Enquirer: Palin Demanded Daughter have Shotgun Wedding

[kpete]

PALIN WAR: TEEN PREGO CRISIS


Republican Vice Presidential nominee Sarah Palin attempted to quietly have her daughter Bristol get married before news of her pregnancy leaked out, the NATIONAL ENQUIRER is reporting exclusively in its new issue.

Palin planned for the wedding to take place right after the Republican National Convention and then she was going to announce the pregnancy.

But Bristol, 17, refused to go along with the plan and that sparked a mother-daughter showdown over the failed coverup.

The ultra-conservative governor’s announcement about her daughter’s pregnancy came hours after The ENQUIRER informed her representatives and family members of Levi Johnston, the father of Bristol’s child, that we were aware of the pregnancy and were going to break the news.

In a preemptive strike Palin released the news, creating political shockwaves.

MORE AT:
Enquirer: Palin Demanded Daughter have Shotgun Wedding
http://www.nationalenquirer.com/sarah_palin_at_war_with_her_daughter_over_pregnancy_wedding/celebrity/65370

[LisaL]

1. Oohh. Sounds like more fun stories are coming.

[hlthe2b]

9. So now US magazine and National Enquirer are on the story...

Now, THAT will leave a mark....And, poor ole John McSlime thought he could just punish the MSM with canceled access and interviews.... Sorry, John Boy.

[LisaL]

36. How can NE pass up a baby story?

Come on.

[Heather MC]

59. Sounds like a feud between the hatfields and the McCoys

:rofl:

[roguevalley]

88. whoa, good for Bristol.

[trueblue2007]

102. JUST WAIT ......till David Letterman, Jay Leno & Jon Stewart get going!!!!

I especially wanna hear Letterman. I think he HATES Repukes

[Rhiannon12866]

108. David Letterman sure expressed his feelings tonight.

I can't remember the exact words, but this is close, if you missed it. He made some jokes about Palin, then made one very serious and cutting remark, said that he would hope that someone who can run the country could take five minutes to speak to her teen-agers about birth control. We ran it back to make sure that's what he said, but he did... :-)

He doesn't exactly hate republicans, seems to get on fine with John McCain, but doesn't suffer fools and hypocrites gladly, which you'll know if you saw his interviews with O'Reilly...x(

He's also had both Clintons on several times and seemed pretty impressed with them, especially Bill, who explained what had happened on 9/11, shortly after the awful event, with such clarity and knowledge that Letterman said something about Bill Clinton still being our president and the audience went wild... :D

[Median Democrat]

2. What Will All Those Right Wing Hacks Who Praised The Enquirer Over John Edwards Say?

[Mme. Defarge]

3. Adds a whole new twist on the fundies'

strong support of the Second Amendment.

[Bicoastal]

4. Her mom is FORCING her to get married? I'm not enjoying this story anymore...

...I feel sorry for Bristol. Her mom is a psycho Fundie dragging her kicking and screaming into the spotlight.

[kayell]

26. I assumed that from the start. It's the fundie way of life.

It's a sick, sick culture.

I know a fundie who brags about how proud he is of his son because his son went to the father of the woman he wanted to marry, and got approval of the marriage, BEFORE he ever asked his "intended." You have to wonder if it was even an option for her to say no, once he had dear old dad's approval.

[niyad]

34. but. . . but. ,. , the daughter CHOSE to be pro-life--that's what the pundits told us all

susan molinari was rhapsodizing last night about what strong family values this showed.

[beac]

63. Briston Palin's choices:

1) Keep the Baby

2) Stoning


Bristol needs to get herself a lawyer ASAP and empancipate herself from her utterly UNFIT parents. She has an airtight case.

[kayell]

67. If Mom or Dad had gone into preaching, it would have been

burning.

A priest's daughter who loses her honor by committing fornication and thereby dishonors her father also, shall be burned to death. (Leviticus 21:9 NAB)

[FatDave]

93. I like the emancipation angle.

I'll bet there's lawyers who'd handle it pro bono.

[Heather MC]

62. Certainly explains why she looked so said that day

that and he ankles may have been swollen
I am really praying for this little girl.

