Bristol's Choice

Republicans and the illusion of reproductive choice.

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  • Posted By: morality @ 10/06/2008 7:37:51 PM

    all you need to open up. making abortion illegal is not stripping women of their rights but ensuring the rights of that child. life begins at conception not birth. the declaration of independece says that everyone has the right to LIFE liberty and the pursuit of happiness, this must be protected. in the event of rape or incest or what have you abortion is still not the answer everything happens for a reason and ood will come of it. people need to look at the other side and consider what they have to say but in this case anti-abortion is the right stance.

  • Posted By: SunDeigo @ 09/27/2008 2:47:25 AM

    BRISTOL HAS NO CHOICE WITH A MOTHER LIKE SARAH PALIN. LMAO

  • Posted By: SunDeigo @ 09/27/2008 2:46:58 AM

    NO YOU ARE NOT GOING TO TAKE AWAY OUR RIGHTS AS WOMAN THAT WE FOUGHT FOR SO HARD. LIVE YOUR RELIGION AND LEAVE US ALONE. BRISTOL'S ADULT FATHER OF HER CHILD SHOULD BE JAILDED FOR RAPE AND SEX OFFENDER AS SO MANY YOUND MAN HAVE TO WEAR THE CROWN OF SUCH AND BE LABELED SEX OFFENDER JUST LIKE ANYONE ELSE BUT THEN AGAIN ARE THEY LIKE ANYONE ELSE. NO THEY HAVE POWER. POWER TO MAKE YOU LOOSE YOUR JOB IF SHE PALIN DOENS'T LIKE YOU. POWER HER POWER IS USED FOR TO GREATER HERSELF AND HER OWN. THERE ARE LOTS OF YOUNG BOYS WHOM MUST GO THRU LIFE WITH THE LABLE UNLIKE BRISTOL'S BABY'S FATHER. WHY WHY WHY. SARAH SHOULD HAVE AT LEAST TAUGHT HER DAUGHTER SEX EDUCATION AT HOME. ABTINENCE DOES NOT WORK. IT'S US AS PARENTS TO TEACH THEM AT HOME IF NOT AT SCHOOL. YOU SARAH PALIN NOR YOU JOHN McCAIN IS GOING TO TELL ME IF I WERE RAPED THAT I DONT' HAVE THE FINAL AND ONLY SAY AS TO WHAT I NEED TO DO TO MY BODY. WHO THE HELL DO YOU THINK YOU ARE?

  • Posted By: mweber22 @ 09/10/2008 3:44:43 AM

    OK OK media....we get it! you dont want Palin to have any popularity. You will do ANYTHING, print ANY story to try and manipulate america's opinion. That's because you see a threat in her... a threat to your liberal cause. You would never want a conservative woman to rise to power, simply because she doesnt necessarily hold all of your ideals. You feel threatened that perhaps she could change the political landscape and is not the type of woman you see as having Vice Presidential status. I know most of the people reading these articles agree with EVERYTHING Newsweek has to say about her, however; many Americans dont and are waking up the bias. Instead of holding only politicians who you dont agree with accountable you should hold all of them (yes including liberal democrats). i see how you are clandestinley trying to ruin her future. Newsweek and many other media sources are taking up the opportunity to destroy Palin's reputation, she's a newcomer and this is there one chance. sure she deserves to be questioned, however, if it were a liberal it would have NEVER been done so viciously and you would not be working so hard as to paint an unfair and biased picture of her. you really are doing a disservice to the american people by not being fair and balanced. let us decide ourselves and hold all politicians to the same level of accountability. I am 20 years old and can tell theres an agenda. thats pretty sad. didnt journalism teach you anything about fair reporting?!?!

    • Posted By: Truelife @ 09/17/2008 8:35:05 PM

      Guess you didn't catch the Charlie Gibson interview..Not much substance to that 'Sarah Palin'. And to ALL the women out there that believe that a womans body isn't their own. MAYBE just MAYBE PUT YOURSELF in the shoes of the girls and women who are may have been malested or RAPED and become pregnant. and you have the nerve to say a womans body isn't there own. THINK ABOUT IT!!!!!!

