tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post7954500333679235202..comments2023-10-26T05:08:20.977-04:00Comments on Connecting.the.Dots: Palin: Media Martyr's RevengeROBERT STEINhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11999996852219220599noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-36404602.post-45960776440029170912009-07-04T08:47:26.437-04:002009-07-04T08:47:26.437-04:00I listened to her speech earlier today. It had the...I listened to her speech earlier today. It had the same impact on me as chalk screeching on blackboard. But there is one quote that stood out:<br /><br />"I polled the most important people in my life, my kids, where the count was unanimous," she said.<br /><br />Another conjecture: Family problems. Her youngest child is handicapped. Her older children have been under a media microscope and subject to gossip, jokes, and ridicule ... notwithstanding that infamous teen pregnancy.<br /><br />Why not ask this question: Why do teenage girls have early pregnancies, end up in early marriages, or become runaways? Answer: Parental negligence, parents too preoccupied with themselves and their careers. Teen pregnancy is the price a parent pays for not paying attention to signs and symptoms ... and living up to one’s responsibilities at home.<br /><br />Palin has never been presidential material nor will she ever be. She is a media product … nothing more. Perhaps she knows this … in a begrudging and resentful sort of way. She manages always to do what she does best: Turn her liabilities into political assets and project her own failings onto her critics.(O)CT(O)PUShttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07589336822561030860noreply@blogger.com