Does the GOP Really Want to Make a Stand on STD-Prevention?

Why are you bringing the name of a teenager into this?

Because without using the name “Palin” who would be bother to read David Weigel's nonsense?

Clif below explains why now, how else can sick twisted crap like this gonna be viewed unless an innocent human being is degraded

thats the problem with you intelgence challanged people, must make some one appear bad to make you look less than scum

That is such a rude and vile stunt to put Bristol's name in the headline. I don't even understand what it's all about except for shock value. Shame on you

I guess you had to get ratings for your post somehow! However, I still say shame on you for degrading this young girl no matter WHAT her personal choices were or are!

David Weigel you are one vile bastard!

If I was up there in that filth infested city you call home, I would look you up and give you the thrashing that you need.

To bring a teenage PRIVATE CITIZEN into your filthy vile world is completely unacceptable. Even for a liberal, this is some low, low BS. I mean my God what a sub-human POS you are.

People like you should be horsewhipped for such vile hate mongering.

you are a sick human being to use a name of a young lady who made a mistake in life but is trying to do better—-whats in your closet? shame on you

Yet another lowlife bottomfeeder using the name Palin as a hook to attract people to read this spew, without it no one would have even noticed this piece of drivel. You are indeed a pathetic, boorish little man, and this is nothing but a cry for attention.

Worthless Weigel…can't get readers without Slanderous Deception…

No one would ever read your jabbering rubbish otherwise

This was despicable . You must be a sick wretched weasel to use the name of young lady in such a manner.

Well hey you found a new low with your title. Couldn't find another way for people to come to your blog?

Geez, I I am in the wrong place. I thought this was about barry and Larry Sinclair. is Vera Baker mentioned here?

Shame on David to use the name of a kid as a headline grabber. That is seriously sick.
Can you say zero credibility?? I won’t bother to read anything by him again.

The heading is indeed vile and the reaction justified. But there is a silver lining in seeing the Obamamaniacs let their masks slip. The scales will gradually fall from the eyes of millions of people who will realize that they have been fooled.

This headline speaks volumes about the original poster of the article. Lacking anything of substance to say, Mr. Weigel resorts to ad hominem attack against someone who has absolutely nothing to do with the stimulus package in any way shape or form. The only purpose of mentioning Bristol Palin's name was to take a potshot at her and her mother — Sarah Palin, the Governor of Alaska.

Bristol's sexual activity was with one young man and resulted in a child, not the transmission of an STD — unless Mr. Weigel and others of like mind consider children to be STDs. The linking of Bristol with STD funding is nothing more than a thinly disguised attempt to portray her as being promiscuous, something which she is not.

The stimulus package should be scrapped — it will bankrupt this country. And these corporations should not be bailed out. It's nothing more than socialism at the corporate level — that all tax payers, their children, and grandchildren — liberal, center, and conservative will have to bear the burden for. That should be the subject of concern here — not taking a broadside at a governor's daughter.

David Weigel
get a life will you? your weak grasp of facts is apparent from title down. if you don't know what you are talking about, don't talk . and don't smear to hide your ignorance .

What goes around, comes around. For you to target a young child who has made a mistake shows how vile and hypocritical liberals really are. Liberals love to claim that they are compassionate and believe in “live and let live”. Nothing could be further from the truth. Shame on YOU.

I'd say the use of Ms Palin the younger is shameful, except it is obvious the writer has no shame to begin with. Funny as much as you dislike Governor Palin and her family, why I don't know, you feel it is necessary to use them to get people to read your slime.

Sir, you are off base and unethical. What is your intent? Liberalism at its finest.

why use Gov. Palins daughter???? No spending should be in the bill that is not related to stimulus. It is that simple. All other spending needs to go into other bills. Liberals believe Bristols mistake was having her beautiful baby?? I can not understand that thinking! Stop using this beautiful young lady!!!!!!

Obviously you are a smarmy writer that is severally lacking in any real substantive thought. Bristol Palin is not in politics, she doesn’t hold any office, she doesn’t make any public policy decisions and yet you use her name in an ad hominem attack. She is a private citizen who erred and got pregnant with her boyfriend. Her boyfriend is a private citizen as well. She doesn’t have an STD. Linking her to an STD because she gave birth to a child is nothing more than a petty attempt by you to say she is promiscuous and by extension is a smear against her mother.

