Awww. That didn’t take long. How many networks do the goopers get to call their own?
I hope she gives little Snizzle a couple of real stuffed wolf cubs to while away the hours.

“Ms. Palin had concealed the news that she was expecting even from her parents and children until her third trimester.”

Gov. Barbie has that Cheneyesque secrecy thing down pat. I guess she is qualified to be Veep in a repuke kinda way.

If her family is off limits for discussion, why does she wave her baby around like a campaign sign?

You can take that attitude onto the re-education bus, mister!

I’m looking forward to the Hilton/Spears Republican ticket in 2016.

“But her son has given Ms. Palin, 44, a powerful message. Other candidates kiss strangers’ babies; Ms. Palin has one of her own.” Okay, so having a child has now become the lowest common denominator for eligibility for president? “Sure, her politics are retarded and make the dark ages look like a sci fi fantasy, but c’mon, she’s got a kid!”

No wonder the rest of the world marvels at how this nation gets up and manages to get itself dressed in the morning…

Was this the big exposé about Palin’s baby that Drudge had warned his people about?

Your use of the accent aigu in the word “exposé” marks you as a stinkin’ elitist, bitterly clinging to spelling and grammar.

Amen to that. When McSame and Caribou Barbie take over, people who can spell will be the first to go up against the wall. Long live ignorance!

It’ll be like the good ol’ days of Pol Pot, only with snowmobile races to entertain the masses and a lot less of that weird Asian food…

Snowmobile? on the dunes of the American desert maybe…

I hear the Weekly World News is hiring. Maybe they would make the cut and fit in there.

From the article: “But with Trig in her arms, Ms. Palin has risen higher than ever.”

Oh god, barf! I call for a class action journalistic malpractice suit.

That’s Just What I Said

Touché.

Next thing they’ll do is show black and white footage of Palin & Trig in the ice floe scene from Uncle Tom’s Cabin. Oh wait, it’s the Polar Bears who are getting trapped on ice floes to nowhere.

That’s Just What I Said

“Children are the most precious and promising ingredient in this mixed-up world you live in down there on Earth. Trig is no different, except he has one extra chromosome.”

And who cares about those chromosome thingies anyhow?

Oh WTF. My son is autistic. No one threw a fucking party for me,in fact,quite the opposite. My fundie parents made damned sure I knew that autism was punishment for my godless ways. My son is 14,my parents live 20 minutes away. They’ve seen him less than a dozen times in his life. Because we don’t go to church. So much for those family values.

This crap makes me sick. I cannot DEAL,seriously.

Oh, but you must understand an Autistic child is God’s wrath, a Down’s Syndrome child is one of God’s angels sent directly from heaven. Especially if you’re a fundie wing-nut.

On a more positive note (as we all wring our horrifed hands) we still have 57 days until the elction and the Obama/Biden campaign appear to be finally starting to grow a set. While Gallup might show McCain with a sizeable bump 1) that’s just a bump (and even candidates who proceeded to lose miserably have enjoyed quite big bumps). 2) That’s just one poll (others show him, at best, tied).

Also, looking back historically, Clinton enjoyed an absurdly huge lead all along, IN RETROSPECT. Yet, I can vividly remember (because that was the last time I was really excited about the Democratic Ticket) the pundits all carrying on like he didn’t have a snowball’s chance, trying to swiftboat him at every turn, etc.

Additionally, despite the latest polls (which currently only gives 207 electoral votes to Obama) has just updated their probablity of reaching the magical 270: Democrats 85%, Rethugs 13%, Other 2%. Even with McCain’s “bounce”, the pugs actually LOST a point today.

Yes, Barbie will have her disgusting faux interview, yes much of the MSM is inexplicably pro-McCain, but another big bank is teetering, Caribou Barbie couldn’t even follow her script about Fannie Mae/Freddie Mac, and we really ARE gonna win this one.

I’ve noticed that among my fellow mothers, the reaction to her has been visceral dislike. None of us are in the Republican base by any means, but I think there are a lot of women out there who are disgusted by watching a woman ride her children to the White House. I sure wish somebody on the Democratic side would realize this.

So sorry to hear about it; that sounds like one hell of a challenge in life. But of course, McCain’s good friend Michael Savage simply claims that autism is a hoax, that they’re kids who haven’t been told to get their act together… Life must be so easy when you’re willfully ignorant of facts, and deliberately oblivious to the suffering of others.

Hey, I’m a mom too! And yes, she utterly disgusts me (and not just for pimping out her children). Again, overall, women (except wing nut fundies)DON’T like her. that smug sneer of hers just makes me wanna smack her good…

P.S. I don’t even get why I’m supposed to think she’s “hot”. She’s a moderately (at best) attractive middle aged woman in good shape. For Alaska, where polartec is promwear (apologies to Alaskans), I suppose she’s fairly glamorous. For the rest of us, huh???

count me in as another mom to whom Hockey Monster does not “speak.”

