McCain's fitness should still be our primary concern, but something about Sarah Palin tonight just needs to be said. Why does she lie when she doesn't need to? It's her counterpart to Hillary's embellishing the story of going into Iraq under sniper fire.
In her interview with Sean Hannity on FoxNews, Palin told how she asked her teenage daughters for their opinion before accepting the VP offer. And "they’re like, ‘Absolutely, let’s do this, Mom,’” she quoted them as saying.
The only problem is that it was a lie. It is well-documented, and confirmed by Todd, that the girls were not told the news until they arrived in Ohio for the announcement, presumably to avoid leaking the news. That makes sense. So why make up a different story, saying she asked them before accepting?
Maybe she did actually ask them what they thought -- the night before it was to be announced to the waiting world. What were they going to say? "Uh, Mom, don't do it. Remember? I'm pregnant. Did you forget? And remember me, Mom? Willow, your second daughter? And remember you yourself have a 4 month old infant with Downs Syndrome, Mom? I'm 14 years old and I am not that baby's mama." "Call off the big news conference, and let's go home." Do you suppose they felt free to do that?
So was she a nice mom to ask her daughters what they thought? Or is she a monster mom who doesn't really care what they thought, doesn't really care if their young lives are exploited in tabloids and paraded before screaming crowds; she just wanted to tell a good story to make herself sound like that kind of mom who would consider her children's feelings and their needs?
And this makes it very clear that, before she made her decision, Sarah did not have that long heart to heart talk with Bristol about how it would affect her, having her inconvenient pregnancy paraded before the world, and making it politically necessary for her to announce that she and Levi were going to get married. Did Levi have the same "free" choice about getting married? Did they make him an offer he couldn't refuse?
We've come a long way since such situations were called shotgun weddings. Maybe Levi made them an offer they couldn't refuse? Here's hoping he had a good lawyer and drove a tough bargain: let's say $100,000 to keep quiet until after the election and attend major events with the family; if you win, we'll get married for $1,000,000, plus one of Mr. McCain's houses, college educations for both, and a big trust fund for the little one. There would surely be some Republican fat cats who would fork it over. They'll get it back in earmark contracts many times over.
Cynical? Disdainful? You bet.
Ralph
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You know, come to think of it, Levi does have the leverage here. Unlike the old days of shotgun weddings that took place as soon as papa got his gun and they could wake up the preacher, it's the Palin family that has the most at stake.
Suppose Levi didn't want to marry Bristol? He must have some stories to tell to the tabloid world. At the very least, what did Sarah and Todd say to Bristol when they found out she's pregnant. What did they say to him? What was their pitch to induce him to get cleaned up, in new clothes and haircut, to appear before the world at the convention as the teenage guy who knocked up the daughter of the #2 (or is it really #1)Republican?
my mother would say, "she'd tell a lie when the truth would sound better." There are just some people like that, I guess.
also, did everyone see Countdown last night when Keith showed a clip where a Fox commentator actually mentioned Palin's "tits" on the air?
http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/3036677/#26782223
As Keith noted, if any other news source had done that, there would have been hell to pay.
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