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Sarah Palin is the best things since sliced bread! McCain and Palin are going to win this election. Stop the witch hunt!

I have voted Republican for 30 yrs. , but I see the McCain pick of Palin as a desperation move. He needs women voters.I will Not be voting for a Republican this year! Also, I think McCain's domestic policy is Pal-in comparison to Obama's.McCain doesn't have one and Palin can't decide which one.She failed her daughter already,I don't want to be next!

The right wing forced McCain to pick an ultra conservative so he folds and does it. They will be controlling his decisions and presidency on all issues including supreme justices. Real leadership McCain, sounds like a puppet. Also you have no right to be critical of Democrats who comment on Palin pregnant daughter. All you guys are so pious and all you do is claim how immoral we are for teaching birth control. Right wing evangelical teenagers are doing the same thing most older teens do except they are being taught abstinence so they have no education and hence have a higher chance of getting into a Bristol situation. Their heads are in the sand. Don't criticize us because we have common sense and are smart.

I have read numerous blogs about the Palin Baby Gate issue...Why is it so hard to get to the bottom of this story?Someone has to know the truth about baby Trig and who his mother REALLY is.It just seems VERY strange, especially after reading that Palin got on a long flight home after leaking fluid. As a mom, I know that the last place I would have been was on a long flight, the hospital was first on my list. It really isn't about the daughter getting pregnant at 17, it's about lies and cover up. Can someone just get to the TRUTH?

To cisc,
I do take interest in the wellbeing of your country but you might call it self-interest.
We live on the same earth, the same air etc.

Bush is not really liked by anyone outside the US as well. He has almost no political leverage any more . Mc Cain is portrayed and experienced as a war maker already now. Threatening Russia with the Georgia incident. This should have been handled differently. China is the same..

They are emerging world powers and risk to become bigger over the next 10 years. It is not that he is not right on the issues, that can be discussed but a good friendship and good alliances will be crucial over the next years to handle the fundamental threat for us all.

He does not show many skills of diplomacy. He would put America back into isolation. We are all western partners but you will need our enthusiasm to go along with some difficult problems that face our safety.

Obama has shown that people outside America like him a lot and he is seen as a wise leader, independent and opposed to Bush. It seems you do not like that when I see the reactions but I don’t understand why.

You have to make as a nation some decisions that impact life, some made by the heart some by the brain.

It does not really matter if Sarah's daughter is pregnant or not. I might be good to learn some lessons from that and try to limit unwanted pregnancies in the future. They happen everywhere but good sexual education and stressing the use of condoms might help.

I do find you handle a double standard on guns, war and abortion. It seems hypocrite but I understand. I smoke and will defend my addiction to others against my own better judgment.

About Sarah,
I must ask again, look in your hart or brain or soul and you don’t have to answer me.

Can you see her as the president??

I can name several republicans and Democrats that I find are more qualified. I am sure that If you ask her the question if she would be a good president, she would hesitate.
You can welcome her but can you take this ticket seriously?

I hope Obama wins, he will bring the nations together as he has already proven to do with France and Germany. His charisma will make the US more popular in the Middle East and take away the hate that is now facing the US. It will give you more support in these countries so that they can handle the fundamentalism on their turf.
Sure that your nr 1 enemy hopes MC wins

Sarah Palin seems to be out of touch with her children. She may be too busy to be a true parent. Perhaps she should not run for Vice President, she has two other daughters that could end up in the same situation if they are neglected for the presidency.

Sarah Palin seems to be out of touch with her children. She may be too busy to be a true parent. Perhaps she should not run for Vice President, she has two other daughters that could end up in the same situation if they are neglected for the presidency.

Please, let us take care of keeping our own homes clean before we dare ask others to keep theirs spotless.

As a working young woman, as a mother of a four-year old daughter, I've finally had it with all the holier-than-thou crap and will vote accordingly.

Go PUMAS!

People are being themselves, and logic, to try to defend this choice! The bedrock of the Republican philosophy has been abstinence! Once again, the Democrats are right... it is not the best sex education. A condom, readily avoided all this. This selection is a slap in the face of every man and woman who has worked hard and seen opportunity given to someone much less capable. If you can't be honest with us people, please, be honest with yourselves.