  • Posted By: josemarti @ 09/10/2008 9:29:38 AM

    According to an eye witness, a dramatic scene developed last night at a seance on the Upper West Side of Manhattan when the spirit of Bella Abzug suddenly appeared. She asked for a pastrami sandwhich and then addressed the frightnened guests. "Sisters, sisters, have we fought this long and hard to see this white trash become the first woman vice-president? No. No. and no. Her election would be a major set back for Upper West Side women and Chicago Gold Coast women. We must unite to defeat this threat.". When asked what Hell was like,she said: "Just like Sartre said in No Exit. I share a room with Rock Hudson and Mickey Mantle." After she disappeared, the group was left energized and more ready than ever to support Barack Obama.

    • Posted By: dmamara @ 09/17/2008 2:08:01 PM

      JoseMarti: I am sorry to know that you are a Democrat, I can't believe the words that are falling out of your mouth. Are you really this ignorant or is this just an act because you THINK somehow it'll make people follow you? You should stop being such a snob because really having money does NOT make you a better person or you can start hanging out with careerdaytrader

    • Posted By: paproudmom @ 09/10/2008 2:59:00 PM

      From your previous postings you seem to equate a persons value with money. You seem to think somehow you are superior. Frankly, judging from your comments the one I would label trash is you. What has this women done to be labeled as such. Probably she just disagrees with your type and your poisoned narrow world view. I'd feel sorry for you but your really not worth the effort. Oh and I'll let you in on a little secret. Not everyone with money or education feels like you.

  • Posted By: mista_milla78 @ 09/09/2008 7:43:22 PM

    Rail against her all you want, attack her on whatever canned liberal script topic you can find, drum up whatever false or misleading criticism out there...your gnashing of teeth only exposes how much she scares you and how much the left has NO answer.

    • Posted By: summer4077 @ 09/10/2008 7:58:59 AM

      You know, yeah, she scares me. She scares me because she has somehow gotten all the idiots in this country to look past her intolerance and abuse of power. She scares me because she could be the next President if McCain kicks the bucket in office. That doesn't scare you? Just listen to her...REALLY listen to her. I don't want a soccer mom in office. Sorry. The world is laughing at us right now.

      • Posted By: Jose52 @ 09/10/2008 10:19:02 AM

        4077777! The more you go against Sarah then you will be missing the point. The recent shift by 20 points in some polls is that women now doubt obama and all his promises. Do not think emotionally. Think like an American. Not a Dem or Rep.

        • Posted By: dmamara @ 09/17/2008 1:57:49 PM

          Ok, so completely disregarding the fact that Sarah Palin is the Republican VP nom., let's think about this in your terms, as Americans. She wants to make abortions illegal, many Americans agree, ok fine. She thinks hunting animals from the safety of a helicopter is sporting, I can't think of any real hunters that would agree. She believes that we should censor the American culture by burning books that are in libraries, I have serious issues with that, but there are Americans who agree. She disregards scientific fact and wants to completely wipe out a species of animals for the sake of a very small amount of oil, all in the name of being independent from other countries. I can't fathom the Americans who would agree. I personally feel that the war in Iraq is President Bush's Vietnam (as in the war is pointless and there will be no clear victory), and she thinks that the war is a great idea. Thinking as an American, I would rather not see her in any office, let alone Vice President to a man who may not make it through his first term. And what's truly sad is that to be fair, although I am voting for Obama in November, I am willing to concede that McCain may also be able to do some good too. However, both parties have gotten past what the real issues are and are busy trying to paint themselves in a better light by slamming the other in the dirt. Let's get back to the issues and stop worrying about whether or not Sarah Palin is experienced. Because despite what she has accomplished, she is not ready for the White House.

    • Posted By: mrzoid @ 09/09/2008 9:14:53 PM

      apparently neither does she; two weeks, no interviews, no statements other than a "greatest hits" compilation" from her script in St. Paul, no individual campaign stops. Im sure you are happy about the enthusiasm that shes brought to the ticket, but does nonw of this worry you? You have to see the potential problems that her lack of straying from the nest symbolize. What other explanation is there for this shelter from all non-scripted statements?

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 09/09/2008 8:21:23 PM

      Well said and right on the money.

      The left-wing has not gotten this unhinged since Clarence Thomas was nominated to the Supreme Court. It evidently drives them crazy to know that females and African-Americans can accomplish greatness without embracing left-wing ideaology on subjects like affirmative action, 'diversity', etc etc ad nauseum.

