Bristol Palin, VP Daughter is Pregnant

To heck with the daughter, let them work it out.

Explain why momma is lying about the "Bridge to Nowhere" straight out of the starting gate with McCain.

Looks like she got Juno in Alaska.

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This site contains incriminating evidence that suggests that Bristol is the mother. It includes captions with her boyfriend's sister holding the baby, etc.

All I can say is that perhaps her mother failed on teaching the abstinence thing.  An even larger issue for me would be the mother's actions in regards to her own presumed delivery.

If Governor Palin experienced rupture of her membranes at eight months gestation of a known Down's Syndrome fetus, and then she proceeded to get on an airplane, and fly home to Alaska, and it has been reported that the flight was eight to ten hours long, instead of going to the nearest great hospital in Dallas, Texas with a high-risk neonatal unit, then she lacks the judgement to be VP.  Nothing should have been more important than to take those steps.  I have been involved in at least 1,500 deliveries in way of administration of anesthetics and the number one thing we know about ruptured membranes is that they present an acute danger for the mother and the fetus.  Infection could be fatal for both, and it necessitates the mother getting to the hospital as soon as possible and being placed on IV antibiotics for her safety and for the safety of the fetus.

Additionally, the pregnancy was high-risk due to her age and due to the fact that the fetus was known to suffer from Down's Syndrome.  Those children often have other problems such as heart defects and other things which may not appear until delivery, and often they require intensive care.  During that flight, neither Governor Palin's condition, nor that of the fetus was being monitored and the conditions were anything but clean or sterile.  Oxygen on airplanes is at 19%, room air is 21%, and often laboring mothers, particularly those with high-risk situations are supplemented with much higher oxygen levels. That endangered her and the fetus.  The other thing is that all premature infants now receive special steroids via IV infusion in the mother in order to assist their lungs in rapidly progressing prior to delivery.  The longer those steroids can be given to the fetus before delivery, the greater potential for assistance in lung maturity. 

No one would have started care to Governor Palin, and in fact she and her staff have reiterated the story and said that she only spoke with her physician in Alaska, that she did not seek care in Dallas and did not receive any prior to getting on that plane.  No reputable physician would have given permission for that to anyone.  The physician in question is now missing in action and cannot be located, but Governor Palin is known to have appointed the physician to many influential and lucrative boards and positions. 

For me, the pregnancy of her daughter is disturbing because Palin held herself out to be the perfect, God-fearing, all-knowing mother who was perfect, yet her own daughter did not follow the standards which Governor Palin wants to impose, by law, on the entire country, such as teaching abstinence only and no sex education or education on birth control.  If she failed in being able to instill that belief in her own daughter, she was not fulfilling her duty as a mother, and as a leader for the community.  Then, if her delivery took place as Governor Palin herself has given in interviews, then I do not want anyone who showed such superb incompetence and such failure in making a decision involving her own health and that of her infant, to be in a position where she would be making decisions which could effect my welfare and that of the country and the world.  Her behavior was reckless, negligent, and too far over the top to even be imagined, but she, the great pro-lifer endangered her own infant.  Extremely poor judgement and I don't want her making decisions which effect my life or that of my family.

The previous poster, Brenda, has said everything --and much more eloquently--that I would have and I thank her for this. No one who has delivered a child, let alone four, and has either a modicum of judgment or concern for her unborn child would have behaved as Palin did. She phrased the more commonly stated 'having my water break' as 'amniotic leakage' which anyone who has had children knows is the same thing and a sign to get to a hospital immediately to ensure a safe delivery--especially with a pre-term, compromised infant. The importance of this would have been stressed to any prospective mother, let alone someone in Palin's position.

If the GOP was so disgusted by Clinton's twisting terminology in his personal scandal, in this case twisted terminology is being used to diminish an unbelievable lack of regard for an unborn infant's safety. Given how Palin has used her decision to continue this pregnancy as an example to potential voters of her commitment to a 'pro-life' position, it's hypocritical as well as a demonstration of her willingness to place her own needs for the spotlight above very serious needs of her own child. This goes way beyond poor judgment.

Although I think it's appropriate that the privacy of  family members is protected, Palin's own comments regarding her behavior are independent of her family. These amply demonstrate her narcissism and unsuitability as a VP who will truly be a 'heartbeat' from the presidency, so I hope the GOP is not able to suppress them from reaching the general public. McCain might not have understood the significance of what Palin said she did, but most women who have had children will understand the implications immediately. Right now the last thing the US needs in government is another self-serving narcissist with poor judgment.

Teenagers in the US are being charged and labeled sex offenders for having consensual sex with their teenage partners. Their parents are also charged and labeled as sex offenders. This is breaking up families,people are losing their jobs,homes(due to the registry & residency restrictions),their lives are being ruined!

This sends a terrible message!!!

Read 'Ricky's Life' online please.

The real issue here is McCain's lack of judgment in this impulsive decision to select Sara Palin, virtually unvetted. Pandering is a pattern of Mr. McCain, inspite of his claims to be a 'maverick'. Do your own research; McCain's political career began as a Naval Liason - the equivalent of a lobbyiest for the procurement of defense hardware. His civilian Congressional career began from the help of the liquor industry (Cindy's family) in Arizona, where he repaid the favor by greasing the skids for the Hensley family. It goes on and on, most notably with the Keating Five where he was so far over the edge that he had to admit that he was one of the bad guys. Imagine how guilty a Republican has to be to actually admit his guilt? This is the kind of Presidency we could expect from McCain: impulsive and politically driven, not "country first", but McCain first, Republican first. We've had enough of that from Bush and we will pass that legacy along to our children to repair because it won't get done in our life times.