McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

McBlewit — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:00:59 GMT

The American people are not focused on nonsense - they are focused on making sure the Palin family values do not become the law of the land.

Schmidt continues to use the hurricane as political cover.

These people are shameless

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Obama/Biden '08 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:02:35 GMT

Oh, this is RICH. Morning Joe AND Buchanan are against having Palin on the ticket:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTbsbeY5k5k

You need to hear what they say in defense of Barrack's experience over Palin's. Pass this on!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

MSierra, SF — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:02:48 GMT

Martin, San Antonio TX: '... Sarah Palin as Vice President or President IS the Alaskan bridge to nowhere...'

Great line, Martin !
Let's hope the media asks her REAL policy questions !

Not 'cutesy pie' questions: 'diamonds and pearls?'
Katie Couric will probably ask cutesy pie stuff
George Stephanopoulus will, tơ
Give us serious national policy questions
Give us serious foreign policy questions

Obama / Biden '08

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

john anthony — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:03:24 GMT

WHEN IS THE DEBATE BETWEEN PALIN AND BIDEN ? I WOULD LOVE TO WATCH THE TWO GO ONE ON ONE AND SEE WHO HAS THE BEST CREDITIALS TO BE A HEARTBEAT AWAY FROM BEING PRESIDENT.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Mil — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:04:04 GMT

If Palin was thoroughly vetted... why is McCain just now sending eight staffers to Wasilla??

Say No to the Beauty and the Beast Ticket!

Vote Obama/Biden 08/12!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Blue Shark, Honolulu — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:04:28 GMT

...The hypocrisies just drips from this statement, do they not?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

JMP, northern MN — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:04:49 GMT

The story is NOT Palin's daughter.

Here's the story: VETTING-GATE !!!!!!!!!!

The Maverick shoots from the hip...and can't be bothered with research, advice, etc.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:04:51 GMT

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McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

J Gordon, Princeton, NJ — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:05:36 GMT

Now that McCain has thrust this totally unprepared Palin and her family into the national spotlight, only HE is to blame for all of the unvetted informtion that will come out.

AND nothing about Palin is any longer a "personal" matter, since McCain outdid himself in irresponsible impulsiveness by picking her as his VP choice!

Just like nothing about Obama or Biden is any longer personal.

Oh John, you've done such harm; and Oh Sarah you have shown such great hubris without much substance.

No one should judge this young woman. BUT, what a bunch of hypocrites Republicans are!

So much for holier-than-thou family values of the Republican conservatives!
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McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Stewart, Bethesda, MD — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:06:59 GMT

OBAMA MOTHER S. ANN SOETORO GOT PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS 18 YR, SO THAT ARGUMENT IS MUTE WITH SARAH PALIN.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Del Wasso — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:07:59 GMT

I guess that Sarah Palin's support for abstinence-only sex ed didn't do her family any good.

http://firstread.msnbc.msn.com/archive/2008/09/01/1320417.aspx

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

abomination, ilion, ny — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:08:32 GMT

I'm looking for the blog on the former Dem Chairman's comments (complete with a chuckle included) about the Hurricane hitting at the same time as the Rep. convention. Oh, right, I won't find any reference to it on this site, how silly of me

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Libratine — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:08:36 GMT

It is not about Bristol or any other children. If Palin wasn't vetted, what else will come up. Campaign contributors should feel confident their $$$ isn't being wasted. And... this announcement doesn't put Babygate and a potential cover-up to bed.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

wow — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:08:41 GMT

Schmitty, I have news for you - The american people want a commander in chief with good judgment. Mccain nor palin have shown any judgment since friday.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Eric, Salinas, CA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:10:57 GMT

Yeah "Adulterer" McCain knew about this dysfuctional family and still made an ignorant decision. We don't need the Dumb and Dumber ticket deforming America into another religious fanatic's paradise of no freedom of speech, or freedom of religion like Iran.

Our real American war hero, John Kerry, got swiftboated 4 years ago by a bunch of liars. Now it's time to expose the dirty truth about these democracy haters amd to repay them for their swiftboating ways.

It appears that "Skirt Chaser" McCain had an overdose of Viagra when he picked her. Well he can look forward to following in loser Dole's footsteps as the new spokesman for Viagra after his big loss on November 4th.

Only Obama/Biden will bring responsible family planning and birth control back to the White House while preserving a woman's right to choose!

Go Obama/Biden 08/12!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

ujw, ny — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:11:11 GMT

I'm completely delighted with McCain's VP pick of Palin!

