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• Monday, September 1, 2008 07:32 PM

  Breathtaking Hypocrisy with poor Bristol Palin at the Center

  McCain/Palin could have used a dozen method of showing that Gov. Palin was the baby's mother (DNA test, birth certificate, statements from doctors and friends, pictures taken of Bristol when she was supposed to have been pregnant, etc). Instead, they choose to throw Bristol Palin into the spotlight as a way to protect Gov. Palin's street cred with the pro-life crowd.

  The point was not that the child wasn't Gov. Palin's. The point was that she took a real-life, pro-life stand, putting her money where her mouth was. They couldn't risk that credibility being undermined by the possibility that it was her daughter who made the decision.

  This ugly, sanctimonious, and expedient choice by McCain and Bristol's mother places a greater burden on Bristol than would keeping it quiet as long as possible. But they couldn't afford to risk an October Surprise, when Bristol will be 7 or 8 months pregnant and perhaps married under suspicious circumstances. Instead, they use the opportunity to blame the "liberal bloggers" for exposing Bristol's pregnancy.

  It was their own cynicism, or perhaps their own incompetence in selecting a different way of proving the maternity of Gov. Palin's child, that violated Bristol's privacy. The fawning media should be pointing that out instead of talking about how brave the McCain/Palin campaign is.

  —JimSC Read JimSC's other letters
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