Bristol Palin heads to college....

[Aviation Pro]

...at the top party school of the nation - ASU. Not going to say it, nope.

Bristol Palin headed to Arizona State University?

Watch out Meghan McCain, another high-profile political daughter is apparently planning to make her home in Arizona.

Bristol Palin, daughter of onetime vice presidential candidate/conservative darling Sarah Palin and a recent "Dancing with the Stars" runner-up herself, plans to enroll at Arizona State University, according to TMZ.

On Friday, news broke that Palin bought a $172,000 five-bedroom home in Maricopa, Ariz., from a North Dakota couple in early December.

"I'm not sure why she wanted to buy that home, but we are real happy for her," previous owner Michael Smith told The Arizona Republic.

TMZ speculates that Palin chose the home because of its proximity to the Arizona State University school of broadcasting.

If true, Palin will totally outshine Maricopa's other celebrity resident (as per Wikipedia): Antony Hämäläinen: lead singer of melodic death metal band Nightrage. Though he definitely wins the "most umlauts in my last name" game.

On edit and keeping with the math motif: I wonder how she did in algebra?

[damntexdem]

1. I wonder how many she will attend, and whether she'll finish.

Hey, maybe she'll do better than her mother and actually learn something.

[Brother Buzz]

27. She'll be in trouble once she discovers....

she can't Twitter® her work.

[Journeyman]

2. Good for her -- she's had many disadvantages in her life. . .

perhaps she can overcome them and rise above the miserable model set for her by her mother.

[gratuitous]

3. A good education can overcome quite a lot of adversity

Here's hoping that young Bristol can indeed improve herself through higher education.

[tanyev]

4. Well, that should guarantee five or six years worth of material for a reality show.

[lunatica]

5. Higher education certainly helped her mother get the Wasilla out of the gal

:sarcasm:

[tomg]

6. I really pity the poor teaching assistant

who will wind up teaching her college writing. I would rather dental floss with barbed wire.

[Alameda]

7. is that Maricopa, AZ like in Joe Arpaio's Maricopa?

[aikoaiko]

14. Yes, but then again all of PHX metro is in Maricopa county

AZ has huge counties.

[pinboy3niner]

91. The City of Maricopa is in the next county, Pinal County

The Sheriff of Pinal County is a Sheriff Joe ally, Paul Babeu.

[aikoaiko]

104. Sorry for the bad info. I thought the paper was using a shorthand for Maricopa County.

That's seemed a little far for commuting to Tempe.

[PBS Poll-435]

20. About 40 miles from Phoenix

(It is where the Harrah's Casino is...)

[lob1]

8. I wish my folks bought me a house when I went to college.

If Bristol's anything like her mom, they should've just rented her an apartment month-to-month.

[Vickers]

9. "they should've just rented her an apartment month-to-month"

:rofl:

[Kennah]

24. Well, maybe for nine months

[Cleita]

30. Yes, as a matter-of-fact, I wish they had paid

for rent. On the other hand, tuition in the state run institutions was free for California residents back then so it made it easier to pay the rent from your part time job.

[Obamanaut]

45. She has money from speaking tour, as well as DWTS, and she had a job. Good

for her.

[SoCalDem]

58. She was paid over $200K for her dancing skill & paid for the house with that

according to an article here last week...and she was also paid quite a bit for all the photo-ops, commercials, interviews & speeches she gave..

[Skittles]

96. she's a fame whore, like her mother

[emilyg]

74. I think she bought her house with

what she earned for DWS.

[glinda]

10. Look for her resume to read "head of the Republican Student Org.".

[Name removed]

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[emilyg]

75. That's a pretty disgusting post. Is that

how you think women advance?

[Richard Steele]

85. Women like Sarah Palin? Yes. As you know perfectly fucking well, Emily.

pfft. :nopity:

[nc4bo]

12. Like mother, like daughter? - Journalism degree perhaps?

Hopefully it won't take her 5 years or was it 7 years to graduate.

