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an unwed mother starlet. She and Bristol Palin
are now becoming role models for young girls.
Bristol Palin's new baby will compete with any celebrity birth, and find his way on the covers of People Magazine - for a price. It is just like I predicted. Hollywood is interested in this new addition to its roster of young, famous, teenaged, unmarried mothers and their babies. This just adds more fuel to its industry, which has now been subsisting on the atrocious (I call them deeply sad) antics of its stars from teenagers to young adults.
Of course, my advice to the Palin family would have been to ignore the People offer (reportedly of $300,00) and to lie low and let the illegitimate baby get legitimized as soon as possible (if possible.) Sarah Palin did say on her website: "Isn’t it just like God to turn those circumstances into such an amazing, joyful blessing when you ask Him to help you through?"
I'm not sure what she means by this other than that, yes, a baby is a miraculous event. But, here's more of what she says:
Bristol and Levi are committed to accomplish what millions of other young parents have accomplished, to provide a loving and secure environment for their child. They are both hard workers, they’re very strong, and have faith they’ve made the right decision in setting aside their own interests to make this child their highest priority.Setting aside their own interests to make this child their highest priority? Isn't that what having babies is all about? And does it bear mentioning, unless, of course, it wasn't their highest priority to begin with, or not a priority at all?
What a mess they have entered into. I just wish them all a quick recovery.
On another, but related, note here is one of Canada's fine "conservative" bloggers who mentions nothing about the strange lack of concern regarding the youth and singlehood of the baby's parents, and his illegitimacy. The post by Wendy Sullivan talks only of the strange name that the Palin family give their children. I'm sure Sullivan, who was also part of the "I am Sarah Palin" video, which outed a number of conservative women bloggers as, well, not conservative, would not approve of my take on this situation.
