Bristol Palin vs a young Barack Obama

[spdirty]

We all know Bristols story by now. But compare her story to a young Barry. What kind of political liability would he be compared to a young Bristol if, say, hypothetically, his parents ran for office, compared to Bristol.



Dreams from My Father: on Drugs


Understand why youngsters want to use drugs
Junkie. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. Except the highs hadn't been about me trying to prove what a down brother I was. Not by then, anyway. I got high for just the opposite effect, something that could push questions of who I was out of my mind, something that could flatten out the landscape of my heart, blur the edges of my memory. I had discovered that it didn't make any difference whether you smoked reefer in the white classmate's sparkling new van, or in the dorm room of some brother you'd met down at the gym, or on the beach with a couple of Hawaiian kids who had dropped out of school and now spent most of their time looking for an excuse to brawl. You might just be bored, or alone. Everybody was welcome into the club of disaffection. And if the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bull**** and cheap moralism.

http://www.ontheissues.org/dreams_from_my_father.htm

[SonOfLe-loLang]

We all know Bristols story by now. But compare her story to a young Barry. What kind of political liability would he be compared to a young Bristol if, say, hypothetically, his parents ran for office, compared to Bristol.



Dreams from My Father: on Drugs


Understand why youngsters want to use drugs
Junkie. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. Except the highs hadn't been about me trying to prove what a down brother I was. Not by then, anyway. I got high for just the opposite effect, something that could push questions of who I was out of my mind, something that could flatten out the landscape of my heart, blur the edges of my memory. I had discovered that it didn't make any difference whether you smoked reefer in the white classmate's sparkling new van, or in the dorm room of some brother you'd met down at the gym, or on the beach with a couple of Hawaiian kids who had dropped out of school and now spent most of their time looking for an excuse to brawl. You might just be bored, or alone. Everybody was welcome into the club of disaffection. And if the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bull**** and cheap moralism.

http://www.ontheissues.org/dreams_from_my_father.htm


Uhhh, i think the bush twins proved this is a non issue in elections. or Bush himself as he was a cocaine user.

[spdirty]

Uhhh, i think the bush twins proved this is a non issue in elections. or Bush himself as he was a cocaine user.

not according to the msm the last 5 days.

[frerottenextelway]

We all know Bristols story by now. But compare her story to a young Barry. What kind of political liability would he be compared to a young Bristol if, say, hypothetically, his parents ran for office, compared to Bristol.



Dreams from My Father: on Drugs


Understand why youngsters want to use drugs
Junkie. That's where I'd been headed: the final, fatal role of the young would-be black man. Except the highs hadn't been about me trying to prove what a down brother I was. Not by then, anyway. I got high for just the opposite effect, something that could push questions of who I was out of my mind, something that could flatten out the landscape of my heart, blur the edges of my memory. I had discovered that it didn't make any difference whether you smoked reefer in the white classmate's sparkling new van, or in the dorm room of some brother you'd met down at the gym, or on the beach with a couple of Hawaiian kids who had dropped out of school and now spent most of their time looking for an excuse to brawl. You might just be bored, or alone. Everybody was welcome into the club of disaffection. And if the high didn't solve whatever it was that was getting you down, it could at least help you laugh at the world's ongoing folly and see through all the hypocrisy and bull**** and cheap moralism.

http://www.ontheissues.org/dreams_from_my_father.htm

What would the press be like if the Obama's had a pregnant teenage daughter?

[Bronco X]

If Obama's mother had been running for office, you bet it would have been a point of discussion. Personally I think too much is being made of this story and I feel bad for Bristol Palin, but you can no more expect people not to talk about it than you can expect people to stop watching crappy television or listening to crappy pop music.

Personally I think Palin's extremist views and her inclination to abuse power (as troopergate and the nearly identical story of her trying to oust people when she was mayor confirm) should get a lot more attention, and the Bristol Palin story is just keeping the masses distracted.

[frerottenextelway]

Bob Dole is a blatant sexist pig.

From WaPo (http://voices.washingtonpost.com/the-trail/2008/09/03/republican_women_turn_to_the_g.html):

Female Republicans embraced identity politics with gusto today, touting the virtues of presumptive vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin and suggesting that any attempts to question her qualifications amounted to blatant sexism.

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[ant1999e]

Uhhh, i think the bush twins proved this is a non issue in elections. or Bush himself as he was a cocaine user.

Yeah, change we can believe in.

[frerottenextelway]

Sarah Palin was a former pothead, btw.

[Rigs11]

Sarah Palin was a former pothead, btw.

Yep she admitted to smoking the chiba. Kinda destroys this thread doesn't it? Next.

[spdirty]

What would the press be like if the Obama's had a pregnant teenage daughter?

well we wouldnt hear about it, because after all, he wouldnt want her to be punished with a baby. That would require responsibility.

[Spider]

what has Obama done with his life despite his past ?
What in the **** Bristol done ?
I have to believe bad people can become good ...........A bad person can change .....15 years for me so far ......