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”And kudos to Obama for stating that this topic should not become political fodder. Or is he concerned that American women may be identifying with Palin even more so now?”

Both angered by the attacks and worried it gives Sarah an edge.

Barack Hussein Obama has called off the dogs. He was born to a single parent of 18 years of age who engaged in an interracial relation all of which, is deamed irrelevant to the Obama camp after the initial smear which has carried little weight in the minds of Americans.

Palin has made her career a priority and her child’s premarital sex and pregnancy is the result. How unloving of Palin to utterly devote herself to being VP at the expense of Trig and her grandchild. She is not as comitted to her children and grandchild as one would expect. This is not an attck. Just a factual recognition of her priorities.

If it’s no big deal why the post Joanne

I don’t know. Perhaps because it’s the topic du jour on CNN?

Sometimes I do a post to give readers a voice. If you aren’t interested, no need to comment.

Truer words were never spoken or written there but for the Grace of God go I, my daughter, son, neice, etc.
Didn’t Brittany Spears sister get major coverage when it was announce she was pregnant, and didn’t the birth get major coverage. At least the child will be allowed to live.
Wonder how many of those high and mighty shocked anchors have had to face this and maybe forced a different solution. And, no one in the family thinks the girl is being punished with a baby. Boy, have the democrats set a high standard for O’s girls in the future. We know what he and Michelle would do if it happened to their unmarried daughter.
It happened in our family and I have a very successful 26 yr old grandson.
If this doesn’t get the vote of all unmarried mothers I will be very surprised.

American blogs are bringing up this comment from Obama - I guess you can tell where he’s coming from.

“Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old,” he said. “I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”

I agree Joanne. So what?
Here’s what the Palins had to say about it:

“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.

“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”

http://www.johnmccain.com/informing/news/PressReleases/ab547fc8-d96d-4f87-aa8a-2e52be2b66fc.htm

Politically I don’t think this will hurt Sarah Palin.

The only voters who might have their voting decision affected by this news are far-right social conservatives that are firmly in the Republican fold anyways. At worst, it might make some of them stay home, but it certainly wouldn’t switch anyone’s vote.

Joanne - in your initial post you yourself question as to the “so what” nature of this as an issue and then suggest that it’s the media making hay of things, yet, you’re doing the exact same thing.

You suggest “if you aren’t interested no need to comment.”

I’m interested enough to comment that the double standard flag is being flown here. I’m sorry you don’t see that.

Families have been struggling with just this type of issue for generations. This just endears Palin to the grassroots even more.

Cowtown, social conservatives (and I count myself as one) are very pleased that she chose to have her baby rather than abort it. That fact alone makes up for the disappointment of finding out about a teen pregnancy. She chose life and that’s the most important thing here.

“Palin has made her career a priority and her child’s premarital sex and pregnancy is the result. How unloving of Palin to utterly devote herself to being VP at the expense of Trig and her grandchild. She is not as comitted to her children and grandchild as one would expect. This is not an attck. Just a factual recognition of her priorities.”

Gee aa - you are copying and pasting this all over the blogs - not sure what your point is??? Of course you never seem to come back to answer to your comment.

I guess you would put me into that same “not committed” and “unloving” because as a working mother, I also have lived through this same thing and now have a 15 year old granddaughter to show for my “utter devotion” to my career.

Watch out aa - karma has a way of coming back to bite those who get a little too high and mighty looking down on others who in their minds believe they have “recognized their priorities”.

I hope you find out the hard way that you can preach all you want but premarital sex has been around for millenia and you have no control over whether it will bring an unplanned pregnancy into your family or not.

Andrea Mrozek, in her superb article “The new face of feminism” published by National Post on September 03, 2008 http://www.nationalpost.com/news/story.html?id=764723
wrote,

“She’s unqualified. Anti woman. A “right-wing man in a skirt and fetching up-do.” Feminists went apoplectic when Alaska Governor Sarah Palin was chosen as Senator John McCain’s running mate. The same feminists who keep saying we must have more women in politics suddenly changed their minds. We need more women–just not that kind of woman.

How did we manage to get here? Different waves of feminism have rolled in since the suffragettes fought for the right to vote. Today, few are sure what feminism is. If all it means is the right of women to self-determination and to equal opportunity then virtually no one stands against it. That battle has already been won.

North American feminists should be working to extend the fundamental freedoms they enjoy to parts of the globe where such freedoms are absent. But instead, they pitch a package of partisan political beliefs at home. Their palette is left-wing and non-negotiable — especially the part about unrestricted access to, and, ideally, public funding for, abortion.

But the “choice” label is not something every woman wants.

In this very polarized context, it’s not surprising that only the very strongest of conservative and pro-life female politicians would rise to the top. It takes a lot of guts not only to stand up to the kind of sisterly abuse described above, but also to compete effectively in a traditionally male-dominated field. To those untainted by ideology, Sarah Palin is gritty determination personified. To establishment feminists, however, she’s a disaster.

Why? Two words: family values. She has five kids (which is at least four too many for a dogmatic, career-obsessed feminist) and she’s pro-life, even in cases of rape and incest. That she also insists on having the rewarding career that feminists wish they had themselves is just too much. It’s driving her feminist opponents around the bend — they now find themselves criticizing her for neglecting her children, which is more than a little rich coming from people who never tire of reminding mothers that staying at home to look after their children is a cardinal sin.”……….