[no_hypocrisy]

13. I read this differently: She's trying to be independent of her parents and

chose someplace really far away from Alaska. A new life with higher education too. I'm giving her the benefit of the doubt that she can succeed despite her parents' influence.

[Sen. Walter Sobchak]

28. You don't get higher education at ASU, you just get chlamydia

[Confusious]

37. Har!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RmG4IM1dU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHeaLGC8rM&feature=related

[blueamy66]

53. Not nice.

I went there and didn't contract any diseases. ;-)

I cannot imagine why she'd want to live in Maricopa. Why not in Tempe, where the freaking school is?

[Aviation Pro]

65. Maybe this is the reason....

Mother Palin and Sheriff Joe:

http://www2.pictures.zimbio.com/gi/Sarah+Palin+Tea+Party+Express+Bus+Tour+Makes+EtPeX7-l8Vvl.jpg

[GoCubsGo]

100. Probably because the housing is cheaper out there.

I suspect that same house in Tempe would be at least 50% more than what she paid for the one in Maricopa. And, with less property around it. More bang for the buck. Probably more privacy, too.

[blueamy66]

101. But she'll make up the difference in gasoline prices...

it just doesn't make sense.

[emilyg]

76. Really?

[verdalaven]

94. Hey! I have family members that attended ASU

The school's rep is no worse than any school my daughter investigated before she chose her college. Not all graduates from ASU were partying fools.

[asjr]

15. Sounds like she wants to get as far away

from Alaska as possible. She may just make it on her own. We will see.

[LynneSin]

33. She wants to make it on her own she needs to reject the handouts from her mom

nuff said.

[emilyg]

78. How do you know she's getting

any handouts? She made good money on DWS.

[LynneSin]

105. How do you think she got the job - her mother lobbied to get her on there

nuff said

[emilyg]

114. So what? I helped my

daughter in any way I could and still do.

[lpbk2713]

16. She may not be there for long.

She may find there are too many non-whites there just as Mommy did in Hawaii. :eyes:

[astral]

125. Why would you say a sick thing like that?

Mama may or may not be racist, I know nothing about it, but Bristol is not her mom and it's stupid to put personality traits on a person's offspring.

[Whoa_Nelly]

17. Gotta get that media degree to keep MommaBear in the limelight for a few more decades

oh...ugh. oh, ick. :P

[onehandle]

18. Fake celebrity does stuff. Film at 11. Every 11. nt

[jberryhill]

19. "I wonder how she did in algebra?"

Well, she's definitely figured out how to multiply.

[tammywammy]

21. Good for her. n/t

[CTyankee]

22. THE question is: will Bristol be able to keep her "acquired" chastity at ASU?

She says no sex til marriage. But it will be a media firestorm if she "fails" to keep her purity...I can see the headline in the Enquirer now "I slept with Bristol Palin!" Some guy will get his 15 minutes of fame off of that...

[blondeatlast]

63. By ASU standards, she's in the mids on the 1-10 scale.

I hate to be sexist, but ASU IS sexist as hell and a party school to boot. It's why I didn't go there, even if I could have quite inexpensively.

I wanted an--what is it called?--oh, yeah.

Education.

[Kennah]

23. Future beauty school dropout

[nmbluesky]

25. question...

How does she attended ASU..
she is drop out high school.. how she does that?

because of the Palin?

[tammywammy]

26. She graduated from high school

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20279197,00.html

[nmbluesky]

90. make a sure..

I see.. Well ASU is not great college.. but they are top party college in the America!!!!

[astral]

126. Anyone can drop out of high school and still go to college

with a GED. Some colleges may not accept that from someone who is close to high school age, but they will accept it from an older person, if they also have college entry exams that can be passed.