Obama/Biden '08

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Huck Smalltown, Massachusetts — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:11:12 GMT

Allow me to translate: "No, he didn't know. And we're just as pleased as punch to have to be scrambling to fix this."

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

twan, jersey city, nj — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:11:40 GMT

yeah right! like..friday night after he introduced her to the world...

what a joke....to quote Dennis...

"WAKE UP AMERICA"...dnc convention floor

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

nj — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:12:12 GMT

Joe S even thinks this is BAD

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CTbsbeY5k5k

There are too many rumors and stories around this woman
what an embarrassment for the GOP
McShame threw a Hail mary without vetting her
WOW, WOW, WOW

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

nadeem — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:13:01 GMT

THis shows a real lack of professionalism on behalf of McCain. Poor judgement. He obviously did not vet Sarah, way too much is comming out after the fact, DUI, teen pregnancy, ethics investigation, hacking into restricted computers. Too pick someone with so little experience and so much baggage shows that McCain did this out of spite for notb eing allowed by the right wing who run the party to pick Jieberman.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Rodham Democrat — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:13:49 GMT

I really don't think Sen. McCain was aware of this....

why would he announce it on the first day of the Republican National Convention, especially before Sarah Palin's speech?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

ENOUGH!!! — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:14:39 GMT

The difference here is that palin lied and said that was "HER" baby, when it was her daughter's first child.

No one would have cared whos baby it was if she

DID NOT LIE ABOUT IT !!!

That is the difference...
She is introducing herself on the national scene with a LIE and pandering to the Hillary supporters ONLY because she is female.

She believes in NOTHING that Hillary fought for.

So the beauty queen brought her children into the political mix because of her LIE... Not OURS.

We ALL make mistakes, but:

#1. you learn from your first mistake with the guidence of your parents, and don't repeat them over and over.

#2. learning from others - a lie always finds the light of day

Our country has had it's share of lying polititians.

She is not VP material... PERIOD!

E-N-O-U-G-H

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Donna, Lincroft, NJ — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:14:50 GMT

The problem seems to be McCain's belief in Obama's stated decency. He fires up his synchophants to smear and destroy this woman, and then weeps crocodile tears over the treatment of her family. THEY ARE YOUR PEOPLE, OBAMA. If you truly despised this type of thing, there would not be so many of them out there spewing this vitriol.

Nothing will convince me that these bloggers were not paid by the Obama campaign.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

BJ, CA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:16:35 GMT

But the parents are responsible for those children....
and the "do as I do" not "do as I say" must be an example to the family members...or there are deep drill down questions that still remain..and those doubts feed like blood to the sharks in this political challenge...
Truth and repentance is the correct answer the republicans want to know or doubts linger as to that person's ability to lead...
Remember the children are mirror images of the parents..and those role models most be accountable..
Isn't that a bases one some of your policies Dr. Obama? Isn't that part of the change massage or have I been hearing you wrong?..we are expiablely linked?
We don't find fault with the child; we ask the parent if they need help and change..?
John McCain you say one thing than you pander another...We are tired of this fork tongue policies ..
or should we just call you
Senator Flip-Flop from A to Z

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Linda, Allen, TX — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:17:39 GMT

This is not nonsense. It goes to the judgment of Sarah Palin. If Gov. Palin knew this before she accepted the VP nod, did she give any thought at all to the humiliation she was going to cause her 17 year-old daughter by thrusting her out-of-wedlock pregnancy onto the world stage? Put yourself into a teenage girl's position. It is bad enough that her friends and family would have to know, but to have your pregnancy splashed all over the national news must be excruciating for the girl. What kind of mother would do that to her daughter for her own political ambitions? I also question Sarah Palin's judgment on choosing to run for the second highest office in the country when she has a special-needs infant who needs her undivided attention right now.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

bernard Amadi — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:18:38 GMT

what a wonderful symbol of family value . The mmccain Palin team is good for the republican Party. With a 15 year girl getting pregnant and briefly thinking of abortion beforte deciding to keep the babby.berb

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Let's talk — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:18:47 GMT

