Save the personal indignation. I’ve heard it all day.
We shouldn’t be ignoring or celebrating unwed teen pregnancy. Which seems to be what most posters on this thread have embraced.
My concerns are of a political nature and not a personal nature. However Sarah Palin decides to handle this internally within her family, is her business. What happens in the world of politics is my concern. And right now, it doesn’t look good for McCain. Fact: McCain has no one else to blame but himself.
In your opinion.
Thanks for sharing it.
Hi all, I’ve just come over from the Guardian to post a question - an honest one, no intent to troll. Someone there (a quite conservative poster) has suggested that McCain’s selection of Sarah Palin for VP candidate was a calculated one based upon Bristol’s pregnancy in a bid to gain the pro-life vote. I never thought of the possibility myself but I was wondering what Free Republic posters might think of the idea.
For what it’s worth, I sincerely wish the best for Bristol Palin and her family, as this can’t be easy for them. It’s tough enough to be pregnant at 17 without much of the world looking on and judging you. And fair is fair, I’ll answer any questions, as honestly as I can, as well.
This has been an interesting thread, so thanks.
With a choice between Palin, a true but mildly flawed conservative, or a RINO, which would you choose? Which would be more of a wedge to keep conservatives home in Nov, a RINO VP or a VP with a pregnant daughter? If you have a different alternative to the two above, what is it, and why is it more realistic than those two, and will it get conservatives to the polls?
I would like to see Palin run as President instead of McCain in all honesty.
That being said I can't believe all the freepers giving this out of wedlock preganancy a pass. (Oh it's nothing, it's today environment, better than abortion etc etc).
Jeesh folkes what has happened to our countries morals when conservatives are giving a pass just because the candidate is Republican?
Don't give me the crap this has always happened. Yes it has. But I also read my newspaper every week with the birth announcements and in many cases 60-75% are out of wedlock. That was not how it was when I was growing up in the 50's and 60's.
Sad to say if this was a democrat candidate many of the same freepers who are saying it's no big deal would be getting out the torches to burn the candidate. This is the real shame, being partisan over this issue.
Yes having the baby is better than abortion but it should not have happened in the first place.
Palin/McCain 2008