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Barracuda Pregnancy Problem

Sep 1, 2008 | 8:45 PM
Category: Political

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I know some people have weighed in on this already, but the big issue surfacing here in St. Paul is the surprise pregnancy disclosure of Gov. Sarah Palin (Sarah the Barracuda)'s 17 year old daughter.
I agree this is a family issue but it's a little dicey for someone who professes to be a family values champion. Her supporters are backing her, saying it's admirable her daugther is keeping the baby and marrying the father.
But could this be the beginning of a string of damaging disclosures about the totally unknown Alaska governor? Palin also disclosed today she hired an attorney to defend her in the investigation of the firing of a public safety executive in Alaska.
Are the sharks circling around Sarah the Barracuda? Will this vp pick bite back at McCain? Let me know your opinion

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Sep 1, 2008 | 10:03 PM

Joe: I have no problem with this. I have posted that there will be skeletons in the closet. I am sure there will be a few fires to put out. After Bill Clinton, not much will shock America.

drerunner

Sep 1, 2008 | 10:06 PM

I am not following your logic. You are holding Sarah responsible for a daughter, who in a couple of months will be 18 (an adult)?

Ask old Joe Biden about his other son ,nobody seems to want to talk about him. Should he tell obama he should step down as VP too?? Why don't you do a blog about Biden and his kid? HUh???

Hmmm .....So Obama daughters will be teenagers in 2 to 3 years. Using your logic ,maybe he should drop out, because there is a possibly one of his daughters might make the same mistake within the next 4 years. They,too, tried to come off as a "leave it to beaver" family.

His girls will surely be "knock outs" and WILL date!!! THE OBAMAS wont be able to get around it. So when and if the possibility of one of them becomes pregnant, will you blog for obama TO STEP DOWN because of one of his daughters screw ups???????

Are you seeing where I am going here? If we used your logic for everyone who sits in congress ,we would probably lose 80% of congress within a week!!!!No telling what kind of sh55T their kids are in. Have you seen Joe Biden's other son lately.....????? Has anybody........?

Bottom line, parents can only teach their kids what's right. Sarah did do it the right way!!!
But ,the kid makes the final action. Sometimes ,unfortunately, it's not always a good one.
MAYBE one day you might face the same situation. Should I blog that your competence ,as a journalist, should be questioned????????

MattyG

Sep 2, 2008 | 12:05 AM

Biden's other son is a lawyer in D.C., drerunner. Happy now?

Chip

Sep 2, 2008 | 5:38 AM

Here we go again...biased reporting from the lead Democratic reporter at Fox25. She is not pregnant BECAUSE of her mother, but IN SPITE OF her mother.

I defy Fox25 to report on Obama's brother in Kenya to balance this article.

Graham_Cracker

Sep 2, 2008 | 9:09 AM

Joe,

I wish that you and your ilk would show as much class and elegance as your God, Barack Obama is showing. He was born to a single mother of just eighteen...remember?
You liberals really ought to stay mum on this one. The potential for blatant hypocrisy is perhaps at its greatest.

Graham_Cracker

Sep 2, 2008 | 9:23 AM

Chip,

I know nothing about Barack Obama's brother in Kenya. Since the news reporting is doing such a wonderful job keeping anything which might darken the image of their deity, would you mind enlightening me a little?

NorthernObserver

Sep 2, 2008 | 10:57 AM

Of course the sharks are circling and biting at her toes. We expect the media to find out everything they can about this woman.

All I know about this news is that she and her family depict a typical American family with typical American challenges. In my opinion Bristol made the right decision in keeping the baby however she is going to face many of the same challenges that the girls from Gloucester will face.

Chip

Sep 2, 2008 | 11:48 AM

Barack Obama's half brother is living in a hut in abject poverty....family values...about $1 month.

MattyG

Sep 2, 2008 | 1:07 PM

graham_cracker goes John Wasdin on Chip...

A teenager getting pregnant isn't "typical" in my family or most families. It does happen often, though. That her kid is pregnant is not a political issue. That Palin publicly opposed sex education should be a political issue.

drerunner

Sep 2, 2008 | 1:27 PM

MattyG
my point... he's a sneaky lobbyist.. advocating earmarks.... have you seen him??

