Sarah who?

[daddydirt]

oopsies!......Rick Klein "forgot" to mention that US Weekly is owned by Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, and a huge Obama supporter. but i guess that fact has absolutely nothing to do with the negative front page headlines and unbiased article, right Ð?

[Ðiego]

Oops


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[theknife]

Originally Posted by daddydirt

oopsies!......Rick Klein "forgot" to mention that US Weekly is owned by Jann Wenner, founder of Rolling Stone, and a huge Obama supporter. but i guess that fact has absolutely nothing to do with the negative front page headlines and unbiased article, right Ð?

same playbook, different year: when all else fails, blame the media.

[multi]

Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms

[Ðiego]

Indeed, Multi. And contrast that with this:

Democrats, especially on blogs and in private conversations, have savaged Palin for the news that her 17-year-old, unwed daughter Bristol is pregnant and plans to marry the father. Liberal radio host Ed Schultz, who had already used the words “bimbo alert” to refer to Palin, suggested that she was a hypocrite for having a pregnant child while touting a social conservative platform.

But rather than drawing the ire of conservatives who disapprove of pre-marital sex, the news about Bristol Palin has buoyed many spirits, because she chose not to terminate the pregnancy and plans to marry the father.

“Why does the left think there is a pro-life movement? The pro-life movement is about helping women who get into trouble,” said Gary Bauer, president of the social conservative group American Values.

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0908/13101.html

Republicans constantly cut programs which help those they would choose [sic] to force to continue unplanned and unwanted pregnancies by blocking first contraception and sexual education, and replacing them with "don't have sex" programs which do not work, and by making the option of abortion illegal; all in the name of 'social morality' and 'family values'.

If one of Obama's daughters were of age and found to be pregnant then the conservatives would attack her as promiscuous and him and Michelle as bad parents who raise their children with damaging 'Librul' attitudes.

But as Palin is 'Conservative' and religious, she is seen as a beacon they can shine about and proclaim she is living up to the ideal by supporting her daughter's 'choice' to carry the baby and (shotgun) marry the father. No matter that her 'abstinence only' has failed, again. No matter that her 'conservative' household has failed to instill in her daughter the requirement to 'save herself' until marriage. No matter that while extorting the matter of her 'choice' they work on removing that same choice from other women.

It's despicable.


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[multi]

McCain's Voice Mail to Palin Leaked to Press

[JackSpratts]

Originally Posted by Ðiego

It's despicable.

[multi]

S-S-Sufferin' succotash!

Democrats, especially on blogs and in private conversations, have savaged Palin for the news that her 17-year-old, unwed daughter Bristol is pregnant and plans to marry the father.

Let the savaging begin..

"I'm a f - - -in' redneck" who likes to snowboard and ride dirt bikes.
"But I live to play hockey. I like to go camping and hang out with the boys, do some fishing, shoot some s- - - and just f - - -in' chillin' I guess."

"Ya f - - - with me I'll kick [your] ass," he added.

He also claims to be "in a relationship," but states, "I don't want kids."
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The Palin Meltdown in Slo-Mo
By Greg Sargent - September 1, 2008, 6:20PM

On the same day that the Republicans were forced to dramatically cut back their convention activities, the Palin Meltdown unfolded with extraordinary speed. It's worth pondering the totality of what happened today, in a mere half day...

* The news that Palin once backed the Bridge to Nowhere went national.

* It emerged that Palin has links to the bizarro Alaska Independence Party, which harbors the goal of seceding from the union that McCain and Palin seek to lead.

* The news broke that as governor, Palin relied on an earmark system she now opposes. Taken along with the Bridge to Nowhere stuff, this threatens to undercut her reformist image, something that was key to her selection as McCain's Veep candidate.

* The news broke that Palin's 17-year-old daughter became pregnant out of wedlock at a time when the conservative base had finally started rallying behind McCain's candidacy.

* Barely moments after McCain advisers put out word that McCain had known of Bristol Palin's pregnancy, the Anchorage Daily News revealed that Palin's own spokesperson hadn't known about it only two days ago.

* A senior McCain adviser at the Republican convention was forced into the rather embarrassing position of arguing that McCain had known about the pregnancy "last week" -- without saying what day last week he knew about it.

* It came out that Republican lawyers are up in Alaska vetting Palin -- now, more than 72 hours after it was announced that she'd been picked.

* Palin lawyered up in relation to the trooper-gate probe in Alaska -- a move that ensures far more serious attention to the story from the major news orgs.

Speaking before the Pentecostal church, Palin painted the current war in Iraq as a messianic affair in which the United States could act out the will of the Lord.
"Pray for our military men and women who are striving to do what is right. Also, for this country, that our leaders, our national leaders, are sending [U.S. soldiers] out on a task that is from God," she exhorted the congregants. "That's what we have to make sure that we're praying for, that there is a plan and that that plan is God's plan."
more..