While a child out of wedlock is not the ideal, a family that embraces that baby (not an impersonal "fetus") shows me character. The ultimate selfishness in these cases is to abort that baby, who has no fault in this, and then either raise the child or give him/her up for adoption. I only hope this situation brings the abortion debate back onto center stage where it belongs. It is the slavery issue of our day, and just like with slavery, truth will ultimately prevail over selfishness and convenience.
As for sex education, I'd rather have policies and policy makers who aim high (i.e. abstinence), knowing there will be mistakes and accidents rather than aiming ridiculously low (i.e. liberal sex education with giving out condoms in school, promotion of abortion...etc) and ALWAYS hitting the target. If I want that kind of morality I'll have my kids watch MTV and Porn. But I don't, and I appreciate leaders like Palin who believe in young people enough to promote good values, even though they know many will fall short.
To all the feminist bloggers....speaking of porn, where are all your voices when it comes to the ultimate denigrating of women...which is porn??? Why the silence on one of the big issues of our day? I would think we'd at least find common ground on seeing porn as an insult to Christians and feminists alike....

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

pc, keewatin, mn — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:19:23 GMT

This is just the tip of the iceberg. If the media does their job they will discover one of the biggest scandals in modern politics. The The Gov. is still hiding the real story. The Mccain camp put this out to try to throw the scent off from the dogs. Trust me it's alot worse!!!!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Chandler W. New Haven, CT — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:19:52 GMT

Senator Obama is correct in saying, leave the children alone. This bit of gossip, even though true, has nothing to do with the issues and policies of John McCain and his running mate. And I don't care what her husband did 20 some odd years ago.

I think the reason that this pregnancy doesn't sit well is because the right always claim to have the moral high ground on family values. Some believe one needs to keep one's own house clean before trying to impose itself on another.

There are too many issues within our country that need to be fixed. It's issues people, issues. Let's stick to that. We need to move our country forward.

Vote for Change

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

twocanpete — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:19:57 GMT

I wonder which pregnancy he was talking about. A recent video belies the notion of Palin being pregnant in July. http://twocanpete.blogspot.com

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

No way, No how — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:20:05 GMT

Hahaha... just shows you that mcCoo-Coo was wanting the newer version of Barbie, not someone that knows what a VP does. He surely was not thinking with his head. or was he?

Watch out cindy! We all saw how he was checkin palin out! He really likes his beauty queens, doesn't he?

The Beauty & the Beast fairy tale ticket

Mccain = more pain & no brains

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Jared, Tallahassee, Fl — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:21:16 GMT

I never thought I would say this, but I would rather keep Bush and Cheyney in office then let McCain become president. Sorry, but Obama is giving McCain too much credit: McCain is worst and far more dangerous and dumber than Dubya.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Cindi in Louisiana — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:22:16 GMT

I initially liked this pick as an Obama supporter, as I logically thought it would hurt McSame, but much to my surprise, when I am on other blogs, many are saying that they are voting McCain / Palin! I am beginning to think that the GOP could advance Barney the Dinosaur as their candidate and still win! Oh, I forgot, McShame is OLDER than Barney!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

debbie in Glenside PA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:02 GMT

It shows they are a normal family dealing with a teen. The Repubs are brilliant to choose her. It'll excite the far right and take the spotlight off their failures with the economy and foreign policy. It can backfire especially with middle age and older white women like myself. The picture of McCain flanked by two beauty queens highlights him leaving his first wife for Cindy and choosing this woman after only one meeting. Many of my peers were dumped by spouses for younger woman and feel invisable in the workplace while young attractive women jump over them on the career ladder. Most of us with strong family values would postpone a career advancement that required so much time away from home if we had a teen in need along with an infant with special needs. And that goes for Dads and Moms.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Mil — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:31 GMT

Donna, get over yourself.

There are no more paid bloggers for McCain than there are for Obama.

And you have already been called out on being a Rabid Republican Parrot. So what you say doesn't have much weight anymore.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Obama/Biden08 — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:38 GMT

Just my point. Woman need to stay home and raise their family!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

sotiredofignorance — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:40 GMT

And Donna, Lincroft, NJ...nothing will convince those of us with a brain cell functioning that you are not paid by the McCain campaign.

And they clearly are not getting their money's worth.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Laura — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:41 GMT

"The problem seems to be McCain's belief in Obama's stated decency. He fires up his synchophants to smear and destroy this woman, and then weeps crocodile tears over the treatment of her family. THEY ARE YOUR PEOPLE, OBAMA. If you truly despised this type of thing, there would not be so many of them out there spewing this vitriol.

Nothing will convince me that these bloggers were not paid by the Obama campaign."
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Then I assume you feel the same way about all of the bloggers who have been spewing hatred about Obama for months, claiming that he's a Muslim, a terrorist, anti-American, the anti-Christ, etc. If Obama is to be held responsible for liberal bloggers' treatment of Palin's daughter, isn't McCain responsible for everything hatemongers on the blogs have said about Obama and his family?

