I'm starting to like Bristol Palin

She's just another set of loins.

She's definitely got a nice rack, I'll give you that much.

and stretch marks as well.

Please stop this feminist man-hating crap.

There are no reports that she left him... just as likely he dumped her. The only difference, of course, is that when a man leaves a new mom, it isn't celebrated. After all, the "shotgun" being wielded in this "shotgun wedding" didn't come from the father's side.

I felt bad for this guy in the first place. She had her night of fun... and now he has to pay for it.

Ain't that the truth...

Either way, I bet he doesn't have even a remote shot at getting custody.

How many loins are there in a set ?

Is there anything in this kids background that makes you think that he would want custody? He is a loser who never finishes anything well.

I'd say there's plenty of responsibility to go around. She had her night of fun, and so did he. She's a single mom, and he has to pay for the night of fun?

Get real, ebrown, you're starting to sound like Hawkeye.

He, of course, was not there, you crapulous piece of retarded ****.

He was kidnapped by rabid feminists, forced to **** the woman, despite his moral abhorrence, and made to pay by the United Nations.

Another martyr for the **** 'em and forget' em..they're just rags... lobby.

there are more than a few girls/women who want a baby to get back at mommy or to make them happy, and who go looking for a baby daddy. The guy is disposable, it is the baby with the monthly check to help support it that is desired.

We don't know enough about Bristol to know what she was after, but we can't reject out of hand the possibility that her mom's surprising political life last summer temporarily messed up her plan, and that it is now back on track.

Prove it.

My beef is the hypocritical double standard between how men and women are judged-- particularly when it comes to issues of parenting. This "feminist" thinking is not about equality. It is another example of the "man bad/ woman good" bullshit.

If all the details of this story were the same... except that Bristol were a male who conceived a child, this thread would be quite different.

So, my dear Rabbit, who "fucked" whom... and who is "forgetting"?

And DrewDad... it is about judging men and women equally (particularly when you have the detailed accurate information that you get from salacious news snippets about the children of famous people). Also, maybe Hawkeye is beginning to sound like me.

<<on a side note... shouldn't people just leave these poor kids, famous through no fault of their own, alone to deal with a very personal situation in private?>>

I think that's your issue, here. What a towering strawman you have constructed.

let's face it, after the election, it was a pretty good chance he was gone, and given his family background the palin camp would want him out of the picture for the next run, better the portrayal of a strong independent single mom, then a son in law with a dubious family

the real question is, what's the pay off, does he gets to skate free with no obligations if he keeps his mouth shut during the next campaign, that's my guess

Look DrewDad, there are two people involved here. Two people made the decisions that led to this pregnancy. Presumably two people had fun (assuming you accept the idea that women enjoy it). Why shouldn't we give them equal responsibility?

Why is the fact that "She is a single mom" mean anything? After all, he is a single dad. They are both single parents (assuming they don't agree to get married after all).

I am not even sure that getting married wouldn't be a good thing... after all, if they could make it work it could be the best thing for the kid. Of course, this is none of my business... so I will neither celebrate or gnash my teeth either way.

I don't have an opinion on what these poor kids... who are forced to endure public discussions about there private very personal decisions... should do.

I am just commenting on the sexist attitudes-- where "single mom" means more than "single dad"-- that are propagated in discussions such as this.

What does any of this have to do with feminism?

Remember, this kid had a facebook page (or was it myspace?) for the whole world to see and he clearly stated on his page that he was a super-duper bad-ass and did NOT want to have any children. Things change, people change, that's for sure, but you knew from the getgo that his trot-out during Ms. Palin's VP run last year was involuntary.

Although he and his family probably got a real chuckle behind the fact that his mom was running a meth lab out of her home.

It's clear to me that Bristol-as-spokesperson is a part of Moms' 2012 campaign. She pimped her kids last year and she will obviously continue to do so.

Kinda depends on who has custody. A single dad with custody is in the same boat as a single mom with custody. But an absentee or weekend parent just doesn't have the same difficulties.