Palin Throws Daughter Under Media Bus

Okay, I’m happy that the girl is keeping her baby. However, I have to wonder about Gov.Palin throwing her daughter under the media bus to save her own political career from rumors. More judgement questions? Flying against airline restrictions when 8 months pregnant, getting on a plane when in pre-term labor with a 5th child and traveling more than 12 hours, treating a newborn special needs kid like another agenda item. 

More: putting your teenager in the position of being the poster child for teen parenting, when she’s in the biggest crisis of her life. Planning to leave for D.C. when the newly married teen mom has her own baby…. No pressure on Bristol…. and WE are supposed to respect the girl’s privacy? What about her Mom….?

If this isn’t a time when her family needs her, when exactly would that be?

Why *did* she keep her own pregnancy a secret from her closest staffers? The first three months, of course, but 7.5 months?

Why did McCain bring her on with all this brewing at home? It seemed cynical enough when he picked a woman with so little qualifications, but to pick someone he KNEW had a secretly pregnant teenaged daughter seems the height of cynicism… Timing the announcement with the first day of the RNC? Painting a bulls-eye on that girl’s back and daring the Dems to make something of it? 

Tell me again about family values, because I apparently don’t get it.