FYI, Bristol could have quietly aborted her baby and flushed it down the drain. But she didn’t. Instead, she courageously took responsibility and chose to give her baby life. Indeed, Bristol chose to love her child. It is always refreshing to see someone such as Bristol take responsibility for their mistakes….a trait we seldom ever see in most politicians. I commend and applaud Bristol on her brave decision. But you sir, you have no honor. And to be perfectly blunt, you’re just an ass.

Are you an idiot? What possible connection is Bristol Palin to the STD funding of the bloated stimulus package? I think you have dropped your cheese off your cracker.

you have not booted this disgrace from here yet? are you gonna keep this up after your obama gets deported? it really is interesting you obama idiots are trying to silence the likes of Rush and then you have absolute idiots writing in this publication——–where in this article does it describe the use of the name of a minor? this needs reported to the proper authorities and cash in your bonds people cause law suits are on the way————

guess what—-no check from obama, hope you own a home so we can split the proceeds

Why this attention-desperate imbecile is even worthy of a respone is beyond me.

Thank you Washington Independent for sincerely apologizing, next you need to terminate David Weigel !

As I think it is David Weigel that's a joke and in poor taste.

He adds zero, no make that negative creditability to your organization!

Another case of disrespect to The Governor and her children.

I wonder if any of the previous 25 commenters are aware that, frequently, the person who writes an article for a newspaper, online or hard copy, does NOT write the TITLE or headline — the editor of the “page” of the publication, or the editor of the publication itself, frequently is the one who writes the headline.

That would be why you got an apology from The Washington Independent itself and not from the author. You've needlessly and probably erroneously vilified David Weigel, most likely. But most likely I'm sure none of you care….

Your sick Weigel. Get help. A joke? You have kids? Use them as your next joke!! Or are old or mature enough to even have kids.?

Thank you Washington Independent for apologizing and changing the misleading headline.

Thank you for the apology and changing the headline.
The election is over and it is time for hournalists to stop the sexist smears of Gov Palin and attacks on her children. There is no longer any purposed to be served. This country is in a terrible mess. We need to have relevant news issues covered by the journalists in an ethical manner..

It is a sad day that you had to be told you were out-of-line. You are supposed to have some kind of intelligence. I wonder abt your 'up-bringing”.

Good point–do any of these idiots have children? Someone find out–post some trash on their kids?
No–good ,civil people don't do that–so what does that say abt this site.

We do care! Who wrote it? be honest! We named the name on the write-what else are we supposed to do? Karen, if you know–tell who!

By the way–where is Vera Baker?

click on Weigel's name above-
Palin's name is still on title.

click on Weigel's name above-Palin is still on title

Weigel–Palin's name is still on title of list of your articles. Better get it changes asap.

Dear Editor;

While I thank you for changing the headline of this piece and admitting your error in judgment, I am some what alarmed that you admitted the previous title was intended as a joke. We live in very serious times. If Washington is to be believed, the economy of our great nation stands at the very edge of destruction, with a pork laden Stimulus Package that is woefully inadequate to rescue it speeding its way through Congress. Now is not the time to joke, rather what we need are serious journalist that keeps Washington’s feet to the fire, holds our lawmakers to account for our hard earned tax dollars and seeks truth in all matters.

So please, for the sake of America, dispense with the jokes (save them for the funny pages) and pick up the mantel of the Fourth Estate defenders of the public interest.

Sincerely,
Clifton B.

I think the title with Bristol Palin's name in it was hilarious. I'm sorry no one else has a sense of humor, but Wiegal; I agree that it was funny. I understand that such whiners come together and try to make everything the way they want it, but I think it should've stayed. Who cares about Bristol? Sarah Palin was an idiot anyway. She is not the Vice President, just some dim-witted “Guv” from friggin Alaska. I still say John McCain was a moron for choosing Sarah. A much better choice was out there, somewhere. So screw Bristol….oh wait, thats already been done!

Wow, I could go on for days! The remarks left here are not only ridiculous but almost every criticism that has been left has had errors contained in them as well. “To err is Human, to forgive to Divine.” Just as all of you claim he should have known better, all of you should have proofread!

