Comments on: A Short Letter to Bristol Palin

By: Erin

Erin — Sun, 15 Mar 2009 09:30:27 +0000

“Beautiful”? Really?

By: Paulie

Paulie — Sat, 14 Mar 2009 13:20:57 +0000

Right on, girl!!

Your post on how you found yourself that you did a while back was the most emotional piece that I have read coming from your POV. Can you link it to this?

Not sure how far to go with my applause for you–got it?

By: Trixie23

Trixie23 — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 22:01:10 +0000

Totally with TRG, here.

Read some Alaskan blogs like Mudfalats.

The rich white girl is NOT in school, has a nanny and a new quite grown up boyfriend.

Somehow, I don’t thinks she requires your “atta girl!”

By: Manju

Manju — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 19:37:28 +0000

“The conservative press who make a living off of shaming poor teens of color for doing the same things Bristol does will bend over backwards to paint her as a saint, like they did when she got pregnant.”

No need to worry, TRG…Daily Kos and Andrew Sullivan are more than capable of picking up the slack.

By: Michelle

Michelle — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 17:39:28 +0000

Great letter, it’s good that she’s doing what’s best for her as opposed to what’s best for the party etc.

By: octogalore

octogalore — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:40:42 +0000

Awesome. Especially “Most importantly, make sure you can carve out a life for you and the baby without the economic support of a man.” Hope she’s listening!

By: Grad student

Grad student — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:35:45 +0000

So, I am glad that this is not a bash or the vile stuff others have written.
But, I find it interesting that the consensus is that Bristol had no real choice at first… that she couldn’t have learned about safe sex, had to have the baby, was ‘no doubt forced’ into marriage plans.

Well, we don’t know that. Given the Palin’s beliefs, we could assume that those are truths. But, public policies and your desires for you own daughter and grandson are not necessarily the same.

Plus, don’t all of us give our kids our beliefs? How many here with daughters teach about reproductive rights and abortions and contraception? What if you daughter said, you know, I don’t think aborition is right. I think that is killing a baby and I want to be an Pro-Life activist. Would you say.. go ahead or would you try to change her mind or prevent her?

By: Isabel

Isabel — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 15:15:26 +0000

What everyone else said. Beautiful work, Lauren.

By: Jamie

Jamie — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:48:25 +0000

I wish Bristol all the luck in the world for not doing what her parents and the conservative party wants. I hope she does get to read this letter and make a life for herself, and to at least, maybe, get spome peace from the media.

I always had a feeling that Bristol never had much of a choice in any of what happened to her because of her parents and their political leanings. She couldn’t have learned about safge sex, only abstinence, and was no doubt forced, at first, into that marriage to make things okay for her mom.

By: Scott Lemieux

Scott Lemieux — Fri, 13 Mar 2009 14:30:39 +0000

Perfect.