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BJ, CA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:24:46 GMT

Is Lobbyist oil money considered public funds...?

Palin smells like oil but reeks of payola..

Transfer of funds from her to McCain is AOK?

Big business always finds a fall guy to make their politicians

get elected..Palin is a phony..Didn't Senator Ted Stevens

endorses Palin or vice-a-versa...bring this story up FR..

http://airamerica.com/content/indicted-hometown-senator-steven

s-problem-sarah-palin-0

http://www.politico.com/blogs/thecrypt/0808/Indicted_Sen_Ted_S

tevens_endorses_Palin_pick_by_McCain.html

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sharon sites tomahawk ky. — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:25:01 GMT

teenage pregancy is a common thing these days if it was obama's daughter it would not be mentioned on your network!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Walt, Ohio — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:25:07 GMT

Family Values!?!? First, Palin abandons "her" three day old Down syndrome kid to go back to her political career, now the anti-abortion evangelical "Christian" creationist neocon can't keep sufficient control over her 17 year old daughter? What's next from this paragon of Republican evangelical "Christian" neocon virtue?
There is even a story out that Palin's first child was born out of wedlock. What's next? A double wide on the White House lawn? A jalopy on cinder blocks? Possum stew in a pot out back?
These neocon right wing wack jobs pontificate on family values, and have none of their own.
We have endured 8 years of lying, manipulative neocon greedy oil barons with no ethics or morals. Palin is new to this scene, but she has a worthy neocon resume, with troopergate, babygate, and the flip flop on "The Bridge To Nowhere".
As bad as it is about Palin, it exemplifies a worse lack of judgment by McBush. In his zeal to put "election first" instead of country, his first decision as a presumptive Presidential candidate is so utterly unqualified and morally bankrupt.
There is no thinking American who could vote for these two right wing Republican frauds.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

chandler W. New Haven, CT — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:25:21 GMT

Nice to see Donna from New Jersey back spewing her hatred.

I approve of this message and I did not get paid by the Obama campaign.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Jackie — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:27:07 GMT

THAT's not vetting we can believe in .... hehehehe.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Joe Don, Topeka, KS — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:27:42 GMT

"Last week" included thirty-six hours AFTER McCain announced his choice, and at least some additional time earlier after the preparations had gone too far to pull back. My guess is he found out when he saw Bristol at the announcement.

Is it even semi-credible that the professional pols wouldn't have gotten the campaign out in front of this much earlier if they'd actually known before he made the choice?

A real maverick: reckless, clueless and unconcerned with honesty.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

leslie, indiana — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:29:05 GMT

Just another window into their so called vetting process and decison making process. McCain's judgement is front and center now to the nation.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

PAUL — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:29:10 GMT

Donna, Lincroft, NJ

It sounds like you have given up on your vaunted "THINKING" and are now stuck admitting to only "FEELING". Saying "Nothing will convince me" proves your irrationality on any subject.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Ann M. OK — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:30:28 GMT

"Nothing will convince me that these bloggers were not paid by the Obama campaign. "

Oh, please, Donna--Obama doesn't need to resort to that sort of trash tactics. The high road suits him just fine. Get a grip.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Linda, Fl — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:31:56 GMT

All we can say - he brought this"Palin-gift" to the country, which he puts first, from the Trash Can.
Thanks, McBush, but no thanks.

And do not fool us with hurricane - all people there are doing what they should. I do not think, You should be there any close with Yout Grbage.You are not the help

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Amy, West Burlington, IA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:32:07 GMT

I'm sorry Donna of NJ, but I am not paid by the Obama Campaign and do believe that the problem is not with Mrs. Palin but with the impulsive and imprudent judgement of John McCain. I found Barack Obama to be a very decent man that obviously cannot control every word out of millions of American's mouths and computers.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Linda, Fl — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:32:56 GMT

to Donna, Lincroft Stupid, just say - those bloggers made this kid.
GOP is a party of IDIOTS.
And Picked VP from the trash can

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Lisa — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:33:44 GMT

Whatever...We still need to know who she is and what she stands for. I know she's not to familiar with the processess but your family business gets dug into sweetie. I could care less that the daughter is pregnant. It is a family matter and not one America should be digging into. She should have not taken the job..

