Slog - Comments on A Tale of Two Covers http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers What the readers of US Weekly know about the Republican and Democratic tickets:... Copyright 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:55:44 -0800 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:11 -0800 http://www.movabletype.org/?v=3.34 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Comment by Timothy This cover, with Sarah Palin holding her baby makes me realize that I haven't seen a single picture of Palin holding her own baby. What I"ve seen are lots of pictures of her 17-year-old daughter holding a baby.

Bristol Palin is already a young mother, and my guess is that she'll be the young mother of 2 once her own baby is born...

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119194 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119194 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 11:59:32 -0800 Comment by Ziggity I'm going to subscribe to that magazine right now, just so I can fire off an angry letter canceling my subscription immediately thereafter.

]]> Ziggity http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119197 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119197 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:00:15 -0800 Comment by Fnarf She looks demented in that photo.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119200 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119200 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:02:41 -0800 Comment by It's Mark Mitchell Is that second one for real?

]]> It's Mark Mitchell http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119201 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119201 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:03:20 -0800 Comment by Julie I think that cover is awesome. What are the "new embarassing surprises"?! I may actually buy that magazine -- or, at minimum, read the article while I'm in line at the grocery store.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119206 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119206 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:04:48 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle It's not just Palin's grand-daughter that got preggers out of wedlock.

Do the math as to her first child and when she was married.

Typical Republicans - do as they say, not as they do.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119208 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119208 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:06:23 -0800 Comment by Jason Josephes Typical everybody. Democrats do it too.

/Voting for Harold Stassen

]]> Jason Josephes http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119221 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119221 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:13:44 -0800 Comment by Andy usmagazine.com is currently also showing:

  • Lindsay Lohan Calls Bristol Palin Teen Pregnancy "Distracting"

  • BREAKING NEWS: Bristol Palin’s Baby Daddy Identified

  • Father of Bristol Palin’s Baby: “I Don’t Want Kids”

  • Sarah Palin's Mother-In-Law: Considering Voting For Barack Obama

  • Poll: Should Sarah Palin step down as the Republican vice presidential candidate?

]]> Andy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119224 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119224 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:16:27 -0800 Comment by Timothy @6 Will in Seattle...

Wow. I just noticed that. Amazing, and I'm guessing that will become the next angle of this ongoing "mommy" angle of the story.

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119231 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119231 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:20:45 -0800 Comment by Fnarf News flash: attacking right-wing Christians as "hypocrites" for having sex before marriage, getting pregnant, and then getting married is not a sane strategy.

No one is more aware of human failings than right wing Christians. It's their own sense of failure that drove them in that direction in the first place. Their doctrine isn't "we're not sinners, unlike you", it's "we're all sinners, but we, unlike you, ask for God's help and God's forgiveness". Opportunities to forgive are eagerly sought. Having done what she did, as a young mother, and then gotten married, and begged for God's forgiveness, puts her in a MUCH BETTER LIGHT, not a worse one, in their eyes.

Concentrate on the policy issues and the personality, not the baby-making. You're going to get sprayed with shit if you keep that up. Well, for Will, that won't make any difference, but remember, we're trying to win an election here.

]]> Fnarf http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119243 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119243 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:26:24 -0800 Comment by Julie @8. 60% of the people who voted in the poll say yes. Interesting, but it would be more interested to me if I had any idea was usmagazine.com's demographics were.

]]> Julie http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119244 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119244 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:26:40 -0800 Comment by MK Palin has her own scary pastor. But he's white, so it's okay.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/02/palins-church-may-have-sh_n_123205.html

]]> MK http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119253 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119253 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:30:11 -0800 Comment by Timothy Fnarf...I completely agree with you about what the strategy on the left should be. But, the media is not going to drop this story. And, I think the take-away from this whole event will not help McCain or Palin with anyone other than their base, as you point out.

But, to win this election, they need more than their base, and this story (pushed not by Obama or the left, but by the media) will hurt them in crossing over to independents.

]]> Timothy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119254 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119254 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:32:52 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle Follow the trail.

My dad and step-mom were up in Alaska (they drove there from Vermont and then back down to Seattle) and they say it's even worse than you can imagine.

The truth will out.

Dig deeper.

Follow the money and the deceit.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119267 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119267 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:39:25 -0800 Comment by Stacy Did they really do both covers?

]]> Stacy http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119272 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119272 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:41:49 -0800 Comment by The Peanut Gallery Halle Berry had a baby!! Talk about a cute kid

]]> The Peanut Gallery http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119274 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119274 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:44:04 -0800 Comment by Will in Seattle And Fnarf, the key thing is to attack and not to lie back as Dems frequently do.

It's time to chop off heads, rip out spinal cords, spit down their throats, and toss their corpses into the dung heap behind.

Fair heart and faint hand ne'er kept the America-hating dragon out of the White House.

]]> Will in Seattle http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119275 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119275 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 12:44:23 -0800 Comment by Original Monique I am not sure where to bring this up, but I think there is a possiblity that Trig Palin is Sarah's, but that maybe she was starving herself to induce a miscarriage. Women have been known to do that, especially pro-lifers. And she had to announce once it was clear the starving wasn't working.

But with all the other evidence, I lean toward beliving it was a cover-up.

AND @Fnarf: I could not disagree more. FUCK HER. If she was a liberal, we would not be having these "baby" scandals because either
a) it would have been dealt with
b) there would be no shame attached

The GOP have been shaming women for an eternity. The GOP is also the #1 party for character assasinations, and it works. This is serious business (all of her scandals are) because they show character and the ability to bury scandal (all presidents should know how). She is bad at both, and it's time the right got a taste of its own medicine. FUCK THEM and their "privacy".

This is WAR. They started it and we can finish it.

]]> Original Monique http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119300 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119300 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:03:12 -0800 Comment by jrrrl Imagine if Palin's 19-year old child Track fornicated or drank underage or had a baby our of wedlock too. That would be such a huge scandal.

Oh wait, Track is a boy? Who cares then, let him do whatever the fuck he wants with his personal life.

]]> jrrrl http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119329 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119329 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:23:59 -0800 Comment by Greg Personally, I say exploit the "Bridge to Nowhere" angle. She's governor because her predecessors were too obviously corrupt even for Alaska.

]]> Greg http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119362 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119362 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 13:39:44 -0800 Comment by Non Fnarf, let you never stop commenting on Slog. Holy.fucking.shit you are more brilliant and eloquent each time. After 2 years of reading, hot dayum you don't cease to amaze me.

"No one is more aware of human failings than right wing Christians. It's their own sense of failure that drove them in that direction in the first place. Their doctrine isn't "we're not sinners, unlike you", it's "we're all sinners, but we, unlike you, ask for God's help and God's forgiveness"."

]]> Non http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119440 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119440 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 14:28:15 -0800 Comment by shub-negrorath Yeah, liberals should definitely heed the words of the big J in Luke 15:7: "I tell you that in the same way there will be more rejoicing in heaven over one sinner who repents than over ninety-nine righteous persons who do not need to repent."

Maybe McCain knew what he was doing after all . . .

]]> shub-negrorath http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119499 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119499 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:09:44 -0800 Comment by JW She looks like Gabrielle Carteris as Andrea in 90210 in that photo.

]]> JW http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119506 http://slog.thestranger.com/2008/09/a_tale_of_two_covers#c1119506 2008 Tue, 02 Sep 2008 15:15:11 -0800