Let him waste 2 to 3 on this ho. Who cares?

these are the vaunted GOP traditional family values in action.

Check out this post from Andrew on Levi's mom.....

http://andrewsullivan.theatlantic.com/the_daily_dish/2008/09/the-sanest-pers.html

Something the pro-choicers might want to consider: you don't just get the baby, you also get the good for nothing son-in-law too. And they are probably going to move in with you.

it makes the world go round.

Obviously, there's a deal being worked out...they'll get married by Christmas, and he probably has to stay married to her for at least 5 years with certain amounts of money guaranteed him by the RNC for every year he stays in the marriage up to that point.

It's just like a Tom Cruise marriage contract.

u shouldnt have to pay for the rest of your life..

Does Dan need a sex ed refresher?

Maybe embittered X-Gen-Xers are all that dwell amidst the Puget Sound now. Motherhood, fatherhood and babies, limit their infantile fantasies of themselves, as in, the person is in their mid-30s but has hopes of "raving" at Bumbershoot with all the 18 year olds. Babies just get in the way of that...babies have to be held, and that interferes with their XBox gaming console fingerwork...

Meanwhile, real teens in the year 2008 are virtual baby factories, unlike the barren Grunge Era teens of yesterdecade.

WHAT'S WRONG WITH AMERICA?!?!?

"I don't usually engage in these scenarios, but I'll do it here. If the Obamas had a 17 year-old daughter who was unmarried and pregnant by a tough-talking black kid, my guess is if that they all appeared onstage at a Democratic convention and the delegates were cheering wildly, a number of conservatives might be discussing the issue of dysfunctional black families."

Bzzzzzzzt. Wrong.

I have a 10 year old and a 7 year old. And I'm a card carrying (ACLU) liberal gen-X er.

I love kids so much that I've built my career around being there for them- trading a more lucrative but heavy travel software sales job for a locally based engineering job, for instance. When my wife and I had our second kid, I took a hiatus from state level political activity so I would have more time for them.

I couldn't imagine holding political office while my kids were still in school. Unlike Sarah Palin. And all my kids are healthy. And I only have two.

I mean, MAYBE the condom broke, or MAYBE he came on her chest and it dripped down inside, or MAYBE she's the fucking virgin Mary. But I really doubt it.

This is such a fun lesson in family values. Her mother both opposes abortion AND also also services for pregnant teens. Good stuff.

Does Dan need a sex ed refresher?

What he may not realize is that we don't have a problem with different perspectives, but we do have a problem with huge fucking morons.

@26 I know! Except this picture of him has me re-thinking his attractiveness:

http://www.adn.com/

Sigh. I think the real story is standard after school special fare. But I'll admit it is easier to think the parents are manipulating the kids rather than the other way around.

@39 Alaska age of consent laws:
http://www.ageofconsent.com/alaska.htm

The idea that she and her ilk want to tell our kids what they can and cannot do with their bodies, let alone use proven methods to prevent pregnancy and sexually-transmitted diseases, is outrageous. What the hell kind of role model do they think they're providing?

Journalist that do not toe the line will not be invited.

And why are we still talking about this whole Palin thing anyway? Didn't you hear the new statement from McCain about her mama that
"Her selection came after a six-month long RIGOROUS VETTING PROCESS where her EXTRAORDINARY CREDENTIALS and EXCEPTIONALISM became clear." ??

(Just try reading that one out loud without using a sarcastic tone of voice.....)

Matter of fact, in my mind, I'm groping it right now.

And no, I don't feel like letting it go.

Levi = the first president of the Republic of Alaska

And with a baby on the way he really needs the job.

Also, with a baby on the way, he really needs the work.

Hm, almost like it was PLANNED that way...

What else is there?

We do prefer the Marriage part first ... (Levi, you scoundrel!)

GODDAMN YOU ROVE! YOU EVIL BASTARD!

Then, he will propose to the young Ms. Palin and then announce he is going to study to become a minister like a good young Christian man.
Hallelujah!

President Sarah Palin...sounds great.

Ms Palin prefers 22's.

http://www.startribune.com/photos/?c=y&img=M4158313.JPG

Know the difference between set and prop, theater-wise speaking ?

Republicans hold the "art-of-political-leadership" to be a theater. The electorate is the audience, the politicans and media are the actors on the politcal stage. On a theater stage, a set is what the actors stand in-front of... a prop is something they interact with.

A set creates the sense of place, location. A couch, a rug, a lamp turned on, is a set when actors are only speaking: it gives a sense of a location that they are speaking in a living-room. An actor might say the rug is red, or green, or plush, but it is still a set. If one actor invites another actor to sit on the couch, and turns off the lamp, then the couch and lamp are props: they were interacted with and are necessary devices the playwrite needed to propel the story.

When a republican stands on a "stage" surround by family: that is a set. The actors create a place, a location: their family... the place where the politician/actor's heart resides.

They might describe members of the family, but the family remains a "set". The set (family) remains back from the action; they do not become involved with the actors any more then the rug was involved in the above example. When another actor, albeit politican or media, goes "off-script" and begins to interact with the "set", improvising an interactiion with the family, then the "set" becomes a "prop".

Like theater actors, they can react with improvised grace to get back on script, or take some action which allows the show to going on for the audience (electorate). Or the actor can behave like a prima-donna, have a hissy-fit and point out the faux-pas that a set can not become a prop and demand that the other actors get back on script "to the letter" for the good "of the team".

http://www.comedycentral.com/colbertreport/videos.jhtml?videoId=180273

WHERE ARE YOU AMY-KATE! WE MISS YOU!

Come back!

Levi will be pressured to marry Bristol. Levi and Bristol will get plenty of assistance, to make sure they mind their manners, and keep their shit together for a minute. I predict a heart felt moment, where they thank their god for their baby blessing, and their new marriage.

Bristol's mama will ensure Levi gets an easy, well paid job in AK.
Probably in the AK National Guard, because having a son-in-law in the military will look good for Palin.

Levi's parents are going to send the boy to his fate with lady Pain, because, lets face it, if the boy minds his manners, and jumps through the required hoops, he can milk this fiasco for a good long while.

Eventually, Levi will anger Palin somehow, and she'll remove him from whatever swank AK job that has been arranged for him.

But, Obama will be president by then, and everyone will have stopped caring about levi, Bristol, and this whole AK mess.

Could it be that Sarah Palin has been trying to create an opening with the Alaska State Troopers so Levi can take it?

If Levi keeps sticking out that tight, perky lil' butt, his dance card is gonna be full tonight!

Thanks for the status. Everything has indeed changed while I spent two weeks roaming the western U.S., like a modern dirt-biking Kwai Chang Caine.