Especially now that some brilliant gopher in the Alaska Democratic party made public the governors SSN and addresses of her family. Anyone that tries anything that even looks threatening now is going to find himself in the company of some very seriously unamused Federal Officers.

This evening, Obama told us family and children were off limits. That you continue to make an ass of yourself, is your choice.

You are way out of bounds however, when you take upon yourself to moralize or dictate how another person raises their family, or suggest that because a child wasn’t aborted that had Downes syndrom, the parents are mean, or stupid or whatever it is you were implying.

No on here said much beyond how embarrassing it was for his wife and family when word broke about John Edwards mistress, or Gov. Pertaki’s (sic) call girl.

But how is a Mom discussing her unexpected pregnancy with her teenage daughters “autocratic?” Maybe “loving” and “mentoring” and “caring” about her daughters’ futures, but “autocratic” doesn’t come to mind. It’s not like she couldn’t explain that this “surprise” was a pleasant one given her marriage and age, but that such a surprise in her daughters’ lives would be wholly different. I cannot get over how this would have been an incredible learning opportunity in a home committed to life (to the point of being on the outermost fringes of the abortion debate) and it is as though this was happening to someone else, not the Palins, at least not as far as Bristol was concerned.

And I’m shocked that you folks who consider yourselves pro-life are not indignant that your proposed vice president seems to lack the depth to stand behind her moral convictions, and raise her children with a sense of right and wrong.

Maybe Gov. Palin should have thought of her daughter first when accepting the VP nomination, and prevented the scrutiny that she had to know would descend upon the family. But according to Palin’s own words, she was aware that Bristol was pregnant prior to discussions with the McCain campaign, and chose to set her child’s life-altering event aside in favor of her political ambition.

And I haven’t even begun to address the needs of a 4-month old infant with Down’s syndrome.

I can accept beign called a dipshit, but how can you justify this woman’s wanton political ambition?

What a dipshit!

I guess the apple doesn’t fall far from the tree.

And Carlos, may I humbly suggest that you read a little bit about Gov. Palin’s bizarre travel schedule in the last 6 months… let’s just say, for Gov. Palin, leaking amniotic fluid and pending a severely handicapped child’s complicated birth (Trig tragically has been diagnosed with Down’s syndrome) was less important than giving a speech at the governor’s convention in Texas.

Which would you say is more important, Carlos… giving birth, or giving a speech? This is not about Bristol’s pregnancy, nor even Palin’s. This is about the Governor’s lack of judgment.

We’re being asked to look beyond Palin’s lack of experience on the national level, lack of knowledge of how government works, and apparent lack of common sense. We’re supposed to trust that as the vice president must be ready to step into the president’s place at a moment’s notice and probably under extreme circumstances, Palin would be ready… and the only thing we have to look at with regard to Palin is ideology, i.e. her commitment to being anti-abortion and accompanying culturally conservative positions. That she is not hypocritical under the circumstances is admirable, but had she done her job as a parent, she wouldn’t be in this position in the first place.

You see, Sarah had an unexpected baby in April, which was about 5 months ago. Bristol is 5 months pregnant. Wouldn’t the news that you’re unexpectedly pregnant be a terrific opportunity to discuss such matters with your post-pubescent girls? Not if you’re running around the country trying to further your political career, delivering a speech in Texas and boarding a plane minutes later, in labor no less (and, let’s not forget that she had to lie her way on to the plane since the airlines don’t allow late-term pregnant women to fly) to deliver a baby less than 14 hours later.

Palin obviously places ideology before facts, and it is sadly her daughter’s cross to bear.

Thanks but no thanks; I’ll take a VP who has a firm grasp on reality.

Would you be so free with all the legalistic bs you just vomited forth if it were your daughter?

As for the obviously unhinged and psychotic depressive Mr. Rocky, remember that only in this and a handful of countries would he have the right to speak such vile, evil, puke rotten filth.

Fortunately, we also have the right not to listen, and to also pray that his mind and soul may someday be reconciled to truth.

I suppose you were the exceptional child who hung on your parents’ every word of advice, never disobeyed anything they ever told you?

Well, amazingly enough, the same thing happens in Christian families, too. The difference, in a lot of cases, is that the parents realize the only way to go is forward, not trying to turn the clock back by making the “mistake” an “unmistake.”

Good for Palin. Once more, she has stood by priciple instead of convenience.

How can we trust Palin to put the country first when she obviously doesn’t put her children first?