McCain call her the most qualified person in the country to be vice president? This in an insult not just to every woman, but every Republican int the United States.

And, if Gov. Palin is pregnant, so what? Why does she allow a rumor/scandal like this to be released to the media when she can tell the truth, even before she gets into the White House? Is this practice lying? I would not vote Republican even if I was a member of the Republican Party with goofy stuff like this going on - pretty embarassing!

Personally, I don't really see why this is an issue, so the kid got pregnant, is that really particularly out of the ordinary in this day and age? And who in this forum can actually say that they never did things that thier parents did not approve of?

A parent can not entirely control thier child, they may wish it was so, but to do that would be to inhibit thier liberty to such an extent that eventually when they come out from under the wing, they will be very hard pressed to get along in society.

A parent must do what they can to teach thier values to thier kids, but it is the childs CHOICE to follow or not, and this response by the child is not dictated by the skill exhibited in the parenting. It is a choice that comes out of that childs exercise of personal liberty.

I am not saying that I think Palin would be a great VP, I haven't had time to look at her enough to make that decision yet, I am only stating that this should not figure into that process. Lets look at her professional record and personal character to choose a candidate, and lets not be distracted by those issues that do not pertain to her ability to hold the office of VP.

OK, now it is time to set things straight. Those who are critical of Senator McCain and Gov Palin fail to see the obvious. Both are running their campaign based on accomplishments, not promises and "Change because of Change." Sr. Obama is a caring individual, but has accomplished NOTHING. He hasn't lead anything. A trip overseas does not make one an expert on Foreign policy. His remarks at how efficient China's infrastructure should scare every American to death. How can you be pro American and turn a blind eye to China's lack of environmental concern, child labor and poor living conditions for it's people? And wasn't it President Kennedy who said "Ask not what this country can do for you, ask what you can do for this country?" Something Sr. Kennedy seams to have forgotten. And if you have issues with the way this government is running the war in Iraq, why would you want it to run everything else especially health care?

This is a joke. 17 yr old daughter pregnant plus a scandal in the Governors office. What was he thinking. you can try to sugarcoat this if you want, but this is scary. Gov Palin could be the next president. She would be good as Mc Cains secretary that's about it. not VP Republicans spin that's all your going to get. they are embarrest I would be too. Thank God Obama going to win.

Ok for all those who keep talking about the sex education. Take a look around at all the unwed girls in this country. You can talk sex education until you are blue in the face and there will always be an unwed teenager, get over it already.

For those who are saying Palin is a bad mother and she should not be working because she has 5 children, let me tell you a little story. My grandmother had 11 children and worked everyday until she turned 76. Oh, she had to quit then because the place she worked went out of business, or she would still be working today. So get over it. One more thing, My aunts and uncles turned out just fine.

Palin should have turn down the nomination because the photo with her wearing a flag bikini show her future son in law smoking a cig, and drinking beer. What a good mother LOL....

"I don't understand that,

then you can just taken anyone from the street and put him or her in the white house"

Have you ever seen the movie "Dave" with Kevin Kline? Check it out.

Gov. Sarah Palin is a courageous woman who will be the next Vice-President of the United States.

All the vicious smear attacks made by Obama supporters will not change that fact. This story is about a family dealing with personal issues and does NOT belong in the political domain.

All it shows about those who want to use this as a club to attack Palin is just how low the Obama Campaign will go to score political points.

Women Defending Democracy
Country Before Party
McCain/Palin08

Brendan M:

We will just have to disagree on this issue, I remember the circumstances very well because I considered Rumsfeld a total disaster as Secretary of Defense.

When McCain criticized Rumsfeld and also called for his resignation, he was attacked. McCain stood up to Rumsfeld and George W. Bush.

At the time, I was very happy to see SOMEONE stand up to Rumsfeld. and McCain did so!!

When McCain becomes POTUS, I am sure he will consider appointing Collin Powell as Secretary of Defense. Powell is another patriot who stood up to George W. Bush.

