Seriously, did John McCain and his staff investigate the background of Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin for 20 minutes?
Or do you think they took a whole half hour?
Hours after it was announced that 17-year old Bristol Palin is pregnant, research has uncovered the fact that Todd Palin was arrested and charged with DUI in 1986.
Who knew you could be arrested for DUI in a snowmobile. Way to go, Todd Palin!
According to CBN News, Todd was dating Sarah at the time of his arrest, which allegedly occurred in Dillingham, Alaska. There was no accident or injuries.
Citing sources close to Sarah Palin, Brody added that Todd has been "forthcoming about the situation and indicated it was a lesson learned he was younger."
To be clear, The Hollywood Gossip staff doesn't believe Bristol's pregnancy, or Todd's DUI, has any bearing on Sarah Palin's qualifications for being Vice President.
But it is worth noting the facts that have arisen about Governor Palin in the 72 hours since she was designated the nominee:
- She is under investigation by an ethics committee in Alaska;
- Her teenage daughter is pregnant;
- Her husband was once arrested for drunk driving;
- She told an interviewer on July 31 of this year that she had no idea what a Vice President actually does.
Any or all of these facts could be overlooked if Palin were as qualified as, say, Joe Biden. But combined with her utter lack of experience in national and international affairs and we're left to wonder if John McCain is even trying to win.
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September 1st, 2008 6:13 PM
Gee mmmm let's look at Obama's resume
-Said he used marijuana and cocaine
-One of his chief financial contributors(Rezko)is a convicted felon.
-William Ayers, co-leader of the Weather Underground(a political terrorist group) helped launch Obama's political career.
-Need we rehash Reverend Wright?
I dunno man, any or all of these facts could be overlooked if Obama were as qualified as, say, John McCain. But combined with his utter lack of experience in national and international affairs, we're left to wonder if Obama is even trying to win.
September 1st, 2008 6:19 PM
So HG you show you stripes so soon, and so clearly. Republican children and families are open to attack and smear but the Christ Reborn that is the idiot named Obama is to not be researched, not be questioned, and instead spoon-fed to the American people. Go back to reporting on Britney's up skirts, that's about all you're good for as a rag.
September 1st, 2008 8:15 PM
Lets not forget about John and Cindy's affair while John's wife was disfigured after a near-fatal accident. No wonder the Dems are now in charge of Washington and Obama has been leading in 90% of the polls and will take the oath of office in Jan. No wonder Hurricane Gustav made landfall on the day of the RNC commencement while the Dems had a crystal clear and memorable convention. I am beginning to think that the word Republican by definition means hypocrisy.
September 1st, 2008 9:59 PM
Laura Ingram, of Fox News said that Obama's 10 year-old daughter "...looked like a little hooker in her spaghetti-strapped dress." Obama was compared to Britney and Paris and portrayed as the anti-christ/messiah, and his wife was called bitter and angry, and you're telling me that this pregnancy is off limits? McCain left his crippled wife for the current plastic, drug-addict, Barbie wife, and super-Christian Palin's daughter is pregnant, while she's under an FBI investigation! How hypocritical can you be? I think the Republicans hid behind their wives skirt-tails, and used Gustav as an excuse to stay away from this convention because they were afraid to let Bush speak and face the music for choosing Palin.
September 2nd, 2008 1:05 AM
Bristol Palin is NOT currently pregnant. This is a fabrication to cover up the fact that Bristol is the mother of Trig -the governor's claimed son. In the weeks/months to come Bristol will unexpectedly suffer a "miscarriage".
September 2nd, 2008 5:36 AM
i was so pissed when i saw this, and i was ready to give this post my worst, but luckily, DigDug has taken the words right out of my mouth. Thanks. I cant believe the hollywood gossip would even THINK they could post this. how freaking biast do you have to be to post this? 1986? SERIOUSLY?
September 2nd, 2008 7:47 AM
Here's the difference, Kristen and DigDug:
- Obama is running for President. He has been in the spotlight for over a year and a half, all the information DigDug mentioned is public knowledge and people have chosen to overlook it in order to vote him the Democratic nominee. People are now free to vote for him in the general election or not. Sounds like you've made up your mind and that's fine, that's how Democracy works.
- But McCain went out of his way to CHOOSE Sarah Palin. And anyone with a single working brain cell simply has to acknowledge that it was a purely political pick. Can you argue that Palin is more of a foreign policy expert than Tom Ridge or more of an economic expert that Mitt Romney?
Therefore, the issue at hand is here has nothing to do with Palin herself; and everything to do with McCain, a man whose motto is "Country First," yet selected someone woefully under-qualified for VP, who even happens to bring a lot of baggage in the one area she was chosen for (e.g. family values).
Similarly, people may now choose to vote for McCain or not based on the judgment he used on Sarah Palin. But there's nothing wrong - and everything right, in our society - to publish news such as this and then let the voters weigh all of it before they make a decision.
September 2nd, 2008 10:30 AM
B. Rational -- Very well said. Nothing more need be said
September 2nd, 2008 12:04 PM
Sorry, one more follow up: As I listen to left coast radio, all I hear is seething angry blather that Sarah Palin should stay home and raise her infant son. That sound more like the "angry old white men" of the Republican Party. If a women is a lefty, she can be a Police Chief, firefighter, mayor, construction worker, accountant, New York State Senator, bricklayer or prostitute and still: work, be equal too, or better than a male, come home and cook a meal, take the kids to soccer, attend PTA meetings, do her domestic chores and be proud.
If she is a righty, she needs to stay home and raise her child. After having held all of the elected positions that she has (4 I believe ) as opposed to Obama's 1, she seems to have managed so far.
September 2nd, 2008 12:39 PM
Not bad analysis, Phil, but you miss a few crucial points:
- No one has been "spoon fed" Obama. What does that even mean? The man chose to run for President and won his party's nomination. The skeletons in his closet, as DigDug listed, are well-known. What, exactly, has been unfair in the way Obama has been covered, as all aspects of his background are out there and people are free to make up their minds now.
- Who ever took issue with Colin Powell or Condi Rice? Who referred to them as pandering? Powell was wildly popular and only received criticism when he followed the lies about WMDs in Iraq.
- I encourage you, Phil, to read any right wing reaction to Palin. RIGHT wing, not left wing. Almost every single one agrees it was a smart political selection. After all, McCain himself - numerous times! - has said that foreign policy is the number-one issue of our time.
- Chicago has five times the population of Alaska; Obama's campaign has three times the budget PER MONTH of the town Palin was Mayor of. Comparing their experience is just silly.
- But this isn't an issue of Palin vs. Obama. Know why? Because McCain HIMSELF claims Obama doesn't have solid experience. So by McCain's OWN standards, he's chosen someone with equal - if you wanna go along with that argument, fine - experience as someone McCain has lambasted on... experience.
If John McCain dies, Sarah Palin will be president. Just think about that and try to explain how she is the most qualified to hold that position.