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I have a feeling the Palin pick is going to keep getting weirder and weirder from now on.

by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 04:48:43 PM EST
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the Palin pick is going to keep getting weirder and weirder from now on

THAT you can take to a bank or financial institution of your choice.

Palin wasn't vetted.  There's a reason for the vetting process which McCain is about to be a Real World supporting-evidence example.

by ATinNM on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 05:30:41 PM EST
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You know, I'm inclined to think that there might well be a cover-up there, and probably in an effort to save her political career, but I'm also inclined to think they should just let it go.  I don't like the idea dragging people's kids into campaigns, unless the kids throw themselves into it, especially if they're so young.  Kids don't get a choice on being in public life, and they should be spared the scrutiny, even if their parents are elected officials.  Everybody fucks up, especially when they're kids, and we ought to just let kids be kids.

And I don't know how to approach the issue even if the kid was pregnant.  I guess you'd run with the mocking of GOP Family Values, but I think the downside is greater than the upside.  I'm not willing to go there.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 05:48:53 PM EST
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Yes on both counts.

But the ironies are:

  1. If this were a Dem, the Rs would instantly be all over this story. Imagine the scandal if Obama's daughters were older and there were rumours this had happened to one of them.

  2. Fundie repub households just love their teen pregnancies - the reason this won't happen to Obama's daughters is because liberals are much better parents.

So it's just one more possible inappropriateness among many.
by ThatBritGuy (thatbritguy (at) googlemail.com) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 06:07:45 PM EST
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If this were a Dem, the Rs would instantly be all over this story. Imagine the scandal if Obama's daughters were older and there were rumours this had happened to one of them.

Just wait.  There will be rumors created by the right-wing about Obama's daughters if he's elected.  God help us all if they decide to have another kid in the age of photoshopping.

Conservatives want live babies so they can raise them to be dead soldiers. - George Carlin

by Drew J Jones (myfriends@thisispancakes.com) on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 06:15:50 PM EST
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Of course the kids should be spared, but the campaigners cannot be.  

Goppie ´family values´ are a sick joke and should be mocked without mercy, from the divorces to the lack of parenting responsibility, to the contradictions on choice vs. lack of humane treatment during lifetime, etc.

Our knowledge has surpassed our wisdom. -Charu Saxena.

by metavision on Sat Aug 30th, 2008 at 06:20:55 PM EST
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