Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 4:28 am
I had to laugh at the recent Sarah Palin goings-on. McCain pulled a real surprise in appointing her, and took a big gamble too. Presumably the main point was to appeal to the voters who were hoping to have Hillary Clinton as a Presidential candidate, and taking the headlines away from Obama for a change won't have hurt, either.
She was packaged as an ultra-conservative right-winger, I'm guessing to appeal to the core Republican base. How ironic then, that her 17 year old unmarried daughter has just announced she's pregnant! As one commentator said today, I bet McCain didn't know that when he appointed Sarah Palin!
I can only imagine what pressure was brought to bear on that poor young lass when issuing the statement that she intended to keep the baby and marry the father. No doubt that young man has already been visited to make sure he causes no more political embarrassment to the Republican party by deciding not to marry her!
This has to be one of the biggest own-goals in recent political history. I look forward to seeing the movie some day!
She was packaged as an ultra-conservative right-winger, I'm guessing to appeal to the core Republican base. How ironic then, that her 17 year old unmarried daughter has just announced she's pregnant! As one commentator said today, I bet McCain didn't know that when he appointed Sarah Palin!
I can only imagine what pressure was brought to bear on that poor young lass when issuing the statement that she intended to keep the baby and marry the father. No doubt that young man has already been visited to make sure he causes no more political embarrassment to the Republican party by deciding not to marry her!
This has to be one of the biggest own-goals in recent political history. I look forward to seeing the movie some day!