[FatDave]

91. Forcing both of them.

Has anybody said anything about what the boy or his family want? I mean, they're 18 and 17. I think that's old enough for them to make their own decisions. Maybe they just want to put the baby up for adoption and be done with it.

[Parche]

5. Literally A Shotgun Wedding

[demo dutch]

6. Well, wait and see what the next Enquirer issue brings, they break the story everytime!

[Thrill]

7. Forcing a daughter to marry at 17. Its a damn shame. She's a communist

[Tansy_Gold]

29. Seriously, that's an insult to communists.

I hope you just forgot the "sarcasm" thingie.



Tansy Gold, socialist

[chatnoir]

80. An insult to communists

Communists in the 20s sought to abolish marriage altogether as they found it to be a bourgeois institution.

[TheCoxwain]

8. I am having a Political ORGASM...

AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHH

[vaberella]

19. Dear God...

:rofl:

[BeyondGeography]

10. At least they are equal opportunity muckrakers

[vaberella]

24. I was truly worried they wouldn't be. You know that whole murdoch thing. n/t

[yardwork]

74. Yes, for some reason Murdoch has thrown Palin to the wolves.

I think it's got something to do with a split in the Republican Party but I can't quite figure it all out.

Anyway, for whatever reason, the MSM and the tabloids are not giving Palin a pass.

[HockeyMom]

11. To compound one mistake (teenage pregnancy)

with another (teenage shotgun wedding) is tragic beyond belief. Way back when, I Knew several girls in catholic hs who "disappeared" for a time to their aunt and uncle's in another state, or to a "vacation" in europe, but NONE ever had a rush, rush shotgun wedding. They all came back and finished hs and even went on to college, back in the 1960s.

[OnionPatch]

72. You forgot the first mistake.

Not teaching her child about birth control methods.

And getting pregnant is not the worst thing that can happen when a teen doesn't know about condoms and such. I plan to make sure my child knows about these things to protect her from AIDS.

[HockeyMom]

81. Of course

but this is what you get from that Abstinence ONLY education without any mention of BC. Then, again her mother may be against ALL BC, outside of marriage and even in marriage. Who knows? Palin seems like the typical fundie.

[musicblind]

113. She is

[C_U_L8R]

12. OMG it's high teen drama !!

I can't wait for Bristol and Levi to tell em all to get stuffed

[Occam Bandage]

13. Never thought I'd say this, but I'm lovin' the tabloids this week.

[Ichingcarpenter]

21. Didn't we say over the weekend that

they will eat this shit up?

I wonder when the Meth stories will start happening.

Wellsela is the Meth lab capital of Alaska

[vaberella]

14. Oh dear, the Enquirer has taken over. Good luck GOP. n/t

[Quixote1818]

40. LOL! The big boys have taken over and they can't blame it on the blogs anymore. nt

[krkaufman]

95. Unfortunately, the Enquirer being involved may diminish the credibility ...

... of some of the reporting, in the eyes of voters.

[Bucky]

15. That's an appropriate response. Makin' babies is a responsibility. Good for her.

[KansDem]

16. Well, since the Governor condones shotgun hunting for wolves from small planes...

We can surmise that she's fine with shotgun hunting from small planes for future son-in-laws.

RUN, REDNECK, RUN!!! :crazy:

edited for spelling...

[kath]

44. RUN, REDNECK, RUN!!!

just had to see that again!

[Oak2004]

71. Wolves would probably favor shotgun hunting from small planes, too

Shotguns are short- to mid- range guns. They use rifles for wantonly killing important predators from aircraft.

[KansDem]

118. I agree and understand your point, however, in this clip...

DU Thread - YouTube

...the hunter is using a 12-gage shotgun to bring down a wolf (graphic).

[yardwork]

17. ....and there's more to come

The ENQUIRER has also learned that Palin’s family is embroiled in a vicious war that is now exposing her darkest secrets, threatening to destroy her political career.

Palin’s ongoing war with her ex brother-in-law Mike Wooten, a state trooper, has caused multiple sources to come forward with shocking allegations about the governor.

