How is it that Bristol Palin gets more scrutiny then John Edwards ever got?

Question

Bristol is a seventeen year old girl who got knocked up. It has nothing to do with her mom's candidacy.

John Edwards was a former state Senator and potential VP nominee for the Democratic ticket yet the media would NOT report on his transgressions until they were practically forced to/

Talk about liberal hypcrisy.

Answer 1

Because John Edwards is no longer running for President and was not the VP pick.  What's your point?

Sarah Palin is running for VP.  

Answer 2

Her mother was a nobody who just became the VP Candidate for the Republican party.  Edwards is not the VP Candidate for the Democrats.  See the difference my mentally handicapped friend?

Answer 3

John Edwards is a gentleman. Bristol Palin is a w***e.

Answer 4

Leftists are ridiculously hypocratic.  They never said much about John Edwards or Bill Clinton, but as soon as someone from a Republican family slips up, they are all over it.  It's hilarious how they point fingers at a young woman who isn't an adult yet but don't point fingers at adult men who should have better judgement.  What Bristol did was wrong but all the press coverage of this story is ridiculous.

Answer 5

That's why I don't watch the news much, listen to talk radio instead - they actually report the news!

Father Creepy - that's why she said "potential VP nominee", genius!!!

Answer 6

1. Her daughter was taken out of school 6 or so months earlier (2-3 months into "Sarah's" pregnancy)

2. Up until about a month or so before the birth, no one around her, a VERY public figure (after all she was the top elected offical of Alaska) had even known she was pregnant. She told everyone in March that she was pregnant, she "gave birth" on April 18!!

3. Her water broke and she felt contractoins at 4 AM in Texas - contractions that she herself said were different than those of "false labor" (remember, she already had four children)

4. She stayed in Texas for another 12 hours and then ultimately had the baby at 6:30 AM the next day (actually with the time difference 29-1/2 hours later)

5. The unborn baby was already diagnosed with Down Syndrome, yet she delayed the birth by more than a day AND subjected it to 12 hours of air time - probably 3 flights from Texas to Anchorage with the repeatedly changing cabin pressure.

6. As a 44-year old woman who had already had four children, once the water broke and the contractions began, she couldn't possibly have not given birth in more than a few hours.

Either she's a liar or an irresponsible mother. Take your pick!

Answer 7

You dope head.  How in the world could you think that a woman who deserts her infant and then subjects her pregnant teen to inevitable scrutiny would receive ANY respect from us "latte drinking elitist liberals?"  

Nonthinkers like you have bowed blindly to the evangelical radicals and have destroyed a once fine party.  Thanks for making our once fine party the laughing stock of the whole world.

what a joke.

Answer 8

because john edwards didnt get knocked up

it has everything to do with her moms candidacy

it shows poor parenting on her part

maybe if she spent less time in beauty pagents and more time

teaching her kids about safe s*x

none of this would be in the media

Answer 9

because John Edwards is "OLD" news...Bristol Palin is "NEW" news..OLD news has already sold newspaper !!!!

Answer 10

Sadly, you americans live in a world where the candidates lives are over-exposed. Who they sleep with becomes national news and could ruin their chances of presidency. I feel sorry for you people.

Answer 11

Sexism,

Hillary was correct. Dems and liberals beat up on women.

Jesse Jackson, John Edwards, Bill Clinton, Gary Hart, Barney Frank, etc...