reply to post by greeneyedleo
I respect your post and I fully understand your comments. This is not a discussion regarding who will be voted mayor of a small town. It is for the
VP, one step from POTUS (and boy is Mcain old in body - cancer three times, or was it four? Hmm...wonder if he'll get it again?) back to the point,
we hold politicians in a different light - no one in today's YOU HEARD IT HERE FIRST news media world would turn down these stories, wether regarding
a Dem or a Rep - the more sordid the better - I wonder if Clinton smoked that cigar? You or I would never withstand the scrutiny it takes to become
president - hell, you are on ATS - you'd be scorched! The simple fact that the boy who knocked up Palin's daughter describes himself as a "f***ing
redneck" and proclaims boldly "Anyone messes with me, I'll kick their a**." is ripe for fodder. Again, you don't think her MySpace is open for
debate? Ok then. Curious when an interesting story regarding some "normal" dope comes up and we get all the info about what a tool they are from
their myspace page, we just say, man, what an idiot. In her case, many say she should know better, but she is looking for help. There is simply no
way my daughter is going to think it's ok to flash gang signals, party drink, do drugs and get pregnant by 17 because I am in constant communication
with them and they are my priority. Not becoming VP. And yes, most politicians fall in similar lack of parental supervision control...it comes with
the job, but it is still what it is. Get to know your daughter's boyfriend? It's not like she had to work after hours making $7 an hour to help
pay for the apartment rent - she worked - into the night for her own ambitions, and did not know her kids. right or wrong, good or bad, more often
then not, it is absent parents that screw up kids. Is it hard to ask who are you dating? Or if your daughter has a myspace page? The schools
actually send parents info on this, you realize.
Again, to claim ignorance of this in small town Alaska is stetching the truth.
ColoradoJens
[edit on 4-9-2008 by ColoradoJens]