First Lady Laura Bush urged us to remember Gov. Sarah Palin’s record as mayor of her hometown from 1996-2002 when assessing her experience. I agree.
Driving around this city today, I decided it looks more or less like a string of strip malls, 45 minutes northeast of Anchorage. I couldn’t help but think that being mayor of a place like this would be something akin to running a large neighborhood watch.
The main highway that runs through town is lined with new big-box stores, including a Target and a Wal-Mart. A handful of fast-food chains as well as some local restaurants also sprinkle the main drag. Breathtaking mountains, the peaks still lightly dusted with snow, create a striking backdrop. Despite the chain stores, this small city feels distant from the rest of the world. I’d have guessed Palin would have run the city with a “we’re in this together” theme.
It turns out she had a somewhat different approach. If a small-town mayor ever ruled with an iron fist — it was Palin. Eleven days after taking office in 1996, she mailed letters to each of the city’s top managers requesting that they resign as a test of loyalty.
The Anchorage Daily News at the time reported the strange events: (via Nexis)
Mayor Sarah Palin sent the resignation requests Thursday to Police Chief Irl Stambaugh, public works director Jack Felton, finance director Duane Dvorak and Mary Ellen Emmons, the head of libraries. A fifth director — John Cooper, who oversaw the city museum — resigned earlier this month after Palin eliminated his position.

Cooper initially resisted resigning, but to no avail. Palin also later fired the police chief, saying she knew in her “heart” that he did not support her. She left the head of libraries a letter saying she was out — though Palin later decided to spare the librarian after being convinced that she would tow the line.
The whole saga is unusual — considering Palin prides herself on being independent and seems to enjoy butting heads with her own party. But, this sounds like she requires fierce loyalty of those who work for her.
more..
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[theknife]

that bikini shot has to be a photochop, no?

[Nicobie]

Originally Posted by multi

Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms

I would too if every man/women and child gets $5000+ /year free and clear from the state.

How much is nessesary anyway?

[daddydirt]

Originally Posted by theknife

same playbook, different year: when all else fails, blame the media.

i would no more blame the media for liberal bias than i would blame a leopard for having spots. it's out there in plain sight for anyone with eyes to see.

is the US Weakly/Jann Wenner connection inconsequential in your opinion?

[Ðiego]

Liberal bias my ass. how many mistakes, gaffes and lies has McCain told? How many have been 'reported'?


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[multi]

what liberal media?

[JackSpratts]

here's some bias for you.

[JackSpratts]

[theknife]

Originally Posted by daddydirt

is the US Weakly/Jann Wenner connection inconsequential in your opinion?

yup, pretty much - because the magazine is basically a scandal/gossip rag. i mean, c'mon - US Weekly? are we calling foul because this pillar of journalism has gone astray? Sarah Palin's story is unfortunately custom made for the supermarket tabloid press. if McCain couldn't see this coming, he either didn't ask the right questions or he's really giving up on the swing voters and just hopes to rally the Christian wingnuts in sufficient numbers to put him over the top.

[JackSpratts]

kind of begs the question, didn't palin see this coming? because she's deliberately put her daughter in a very bad place by accepting this nomination, if she knew about the pregnancy that is. there is nothing on earth like a presidential campaign. everything & anything gets exposed and blown up. something all politicos know. nature of the beast. just look at john edwards and the lurid headlines about his affair - and he'd already withdrawn. palin must be mighty ambitious to allow this to happen to bristol. btw, the official pregnancy announcement was made because the national enquirer started poking around in alaska.

they're still up there.

they're the same guys who outed edwards.

they're now saying palin had an extramarital affair.

bookies are taking odds on when palin withdraws, and i'm guessing they don't mean some hit or miss method of birth control.

- js.

[Mazer]

Guys, the current vice president, a social conservative, is the proud father of a lesbian. To the religious right that is worse than a pregnant teenage daughter, and yet the liberal media has had the class to leave that issue alone. Why is Palin's supposed hypocrisy being drummed up by liberals? Because you're not afraid of offending pregnant teens for one thing, since they can't vote anyway. But really you're doing it because you're afraid that people might ignore it, being the non-issue that it really is. Because Palin's few political scandals are so minor that they can't be used to make decent attack ads, you're picking apart her private life instead and delving into issues that don't belong in the public arena.

[Ðiego]

Because Cheney's daughter being lesbian was not his choice.

In speaking on keeping her Down's baby, Palin spoke of her choice to do so. When speaking of her daughter's baby, Palin spoke of her choice to keep it. Yet Palin believes in removing that same choice form everyone else.

Likewise, Palin is against Sex-Ed and believes in 'abstinence only', nothing more and nothing less, which has proven ineffective not only in the rest of the US and the world, but in her own house.

She also doesn't believe in contraception, even for married couples. She is of a religious right sect who believe a woman should only ever have sex for the purpose of having a child.

She is in no way in line with the views of the people of this nation, which is why the McCain campaign has said she will not be interview by the press, which should be criminal for someone running for public office.


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[theknife]

Originally Posted by Mazer

Guys, the current vice president, a social conservative, is the proud father of a lesbian. To the religious right that is worse than a pregnant teenage daughter, and yet the liberal media has had the class to leave that issue alone. Why is Palin's supposed hypocrisy being drummed up by liberals? Because you're not afraid of offending pregnant teens for one thing, since they can't vote anyway. But really you're doing it because you're afraid that people might ignore it, being the non-issue that it really is. Because Palin's few political scandals are so minor that they can't be used to make decent attack ads, you're picking apart her private life instead and delving into issues that don't belong in the public arena.

1) the McCain camp released the info on Palin's daughter, not the media.
2) the mainstream media has largely left it alone since(aside from properly contrasting it with related public policy positions)
3) her "few political scandals" are active, ongoing, and required her to hire an attorney a couple days ago - that's not minor, particularly in the context of a Presidential election.
4)the McCain camp is now milking the issue with faux outrage and using it as an excuse to shield her from all media interviews.

how seriously do they expect voters to take Palin if she can't take the heat of a Presidential campaign - just like the boys?