You gotta admire the GOP though, I really didn't believe that it would be possible to find a VEEP nominee that makes Dan Quale look qualified. If this is testimony to McCain's judgment the GOP is in far worse shape than I thought.

Betcha the deciding factor was the beauty queen thing. Nothing like have a hot babe on the ticket.

But we might as well talk about her mommyness. There really isn't anything else there; I mean you can only talk about being small city mayor for so long. Pretty thin gruel.

but aren't caribou semi-domesticated herd animals? Hunting caribou must be slightly harder than hunting cows. Granted, shooting one in the face takes a bit of skill, but not if you can just walk up to them.

Then the baby must be travelling with her, right? If Trig is in Alaska how is he getting her breast milk. Or, did she switch to formula?

Also enjoys hunting down wolves and coyotes in all terrain vehicles in the snow with automatic weapons. She has been heard to say she "enjoys watching the red patterns" the wolves produce in the snow as the bullets impact and virtually explode the poor animals all over the snowy tundra.

This bitch is a bloody monster. Christian, conservative, cunt.

How many Broadsheet articles will we get bemoaning how there is no substantive coverage of Palin on policy that are simply a roundup of the articles about Palin as mother?

I mean, someone here could write a substative article on the issues- haha - I know, I'm just kidding.

Worse than all of the fluff here (refusing to acknowledge that it is McCain and Palin trying to bring motherhood and all of this stuff into the race to distract us from real issues) is the cheap dig at Obama. You're pissed about the way a mother is treated by media when she has pretended that is a qualification for the office so somehow that makes Obama a bad father? His girls can't tell his image on tv from the real thing? Pullleezze grow up!

for getting us all talking about this nonsense instead of issues. Bet they were just delighted when they found out the daughter is pregnant. Now the high-scholl media will be consumed for the next few weeks no matter how much people actually care about issues and the direction of the country. And then the meta stuff like this about how no one will focus on the issues while rehashing infotainment pieces about the mommy wars from the NY Times.

I wonder how Rebecca Traister and Catehrine Prioce feel about giving the the Rove Junior Varsity teams chubbies this morning. What a twisted world.

Stop spewing it.

Oh, it's your job to spew Bullshit?

You get paid to spew Bullshit?

Well then that is what you are.

Bullshit.

The whole point is that Palin (and the Republicans) are rabidly anti-choice, anti-contraception, and anti-sex ed, so the fact that Bristol Palin is a pregnant unwed teen speaks directly to Sarah Palin's judgement and values. It is hypocritical of her to support overturning Roe v. Wade and also to say she she's "proud" of her daughter's decision. If she and McCain are in office, they will rip that decision away from every other woman in America.

But I am more disturbed by the fact that Palin seems to have thrown her daughter to the wolves to protect herself. According to the Republican spin, they announced Bristol's pregnancy to dispel Internet rumors that Sarah faked her pregnancy to hide the fact that Trig is actually Bristol's son. Now, if they really wanted to dispel the rumors, all they had to do was to provide a birth certificate or medical record of Trig's birth, or release a statement from the attending physician. That would have kept the focus on Sarah and away from her daughter. But they did not. Instead they used Bristol's current pregnancy to "prove" she wasn't pregnant before--deliberately shining the media light full force on Bristol. That's appalling. In fact, the pregnancy announcement did not refute any of the Bristol/Trig allegations (although some are far-fetched, others do raise several disturbing questions). The whole confusing situation smells fishy, and all of this speaks to the judgement of a person who would be one step away from the most powerful office in the world. So, yes, I do think we should be talking about it.

Governor Palin disclosed her daughter's pregnancy to fight the unconscionable garbage that the Daily Kos put out that she (Sarah) claimed to be the mother of Bristol's child.

Which is worse: Daily Kos spreading a horrible rumor or the Mom defending her child with undeniable evidence of the lie?

I, for one, would never consider anything written by the Daily Kos as accurate. The bias is far too blatant.

Michelle Obama isn't a stay-at-home mom. She has two daughters to raise. On the campaign trail.

Misogyny on the left is just plain rampant. How many fathers are criticized for being away from home during their children's upbringing?

This woman, Sarah Palin, went from mom to city council equivalent, to city mayor, to governor while raising her children. How much more could she do to epitomize the American woman in politics? Just because she doesn't share your policies doesn't mean she hasn't done a remarkable job.

Nancy Pelosi's children weren't grown when she entered politics. Hillary Clinton's daughter grew up in the White House (all the while enduring the insults of the right wing).

Most of the liberal voters who bother to blog and post do not understand that an "unplanned" pregnancy happens, with or without contraception, with or without sex education, within or without marriage. Could it be that the Progressive wing of the Democratic Party really is elite? Do they actually think that abortion should be used as a form of birth control?

What happens when your Liberal teenaged son knocks up a Conservative teenaged girl?

Seventeen-year-old people don't usually discuss their political leanings on their dates. They also don't usually think their actions may lead to pregnancy. And no amount of parent lectures on abstinence and safe sex is going to overrule the hormones running rampant in teenage bodies.

This election has taught me that Republicans are much more pragmatic in this business of life.