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Elaine, Whittier, CA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:33:57 GMT

Sarah should stay home and take care of her 5 children. She didn't do a good job with her pregnat teenager. Lack of attention??? How can a woman with 5 children run for VP when she has so much to learn? I am a working woman with 2 grown children. I have no objection to working women with the exception of a woman with a small child with Downs Syndome.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

WakeWashington — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:33:57 GMT

What was Mike Huckabee thinking, forcing this VP pick on the GOP?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

sue — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:34:35 GMT

Isnt the point that McCain knowingly put this 17 yr old pregnant out there like a sacrifical lamb-to deflect is own inabilities.
If the american people let themselves be sold another bill of good, you deserve whatever happens.

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sue — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:35:58 GMT

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

patty, sd, ca — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:36:18 GMT

donna, lincroft, nj - educate yourself honey, you sound like an ignorant republican.

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d from IL 4 Obama — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:08 GMT

Im a single mother of 2, if my mother had spoken to me more about sex and birth control, I would/could have made a better choice. I've never had an abortion but I am pro-choice. I talk to my daughters always regarding sex/bc. My oldest child didnt have sex until after she graduated from college and my youngest is 17 and still a virgin (Im proud to say) All Im saying we as parents need to talk to children more and often regarding sex and birth control, therefore we all have choices.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

say it ain't so — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:13 GMT

Obamas Momma was 18 single and pregnat and sleeping with a married Muslum.. ???????????????

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

goodwin, arizona — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:14 GMT

If it was a private matter they would have left that poor girl with her grandparents instead of shaming her by trotting her out with blanket covering her pregnant belly!!!!

Using & shaming this 17 year old girl .......... shame on the McCains, shame on the Palins.

Have we not been deceived enough over the last 8 years ......... not four more of putting Party & Ambition before family & country!!!!!

no way, no how, no McCain/Palin!!!!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

goodwin, arizona — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:22 GMT

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

RK — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:35 GMT

Senator McCain knew of Bristol's pregnancy last week? Really? So why did he announce it this week?

Why did the McCain campaign have Bristol drape a shawl over her and carry her baby brother? It had nothing to do with concealing Bristol's own pregnancy? If the McCain campaign valued the poor kid's privacy, may be they should have had her stay home in Alaska instead of putting her in the limelight. Just may be, they should have been up front about this as well and announced that Bristol is expecting a child and to leave her alone. That'd have given the McCain campaign more credibility than announcing this now AFTER all the rumors about Baby Trig and Bristol all over the Internet.

This is what happens when your campaign theme is "Country First", when, in fact, it is "Campaign First."

The Hail Mary pass can be great, except when it is intercepted in the end zone. Ouch!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Border City Canadian — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:37:55 GMT

Donna: "Nothing will convince me that these bloggers were not paid by the Obama campaign."

Donna, Donna, Donna...what you seem to forget is that the Democrats have been waiting for a repeat of Republican "Swift Boating" since the start of the campaign. All of their reactions are simply efforts to strike first (or in retaliation) for the lies and smears of the McCain campaign. This tit-for-tat started four years ago. It's funny how McCain's troops love to dish false and malicious comments out to the press, but howl like hell at the slightest negative comment thrown back.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Dara — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:38:40 GMT

Donna of lincroft nj,were you as outraged by mccain right wing bloggers who said obama was a "n" or a muslim,etc?Come on now.Now you want to blame this on Obama too?I guess you blame gustav on Obama as well.There are independants that put that stuff on the blogs as well,and some republican blogs.And if this was Obama's daughter's you'd be all outraged and against him and demand he withdraw from the race.
The real story is McCain didn't take the time to vet Palin.Oh,let's blame world hunger on Obama while we're at it.Stop your hypocracy.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Anna Molly — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:39:16 GMT

I hate to be the naysayer here, even so far as contradicting my own candidate, but this IS a serious policy question. It goes to judgment ... both Palin's and McCain's ... and also to the never-ending hypocrisy of the religious right. Bristol Palin got pregnant, at least once, despite having an abstinence-loving and contraception-supporting mother. Or at least so she says.

And by the way, on the point that Bristol Palin was permitted to make up her own mind, we need to recall that she is a minor with parents who believe their daughter should not have an abortion under ANY circumstances. Not no way. Not no how. Now, tell me again, exactly HOW dependent 17-year-old child in such a situation truly makes up her own mind about this?

Obama may make a decision not to talk about this, but the rest of us have every right to.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Donna, Lincroft, NJ — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:39:51 GMT

Newsweek is reporting that a leading supporter of Hillary Clinton, John Coale, is endorsing John McCain, partly, he says, because Obama is 'not who he says he is".

