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As far as I'm concerned, Bristol Palin is off limits. I think it took a certain courage for her to tell her family she was pregnant, and I have the same admiration for her that I do for kids who tell their parents they're gay.
This is a tough gig for a seventeen year old. I went to summer camp many years ago with Eleanor Mondale. I'm a couple of years younger than she is, which put her in a different unit, but we knew each other well enough to cordially detest each other. (She and my sister actually got on very well especially during the second year we spent at camp when Mondale was a rookie counselor.)
One night during the Carter administration, my family went to the movies. It was a theater we didn't go to often, but the film had been in town awhile and this was the only place that had it. Eleanor was there with a Secret Service detail. Sis saw her when they were both getting popcorn, and Eleanor wasn't allowed to say much more than "Hi" before the Secret Service agents moved her back into the theater. She didn't even get to sit where she wanted to.
Presidential and Vice Presidential security is tough on the family. The spouses are adults and have a choice in the matter. The kids don't.
Bristol Palin is having to live out a teen nightmare in the full glare of a national and highly contested campaign.
There are issues this brings up that pertain to Sarah Palin, but, I think it would be better if the Democrats left them alone. While the shots might be easy, I think it will deepen the rift between the perceived elitism of the Democrats and the heartland if they were to take them.
Sadly, this includes the value of "abstinence only" sex education. Go after McCain, but leave Palin out of it.
(For the record, I've been a registered independent since my first election at age 20. I have, depending upon the candidate and the office, voted Libertarian, Green, Republican, Democrat, and Independent as identified on the tickets in Massachusetts and California -- the only two states I've ever voted under.)
Besides, there are so many other legitimate issues to attack her on. Leaving this one alone should be easy.
This is a tough gig for a seventeen year old. I went to summer camp many years ago with Eleanor Mondale. I'm a couple of years younger than she is, which put her in a different unit, but we knew each other well enough to cordially detest each other. (She and my sister actually got on very well especially during the second year we spent at camp when Mondale was a rookie counselor.)
One night during the Carter administration, my family went to the movies. It was a theater we didn't go to often, but the film had been in town awhile and this was the only place that had it. Eleanor was there with a Secret Service detail. Sis saw her when they were both getting popcorn, and Eleanor wasn't allowed to say much more than "Hi" before the Secret Service agents moved her back into the theater. She didn't even get to sit where she wanted to.
Presidential and Vice Presidential security is tough on the family. The spouses are adults and have a choice in the matter. The kids don't.
Bristol Palin is having to live out a teen nightmare in the full glare of a national and highly contested campaign.
There are issues this brings up that pertain to Sarah Palin, but, I think it would be better if the Democrats left them alone. While the shots might be easy, I think it will deepen the rift between the perceived elitism of the Democrats and the heartland if they were to take them.
Sadly, this includes the value of "abstinence only" sex education. Go after McCain, but leave Palin out of it.
(For the record, I've been a registered independent since my first election at age 20. I have, depending upon the candidate and the office, voted Libertarian, Green, Republican, Democrat, and Independent as identified on the tickets in Massachusetts and California -- the only two states I've ever voted under.)
Besides, there are so many other legitimate issues to attack her on. Leaving this one alone should be easy.
