Sarah Palin, and the entire Palin family, is a mess. They are actually a warning to everyone - this is what quick fame does to you. If McCain ignored her back in 2008, we'd never know who she was and hopefully, her family would have lived a normal life in obscurity. Sure, they'd have problems (all families do, yours does too) but they would be kept relatively private. Sadly, it's all in public with them.
Sarah and her husband Todd have filed for divorce. After 31 years of marriage and five kids, a few of them still minors. No snarky comments from me. It's just really tragic and sad when a marriage of that long ends. People trying to score political points by making fun of them are expected-it's how the culture is, especially in politics-but it's still low class and vile. I hope the Palin family finds peace somehow.
The first thing I thought of was their youngest child, who has Down's Syndrome. It's terribly sad how their family has had so many problems.
ReplyDeleteSame here, he was my first thought as well.
DeleteIt's incredibly sad when this happens. It's sad for their children, sad for the husband/wife, sad for the grandchildren. I wish people took divorce much more seriously because it's effects are felt by so many people.
Now, that said, I feel like the Palin family is one step above the Maury show. Sarah could have had a successful political career but instead settled for sound bites and reality tv shows. Her oldest daughter also has lots of problems, including being a massive hypocrite. Preaching about chastity while getting pregnant out of wedlock twice. We are all human, we all make mistakes, sometimes multiple times. But I have a huge problem with anyone claiming to have "changed" and preaching about morals while being a totally different person when the door is closed.