Bristol is not the problem. She’s the child. Many people who have raised the possibility that Trig is pregnant Bristol’s child have also asked if Bristol is the victim of abuse and/or neglectful parenting. I find Mrs. Palin’s judgment, decision-making and parenting very, very strange and disturbing. So far, we have learned that both her oldest son, Track and her oldest daughter, Bristol have had to deal wth some serious challenges. It just breaks my heart.

Every creative soul is a left winger.

Yes, like noted leftist Louis-Ferdinand Celine, for example, and communist sympathizer Gertrude Stein.

They like to have something to do between rum, sodomy, and the lash. While the rum is kicking in.

Us Brit types also apply it to men too.

I sure hope not, and I wouldn’t think so – I’d think the best narrative would come from having the kid be born and grow up happy and successful … to all media appearances, at least. That would best demonstrate how wonderful teen pregnancy is if it’s followed with a shotgun (or M-16) wedding.

Then again, a miscarriage “brought on by the stress of so much liberal harrassment” would be faster and would be a club to beat liberals with right away, so we’ll see how it tilts.

I’m still trying to figure out exactly why she considered that necessary.

Because, MzNicky, the right has very successfully stigmatized unwed motherhood. They’ve been so successful, in fact, that some families apparently still feel the need to tell their daughter to fake mononucleosis and drop out of school for several months in order to keep it a secret. And like all societal stigmas, it is something that is sniggered at and whispered about until it is made officially public.

And that is why Palin felt it necessary to make the announcement.

“Barbara Bush, the Silver Fox, still lookin’ good. Bush 41, still lookin’ good. Doro, still lookin’ good.

Fortunate genes, those Bushes.”

If that’s how he feels, then hey–whatever floats your boat. It just seems like an…odd thing to focus on when you’re watching a political convention.

He’s got that right.

I’ve read that she did it because the National Enquirer was about to break the story.

If so, somewhere John Edwards is sniggering.

But it would’ve gotten a little weird if – after having dismissed the rumors as nutty – then said Bristol started plumping up and and a fine new baby come inauguration day.

But what I am still scratching my head about are the speculations in some quarters that the Trig story is actually true and the new announcement about Bristol is a smoke-screen. I can’t figure out how that one is supposed to work.

They need about six weeks of OCD medication. It can do wonders. I imagine all their released hates flying off the Earth and destroying the moon.

Which would be another problem, but we could solve it with just one inflated winger ego! Pat Buchanan comes to mind…

PALIN HERSELF ANNOUNCED HER DAUGHTER’S PREGNANCY TO THE WHOLE WORLD. VIA THE MAINSTREAM MEDIA.

I’m still trying to figure out exactly why she considered that necessary. In order to quell “liberal blog” rumors about Trig? Uh — since when are the mighty and powerful liberal blogs so threatening that they can force such an immediate disclosure — about what should admittedly be a private family matter? And, also uh–, if that were indeed the reason for publicly humiliating one’s child on an international stage, wouldn’t the same purpose have been better and more thoroughly served by, oh, I don’t know, OFFERING MEDICAL RECORDS as substantiation?

Just wonderin’.