Originally Posted By dshyates On the same day that the study saying abstinence only education doesn't work comes out, Bristol Palin gives birth. They named him Tripp. I guess that is what they were doing when they concieved him. <a href="http://www.kare11.com/news/national/national_article.aspx?storyid=534075&catid=18" target="_blank">http://www.kare11.com/news/nat...catid=18</a>
Originally Posted By mele Man, I knew RoadTrip was tight with Republicans but this is ridiculous. ;-)
Originally Posted By RoadTrip <<Man, I knew RoadTrip was tight with Republicans but this is ridiculous.>> I didn't want to brag, but I guess now you know who the REAL father is. I was trying for the mom but what the hell... the daughter was easier. ;-) OK guys... joke... in poor taste... all that crap. But I still found it mildly amusing even if no one else does.
Originally Posted By ecdc I still love Tina Fey's impersonation of Palin on the gay marriage issue: "Marriage is a sacred institution between two unwilling teenagers."
Originally Posted By wonderingalice Have a nice Tripp; see ya next Fall! That's just for starters. This kid better hope he's tough-skinned and athletic. If he grows into a clumsy geek, the other kids will be merciless.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan One day in the future, one of the Palins will name a child Bob or Steve or Margaret instead of Zinc, Ripple or Boot. And the rest of the family will think that's totally weird.
Originally Posted By Inspector 57 Oh, man, the world has gone crazy. Palin stands for substituting religious dogma for biological information in sex ed classes. She's "tolerant" of gays even though she believes their having sex is morally wrong. Family values and religion is what all we need, according to her. And her 17-year-old unmarried daughter gets knocked up by a high school drop-out whose mother was recently arraigned on felony drug charges. Yet Palin carries on as if there's no disconnect between what she preaches and what her own experience shows to be true. Worse, many Americans appear not to be able to see the irony. It makes my head hurt.
Originally Posted By wonderingalice I hear ya, I57. She just needs to go away. I really don't want to see her involved in national politics in any way. On the other hand, at least while she sticks to Alaska, she and her family are good for a laugh or twelve.
Originally Posted By Mr X Actually, I recently had the chance to talk with a DC insider who worked fairly closely with Palin before she was tapped by McCain...and according to that person she was very good AND very impressive as a Governor (said insider happens to be a left winger, to boot).
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh Not was - is. She's not the demon or the buffoon many on the left have tried to make her.
Originally Posted By Mr X Well, whatever Mr "Sen Barack". I don't think she's a demon, but she's most definitely a buffoon. Left, Right, Center, or Martian, only a fool would be so blind as to not acknowledge that. No spin here, she is "caught on tape" about a million and one times at this point. Can't deny it.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>She's not the demon or the buffoon many on the left have tried to make her.<< Perhaps not. But she's also not the presidential material many on the right tried to make her, either.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <Left, Right, Center, or Martian, only a fool would be so blind as to not acknowledge that.> I think only a fool would believe it.
Originally Posted By DouglasDubh <But she's also not the presidential material many on the right tried to make her, either.> She's more Presidential than Sen Biden.
Originally Posted By Kar2oonMan >>She's more Presidential than Sen Biden.<< I'm sure you think so, but a majority of voters disagree.
Originally Posted By RoadTrip At times you have to wonder if Palin was ridiculed excessively because 1) She's a woman 2) She's a member of the religious right 3) She has the misfortune of looking like Tina Fey ALL politicians say dumb stuff at times (remember Obama's 57 states?). Here are some rather stupid things said by a man that most people regard as a pretty good president. “Trees cause more pollution than automobiles." "All the waste in a year from a nuclear power plant can be stored under a desk." "The state of California has no business subsidizing intellectual curiosity." "Approximately 80 percent of our air pollution stems from hydrocarbons released by vegetation, so let's not go overboard in setting and enforcing tough emission standards from man-made sources." "We are trying to get unemployment to go up, and I think we're going to succeed." “A tree's a tree. How many more do you need to look at?” Personally, I don't think Palin was ready to be president. On the other hand, she took far more grief than she deserved.