[vaberella]

20. You're lieing?! There can't be more!!! I don't believe it. n/t

[mnhtnbb]

22. You knew there would be folks itching to talk. The woman is a walking disaster.

[JimDandy]

53. Perhaps that a source in Alaska who is

very close to the family has direct knowledge that the REASON the Palin's didn't announce their pregnancy until Feb 2008 was because they HAD indeed discussed terminating their pregnancy? Do Tell!

[yardwork]

73. My post was a quote from The Enquirer webpage. They promise to tell all in the next issue.

I can't believe I'm waiting to see what The Enquirer has to say!

[JimDandy]

83. Dupe

[JimDandy]

84. Thanks. Caught that, but only AFTER I posted!

Where's a smilie for 'kicking myself in the a**?

[yardwork]

90. It's all good. The news is coming fast and furious today.

[mnhtnbb]

18. I hope the NE printed lots of copies for this issue! It's gonna' fly off the shelves.

I might even buy one.

:rofl:


I really feel sorry for Bristol. I wouldn't want Palin to be my mother.

[kath]

43. Yeah, I might buy my first copy ever!

I'll bet the dad's worse than the mom -- Dominionist, fundie "headship" and all that.
These fundie whackos even have guidelines telling them what diameter "rod" is appropriate to beat a child with (they don't use the word "beat", but "chastise"), depending on the age ofthe child.

[JimDandy]

64. What do you mean

might? I'm definitely going to buy one, for the first time in my life.

[liberalmuse]

23. Thanks, Enquirer...

It looks like the McCain camp can't blame the liberal bloggers/posters on this one. Poor daughter! What self-centered bitch of a mom.

[Mme. Defarge]

25. I hope the wedding is at the White House - n/t

[LisaM]

39. No, I hope it's at the Convention!

A surprise wedding, Wednesday night. Heck, something needs to bring the event to life. It's the deadest convention I've ever seen.

[HooptieWagon]

55. I wonder if Levi knows, or will they blindside him too? n/t

[beac]

70. Well, they ARE flying him in to St. Paul today.

http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20080902/ap_on_el_pr/cvn_palin_daughter


Nothing like siccing the Secret Service on your daughter's babydaddy to make sure he doesn't bolt.

[Papa Boule]

79. Self delete

[Sanity Claws]

27. Oh my! More dirt to come

You know -- we couldn't make this stuff up. I've said this often about the Republican scandals, e.g. Jeff Gannon's other occupation, and this one is just another example.

[izquierdista]

28. Died and gone to heaven

That's what the National Enquirer editors must be thinking. If they can't double or triple their circulation during this fall's campaign, then they just aren't trying. :woohoo:

[kath]

46. yeppers - KA-CHING!!!

[Ichingcarpenter]

30. Billy Idol will be the Preacher- White Wedding

[endarkenment]

31. Big Ooops. Nat. Enq: last bastion of a free press?

Corpmedia ought to just curl up and die.

Hey remember when the columns on the dnc podium at the stadium were a huge scandal? Remember that?

How fucking low can they go?

[DCBob]

32. You can certainly count on the Enquirer and the other tabloids to dig up dirt ...

and then some. I wonder what else they have in their sites.

[central scrutinizer]

49. And where is Larry Flynt?

He is usually good for an outing or two of the hypocritical assholes.

[Critters2]

33. Puhleeze. I knew this the first time I heard that Bristol had "chosen to keep the baby

and get married". Right. In the same way that I CHOOSE to pay my income tax or stop at red lights. There's "choice" and then there's "choice".

[nichomachus]

35. It will be a formal wedding

they will use a white shotgun

[JimDandy]

66. SNORT!

:rofl:

[eshfemme]

37. LOL! What irony that the tabloid is forcing the actual newspapers to do their fucking jobs

The MSM should have been doing their fucking jobs and vetting her instead of falling all over themselves to gush all over her about her special needs baby and her attractiveness and her "qualifications." What's sad is that it took the National fucking Enquirer to get them to do it and that's because they scooped them on the Edwards story.

[krkaufman]

96. Too true. All the news media seemed to just be echoing Palin's own ...

... introductory speech from Friday and her puffed-up Wikipedia entry. Basic googling turned-up plenty of Alaska/local articles refuting much of her ballyhooed "reformer" facade.

[AuntPatsy]

38. I never thought to see the Enquirer as proof of anything, how times have changed..

thank you to the republicans for making our presidential elections gossip fodder..I hate them.