Seriously though, who cares about Bristol Palin?? Sarah Palin did not win the Vice Presidential seat, so Bristol is still just an obscure face in the crowd. She got publicity because of her mother, which I still say is the reason McCain lost the Presidency. I don’t agree that Mr. Weigel should be “ashamed” as I myself think it’s a humorous joke. In my opinion, the person and the headline are as funny as a two headed beaver; no that is not a Sarah/Bristol remark. So all of you get off your high horse, proofread before you post, and remember; to us Bristol isn’t, and never will be, anything more than Sarah Palin’s daughter. I’ll leave out the expletives……..even though there are so many I could use.

Wow, I could go on for days! The remarks left here are not only ridiculous but almost every criticism that has been left has had errors contained in them as well. “To err is Human, to forgive to Divine.” Just as all of you claim he should have known better, all of you should have proofread!

Seriously though, who cares about Bristol Palin?? Sarah Palin did not win the Vice Presidential seat, so Bristol is still just an obscure face in the crowd. She got publicity because of her mother, which I still say is the reason McCain lost the Presidency. I don’t agree that Mr. Weigel should be “ashamed” as I myself think it’s a humorous joke. In my opinion, the person and the headline are as funny as a two headed beaver; no that is not a Sarah/Bristol remark. So all of you get off your high horse, proofread before you post, and remember; to us Bristol isn’t, and never will be, anything more than Sarah Palin’s daughter. I’ll leave out the expletives……..even though there are so many I could use.

Wow, I could go on for days! The remarks left here are not only ridiculous but almost every criticism that has been left has had errors contained in them as well. “To err is Human, to forgive to Divine.” Just as all of you claim he should have known better, all of you should have proofread!

Seriously though, who cares about Bristol Palin?? Sarah Palin did not win the Vice Presidential seat, so Bristol is still just an obscure face in the crowd. She got publicity because of her mother, which I still say is the reason McCain lost the Presidency. I don’t agree that Mr. Weigel should be “ashamed” as I myself think it’s a humorous joke. In my opinion, the person and the headline are as funny as a two headed beaver; no that is not a Sarah/Bristol remark. So all of you get off your high horse, proofread before you post, and remember; to us Bristol isn’t, and never will be, anything more than Sarah Palin’s daughter. I’ll leave out the expletives……..even though there are so many I could use.

Wow, I could go on for days! The remarks left here are not only ridiculous but almost every criticism that has been left has had errors contained in them as well. “To err is Human, to forgive to Divine.” Just as all of you claim he should have known better, all of you should have proofread!

Seriously though, who cares about Bristol Palin?? Sarah Palin did not win the Vice Presidential seat, so Bristol is still just an obscure face in the crowd. She got publicity because of her mother, which I still say is the reason McCain lost the Presidency. I don’t agree that Mr. Weigel should be “ashamed” as I myself think it’s a humorous joke. In my opinion, the person and the headline are as funny as a two headed beaver; no that is not a Sarah/Bristol remark. So all of you get off your high horse, proofread before you post, and remember; to us Bristol isn’t, and never will be, anything more than Sarah Palin’s daughter. I’ll leave out the expletives……..even though there are so many I could use.

Thank you, Matthew DeLong for acknowledging that the original headline was “unrelated to the content and in poor taste.” Thank you for changing the headline and offering an apology to Bristol Palin.

Another thank you for chaning from the inappropriate and unrelated title to one more
related to the subject matter you were covering.

Remember that the public relies on truthful reporting of the facts. If this is not done you cheat the public.

Screw Bristol Palin, i mean every other high school dropout from Wasilla has. Her and her whole socially retarded family are fair game. All of you Palin lovin knuckleldraggin rednecks need to get a life.

Your apology will be accepted when I read that David Weigel and anybody that approved that headline is joining many other Americans in the unemployment line. Otherwise the TWI is not sincere. Matthew, if it was you then you need to join the writer in the unemployment line.

If all the Palin loving social retards posting here really want to make a differnce they should convince Bristol to do a TV ad for Trojan Condoms, she could do it with her baby in her arms and say that using a rubber is better than becoming a mom at 18 and being engaged to a high shcool dropout. Bristol should be a poster child against teen pregnancy. That would actually make a difference in the world. Sarah Palin is the only one who owes people an apology for being such a shitty mom and poor role model for family values.