Oh, and Eric in Salinas: you didn't get the memo-Obama says you are fired. You can clean out your desk now.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Eric, Salinas,CA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:39:55 GMT

Oh how the repugnant ones are crying foul and saying families are off limits. Just like 2000 when "Rove's Boy" Bush bushwhacked "Adulterer" McCain with an illegitimate black baby story?

I still bet that these very same repugnant ones will bring us their family values "Obama had an illegitimate white baby" lie for their October surprise.

Never for one second let up on this Dumb and Dumber ticket now that we have the goods on their lying ways of deforming America into another Iran.

Go Obama/Biden 08/12!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Steve Jennette — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:40:12 GMT

Can you imagine the Right's scorn had a black man's 17 year old daughter been pregnant out of wedlock?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

cathy — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:41:05 GMT

Donna, Donna, Donna........YOU are as delusional as McCain...........

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Sam — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:41:22 GMT

This is to Donna-give us a break.McCain said nothing when the blogs called Obama names and spread lies about him.And no one blamed McCain for what "his" people said.So what you're saying is,McCain should be blamed for all the lies and dangerous this his supporters said?I'm sure you're not saying oh that's different.Right?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Truthteller — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:41:24 GMT

Seems we know more about Palin,s kids, births than we do about Obama,s .How about a copy of a real Birth Certificate .Barky By the way did wnybody note old Messiah Barry neglected to mention he lived in Indonesia and Hawaii in his crappy bio video at the convention. Just sayin.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Jim, Rockville, MDc — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:41:37 GMT

The daughter can have all the privacy she wants. It's the mom (our potential vp) who is caught in a lie. She's going to fight corruption in Washington, when there is troppergate and now this.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Alicia K., Santa Fe, NM — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:42:12 GMT

McCain pared back the convention out of respect of those who live in the Gulf area: politicking and political party self-aggrandizing would certainly leave a bad taste while New Orleans floods on television.

Then he turns around and, if we are to believe he knew about the pregnancy last week, uses the storm as a political device, waiting until Gustav made landfall before unloading this story, hoping that the news would be sufficiently focused on the storm and thereby overshadow or to some degree mitigate the fallout.

Yet another bungling maneuver and terrible judgment by the McCain campaign. Palin was a terrible pick to begin with; this underage, unwed pregnant daughter just makes it so much worse. How is she supposed to raise her family--including an infant with Down Syndrome and a pregnant teen--while filling the role of the VP??

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Frances from the Carolinas — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:42:17 GMT

I am just waiting to see how David Gregory and company are going to spin this news in a positive light to help the McCain campaign. I saw this morning in the TODAY show how David Gregory was gushing about what a maverick "reformer" Sarah Palin was. This behaviour of your "journalists" is unreal and does not serve the Country. No questions have been raised about Sarah Palin's own ethics problems, her support of 527s for Ted Sevens, her complete lack of foreign policy experience (which you would think is required of any VP running with a 72-year old that had melanoma), her complete ignorance of basic science facts such that she does not support sex education in schools. No wonder her pooor daughter got pregnant due to ignorance and lack of parental supervision. If David Gergory and all the other irresponsible "journalists" want this woman as VP, then continue protecting the McCain campaign. With this lack of responsible reporting no wonder the pools are close!! God help us all.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Kermit, Champaign, IL — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:42:55 GMT

OBAMA MOTHER S. ANN SOETORO GOT PREGNANT WHEN SHE WAS 18 YR, SO THAT ARGUMENT IS MUTE WITH SARAH PALIN.

Stewart, Bethesda, MD
++++++++
Barack's mother was married!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Freedom of Choice, Aurora Colorado — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:43:21 GMT

Donna - get real! Just because you are a fool doesn't mean the rest of us are. If you think we were paid by Obama then you must have been paid by McCain.

