Single Mommy On Tour

I'm still thinking that this is more Sarah's idea than Bristol's.

Bristol Palin, the daughter of former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, hits the campaign trail tomorrow to promote National Day to Prevent Teen Pregnancy with a solo debut on ABC’s “The View.”

Palin, a teenage mom turned abstinence spokesperson, is pushing the work of the advocacy group Candie’s Foundation for whom she currently appears in public service announcements airing on national TV.

“What if I didn’t come from a famous family? What if I didn’t have all their support? What if I didn’t have all these opportunities?” Palin says amid flashbacks to the 2008 presidential campaign and photos of her with her family.

“Believe me, it wouldn’t be pretty. Pause before you play,” she says.

I wouldn't say "famous" - more like "infamous" - but that's just me.

I've stated this multiple times, but it bears repeating again - isn't this just a perfect example of how conservativism and the women in the movement are used? The Palin family is used to this by now, but who does Bristol think she is that she can "educate" people on teen pregnancy?

And I'm sure that she is so concerned with how other teens having, considering her privileged existence. Believe it or not, there are people out there who actually think that she is some type of role model for teen girls. Yeah, that's who I want my kid to get their sex education lessons from.

In all honesty, Bristol could have smoked crack and had a lesbian fling and would likely be giving a "just say no to drugs" seminar and extolled the virtues of "heterosexual re-education" and conservatives would have labeled her a champion among women. It's a bizarre world to live in and it would be interesting to hear Bristol's true feelings away from the glare of the media spotlight. However, considering what family we are talking about, I'm sure that "going off script" is expressly forbidden and retribution would be swift and serious.

Shorter People Magazine

Cover Girl

Bristol may only be 18, just graduated high-school, and is apparently a staunch advocate of "abstinence", but she's smoking hot and we're putting her on the cover! Yay for teens poppin-out babies!

Will This Baby Change Some Republican Minds?

To answer the question - no, it won't.

The political blogging community is ablaze with talk of Bristol Palin's pregnancy.



While some fringe bloggers have postulated that it was in fact Bristol that was the mother of Sarah Palin's newborn ( the fact that he has Downs Syndrome played a huge role in this pathetic attack ) this story has taken on a whole life of it's own.

Sarah and Todd Palin released a statement that read in part:

Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents

Naturally, this statemtent was to be expected.

While some will claim that they were capable of raising a child at 17, others will claim that a "child" can't possibly raise a child.

Families are different.

But, let's make one thing perfectly clear. Bristol is not going to raise this child on her own. This family is not like mine, or yours. This is a family that has a "staff".

Certainly, the conservative community that lambast the pregnancy of highly visable "teens" such as Jamie Lynn Spears will somehow forget all those statements about sex before marriage, family values, about the sanctity of marriage. These will all be forgotten because of political expediancy.

The story of Bristol will be lauded as a "Pro-Life" issue by conservatives. While it is true that she is keeping her child, was it truly her "choice" to do so? If the decision truly was hers, then it is one to be respected. I shudder to think that her mother would have forced her to keep this child in order to save political "face". Again, that might not be the case, but it is surely something that a politician - be they Republican or Democrat - could concievably make.


When viewed through the lens of "family values", the conservative voting community needs to do some serious consideration before they put a stamp of approval on Sarah Palin as a good choice for Vice President. This group loves to blame parents and families for the mistakes that their children make. Is Sarah Palin a bad parent? Probably not.

I feel that both ends of the political spectrum are taking this issue and making it into something far more than it should be.

Certainly, it will be a stumbling-block that Palin will have to address when questioned on it. Her staunch conservative rationale - and everything that comes with it - may end up being not as "staunch" as many people are being lead to believe.

Does anyone realize that there is a current VP that has a certain "family issue" of their own?

Dick Cheney's daughter is gay.

That doesn't seem to matter with conservatives, so long as "their guy" is pushing the agenda and the child isn't spoken of.

To this writer, Bristol Palin - and her child - won't matter. Every other teen that becomes pregnant, that's another story.