Women Defending Democracy
Country Over Party
McCain/Palin08

This situation is ironic because it demonstrates the consequences of the abstinence-only "education" (really, non-education) which Palin advocates. It also demonstrates the "do as I say, not as I do" attitude of the Republican party (witness Bush's record of driving drunk and dodging military service). In short, it's perfect. Obama is not a great choice for President, but I will vote for him because (a) another Republican administration would be disastrous and (b) we need an opportunity to clean Bush's foxes out of Washington's many henhouses -- and McCain, despite his talk of being a maverick -- would not do it.

Just shows that Sarah faces all the same hills and mountains Dems do with their kids. Kudos to Sarah for standing with her daughter and giving her the love and support she needs. And kudos to her daughter for exercising her choice to have her baby, and to her parents for not thinking that she is being punished with a baby and forcing her to make another choice. Great human story - one that all Americans should understand!

carly in NJ: "McCain called for Rumsfeld's (former Secretary of Defense) resignation when no one else would."

He did not. He eventually criticized Rumsfeld after declaring "mission accomplished," but he never called for Rumsfeld's resignation.

calguy55== lincoln was right but im sure if he had known how education could turn into liberal socialist reeducation instead of a totalview education im sure he would have qualified his statement--nice try. liberals have made a concerted effort to push thier agenda from school age to public broadcasting to the ivy league. want proof if you want to work in hollywood you have to show your liberal stripes. more proof the media is so lopsided to the left that a dying industry--- radio has been revitalized. rush limbaugh 400 million dollar contract is proof undeniable proof of this. howw much does katie couric make? mcchange real change not more of the same.how about the genuis idea of using corn to make feul now look what the intelligencia of the libs has produced 30% increase in food and the poor all around the world starving while the liberal is watching his carbon footprint and he feels so good about it. but the problem my dear liberals you have been used by your intelligent leaders and the lobbyists for big corn. not to mention the waste of water in water stressed areas. wakeup you are a pawn

To Kris Belgium:

McCain and Palin and are WAY more qualified then Obama. That is my opinion. I have a right to my opinion and a right to VOTE the way I SEE FIT.

You may disagree with me, I am sure people can disagree in your Country. From what I can understand from your posts, you are not from the US. I am glad you are interested in the U.S. Presidential Election.

I believe that essential democratic principles were violated by the Democrat Party in the Caucus Primaries. If we are to preserve our democracy we must speak out when Voter Fraud is used to win an election. President Lincoln said, "To remain silent when one should protest makes cowards of men [and women]."

I AM speaking out. My party, the Democrat Party is now corrupted by the process used to nominate Obama as the Candidate for POTUS. The Means does not justify the Ends.

I believe this corruption can not be rewarded. I also believe that McCain is the better choice for many reasons. I do not make this choice without a great deal of deliberation.

As I stated in an earlier post, I have never chosen to vote for a Republican candidate for POTUS until NOW!!

McCain stood up to George W. Bush on many issues when Democrats would not. McCain is not liked by the NeoCons in the Republican Party and McCain called for Rumsfeld's (former Secretary of Defense) resignation when no one else would.

We need more courageous people in government like McCain and Palin. I do not agree with them on everything. However, there are enough issues that I do agree on that make this choice a viable one for me.

The "fear and smear" tactics employed by the Obama Campaign will not work with me and they will not work with millions of American voters.

Most importantly, we do not need more elected officials like Obama/Biden who represent the "old boy" corrupt Democrat Party machine. The DNC could have abided by its own rules and selected Hillary Clinton as the Nominee. Unfortunately, it is too late for that. Obama/Biden will loose in November.

