[Insert Hail to the Chief here]

[stoney321]

Yeah. Obama? He's going to be our next president. I for one couldn't be happier.

I don't think that's how you get Hillary's disgruntled supporters. (I like how an "aide" claims that McCain knew about this before Palin was picked. And the IMPORTANT PART is that she's keeping the baby, because they are Strong On Family Values. ...teen

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[elisi]

This race is going to be appointment TV me thinks... *grabs popcorn*

[stoney321]

I think this might encourage them to stick with things that are really important, like national security, jobs, rising cost of living, and not, you know, who sleeps with whom. I don't think they want to go there.

[elisi]

I think this might encourage them to stick with things that are really important
Wouldn't that be nice? RL soap operas are entertaining, but always somewhat unpleasant. (I find the whole American politics thing v. odd & fascinating btw. We have nothing like it here in the UK. Politicians are a necessary evil, but people don't obsess.)

ETA: Your bag is GORGEOUS! *is deeply jealous*

[stoney321]

Aww, thank you! I'm pretty well chuffed about it :D

(If I may chav that up a bit, it's well fit, eh?)

[demonqueen666]

You realize, if that earlier rumor is true, this poor girl has gotten knocked up twice and forced to deliver (alright, she may have chosen to keep it/them, and if so that's obviously perfectly fine, but given the McCain Campaign Family Values the truly uneasy-making idea that she never was even allowed to consider abortion has to come up) under the age of seventeen. Good god almighty.

Honestly, I'm thinking it doesn't even matter if it's true. The sheer amount of muck-raking this could stir up for the Republican side could sink McCain single-handedly.

...YAY!!!

[stoney321]

I KNOW! Isn't that horrible? "No, your mommy believes in Family Values, so you can't have any birth control and you have to have your babies and not be able to go to college and grow up. Think of mommy's campaign." Gah.

I <3 Obama. I heart him so much.

[stoney321]

Thanks, Anne! I'm liking it, that's for sure.

And agreed: what a random selection they made. (Unless it was just to pick a woman, in which case, why not Kay Baily Hutchins? Or Christine Todd of Kansas? Huh. Weird.)

[a2zmom]

I don't think it was bizarre at all. Very smart and very calculating.

There are people who will vote for McCain solely because he's progressive enough to have a women VP. Plus it mollifies the conservative right wing who will now be out in full force drumming up votes for him.

As far as daughter getting knocked up, I've noticed that people are hypocrites when it suits them. Jamie Lynn Spears seems to be a poster child for the family values group, this girl will too.

[spiralleds]

Jamie Lynn Spears seems to be a poster child for the family values group, this girl will too.

Which makes the whole Obama = Britney the heights of irony.

[thebratqueen]

Awesome bag!

And I love how McCain knew about the pregnancy beforehand considering that he barely knew about Palin herself beforehand.

[stoney321]

Thank you!

Yeah - I'm calling total bullshit on any McCain peeps knowing about that. There's NO WAY. Also, how much you wanna bet that come GOP Convention "I accept!" speech that Palin is no longer the Veep candidate?

[thebratqueen]

Wouldn't surprise me. I'm thinking we've got a "For the sake of my family, I am bowing out of the race." speech from Palin in our future.

[stoney321]

I can't imagine who they can get now. The gov. of Kansas would have been my first choice, but I guess the GOP wanted to go with the insane route. Huh.

[a2zmom]

Considering the daughter is 5 months along and the baby is only four moths old, that rumor couldn't possibly be true.

Maybe her daughter can blame it all on Jamie Lynn.

I am just disgusted that right wing lunatics refuse to allow kids to have access to birth control. While I would rather that HS kids not have sex, there is wishful thinking and reality.

[stoney321]

...I thought the baby was born in 2007? Hmm.

Nonetheless, the CURRENT pregnancy is enough to flush them down the toilet, imo. And we're in complete agreement on birth control. Wish in one hand and shit in the other, and see which one fills up faster, right?

[stoney321]

Oh, I just re-read some of the articles about the rumor, etc. My guess is them saying the daughter is pregnant NOW is to make people think just what you said: that rumor couldn't possibly be true.

And she could be pregnant again, but not as far along as they claim.

I'm thinking this Trig isn't Sarah's baby thing is sounding more likely. (Those pictures are pretty incriminating. And I remember her being here for that convention this spring and no mention was made of her being pregnant. It's just all shades of fishy to me.)

[a2zmom]

I disagree. I don't have any use for her politically but I can well believe she'd keep news of her pregnancy quiet so that she wouldn't have to hear that her decisions were made because she was too emotional.