[earth mom]

29. That airhead got into college? Puhleeze.

:eyes:

:puke:

[Cleita]

31. It's Arizona State University.

The dumbest kid in my high school graduating class got in there. It was the only university that accepted her.

[Confusious]

39. Har!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RmG4IM1dU

[Cleita]

40. LOL! Thanks for the laugh! n/t

[Confusious]

42. I found another!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHeaLGC8rM&feature=related

[blueamy66]

54. I graduated second in my HS class and went there.

Don't need to be snarky. AZ State has alot of great colleges within. Ever hear of The Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Comm?

What Ivy League college did you graduate from?

[Confusious]

66. I'm going to the UofA. It's my right as a student there.

And I'm joking. I'm sure it's great school, though I'm a little perplexed why it's getting so much crap recently.

Maybe it was the Obama thing.

[thelordofhell]

67. U of A is where they shot "Revenge Of The Nerds"

[blueamy66]

103. UofA

Although we are rivals....the UofA is a great school.

[emilyg]

79. Good for you. Ignore the ignorance on this thread.

[blueamy66]

102. Thanks

I'll try

[Confusious]

38. Har!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RmG4IM1dU

[LynneSin]

32. Did she even get her GED?

:shrug:

[tammywammy]

34. She graduated from high school

http://www.people.com/people/article/0,,20279197,00.html

[Lindsey]

35. I haven't been a Bristol Palen fan but I have to say that I'm

somewhat impressed that she's going to attend college (or at least give it a try).

[Confusious]

36. Har!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T7RmG4IM1dU

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NGHeaLGC8rM&feature=related

[LynneSin]

46. It's ASU and it's got the worst reputation out there as a massive party campus

I had a good friend who flunked out after a year but managed to become an expert pool shark.

[littlewolf]

41. Good for her .... I hope she does well with her life ...

and gets out from a shadow .... and becomes her own person ....

[Proud Liberal Dem]

43. Good for her

She......ummm.....earned it. :eyes:

[Obamanaut]

44. Good for her. People rag on her about being paid for speaking, but no one

forces folks to pay a fee and attend.

She is ragged on for being on DWTS - but she didn't force the producers to invite her, instead, they probably thought it would be good publicity.

She had a baby as a teenager, as do many, and the 'baby daddy' was disinclined to remain - also as do many.

Now, she has money from speaking and the teevee show, has bought a house, is going to college, is raising the baby.

Good for her.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

48. Who "disinclined" him?

Levi wasn't fitting into the carefully crafted lockstep image of Team White Trash.

[Obamanaut]

49. Suffice to say, he left. We were not there. We don't *really* know who

said or did what to whom or when. Do we? Other than hearsay?

Can't we just be reasonably happy/satisfied that a young mother is making a life for herself and her child and is self-supporting? Can't we do this without a constant stream of venom?

Can't we wish her well and hope for her success? Must we assume the worst because her mother is not popular with some factions?

I don't know about you, but I can. Good for her!

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

50. "This would be a big middle finger to the people who hate my mom"

Sorry, I don't have to like her at all.

[Blue_In_AK]

56. Thank you, ProudToBeBlue

The Palins are not nice people -- NONE of them (except maybe Trig), and Bristol definitely showed her true colors with that statement.

[Obamanaut]

59. No, you are right, you do not have to like her. Many people don't. But, as the

Patrick Swayze character in "Roadhouse" said, "Opinions vary."

In the instance you mentioned, it was a young woman expressing her feelings about people who don't like her mother. Other people at other times have probably taken offense at something that was said about their own mothers.

[emilyg]

72. No one is asking you

to like her. I would have done worse if someone disrespected my Mom.

[ProudToBeBlueInRhody]

84. What is your definition of "disrespect"?

It's a real shame her mother is an intellectually uncurious hatemonger who thinks she should be elevated to the highest office in the land. Just because people point that out, they are "haters"? Please.

[astral]

127. +1 !

Why do I even click on these threads at DU? I already know what I'm going to find here!


