Fine, I'll bring it up...

[RedGoneWILD]

I just think that 17 is to young to be having sex. Apparently the way you think parents should be telling their kids to not go to college and have a unstable living situation before having kids. Not all kids do opposite of what their parents do. Just the ones who are raised by bad parents.

wow...that's NOT AT ALL what I said!

I'm fine with you having the opinion that 17 is too young for sex...but I disagree!!! Regardless, teenagers are going to have sex...this is a fact of life...there are just too many hormones and too much curiousity! Teaching condom use, birth control or other means of protection is far more realistic than teaching abstinence...let's keep it real here! And please don't twist what I said...that's not cool!

[ensbergcollector]

Not all kids do opposite of what their parents do. Just the ones who are raised by bad parents.

so, let me get this straight. Any teenager who sins was raised by bad parents? Any teenager who makes a bad decision was raised by bad parents? Do you really believe that or only when you want to use it in a political conversation?

[lukehoyt19]

so, let me get this straight. Any teenager who sins was raised by bad parents? Any teenager who makes a bad decision was raised by bad parents? Do you really believe that or only when you want to use it in a political conversation?

Yeah I do. I never did anything bad/illegal as a child because my parents raised me right. I still don't do anything illegal and I serve in our nations military. I do not want my leaders less responsible than myself.

[RedGoneWILD]

Yeah I do. I never did anything bad/illegal as a child because my parents raised me right. I still don't do anything illegal and I serve in our nations military. I do not want my leaders less responsible than myself.

well, we are talking about Sarah Palin's 17 year old daughter....not Sarah Palin...her 17 year old daughter would not be a leader, her mother would be!

and getting pregnant, even at 17, is not BAD, or illegal...it might be a bad choice only because she's young, but pregnancy is not BAD!!! Come on...you can see that right?

[ensbergcollector]

Yeah I do. I never did anything bad/illegal as a child because my parents raised me right. I still don't do anything illegal and I serve in our nations military. I do not want my leaders less responsible than myself.

wow, if you have never done anything wrong maybe you should start your own religion. if every parent of a child that did something "bad" was a bad parent, then you my friend would have the only good parents in the world.

[Yanksfan396]

I think you have something there. Palin is the first mother in America where her daughter did something against her beliefs. First daughter to get pregnant at 17 years old. I think we should define Palin by what her daughter did.

Or we can look at John Edwards, the #3 Democratic pick and define the child he had out of wedlock while his wife was dying of cancer. At least he is an adult.

Or let's look at Obama's dad who is responsible for all of the half brother's Obama has in Africa. See story here. Obama may have as many as 8 half brothers/sisters, most by different women.

So, I agree. Let's define Palin by the her daughter's actions as long as we can define Obama by his dad's. :) You can see all the Obama half brothers and sisters here. I very long list!

Barack Obama Sr's Children
1. (with Kezia): Abongo (Roy) Obama, Auma Obama,
Abo Obama, Bernard Obama
2. (with Ann Dunham): Barack Obama
3. (with Ruth Nidesand): Mark Ndesandjo,[2] David Ndesandjo
4. (with Jael): George Obama

There's a huge difference between the Vice President and the third to last drop-out for nominee. Also, there's a difference between a man who Obama barely knew versus one who raised these morals into a child. No comparisson whatsoever. Each one of your links is provided by wikipedia. If I wanted to, I can go in there and list Tiger Woods as his half-brother.

[Yanksfan396]

irrelevent...

palins daughter is not palin & obamas dad is not obama...it doesn't matter how many children or grandchildren palin has, and it doesn't matter how many half-brothers & half-sisters obama has...

It's not the daughter that concerns me, it's the mother's failure to preach her beliefs to her own family.

[Yanksfan396]

stupid just proves what kind of tactics democrats like you will go to, to sling mud

Randall, I've yet to see you make an intelligent and well thought out response in the political forum. Your comments hold no relevance.

[hendrikus1967]

stupid just proves what kind of tactics democrats like you will go to, to sling mud

Sure....Republicans are clean as a whistle.......

[Yanksfan396]

Every single member has missed the point of the topic. Unbelievable. Instead of debating the more difficult issue (the lack of vetting), you simply see this as a personal shot at the daughter. Did my first three sentences not clarify that this was my intent? Randall, I honestly believe you only read "Palin's daughter" before you orchestrated your whimsical remark.