Sarah Palin's daughter IS pregnant, actually

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Sort of funny.

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In terms of political impact, I suspect there might be a bit of negative movement over the next day or two as Republicans who were concerned about Palin drop off the radar screen for a while (depression).

But as for more than that, I doubt it.  The media in general won't touch the issue.  The lefty blogs will, it should be amusing to hear their moralistic preachings.

How much traction will it get on the Christian Right?
That's the only place it might conceivably matter.

In my book, it just adds to the story of the Palins as, for lack of a better word, socially conservative White Trash.
Which to me is lightyears better than socially conservative upper middle class, but I don't really need to tell anybody that, do I?

Obviously, it's not an issue official Democrats want to raise.

[minionofmidas]

Hold on a second.  This family seems like white trash?

What???

Okay, I'll rephrase it.

Working Class.

Better?

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I still want to know if anyone feels that this ought to be relevant in the campaign.

I took a stab at why I think it will be, even though the Democrats can not and should not make it a campaign issue. As a social conservative, I'm curious to hear your take on my read on the issue.

For the record, if I am right, I see the outcome to be a swap of someone else for Palin rather than long-term damage to the ticket, with Palin using this news as an excuse for her to spend more time with her family. For once, that excuse would be accurate.

That would destroy McCain's campaign if she drops out. It shows either McCain didn't know, or knew, and than when the inevitable happened, he panicked.

Indeed it would.

It's not going to happen, and there's no reason why it should, either.

I mean, come on, Palin is supposed to be the most socially conservative VP in the nation's history, yet raises her children to be irresponsible and promiscous.

False dichotomy.

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Why are socially conservative "white trash" types better than socially conservative upper middle class white types Lewis?  Please help me with some of this.

Ah, you gotta understand the Euro Pinko Commie mind here.

The traditional ruling class - ie the conservative rich; Bush's class - is still the Enemy.

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Why is that "obvious"?
Man, is this thread growing fast. I recognize that Bristol Palin (unlike her mom) is sort of hot, but... come on.

[minionofmidas]

Ya, Lewis, but you picked on socially conservative upper middle class types. Am I not a class enemy?

I don't know enough about your background to judge. -_-

But seriously, no. To Al perhaps (he certainly seems to think so in regard to Opebo), but not to me. Much like misguidedly conservative Poors, you guys are people one can work with.

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Anybody think they need to present the prospective son-in-law to the media soon (provided he exists and is presentable)?