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2008-09-02 Home Front: Politix

Bristol Palin's pregnancy and engagement was no secret back home

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Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-02 02:12|| || Front Page|| [10 views ] Top

#1 I've known several families that thought they were immune to this sort of thing because they were "upper crust". It always brings them down a notch or two when the word gets out. The Palins don't seem at all snobish, so I think they wont have to take too much heat on this. It's the people that say it could never happen to them that get laughed at the most.

Posted by Black Bart Snusotch1262 2008-09-02 13:42|| 2008-09-02 13:42|| Front Page Top

#2 Thats just the thing - the Palins are definitely not "upper crust". Union steel worker in the oil field, hunters and commercial fishers, kids in the public schools, son of a fisher daughter of a school teacher.

Maybe that's why the pissed off so many on the left and the right - they don't aowe anyone anything, and they don't need nor do they respect the insider privelege that so many of those in DC cannot live without.

And what makes it worse - Sarah brought down a ton of corrupt GOP officials in Alaska, and made government a lot more transparent so back-room deals are harder to pull off.

Palin is threat to the "go along get along" Beltway/CountryClub set.

Especially if, in 4 years, she becomes president with a strong conservative corruption fighter like Jindal as the VP.

Posted by OldSpook 2008-09-02 15:45|| 2008-09-02 15:45|| Front Page Top

#3 I like what Instapundit said:

"HOW THEY COULD HAVE KEPT THE PALIN PREGNANCY STORY OUT OF THE PRESS: Leaked it that John Edwards was the father . . ."

Yeah, that woulda dun it. :-D

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