When the cat’s away, the mice will play…

Family values, and all that.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2008/09/01/palin-my-daughter-is-preg_n_122947.html

(Has anybody considered a third alternative: that the child is indeed Sarah’s, and that her 16 year old daughter was indeed pregnant, begging other significant questions?)

I notice that the debate over at Kos alternates fiercely between ditching the diary/story and not. I’m agnostic on this at present, but would make a neuro-cognitive point.:

The Dems only have so long to keep the Sarah as Super-Conservative narrative from taking hold in the public psyche (or more to the point, the uncommitted voters’ psyche). Stories like this can delay whatever corporatist media narrative emerges, true, but could also backfire on the Dems if they push it without adequate proof.

Better to emphasize her actual administrative record, such as saddling the residents of Wasilla with an unnecessary developer’s lawsuit, to the tune of $3k each; her likely abuse of power and lies re Troopergate, etc.

As for what her selection tells us about Maverick McCain’s judgment faculties, see, e.g. : “6 things Palin pick says about McCain”

http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12997.html