  • Posted By: trustworthy @ 09/16/2008 7:02:39 PM

    I'm looking forward to the valuable experience that Gov Palin will gain as VP. As a quick learner with executive experience, she is already being briefed on international hotspots . She is not pretentious or phony. She is honest and forthright as is Sen McCain. Regardless of your political views, we have two individuals that will work extraordinarily hard in making our country a better and safer place to live. I trust their honesty and judgment. I haven't been able to say that about any two politicians on the same ticket in my forty years of voting.

  • Posted By: Larrykqc @ 09/16/2008 2:12:01 PM

    As an independent, i find it interetsing if not illuminating that the author chooses to pursue myths about the candidate. Ms. Palin has never mandated creationism. She may have fired the libarian for one day as an exercise. However, the lady retired from this same jobs years later. Palin has never opposed the equal pay of the success of women. She is anti-abortion. Mr. Pailn is also bound to follow Senator McCain who has no policy supporting the RNC platform on immigration, gay marriage, He did speak out against RoeVWade eight years ago. But, is silent today. Two factors may enter in. First Cindy is pro choice. Second the majority of Americans are prochoice making it impossible to over-turn RoeVWade. The court will never go back against the last decision.

    Our priorities should be economic. Obama's suggestions fly in the ace of economic theory. If jobs are lost due to high corporate taxes and over-regulation, why then does he plan to raise corporate and capital gains taxes and press for more regulation. And, when tax magin increases tend to drive tax revenues down, how can he justify higher taxes for employers - in a recession..

    You democrats seem scared of something. You attempt to destroy the person with myths and fear-mongering. I suspect you are beaten in Nov becauee you have driven out truth and the independent voter.

  • Posted By: Larrykqc @ 09/16/2008 2:00:23 PM

    As an independent, Ifid it interesting that the suthor feels the need to falsify many facts. While the libarian was "fired" for one day as an exercise, she retire from her job yearss later, Palin never mandated creationism - ever. While she is anti-abortion, she has never worked for lower pay for women or that women can not succeed in business. In fact, her success is probably what galls the democrats. In the end, Roe V Wade is safe (while McCain does think it is flawed, he is silent today on the amendment. The author quotes an eight-year old statement, Palni is not only pro-women. She has budgeted toward that goal. Folks, the myths don't help. You sound like raging radicals with fear in their voices.

  • Posted By: bammer @ 09/14/2008 12:48:53 PM

    WHEN THE LIBERAL ELITE "MAIN STREAM MEDIA" INJECTS ITSELF INTO A NATIONAL US ELECTION, IT LEADS TO THE "LAW OF UNINTENDED CONSEQUENCES"

    IF THERE'S WAS NO "MSM" BIAS AGAINST HILLARY, HILLARY WOULD BE THE US PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATE AND OBAMA WOULD BE THE VP CANDIDATE

    IF THE TICKET IS CLINTON/OBAMA.....THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN EFFECT

    IF THERE IS NO SARAH PALIN, THERE IS MCCAIN/ROMNEY REPUB TICKET

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF CLINTON/OBAMA ADMINISTRATION

    THEREFORE, THERE WOULD BE 8 YEARS OF OBAMA/KEANE ADMINSTRATION


    BY US LIBERAL ELITE MEDIA BACKING OBAMA AND TRASHING HILLARY, THEY LOSE A POSSIBLE 16 YEARS IN POWER AND WILL PROBABLY NOW LOSE 8 OUT OF THE LAST 11 PRESIDENTIAL ELECTIONS

    THE MSM DESERVES WHAT IT GETS

  • Posted By: maryanoushigian @ 09/14/2008 12:27:13 PM

    The Democrats have to inform the "white working women" about Palin's stand on Anti-abortion, about not believing in equal pay for men and women and making teaching creationism obligatory at schools. I bet a lot of them will vote for Obama than!!!
    We are living in the 21st century and women have to KEEP their right to make decisions regarding their bodies.Abortion should remain legal and safe. Those who want to keep their babies get to do so and those who are not ready, have an abortion.
    Not all women regret their abortions.

  • Posted By: maryanoushigian @ 09/14/2008 12:09:20 PM

    The Republicans found the perfect woman canditate to run for VP. She is stupid enough to destroy womens' hard won rights all by herself,After being a success herself,she wants to ruin every woman's chance in the workplace (no equal pay at the office) in her personal life (unti-abortion laws,amongst these the guy who will bugger off after finding out his girlfiend is pregnent gets to decide whether she can have an abortion) teaching creationism at school (please, we've landed on Mars.Let s open our minds) .I hope the Democrats will inform all those "white women" voters how Ms Palin is going to ruin their lives.