I will proudly cast my vote (as is my right) for McCain/Palin.
Women Defending Democracy
Country Before Party and McCain/Palin08

It is hard to believe the car/gun logic is still used. Guns are made to kill, automatic weapons are made ONLY to kill people - quickly. It is thus no surprise when they work. Likewise, alcohol is made to dull the senses, which makes it not surprising that cars combined with alcohol kill the most people. If people using the car/gun metaphor are voting for McCain/Palin, it should make you think twice.

kris belgium---thank for taking interest in our country election. i appreciaate what you said-- being pro-life and supporting gun ownership are not hypocritical. .i would say the same resaoning then if u are antigun because innocent children die from gunshots. then all the people in the world that are antigun for that reason should stop driving cars-- 40,000 people die each year in car accidents in the usa alone. in the iraq war 4000 americans died yet in the same time period 300,000 people have died in car accidents. where is code pink and the rest of the antigun liberals. what you need my dear friend is perspective you have been brainwashed by socialism. car are the real killer not guns. in africa people are slaughtered by machetee and knives. this brainwashing is trying to make this coutry similar but there are many in this country that are real americans like the ones that kicked the nazis out of europe. and removed saddam huesein army out of kuwait. we dont like tyrants especially in are own country. sarah pallin will finish the job. she is a warrior queen

I think the Obama camp have reason to worry about McCain's running mate Sarah Palin, she is electrifying the base and she is getting a lot of attention from the media, whether its good or bad she is getting attention, and McCain just might win this election.

There are plenty of working moms out there that have daughters that DON'T get pregnant, so blaming the parents is just plain stupidity. It is NOT a Republican or a Democratic issue, it is a family issue.

I would hate to be a Republican right now - having no viable chance at the White House. It actually seems cruel to pick on Palin considering that the Democrats have always been the favorites to win in November simply due to Bush. Might as well let them spin it out, and not until November crush their hopes of success. As if Palin could really make things worse for their campaign.

To Jack Bender:
Who Cares, REALLY WHO CARES!!!

We have REAL issues to concern ourselves with...like the economy, war in Iraq, global warming, curing cancer, price of gasoline, people's ability to buy a home, the folks who are suffering because of Gustav.

I thought Obama directed his supporters to focus on the folks needing help because of the Hurricane. Listen to him, that would be a better use of your time.

McCain because he is truly a compassionate man is focused on helping others, the victims of Hurricane Gustav.

Perhaps you should take a lesson from the people you so willing attack.
At least, right now, Senator Obama has the sense to do so!!!
McCain/Palin08

"Don't push your abstinence only agenda that stops kids in school from getting the facts and sex and birth control."

Now don't start - I meant to say "facts ABOUT sex"..

Let's be clear about one thing. In this day of media and blogger scrutiny any negative issues about a candidate and their family are disclosed. The is an act of self defense - stop the rumors and whispers by being honest (straight talk) to the public.
Points
1. If McCain knew about Bristol's pregnancy - why didn't he disclose it?
2. If mamma Sarah knew when did she know?
3. Why was pregnancy hastily announced after rumors about Bristol being Trig's mom surfaced?
4. Where are pictures of proud mom (Sarah) during her pregnancy?
5. Sarah Palin was told she carried a child with down syndrome. Where was the press on this? What a great day for anti-abortion publicity - public figure to carry down syndrome baby to term.
5. Where was Sarah Palin when she went into labor? Was it Texas?
6. Would a women take an eight hour flight while in labor? After giving a keynote address. (where are those pictures of a very pregnant Sarah?)

to carly in NJ,

I don't believe you.
DO you really see Palin as president??

Seriously?
Really ??
Are you sure ?

Really ?

( me I am more than an independent, I can not even vote but are you sure ???)

I don't understand that,

then you can just taken anyone from the street and put him or her in the white house

A McCain aide was quoted as saying "Leave the kids alone." I'll make them a deal. I'll leave your kids alone and you leave MY kids alone. Don't push your agenda that would stop my daughter from having an abortion if she is raped. Don't push your abstinence only agenda that stops kids in school from getting the facts and sex and birth control. They should be getting that information at home but not all of them do. Deal?

