Bristol Palin was telling the truth on Leno...

[PCIntern]

Her mother IS out hunting...

Hunting for money, hunting for fame/notoriety which brings her more money, hunting for attention which adds more money to her accounts, hunting for power which will cause her to gain status and thus, more money.

It's ALWAYS been about the money...these folks of her ilk are always one step ahead of their detractors: we thoughtful individuals tend to project more humanistic/family/sociological needs and motivations upon these people, BUT they are driven purely by money, both immediate reward and that in the future. It was true of the clothes ('cloths' as Todd spelled it), the speaking fees, the book advance, the gifts, the network appearances, everything. The best thing that happened to her was a combination of Katie Couric's benign questioning and Tina Fey's impersonation. It made her marketable to the millions upon millions of those who would be sympathetic. She doesn't have to sell the entire country, even a small percentage will enrich someone beyond their wildest dreams here.

This has been true of her since she was 8 years old I'm certain: emotion, sex, love, happiness, tragedy...these are only itches to her. The real drive is the money, pure and simple. At every level these people plot, plan, and then ascend to 'greater' levels of acquisition. Believe me, she ain't done. and we had best better watch out - she is like the Terminator - she WILL NOT STOP, nothing can make her stop - no amount of embarrassment, being caught in lies, Vanity Fair profiles: these only serve to empower her. there is no shame, there is no remorse, there is no emotion of a positive nature: it is all directed sociopathy and narcissism. It is your worst nightmare, because there is no reasoning, no perspective, no fear, and no guilt.

And no intellect...none required, apparently. This too is an advantage...those of us who are old enough to remember Adlai Stevenson, will recall that the term 'egghead' was used derisively because he was just so brilliant, erudite, and well-spoken. One could argue that he would have lost to Ike in any event, but what we saw was a landmark event: the public denigration of education and intellect by the powers-that-be.

[Bitwit1234]

1. And the corporate owned republican press is pushing her hard

[PCIntern]

4. Yes...the nightly car-crash...

but after a while, she'll become more than that: she'll rise to real 'legitimacy', and once she crosses that threshold, there's no going back.

[Gman]

2. You nail the issue well. K&R

[boobooday]

3. You really nail it on the head in your last paragraph

We have been living in a decades-long celebration of ignorance.

[madmax]

5. +1 Stupid has become a virtue. nt

[femrap]

7. I think it's more

like a Willful Ignorance where opinion is fact. There is no logic, no common sense, no debate.

Like the bumper sticker: God said it. I believe it. That settles it.

[madmax]

11. You have something there

my wingnut brother in law is not stupid but, willful and opinion does trump fact with him. Now that you mentioned it I see it clearly in his attitude and the arguments he makes to my husband.

[femrap]

21. I have a wingnut aunt and

she has taught me well. As well as that book by John Dean about the Conscience of people. It explained a lot to me.

[ladywnch]

15. even worse is god probably didn't say it.. some drunken, syphilitic,

homophobic, xenophobic, self-loathing gay mega-church preacher probably said god said something he never said, and by god, it became true/fact. but then again, that doesn't really fit well onto a bumper sticker! LOL

[femrap]

20. ...

:rofl: That would be one big ass semi you'd need for that long bumper sticker.

[malaise]

6. Sadly I think you are correct

Anything for money and fame. The Palins are quintessential GRIFTERS

[lunatica]

12. Your use of the word GRIFTERS is exactly right!

That describes them perfectly. I hope it catches on. If you don't mind I'll try and include it in every Sarah Palin thread I come across. I hope you start a thread using that description.

[malaise]

18. We've had many threads with the GRIFTERS

Let me add that I wasn't the first DUer to suggest the term - far from it.
:hi:

[bongbong]

28. The grifter

I've been referring to Palin as "Caribou Grifter Barbie" on blog comment boards for about a year.

[kellygrrrl]

8. Bristol Palin

Bristol also slipped up when discussing being pregnant during her senior prom. The dates don't add up there, Bristol. She may very well been pregnant during her junior prom, and that would have been the first of her pregnancies.

as to Sarah Palin's bizarre hypersexualized language, often violent, I'd really like to see some psych professionals discuss her "issues" as it seems to be a constant thing where she talks about pedophilia, rape, peepeing toms, padded bras, silk boxers, limp and impotent.

the woman was clearly overly exposed to sexuality as a commodity at a very very young age. Creepy and disturbing!

[Control-Z]

24. Hey, kellygrrrl.

Welcome to DU! I think you're going to like it here.

[PSzymeczek]

27. Sexuality as a commodity

is part and parcel of the pageant culture. My daughter knew several people who were caught up in that culture from elementary school on. Not that she was; we couldn't afford it, and I wouldn't have subjected her to that in any case, but she had "friends" who were.

[HipChick]

9. You missed the bigger picture...she said she was pregnant and couldn't go to the prom..

however the dates don't match for when Tripp was born..

Jay Leno asked Bristol if she went to her own prom. No, she said, she couldn't because, giggle, she was pregnant. Tripp was born in December. Proms are not usually held in October or November, especially when Bristol had been busy campaigning with her mom. She and her mom have got away with baby fraud and are laughing all the way to the bank..since the media aren't going to look into this

[PCIntern]

10. there is NO question that this whole

baby thing is off-the-charts lying by all parties...the old joke: you can tell that they're lying...when their lips are moving.

Somewhere, there's a nurse or an orderly, or a maintenance guy/gal who knows the truth and will sell the story.

[Little Star]

13. Wouldn't she have been pregnant since around

March or April of 2008? Seems she would have been pregnant during the 2008 prom season, no?

[mrs_p]

14. she would be at most

8 weeks preggo - hardly noticeable, unless she is like me and super sick the first trimester and just not feeling up to it.

[HipChick]

17. When you lie...you have to keep creating more lies to cover up...thats when you slip up

[mrs_p]

22. oh, i agree

and even if she was pregnant, i'm sure she would have gone to prom anyway...

[alphafemale]

31. ...unless she wasn't talking about Tripp nt

[ladywnch]

16. is anyone really surprised by any of this? I mean when 'reality' tv

is believed to actually be real, that demonstrates the level of dumbing down and gullibility of the American populous. Sarah Palin and family were MADE for this point in time.

[jimlup]

19. So why are helping to feed it?

Shouldn't we be ignoring her as much as possible? I know that she is now a media phenomena but we can leave it at that anc just use her as an example of why the media has lost its integrity.

[WinkyDink]

23. I'm "thoughtful", and I learned it's all about the Benjamins for Republicans with mother's milk!

[truthrocks]

25. Excellent explanation of Palin's sociopathy! She is "damaged goods."

Jay Leno: "Did you go to your prom?"
Bristol Palin: (giggling) "No, I was pregnant."
Big laugh from audience, Jay and Bristol. Hahahahah!

Herewith: The Palin Family Parade of Hypocrisy
being wholeheartedly supported by the MSM.

[HipChick]

26. The Griftette continues to lie..

because nothing came of the other "oopsie" during the email hacking trial where she said she was distraught to find pictures of her baby (even though he wasn't even born yet).

The bottom line is nothing this family lies about it is EVER challenged by anyone, media or otherwise ... so the ruse continues and they keep doing it because it works.The Palins are such giant frauds

[oldhippydude]

29. i have always wanted..

notably when the "birthers" get going on Obama.. to ask "when is Todd Palin going to submit to D.N.A. tests.. to prove that he isn't the father of Bristols child?"

[HipChick]

30. Good point...Huge ICK factor..something weird is up in that whole Palin - Heath clan..

He prob needs to submit a DNA test for Track also..