NYT Questions Palin's 'Parenting'; Bumiller Flubs Palin's AIP 'Membership' |
| Published: September 2, 2008, 5:14 pm |
| Tags: 2008 presidential, culture society, feminism, bristol palin, elisabeth bumiller, john mccain, kate zernike, sarah palin, new york times, convention watch |
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Editor's Note: A longer version of this article originally appeared on our affiliated site Times Watch. Bristol Palin's pregnancy made the top of the fold of Tuesday's New York Times in a story by Elisabeth Bumiller, who helpfully summarized all the scandalettes (and at least one fake one) burbling around the Palin pick in "Disclosures on Palin Raise Questions on Vetting Process." A series of disclosures about Gov. Sarah Palin, Senator John McCain's choice as running mate, called into question on Monday how thoroughly Mr. McCain had examined her background before putting her on the Republican presidential ticket. On Monday morning, Ms. Palin and her husband, Todd, issued a statement saying that their 17-year-old unmarried daughter, Bristol, was five months pregnant and that she intended to marry the father. Among other less attention-grabbing news of the day: it was learned that Ms. Palin now has a private lawyer in a legislative ethics investigation in Alaska into [ Full article ] |
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