Palin to media: Leave my kids alone

[Contrary1]

Whatsa matter Sarah...did ya fall off the front pages? I hadn't read anything about your kids for several weeks.

"Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children. But political observers say the former Republican vice presidential candidate can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.

Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.

"I think she's positioning herself. She's attacking the media as a way to generate support among a base she hopes will support her," said Leonard Steinhorn, a professor of communications at American University in Washington and an expert on the presidency.

Palin shied away from interviews during the campaign, although her children often accompanied her on her travels, including her oldest daughter, Bristol, who was pregnant at the time.

But in recent weeks, she has personally reached out to media outlets such as People magazine and The Associated Press to complain about information she claimed is wrong..."

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http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/n/a/2009/01/21/national/a131434S21.DTL

[tanyev]

1. Awww, didn't get any headlines yesterday, Sarah?

[JeanGrey]

2. Good for her. Children should always be off limits.

I've been disgusted at the some of trash I've read.

[peace13]

13. She is only about four months too late.

She used her children for her own political agenda and then after the parade was over Pandora's box was not big enough to fit the whole tribe back in. Go figure. She has shown poor judgment where her children are concerned.

[JeanGrey]

28. Oh horseshit. She didn't "use" her children anymore than

anyone else used theirs.

[peace13]

30. Don't know if you have kids or not.

But good parents make decisions with their children in mind well before the media shows up.

[JeanGrey]

32. Yes i have two boys. And frankly, I thought she did just fine

where her children were concerned. Should she have shackled her daughter in the basement? What is with you people and your constant bashing on this woman? Is Obama "using" his daughters by having them on stage?

[peace13]

34. YOu people? n/t

[frylock]

20. i guess you missed the part where she paraded her pregnant daughter around..

ostensibly to promote the success of abstinence-only sex ed.

[JeanGrey]

29. YES I DID miss that part. I don't recall her "paraded" any

damn where. I don't recall her being "hid away" that is for sure!

[JuniperLea]

3. Is she talking to herself again?

I haven't heard one peep about her kids in ages! She's just jealous of all the marvelous press President Barack Hussein Obama is getting:)

[Cronus Protagonist]

4. ummmm she paraded them like dolls on stage for a couple months

In national media. She doesn't get to decide what people say about them now.

[Solly Mack]

5. The Palin Crier - a weekly bid for attention

[TheCowsCameHome]

6. Do something stupid, Sarah. Anything. The media will cover it.

It's your specialty.

[billybob537]

7. Better call the WHAAAAMBULANCE

Sarah got he feelings hurt! Is this realy the best choice to be a heartbeat away from ruler of the free world?
I DON THIN SO ROOTSY!

[tularetom]

8. Eff her - she's the one that drug them friggin kids out in front of god and everybody

Appears to me that she doth protest too much - we haven't heard anything about the brood since pistol or whatever the fuck her name is popped out the smallest palin.

She can't live without the media and she realizes it.

[sarge43]

14. Thank you. If politicians don't want their kids media items, then

they shouldn't drag them out for every photo op. Even in Palin's alternate universe, can't have it both ways.

[Auggie]

9. If Plain left the media alone, I think they will lose interest in her AND the kids

[SoCalDem]

10. Gee, before last August, I never even knew she HAD kids or

even who the hell SHE was..

IT WAS HER CHOICE TO TROT OUT HER CHILDREN INTO THE LIMELIGHT.

No matter HOW much I wanted to be vice president (FAT chance with McCain, to begin with), if MY teen daughter had a pregnancy going on (married or not), I would have said "no thanks".. especially given the abstinence bullshit she preached...

She saw an opportunity for HER ascendancy to the "next level" and she never gave a crap about how it would affect her children..especially that little baby who needed a LOT of care.

[Rabrrrrrr]

11. She can run in 2012 for the We're Being Persecuted! Party

Her and the rest her Jesus Crispy fundy fucks who piss and moan all the time about how they're being persecuted because of their "faith" or the "liberal media" or whatever other bullshit nonsense they need to dredge up to keep their "We're Being Persecuted!" paranoid delusions going, and thus keep the money flowing into the coffers of the five guys getting rich off the scam.

[FiveGoodMen]

12. World to Palin: Sit down, shut up, go away!

[elfin]

15. Yes, they should be off limits AND

so should she!

What a pathetic attempt to use her kids (once again) to grab media attention.

[nc4bo]

16. How does she know what bloggers are saying? Surfing the internet on government time Sarah, uh? nt

[NV Whino]

17. Fine, Sarah. Stop using them as props and we'll leave them alone.

Jesus H. Stupid, goddamn fucking woman.

[KamaAina]

18. That would explain why she's been working so hard to protect Malia and Sasha's privacy

:sarcasm: :sarcasm: :sarcasm:

[AthiestLeader]

19. Go ahead and run since we all need a laugh.

[tnlefty]

26. Welcome to DU, AtheistLeader!

:hi:

[grannie4peace]

21. again?

[fascisthunter]

22. Drama Queen

and she loves the attention

[thecrow]

23. Sarah......who?

[Imagevision]

24. Last response - controversary is all this broad knows.... seeya sarah!

[liberal N proud]

25. Wouldn't bother me

But the bitch has to fade back into obscurity to achieve that.

She is the fool who used them for political gain thus exposing them to whatever the media chooses.

[Kurt Remarque]

27. same stupid loop every week now

[malaise]

31. Shuster just called her the hypocrite of the day

That was excellent.

[ogneopasno]

33. Palin...Palin...name rings a bell, somehow...

...Where have I heard it before?....hmmmmm....

[NeedleCast]

35. I so hope she runs in 2012

Preferably as an independant. Comedy value would be off the scales. She makes Dan Quayle look brilliant.