Mommyhood and Grand-Mommyhood Triumphs in Alaska

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin said Friday she is resigning from office at the end of the month, raising speculation that she would focus on a run for the White House in the 2012 race.
The former Republican vice presidential candidate made the surprise announcement from her home in suburban Wasilla on Friday morning. She said she would step down July 26 but didn't announce her plans.
"Once I decided not to run for re-election, I also felt that to embrace the conventional Lame Duck status in this particular climate would just be another dose of politics as usual, something I campaigned against and will always oppose," Palin said in a statement released by her office. "With that in mind, my family and I determined that it is best to make a difference this summer, and I am willing to change things, so that this administration, with its positive agenda, its accomplishments, and its successful road to an incredible future, can continue without interruption and with great administrative and legislative success," she said.
With childcare costs looming, I am convinced that her new grandson was sooo adorable and her own underaged minor children needed her presence in the home to a greater degree, til Gov. Palin had no choice but to do the logical thing--resign from her job. You go, Sarah!

Gov. Sarah Palin is a Grandmama--That's a Tripp!

Shhhhh--Don't tell anyone but, Governor Sarah Palin is a young "GG"(that's Gorgeous Granny).

I just heard the news: Bristol Palin, the unmarried 18-year-old daughter of former Republican vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin has given birth in Alaska to a son.

Even though People magazine reports that Bristol Palin gave birth to Tripp Easton Mitchell Johnston on Sunday, you shouldn't go around telling people because according to the governor's office "this birth is a private family matter."

Little Tripp weighed 7 pounds, 4 ounces. The father is high school dropout Levi Johnston, a former hockey player at Alaska's Wasilla High School. He has said he and Bristol plan to marry--perhaps when one of them becomes a high school graduate?

As the grandmother of six--soon to be seven grandchildren I understand Governor Palin's excitement over the prospect of becoming a young "GG." But Governor, with all due respect--you did announce Bristol's pregnancy to the world. At that point it was no longer private. Now that the inevitable has happened--the birth, and now you want this matter private? Even after People Magazine and Yahoo wrote about it? What's the point of achieving celebrity status if little things like the Governor becoming a grandmama shouldn't be news?

Governor Palin--May I call you, Sarah?

While 'chillaxin' in Wasilla, Alaska, (a place most of the world had never heard of until someone discovered it hiding under a rock this past August) Governor Sarah Palin says she wouldn't hesitate to run for the presidency in 2012--if (and only if) it's God's will.

Palin also said that she resents rumors that were spread about she and her family during the campaigns by staff of Republican nominee, Sen. John McCain.

She has said that she thinks that the economic collapse had "a heck of a lot more to do with the Republican campaign collapse than me personally."

"I'm like, Okay, God, if there's an open door for me somewhere, this is what I always pray--don't let me miss the open door."

Governor Palin--May I call you Sarah? Can I be real with you--woman to woman?

The fact that you are back in Alaska, chillin' instead of planning a move to Washington, D.C. could be seen as a sign from God to you--Stay home, Sarah.

I do not believe that you will be prepared to run the United States in 2012 or 2016 or as long as you have underage children. As a Christian and a Mom, I took exception at your even wasting the citizens of the United States' time when it was obvious that your family plate and the responsibilities as governor were all that you could handle.

At the moment you have an unwed teenage daughter, a young daughter and a special needs child. God gave you these responsibilities. This is your open door. Take this opportunity to walk through it and appreciate your job as a mother.

I, for one are happy to see you go home. God works in mysterious ways.

Sarah's Glad Rags and All that Jazz. She Looks Good-- I Ain't No Hater

Sarah Palin was born with natural good looks. This is apparent. I could justify hating her for many things but certainly not for looking good. She's had 4 or 5 kids and still looks great; plus holding down a full-time, high profile gig and running for VeeP of the United States. Plus she's a wife.

Which brings me to this latest issue of her $150K campaign wardrobe. We are a curious people here in the United States. Democrat or Republican. It seems we just love to major in minors. These are 'costumes' people. They go with the persona that her people are trying to impress upon us during this campaign. They are not real life for her. Who cares about this, anyhow? I will be impressed when I see an all night prayer vigil protesting the vulgarly large contracts that professional athletes and entertainers command while school teachers are scrounging around for peanuts compared to the level of responsibility that their jobs entail.

Both candidates have raised vulgarly large amounts of money to travel around talking trash about each other in front of large audiences. This is not being protested--why not?

Leave Govenor Palin alone while she catches up on studying for the job she is applying for.

"Governor Grandma" & Bristol

Governor Palin, or Sarah 'Baracuda' Bulldog, let me get this straight. You expect the American public to buy this scenario as a happy time for you and your family...?
Scene 1: Your 17 year old is pregnant and unwed. You are thrilled beyond belief that she is, and look forward to being a young Grandma. Her unwed pregnancy is broadcast in media around the world and your daughter quickly becomes the most famous unwed mother outside of Mary--mother of Jesus.

Are you despondent? Are you disappointed? Embarrassed? You say, "None of the above."

You are jubilant and proud of your daughter because, after all, your daughter chose life. Since the time of Jesus' birth, unwed motherhood has been looked upon as a shame and a disgrace, yet you are Christian and proud of your daughter's shamefu predicament. You are a politician, yet unmoved by the idea of your family's image being tarnished. If so, you are an original and the very first politician in history of U.S. politics who is not family and image conscious.

Scene 2: You have taught and preached to your own daughter about abstaining from sex as a deterrent to a host of other life complications including HIV and AIDS, Sexually Transmitted Diseases and Pregnancy--the ultimate result of unprotected sex. All to no avail--your own teenage, unwed daughter is pregnant. Yet, you advocate this kind of "abstinence program" versus sex education and prevention programs for all American daughters when it didn't even work for your own?

Scene 3: Here is your published statement to the press on September 1, 2008 when the news broke of your daughter's pregnancy:

"We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter, Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."

As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support. "Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughterand Levi's privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates."

Governor, I ask you: Do you also share the pride and shame that could be felt by other American parents whose daughters see Bristol's situation as one they would love to mirror? Does your small town, Republican reformist mind finally understand how urban inner-city parents whose young daughters find themselves in a similar state of pregnancy feel by deciding to chose life, rather than abortion; when to do so could mean an addition to the state's burgeoning welfare rolls? Can you now identify with the American problems related to working mothers and high numbers of teenage pregnancies?

If this harsh reality of how easy it is for children to be taught the right things and still choose to do what they want regarding sex, drugs, and rock n roll has enlightened you and helped you relate to other Americans, then some good actually has come out of this shameful situation.

Who?

Sarah Palin of Alaska is the 'secret weapon' that the McCain Campaign rolled out on Michael Jackson's Birthday as the Republican Vice-Presidential nominee?

Who?