Sarah Palin to resign as Alaska governor

[minDyG]

Please tell me we have another Republican sex scandal in the making.

Maybe she's having an affair with her daughter's baby daddy. (Sorry, that was in horrible taste.)

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Please tell me we have another Republican sex scandal in the making.

Maybe she's having an affair with her daughter's baby daddy. (Sorry, that was in horrible taste.)

Yes it was.

Anywho, maybe she is tired of having her family members dragged through the mud or the topic of sick inappropriate jokes. That alone has to be hard on anyone male or female, regardless of political affiliation. I believe strongly that is a major reason as to why good folks don't/won't run for public office.

I think political opinion/policy/actions(especially within the last ten years) are fair game for attack of any one running in any election. What I dont agree with is personally attacking family members of a politician, especially if they are children/minors and/or have nothing to do with the development of the political views of their parent's candidacy. That kind of senseless mudslinging alone would make me want to quit, but that is just me.

[minDyG]

Yes it was.

Yes. That's why I said that it was.

What I dont agree with is personally attacking family members of a politician, especially if they are children/minors and/or have nothing to do with the development of the political views of their parent's candidacy. That kind of senseless mudslinging alone would make me want to quit, but that is just me.

I certainly hope you're not referring to Bristol Palin here, because she absolutely has everything to do with the development of her mother's political views. It is exactly her mother's attitude about abstinence-only sex education which is to blame for the multitude of unwanted teen pregnancies in America every year. Shame on Sarah Palin for not doing her job as a mother and making sure her own daughter didn't get knocked up in high school--and heaps of shame on her for trying to ensure that the teenage girls of her constiuents don't receive the education they deserve regarding the options for preventing pregnancy.

/soapbox

[ThetaPrincess24]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Yes. That's why I said that it was.




I certainly hope you're not referring to Bristol Palin here, because she absolutely has everything to do with the development of her mother's political views. It is exactly her mother's attitude about abstinence-only sex education which is to blame for the multitude of unwanted teen pregnancies in America every year. Shame on Sarah Palin for not doing her job as a mother and making sure her own daughter didn't get knocked up in high school--and heaps of shame on her for trying to ensure that the teenage girls of her constiuents don't receive the education they deserve regarding the options for preventing pregnancy.

/soapbox

Bristol Palin and her next oldest daughter (who was apparently mistaken for Bristol) were the brunt of tasteless jokes yes.

With regards to abstinence education. Whether someone's parent is for it or against it either way I dont think is too relevant. Sarah is for abstinence education. Okay. Her oldest teenage daughter had premarital sex. Okay. She had an unplanned pregnancy as a result. Okay that happens. Does it make Bristol a bad person because she chose a path different from her mother's and suffered a consequence as a result deserving tasteless comments and jokes? No I dont think so. I may feel differently if Bristol had a sleuth of different partners and/or didnt know the identity of her baby's father (which I saw as a former nurse). I'm not quite getting how the personal decision of her daughter to have premarital sex without parental approval (I am assuming most teens have sex without parental approval/knowledge) make Sarah Palin a bad person worthy of having family members personally attacked in the media. How many of us on here had parents who were no sex until marriage supporters/teachers/believers? Mine were. How many of us agreed or practiced that way of thinking? Did I listen or agree? No. Does that alone make me a bad person worthy of senseless jokes? I dont think so. Did I suffer the consequence of pregnancy as a result of my actions? No, but not all and I suspect a few here are not as lucky, however my husband's first marriage was a result of that consequence. I dont think that makes one's child material for the brunt of jokes. If she was older/more mature and had something to do with Palin's political view/advocacy then maybe okay, but I have not seen evidence of that. Even preacher's/minister's children fall short, make mistakes, and suffer consequences of their actions sometimes, but I wouldnt peg them as incapable of leading their congregations. You deal with it and move on. If one doesnt agree with Sarah Palin's views on premarital sex then by all means attack her views, but dont bring her children into it. That's distasteful.

[DaemonSeid]

Originally Posted by ThetaPrincess24

Bristol Palin and her next oldest daughter (who was apparently mistaken for Bristol) were the brunt of tasteless jokes yes.

With regards to abstinence education. Whether someone's parent is for it or against it either way I dont think is too relevant. Sarah is for abstinence education. Okay. Her oldest teenage daughter had premarital sex. Okay. She had an unplanned pregnancy as a result. Okay that happens. Does it make Bristol a bad person because she chose a path different from her mother's and suffered a consequence as a result deserving tasteless comments and jokes? No I dont think so. I may feel differently if Bristol had a sleuth of different partners and/or didnt know the identity of her baby's father (which I saw as a former nurse). I'm not quite getting how the personal decision of her daughter to have premarital sex without parental approval (I am assuming most teens have sex without parental approval/knowledge) make Sarah Palin a bad person worthy of having family members personally attacked in the media. How many of us on here had parents who were no sex until marriage supporters/teachers/believers? Mine were. How many of us agreed or practiced that way of thinking? Did I listen or agree? No. Does that alone make me a bad person worthy of senseless jokes? I dont think so. Did I suffer the consequence of pregnancy as a result of my actions? No, but not all and I suspect a few here are not as lucky, however my husband's first marriage was a result of that consequence. I dont think that makes one's child material for the brunt of jokes. If she was older/more mature and had something to do with Palin's political view/advocacy then maybe okay, but I have not seen evidence of that. Even preacher's/minister's children fall short, make mistakes, and suffer consequences of their actions sometimes, but I wouldnt peg them as incapable of leading their congregations. You deal with it and move on. If one doesnt agree with Sarah Palin's views on premarital sex then by all means attack her views, but dont bring her children into it. That's distasteful.

Amazing...we burned this bridge back in August all the way up thru election day

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[minDyG]

Originally Posted by DaemonSeid

Amazing...we burned this bridge back in August all the way up thru election day

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Alright, consider the dead horse beaten.

Funny how nobody thinks it's in poor taste to feature Bristol Palin in the media as long as she's touting her agenda of wanting to be a teen pregnancy prevention advocate; but one suggestive joke and all of a sudden, she's the victim of her mother's limelight?

Maybe the citizens of Alaska can use Bristol's "sleuth" of partners to solve the mystery of the real reason Sarah's resigning the governorship.

[moe.ron]

She's my first and only GILF.

[deepimpact2]

So Palin has said she doesn't need titles in order to help and effectuate change. So I dont expect to hear that she's running for President since she "doesn't need titles."

I'm glad she resigned. I am still puzzled as to why she was elected governor in the first place.

[SWTXBelle]

I'm guessing she will not become a community organizer . . .

[Educatingblue]

Originally Posted by minDyG

Please tell me we have another Republican sex scandal in the making.

Maybe she's having an affair with her daughter's baby daddy. (Sorry, that was in horrible taste.)

LOL...I wasn't thinking quite along those lines, but the idea of a scandal did cross my mind.