Sadly, this is the result of the vast majority of teen pregnancies or marriages. The Right laughed this off during the convention by saying they were getting married, as if that solved everything. This is a serious problem in America and the Right was correct in criticizing the Spears girl for getting knocked up while on some kids TV show. I wish they would have taken the Palin case as seriously. So, let's review. Sarah Palin's daughter gets knocked up by a high school dropout who myspace page talks about shooting stuff. Bristol Palin then drops out of high school herself. We later learn that the father's family is running a meth lab. If this happened to one of Barack Obama's teenage daughters, the Right would be howling and the racial code words would be unbearable.
Hey Deadhorse, who brought her pregnancy up in the first place? At least she didn't murder her baby just because it was inconvenient.
I've never met either Clinton but I know people who know them fairly well. What I have learned is the Clinton marriage is a lot more complicated than you think and I don't mean that in a bad way. It's easy for people to say that it's a "convenience" marriage but they honestly do love and respect each other. Also, in their defense, they raised a top notch daughter. If I had a daughter who turned out even in the ballpark of Chelsea, I'd be thrilled.
I wonder what Anne Coulter thinks about this. The hypocrisy of the Right is forever a joy to behold. This is the same board the berates Oprah Winfrey for not being married, and thinks Michelle Obama is an angry, Black woman.
As a parent had I been in Sarah Palin's position I would have never accepted the nomination because of the spotlight that knew would have been placed on my daughter in probably the most difficult time of my life. And yes abstinance only education, is ignorance only education, and is dangerous as well as being unrealistic as Bristol herself has said. Perhaps Bristol can help and bring ture sex education back into the classroom nation wide. If she can find a place to live when her politics don;'t dovetail with Mommy's.
The economy and how to stimulate it are issues that leave me baffled and confused. The people in power now are as partisan and short-sighted as the people they replaced. I am surprised. I read the real news but don't understand. Thanks Bristol and Levi for giving me a news article I can wrap my mind around. I can offer this wisdom: The high school studs best at seduction are not necessarily the best material from which to make husbands and fathers. God Bless Briston and Levi if they can figure out a way to move forward with productive lives and give a child growing up in single-parent home a decent chance of growing up whole.
It's easy to sit at your computer and type what you would do in any situation and look down on those that have actually had to experience it, huh Puddle?
probably too strong with the roof over her head comment, but a family that puts career ahead of children is what I see,as I said in my first statemtn so that colors my perception. If Bristol was active politically in a way that her Mom and Dad percieved as hurting Sarah politically? I don't know which side of the fence things woudl fall on honestly. Again- I would have erred on protecting my daughter first rather than promoting my political ambitions so my point of view is obviously different and that point of view certainly does not exclude the Palin's from being a loving home... but politics carry a bit more weight with them. For instance I always found it odd that they were enaged but not married before the child was born? I figured that if Palin wasn't elected that the marriage would probably not come to pass, but I'm a cynic.... Toss in the meth mom of the Dad and that could have been another HUGE factor beyond my normal cynicism.
This little girl and her boyfriend were not on my payroll or in my family so I don't really care what they did except that I'm proud of them for not murdering that innocent baby. However, I do have a problem with politicians who create or promote laws that encourage such behavior.
Does Levi have a job for Sarah to get him fired from in retaliation for not marrying the daughter? I hate to say it, but I would really be interested in hearing all the things that happened to him once it was learned he had impregnated the VP candidate's daughter. I'd by the magazine. That must have been a whirlwind adventure for a kid his age.
I heard that she broke up with Levi for some guy named Sam. They are going to run away together as soon as this big deal he is working on pays off.