Tina Fey glasses

At least she nailed the accent…

Some skeletons are uglier than others

This should come as no surprise. Reeling from the announcement of Sarah Palin, a certified Obama-killer, as McCain's VP nominee, The Media are in closet-snooping mode. Some of the juiciest morsels (with the first two having been self-disclosed by the Palins) are listed below:

Palin's 17 year old daugher, Bristol, is pregnant

To use Obama's words, Palin's daughter has made a mistake, and is now being punished with a baby. If Bristol were Obama's daughter, she would have the choice of terminating her pregnancy at any time in the next 10 months or so. Tough bounce, Bristol.

Todd Palin was arrested for DUI in '86

More than two decades ago, a 22 year old Todd Palin spent a night in jail after being pulled over for driving under the influence with a few friends in his truck. For a dash of perspective, Top Gun and Ferris Bueller's Day Off were in theaters in 1986.

Troopergate

John Washburn has addressed this issue in detail over at When Evil Prospers. Walter Monegan, former Public Safety Commissioner, was fired for not filling vacant positions, and for usurping the Governor's authority by going directly to the State Legislature to request funding that would directly violate the Governor's budget guidelines. Monegan says he was fired because Palin pressured him to fire her sister's ex-husband, State Trooper Mike Wooten, and he refused. According to Wooten's file from the Alaska State Trooper's office, Wooten was "suspended for threatening to kill Palin's father, for tasering (yes, he tasered) his 11 year old stepson, for drinking beer in his squad car and for violating wild game laws. The suspension was for 10 days and was later reduced to 5 days after a union protest." One of Alaska's finest, to be sure. Why would anyone, including the Governor, think he should be fired?

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By the way, wasn't it The Media who reminded us over and over again in the Nineties that a politician's personal life shouldn't matter at all, as long as they do a good job while "in office"? Either way, an objective media (I wonder what would that look like) would have a tough time focusing on a pregnant daughter when our dear Obamessiah voted against a law that would prevent infanticide on three separate occasions, and that he served on a committee with (and even launched his political career from the home of) a domestic terrorist that bombed the Pentagon.

Look for more objective, hard-hitting journalism over the next two months.