GASP! Bristol Palin IS Pregnant! The Palins Are Human!
Posted on September 01st, 2008 in Uncategorized
Normally, thinking about James Dobson makes me want to throw up. In fact, I kind of hate putting him in my blog! But in this case, I think I agree with him. They’re human. Bristol Palin got pregnant. She, her family, and her boyfriend are doing what they believe is right. That’s not hypocritical, although the situation could be considered ironic.
What would have been hypocritical is if they had decided that Bristol should have an abortion.
Don’t worry, I’m still not voting for McCain-Palin.
This post has 10 comments
September 1st, 2008
Nice, McCain. What kind of soldier uses a pregnant 17-year-old girl as a political shield? You knew what this was going to do, how it would divert attention away from your policies. You are throwing her under the bus.
September 1st, 2008
I don’t believe it. It comes just a little too close to the ugly rumors from the last couple of days. Doesn’t it seem just a little too convenient?
September 1st, 2008
This is a plus. As Mark Steyn points out in his recent best seller, America Alone, if our western civilization is demographically to survive in the increasingly “hostile to the west” islamic world — and not end up like the sinking European populations — these are the precise people (the Bristol Palins’) we should thank for increasing their progeny.
September 1st, 2008
I agree that it isn’t hypocritical and should not be an issue. However, it makes me wonder what kind of a mother would put herself under the type of scrutiny that would shed this negative light on her 17 year old daughter. If I were Sarah Palin, I would have anticipated that this would come out and I would not want to put my daughter in the public light as she has done.
I actually liked her. No, she would not make me vote for McCain but I liked her energy and charisma and her freshness. Now it is all forgotten.
September 2nd, 2008
Since I am a mother of a teenager not much older than Bristol, I’m keeping my mouth shut. The same situation could easily happen to me.
September 2nd, 2008
It bothers me that McCain wants this girl’s privacy protected — as he should — when he was the one to make ugly jokes about Chelsea Clinton when she was 13. I’m not suggesting he should have been Bill Clinton’s BFF, but I think he could share this newly found compassion across party lines by not mocking any child.
September 2nd, 2008
As a former teen mom (who is a total bitch about teen mom judgers), what I find interesting is that in Palin’s case, right-wing pundits are calling it a “private family matter” and the Palins are being made out to be brave martyrs suffering a bashing at the hands of the liberals. In fact, those same right-wing pundits were only a few months ago trashing another soon-to-be teenage mother: Jamie Lynn Spears. Then it wasn’t a “private family matter;” it was one of their examples of twisted family values, and Juno and Jamie Lynn were “glorifying” teen pregnancy and “making teen pregnancy seem cool,” much to conservative’s disgust.
But with Palin, it’s all about privacy, bravery, support, and a family’s love.
Don’t make me vomit, please.
September 3rd, 2008
Wanda — I believe it, but I still think the whole flying-8-hours-after-water-breaks thing strange and/or poor judgment.
Tigereye and Jackie — excellent points.
And to everyone, thank you for your comments.
September 5th, 2008
Hey, I don’t think the flying thing was so weird. She wasn’t in active labor, and she called her doctor who seemed to have no objection–so I don’t think one can fault her judgment. If she flew against medical advice, that would be different.
September 5th, 2008
[Wendy is an RN and labor doula]