Would you consider the Palin family to be virtuous and principled? If not, how would you charcterize them?

Question

Does such hypocrisy from Alaska's prominant Republican family make you sick? WWJD, LOL

Answer 1

Ordinary and everyday,  but flawed in their judgment of themselves.

And too sure they have the answer when they obviously don't.

Answer 2

Liberalism is a mental disorder.  This sound's like a liberal question.

Answer 3

They are normal everyday people

that happen to think they are better then everyone else because they preach about purity and abstinance.

Trouble is they are everyday people and people are human

Thats why we owe it to our kids to take our heads out of the sand and educate them on s*x and safe s*x in particular !!

The tired old republican mantra of abstinance is a fine ideal but in REAL life, kids are human too and face it, s*x feels good, they do it !!

Its the same as the tired old mantra they have regarding trickle down economics, its a fine ideal but in real life the rich are greedy and couldcare less about how much spills off their plates onto the floor for the rest of us.

They all cry, if you tax the billionaires it will take away their incentive to get the country going !!  This is the stupidest piece of illogical thinking ever to come from the G O P. They are trying to sell us that if you take another 5% from them they will want to quit making millions upon millions of dollars annually !!

That doesn't fit the pattern I've seen with the rich.The rich continually want MORE,and taking 5% from them is NOT going to nullify their greed  

Answer 4

Virtuous?  No, no family is totally virtuous.

Principled?  Definitely.  They are choosing to stick to their principles even during this chaotic time.

Each party has its own hypocrites.  It's funny though that any argument about the issues that Senator Obama WANTS you to focus on can be turned around against the Democrats this time.

Answer 5

in a word....typical

Answer 6

I don't know much about them beyond the press coverage.  I certainly couldn't say.  I'm a bit unimpressed with Gov Palin's distortions of her record though.

For example, she was against the bridge to nowhere...but only after she was FOR IT.  She changed her mind when Stevens was ridiculed for it and the funding evaporated.  

She is against federal earmarks for pet projects. However she hired a lobbying firm with ties to Stevens while she was mayor of Wasilla.  That firm helped her get tens of millions of earmark dollars.  She didn't have a problem withe earmarks OR Stevens until she wanted to be governor.

Answer 7

bunch trash...lol  really, how else?

LOL .... WWJD ... for sure.. :)

Answer 8

Despite your rant I wouldn't know as nobody does. It is obvious you are trying to push for a specific answer. As with just about everybody, you have no clue. Anyone who claims different is lying. I challenge you to prove otherwise.

Answer 9

They seem to be real Americans. Have dealt with and continue to deal with tough issues.  

Answer 10

Obama was born out of wedlock from a teenage mother...try to keep your hate in check would ya? and btw, Obama wants you to stop too.

Answer 11

A normal American family.  No more, no less.

Answer 12

I think they are like a typical family in the position they are in. Both parents work and mom has a very demanding job that probably takes up a lot of her time. I don't really understand what her husband does. They have problems with their eldest daughter. Why did she get pregnant? Why are they talking about getting married? It's 2008. They don't need to rush into marriage. Apparently both of them dropped out of high school. How was that decided to be a good idea? Yes, it matters because they are in the public spotlight like it or not. They are setting a potential dangerous example. It's been set before by celebrities. I see it as more fuel to the fire.

It bothers me that they are still so fixated in their views or so it seems. Maybe it's not like that.

But at the same time, this could happen even under different circumstances. It says to me that this would likely happen because both parents are obviously busy with their careers and it's hard to raise kids right and have 2 careers. They have increased the odds against themselves with their views and beliefs. It has come at the expense of their children. They might have done better if they believed differently. The possibility exists. Usually people on the right can't even admit that.

I don't think they are virtuous or should be telling other people how to live because they haven't mastered it. Palin definitely distorts her record because it sounds better than the truth. She's not different from the other politicians in that regard.

They are disappointing. We would applaud them if they were able to live up to the high expectations and overcome the odds. They weren't able to so it seems like they should recognize the failure and advocate for a different more sane approach.