Bristol Palin's Talk on Abstinence Canceled amid Student Uproar (Washington University in St. Louis)

The poster who made the reference was simply pointing out the inconsistency of Bristol lecturing people on the virtue of abstinence. Another comparison would be someone lecturing on how to run a successful business who was a failure at running a business.

The big picture is only one that suffers the consequences can speak with experience about the virtue of not doing doing something. In the abortion on demand world there are no 'apparent' consequences to speak of that are suffered.

Get it?

Both Bristol Palin and Meghan McCain need to go home, get a real job, live a reputable life, and quit riding their parents’ coattails to the spotlight.

Bristol Palin has accomplished absolutely nothing of note. The only difference between her and at least a handful of girls I went to high school with is that they didn't have famous mothers when they went out, slept around with complete losers, and got themselves pregnant outside of marriage.

She did the right thing by having the baby, but since when is doing what you're supposed to do worthy of heaps of praise and fame? What special insight could she possibly have into anything? She has it easy, and she's avoided all of the usual consequences of her actions by riding her mother's coat tails.

Speaking as a wife and mother raising daughters, she's no role model. She should serve as a horrible warning for any young person who hopes to become a mature, self-reliant adult one day.

Enough, already. Tired of reading about both of them.

Yep. Meghan McCain isn't much better.

“She is a polarizing figure, both politically and socially, and does not provide the well-rounded and thoughtful approach a matter as hot as sex on campus deserves. She is unqualified, undeserving and her fame comes only as a result of her association to a most ridiculous political family,” the page states.

I hope that those "conservatives?" who won't support Palin because she "can't win" are happy to associate themselves with these hate filled morons.

"The big picture is only one that suffers the consequences can speak with experience about the virtue of not doing doing something. In the abortion on demand world there are no 'apparent' consequences to speak of that are suffered."

It would make far more sense to have someone who could be pointed to as a successful role model explain the keys to such success. I would rather listen to advice on how to create a successful business from someone who has done so than listen to someone share how he suffered the consequences of his failure. We are far too focussed on failure, why not inspire people with models of success?

It would make far more sense to have someone who could be pointed to as a successful role model explain the keys to such success. I would rather listen to advice on how to create a successful business from someone who has done so than listen to someone share how he suffered the consequences of his failure. We are far too focussed on failure, why not inspire people with models of success?

I think you miss the point e.g. big picture by simplifying and glossing over the realities

Failure? Getting pregnant is a moot issue when abortion on demand is the law of the land -some would call the abortion remedy a government sanctioned bailout. So, failure as you call it yet not define it; really what is failure -having the baby? Not abstaining was the failure and having a child one was not prepared for is the consequence...

I would suggest your line of thinking comprises a portion of that which underlies the abortion on demand culture. It is easy for any to claim a "birth free" success whether or not they abstain. It is my contention that putting a woman upon the stage that has not been pregnant does not cover the whole big picture. Why not have a Nun give the talk on abstinence or a man, any man...

The elephant in the room that the left does not want to address is the consequence that they consider irrelevant and easily aborted. THAT is why abstinence is considered irrelevant to the left as it involves discussing an inconvenient truth...

That is my opinion anyway...

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