<div>Maybe someone has already made these points. If so, excuse the redundancy.</div>
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<div>Imagine if Chelsea Clinton became pregnant at 17 out of wedlock during the Clinton administration. Would those opposing the Clinton administration have suggested this revealed Bill or Hillary's lack of spiritual or moral fiber, their failed management of their family? What if Obama had a 17 year old daughter that now was pregnant out of wedlock? Would there be a focus on this fact implying that Obama's family reflected a spiritual or moral failing on his part?</div>
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<div>Ted Moffett<br><br><span class="gmail_quote">On 9/6/08, <b class="gmail_sendername">keely emerinemix</b> <<a href="mailto:kjajmix1@msn.com">kjajmix1@msn.com</a>> wrote:</span></div>
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<div>You know, I think it's beyond the pale to suggest that Obama has "pimped" his daughters. I think the sentiment is ugly, the choice of wording somewhat suspicious, and the "BHO" designation skirting the edges of bigotry (it relies on "Hussein," which seems important to the conservatives, and it reads "B-Ho," which is funny if you're one of them). Further, sarcastic reference to "The One" presumes a mockery of self-importance Obama doesn't deserve.<br>
<br>Together -- "pimped," "B-Ho," and "The One" -- tells me that Gary is fresh out of new things to say and has taken, disappointingly, to reliance on ugly stereotypes and tired old arguments. Sarah Palin isn't responsible for her daughter's pregnancy, but she did make the choice to seek national office in the midst of it. I think it's wrong for people to make political or personal hay out of Bristol Palin's private life, as I've written on my blog, but to suggest that a conservative, pro-life, hard-right evangelical would somehow get a free pass in this or any other circumstance when running for the vice presidency strikes me as more naive than I know Gary to be. Gary, who hasn't acknowledged that Obama has instructed his staff that any comments about the Palin family's children are grounds for immediate termination, would like this to be another example of mean, nasty, coldhearted-yet-spineless liberals attacking a good conservative. It isn't.<br>
<br>My thought is that Sarah Palin is a bright, sunny woman given to a sharp tongue and a rapier wit that, while intoxicating now in the spotlight, will soon eviscerate her and her campaign partner. She won't last through September, and it won't be because of Huffington, Kos, Andreas Schou, Keely Emerine Mix, or anyone other <br>
than . . . Sarah Palin.<br><br>Keely<br><a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/" target="_blank">http://keely-prevailingwinds.blogspot.com/</a><br><br><br>
> From: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:jampot@roadrunner.com" target="_blank">jampot@roadrunner.com</a><br>> To: <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>; <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a><br>
> Date: Sat, 6 Sep 2008 13:29:04 -0700<br>> Subject: Re: [Vision2020] McCain's Choice Bad for Voters
<div><span class="e" id="q_11c3967209581f18_1"><br>> <br>> Excuse me, if there was any "shoving her pregnant daughter into the public <br>> eye" it was done by the "progressive media and bloggers such as kos and <br>
> huffington. This would be in direct contrast to BHO who has taken every <br>> opportunity (remember access hollywood's extensive interview of the precious <br>> tykes along with making sure the kiddies had microphones in their precocious <br>
> little paws when they were onstage at the dnc convention?) to pimp his <br>> children to the public for the greater glory of "The One's" campaign.<br>> <br>> That a local democrat has managed to find a disaffected Alaskan democrat who <br>
> is willing to make unsubstantiated negative comments about McCain's VP pick <br>> comes as no surprise. After all, when you're running scared there's nothing <br>> a dem won't do to try and carry the day.<br>
> <br>> g<br>> <br>> <br>> ----- Original Message ----- <br>> From: "Tom Hansen" <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:thansen@moscow.com" target="_blank">thansen@moscow.com</a>><br>
> To: <<a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="mailto:vision2020@moscow.com" target="_blank">vision2020@moscow.com</a>><br>> Sent: Saturday, September 06, 2008 12:06 PM<br>> Subject: [Vision2020] McCain's Choice Bad for Voters<br>
> <br>> <br>> > >From today's (September 6, 2008) "Letters" section of the Spokesman <br>> > >Review<br>> > with thanks to Anesa Miller of Pullman.<br>> ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------------------<br>
> ><br>> > McCain's choice bad for voters<br>> ><br>> > John McCain has foisted an unknown politician on American voters with<br>> > barely two months for her credentials to be revealed and considered. Now<br>
> > his campaign wants to silence questions with bullying worthy of Bill<br>> > O'Reilly.<br>> ><br>> > If we think her resume - PTA, small-town mayor, 18 months as governor of<br>> > our least populous state - looks a bit thin, Carly Fiorina shrieks sexism.<br>
> > If we question her judgment as a mother - shoving her pregnant daughter<br>> > into the public eye - Steve Schmidt cries "trumped-up media scandal."<br>> ><br>> > Meanwhile, the facts of Palin's background that continue to trickle out<br>
> > are anything but reassuring. For an even-handed and balanced history of<br>> > Palin's public life, written by a well-informed woman unafraid to come<br>> > forward and give her name (despite the real danger of retaliation), check<br>
> > out:<br>> ><br>> > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.andrys.com/palin-kilkenny.html" target="_blank">http://www.andrys.com/palin-kilkenny.html</a><br>> ><br>
> > This is not rumor or smear, but the details are sobering.<br>> ><br>> > The real scandal here is McCain's attempt to pander for votes by putting<br>> > such an unqualified candidate a heartbeat away from the presidency.<br>
> ><br>> > Anesa Miller<br>> > Pullman<br>> ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------------------<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > Seeya round town, Moscow.<br>> ><br>
> > Tom Hansen<br>> > Moscow, Idaho<br>> ><br>> > "We're a town of about 23,000 with 10,000 college students. The college<br>> > students are not very active in local elections (thank goodness!)."<br>
> ><br>> > - Dale Courtney (March 28, 2007)<br>> ><br>> ><br>> > ---------------------------------------------<br>> > This message was sent by First Step Internet.<br>> > <a onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)" href="http://www.fsr.com/" target="_blank">http://www.fsr.com/</a><br>
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