That's Palin's pregnant daughter's alleged fiance and the presumably, her daughter's future mother-in-law. That may include stretch marks, but it's closer than a casual relationship, and it's in the meth capital of Alaska. :shocked:
Palin, herself, is a brainless media phenomena, but she's too stupid and insignificant to worry about this being of much consequense in the real world.
I think the issue is the self-righteous statements by the political group Palin is a member of implying that everyone but them ranges from incompetent to evil on social issues.
There's a certain judgementalism coming from them which is a hot air baloon well poked by the facts of a situation like this, just as Ted Haggarty's having a gay affair pokes holes in the hot air and harmful views his group holds against gays, about how gay is just a lifestyle choice, and it's basically for sort of evil people sinning - confronting them with the rather obvious shortcoming of their ideology when someone who has so much reason not to 'choose gay' is shown instead to 'be' gay and not seem to have a lot of choice (while he had plenty of choice about his actions of cheating). There's a certain smugness that groups can get into that 'they're the anti-adultery group' as if all others are some sort of lesser people who lack their fine qualities, and that makes the story of their own leader having a gay affair far more relevant than it would be without that air of preachiness.
Republicans get votes by selfi-rieghteous preaching on 'family values', as if they're deserving to be elected because they're save the nation from some horde of sinners, which IMO is basically just political cover for getting elected to serve the real powerful interests against the public interest - and so things that expose the phoniness of their claims to somehow have the 'right answers' when the opposite is so often the case, I think is useful. We need to stand up to demagogues and prevent them from gaining power.
Let the elections be more rational between people who are being honest, not won by people who pretend they and they alone are the 'family values' advocates.
And the way to help battle demagogues includes pointing out the cases when the facts shows them not to follow the standards they claim or imply - and in this case, the fact that for all the Palin and Republican claims about 'main street values' and 'Wasila values' that she *ran for the vice-presidency* on, she is actually not immune to the sort of problems she rants about, in her own family's situation. I think that's useful - not demozing or exploiting her family situation, but stripping the veneer of the 'family values' politics.
Then she has to actually, perhaps, stand on the issues and make sense. Sadly, millions will vote for her because of the demagoguery, and so that needs exposing.
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Wrong choice of words on my part. I meant to add 'accused' and forgot.
Palin stepped out of Alaskan obscurity into the global spotlight, helped McCain lose the election. Her own ambition opened her dysfunctional family (who she's unwittingly dragged along and put up on display) to the world. And now she and her family are helping to sell tabloids and gossip magazines.
The best for all would be if she fades into obscurityand is never heard from again.
DrPizza
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I conditionally disagree. I came from a small city. I live in a small town. Drug arrests generally don't come as a surprise to most people. I occasionally see former students charged with minor drug offenses. VERY often, it's no surpise. The saying "the apple doesn't fall far from the tree" isn't always true, but it does have some merit. That said, parents are somewhat responsible for controlling who their kids hang out with. I'd personally do all I could to avoid my kids hanging out (or dating) kids who came from family of drug users.
Now, I know some of you are going to say "hey, you never can tell who's using drugs." You're right. Not always. Sometimes you're surprised. But, in small towns, you're rarely surprised by who gets arrested for what.
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