I think the leftist blog glee over this really indicates how out of touch they are. Their thought process is “Christian conservatives will think badly of Governor Palin because her daughter obviously had out of wedlock sex”. The reality is that such people fully understand that you do what you can to teach your kids, but nobody’s perfect (as Dobson noted).
What the conservatives see is that Governor Palin and her husband didn’t seek the easy way out, didn’t betray their principles, and will welcome their grandchild (nor with their Down Syndrome child). They will see this as a positive for Palin. But because the nut roots have such a distorted view of Christians and conservatives, they’ll keep on pounding away at this story, not realizing that it will backfire on them.
They are clueless aren't they? Like we are all going to stomp in outrage, point our finger at Palin and condemn her.....LOL! If they are gleeful now they better savor it cuz it is NOT going to last long and come Nov 4 they will be wailing and gnashing teeth and then exploding.
Reminds of the efforts in 2000 and 2004 to turn the evangelical right against Bush and Cheney...witness the leak of W's DUI right before the 2000 election, and the mention by both Lurch and the Breck Girl of Cheney's daughter Mary in the debates.
Guess it didn't work!