Sarah Palin: Dan Quayle with an up-do.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

Sarah Palin: Dan Quayle with an up-do.

When Sarah Palin's family was introduced to the whole wide world the other day, I wondered why their oldest daughter, Bristol, looked so distressed. You may remember her – she was the one holding baby Trig. Was it because all the folks back home are wearing T-shirts saying “Alaska: The coolest state with the hottest governor”? Or was it because she knew the entire universe was about to find out that she, Bristol, is unwed and five months pregnant? Hey! That means she could be giving birth on Inauguration Day!

Too bad her pistol-packin', diaper-totin' mama couldn't bear to say no to her country when it needs her – even if it meant sacrificing the privacy of her 17-year-old daughter to the global media machine.

John McCain did not pick Sarah Palin as his running mate because she was the best candidate around. He picked her because she was a young and photogenic conservative woman with a family-values trump card. That would be her fifth child, Trig, whom she carried to term at age 44 even though she knew he had Down syndrome. What better bona fides are there for an anti-abortion absolutist? John McCain figured that she would mobilize the sullen evangelical base – and it's worked. Since Friday, more than $10-million in fresh donations has flooded into the campaign coffers.



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[valerief]

1. That's unfair to Quayle. nt

[DemocratSinceBirth]

2. Dan Quayle Had Knocked Off A Major Democrat (Birch Bayh) And Had Worked On Major Legislation

What a joke.

[valerief]

3. He left us with a wealth of Quaylisms, which have provided me with hours of entertainment.

[DemocratSinceBirth]

4. IMHO, Compared To Palin He's Churchillian

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