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Tue Dec 8
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Also, I thought it was VERY classy he wouldn't discuss where he had sex with Bristol. The things he says seem factual because they are almost too banal to be made up.
03:21 PM
Am I wrong in thinking that it's hugely irresponsible for a 44 year old woman carrying a special needs child in what is by definition a high-risk pregnancy to board a cross-country, high-altitude flight? And then to assume that she is absolutely insane if she repeats that journey, only this time leaking amniotic fluid and feeling contractions?
I'll admit, I've never had a kid, but the friends and relatives who have all stopped flying around 6 months in. The ones who were older mothers went straight to the hospital as soon as labour started in any way.
I don't care about the Mysterious Trig Origin story, but am I missing something about what I'd had as received wisdom long before I ever heard of Palin: that women should not fly late in pregnancy because it can put mother and child in danger if labour progresses, what with flight attendants not being medical professionals if things go badly wrong. I mean, Trig could have had a hole in his heart. This is not something the dermatologist onboard can handle with crossover medical skills.
Seriously, don't care about the conspiracy theory. But the decision-making in that suggested chain of events chills me, and makes me wonder why ANYONE would trust a person with those decision-making instincts to be President.
03:39 PM
At the same time, I am not a politician, and I would assume that there might be reasons that one would need to travel late into pregnancy. However, once water breaks? That means labor is going to start toot sweet (if it hasn't already -- some women's water breaks before labor begins) and in that case, yes, I would suggest its irresponsible to board a plane for a cross country trip. So even if there's nothing else to the story, you're correct -- this highlights very questionable decision making behavior.
05:28 PM
Her decisions were hugely irresponsible, and in my opinion, pretty selfish. And flat out dumb.
I've had two kids. I guess I see it as much more logical to be on the ground, near a hospital if I'm having contractions and my water has broken.
02:01 PM
He is, from what I can tell, the only thorn to have permanently embedded itself in Sarah Palin's side.
Shine on, you crazy diamond!
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Oh Joy, don't ever change! Somewhere, Elisabeth is having a stroke.
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But the real point is ... so what? Unless Andrew Sullivan was that baby's father (and the idea of that just amuses me) it's really none of his damn business. Enough with the conspiracy theories. It's almost as annoying as those birther people.
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Andrew Sullivan, don't presume to think that you understand what women can and cannot do while in labor.
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At this point, though, Sullivan's claims don't seem to hold much water. It's pure speculation.
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I used to loathe Sullivan -- I have never forgiven him for his pro-war stance in 2004 and he still clings to some crap economics. But I give him credit, he's come a long way in the last couple of years. I don't mind at all his role as a thorn in her side. This woman's bullshit needs to be called, vigilantly.
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The hypocrisy would be in presenting her daughter as an example of abstinence by hiding the product of her sexual activity. Sort of a moot point by now, but especially troublesome if Bristol didn't have a choice at all. Which I wonder about. But again, that's Bristol, not Sarah, and I have no desire to drag her through the mud. As interesting a conspiracy as it may be, I've pretty much abandoned Andrew Sullivan's blog because of it.
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Everything worked out, which is great! But if it hadn't, Sarah Palin would have been the factor that introduced totally needless danger into the equation. Put flatly, her son could've been born with a hole in his heart, and she chose to go on a long-haul flight where the nearest medical help would be a First Aider and whoever on the plane had taken pre-med.
Of course, there's the flip side to this, which I find a lot more probable: she irresponsibly boarded a flight back to Alaska, but there was no sign of labour until she was almost on the ground. At which point they drove to the hospital and had the baby. And then she elaborated, as she tends to do, and created a Wilderness Woman story for herself -- only realizing too late that the other half of that take is Shockingly Irresponsible Mother.
In short: I'd prefer to think her a compulsive liar than so offhand about her child's survival. Neither quality makes me want her in office.
03:57 PM
As to the other point (and egg creams point) I could sort of see it from that perspective but its still a pretty big stretch. I mean if she had had a previous abortion and lied about it that would be different but just to say I'm against abortion and I didn't abort my kid...I mean, I can see the ridiculousness and dishonesty if it wasn't her kid to begin with but she did have what 4? other kids that she didn't abort. I guess if it was glaringly untrue that would be one thing but its not and all this speculation about womens bodies by (primarily) men is tiresome.
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They simply have to cast Righteous Defense and Judgment of Justice at the trial. The defense team bubble-hearths and then it's back to work arbitrating hostile working environment cases brought by Scarlet Trainees.
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(I just switched mains to a Paladin Tank. ZOMG I loves it).
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@Wishnick: I thought I would post the picture because, OMG, uncanny!
11/25/09
In fact I think it's really sad (in lack of a better word) that *this* is the lawsuit that makes its way to the courtroom and the media because this is truly an addiction, and not just some slightly disturbed guy with a random lawsuit.
Case in point: [www.olganon.org]
11/26/09
I think he needs help, and not just with his addiction to videogames.