All About McCain - Page 41

innerSpaceman · 09-02-2008, 09:46 AM

What tickles me is that Palin made the revelation to quelch rumors that her teen daughter had a child out of wedlock. So, um, now her teen daughter is having a child out of wedlock.

WTF? It doesn't even make Palin that much less of a liar, since she only came out with the "truth" to quelch the other rumors that differed from the truth by a hair's width.

scaeagles · 09-02-2008, 10:04 AM

I think she came out with that to deny that Trig was not her child as was being reported....well, rumored on blogs, not really reported. I don't think it had anything to do with her teenage daughter having a child out of wedlock.

Ghoulish Delight · 09-02-2008, 11:15 AM

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I think she came out with that to deny that Trig was not her child as was being reported....well, rumored on blogs, not really reported. I don't think it had anything to do with her teenage daughter having a child out of wedlock.

It's waaay too coincidental that this bizarre Trig rumor popped up just before the announcement that her 17 year old was pregnant out of wedlock.

At best, the Trig rumor was started because Palin's camp was probably scrambling to figure out the best way to spin the real story. Either someone got wind of some sort of baby "scandal" with her daughter and built the Trig thing based on whatever trace of leak they found, or someone maliciously leaked it.

At worst (and I'm aware this is my JFK-addled mind thinking, I don't actually believe this to be true), the Trig rumor was actually started by her camp so that when the true "scandal" was revealed it seemed downright pedestrian next to faking a pregnancy.

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Instead, she was apparently shunted off and not seen in public until she had to. Do we need anymore proof that abstinence education doesn't work? Hello Mrs. Palin?

More than a single bit of annecdotal evidence? Yes. Fortunately (or unfortunately), there's plenty more.

Tenigma · 09-02-2008, 11:38 AM

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More than a single bit of annecdotal evidence? Yes. Fortunately (or unfortunately), there's plenty more.

Wouldn't it have been better for them to simply announce the engagement, with the pregnancy as just a side thing? I think trying to shed more light on the family is unnecessary.

I don't question the 17-year-old daughter. She sounds like a regular kid who got caught doing something she shouldn't have (although I'm sure it doesn't help that her parents never bothered to explain anything about birth control). I do have to wonder why Palin thought it was OK to go back to work three days after giving birth to a special needs baby. But according to the Mudflats blog, she and hubby just farm the kids out to be raised by other people. Whatev.

Keep in mind, people -- this woman wants schools to NOT teach sex ed, and to teach creationist theory. SCARY!!!

But most of all, I think she is just a distraction!

Morrigoon · 09-02-2008, 10:12 AM

Well said, scaeagles.

I can't say that I necessarily believe Obama can "dig us out" financially. However, that's not why I'm choosing to vote for him.

I'm not entirely confident McCain can "dig us out" either. I hope that if he does make it into office, he'll shed his sheep's clothing of pandering to the party and stick to who he originally said he was. But I'm also hoping it doesn't get to that point, because my biggest reason for not voting for him has to do with letting the rest of the party (eg: congress) know that 'business as usual' isn't acceptable. Whereas I think if he gets voted in, it'll be taken as a vote of approval for the way they've been doing things, and we'll see more of it. After all, if the Republicans can't be beaten on the heels of a Bush presidency, when CAN they be?

sleepyjeff · 09-02-2008, 11:10 AM

Let me see if I have this straight......Obama(who is running for actual President) can't be called out for "judgements" he made when he was 17 years old but the daughter of the person McCain chose to the Vice-President is fair game??????

This is why I am not a liberal, I get too dizzy spinning that fast

innerSpaceman · 09-02-2008, 11:12 AM

Um, no one's questioning the choices of the slut daughter. Oooops, did I say that?

No really, I think she's just a normal kid, with the normal faulty judgment of a 17-year-old.

It's her mom's judgment everybody's questioning. Point me to one instance here on the LoT of someone questioning the daughter's judgment.

sleepyjeff · 09-02-2008, 12:01 PM

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It's her mom's judgment everybody's questioning. Point me to one instance here on the LoT of someone questioning the daughter's judgment.

