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Sarah Palin Watch: Humanizing The Palin Family
Bristol Palin, 17, holds her brother Trig during the campaign rally where Republican presidential candidate Sen. John McCain, R-Ariz., introduced Bristol and Trig’s mom, Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, as his vice presidential running mate in Dayton, Ohio, Friday, Aug. 29, 2008. Sarah Palin said Monday, Sept. 1, 2008, that her 17-year-old unmarried daughter is five months pregnant. With Bristol is, left to right, their father Todd and sisters Piper and Willow
[Flap is late to this story today because he has been in Los Angeles visiting his father in law who is in the hospital.]Not a good day for Alaska Governor and presumptive Republican nominee for Vice President Sarah Palin for keep her private family matters private.
First, it was reported that Palin’s husband Todd had been arrested in 1986 for a DUI (Driving While Intoxicated).
Sources close to Sarah Palin tell The Brody File that the husband of the GOP Vice-presidential choice, Todd Palin, was arrested and charged with Driving under the Influence of alcohol back in 1986. He was 22 years old at the time. He was driving in a truck with some friends in the small southwestern Alaska town of Dillingham when he was pulled over for the DUI. As is customary, he was taken to jail briefly. Sarah and Todd Palin were high school sweethearts so they were dating at the time. The Brody File can also report that there was no accident or injuries.
US Republican presidential candidate Senator John McCain (R-AZ) (L), his running mate Alaska Governor Sarah Palin (C) and her husband Todd campaign in Washington, Pennsylvania August 30, 2008.
Then, it was announced by the Governor and Todd Palin that their daughter, Bristol, 17 was pregnant.
The 17-year-old unmarried daughter of Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin is pregnant, Palin said on Monday in an announcement intended to knock down rumors by liberal bloggers that Palin faked her own pregnancy to cover up for her child.
Bristol Palin, one of Alaska Gov. Palin’s five children with her husband Todd, is about five months pregnant and is going to keep the child and marry the father, according to aides of Republican presidential candidate John McCain.
Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, the aides said.
So, what effect will these revelations have on the McCain-Palin ticket?
Flap will venture to say they will be positive – against the conventional wisdom.
Why?
Can’t most American voters identify with these family problems and do they not wish to have their leaders with a wealth of life experience? You know, A Human Family with average family life – not all smooth sailing without trials and tribulations.
Isn’t this the rationale Barack Obama uses to excuse his drug taking behavior while he was in high school?
The real question is whether the Democrats and Obama-Biden surrogates will use these family issues to attack McCain-Palin.
Stay tuned…..
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Day By Day by Chris Muir September 1, 2008 – “Gloating”
Day By Day by Chris MuirHurricane Gustav has hit land (near New Orleans), the Republican National Convention has been disrupted with many events/speeches cancelled and it is just announced that Alaska Governor Sarah Palin’s seventeen year old daughter is pregnant.Will the Democrats gloat over this latest revelation which is really a private family matter?
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links for 2008-09-01
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Former Democratic National Committee Chairman Don Fowler apologized Sunday for recently joking Hurricane Gustav's expected landfall on the same day as the opening of the Republican National Convention suggested God was on the Democrats' side.
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Its the wackiest rumor about Sarah Palin or any other politician so far this election. It's making it's way all through the internet. And of course it came from DailyKos.
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After looking into it, McCain spokesman Michael Goldfarb says that Sarah Palin supported Steve Forbes, not Pat Buchanan, in 1996, contrary to what Buchanan said on "Hardball."
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Senator John McCain said Sunday afternoon that Republicans would suspend most activities on the first day of their convention on Monday because of Hurricane Gustav.
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President Bush is unlikely to make it to the Republican National Convention, and John McCain may deliver his acceptance speech via satellite because of the historically huge hurricane threatening New Orleans, top officials said.
Late Saturday night, the Republican National Convention was planning to issue a release announcing the formation of a "working group of representatives from each of the states in Hurricane Gustav's path. The group will ensure that all affected delegates have information and assistance in real time.