  • Posted By: rube @ 09/13/2008 8:02:05 PM


    The man McCain who choose Sarah Palin for VP, well Palin is pretty- but does she have the needed experience in foreign policy, legislative policy and the national economy over all the GOP VP possibilities available?
    Not even close!
    There are 50-60 GOP legislators, senators etc. with far stronger and more viable resumes available!
    Like I said Plain is pretty!
    McCain choose Vanity over substance!

    Now we know the definition of "Maverick!"
    Same old GOP self-righteousness

  • Posted By: Mwalimu @ 09/13/2008 6:40:08 PM

    Si shauri langu.
    I wish I could find the exact English words for that Swahili expresson, but I can't. It means it's not under my juridiction or area of assigned (or even God-given) responsibility. That's my feeling about abortion. As a man I will never have to make that choice, so I'm willing to leave it up to women to decide.
    I'm sorry to upset all the women who posted their attitudes about abortion on this blog, but I kjnow women who had abortions because they had no other choice and they do not feel the way you do. You're entitled to your beliefs, but you don't have the right to impose them on others. Getting rid of Roe vs. Wade will not eliminate abortions. It did not in the bad old days. If a woman is desperate enough, she will do any thing to terminate a pregnancy and that anything can be a real horror. Show.

    Only Obama shows the intelligent judgemnt required. He made it clear that he supports an individual woman's right to make her own decision (as well as her religious beliefs.) but he does want to work to make abortion rare: that includes age-appropriate sex education, family planning, contraception and morning after pill. We have a high rate of abortion, not because it's legal (It legal in the Netherlands and their rate of abortion is much lower) -= it's because we do not do enough to prevent unplanned pregnancies.
    This country needs to grow up.

  • Posted By: Stac73 @ 09/11/2008 12:21:16 PM

    This is one of many, many reasons why I hope and pray that these 2 will NOT win in November. A woman's body is hers and hers alone and NO government should have ANY part in deciding what she can do with it. This is a very hot issue with many, but it just shows how over time, nothing has really changed in how women are viewed. Belive me, if there was ever a reason to regulate anything to do with a man and his parts, there would be such an outrage that it would never get passed. But because it's a woman, now we aren't allowed to have a choice or a say and everyone from a doctor to a freaking pharmacist can have their say????? WTF is with that backed up logic? What a sad world we live in.

    • Posted By: desertlarose @ 09/13/2008 4:50:29 PM

      Sorry, but a woman's body is NOT her own. It belongs to God and he has given us guidelines in His Word on how to cherish and respect and care for it. Roe v. Wade should be overturned. I pray every day that McCain/Palin will win this upcoming election. Stac73...women need to begin THINKING before having sex with boys that cannot support them and their "mistakes." Satan is our father on earth...and God is our Father in Heaven. It took my whole life to learn this lesson, and now I understand. I am a Christian and want always to do what is right! regardless of how much it hurts.

    • Posted By: Gawdess101 @ 09/13/2008 10:22:56 AM

      I agree With Stac73. How would anyone feel if they had to bring up a child when they didnt have the means to? How the mother and child, or small family would struggle, and how your kid could turn out all depends on the mothers decison. Some young women have the oppretunities to better things in life, and sometimes a kid can get in the way of achieving things like master degrees, and establishing a career. Kids are great. I personally love kids, and I am an aspiring Kindergarten Teacher. Some people do not have the means of bringing up a child, nor do they intentionally concieve to have an abortion. abortions are made because it is well thought out. My mother had an abortion when she had my sister and I, she did this because my father and her didnt have much money and they didn't want us to starve rather then bring another starvingchild into the world. Once they had enough money they had my last sister, and they could support the three of us. Some times abortions are made by god-loving people, who are pro-life, and who also believe a child shouldn't be born if it won't be ina good living enviornment.

    • Posted By: jimbo3800 @ 09/11/2008 9:43:49 PM

      It's not her body, Stacy, it is the baby's living body.
      You and your ilk intentionally ignore this inconvienant, truth all the time.

