Fred Thompson on dem/media panic over Palin

Thompson will forcefully endorse Palin, because that's his only option. The truth of the matter is, that McCain's choice of Palin shows McCain is not ready to be president; his judgement and experience tells us, he makes decisions not based on what's good for the country, but to show his maverick, senile, manhood.

I dont think that palin is that bad a choice. Better than Mccain. And as for her kid being pregnant I think that the only people looking down on the way her daughter was raised are people who never had kids. In this day and age its impossible to keep the kids from being indoctranated in too the glories of sex. Check out the day time soaps where everyone had done everyone else on the programs. Check out the movies where sex is highlited. The wonder isent that kids get pregrant and have sex the wonder is that they dont all have sex. Palen is just as experianced as any of the crooked politicians who run for office. I will still vote for Biden because I dont see that I have a choice but knocking Palin and her teenage daughter isent fair as far as I am concerned. I think all these saints need to examine thier own life experiances and admit to themselves that they all made mistakes and shut the hel- up about other peoples mistakes.

Do you people really believe your own propaganda?

You are missing the point... it is not the pregnancy. It is the hypocrisy.

For the record, I agree with Obama that Palin's daughter should be left alone.

But there are two issues

1) The Conservative Christians who pushed Palin are the very ones who are pushing abstinence-only education, and "family values" down our throats.

2) Had this been Obama's daughter, or any other Democratic leader's daughter, do you think the Republicans (or their hate-radio proxies) would have had restraint.

Still I think that Democrats should show restraint (rather than stoop to the Republicans level).

But the hypocrisy here is the issue.

Fred Thompson is going to make a speech. They better have whoopee cushions or electric prods on the chairs. And speaking of a president who was way way way above his pay grade, you idiots elected him twice. He wasn't worth minimum wage, the old minimum wage.

Well, what can we expect from a president who "bought" his degree from Harvard by his pappy? He sank our country into the worst economic recession since the great depression, and our foreign relations have dropped from #1 down to about #22. The biggest deficit will handicap our economy and our children for decades to come.

That's what happens when you "buy" your degree; Bush's sheepskin isn't worth the paper it's written on.

It's both sad and kinda funny to watch liberaltards react to the realization that Obama is their best option

Frankly, as I read the papers each day and watch the news surrounding Sarah Palin I can't help remembering and comparing her with the sitcom Mary Hartman, Mary Hartman.

Maybe Garrison Keillor should apply to be her press agent. I can hear him now, "Now here's the latest news from Lake Woebegone Washington."

But on the other hand maybe McCain realizes that he probably won't win and he is just having a little fun.

There is nothing to "believe" except the facts.
When the NY TIMES front page story says "Does Palin deserve the right to try and be a mother and a politician", reaks of your own hypocrisy.

I don't recollect any conservative Christian's "pushing" Palin. If there were any, they were very very quiet. As a conservative Christian, I, for one, was just as surprised by the pick as anyone. I also don't understand why a daughter's mistake somehow indicates hypocrisy on part of the mother. Shall I call all liberal sex-ed proponents hypocrites when their teenage daughters get pregnant?

And as to your second question, I think Republican's have regularly shown constraint when their Democratic opponents children get in trouble. For example, in 1996, Al Gore's son was caught smoking pot in school. What clamor did you hear from the right from that incident? Nothing...because the story only appeared in the foreign press and was completely suppressed in the US media. London's Daily Telegraph charged, "The crusading American media and Washington's political elite have closed ranks to protect Vice President Gore from embarrassment over his teenage son's indiscretion." In this case a little more embarrassment might have been in order, because Al Gore III has struggled with drug problems since then being picked up again for drug possession in 2003 and 2007. John Murtha's son has been busted for burglary and selling cocaine. The son of Bill Clinton's Secretary of Education, Richard Riley, was busted during the early days of the Clinton Administration for selling drugs. source

Frankly, I don't understand the frenzy this go around. The source I indicated above has many children of both Democrat and Repub politicians picked up for various drug offenses. I can't recall any being pounced upon as gleefully as has this incident with Palin's daughter. Instead each ended up being a two-three day event in the news media, with not one Republican or, for that matter, Democratic accusation against the politician regarding his fitness for office or his parental competence. This shows the remarkable contrast to the Democrat's current blasts against Palin. Like you, I hope the Democrats soon restrain themselves and this is just a momentary lapse of judgement.

It doesn't reek of my hypocrisy, because I didn't write it.

Also, can you provide a link to this alleged story? I turned up zero results when searching on the text you provided.

From where I am setting hypocrisy is practiced on both sides. While Obama is taking the high road his minions are shooting from the hip. If they want to attack Palin on her beliefs about politics and government fine but many Obamites are attacking her and her daughter on a personal level. As long as Obama has his attack core his high road retoretic is BS and shows just as much hypocrisy as the republicans.

As opposed to a guy with one foot in the grave who offers nothing but "I'm a war hero" and a VP who knows how to field dress a moose... a VP who with full knowledge (unless she's a complete idiot) that she has a new downs syndrome baby who will need lots of extra love and attention and a 17 year old pregnant daughter whose daddy has already said in the media he's a self proclaimed ******* redneck (quote) that was going to be and now is the subject of nasty world attention and will end up being the new lewinsky joke of the month.... a VP who armed with that knowledge decided to go ahead and further her career by exposing her kids to that? You God fearing republicans are big on family values and character..... unless it comes at cross hairs with ambition.....

Well, who can beat that?

So you are against woman in the workplace, "Seniors" in the work place, teenage pregnancy.

You must be a conservative!

nice try....I'm pro show some consideration for your family.....don't paint a bullseye on them just to cut in line.....I'm a senior in the work place.... but I'm doing something I'm qualified for....and if you mean I'm for not wasting money on useless wars.... rebuilding other countries at the expense of ours... not wasting money on bridges to nowhere and lining the pockets of politicians and their supporters... if by that you mean I'm for a fair healthcare system that emphasizes making people healthy instead of putting them on break the bank maintenance meds and return visits so that they can be productive and show up to work ...if you mean I'm for educating our children so they can keep up with the rest of the world and not have to push Big Mac icon or let a machine count their change for them because they don't know how...... if by that you mean I think we should work to clean our filthy planet and leave something for our heirs..... if you mean that I think we should tell the ENTIRE world that we are putting a moratorium on trying to run the world....that if they want to slaughter themselves it's their business as long as they don't **** with us....so we can CONSERVE our own resources....most importantly the human ones.... then yeah I suppose I'm a conservative....but not the kind the word currently describes.

Well, what might that be?

Can you say the same thing about Obama?

Why, I'm a drug dealer and a pornographer....I thought everyone new that. After all I'm a liberal, right?

I'm not wild about Obama as you know....he may very well be under qualified..... but McCain and Palin are just beyond the pale IMO.

I can accept that reasoning for your support of Obama. I just get tired of the lack of debate on A2K as it appears this place has turned into a BLOGG SPOT.