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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.
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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.
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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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I love makeup and my bathroom looks like a MAC store, but there was never a time that wearing it or not wearing it went into consideration when making friends.
The best part of being the only "makeup girl" in my group? Being the makeup artist for their weddings. :)
02:49 PM
I would certainly never judge someone for not wearing make up though like Shane Watson seems to think happens and I just hope no-one judges me for always wearing make up in return!
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Oh, and my mother never ever wore makeup and kind of looks like a weirdo when she does.
02:54 PM
I just love make up and the ritual of applying it, even though none of the women in my family wear more than lipstick. I've been wearing make up everyday since I was about 12 and I can't imagine changing now.
03:10 PM
I still love putting make-up on, and did it every day until I had my son. Unfortunately, now my priority is making sure he gets to daycare and that I get to work on time, no matter what state I am in. Once he is older and if he is ever potty trained, I will probably have a spare 3 minutes and will go back to my routine.
10:11 AM
And for years, I got the message (from other women, from men, from my mother) that girls who didn't wear makeup were more "natural" and less vain. That women who wore makeup were insecure or permiscuous. I was told by family members and strangers that my makeup caused my acne (note from my dermatologists - it did not). In other words, my decade of misery was my own damn fault for being so self-involved as to apply makeup in the morning.
My brother once told me he envied my ability to wear makeup, because he had no way of hiding his own skin problems.
Women (and men) are under so much pressure to be beautiful and desirable. Airbrushed images have elevated the standard of good skin or a pretty face. Some women feel comfortable leaving the house with a scrubbed face, and more power to them. But wearing makeup (or not) doesn't say anything about your character or what "kind" of woman you are, anymore than wearing a miniskirt does.
10:58 AM
But I guess to the outside world and to Watson, I'm just a vain girly-girl who spends my time primping and posing in mirrors to ensure I look the right amount of pretty. Afterall, it's my philosophy on life.
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Sigh. And ugh, I too get all the recommended lifestyle changes. Which again, just serve to make the recommendor feel good about her own choices. I have clear skin because I eat better than you! I have clear skin because I exercise more! I have clear skin because I'm smarter or more careful or more conscientious!
They have clear skin because their genes said so. It's like bragging because you're tall.
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