I didn't see a lot of evidence to support this claim. It's all in the power of suggestion. I won't be mentioning this to anyone else until I see a little more evidence that supports such a claim. After all, she (we all) deserves that. 

Both that article and this article: http://www.ireport.com/docs/DOC-69834  are front and center on DIGG.com.  DIGG them!

And how is this relevant to her political abilities?

It's not, unless honesty is relevant.  It is however exactly how the republicans fight, if the story is true, she deserves to be ruined for it, just like the republicans would do if they were running against another stronger candidate.

Yea if it is true I think the hardcore fundies are going to choke on it

She's all for "teaching the controversy", meaning ID/Creationism in science class. That's all I need to know to hate her, the rest is just decorative.

It's just that in another topic, I got blasted in another topic for mixing in someone's personal affairs with political ones. So it depends on the political party involved?

Not really, the arguments lobbed at you in that thread are likely applicable to me here.  With that said, John Edwards never ran on the Christian ticket... Palin does. I don't know her politics, I know she's running on a ticket with John McCain, and she's a Christian bible thumping intelligent design freak.  I also know that McCain picked her in part because she's a soccer mom who has a great family life and imparts Christian morality on her children.  My interest here isn't so much politics as it's religion.  Here's a woman who has imparted Christianity on her children, and she's covering up the rebellious years that Christianity often delivers in a disgustingly dishonest and "unChristian" scheme. 

Don't get me started, I could rant on this one for hours.  We can call it, "ranting the controversy."

For one thing, they would have to be elected, and I really don't see it happening.  I'm not so enamored with Obama either, but he's got a better chance. 

Plus, I really don't think that the Christian Right has all that much control over anything Republican anymore, and certainly not this campaign (they could have chosen Huckabee, and that would have been worse than McCain or Bush).  If he meant to pander to them, he wouldn't have picked a woman.  No, I think their choice of Palin had certain sexual undertones complimented by the taboo Christian mindset she espouses.  It's a thinly veiled attempt to make him look hip and edgy, controversial and capable of independent thinking, thinking outside the, um...box.  But still able to maintain the appearance of fealty to the whole Republican values message.  I used to be a Republican, before they adopted Jesus Christ as their party leader, president and co-pilot (the trinity) and I have to tell you that a lot of us became Libertarians and independents because of Reagan and Bush.  Current Republicans, if they are anything like my co-workers and acquantainces and are concerned with money and God, are not in love with McCain, and it would have been oh-so-fascinating to watch the convention this week to see how each one of the speakers would lie for his benefit.  How convenient that they have decided to dampen the Republican National Condescension behind the threat of a hurricane; they get to look like concerned citizens and they get to avoid making statements in public that could come back to haunt them during their own re-election campaigns.  I also wouldn't be surprised if there happens to be some major spin doctoring on Palin's image etc. by the end of the coming week.  

I have actually heard rumors that the GOP, sans McCain (who really does want to be president and won't lie down and take one for the team), is willing to throw this election in order to regroup and try again in 2012, firmly believing that 4 years of Obama and Democratic Party rule will bring the presidency back to them.   Truthfully, I wouldn't put it past them. 

Apparently now she admits the daughter is 5 months pregnant but denies the other thing. And keeping the baby when she's 17 and marrying the father. Fucking stupid - blame Christianity.

Yeah, actually in reading the article, you'll note the family statement doesn't refer to the rumor other than where they say they've been blessed with five children. To borrow an idiom, I wouldn't exactly call that a denial in no uncertain terms. So it does remain to be seen.

Today, McCain's chief campaign strategist, Steve Schmidt, said  that McCain knew about the teen pregnancy last week. One of his other statements was that once the word got out, the media could not be trusted to use decency in their handling of the matter.

If I were McCain, I think I'd be pulling that strategist aside and warn him not to bash the media unless he was referring to a direct action by a specific media group. And with @ two months to go, I'd make sure he understood that he'd damn well better have, at a minimum, a few shreds of evidence against whichever media group he was calling out.

She is a whack job.

I believe this move hurt mccain.

Obama erred in not picking hillary

Had Obama chosen Hillary, I don't believe there was even a chance Mccain would have selected a female running mate.  The Republicans had a considerable advantage in waiting for the Demo's to make their choice first.

I think Rove and the Republicans had a long, thought out plan of attack for Hillary, should she get the VP job.

As I mentioned in the other Palin thread, it is now being reported that Sarah Palin and husband ran off and eloped, rather than have a traditional marriage on August 29, 1988.  Their first son was born 8 months later.

And you guys thought Abstinence only education didn't work !  Shame on you.

Shotgun weddings are part of the family DNA.

I looked at the AIP website. They SO don't want to be an independent nation. Bush would simply invade their asses. 

 And if she didn't... (the evidence seems to point to that now), what's the point? I sound like a fan of Mrs. Palin, but I'm certainly not. It's just stupid and ugly of us as people to sling mud based on that "evidence".  We want something good on her, no matter how poor the evidence. Sad especially when it happens to ME! 

It appears Palin had no problem trotting out her family after her speech and garner them some more attention.  We also got to see Levi, the son-in-law to be (shotgun wedding) who Palin outed a couple days ago.  For someone who wants her family off limits perhaps she should stop using them as campaign props.

That's the problem with a party that wants to be seen as the party of family values and wants to pass laws so the government can interfere in your family's business.  That leads people to speculate and wonder how these "perfect" legislators of morality do with their own families.  Naturally they want their families off limits because we look under the rock and see that everything isn't so picture perfect.

BTW, the worst Republican convention drinking game is playing "Spot the African-American."  You can go hours without taking a sip.