LaShawn, a devout Christian, did not throw away her religious and moral principles to get on board the trainwreck that is Governor Palin’s ride….

At first, I too, like many other conservatives was caught up in the hype and euphoria of John McCain?s choice of running mate. But now after the initial shock and excitement has worn off, I think Sarah Palin is the wrong choice for VP on the Republica…

LOL!

SUCH HYPOCRISY.

The fact is that Sarah Palin is now PROOF that abstinence only until marriage as a policy by itself without parental input is worthless.

Wow!!! We have a “fact” now!

Well, here is another “fact.” Abstinence works. Where does the comment poster get the “information” Palin favors abstinence “without parental input?”

What kind of mind makes an assumption like that? Understand, when the parental input is to put your daughter on the pill, you are tacitly agreeing that you are helping to avoid pregnancy after sex.

Palin’s daughter responded to hormonal urges. She is not the first. Why do you condemn her for that? You can not unscramble eggs, so, you move on to new realities. That is the true Palin “story.”

I can not believe that I am participating in making this young girl’s life (and the baby’s father’s life) a national focus of news gossip.

I hope the comment poster has led a charmed life and continues to do so. I for one, only know people who have been tripped up by doing something stupid once or twice in their lives.

(Several years ago, I burned down my equipment shed while scorching weeds. People in the neighborhood still call me “Smokey.” I earned it.)

At this point, it’s not who’s the most capable leader, but who can win the election. Palin stands for all of the things missing in McCain.

As for her daughter, I think adoption is a good choice for girls who don’t have strong family support, but not for a strong family like the Palins. In the same situation, I would never allow my grandchild to be given up for adoption. That baby would be loved as a member of my family and my entire extended family would be available for help. Just like we did with my divorced sister and her son, my sister-in-law and her daughter before my brother married her, etc. That’s what family is for. At the very least, I would adopt the baby myself.

I think it sends a bad message to other children in a family that babies can be given away. I would think that other children would think that they could be given away too. Families take care of their own.

What you should be focusing on more that anything is that the Republicans are “using” Sarah Palin (who doesn’t mind it by the way) to pander to emotional and whiney white women who voted for Hillary Clinton and to present a phony argument about leadership and experience. What I find even more offensive is that pundits like yourself are not examining this issue. Whether you like Obama or not, African-American mem have had their spirit killed on the job even after the civil rights movement because when they tried to advance and where told that they did not have enough experience. While at the same time, a candidate from Central Casting with less formal education and training usually wins in the end. Obama was a community organizer, law school professor, state representative, and now senator. If you are expecting him to have the requite experience like McCain, he will not have it. But his background has prepared him to be the first African-American party nominee, and the builder of a political campaign that outfoxed, outsmarted, and outorganizaed an established political candidate. All of those accomplishments lend merit to the fact that at least some of Americans view him has a credible party leader, a leader of all nationalities and ethnic groups, and someone who can revive America again. You should have some admiration for what he has done as an African-American man, because he has gone farther than any of your fathers and grandfathers did, as well as mine. To refuse to watch his speech and not give him some credit is wallowing in the type of bitterness that you shouldn’t be wallowing in. After all, no one is saying that you HAVE to vote for him, but realize he has risen over some extraordinary circumstances, which will help him in the years to come whether he wins or not.

Well the Democrats I know aren’t concerned with that at all, from what I’ve observed. They are pouncing on this because the hypocrisy.

I’ve read about 8 references regarding this topic about “not being” or “not called” to be perfect of for perfection. In my limited time here, that is the most contrition I’ve read regarding the conservative ethic it’s a kinda nice.

On the flip side, if we’re going to let ourselves off the hook every once in a while, then we should try to do the same thing for the other side, this way we won’t prove to be such an embarrassment when the moment of truth comes – and it has NOT COME YET.

LaShawn, if you can pardon my forwardness, I think many of your readers would have liked to see you (as you usually) do “lay-out” why McCain’s choice of Palin is confusing. For me, it was McCain & the GOP constantly telling us Obama was too inexperienced and then they turn around and give us Palin. WOW!!! and to every commenter here and GOP supporter stop selling this decision as a “great” decision.

Why the constant references to her being able to ease the concerns of the evangelicals? What about her (other than professing Christianity) says evangelicals should be enamored with her? I liked the statements in TheBigDoddy’s post #43 and in post #42 – it appears to me her “family” needs her far more than her country. I disagree with the comment in post #56, true the bible doesn’t say a woman should not have a career however it is clear that the woman (ideally) should be the caregiver and the man is to till the ground.

Perhaps it was just me, but it just didn’t sit well with me to watch her 17 year old carry her child. We have a tendency to pass on to our children parental responsibilities. Please don’t take my comments out of context. Maybe having a child at a young age was not something that Bristol would be uncomfortable with if she (possibly) spends a huge amount of time caring for her younger siblings. Just a thought!!

I think this decision has helped sway me over to Obama. The last 8 years under a Republican has been a sham – why not try something different – can it really be worse?

The fact is that Sarah Palin is now PROOF that abstinence only until marriage as a policy by itself without parental input is worthless.

Frankly, in my book and in McCain’s, Sarah Palin is totally extraordinary already, but thanks to both the far left and far right, she’s not….

That said, I like her. I want McCain to win because I tie up in knots when I think of Obama winning. I think it’s up to her now to convince the rest of the country she can do the job.

You’ve come a long way, baby. But, can you go over the top?