Number 1-To give life is a Gift,if not we would not be reading or commenting on all of the wrong issue's.This is about our country and the mess that our children and their children etc.will have to deal with.I don't care if you are a dem.,independant,or a rep.we are in this together.We don't have to believe in the same things,but we do need to get along as best as we can.We only have ONE LIFE,and we all will be held accountable for the way we live it.Number 2-Watch what we say!I'm living proof what goes around,does come back around.Number 3-LIVE and LET LIVE!!!Thank You for your time.PEACE

I read that democrats are just trying to find things to pick apart Palin with and that the pregnancy of her daughter shouldn't be an issue, if that were true then Clinton wouldn't have been impeached.

It is a big deal, especially since Palin is an advocate for teaching only abstinence. It is both ignorant and irresponsible to teach only abstinence, to think that you would be promoting sexual activity by educating your children on proper contraception is so incredibly naive; kids have NEVER emulated their parents and they WILL falter to peer pressure, the idea behind good parenting is that you instill as many of your morals and values as you can while still making sure that they know what the alternatives are should they deviate, and they will, it is all part of growing up.

Reasonable people who read this sick stuff are NOT impressed. It just underscores how totally twisted many Obama Supporters are and that means we will work harder and donate MORE money to elect McCain/Palin. We need to save our great democracy!!!
McCain/Palin08

This is still pretty fishy and even if the wingnuts are going to say that this announcement by Palin debunks the false pregnancy story, bloggers have at the very least forced the holy rolling conservative VP nominee to admit that her daughter got knocked up.

The hypocrisy here, though, is so thick you need a chainsaw to cut through it. Palin used Trig as a prop to demonstrate her Christian Right bonafides while telling a story about how he came into the world that just about any medical professional, including my pediatric nurse mom unbelievable. Palin's doctor is now even backing off some of her ealier statements about approving that plane trip from Dallas to Alaska when words such as "malpractice" and "negligence" began to be aimed her way.

And had it been,say, Chelsea Clinton that got pregnant while still a teen, Limbaugh and that whole gaggle of reactionary zealots would have used it as emblematic of what they would call leftwimg depravity, and Dobson would be hurling epithets such as "fornicator" at Chelsea rather than the compassionate cant he burbled vis a vis Bristol.

Obviously, the abstinence education Bristol got in her own home did not work, just as studies have indicated that it is not effective.

Bristol has been put into a no win position by her mother's political ambitions. I hope the best for her, since she is a completely innnocent party here, but I don't think this story ends here. This Palin announcement is a stall tactic and if McCain is elected, there is going to be a fact changing annouuncement by the White HOuse Press Secretary while Palin goes on holiday. You heard it here first.

Well at least the Vice Presidential residence is the Naval Observatory and not the White House. Maybe most won't notice the new RV pad being poured so the young couple can have a place of their own.

Just so it doesn't distract Palin in her transition from administering a government awash in billions of oil taxes and with little infrastructure upon which to spend it, what with most cities and villages rarely having roads out 5 miles [I think Juneau's furthest went for 20 when I lived up there].

And what of a governor who chooses to slaughter magnificent animals [esp. bear and elk]. Does anyone believe she needs the meat and hides to sustain her family?

Not to mention her abuse of power in using her office to get her sister's ex, a state patrolman, fired.

And poor Ketchikan [one of Alaska's largest cities]. She had joined them in their quest for a bridge over to their airport [expensive because it had to be tall enough to clear the cruise ships] to gain their support for the governorship. Now she abandons them. A VERY citical flip-flop to that district.

This is the mother[?] who would be President?

Tell White House staff not to be too fast in packing away all the hoe-down supplies and fiddles.

Hi carly in NJ,

You would have been voting like that anyway.

I have found a site with proof that the world is actually flat..

I would go for mainstream journalisme to get the facts.
There are enough of both sides to blow a story like that up. This looks a bit pale.

enjoy

Despite Mr. Dobson's (from Focus on the Family) public prayers, the DNC had no storm during Mr. Obama's speach. Now the Republican convention is getting a few storms of their own: Hurricane Gustav, pregnancy of Bristol Palin and the "Troopergate"... I guess the only good thing for them was the excuse for Bush and Cheney not to show up in the RNC convention tonight... GOD works thru mysterious ways... But, this far, the Republicans are with Satan.

hi Vic,

You are right,
now go to bed ;-)

So much hate and derision from the left and the Liberals. I understand most of them are operatives of Hussien Obama, posting here on a holiday. While the Chief denies any involvement, he will leave it to his hirelings.
Get this straight, Palin is here to stay and its Palin all the way.
McCain/Palin 08
Obama Who?