So thank you for calling a spade a spade and Bristol some kudos!

Kudos to you, Bristol!

[emilyg]

71. You don't know squat about their lives.

[HopeHoops]

47. Seven years and six transfers later, she might just get a degree in bad dancing.

[Kaleva]

51. Good move on her part

[blueamy66]

52. I am fucking sick.

Not only is she gonna live in my state, but she's gonna attend my alma mater as well?

"proximity" to ASU? Yeah, it's only about a 40 minute drive. duh

[immoderate]

57. What if she finds too much diversity?

--imm

[Obamanaut]

62. Here's a response you'll like link-->

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=76573&mesg_id=77023

[Blue_In_AK]

55. I don't care what she does,

just so long as she gets out of Alaska. Maybe she could take grandma and grandpa and her bratty little sister Willow with her.

We're sick of these people.

[Blue_In_AK]

118. Hold up. Bristol has NOT been accepted at ASU

http://theimmoralminority.blogspot.com/2010/12/unlikeliest-rumor-about-bristols-move.html

<snip>

So TMZ.com reported that Bristol was "telling friends" that she may enroll at an Arizona college. And because Maricopa is "just miles" from the Cronkite School, the website connected the dots and reported that Bristol would soon be a Sun Devil.

The problem, of course, is that it was never the case.

"She is not a student. She hasn't applied. It is pure fiction," the dean of the Cronkite School, Chris Callahan, said Tuesday morning. "If anybody had called and asked me that, we would have been glad to tell them."

Of all of the rumors swirling about this home purchase (And seriously when was the last time you saw so much speculation?), THIS one was the least believable.

Let's face it, the Palins do not work hard nor study hard. Bristol would be more likely to start smuggling illegals over the border than to start attending a real a college, that expected you to show up to class and study hard to pass the classes, and where her mother could not buy her diploma for her.

<snip>

[blondeatlast]

119. Interesting. Makes the Maricopa (it's in PINAL CTY, btw, not Maricopa Cty) all the more

peculiar.

Good for the Cronkite School for doing their level best to quash the rumors--and note the overwhelming IRONY of it...

[pinboy3niner]

122. Irony, indeed!

"And that's the way it is," as Cronkite used to sign off. Looks like the school named after him is saying the same thing... :)

[emilyg]

60. Good for her. Right thing to do.

[tammywammy]

61. Yeah, I don't get the hate about this

Seriously, single mom goes to college should be celebrated. She's fortunate enough to be able to purchase a home and afford college to better herself.

[Ilsa]

64. "...plans to enroll...". Does that mean she's been accepted? nt

[blondeatlast]

121. She has not. The Cronkite School says she hasn't even enrolled at ASU,

much less been accepted into their program.

http://www.myfoxphoenix.com/dpp/entertainment/celebrity_news/bristol-palin-not-attending-ASU-12-28-2010

[Name removed]

68. Deleted message

Message removed by moderator. Click here to review the message board rules.

[B Calm]

69. I wonder how many pounds she'll gain in college. . .

[emilyg]

73. Why would you care.

[B Calm]

97. Seeing how she was the first dance contestant in Dancing with the Stars

history to gain weight, I guess it's just a curiosity. . .

[Raine]

70. What about the baby, is she taking him

(can't remember his odd name) is winky going to look after her "grandson"? :shrug:

[HEyHEY]

77. You can get a five bedroom home for under $200,000 in Arizona?!

WHAT THE FUCK!?

[emilyg]

81. It was a forecluse and she really lucked out.

[B Calm]

98. LOL

[nadinbrzezinski]

80. Unlike most of the snarkiness here

The best to her... going to college and raising a kid is not easy under the best of circumstances.

This school is not a shabby school, and was created by Walter Cronkite.

yes I know the reputation ASU has... so does my alma matter ok... (SDSU) and more than a few programs have national reputations.

