In which I take a few minutes to imagine being Sarah Palin and making a historic decision for my country, my party, my state, my family and myself.
I'm tired of hearing the Republican narrative that the Media have dug up dirt on Sarah Palin's family. The Media did not issue a press release saying that Sarah's daughter was pregnant by Levi. The McCain campaign did. The Media did not choose Sarah Palin as the Republican Vice Presidential nominee. The McCain Campaign did. The Media didn't know that Sarah's daughter was pregnant before she was nominated. The McCain Campaign did. To be fair it wouldn't be right for the national media or anyone to go after her daughter if she were to become pregnant after the nominee was chosen. That's not fair. The press isn't always fair and I submit that the McCain campaign knew that the media would go after the daughter's pregnancy and they served her up for their own reasons. Sarah Palin made a choice to put this spotlight on her daughter and the father of her daughter's baby. That's unacceptable. Did she call his family and ask, "Do you mind if I drag your son around by his penis for getting my daughter pregnant?" I'm betting not.
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