Teenage pregnancy DOES happen, as many of you have reminded us. Having a child out of wedlock is not the be-all-end-all determinant of morality, and neither is being the mother of an unwed mother. Honestly, I am not nearly so worried about the idea of Governor Palin's daughter being pregnant as I am about the cruelty of subjecting her daughter to this media circus at a time in her life when she needs SUPPORT.

Likewise, as a young wife with a progressive illness, I cannot imagine a caring mother leaving her severely disabled child for work when the child is only three days old, or running for the vice presidency when that child is only a year old. I am a supporter of working mothers, but there is a big difference between returning to work and being vice president. The latter will not allow Governor Palin to fulfill her responsibilities as a mother to a special needs child and a child who is going through what is probably the hardest time in her life.

I do not know what the particulars are of Ms. Palin's impending marriage are, but if she and her child's father are marrying simply for the sake of the child, they are simply asking for even more trouble. Marrying simply because of an unplanned pregnancy is ridiculous -- bringing a child up in a loveless marriage is often crueler than simply remaining amicable but unmarried. All fathers who consent to sex should be involved in any resulting child's life and should take adequate responsibility for the needs of that child, but entering into a forced or simply "practical" marriage is unfair to themselves, their partners, and their child. I truly hope they are marrying for love, and not just because Ms. Palin is having a baby.

I hope that everyone will select their chosen candidate based on the issues at stake and their qualifications for their prospective positions, not their personal lives. I do believe, though, that these issues add further credence to the idea that Governor Palin is inadequately equipped to be vice president. Someone will suffer if she is, be it her children or the people she is supposed to be serving.

Congrats in Buffalo--are you serious? You can't possibly think teenagers, who put little thought into anything, should become parents. How will they support the child--on the minimum wage jobs they are qualified for? How will they provide the emotional support a child needs when they are still developing emotionally, themselves? Waiting until you're able to take care of yourself and a child before having one is logical. Your ideas are nonsense.

shirley welcome to reality tv --the presidential race

oeps cincyr,

Sorry, my mistake.

Besides all the personal issues this lady has

We are not used to look so much into the personal life of our officials).

I just don't see her as a president of any country (not even mine and that is a sometimes a big joke as well :-).

It really surprised me that so many people are cheering for her. I understand they did for Hillary but Sarah looks so much like a cartoon...

It looks like tey are making a big joke out of this election

Face it republicans, McCains a fool, and a POW can't forget that, and your v.p is a liar.

America first, and being truthful, well it takes a few days to get around to that.

Palin cannot say "Family First". She is a neglectful mother.

She cannot say "Abstinence" because those words rang hypocritically untrue to the most important persons in her life - her children.

What kind of mother is Palin? One, obviously, who put her children last.

Once you have four or more children, if you want to be a good mother, you run out of time for career and other activities. All your time has to be devoted to your children. Otherwise, some of those children are going to be neglected.

So this is what happened with her children. Sad.

For conservatives who talk about Family Values, Palins actions must appall them.

To Officially Over,
"Real Christians" (as you call them) will not be dissuaded from voting for Palin because of her daughter becoming pregnant out of wedlock.

"Real Christians" follow this Tenet:

"He Who Is Without Sin, Cast The First Stone."

Those who are spewing vicious attacks over this are using a personal family situation for political purposes and that is despicable.

Sarah Palin is not a hypocrite because she did NOT go around attacking young women for becoming pregnant outside of marriage. What Palin promoted was a choice (abstinence) that could prevent the heartache that might go along with the decision to have pre-marital sex.

In this case, I am sure Bristol's baby will be welcomed into the world and surrounded with loving parents and grandparents.

Some of the other comments on this website suggested that we all just try to focus on the BLESSING of this baby.

Rather then spewing negativity and hateful vicious comments about this young woman and her innocent unborn child; the truly "Christian" thing to do is - to put down the stones!!!

