as you remembered Katie Couric asking Palin sexist questions? ROFL!!!!

In the last few years, plenty of my closest friends have won the top prize in the Powerball Lottery. The odds were 146 million to 1 each time. But pay no attention to those astronomical odds, they don’t mean a damn thing. If my friends can win, anyone can. It’s wrong to ASSUME that you will lose; you must always keep in mind that you COULD win the big prize. So bet every last dollar you have on Powerball picks, because no one KNOWS who the next big winner will be. (It won’t be Bristol or Levi because Powerball isn’t available in Alaska. Of course they will be busy anyway tending to the miracle baby that ellsbells believes was just as likely to have been conceived whether contraceptives were in use or not.)

andie, where are you getting your information about Palin’s views on contraceptives? In 2006 during the gubernatorial debates, she called discussion of condoms during sex ed “relatively benign,” and said she was pro-contraception.

Back to my hypothetical experience. The husband of one of my friends purchased a Powerball Quick-Pick at the local drug store then gave it to her… and she got the big one! But there’s even more to the story. That same woman decided to try the Powerball again… this time she bought her own Quick-Pick at a convenience store. She won the jackpot a second time! But incredible events don’t stop here. Another of my many friends who have won the Powerball did so not once, not twice, but three times! If that’s not strange enough, this woman’s therapist advised her all along to continue playing Powerball in spite of a gambling problem. Go figure.
Now, certain ignorant accusers claim that my friends are probably winning due to sheer dumb luck. Nothing could be further from the truth. I was with my friends when they made their picks and saw for myself that they were following all directions and buying their tickets at the same time of day. The accusers also said that some of these women might be lying about their methods or, worse yet, implying they were receiving extra tickets on the side! How dare they!
Again, I say spend every last dollar on Powerball picks. Raid your children’s piggybanks if you must, just buy those tickets! Even with nearly incalculable odds, people SHOULD NOT ASSUME they won’t win. To make that assumption is rude, immature and ignorant because they cannot possibly KNOW they won’t win and win and win again! Trust me; statistics are meaningless when you win. And if you don’t believe my incredible experience, that’s your problem, not mine. Too bad Levi and Bristol can’t participate in the fun. Of course they will still be busy tending to the miracle baby that ellsbells believes was just as likely to have been conceived whether contraceptives were in use or not. (Note that the preceding sentence is not a quote; it is MY interpretation based on cumulative comments. With a plethora of pregnant friends who shouldn’t be, and as a part-time nonbeliever in statistics, ellsbells is a veritable miracle baby magnet, or miracle baby magnate maybe.

It doesn’t look like very many folks here have noticed, but….
The ONLY people who have “confirmed” the alleged birth of this baby Tripp have received their information by e-mail or telephone from another one of the extended family members.
One “witness” lives in Kennewick, Washington, most of two states and several Canadian provinces south of Wasilla AK — and the other “witness” is up on the North Slope oil fields, snowed in and far from civilization.
How weird is it that the first witness broke the news to celeb mag People, and the other called ABC? Did NO ONE at either of these entities think to ask any questions? Did they take the 3rd hand information as verified?
If this is today’s news reporting, I’m glad we have Internet blogs to get our factual information.

WWW: I disagree with you! It is NOT fair what people have been saying about Bristol and Levi! A polititian’s family is NOT fair fodder for public speculation no matter whether their family is constantly in the public eye or not. Comments about their family should be off limits to the public because the public doesn’t vote for their family. They vote for the polititian. And another thing “public speculation” is putting it MILDLY what has happened to Bristol and Levi! Open public ridicule is more like it! The comments that some people have said about them have been downright nasty and hateful!

Well, so much for that great apprenticeship job that Levi had. According to the Anchorage Daily News, Levi “has quit his North Slope oil field job over questions about his eligibility to work in an electrical apprenticeship program.” It seems that one must have a diploma to participate in the apprenticeship program. Levi’s father said his son always struggled with school and never got his diploma. He blames the media’s close scrutiny for his son’s decision to quit the job. “He has to do everything by the book now.”
God forbid they should have to play by the rules like ordinary people.

Rudy: The company that he worked for knew when they hired him that he didn’t have a diploma and yet they hired him anyway. Now they tell him that it’s their rules that all of their apprentices must have a high school diploma. That seems strange to me! They should have told him that when he applied for the job and they shouldn’t have hired him in the first place! I don’t blame him for quitting! It sounds to me like they were about to fire him anyway and that was just the excuse that they had.

Calm down, countrygirl/carlyonsue, I didn’t say Sarah shopped for the clothes herself. Read my comment again. I said they were “decked out down to their underwear BY A $55,000 FASHION CONSULTANT.” According to a NY Times article: “The McCain campaign paid Lisa L. Kline, a New York stylist who appears from campaign finance records to have been Ms. Palin’s fashion consultant, $54,900 in mid-October.”
Palin’s father told the AP: “[Sarah] was just frantically … trying to sort stuff out. That’s the problem, you know, the kids lose underwear, and everything has to be accounted for.”
The Palins were all gussied up to be appealing commodities for the American public to savor and consume. As it turned out, a good number of American voters chewed them up then spat them out because of the bad taste. As a footnote, some of us believe in free speech even with all our imperfections.

