I don't think that's such a problem. She still has those conservative credentials. There's plenty of time to talk about them again. The media sure won't spend a whole lot more time harping on how wonderfully conservative she is. If the media and the Dems want to touch this powder keg, good on them. It keeps the networks going all-Palin-all-the-time for another news cycle. The longer that continues, the more nasty things that Dem operatives will say. The more nasty things said, the more voters they tick off and send our way.
Conservatives have made family values an issue. This doesn’t help matters.
I guess this depends on how you define 'family values'. If you're going to define such values as a situation where a 17yr old never has pre-marital sex, point taken. However, I contend that such a situation is not what defines the term.
If you look past the lapse in judgment that got Bristol pregnant, what you see is the loving, caring, and tight-knit family that is coming together to handle the challenge. They aren't trying to cover anything up for political gain. They aren't running off to Planned Parenthood for a quick 'fix' for their 'problem'. They are handling this as adults, and more importantly, together as a family. If this isn't what family values are really all about, then I don't know what is.
Bristol is going to marry the father of her child. The media will question this endlessly, bring up visions of shotguns, etc. This will backfire on them in a devastating manner. You're going to see hardcore Dems getting pissed about the treatment this girl receives. And rightly so.
I also think we need to give the McCain camp a bit more credit here. They have been executing things flawlessly over the last couple of months. They could have released this info on Friday, but for some reason, they wanted to keep the Palin bashing in the forefront for another news cycle, (now that the Sunday shows are over) going into the convention. I imagine there is a plan to deal with this issue at the convention. Perhaps even a speech from Bristol herself. Whatever the plan is, if McCain's recent actions are any indication, it is well orchestrated, and will come clear when it's supposed to.
So, cheer up, will ya? If we wanted plastic candidates with phony, 'perfect', families, we could have had Slick Willard. :)
In this case, it starts with that fact and then gets worse.
>>>>>So, cheer up, will ya?
I'm still voting for McCain. Just bringing some dispassionate truth to this political storyline. Its not gonna help get McCain elected. He will lose votes over this. From a political perspective, this isn't good.
Anyway, thanks for offering your opinion without the obligatory emotional outburst that most folks seem to be engaging in today.
They aren’t trying to cover anything up for political gain.
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What? Are you kidding me? They weren’t going to say anything. They were going to try and hide this as long as possible or they would have announced it months ago.
Palin should quit the VP thing and try to get her family squared away. Hey MCCain, go ahead close your eyes and pick somebody else. May I suggest VP Cheney’s daughter, oh wait even she had a baby wow.
Maybe it doesn’t really matter anymore.