Comments on: Palin family values

By: Scott

Scott — Mon, 08 Sep 2008 21:30:04 +0000

Pregnancy is hardly a crisis or life ending event, it is shameful that life is viewed that way.

Do you all quite your jobs, or prospects there of, when home life gets challenging? If so, I'm glad you're not running!

By: RedHeron

RedHeron — Wed, 03 Sep 2008 15:52:06 +0000

McCain's not a conservative.

Conservatives don't tear things down: they try to conserve them.

Conservatives don't try to work the system.

Conservatives don't attempt to invoke the wrath of others without just cause.

Conservatives value things like the Constitution, ethics, and morality.

Conservatives care more about the process than the results.

These are the marks of a conservative, and McCain has failed on every one of them. He's not a conservative or a liberal; he's a fascist who appears interested only in continuing Bush's legacy of disintegrating the country at the Constitutional level. Corporations should enjoy some protections for wealth, but there also needs to be enough left over so that the poor can work into wealth. This is a conservative value. Bush has rejected it. McCain appears to be rejecting it, too.

This is no longer a matter of conservatism versus liberalism: our nation is on the brink of collapse, and people want to focus not on fixing the system, but which candidate's daughter is pregnant. I think this is a sad state of affairs. It must change.

By: G Willy

G Willy — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 21:03:05 +0000

If Palin really had family values she would not have accepted a spot on this ticket. She has a newborn baby with special needs and her 17 year old daughter is due to have a baby in 4 months. She's basically going to have to raise twins and she decides its best for her family to have their mother on the road campaigning and then possibly serving as vice president? I fail to see good family values in this situation.

By: ferret

ferret — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:23:40 +0000

failure to exercise due caution
LOL!

By: bob

bob — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:31:20 +0000

This will prove once and for all that to continue on their divisive “better than thou” family values charade is hypocritical grandstanding.

Leave the kid alone, but don't leave the Republicans alone who mouth empty platitudes that they don't follow anyway.

By: mayakai

mayakai — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:24:23 +0000

I'm baffled. Hollering hypocrisy would be the understatement of the year. What the heck are Republican “Family Values” anyway? I pride myself in not being judgmental but here I go… I agree, with a crisis at home, why did Palin accept this nomination? Why does McCain criticize Obama's inexperience and then jeopardize America's future by NOT picking the MOST qualified and most ready VP in case he kicks the bucket? I'll answer that one. Politics as usual, he wants to win. The decisions made by McCain and Palin tell me I do not want them making any decisions for me or America.

By: tiowally

tiowally — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:11:24 +0000

This is Bristol's second child. The first (currently identified as her brother for political purposes) has Down's Syndrome. Hopefully, this pregnancy will have a better result.

By: Patty

Patty — Tue, 02 Sep 2008 00:00:32 +0000

what do you bet that she steps down shortly for “family reasons”? its the only way for McCain to recover from this mess.

By: Joe

Joe — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 23:49:30 +0000

Personally, I wish America were discussing the rising power of China on the economic, political and military fronts. http://www.tibetanphotoproject.com

By: eyesXwideXopen

eyesXwideXopen — Mon, 01 Sep 2008 22:43:08 +0000

I feel sorry for Palin's daughter who has been put through this media hell by her ambitious mother. Where are Sarah Palin's family values? There is a crisis at home with a new born with Downs Syndrome and a pregnant teenage daughter. She should never have accepted this nomination.