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Palin Married in Aug 1988, Gave Birth 8 Months Later
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Anonymous
Just as long as you remember that it's not THE MEDIA you are voting for in November. Republicans love to equate THE MEDIA and the Democrats as if they are the same f*cking thing. I also read Palin will be discussing the "Washington elite" tonight--I'm guessing there are no elite Republicans--and dissing community organizers. She is all class; she fits right in. Also, you can bet your sweet ass these Republican blowhards and their surrogates of evil--ie Rove, Limbaugh, etc--would never, ever, ever stop spewing if the situation were reversed, and it were Biden's or Obama's daughter. If you think otherwise, you are living in a fantasy world. |
Anonymous
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I just read that Palin vetoed a measure that would have provided help to Alaskan teens who were pregnant out of wedlock.
Yet she's completely against abortion for any reason. Michelle Obama is absolutely right: This country -- or at least the GOP -- is just plain mean. I don't see this statement as a sign that Michelle Obama is an "angry" woman. She's honest. When I think of McCain/Palin getting elected, I cry for my children. |
Anonymous
Agreed. She was just asking a follow up question about something the McCain flak put into play himself. Am I the only one who sees the irony in John "media darling" McCain now playing the victim because the press has the nerve to examine his choice of VP? Hilarious. |
Anonymous
I wouldn't even want to imagine it. It wouldn't have been the mainstream media you would have to worry about it would be the water cooler talk, the person you thought you knew, the shock/jock type right wing outlets, and the people that post comments about news stories that link everything to race (I'm frankly surprised there aren't already comments somehow trying to blame this on the poor inner city girls). On my way home I was thinking - who knew the Republican convention would provide baby mama drama. I surely didn't see this one coming. |
Anonymous
This is just another example of the media and the far-left purposefully mis-representing who Palin is and what she has done: Contrary to a report from the Washington Post, Alaska Governor, Sarah Palin, did not slash funding for a program for teen mothers. The Washington Post’s Paul Kane reported late yesterday that “Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms.” To support this contention Kane pointed out that “Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million.” Covenant House Alaska is a faith-based, not-for-profit agency which provides a variety of services to troubled teens, including a home for teen moms. Although the work with adolescent mothers is only one component of their work, Kane focused on this aspect of their work due to the revelation that Governor Palin’s teen daughter is 5 months pregnant. In Alaska, the governor is allowed to reduce spending allocations in the service of sound management and fiscal accountability. To prove his contention that Palin slashed funds for teen mothers, Kane produced the Alaska 2008 budget with Sarah Palin’s line by line adjustments. It is true that lawmakers allocated 5 million to Covenant House Alaska and that Mrs. Palin cut that allocation to 3.9 million dollars. However, what is misleading about the Post headline is that the allocation of 3.9 million is three times more than Covenant House Alaska received from government grants in 2007. According to records on the Covenant House Alaska website, the organization received just over 1.3 million dollars from grants in 2007 and nearly 1.2 million in 2006. Even with the reductions, Governor Palin signed a budget which provided three times more funds than the organization received in 2007. Thus, the Post report is misleading on two counts. One, the funding in question went to an organization which engaged in many different services, including work with teen mothers. There was no funding exclusively earmarked for pregnant teens. Two, the report leaves the impression that the Governor reduced existing funding levels, when in fact, the Palin-approved budget allowed a massive expansion of funding for this worthy faith-based organization. The organization’s total revenue for 2007 was just over 3 million dollars and so the 3.9 million approved by Palin and the Alaska legislature was a huge increase. Viewed within the context of prior expenditures, it becomes clear that Governor Palin increased funding for social services which benefit kids, not “slashed” them as the Post reported. However, it also appears clear that she is not afraid to exercise some measure of fiscal discipline, even when the reduction targets those of similar ideology. |
Anonymous
its a big deal because she says one thing but does another. |
Anonymous
Um, hello. . . . She was 24 years old, got married, and had a baby 8 months later. Big whoop. I sincerely doubt she was preaching abstinence when she was 24. Do you really want to go there? Barack Obama strongly opposes the use of illegal drugs. Oops, Barack Obama used illegal drugs fairly heavily in his late teens and early 20s. He says one thing but does another! Like I said, do you really want to go there? No. Sincerely, A disgusted Obama supporter who wishes you would keep your eyes on the prize |