Really now. Just because you don't share our views doesn't mean any of us have been paid off! Neither camp needs to pay people to have an opinion.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Jeana Nashville TN — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:43:43 GMT

I've never posted on MSNBC, but I absolutely had to because this absolutely cracked me up:

Allow me to translate: "No, he didn't know. And we're just as pleased as punch to have to be scrambling to fix this."
Huck Smalltown, Massachusetts

Indeed and well done!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

G, Shreveport, LA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:43:53 GMT

If Senator McCain had vetted Gov. Patlin, how is it the only found out last week about the pregnancy? Can anyone answer this for me? Wouldnt this be something he would have learned during the vetting? Wouldn't Gov Patlin have told him?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

claudia — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:45:18 GMT

isnt it funny when mcCain bloggers spread rumors that he was muslim i didnt hear mCain say anything now the same knife that stick sheep is sticking the goat and you people blaiming obama get a life.the fact remains the girl is pregnant and this is her second child.the promlem with sarah is she act like she is perfect.teach your kids about sex so they dont get the wrong informatin from other r people she is to busy running down power to be able to raise her daughter in the right and proper way . and it is irrisponcible of senator mcCain topick this woman to run the nation with out propper vetting he is too hot headed.this man dont put is country first.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Cree — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:45:22 GMT

This is not Obama's fault.Just as McCain can't control all of what the right wing does,neither can Obama.The reason they put this out there now is because the story was about to be leaked anyway.
Get real people.Man,you want to blame Obama for this too?!The real question is,did they really vet Palin.It looks like they didn't.That is the problem.
McCain doesn't have good judgement.Palin is under ethics investigation and he picks her?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Silent Till Now, Somewhere, Wisconsin — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:46:20 GMT

Okay, There go the "Family Values" scenarios. Hmmm...let's see; the "experience" mantra used ad nauseum until last Friday by McCain's world have also suddenly disappeared. Now the whole, "family values" is getting flung by the wayside. What's left? Oh, I forgot, now they can talk about "Roe vs.Wade" because a 17 year old kid from Alaska has decided to keep her baby & get married instead. But that's okay, because she came to this decision all by herself and her mama & papa had no hand in this persuasion. Obviously, McCain does not see any problems with this. But maybe he just can't decide what to do with his "big mistake". Good thing this young girl's mom & dad earn a decent income. Alaskans shouldn't have to worry about their "reformed" tax dollars going to pay for the welfare of this blissfully happy young couple & their soon-to-be born child. I wonder though, Will she finish high school with an HSED or GED, and will they live with the governor & her husband at the Governor's mansion (does Alaska have one...I really don't know); or IF (I shudder at the thought) they will live with them in Washington? Are these two young people making an income to support themselves and their baby? Do they have their high school diplomas already? While I realize these kind of life experiences happen in any family, I would dare to say the republicans will be crying foul at the Dems whenever this subject is brought up. They are already whining that Joe Biden better not "pick on & bully" Governor Palin. Why? Because she's a woman? Or because she's new to the national political scene? Doesn't this whining just show how weak of a candidate she is and how truly frightened the Republicans are? I think they are wondering what John McCain is thinking...or not thinking. At least he won't be able to fall back on his "when I was a POW at the Hanoi Hilton..." I really can't see where this would fall into play with a young girl being pregnant. Even McCain is smart enough to stay quiet. I think....

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

concerned independent — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:46:32 GMT

To Donna, Lincolft, NJ.....You seem to have an awful lot to say about Obama and his supporters. Yet when he states that Pulins family is off limits and trying to keep to the issues, all you do is "spew" negativity all around. Just for your info, being in the national spotlight does justify vetting out her personal beliefs and family values. Sometimes, I wonder when things aren't going the way your party likes them, all you do is "spew" stuff out. When was the last time I heard you say something nice about the demacratic party.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Mark Decatur, GA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:47:20 GMT

Let's talk about judgement. This goes right to the heart of the matter. If McCain knew before he offered the position to Palin, it goes to his lack of judgement to offer her the position. If he didn't find out until after he offered her the position, it goes to her lack of judgement in accepting. Even if McCain did not find out until after he offered her the position, he should have reneged on the offer prior to the announcement on Friday. It shows he was more concerned about stopping the Obama surge in the polls than making a decision based on his claim to put County First.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Bill Chatigny — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:48:28 GMT

A hypothetical situation;
A CEO of a major corporation has two candidates for a position in his company. One has a Doctorate in law from Harvard University (Obama) and the other has a BS degree in journalism (Palin). In real life, Palin would have never even gotten an interview for the job.
This shows the real judgement of John McCain.
Are there absolutely no other qualified women or men in the Republican party to hold the second highest office in the nation? McCain has really put "Country First" with this absurd choice.
This would be the joke of the new century if it wasn't so scary .

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Hazel — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:48:55 GMT

To McCain, in the words of gaming forums...

Lrn2vet, noob.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

FixTheBroken — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:50:33 GMT

People....please stop and take a deep breath for a second here. This is not about the daughter being pregnant. Many people understand that mistakes happen in life.

