Bristol Palin in Ohio: A truly damning photograph.

[denem]

Here's Bristol's privacy: Dolled out in Ohio State gear to attract the Buckeye vote, courtesy of Team McCain, and, no doubt, vetted and approved by Sarah and Todd Palin.

[BeyondGeography]

1. Truly sad, actually

Looks hunted and haunted. Thanks, Mom.

[denem]

2. 'Mom' is a psychopath IMO - although unhinged fanatic is more PC

[chicagoexpat]

40. Will she become a running joke, like McCain's...

Will she become a running joke, like McCain's ever changing story about which football team he named to his Viet Cong interrogators?

Changes according to what state he's in.

Not that he's using his POW status for political purposes, of course

[C_U_L8R]

3. Palin's ambition is monstrously self-centered

so irresponsible and it shows

[timber84]

4. dupe

[denem]

6. Heh

but but but ... PRIVACY!

[LisaM]

7. Michigan fan checking in

This is preposterous!

[sarge43]

Caption: This is what sociopathic Republicans do to their own children.

Imagine what they'll do to yours.

[denem]

She's more than a sociopath. She has a insane lust for power.

[sarge43]

29. Sociopathic behavior manifests itself in totally selfish power manipulation

Basically that's what they do; they're amoral. Sociopaths perceive others as just things to be used, from lower level marginally acceptable office games or bullying their children to butchering millions. They're often outwardly very charming which is part of the manipulation.

So, no argument that she has power lust. She's just doing what comes naturally to her.

[timber84]

5. send this to Michigan fans everywhere!

Pronto!

[Jersey Devil]

9. LOL, made me spit coffee

:rofl:

[Dogtown]

8. That's just silly

What is objectionable about a snapshot of a teen in a sweatshirt?

[Orsino]

10. And what's damning?

A little sweatshirt pandering? That's the least damning thing about the Palin selection.

[HooptieWagon]

12. I doubt she's ever even heard of OSU, much less a fan.

She's being used as a campaign prop. Sad.

[denem]

13. Bristol is being used for crass political gain ... Go Bucks!

... know much about Ohio. Football is bigger than religion, here.

[jberryhill]

17. She's been a fan of Ohio State for years... and their sweatshirts are just the rage in Alaska

What is objectionable is using her as a campaign prop while demanding that nobody pay attention to her.

[denem]

19. And how exactly do you know that?

Links please!

[jberryhill]

22. How do I know what?

That the picture is a cheap campaign stunt?

I know it by looking at the picture.

Or are you one of those people who has problems with Mark Twain because he didn't use "sarcasm tags"?

Yeah... every high school dropout in Alaska loves Ohio State. If you can't discern the intent behind that sentence, please report to a recalibration center near you.

[trueblue2007]

30. I'm sure glad that is not an OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY shirt!!!

That girl looks REALLY unhappy

[Dogtown]

33. I can't believe I posted in GD-P

(backs away) look at the shiny bauble... (cuts and runs)



:hide:

[Colobo]

11. LOL!

[Sebastian Doyle]

14. The true scandal here is that the sweatshirt is not from Ohio State.

Turns out that Bristol is a member of the "Obama Satanist Union", a cult of misguided Wasila teenagers rebelling against their strict Pentecostal upbringing.

The cult really has nothing to do with Obama or Satan, they just picked two names that piss off their fundie parents.

[Wheezy]

15. wasn't it terribly warm there that day? And 5 months pregnant, poor thing

She must have been roasting.

[the Sundance Kid]

16. to Palin, her children are mannequins to be posed

[truthisfreedom]

18. Her children are stepping-stones in her blind ambition

[stuckinlodi]

20. "Mom Got Nominated for VP

and all I got was this lousy sweatshirt!"

[Arrowhead2k1]

21. Respect her privacy dammit!

They put her on People magazine so that you would respect her privacy. :rofl:

[No Elephants]

23. But everyone's supposed to shut up about her, unless they are praising? Riiiight.

[Balderdash]

44. Just leave the kids out of it.

nt

[mod mom]

24. It's in the 90's here-why is she wearing a sweat shirt?

[rxdem84]

25. To hide the pregnancy of course. LOL

[musicblind]

26. Please stop mocking Bristol

she is a victim :(

[amandabeech]

27. Ohio State has a hockey team.

Perhaps a spot on the hockey team can be opened for baby daddy, and the GOP can stick the two kids in married student housig, and let them get lost in the crowd.

[hedgehog]

50. They have to get their GEDs at least before they can be admitted.

The fact that neither child appears to be on track to graduate high school is the saddest part of this entire fiasco!

[amandabeech]

53. Since I posted, I read that he has not graduated.

Since then, I've posted that baby daddy and Bristol need to return to Alaska immediately and go back to school. Bristol may have to finish up next year or do the home school thing to finish, but finish she should.

It is one of the saddest parts of this fiasco. And fiasco is the right word.

It is possible that the Palins do not focus on education. It was written on one of the Alaska blogs that the older boy, Track, didn't go to play hockey in college because he couldn't get that GPA up to the needed 2.0. Really, in a small, rather rural school with the right classes, that isn't too much to ask, especially when the kid could play at the college level.