[cascadiance]

41. How soon before Babs and Jenna try to get Bristol in trouble for drinking?

[FVZA_Colonel]

42. Well, they exposed Edwards' affair.

Who's to say this isn't valid as well?

[lxlxlxl]

45. NO ENQUIRER/TABLOID STUFF PLEASE...DO YOU KNOW WHAT THEY WRITE ABOUT OBAMA?

We don't need nationalenquirer links please...be responsible people. There are REAL numbers and issues that we can win on. Resorting to the tabloid shit is so unecessary this year.

[depakid]

47. Would you rather have them write about Palin- or write about Obama

[Matariki]

51. Yeah well. Too bad the 'real journalists' are sitting on their collective asses.

[IndianaGreen]

54. I am sure the McCain campaign would like nothing more than the National Enquirer to STFU

They loved it when they disclosed John Edwards affair and possible out-of-wetlock child.

Those that live by tabloid journalism, shall die by it.

[Window]

48. Oh boy. This is really getting some traction.

[Raine]

50. How sickening to force your daughter

into a marriage she doesn't want just for the sake of your ambition and the concern of how it might look for political purposes, that's really sad. :-(

[IndianaGreen]

65. Palin should have declined McCain's Veep offer and to care for her Payton Place family

Instead, her ambition led her to throw her daughter under the bus.

[krkaufman]

97. Sounds like that is also why Bristol was pulled from school ...

... to coverup the pregnancy because of the political embarrassment it would cause Palin, a staunch advocate of abstinence-only education.

[IndianaGreen]

52. Palin was quoted as saying she would oppose abortion if daughter was raped.

IOW, this woman wants to make reproductive choices for her daughter, as she wants to make them for the rest of us.

[northernlights]

57. well apparently she believes

rapists should have the right to choose the mothers of their children. :puke:

[krkaufman]

98. Well, at least she's consistent, eh? She still rabidly supports abstinence-only education ...

... even after its abysmal failure in her own home.

[slackmaster]

56. And the DU monkeys have yet ANOTHER football to fuck

:argh:

[Neshanic]

69. Proud DU Monkey here!

[Gabi Hayes]

58. haaaa haaaa haaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa:

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=132x6871158

[Gabi Hayes]

60. huhhhh? huhhhh? huhhhh?

oops

[marshall]

61. Somewhere in NC John Edwards is sending a prayer of thanks to heaven

and laughing his ass off.

[LisaL]

75. My feelings exactly.

But NE probably has room for his alleged love child story as well.

[Neshanic]

68. "Mom, you may want to run the country, but you are NOT the boss of me!"

[vanderBeth]

76. I feel bad for the children.

:(

[rainbow4321]

77. This could backfire even more for Palin

Babydady and family don't want a wedding....they tell Palin, get off our asses or we spill everything to the Enquirer.

[krkaufman]

99. Is that speculation, that the Johnston famiy doesn't want a wedding? nt

[rainbow4321]

101. Just speculating..given his comment on his webpage about not wanting kids

Specifically: "in a relationship, don't want kids".

[TexasObserver]

78. Hey, Little Sister, what have you done?

It's a nice day
for a
White Wedding.

[Barack_America]

82. Lol. I knew it was only a matter of time before the Enquirer hi-tailed their asses to AK.

May the "vetting" begin.

[Teflon]

85. Huh?

Are we seriously getting our news from The Enquirer?

This is not the way to maintain credibility...

[yardwork]

92. Tell us all about it. And welcome to DU!

[Trajan]

105. WE dont read it ....

But women read it .... Many RW women ....

I despise that paper, but useful fools they will be ....

[progressivebydesign]

120. Actually the NE has been right on everything 99% of the time.

Starting with the sad news about Steve MacQueen years and years ago. They pay BIG for their sources, and have a team of researchers and lawyers.

[everything-bolt-up]

86. Is this the Presidential electionof the great USA??

:rofl:

[invictus]

87. The National Inquirer has been doing some good work lately, on this and the Edwards affair. n/t

[krkaufman]

89. Now it could really get fun, now that the Enquirer is getting involved.

They *have* to realize that Palin stories are going to be better sales drivers than Edwards rehash.

