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ANCHORAGE, Alaska – Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin is going on the offensive against news organizations and bloggers she says are perpetuating malicious gossip about her and her children. But political observers say the former Republican vice presidential candidate can't have it both ways: trotting out the children to showcase her family values, then trying to shield them from scrutiny.

Palin's criticism also raises questions about her motivations because she has said she is open to a presidential run in 2012.

"I think she's positioning herself. She's attacking the media as a way to generate support among a base she hopes will support her," said Leonard Steinhorn, a professor of communications at American University in Washington and an expert on the presidency.

Palin shied away from interviews during the campaign, although her children often accompanied her on her travels, including her oldest daughter, Bristol, who was pregnant at the time.

But in recent weeks, she has personally reached out to media outlets such as People magazine and The Associated Press to complain about information she claimed is wrong.

She slammed reports that 18-year-old Bristol Palin and the teen's fiance are high school dropouts. The governor insists the two are not dropouts because they enrolled in correspondence courses.

The couple last month had a son — the governor's first grandchild.

The governor said she is speaking out to set the record straight, not because of any political aspirations.

"It's all about the family," she said. "I'm wired in a way that I can take the criticism. I can take the shots. But any mother would want to protect their children from lies and scandalous reporting."

Marriage is a religious sanctity between two unwilling teenagers.

Good for Palin, the media tore her a new a-hole.
Time to carry the big stick with the media.
McCain sure didn't, he was a weiner

McCain is a bipartisan pussy and I'm ashamed that he was the best the GOP had to offer against Maobama.

catamount man wrote:McCain is a bipartisan pussy and I'm ashamed that he was the best the GOP had to offer against Maobama.

Haha, your hatred is actually kind of funny

... Now you know how I felt in 2000 and 2004 with the no personality card board cut outs the Dems put up

JMU DJ wrote:

catamount man wrote:McCain is a bipartisan pussy and I'm ashamed that he was the best the GOP had to offer against Maobama.

Haha, your hatred is actually kind of funny

... Now you know how I felt in 2000 and 2004 with the no personality card board cut outs the Dems put up

Thank you, thank you, thank you. The first donk to actually admit your candidates in 00 and 04 SUCKED.
Hell, you finally put forth a candidate with a brainstem and you win in a landslide. It ain't rocket science.

Seriously Republican apologists.....can you not get rid of this women...at least shut her trap....you'd think being in Alaska would negate some of the coverage, but seriously....doesn't she have a state to run? Go away.........

As a parent, I can identify with the last statement. My kids are far from perfect, but if any of you fuckers came after them, they wouldn't be able to scrape enough of you off the bottom of my shoe to make a decent sandwich. On the other hand, she did put them out there, so be careful what you wish for.

I can't wait for 2012. President Sarah to the rescue!!!

SuperHornet wrote:I can't wait for 2012. President Sarah to the rescue!!!

death dealer wrote:As a parent, I can identify with the last statement. My kids are far from perfect, but if any of you f**k[*] came after them, they wouldn't be able to scrape enough of you off the bottom of my shoe to make a decent sandwich. On the other hand, she did put them out there, so be careful what you wish for.

i think that last statement is the crux of the issue.

You can't base a portion of your candidacy on family values, etc, trot them out at the convention, and NOT expect to have said family scrutinized. The media exposure cuts both ways.

dbackjon wrote:

death dealer wrote:As a parent, I can identify with the last statement. My kids are far from perfect, but if any of you f**k[*] came after them, they wouldn't be able to scrape enough of you off the bottom of my shoe to make a decent sandwich. On the other hand, she did put them out there, so be careful what you wish for.

i think that last statement is the crux of the issue.

You can't base a portion of your candidacy on family values, etc, trot them out at the convention, and NOT expect to have said family scrutinized. The media exposure cuts both ways.

Yep, that pretty much sums it up. She wants a pass on the vetting process that all high profile figures go through. The "MSM" has to sell ad space, and that is driven by ratings. And mud rucking generates better ratings. Nobody wants to read about how wonderful so and so is, that shit doesn't sell ad time.

Folks will not ever elect her president and the longer she keeps making noise and getting coverage, she is apparently going to be a player in the party. So...losing elections will be a habit if she is the choice.

Yeah, she's cute and her kids are cute, but she is one cumb dunt, even dumber than G.W.

I can't see the nation taking another chance on another C- student.

Bitch, you can't have it both ways--either you trot the kids out for the media, or you keep them the fcuk out of the media. Make up your goddamned mind!

Ugh. And my god, she's talked more POST election than she ever did DURING the election. And notice McCain has returned to some semblance of sanity now that the Senate is back in session. (that's a lot of alliteration there!)

SuperHornet wrote:I can't wait for 2012. President Sarah to the rescue!!!