Nice try at humor. The fact of the matter is that every young mother like Bristol Palin who chooses life puts a dent in the culture of death. Those dents are adding up. Ms. Palin is applauded for her dignity
by more Americans than we will ever know.

I cannot even begin to describe your stupidity on this matter. However, I can point you towards some enlightenments.

1. You are working on the assumption that Bristol got pregnant by accident. Did it ever dawn on you that she let it happen in order to stay with Levi? Perhaps, Gov. Palin and her husband did not approve of the relationship and this was Bristol’s way of keeping the relationship. Without all the facts who is to say what the truth is. This is why it is a private matter that needs no public discussion or ridicule. So you rash judgment is completely foolish.

2. Governor Palin owes no one an apology for Bristol’s pregnancy. There are countless parents across America who do everything right by their children in every single way and those children still make mistakes. Alcoholism runs ramped in the Kennedy clan. I don’t remember anyone telling them they needed to apologize for anything. Your logic is completely flawed on this.

When you use ideology and hate as your guiding principles, you are certain to run into trouble. If I were you, I would ask why is it you have taken to personally smear a family you do not know personally or vaguely know politically.

Hey nasty vile liberal, why don't YOU get a life.

Bristol Palin is NOT a high school drop out. She STILL attends Wasilla High, and will graduate this year.

This is why sub-human liberals are so universally hated.. All of you are lower than low, bottom feeding, mouth breathing, vile, sub-human scum.

The Palins have more class in their little toes than human debris such as yourselves have in their entire inbred family.

You vile liberals should all be sterilized so you can't breed any more cockroaches like yourselves!

Hey dirtbag….I guess it's OK to talk about your kids, or maybe your mother then. Is your mother a whore, or your daughter, or maybe your sister. Does she like it “dirty”?

You evil, vile sub-human liberal. You are nothing more than a total waste of sperm.

Sarah Palin is the Governor Of Alaska. One of the most successful Governors in America. In fact, while the rest of the nation's Governors are dealing with treasuries that are broken, and states that are disasters, Governor Palin is at the top of her game, and Alaska is doing fine.

It's a shame you are just some blob on the internet. You're the kind of turd that needs to be found, and then beaten within an inch of your life.

Some things are just out of bounds you dirty filthy liberal. Some things just aren't done. I wish you nothing but a speedy trip to hell you sub-human POS!

this intentional mistake has really done something, more than half of the people that posted here are not in the normal cicle of posters

a monster has been awaken and that is the GOP—I guess a party has to lose onence in a great while to rebuild themselves—–America, prepare for obama to eat you alive and come back to the party of Americans for Americans for over 150 years . The Grand Ole Party

down with the foriegn ran Socialist party, retrive America from obama and his socialist , the Liberty Tree is ready for fresh blood

Another evil liberal. You soulless godless waste of air.

How about I talk about your mother. Is still turning tricks down the street, or is that your sister. How about your daughter. She still doing a donkey show?

There's nothing funny about this you sub-human loser. It's not a “joke”. It's vile. You're vile.

Typical liberal. This is why everyone hates you so much.

Do the world a favor. Go crawl, off somewhere and die!

Amen bro!

Screw these sub-human liberals!

I get pissed off when I see or smell a friggin' nasty liberal anyway, and REAL:LY get pissed off when they dis a fine woman like Sarah Palin. But when they go after her children. Well, let me say this, they better hope like hell I never meet one in person.

Some shit just ain't right, and going after someone's kid is one of them.

Worthless liberal cockroaches.

Dear 36763, I'm serious as hell and I'm talking about using a rubber to prevent a pregnancy so that bimbo Bristol doesn't have to make a CHOICE! But, if your too stupid to use a rubber then you shouldn't be having babies. And oh Rock, if you're too dumb to know how to read and write the English language that qualifies you to be a Republican but you shouldn't be posting comments on this site or anywhere else.

These continued hateful comments against Bristol Palin sicken me.
The hate-motivated liberal commenters here would do well to take a lesson from the Washington Independent. They displayed poor judgment…their sense of humor leaves much to be desired…and they are still shamefully biased. But at least they ADMITTED their poor taste, and apologized for it.
That’s a level of maturity lacking, apparently, in far too many of their readers!