[Historic NY]

82. she should have her degree in 6-7 yrs....maybe

[HEyHEY]

83. Does it take that long to get a degree in "homemaking"

[Historic NY]

107. yes when your dancing .

[cherokeeprogressive]

86. Haters gotta hate. Haters GONNA hate. It's what they do best, if given the chance.

Glad that not a single hater here has a family member who had a child out of wedlock, or fathered one. I mean, it HAS to be that way since so many here are judging her for just that. That's all you got? That and a statement she made about people who hate her mom? Please...

Like I said, haters GOTTA hate, haters GONNA hate. It's what gets done here more than any other message board I've ever seen. Don't tell me about freeper central, I've never seen it and don't plan to go there any time soon.

Everyone here who made a shitty statement about her without being personally acquainted with her is sad and pathetic.

Personally I wish her all the luck in the fucking world.

How many different reasons have I seen DUers hate individuals or groups of people?

We hate because of

the car people drive
the size of their paycheck
the size of their house
the part of the United States they live in
their choice of what to eat
who they may be related to through no fault of their own
their chosen profession
their religious beliefs
a thousand other things that escape me at the moment.

It worries me that so many are so filled with such abject hatred that news a young person is going to continue their education instantly turns into just another hatred filled bonfire.

Be proud haters, be very proud. You represent the very best American society has to offer. Not.

[Confusious]

92. You forgot something

She had a child a child out of wedlock,

and then lectured the rest of us on the evils of having a child out of wedlock.

[Travelman]

109. When I was in high school ...

... there was a guy who came in to talk to the classes about drug use. That was his "job," as well as part of a probationary agreement, I think.

Now, regardless of whatever your personal feelings are with regards to drug use, who do you think is better qualified to talk to high school-aged kids about drug use: some straight-laced authoritarian teacher/shrink who has never even seen a joint in his life, or a guy who knows exactly what it's like to hit rock bottom with a needle in his arm in some back alley somewhere?

Personally, I go for the latter.

[Confusious]

110. Her baby was less then a year old

Her mother was Governor of Alaska.

Things seem to be working out for her. What does she know?

And now that I think about it, it was even worse then that. She was lecturing people on abstinence. I don't pay much attention, so I only catch the highlights.

You don't get a baby through abstinence, so again, what would she know?

[Travelman]

111. Neither her baby's age nor her mother's place in government

have any bearing whatsoever upon her qualification to speak to youths about not getting pregnant in high school. Those are completely irrelevant here.

What does she know? She knows, after learning the hard way, that getting knocked up in high school is a pretty damned bad idea. Why on earth would anyone think that she would somehow not be the MOST qualified person to discuss such a topic? Good grief. I can't count the numbers of different convicts who, as a part of their sentence, go around and educate others on how NOT to become a convict like themselves. Should Michael Vick not be qualified to go around and tell people not to beat the shit out of dogs? I still think the guy is an asshole, but I already don't beat dogs. Still, he knows that lifestyle far batter than I do, so he is much more qualified than I am to go around telling people to not beat the shit out of dogs.

See? You've got a double-standard at work here. If Bristol Palin, through her own bitter experience, is somehow disqualified from educating others from her own mistakes, then you're going to have to apply that standard to a whole lot of people I don't think you want to apply that to. Just think for a minute what that would mean. Over the years there have been tons of folks like Hollywood actors who have been drunks and/or addicts who have later gone on education campaigns to try to keep others from living their mistakes. Taken to the extreme, your "well, they failed at it so what do they know?" line of reasoning would say that people like breast cancer survivors have no business going out and talking to others about breast cancer prevention. After all, they got breast cancer, so obviously they don't know anything about prevention, right?


See where that goes? Not a very sound line of reasoning there.



