Tami_Hughes' Blog

If she had an abortion it should.
Teenage pregnancy is a nation wide problem. We can't imprison our children only hope they make the right choice.

More from the Times article:

Representative Gail Phillips, a Republican and former speaker of the State House, said the widespread surprise in Alaska when Ms. Palin was named to the ticket made her wonder how intensively the McCain campaign had vetted her.

“I started calling around and asking, and I have not been able to find one person that was called,” Ms. Phillips said. “I called 30 to 40 people, political leaders, business leaders, community leaders. Not one of them had heard. Alaska is a very small community, we know people all over, but I haven’t found anybody who was asked anything.”

The current mayor of Wasilla, Dianne M. Keller, said she had not heard of any efforts to look into Ms. Palin’s background. And Randy Ruedrich, the state Republican Party chairman, said he knew nothing of any vetting that had been conducted.

State Senator Hollis French, a Democrat who is directing the ethics investigation, said that no one asked him about the allegations. “I heard not a word, not a single contact,” he said.

Mr. French, a former prosecutor, said that he was knowledgeable about background checks and that, he, too, was surprised that the campaign had not reached out to state legislative leaders.

That funny that the State of Alaska didn't know she was a possible candidate, the World Wide Web knew. She was in the finals in the Vp bracket outed by Mitt Romney in the finals. It was questionable about a pledge ran by Mitt Romney supporters to push the polls for Romney.
There has been a website up supporting her for VP since 2007

Is anybody shocked that the story Mr. Ifilis quoted came from the New York times?!

Nothing that has come out, including the fact that her current husband had a DUI when he was 22, or that she got in trouble over fishing without a liscence,(insert own DNR joke here) that the McCain campaign didn't know.

Where the McCain campaign erred was underestimating the vast majority of the media's immediate and unrelenting efforts to absolutely destroy her and her family.

Bottom line: they are a family going through what alot of other families go through as well, and handling it consistent with their values.

It should have only been an issue if they had allowed, or drove their daughter to end the pregnancy as that would have not been consistent with their stated values.

If only she would be a good liberal.............it would be a completely different story too wouldn't it?

Biden pushed the bankruptcy bill, which his party was against, because his son was one of those lobbing for the credit cards. that going against his beliefs to appease his son.

Sarah Palin didn't sell out America for her family. She stands by them as they face common everyday trials of life.

rasguy24 - You are right. You can't imprison your children but, you can be a parent. Communication between parent and child is very important. Palin is against sex education. Go figure, her daughter is now pregnant. Education is the key!!

I am only going to say one thing about this teen pregnancy issue. Or two.

.....the media frenzy jumped all over this one .......still....Politics is a "dirty game"

I'm going to be honest with you, it is wrong for any of us to judge Palin's daughter!

THIS IS REALLY A PRIVACY ISSUE. IT'S ABOUT THE NEED TO RESPECT A PERSON'S PRIVACY.

Personally i have learned a valuable lesson on this topic. I am single and i value my privacy very much so i wouldn't want anyone to invade my space.

.....unless i ALLOW that person in. By choice.

In other words when i want you to KNOW SOMETHING i will tell you. lol

What should be commended is the fact that the young girl kept her baby and i bet she is a good mother too.

This could backfire on the momentum of the Democrats & Obama.

rasguy24 - You never answer the question. Just a lot of nonsense. Do you have ADHD? You are all over the place.

justsewhappy - Sex ed. is one piece of the puzzle. The other and most important is good parenting.

1 in 4 has STD's - maybe we should have condoms available at school in an annoyomous fashion.

What would happen with no sex education. would it be 2/4. last I knew, education was a good thing.

Sex ed been in my school system for over 20 years. so No it's not working.

The funny thing is when I was in school we never heard of a 13, 14 or 15 year old be pregnant, education start around are 13, one could say it adds to the problem.