I read somewhere (which means it could be total bullshit) that the myspace page purporting to be the teen father was a fake.
Here's my thing. I don't want ANYONE making political hay from this. No one. You can hold your own personal views and opinions on how you take Palin and cast accordingly. Fine, whatever. I'm a big old judgy-judger myself. God knows I'm rolling my eyes mightily. But I'd rather it not be a goddamn media talking point. More important to me is that she is the antithesis, in her political beliefs and ideals, to mine and that of the dem. party (her private life I could give fuckall after the political.) THAT is the point.
I feel bad for her kids, facing this scrutiny, but that's neither here nor there when it comes to the political direction I want this country to take. Her choice. MY choice.
Here's my thing. I don't want ANYONE making political hay from this. No one. You can hold your own personal views and opinions on how you take Palin and cast accordingly. Fine, whatever. I'm a big old judgy-judger myself. God knows I'm rolling my eyes mightily. But I'd rather it not be a goddamn media talking point.
I'm fine with not talking about the details, but (to me) the whole thing is very relevant to how John McCain will lead and make decisions. Just as I said that I thought who (and how) Obama picked his VP was an important signal in who he might bring in to his administration.
ION, I can't decide if I can actually deal with watching the new 90210 or not. So far I've half paid attention to part of the first hour.
But if you don't, who am I going to be able to talk to about it? (eta: other than Hil, of course)
I'm watching it, Perkins. I ... have no idea why, but I am.
YAY! You and Hil and I can discuss.
Of course, it's your fault I watched One Tree Hill lsst night.
::is sorry?::
I like the English teacher guy so far. And Kelly. Brenda, not so much.
See Amy relate the adults on the show! Sigh.
The adults on this one are much younger than the adults on the original.
OMG, Bristol's husband-to-be is flying in to join the Palin fmaily at the convention.
No doubt with a staffer at his side, instructing him in interviewing techniques ala Crash Davis instructing Nuke Laloosh.
"I'm just here to help the Republican Party. You know, steal it one state at a time, and the good Lord willing, we'll steal the election in November. It's like a good friend of mine always said: this is a simple game -- you throw the election, you hit your opponent when he's down, you catch the electorate unawares."
"Don't think; it can only hurt the party."
And much cooler. Even if I'm just telling myself that.
I'm fine with not talking about the details, but (to me) the whole thing is very relevant to how John McCain will lead and make decisions. Just as I said that I thought who (and how) Obama picked his VP was an important signal in who he might bring in to his administration.
Sure picking Palin is relevant. Palin's daughter's pregnancy is I think irrelevant. Even if you disagree, focusing on that is political suicide. Leave morality aside: Obama did the smart thing politically by saying the Palin family is off limits. Not Palin, but Palin's family and Palin's vjayjay. If the media wants to panty sniff, Obama can't stop them - but he can (and did)insist his staff not take part.
And doing otherwise would make him look like total shit to the public. Even the whole focus on the Clenis turned out to be immensely unpopular. How much more popular do you think being seen to take part in tormenting a pregnant 17 year old girl?
And I caught that dumb evil blond reporter from the Washington post on TV talking about how nothing is off limits. It was the circular reasoning that since the press would pay attention to this stuff that made it an issue and thus the press had an obligation to pay attention.
And I think that view is mainly due to laziness. Panty sniffing is less work than covering issue, and apparently for a lot of reporters more fun. If they can't focus candidates and candidates families genitals, the poor reporters would they'd don't have to write about energy and healthcare and energy and all the boring stuff the extreme right can't get elected on. Plus if they bash Palin's pregnant daughter enough (and especially if they can lure some prominent Democrats to do so) they might recover some of the that current average 7-8 point gap between Obama and McCain.
So this focus is win win for the press: it reinforces the precedent that keeps their jobs meaningless, and is probably the best shot for a Republican win.