Ok, fair enough I guess.........gotta wonder why the daughter is even being brought up then(where's the raise one eye-brow emoction?) if this is not about her judgement; if it's truly just about Palin's stance on abstinance education you would think facts and figures would be enough to prove she's wrong(unless.....well, we won't go there

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Tenigma · 09-02-2008, 01:01 PM

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Ok, fair enough I guess.........gotta wonder why the daughter is even being brought up then(where's the raise one eye-brow emoction?) if this is not about her judgement; if it's truly just about Palin's stance on abstinance education you would think facts and figures would be enough to prove she's wrong(unless.....well, we won't go there

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Hmm... here is how the scenario supposedly panned out over this past weekend:

Rumor: Palin's new baby is actually her daughter's, and Palin adopted her!

To quash this rumor, Palin's camp announces, "No, it's not possible for this, because look look! The daughter IS PREGGERS *NOWWWW* and count backwards! See?!? Proof! Oh wait... yeah um... she is still only 17 and um... she's unwed... BUT SHE'S GETTING MARRIED SOON! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!"

Well, the embellishments are mine.

But supposedly the revelation about the daughter was in response to trying to squelch a rumor.

sleepyjeff · 09-02-2008, 01:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tenigma

Hmm... here is how the scenario supposedly panned out over this past weekend:

Rumor: Palin's new baby is actually her daughter's, and Palin adopted her!

To quash this rumor, Palin's camp announces, "No, it's not possible for this, because look look! The daughter IS PREGGERS *NOWWWW* and count backwards! See?!? Proof! Oh wait... yeah um... she is still only 17 and um... she's unwed... BUT SHE'S GETTING MARRIED SOON! HAPPY DAYS ARE HERE AGAIN!"

Well, the embellishments are mine.

But supposedly the revelation about the daughter was in response to trying to squelch a rumor.

Perhaps; but I am kinda thinking the media would have figured it out pretty quickly and she just wannted to beat them to the punch...my take anyway.

09-02-2008, 09:46 AM	#1
innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	What tickles me is that Palin made the revelation to quelch rumors that her teen daughter had a child out of wedlock. So, um, now her teen daughter is having a child out of wedlock. WTF? It doesn't even make Palin that much less of a liar, since she only came out with the "truth" to quelch the other rumors that differed from the truth by a hair's width.
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scaeagles I LIKE! Join Date: Jan 2005 Posts: 7,819	I think she came out with that to deny that Trig was not her child as was being reported....well, rumored on blogs, not really reported. I don't think it had anything to do with her teenage daughter having a child out of wedlock.
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Morrigoon I throw stones at houses Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Location: Location Posts: 9,534	Well said, scaeagles. I can't say that I necessarily believe Obama can "dig us out" financially. However, that's not why I'm choosing to vote for him. I'm not entirely confident McCain can "dig us out" either. I hope that if he does make it into office, he'll shed his sheep's clothing of pandering to the party and stick to who he originally said he was. But I'm also hoping it doesn't get to that point, because my biggest reason for not voting for him has to do with letting the rest of the party (eg: congress) know that 'business as usual' isn't acceptable. Whereas I think if he gets voted in, it'll be taken as a vote of approval for the way they've been doing things, and we'll see more of it. After all, if the Republicans can't be beaten on the heels of a Bush presidency, when CAN they be? __________________ http://bash.org/?top "It is useless for sheep to pass a resolution in favor of vegetarianism while wolves remain of a different opinion." -- William Randolph Inge Last edited by Morrigoon : 09-02-2008 at 10:18 AM.
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sleepyjeff Go Hawks Go! Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Parkrose Posts: 2,632	Let me see if I have this straight......Obama(who is running for actual President) can't be called out for "judgements" he made when he was 17 years old but the daughter of the person McCain chose to the Vice-President is fair game?????? This is why I am not a liberal, I get too dizzy spinning that fast __________________ River Guardian-less
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innerSpaceman Kink of Swank Join Date: Jan 2005 Location: Inner Space Posts: 13,075	Um, no one's questioning the choices of the slut daughter. Oooops, did I say that? No really, I think she's just a normal kid, with the normal faulty judgment of a 17-year-old. It's her mom's judgment everybody's questioning. Point me to one instance here on the LoT of someone questioning the daughter's judgment.
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