Tina Fey: Sarah Palin offered Bristol to babysit her child at SNL

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:First, full disclosure: I don't KNOW the Palins personally so all of this is conjecture based on my observation of them on TV.

I have noticed that Sarah Palin is more often accompanied at public appearances by two of her family members than the others: Bristol and Trig. It appears to me that Trig is there because he is 6 months old, and that Bristol is there to babysit while Sarah works. I have no idea how these people themselves feel about this situation, but personally I feel very sorry for Bristol. She was denied information about and access to birth control, is being forced to have a baby at 17 and to marry another 17-year-old who has publicly stated that he doesn't want kids, and is being used as an unpaid nanny for her baby brother. And apparently also is forced to babysit for any other random kids in her mom's vicinity too! But who knows, maybe she's thrilled with her life. Hey, who wouldn't be a teen mother and babysitting slave if it got you backstage at SNL?!

You did well with the disclosure, admitting that you don't know the Palins and your conjecture is based on. . . TV coverage. Which is always so accurate.

How was Bristol "denied access to birth control"? You assume the Palins themselves denied her this access, I suppose. Do you understand that she was attending public high school in Anchorage, where she did receive traditional sex education that included information on birth control? Or was that not reported on TV? Guess not.

How do you know Bristol is "being forced to have a baby"? Was that on TV, or just more conjecture on your part? Do you know anyone who thought they didn't want kids at 17 and changed their mind? Have you ever known any teenagers who babysit for their younger siblings? Do you know that Bristol was "forced" to babysit for any random kids in her mom's vicinity?

As a liberal Democrat who thinks TV is not the best source of news, or the best source of fodder for "conjecture," I am LMAO.

Just curious, critical posters: What did the Gores do wrong to lead poor Albert III astray? Did they deny him access to information about the dangers of alcohol and drugs? Because all those arrests for DUI and drugs in his car must be the result of poor parenting and even stupidity on the part of the Gores, right? Or does that rule only hold true for Republicans? The rules governing hypocrisy apparently hold true for those in both parties, if this thread is any example.

I know you have contempt for the media, but when it comes from the horse's mouth . . . quotes from Palin regarding her beliefs about sex ed and an editorial from a writer raised in Wasilla who discusses her high school's ". . . poor job at providing that [sex] education." It's probably safe to say- based on Palin's beliefs - that Bristol had little say in how she handled her pregnancy.

below - some "fodder for conjecture" -

SEX ED
From NBC's Katie Primm and Mark Murray
By the way, as has been pointed out, Palin backed abstinence-only education during her 2006 gubernatorial race. In an Eagle Forum Alaska questionnaire, Palin gave this response to the following question:

Will you support funding for abstinence-until-marriage education instead of for explicit sex-education programs, school-based clinics, and the distribution of contraceptives in schools?

Palin: Yes, the explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support.
http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1320417.aspx


SEX ED IN ALASKA FROM A WASILLA NATIVE
The only recollection I have of any sex education came in ninth grade health class.

An advanced human relations group put together a presentation explaining different types of birth control. They explained the difference between diaphragms, IUD's and birth control pills and told us where we could go to get them. And then condoms came up.

The student, a senior, held up a male condom to the class, still in its metallic wrapper. Then she told us that rules prohibited her from showing the actual condom. She couldn't show us how to put it on; she could only explain the principles of using a condom -- without pictures or demonstration. She could show us a female condom -- out of the package -- and explained how to use it, but also with no demonstration.

Another Wasilla High School friend (who also took the health class) and I recently talked about the Palin controversy, and sex education came up. He told me that for him, using condoms had been a matter of trial and error.

"Luckily, with no error," he said.

It struck a cord with me at how shockingly close sex education can hit home.

To me, there is no debate. Sex education should be as important as preparing students for the job market. My high school did a poor job at providing that education.

Despite state statistics that show the teen birth rate in the Matanuska-Susitna Valley -- where Wasilla is located -- is below the national average, Alaska as a whole is above it.
http://www.cnn.com/2008/US/09/18/wasilla.native.commentary/

[Anonymous]

I dunno -- it doesn't sound too different from sex-ed that I received in school.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I dunno -- it doesn't sound too different from sex-ed that I received in school.

PLEASE don't tell me you got pregnant at 17!