I find her to be a travesty of motherhood, not only for exploiting the kids, but for abandoning them. That special needs baby and that little girl are LAST in line for her attention. I am absolutely disgusted that any woman would sacrifice the care of her young children to political ambition and John McCain.

Does her OB/GYN agree with her statement that he/she okayed her staying for the speech because he/she didn’t think she was in labor even though she was leaking fluid with a special needs child who happened to be her fifth child? I find that hard to believe and if that Dr. concurs with Gov. Palin then Palin’s OB/GYN needs their license pulled.

Actually, it looks like poor Willow, the ignored “good girl” middle child is last in line. But I agree, she’s a crap-ass mother.

There isn’t enough Prilosec in the world to get me through the next two months…and, possibly, longer…

I think that evidence shows that Palin considered having an abortion. She may have decided not to, but her first instinct was that she had a “choice” to make.

The linked article says Palin had an amniocentesis. I was pregnant at age 35, was asked if I wanted amnio and was told that amnio increases the risk of miscarriage. If Palin didn’t feel she had a “choice” to make then why did she have the amniocentesis?

http://www.womens-health.co.uk/downs.asp
“There is a risk, however, of about 1 in 100 to 200 of a spontaneous miscarriage after the procedure. Because of this miscarriage rate, amniocentesis is only offered to women deemed to be at high risk of having a baby with Down’s syndrome. Similarly, it must be something that you have thought about at length, discussed with your partner and feel that you would opt for a termination of the pregnancy, were you found to be carrying a baby with DS. Clearly, if this is not something you would consider, then you most likely would not wish to risk miscarriage, just to know.”

And why did she have amnio while Todd was out of town? Had they not discussed the baby’s health at length and decided that termination was an option for them before performing the amnio?

Oh WTF. My son is autistic. No one threw a fucking party for me,in fact,quite the opposite. My fundie parents made damned sure I knew that autism was punishment for my godless ways.

A Mom Anon:

I’ve always found it odd that the fundies were quick to label disabilities as “punishment from god,” yet they never managed to draw the same conclusion between Bush’s court-mandated election and the unprecedented number of hurricanes to hit FL in the past 8 years.

In a more serious vein… as a kid with a disability, epilepsy, I had a view from the other side of the fence. After my first seizure, teachers instantly considered me “retarded.” Other questionably well-meaning people would point out that at least I didn’t have cancer, or have to use a wheelchair. Girls from the popular “cheerleader class” in high school would condescendingly offer to pray for me; or in the words of one: “If you would accept Jesus as your Lord and Savior, you wouldn’t throw fits!” (Yeah, that one stung–particularly since she’d come from another junior high and I didn’t even know her!)

Mean people suck–especially if they’re relatives. On the other hand, it seems like you have more common sense than “Caribou Barbie.” You may not get a party; and you may not have oil money to grease your kid’s acceptance to Harvard like Bush did; but your kid will have a better life because he has a mom who cares.

JUST THINKING OUT LOUD….

I know the Rethugs are going to come to the San Diego area–e.g. Rancho Santa Fe–on one of their routine beg-a-thons. I would love, LOVE to see a crowd of real moms, especially real moms who have disabled kids of their own, greet the plane and literally disable that using-Trig-as-a-shield defense Palin has been doing in public since day one.

I know this makes me a bad person, but I still have doubts about the maternity. Five months off for mono? I call bullshit.

Yeah, it’s BS; but you’re going to have a hard time convincing the mouth-breathin’, gun-lovin’, Wal-Mart-shoppin’ crowd, who don’t have enough math skilz to use the rhythm method, that this is a possibility. Time to dig through the trash for extortionate letters to Todd from the mistress.

Hugs to you, dear heart. I didn’t have anything like that to deal with, but I’ll never forget when my Back-Into-It-In-A-Big-Way Catholic mother told me that in the eyes of the Church, my baby son was illegitimate, because my ex-husband and I had been married in the Church and neither of us was dead. This was my one and only child, and I had already had five miscarriages.

If you’re not here already, if you ever get a chance to come to Virginia, we’ll throw a party for you AND your son that will ring down through the ages. After all, we’re a SCHWIIIIIING state!

P.S. I don’t even get why I’m supposed to think she’s “hot”. She’s a moderately (at best) attractive middle aged woman in good shape. For Alaska, where polartec is promwear (apologies to Alaskans), I suppose she’s fairly glamorous. For the rest of us, huh???

At the risk of starting a flame war the like of which has not been seen in months, I think it’s that she’s hotter-looking than Hillary. And certainly hotter-looking than the parade of Old White Guys the republicans customarily field.