re: #467 ~Fianna

I wondered aloud about this in another thread here.

If a candidate is running on a specific family values platform and makes their kids and their role as a parent part of their campaign, is that opening the family up for extra scrutiny?

No other national politician has made being a parent a centerpiece of their campaign, so the kids weren’t actively involved which might explain why those other kids didn’t get the kind of scrutiny.

The crap about Trig is utterly beyond the pale - he’s a baby and there’s nothing that he, or anyone else could have done about his condition. But is Bristol’s pregnancy a different issue because of Palin’s family values/abstinence stance?

Would bloggers have been just as bad to Chelsea, Jenna or Barbara they were pregnant?

I’m curious about consensus or opinion on this. I’m not sure how I feel about it myself, to be honest.

I don’t believe you.