WWW: I wonder who is paying for the Obama family’s hotel bill for the next two weeks in one of the fanciest four star hotels in Washington? I also wonder who paid for their recent vacation in Hawaii? I doubt that Barack paid for them! The taxpayers are probably the ones who paid for them but nothing has been said about that and he’s not even president yet! I also wonder who is really paying for the Obama girls tuition to that fancy exclusive private school? I doubt that their father is!

countrygirl since you don’t believe anything that you have read, seen or heard how is anyone going to prove you’re wrong? Also Keith Johnston said his own position as an ASRC construction engineer accounts for any help his son received in landing work in the first place.

andie: He said that it might have. He didn’t say that it did. He did say that Sarah Palin had nothing to do with Levi receiving the job, though.

lol country-carlyonsue, I hope you’re not being serious about Obama using taxpayer bucks for his personal expenses. But if you are, run, don’t walk to Fox News and tell them of your suspicions. If there is ANYTHING to the story, they’ll be all over it like Sarah Palin’s helicopter over a herd of moose.

WWW: You should read “Funny Money: How Barack Obama Bought the White House for $668 Million” edition of Newsmax magazine. They are reporting that David Rubin’s donation to the Obama campaign is not the only one that went over the legal limit. They are reporting that there were many more.

WWW: Considering Bill Clinton’s past the idea that he might have a illegitimate son with a Little Rock prostitute is not immpossible! In fact it’s entirely possible! His “escapades” with other women are well known and you know it. Since Nancy Pelosi is the speaker of the house of representatives, she is third in line for the presidency. If the inauguration is stopped it’s possible that she may be asked to take the presidency and that would be worse than Obama! It is also possible that George W. Bush may have to continue on as president until a special election can be held. No one really knows what will happen if the inauguration is stopped because the United States has never faced that situation before that I know of.

countrygirl – If it were determined that Obama was ineligible to be sworn in, then Biden would become President. It is clear that would be the procedure. – Now if it had been determined before the Electoral College “met” Dec. 15th, that would have been another story all together.

Ellsbells, you neglected to cite the source of your definition. Interesting, considering you brought up the subject of plagiarism. I found it anyway – you used the Ask online dictionary. But I said I used the word in its non-biblical sense, which means you must look BEYOND biblical definitions. In the Ask dictionary, definition #3 is: a wonder; marvel.
So let’s look up “wonder”:
something strange and surprising; a cause of surprise, astonishment, or admiration – That building is a wonder. It is a wonder he declined such an offer.
OR
miraculous deed or event; remarkable phenomenon.
Let’s also define marvel while we’re at it:
something that causes wonder, admiration, or astonishment; a wonderful thing; a wonder or prodigy – The new bridge is an engineering marvel.
And “remarkable:
notably or conspicuously unusual; extraordinary: a remarkable change.
OR
worthy of notice or attention.
So we don’t need to go to the .000000000000000000000001% level except in the supernatural biblical world. Here in the real world, 1 in 1,000 qualifies as a miracle – A REAL miracle baby.

OK, so your rule actually goes: Unless they are perfect themselves and unless they have a perfect family who has never committed a sin and never done anything wrong, they don’t have a right to talk, unless someone else brings up the subject first.
And if someone brings up a subject first, are you then allowed to expand on that subject or must you stay within original boundaries?

WWW: I am saying that unless you have straightened up yourself and you are perfect and sinless and you have seen to it that your family is perfect then you shouldn’t criticize other people and their families. I admit I’m not perfect and neither is my family and, therefore, I don’t have the right to say anything more than what has been published all over the world for years. Bill Clinton is well known for his escapades with other women. That is no secret to anyone. And, to answer your last question, I do have a right to respond when someone makes a statement to me.

WWW: I did not make a “leap” as you called it. My exact words were that I said it’s not impossible and that it is entirely possible. I DID NOT say that I knew for a fact that Bill Clinton had *** with a prostitute or that he had an illegitimate son with a prostitute. I said considering his past, it’s possible. You are trying to twist my words and add more to them than what I said.
I don’t know anything about the other incidents that you mentioned, therefore, I’m not going to comment on them. You are just trying to keep this argument going and I’m not going to bite this time. You and I need to just agree to disagree and let it go at that. We will never agree and you only want to argue so, therefore, I’m going to say goodbye to you and end this discussion.

Sarah Palin is the biggest crybaby I have EVER seen! First she blamed the media for her problems. Then she blamed the McCain camp. Now, she blames class issues! She even had the chutzpah to issue a PRESS RELEASE about it, straight from the GOVERNOR’S OFFICE! LOL, check out this quote about Caroline Kennedy: “It’s going to be interesting to see how that plays out and I think that as we watch that we will perhaps be able to prove that there is a class issue here also that was such a factor in the scrutiny of my candidacy versus, say, the scrutiny of what her candidacy may be.”
This, and a ton of other waa-waa crap, can be found on the State of Alaska’s government web site. What the hell is this woman thinking?

No kidding. She’s as far right as they come.

The main stream medias need to back off. Sarah is the real deal! She is my kind of folk!
Go Sarah 2012!

When it comes to the rumors about Trig being Bristol’s baby, all the press did was repeat what the McCain camp said.
According to Media Matters:
Contrary to Palin’s telling, most media outlets only addressed that story after the McCain campaign called attention to it on September 1, when it revealed that Palin’s unwed 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, was pregnant. The campaign insisted it had to go public with the news in order to deflect the “disturbing, nasty smears” being spread online.
Only after Republicans threw a spotlight onto the online conspiracy theory did the press make references to it. And once the McCain campaign claimed liberal bloggers had spread the rumor, the press dutifully repeated the claim -
[Bristol] is pregnant — a revelation the Alaska governor made public yesterday to refute rumors spread by liberal bloggers that she’d faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her daughter’s earlier one. (New York Post)
The 17-year-old daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child. (Reuters)
The announcement came after a swirl of rumors by liberal bloggers that the governor’s fifth child, who was born in April, was in fact her daughter’s. (The New York Times)