Chip

Sep 2, 2008 | 3:20 PM

MattyG,

Sarah Palin opposes SEX EDUCATION IN SCHOOLS". She thinks it's a parent's responsibility, and she's right.

TheEliteOne

Sep 2, 2008 | 5:57 PM

I agree with Chip. There are too many other things to teach.

tom1964

Sep 3, 2008 | 11:48 AM

Here you go Graham.

http://www.usmagazine.com/news/barack-obamas-half-broth
er-discovered-in-hut-in-kenya

Govmtlocust

Sep 3, 2008 | 12:24 PM

When did we start holding Mom accountable for a daughters action. Yes, people this happens in the best of families, even democrat families.) The NY Times is giving this more press than the no good cheating Senator who was out playing while his wife is in chemo...gimmee a break. Obama is the only one who is stating the pot can't call the kettle black. Oooppps how very racial of me....Mea Culpa Mea Culpa Mea Maxima Culpa..

Govmtlocust

Sep 3, 2008 | 11:20 PM

Joe:

She hit it out of the park and all you could come up with was that pathetic statement afterwards.

You mindless bobble head--you must need a new teleprompter;one that can put you in touch with America. Hellooo out there in TV land is there one of you that can report without your personal feelings getting in the way. News Flash YOU ARE NOT THE STORY. Let us enjoy and just SHUT UP!

CandiLayne

Sep 4, 2008 | 10:33 AM

Drerunner..
Yes Sara ahould be held accountable for her daughters actions even if she is 17. Why, because she is 17. She is not 18 yet and as a parent you are legally responsible for your children until they are 18. Yes her daughter (and tehe boyfriend)is to be held accountable as well, but all thee hype is around Sara being family oriented and having strong family values. What makes her any different than a mother in Boston who gre up in church, and raises her children the same way and her 15 year old daughter gets pregnant? Oh I know the difference, the Boson mother isn't running for VP. Duh...problem solved!

dablkmrlee
Sep 4, 2008 | 11:06 AM

read the post, read and heard the story
now to vent
1. if you raise your child from day one then this child may have held off on sex,specially knowing this boy do not want babies and I bet a wife, He is feeling trapped and he don't know how to get out of this nightmare. why force him and thier child to wed? why not let him and her have time to work this out before they have to have a JUDGE split them up?

2. any one living in the north-lands own-handle-use GUNS! no suprise there,they hunt,fish and trap it's a life style ,not an NRA moment

3. with money made off oil lines this is not the first tax rebate issued in AK. nor will it be the last, to run the state there was a big surplus that was rebated to the citizens a few time in the pass

4. you can best your last dollar if she's in the White House her son will not be on the fronf lines anywhere

Govmtlocust

Sep 4, 2008 | 2:25 PM

Yes, just like the Princes Harry and William. They are not placed in harms way...
It appears he enlisted last year--so I guess he wasn't hoping his Mom would get tapped for the VP job.

Is it possible he is just a patriotic young man----nah, they are repubs--it just cannot be!

TheRealAmerican

Sep 4, 2008 | 5:33 PM

No, CandiLayne, the difference is, a 16 or 17 year old with a baby (or babies) in Boston isa not all that rare of a sight. I read a sociology book for one college course that tried to give the excuse "they have babies for something to love...". GET A PUPPY!

Although I doubt some of these parents would be much more capable of raising the puppy and not responsible enough to be sure THAT puppy didn't go having 7 babies by 5 different 'dogs'...

Read the papers much? It's rare you'll see one of the latest shooting "victims" in Boston that has the same last name as his mother and often not the same as his/her siblings.

The mother in Boston might not be running for VP but Sarah Palin's daughter most likely isn't the 2nd, 3rd or even 4th generation to have a baby (or babIES) as a teenager...

kayleisnana

Sep 5, 2008 | 9:42 AM

Amazingly, Bristol Palin didn't do anything a majority of 18 year olds do; she just happened to get pregnant! Why is it that celebrities, even the young ones, can have kids out of wedlock, and that's ok? The media pays an absolute fortune for their pictures and then they're emblazoned on the cover of magazines--That's OK? This is a non-issue, and we should all butt out. This is none of our business--I would think there are bigger issues in all our lives we should concern ourselves with.

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