Well, that was the risk taken with the "unknown". It is now getting known... From using the Alaskan government to revenge her sister's divorce, from links to corrupt-indicted Senator Steven's 527 PAC and now the abandonment of her own family issues to persue her political ambitions... No wonder the major Alaskan papers have already questioned her fitness for VP...

Seems like the McCain campaign is now entering full meltdown phase.

Nice try Irma, but you twist his words.
He told the press to 'lay off'.

No candidate better presume to tell me what I, as a citizen, may or may not discuss about any candidate, let alone those for the highest office. And I will determine what is relevent and what is not!

Posted by: irma | Sep 1, 2008 4:17:42 PM
Very good MARIA 3:55:15....You heard your candidate. He said to lay off the kid!

The best part of this is most of you geniuses can't spell. Both parties...come on. Scellatons, Liers, absinnence...? what are we 3? Get over it.

This is not about the 17 year old child who is now pregnant, this is about the 46 years old absentee mother who does not take care of her own family. Rather than persuing this crazy power hungry race, she should care for her own family...

Is there not an aviation law that says that you have to have a paper that you ar fit to fly delivered by the doctor from of 6 months of pregnancy.

I can not believe they let anyone knowingly take a flight when the water broke...

I also call that irresponsible or breaking a safety law at the least

Democrats shouldn't loose this opportunity.

The Republicans are running so fast to the Left, like Lemmings to he sea, on this issue that you might be able to get them to start waving CONDOMS!!!

We now the clear picture: The Palins could benefit from having better family values... Or at least some effective pregnancy prevention teachings, besides abstinence. Sometimes a young family requires attention from the mother(and father)... She should take better care of her own family before she tries to impose creationism, pro-life, pro-gun, pro-death and other radical values to society... Not even mentioning the use of the Alaskan state in her sister's divorce...

Hey carly in NJ,

Just a question,
Is there anything that would convince you to vote otherwise?

Absentee moms see what happens...

Why doesn't the Palin family use the term 'father'?

Yeah....christian conservatives are going to hold this woman up for putting her "career" ahead of better parenting? I don't think so.

Values used to be that when a teen got pregnant it was shameful. Well McCain is fixin to find out that there are people who don't think this woman represents family values.

Very good MARIA 3:55:15....You heard your candidate. He said to lay off the kid!

Isn't it ironic that McCain would accuse Obama of lacking judgment when McCain's VP Palin is forcing her daughter to marry prematurely? The girl already has made one bad choice. Why force her into another? This is pure political exploitation! Poor kid!

Seriously. It is so incredibly easy to judge other people. Childrem make mistakes. It's part of life. You can be the best parents in the world for your children, yet they will still undoubtedly make poor choices without giving any forethought to the possible consequences. Did your parents know everything that you were doing, every waking moment hour when you were 17? What about this boyfriend? No one has mentioned him. He very well could have been a smooth talker, irristable kind of guy with narcisstistic behavior (to a 17 yr girl anyway)and who's to say that she didn't "already try" to convince him of her mother's values/position. Young girls face a cruel world now days and with her parents being as active in their careers- all the more reason why this 17 yr old was needing the love and affection she didn't receive at home. I aaplaud the Palin family was stepping up to the plate and being there for their daughter, not to mention supporting her decision to marry this young man.Times have changed, however 30 years ago it wasn't out of the ordinary for people to marry this young. Again, I commend the father for sticking around to help this young girl and raise this child. He could have easily went on with his life, go on to college get married and have the ideal life and leave this girl in the dust.

I would know because I "am" that 17 yr old single parent who's boyfriend's parents forbid us to marry stating it wouldn't work and that we were too young. My daughter's fahter's parents actually tried to buy my parents out-stating that I should have put my daughter up for adoption and they would in fact PAY for all the medical expenses. Thankfully, God gave me enough brains and I raised this child successfully with limited help from her father.

Kudos to Levi!

Parents do not always know what's best for their children. It is often the CHILDREN that essentially teach their parents the hard lessons in life.

