Bristol Palin Claims Virginity Was "Stolen"

[AnotherKD]

Full disclosure: I am a Republican. That being said, I think that Sarah Palin and her entire family are idiots that give some of us more moderate Republicans a really bad name. (And don't even get me started on Bachmann...) But I am completely with you all in that I'm sure it's just to sell books. I can't wait until this family is out of the spotlight.

[33girl]

The only thing this stupid bitch feels sorry about is that she got pregnant, got caught, and realized the dude she was boffing was an idiot. She was no more date raped than I was this morning when my cat climbed on me. IT'S ALL TO SELL BOOKS.

The sooner this whole idiotic family goes back to Alaska and gets eaten by a bear, the better.

[DrPhil]

I have to be careful because I don't want to sound like Tom Joyner who proved to be a dumbass (I still like his show, respect him, and Coleman Love) when he made fun of Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard was on the Tom Joyner Morning Show talking about his autobiography in which he shares that he was sexually abused by a coach when he was younger. Tom Joyner and crew laughed at him and basically called him an idiot because he's a boxer and no one is going to believe that. They told him to stop with the dumb stuff and get back to talking about the sport.

I was so flabbergasted and angered by that. I didn't listen to Tom Joyner for a while.

With that said, I do think Bristol Palin is most likely full of shit. That doesn't mean that I don't believe that many women and men (people often laugh when I talk about men being raped) are date raped while under the influence of alcohol. It means that I don't think that every inebriated sexual encounter is automatically date rape because of the ALCOHOL + FEMALE + HETEROSEXUAL SEX equation. And I think Palin's people have planned this to garner a combination of confusion and compassion for potential date rape victims who may be unaware of their victimization.

[thetaj]

Originally Posted by DrPhil

I have to be careful because I don't want to sound like Tom Joyner who proved to be a dumbass (I still like his show, respect him, and Coleman Love) when he made fun of Sugar Ray Leonard. Sugar Ray Leonard was on the Tom Joyner Morning Show talking about his autobiography in which he shares that he was sexually abused by a coach when he was younger. Tom Joyner and crew laughed at him and basically called him an idiot because he's a boxer and no one is going to believe that. They told him to stop with the dumb stuff and get back to talking about the sport.

I was so flabbergasted and angered by that. I didn't listen to Tom Joyner for a while.

With that said, I do think Bristol Palin is most likely full of shit. That doesn't mean that I don't believe that many women and men are date raped while under the influence of alcohol. It means that I don't think that every inebriated sexual encounter is automatically date rape because of the ALCOHOL + FEMALE + HETEROSEXUAL SEX equation. And I think Palin's people have planned this to garner a combination of confusion and compassion for potential date rape victims who may be unaware of their victimization.

This is what I see.

she's aiming for:
hobag<------------|Bristol|------------>date rape victim

Morally neutral, can't feel bad for her, can't blame her. She gets to stir the pot, create publicity, escape consequences. Someone's PR department has been working on this for a long time, I think, but instead of buying it I have to just roll my eyes, simply because of who she is. If neutral ground is what she wants, then fine, Bristol, I couldn't care less about your situation. Congrats, you're not that special. I guess she's hoping someone will ride that boring wave. I can't imagine having a life so dull that I would actually be interested in buying this book.

reminds me of: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOM4AMV050A

[Educatingblue]

Originally Posted by AnotherKD

Full disclosure: I am a Republican. That being said, I think that Sarah Palin and her entire family are idiots that give some of us more moderate Republicans a really bad name. (And don't even get me started on Bachmann...) But I am completely with you all in that I'm sure it's just to sell books. I can't wait until this family is out of the spotlight.

I agree with you 100%! I'm actually glad Palin and few others have decided to identify themselves with the Tea Party. I have heard a lot of independents and even on the fence democrats who are taking a closer look at the Republican party now that the riff raff is gone.

First, who can take the memoir of a HS dropout seriously? Second, she would be expected to say something to explain why the daughter of such a religious, conservative exhibited the behavior of someone with questionable values.