That is a quote from the book. I didn’t “put it”, Palin did.
Take a look at the stats of how well a child of a teenage unwed mother does compared to how well an adopted child does.
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The question is not how well some unwanted child in some ghetto would fare but how well her own grandchild would fare. That's why I wanted you to clarify.
Sorry, no way I will accept as a positive thing that Palin would counsel one of her own daughters to give an unexpected child up for adoption.
fwiw, my wife and I have been raising a grandchild for nine years. The thought of advising our daughter to give the baby over to strangers to raise never entered the equation.
also, fwiw, your post prompted me to search the quote (palin book page 115). I found it easily. I also found the video from the debate on you tube. Palin's rendering of what happened in the debate and what the video shows are absolutely not the same. In the video she does not mention adoption at all, her answer was (to her credit) "I'd choose life". In the book she makes a point of stating that her opponents were not asked the same question but in the video they clearly were...iow...the book is less than accurate.
This is a shot over Palin’s bow. Johnston has dirt on her and is going to use it to get what he wants.
The sad fact is not matter what she does, it’s going to come out eventually. Palin should have paid this guy off long ago, make him go away. Now she has a permanent irritation, at worst a political career killer, attached to her neck.
This whole Levi situation is another reason I question Palin’s smarts. As stated, the time tested method for making a situation like this to go away is to manage it, pay him off and make him sign a confidentiality agreement. Instead, Palin criticizes the guy publically and not only makes the situation worse but creates a monster in the process.
Palin has a history of vindictiveness and a bunker mentality. Look how she fired everyone in Waslla city management/government who didnt’ vote for her after she got elected mayor (including the Sheriff, who sued. The court said Palin probably did fire him because he didn’t support her in the election but he was an at will employee and could be fired for any reason...even political).
Can anyone say “Travelgate”? How about Bill firing all the federal attorneys?
Palin is the right’s Hillary Clinton.