Reply #67: I think her mother was incredibly selfish and cruel to put this kind of national spotlight on her. [View All]

[Kitty Herder]

Sarah Palin had to know that this would come out in the campaign and that everyone in the nation would know about her daughter's pregnancy. That wasn't fair. She put her personal ambition above her daughter.

And there is no way to avoid this becoming an issue in the campaign. The Palins are fundies who don't believe in birth control or sex education (beyond abstinence only ed.). Whether it's fair to the daughter or not, people will talk about this. It's an indicator of the success of those particular practices--no birth control and no sex ed.

I wish Bristol Palin well, and she has my deepest sympathy. But I think her mother is a bitch to put her through this.

Here's something else I wonder. Would it be so important for her to go through with this shotgun wedding if her mother weren't running for V.P.? That is incredibly unfair to these teens.

(edited for typo, as usual)