Kudos to the Palin family for supporting and loving their daughter unconditionally!

Coming not from the US but following your elections closely I would like to give my opinion that will get lost amongst all others.

Fairley I must say that I am strongly leaning democratic as McCain just does not look like a real option.
(but I come from a country that has general healthcare are for everyone, where state provides you with an income if you lose your job or a house I you can’t afford one, free public schools, job protection and alternative income during illness, where mothers get Paid absence to raise their children etc .)
The downside of this is that economy never has an exponential growth and it is more difficult to start a business and become a millionaire in a year.
The upside is that no one needs to go hungry, sleep on the streets. We have no guns or gun fights. We have little or none beggars on the streets.
It is a choice every country has to make.
By the way, is it not hypocrite to forbid abortion but allow guns?
Life is sacred?

But about this specifically…
I never understood why everyone wants to make abortion into laws.
It is a very personal thing and where you come from or what your religion, your economical, or personal situation is, it will define how you will react to it.
No one should be forced into an abortion but no one should say that you cannot have one.
I my country we have the freedom to chose but you cannot have it in one day, you have several sessions with councilors that assist in this always difficult decision.
For any mother this will always be a trauma, so assist them, help them, support them as Sarah is doing now.

They have made a decision inside of their family according to their believes. I wish them all the luck and joy from their grandchild.

Let others make their decision to their believes as well. (Sorry I will never undersign any religious grounds for banning abortion).

I will raise the gun issue again .
If you are really pro life then you must be anti guns (any statistic about children killed with guns)

If you are pro life ( what about millions of lives that can be saved by studying stamcells, including that of living, breathing ,talking children)

If you do not agree in sacrificing unborn life for the wellbeing of all, then you cannot support sending troops (born life) into war.

But as I say,
You have your opinion,
Keep it, defend it but do not force it onto others.

Have a wonderful day and a good election.
I enjoy the spectacle :-)

My only problem with the ultra conservative views on things is that, the world is not pleasantville. Everything isn't ultra perfect and americans have family values. Some people are not so rigide in their views of values because Lord knows no one can live up to such standards. Young people are having sex and getting pregnant. Some choose to give birth, some choose not to, and this is nothing new. My grandmother and great-grandmother have told me stories of girls getting pregnant in their day and coming up with all sorts of ways to abort babies in their day. Some of the women died, so this is nothing new and back then just about everyone was ultra conservative. There have been gay people every since the world has been, so why try to make such a big deal out of it. Either you are or you're not so just leave it alone. Stop telling everyone what their values should be and condeming them because they don't fit into some bubble they evangelicals say is right. Only God is perfect and only he or she can judge us as unfit or not. No man born on this earth is God and No evangelical has been hand picked by God to dictate to us. God is for all who seek him and he knows we are not perfect.

Dobsons statement on the "NEWS" of Palins daughter left out one important thing

His endorsement....

Let's keep the Palin teen in our prayers and not condemn her just because right-wing conservatives like Rush Limbaugh condemn others who have been in this predicament. I truly believe that if the devil works hard enough at being the devil, he'll get just what he deserves.

If you can’t take the heat, get out of the kitchen and cook your moose somewhere else.

We are not attacking the kid who was born into a bazaar right-wing family, we are attacking the the clueless, hypocritical, moralist mother who is as corrupt at all repubes are and lacks the experience and good judgment to run a town as small as the one in Northern Exposure. And no, Idaho State journalism grad and a havard law review lawyer is the senator of a state that actually has people in it, do not equate. She wanted to be an ESPN anchor—hence the name Bristol.

How refreshing-a real person running for VP. Having chilren and grandchildren of my own I know justwhere she is. Jeramiah 29:11 I know the plans I have for you,says the Lord.

I heard on Fox news that Sarah Palin only got a passport in 2007, does this mean she has never travelled out of America since she was born? This is unbelievable. How will this woman deal with Putin or Amadenejid..God help you America, mccain seriously does not have America's interest in mind, its all about him....don't forget he is 72 and has already lived his life so he has nothing to loss...BUT unfortunately America you do!