:popcorn:

[cwydro]

94. I gotta say, I love how everyone dissed the Enquirer before

with the Edwards story.

But now, all of a sudden, this is a legitimate news outlet.:rofl:

[Trajan]

106. It isnt a question of 'legitimacy' ...

It is media ... it is read by millions .... What is the point you are making ?

We DONT have to like the Enquirer to enjoy the effects that are in our favor ....

They are STILL despised ....

Now get that lame emoticon rolling again ....

[RNdaSilva]

109. cwydro, interesting isn't it...

I never posted in any of these many, many threads, National Enquirer & Edwards, because, sadly, I believed they were accurate. On occasion, they do it get right. Think they just might get this current issue right also.

The shotgun wedding story made sense to me after reading a little about Levi. How long might the wedding last? He's about to get National attention...he'll gobble this up and probably help extend the marriage. Then again, they just might need to keep the shotgun loaded.

Naiveté and fickleness runs rampant...

[Jade Fox]

100. I wonder if Levi found out he was getting married when the media announced it....

[Major Hogwash]

103. Well, the first thin ya know, the daughter's knocked up, her kinfolk said, Sarah get away from here

so she loaded up the truck and headed to Little Minnie.
Minnesota, that is
Land of 10,000 lakes
The great frozen tundra
Twin Cities

"The Alaskan Hillbillies"

boom de boom de boom de boom boom boom
de boom da boom da boom boom boom
boom de boom de boom de boom boom boom
de boom de de boom de de boom boom boom

[MichDem10]

104. Dear God - Please let the chickens come home to roost.

[Kat45]

107. They tried to blame the "liberal blogosphere's" rumors for having to announce this

And all along, the announcement was because the Enquirer was going to out them! They did plenty of sliming of Obama supporters, even bringing Obama's name into it. Despicable, as always.

[Life Long Dem]

110. I don't think I'd be laughing if this didn't turn into an...

inquiring minds want to know story! :rofl:

[intaglio]

111. Might a Dixie Chicks song be appropriate?

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlA8_J7VZ6A&feature=related

White Trash Wedding

[Hekate]

112. Well it's Gawd's Will, y'know. Says right there in Leviticus or something: She that gets knocked up

... shall have a quickie marriage. Or wear a Scarlet Letter. Or both.

Of *course* Bristol "chose" to keep the baby and get married to this jerk. You think her parents would have it any other way?

Curiously, I wonder about that boy. Is he going to resist the tremendous pressure from the Palins? Is he going to tell them to take a flying leap? Will the State of Alaska garnish his wages for child support for the rest of his life?

The kids were stupid -- no condom, no nothin'. I'll bet she was raised to believe that only bad girls and sluts use birth control, but she's not a slut, she just gets carried away by passionate love now and then, something you can't plan on. Sluts plan to have sex. Good girls don't plan on it, it just happens.

I know, it gives me a headache too. It's a very 1950s type of thinking.

Hekate

[rucky]

114. Palin is a tabloid's dream. n/t

[LuckyTheDog]

115. THREW the daughter UNDER THE BUS

WOW! Briston refused the shotgun wedding, to Palin OUTED her!

Mother of the year? Not so much.

[Ganja Ninja]

116. Palin was custom made for the Enquirer.

They are going to have a field day with her.

[Kablooie]

117. Goodie! The primo newspaper of the Republican 'morans' is helping out!

[Yavin4]

119. Nothing Like Compounding A Bad Decision

with another bad decision. This poor girl's life is over at 17.

[progressivebydesign]

121. How pathetic is it when the NE has a better team of vetters than McCain??? n/t

[OmmmSweetOmmm]

122. I love how on the same page they have a link to an article about McCain's Cheating Heart

and how he cheated on his first wife Carol. So if Enquier readers don't know about that, they will now!!!!

http://www.nationalenquirer.com/celebrity/64989

[flamingdem]

123. Why would Levi's family break the news... Can anyone say oil money DOWRY?? nt

[afredus]

124. Finally, the pros from NE are doing their job *NM*

[AZBlue]

125. You can tell that from looking at the boyfriend and Bristol today.

Their body language is speaking volumes, especially his. I feel sorry for Bristol.