I grew up in a small town in Michigan. Despite Todd's good job and the Mom's college degree and governorship, my grandmother would have called this bunch "The Trash."

I hope that things turn out better for the other kids, including Trig.

[Beacool]

28. How about leaving the girl alone?

We hated it when they trashed Chelsea. It is hypocritical to now pick on Palin's daughter.

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[nxylas]

37. OMFG

From the comboxes:

"My name is Dwik, and Levi is a purple puke hematite! That’s my baby and I’ll fight him for it and we are going to call him/her Milston Dwik! I love Bristol and Levi only did it with her so you could get close to her mom, Levi if you are reading this you are a fruitface pachinko Palinophile!" (edit: whatever the hell that means).

[denem]

32. ER .. It is the McCain campaign who were not 'leaving the girl alone' here.

That's a publicity shot, a deliberate political publicity photo, designed to boost Palin's appeal in Ohio. Ohio State Football is a religion that crosses all party/ethnic/class lines.

To repeat - it was the McCain campaign who were not 'leaving the girl alone'.

[tigereye]

45. so they are willing to vote Rep just because someone wears an OSU shirt?

that can't be good. ;)


I just feel bad for this poor kid - pregnant, has to get married, mother is a fundie nutjob who doesn't believe in birth control, and going to college won't be easy with a baby. :(

[krkaufman]

34. What's "damning" about this photo? nt

[robicon]

35. uhhh...

It's a sweatshirt. Is everything a conspiracy around here?

Next you'll try to convince me that the twin towers weren't brought down by terrorists.

Get a grip folks. There are far better things to question and attack instead of sweatshirt wearing daughters and photoshopped pictures of the Rep. VP candidate.

[krkaufman]

36. I still have no idea what you're talking about. Looks like a young woman in an OSU top.

Best of luck to ya...

[robicon]

38. sorry

replied to the wrong post. Meant to reply to the OP.

[FloridaJudy]

39. That does *not* look like a happy camper

I wish her parents would allow her to slip quietly out of the limelight. Good grief, I'd happily respect her privacy - after all she's not running for public office - if her parents would stop putting her on display. You know: the way the McSames keep their adopted daughter under wraps....

[robicon]

41. you're right

Like Obama would ever use his kids during a presidential campaign...

[FloridaJudy]

42. Obama's kids

Don't look profoundly unhappy.

[robicon]

43. of course not

They're what? ages 4 to 7? The DNC probably felt like Disney World to them.

Palin's daughter is 17 years old, the daughter of the RNC's VP candidate, and has her pregnancy attacked by the media. I don't think she's seeking it out (the media attention that is). If the media attacks her, there will be backlash against the Democratic party (remember Chelsea during the Clinton campaign?)

back on topic: Would you agree that the OP is a stretch at best? With all the "ammo" the Palin pick provided I think this one is dead in the water.

[FloridaJudy]

47. The majority of teenagers

Are pathologically self-conscious. I remember being that age, and a small zit would make me want to crawl into a hole and pull dirt over myself. I remember how mortified I was when my mother made me go to school with my hair a fetching shade of dayglo orange after a parentally unauthorized experiment with henna went awry. So I can't imagine that Bristol feels really comfortable being put on display. You know that people are going to be staring at her belly and exchanging whispered comments about how far along she looks. I expect she wants to crawl in that hole too, but hers is probably a lot deeper than mine.

Little kids are more spontaneous, but I expect even Obama's daughters would rapidly weary if they had to be on constant display. As it is, I find the Senator incredibly lucky that neither of the pair has picked her nose or told a poop joke in front of a camera.

[SidneyCarton]

46. Now this pisses me off.

This is the crassest, most pandering bull I have ever seen. On the one hand we have the "don't criticize my daughter, this is a family matter!" line from these bozos, and on the other side, they are flaunting her for all she's worth. This is beyond disgusting. Ok, no more defending this mess, not that you needed my permission, but fire at will! Let them know we've had it with this crap.

[robicon]

51. :rolleyes:

Although I disagree in this particular instance (OSU sweatshirt).

Welcome to the Presidential Campaign Trail.

[SidneyCarton]

56. Touche.

Momentary foaming at the mouth has passed, thank you for the paper towel.

[Roninvet]

48. And....

Im sorry but I dont see what the big deal is can someone help me out. I ave a NASA sweatshirt, doesnt mean Im an Astronaut.

[cwydro]

49. That is an old pic,

that I think came from an Alaskan paper.

It didn't come from McCain for crying out loud.

[QueenOfCalifornia]

52. Of all the crap

about Palin, her kid in a "OSU" sweatshirt does not make me angry.

I really do not get it.

If you want to say she's a prop, well, that's true... but so are any of the kids & grandkids who are part of politics.

This is totally lame.

Sorry.

[robicon]

54. this

is what I've been trying to say.

[gmoney]

55. she outgrew her old sweatshirt?

maybe she picked it up at the Columbus airport?