  • Posted By: desertlarose @ 09/13/2008 4:33:36 PM

    Parents need to give their children vivid pictures and explanations what will happen when/IF they should get pregnant out of wedlock. Girls/Women must learn to be responsible when engaging in sex with boys. If they are not out of school and cannot support themselves, they'd better think twice before "fooling around." I learned this lesson from experience. I used to be Pro-Choice then and for many hears afterward, but through life I gained wisdom and now am pro LIFeE.

  • Posted By: desertlarose @ 09/13/2008 4:29:02 PM

    Under 18, I believe the pregnant teen should not be able to make the choice. She is still under her parents' guidance. The family is a strong Christian family and are following God's Word (The Bible). Women need to learn that there is great responsibility when engaging in sex...especially under age sex. That possible baby needs support. The couple should be sooo much in love and able to support a family IF the teenager should get pregnant. I am in agreement with John McCain re Roe v. Wade. I had two abortions...and used to be pro-choice. I have learned, through life, that it was wrong.

  • Posted By: JaneMS @ 09/09/2008 10:25:11 AM

    women who want to commit infantcide will do it regardless of RvW. Always have and always will.
    They want it legal to ease their guilt.
    Regardless of what Obama says, babies aren't punishments.
    Keep it up mean nasty dems. You'll be adding more points to McCains lead.
    McCain/ Palin

    • Posted By: Gawdess101 @ 09/13/2008 11:03:16 AM

      Many women feel VERY guilty after abortion. Things happen. I mean it's not irresponsible to have an abortion. She may be preventing a poor lifestyle for the future.

    • Posted By: workingmomsaregoodmoms @ 09/09/2008 11:45:50 AM

      just goes to show how effective "abstinence only" education is. Let's keep it up. I can't wait to see what more hypocrisy Republicans can come up with. Doesn't cease to amaze me what depths they can sink to.

      • Posted By: AMiddleClassRepub @ 09/09/2008 1:10:13 PM

        Yea and handing out condoms at school sends the prpoer message to our teens. That will definately bring down the teen pregnancy rate. I guess if you are a woman the only important choice a woman has is that regarding abortion. There are so many other choices that one makes in their life that carry value as well. Reading this article and comments by those such as workingmomsaregoodmoms simply reinforces that. Oh, by the way, "women should remain barefoot and pregnant" is a chauvanistic <sp> male view from years gone by and is not limited to either conservatives, repubs, or Christians. Just take a look at how your lib friends treated Hillary.

        • Posted By: dmamara @ 09/10/2008 4:27:41 PM

          I don't know about when you were in high school but I know that when I was, seeing condoms in the nurses office didn't say to me, "Allright!! I can have sex tonight! Whoo hoo!" I would much rather see these kids being handed condoms and being informed about SAFE sex as opposed to just having sex unprotected and increasing not only teenage pregnancies but also the number of abortions that you speak so vehemenently against. Kids will have sex, with or without condoms.

      • Posted By: AMiddleClassRepub @ 09/09/2008 12:55:40 PM

        Yea and handing out condoms at school is surely providing a positive message to our teens, NOT! It appears from this article and posts such as those by workingmomsaregoodmoms that unless you are on their side in the abortion debate, one is not a true feminist or that the choices made by those that disagree have similar value. Finally, I know of few repubs or conservitives that believe women "should stay barefoot and pregnant." At best, that is a chauvanistic <sp> point of view that crosses party lines.

  • Posted By: Gawdess101 @ 09/13/2008 10:34:47 AM

    I agree with Stac73, and have my own arguments. Many people who are Pro-Life may not also think about the living conditions those children may face when born. Many of thoose pregnant teen moms never get anywhere because they have failed to achieve any higher education. Many can only get by with minimum wage and putting away dreams of a better life. People who have abortions do not set out on getting pregnant to INTENTIONALLY have an abortion. Many abortions are made of intricate situations. For example, my mother had an abortion when my father and her were raising my younger sister and I. They had an abortion based on the facts that they wouldnt be able to support three kids. They were still young parents and they had not yet found a career and so they aborted a child. Later in life they had my youngest sister, when they were able to support the three of us. I am not for abortions, or against it. I love kids, and I respect peoples choices. All Im saying is that goverment should respect the choices an individual has to face.

  • Posted By: josemarti @ 09/12/2008 1:14:58 PM

    Sarah Palin. De Profundis. Tennyson knew you. Whitman sang of you. So did Homer. Our Athena. Our Pallas Athena. Pallin Athena.

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