If you opened The New York Times or the Post this morning, you may have noticed this ad for the Candie’s Foundation’s “America, Wake Up” PSA campaign, which aims to prevent teenage pregnancy and promote discussion among teenagers and young adults.
What you don't know is that the same full-page ad, featuring pictures of Jamie Lynn Spears and Bristol Palin, was supposed to be in today's USA Today issue, but was pulled editors for fear of controversy.
Before Sarah Palin, Britney Spears was America's most fascinating trainwreck. And just as Bonnie Fuller suggests that Jamie Lynn may have gotten pregnant again to spite Bristol (unlikely, but who knows with these families), maybe the Alaskan governor's appearance on the national scene made Brit-brit pine for the days when everyone speculated over how she could possibly do/say such stupid thing. Hence, an MTV documentary about the popstar, For the Record! Out in November!
Oh, Lynne Spears, bless her heart. The mother of three is still promoting that pathetic book, Through the Storm, this time taking her inane ramblings to The Morning Show with Mike and Juliet, where she admitted that she doesn't know a heck of a lot. My mother used to always say "I didn't just fall off the turnip truck," but I'm pretty sure Lynne Spears did — the lady admits to not knowing whether Britney's first music video was too sexual or if she was doing drugs at some point in her career — and she thought Jamie-Lynn was a virgin! Ha! This, from the lady who allowed JL's boyfriend to enjoy multiple overnight visits. What did you think they were doing, Lynne?
Poor Lynne Spears. The mother of two cash cows (Britney and Jamie Lynn) and one disappointment (non-celebrity Bryan) has had a tough go at it lately, what with Brit going insane and JL doing the whole teen pregnancy thing. But even worse than that, she has been crucified in the tabloid world for her horrible parenting skills. This is an issue, Lynne says, because the woman who is potentially "a heartbeat away" from the presidency has been applauded for being in a very similar situation:
It's a totally different reaction. It's as if [Sarah Palin] became celebrated. … Every woman in the world has applauded her strength and her convictions and poor little old Jamie Lynn—you saw how she was crucified. Everybody did, firsthand … I just feel like it's been a very hypocritical situation.
Now, we're not trying to defend Sarah Palin here, but the situations were a teensy weensy bit different: She didn't raise her child on a Hollywood set, and she didn't pimp out her issues to OK! magazine for a million dollars. That aside, Sarah actually did get quite a bit of criticism for having a pregnant teenager — but Lynne probably only watches Entertainment Tonight for her breaking news.
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Despite confirmation that Sarah Palin will be on Charlie Gibson's ABC show for her first interview since she was named VP nominee, the McCain camp lashed out at the media and said Palin wouldn't be talking to anyone until they can behave themselves. "Behave themselves" being code for "not mentioning anything about her children," apparently:
During today's hot topics on The View, Republican puppet Elisabeth Hasselbeck busted out the newest argument in defense of VP candidate Sarah Palin. Evidently some people are pointing out the irony in an abstinence-only supporter also being the mother to an unwed pregnant teenager — but Elisabeth quickly pointed out why that is a non-issue:
People want to get on Sarah Palin in terms of, you know, removing abstinence-only programs or teaching abstinence to kids based on the fact that her own daughter is pregnant at 17. Well, when Al Gore's son was arrested for narcotics and speeding did we say, 'You know what? This is good proof we shouldn't be teaching our kids to say no to drugs and to drive safely.'
That … makes absolutely no sense. We took time to process it, but it's still completely absurd — and further proof Elisabeth is doing the GOP no favors.
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For once, Lindsay Lohan says something intelligent and thoughtful on the whole Sarah Palin fiasco:
I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know Sarah Palin and her political views, and what she can do to make our country a less destructive place. Its distracting from the real issues, the real everyday problems that this country experiences.
We'll look past the fact that she probably copied this sentiment from some other news outlet, because the fact that she's paying attention to the news and not Life & Style is a step in the right direction.
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Hoser found! After what must have been hours of rather simple but tedious work, the New York Daily News was able to track down Bristol Palin's fertile young mate, a self-professed "fuckin' redneck" named Levi Johnston. Apparently, the paper then fell in love with the 18-year-old hockey player:
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Whoops! Now that everyone knows vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin's 17-year-old, unwed daughter, Bristol, is pregnant, will the Alaskan governor rethink her support of antiquated, absurd abstinence-only education? Probably not, because she seems a little [twirls right index finger next to right temple], but that's where you come in, voter. Don't let this little glimpse of blind, reckless idealism escape you come November.
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