As I noted above, I don't care about the Palin family. What they do is their business as far as I'm concerned. Sarah Palin is just as entitled to her free speech to advocate her politics, warped as they may be, as anyone here is entitled to advocate their own politics. That's what the First Amendment is for. Bristol Palin, AFAIC, is a politician's kid, and I try to generally just keep a hands-off approach to all politicians' kids. I don't want some Freeper bashing Sasha or Malia, and I thought it was especially shitty when that was done to Chelsea Clinton, so I intentionally do not go down in the muck when it comes to someone like Bristol Palin.

[Confusious]

112. I think what the difference here is

Is that I have doubts about her ability to keep to abstinence. She is the child of a republican, after all.

Besides that, abstinence has also been shown to be a complete line of bull. Better to teach about birth control.

I probably should have started out with this, but what really bothered me about it didn't become clear until now.

[cherokeeprogressive]

116. Once upon a time, I was convicted of DUI. By your reasoning, I should keep my mouth shut

the next time I see someone getting behind the wheel drunk, or saying "hey let's have ONE FOR THE ROAD" in a bar. Is that about right?

[Confusious]

117. I noticed you posted after I posted my final response

Next time, it might be nice to read the entire subthread.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=show_mesg&forum=439&topic_id=76573&mesg_id=82657

[sad sally]

120. Isn't there also some "rumor" there's another out of wedlock child she's carrying?

[Travelman]

108. Amen!

For an entire family that is so completely irrelevant, they sure do get a whole lot of focus around here.

Personally, I try to go out of my way to never harbor any sort of ill will towards anyone, or indeed to even dwell on anyone for any extended period of time unless there is some personal relationship there. I'd prefer to focus my energy on my wife and family rather than what some unfortunate teenage statistic is doing going to college.

[emilyg]

115. Thank you.

[Arkana]

87. This will no doubt be the first school in a series of five.

Just like dear old Mom.

[alittlelark]

88. Why such a party school?

I grew up in NM, and ASU was where the rich potheads went.


The rest of us potheads went to UNM and NMSU.

[rufus dog]

89. For a bit of perspective

Maricopa is 40 miles south of Tempe, (Where ASU is located) and is just an exburb for the East Valley of Phx. 15 years ago it was open desert with a few trailers and road side bars. It is off I-10 which connects Phx and Tucson. To drive the 40 miles she would need to give herself one hour to get to campus. The campus has about 40k students, many live on or near campus, many others commute. Parking is a nightmare if you are a commuter so she would have to add 20 to 30 minutes to park and get to class. For the months of August, September, April and May the temps are over 100.

Campus is very large, as you could imagine, and your first two years you spend a lot of time walking across campus to get to classes. (Once you are focused on your major you end up with classes in a very contained area.

So she would end up spending two to three hours per day commuting and walking around in the heat, I hate to be a pessimist but I say no friggen way is this a workable solution for her.

FYI, Maricopa is a town in Pinal County, Tempe/Phx are in Maricopa County, Sheriff Joe is from Maricopa County, Pinal County has another DoucheNozzle as their Sheriff.

Also, in my twenty plus years in Arizona I can safely say I did only one thing in Pinal County and that is to pull over and piss.

[tomm2thumbs]

93. ASU? how elitist! /nt

[Le Taz Hot]

95. Good for her for seeking higher education. n/t

[B Calm]

99. When did Ball State lose the title top party school. David Letterman will be pissed!

[aikoaiko]

106. They are still Mid-Atlantic Conference champs.

;-)

[Xenotime]

113. I give it 6 months before a video of her drunk/naked/both shows up on TMZ

[aikoaiko]

123. Apparently the ASU Dean of the Conkrite School of Journalism has issued a statement saying Bristol

has not made contact with the university yet.

[pinboy3niner]

124. "And that's the way it is." nt

[Hello_Kitty]

128. Maricopa, AZ is over 30 miles from Central Phoenix.

The city of Maricopa is not even in Maricopa County. It's not an unthinkable commute, but she could have gotten good deals on places a lot closer.