Re: Rosemary Molloy

Your comment: “What possible connection could she have with some poor 14-year-old mother in the ghetto?”

I agree.  That’s why it would be a good idea.  Let Bristol go out and attempt to explain this to the real world.  The one her parents endorse.  The one where girls like her are disdained, “kicked around”, and penniless.  The one in which they watch their children go without and suffer needless cruelties.  I think Bristol should absolutely go out and tell the “ghetto girls” the “realities” of motherhood.

Don’t blame Bristol for having the parents she has, she didn’t choose them.  I think everyone is ignoring the fact that even though ecomomically Bristol will “make do”, the fact that this happened to her is the direct result of her parents and her religion’s teachings.

Bristol is very young, and the fact that she “did what she was taught and told to do, was really only following her parents’ instructions.  And that is why Bristol sees HAVING SEX as making “a mistake”.  It is very likely she doesn’t see having Tripp as any type of mistake at all.

More probably, she interprets having the baby as “given to her by god”, because “children are gifts from god” and “god” is good to “all his children”, even when they make “mistakes”, and “god” will “make a way” for Bristol and the baby.  In turn, this will strenghen her “faith” and the nasty comments here will only serve to CEMENT the other lies she was taught.

Aside from that, ADULTS who attack children so viciously… for such a minor issue, ought to be chastised.  Do I think this little “interview” was some type of political stunt or ratings grabber?  Yes, in fact I do…. Bristol is the victim, not the bully or the sleaze.

y hippie4ever, May 7 at 11:31 am #

Clearly Bristol inherited much from her dad; hopefully the baby won’t inherit much from crazy ol’ grandma.

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Her Dad is a leader of the Alaska secessionist movement. This baby hasnt a chance in hell!

I wonder at the vitriol aimed at this teen age mother and her public position. There are many, many thousands of babies whose very existence is the result of teenage hormones. Darn few of the mothers of those kids has or uses a public forum to tell other teenagers not to make the same mistake.

Credit where it is due.

Abstinence only doesn’t always work. Just ask the Virgin Mary.For the religious people only.

Tripp should be the child’s middle name, as in Bad Tripp, according to the comments being made he was a mistake. I know-bad joke. As for the kids at school teasing him about the fast he was a mistake, kids can and for the most part are cruel, but by naming this child Tripp doesn’t help much either.

Well this is now the first child born that was a “mistake” and he certainly will not be the last one either. This is why education is important. Perhaps if Bristol and Levi had the information they needed to make better informed choices for their sexual activities, they would not be parents before they were ready and able to provide a proper environment for their progeny.

Sarah Palin has cut funding in Alaska for the teen pregnancy programs for others, but Bristol will never have to worry about paying for the bills for this child, the taxpayers will be stuck with that bill one way or another. You betcha!

Pathetic! Absolutely pathetic!

Bristol and Todd’s baby boy Tripp, has become the official poster boy for “Don’t make my mistake!”

Can’t you just hear her cooing into his precious ear every night, “I love you darlin’ and I always will, but you were a mistake and you always will be.”

Can we all imagine the teasing at school? “Hey, here comes the mistake.” Can we envision the damage to his self-esteem allready firmly put in place? (Mistake, mistake, mistake.) Even his name reminds one of “Ooops, I goofed!”

It’s not bad enough the poor kid has two psycho-granny’s, now he faces a life-long curse of being the baby that wasn’t really conceived in love, because he was the product of impulse. Who wasn’t really wanted, because there wasn’t a “contract” making it ok. Who was simply a mistake stuck with two parents to young to cope. But caring enough about him to decide to “keep” him instead of flushing him down the toilet.

Yep, real personal worth building stuff there.

For the sake of the brainless, faceless, pointless republican party of stupid, (and one psycho-granny’s, political ambition) Tripp has been and will be forever labled the mistake!

Pathetic and disgusting. Absolutely disgusting!

Clearly Bristol inherited much from her dad; hopefully the baby won’t inherit much from crazy ol’ grandma.

Re: ardee

Your comment: “the thought occurred to me that Bristol can make more of a meaningful difference to this nation than ever can her Mom.”

I agree.  She is very young and while I don’t agree with her abstinence “idea”, she has a right to her life and the RIGHT to unequivocally love her child.  Married or not, “Daddy’s a good guy or not” (and I don’t know) simply because I refuse to exploit both these young people.

I hope, she contemplates her experience, at least in the larger more conceptual sense.  What would have happened to Bristol and Tripp, had they NOT had the economic situation that they DO have?  What IF they had to deal with people who endorse VILIFYING other young people, who find themselves in precisely this same situation but because they DO NOT HAVE economic backing, find themselves homeless?

I wish the best for Bristol and her beautiful child, but aren’t they ALL beautiful.  In fact, they are… rich, poor, smart, fumbling, overly persnickety (I mean this in the best sense, I have one of these).  They are…even when they get a little older and destroy every damn thing you own…. break your windows, refuse to wear any other pair of pants but THAT one, tell you you’re mean, uncaring, rude, out for your own interests which BTW, is comical “when you’re in the mood”, (best be careful going down that road, but never fear…they’re smart and intuitive too…) especially when you’re the one who cleans, cooks, changed diapers, gave up your vacation, clothes, a second car…etc so they had this, that or the other thing….. yeah…kids are great, it only sucks to be a PARENT!  Until…until….they do that incredible thing of showing kindness, generosity or stamina in the face of cruelty, intolerance and viciousness.  And that’s life… it goes on and on.

As I watched this clip the thought occurred to me that Bristol can make more of a meaningful difference to this nation than ever can her Mom.