LOL Talk about my mother, are you five? Any remarks you make about a person's family only takes away from your cause. If you really wanted to “zing” me, you should've come up with something intelligent to say. Furthermore, I fully intended on voting for McCain until he picked such a terrible running mate. It’s unfortunate how people make assumptions based loosely on another's humor and attempts at diffusing a situation.

What you need to realize is that while some people find it degrading and “soul less”, others find it amusing. I don't agree with burning an effigy of a columnist for his ill fated attempts at humor, but seriously you need to relax.

Good luck in life, you obviously need it.

HA!! If you think you can beat me to within an inch of my life, you can get my address from your mom! LOL Sheesh, take everything so seriously.

No, it's NOT funny, even a little bit.

And spare me the fake outrage. Nothing can embarrass a sub-human liberal.

YOU are the one who was attacking someone's family. Don't like it when the tables are turned though, do you?

Liberals all need to be spayed and neutered so they'll stop reproducing like cockroaches. Moving forward, should anyone start showing signs of the insanity that is liberalism, they should be sterilized as well.

Liberals are the destroyers of worlds.

Howz that? Funny enough for you there clown? Laugh it up funny boy!

I DO take things serious when sub-human liberals start attacking innocent women, like Bristol Palin.

She is a decent human being. She doesn't deserve the kind of crap you worthless liberals like to dish out. All you sub-human slime know about is HATE.

So….Guess what. It's hate you understand, it's nothing but hate you'll get from me.

All liberals are SCUM.

My goodness, “Laugh it up funny boy!” That had me doubled over laughing!

Your childish attempts to infuriate me have fallen on deaf ears. I am not upset in the least bit, just concerned over your mental well being. I understand that we all have different beliefs; it’s what makes us all unique. One’s own belief structure is as different as our fingerprints. While we may share the same views on some topics, we will never share the exact same views on every subject. That is why you must look beyond insults and just agree to disagree.

Your “insults” made about me being vile and the women in my family being whores does not anger me, it makes me pity you. I hope that soon you will go back on your meds as this sort of mindless rambling about neutering and killing can only be explained as an out of control sociopath.

I never have been the “political type” so I am man enough to say that I had to look up the definition of Liberal and Conservative. In the definition of Liberal I found….”…. and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others.” With respect to Conservative…”….conservative world view is reduced to a stubborn opposition to progress.” That makes a lot of sense. I suppose that does make me a Liberal as I can see what angers you, I just don’t understand or agree with it. I’ll let you have the last word because these arguments only prove that you have nothing intelligent to say, and even if you did; it would be marked with anger, aggression, and childish insults.

As I said before, Good luck Gary4205. I hope you get back on your meds and calm down. Try yoga, I hear it helps.

My goodness, “Laugh it up funny boy!” That had me doubled over laughing!

Your childish attempts to infuriate me have fallen on deaf ears. I am not upset in the least bit, just concerned over your mental well being. I understand that we all have different beliefs; it’s what makes us all unique. One’s own belief structure is as different as our fingerprints. While we may share the same views on some topics, we will never share the exact same views on every subject. That is why you must look beyond insults and just agree to disagree.

Your “insults” made about me being vile and the women in my family being whores does not anger me, it makes me pity you. I hope that soon you will go back on your meds as this sort of mindless rambling about neutering and killing can only be explained as an out of control sociopath.

I never have been the “political type” so I am man enough to say that I had to look up the definition of Liberal and Conservative. In the definition of Liberal I found….”…. and tolerant of the ideas and behavior of others.” With respect to Conservative…”….conservative world view is reduced to a stubborn opposition to progress.” That makes a lot of sense. I suppose that does make me a Liberal as I can see what angers you, I just don’t understand or agree with it. I’ll let you have the last word because these arguments only prove that you have nothing intelligent to say, and even if you did; it would be marked with anger, aggression, and childish insults.

As I said before, Good luck Gary4205. I hope you get back on your meds and calm down. Try yoga, I hear it helps.

what does sexual choices have to do with policies? They don't…. Unless one is talking about the deplorable eugenic programs.

what does sexual choices have to do with policies? They don't…. Unless one is talking about the deplorable eugenic programs.