This is about the Republican Party's brainwashing of America about how they control the concept of "traditional family values". They have used that line to garner many votes in America when all it is just that... a line. This is just one very visible view into the hypocrisy of their sentiments.

I find it very disturbing that people believe that all Democrats want to bring the concept of family down.

So this story is very relevant from the issue of proving that the Republican Party does not own the mantra of traditional family values.

And since the McCain campaign decided to go public with this story, it is even more fair game.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

McShane, Houston TX — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:50:58 GMT

This is so sad!!!What did we as the american people expect of John McShame? No less!!!!

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Glenda in MONTANA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:51:06 GMT

I truly wish Bristol and her child all the luck and the love this world has to offer............But I am voting OBAMA 08

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Erick Hooks — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:51:39 GMT

You have to be a idiot to want to vote mccain in office, even you republicans should be tired of the nonsense that has plagued us for the last 8 years. Mccain is a bush wannabe, so if bush were able to run again i,m sad to say some of you fools would still vote for him. Wake up and smell the change.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

Jay, Salem, Oregon — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:51:41 GMT

http://extras.mnginteractive.com/live/media/site163/2008/0721/20080721_111415_PalinLetterofRecomend.pdf

I am more concerned about judgment than smut. I applaude Bristol for living under this spotlight and appologise ahead of time for how her mom has politicized her.

Troopergate, and abuse of power are more important. Above is the link to the letter of recomendation that Palin wrote for Wooten to get him the trooper job. Where was her judgment then, or is she lying now as a personal vendetta? I have spend at least ten hours reading and listening to Alaskans who no longer trust her, even though they once voted for her. Her actaul favorability ratings among her own legislators and reporters that follow her are in the teens and low twenties, all in less than two years.

Again, I beg Americans to get serious and take their heads out of the sand. It is all about oil and power. Blood of more innocent children will be on the hands of the voters should they make this into a beauty contest instead of the real race that it is.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

fivecard — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:51:50 GMT

Shouldn't this have come up during the vetting process--not "last week"? Shouldn't Palin herself have let McCain know about this months ago?

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

S. T. Agnew, Tallahassee, FL — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:52:40 GMT

How old was Bristol and how old is the father is an important questions, considering the law: "The age of consent is defined as 16 years old, according to Alaska statutory rape laws. If a person who is at least 18 years old engages in sexual activity with a person who is 16 years old or younger, he or she will be charged with sexual abuse of a minor in the first degree. This charge is a felony in Alaska. And remember, it does not matter if you did not force or threaten the other person into performing this sexual act with you. It is still a crime under Alaska statutory rape laws."

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

scooter, Bellingham WA — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:53:02 GMT

The point isn't Bristol, but McCain...

If he knew about all of her, "issues" before announcing her as his running mate, then he's showing what appears to be some fairly limited judgment.

If he didn't know, then he's exhibiting some really bad judgment in not vetting someone that could realistically become president in the next 4 - 8 years.

It's unfortunate that a teen who made an admittedly bad decision gets to be today's focal point of the judgment of the McCain campaign. No matter what your political position, the 17 year old didn't ask to the be the daughter of the GOP VP candidate. Hopefully for her, something else will come up, and she can go back to worrying about being a mother, finishing school, dealing with a wedding, and the multitudes of friends and family that disapprove of sex before marriage.

McCain aware of pregnancy 'last week'

James, Wichita, KS — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 19:53:20 GMT

No matter the push back by Republicans that Palin's daughter is off limits; I am sorry...

You can not go around saying that your the party of family values then say it is off limits when your candidates both display the opposite behavior.

We already know that McCain cheated on and left his loyal first wife after her horrible car accident. He is a total schmuck!

And in the last 48 hours we learn that the unknown governor of remote Alaska is under investigation for trying to fire a state trooper because of a divorce with her sister, that she just had a special needs baby but has outsourced the child care so she can run for office and now her 17-year old daughter is pregnant... out of wed-lock. YIKES!

This has nothing to do with her being a woman, it has to do with her being a responsible parent. If she were a man... a husband... I would say, "GET YOUR HOUSE IN ORDER".

I have 4 kids and 2 are special needs. I can guarantee you that I would not be out running for Vice President full time if one was just born. That is like deserting your wife and your family for pure self interest.

Jesus did not teach us to be self serving... he taught us to be self sacrificing. McCain and Palin both have shown through their lives that they are eager to put their personal needs ahead of their family.

There is no "FAMILY VALUE" in that.

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