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Bristol Palin: Abstinence for all teens 'not realistic'
Bristol Palin: Abstinence for all teens 'not realistic'
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Bristol Palin Speaks Out
Bristol Palin Speaks Out
blogs.abcnews.com — ABC's Teddy Davis and Sara Just report: Bristol Palin, the 18-year-old daughter of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin,... told Fox News in her first interiew since giving birth that she would like to be an advocate against teen pregnancy. "Everyone should... (more) Bristol Palin Speaks Out
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Bristol Palin on Abstinence, Tabloids
Ace of Spades HQ — Bristol Palin on Abstinence, Tabloids This is one brave woman. You couldn't get me on national tv talking about this stuff when I was 18. There's video at the link, but here's a partial transcript courtesy of Ed: GRETA: I don’t want to pry too personally, but obviously contraception is an issue here. Is that something that you were lazy about or not interested in, or do you have a philosophical or religious opposition to it, or – BRISTOL: No, I don’t want to get into detail about that. But I think abstinence is like … I don’t know how to put it, like … the main … Everyone ...

Lashing out
doubleplusundead — ... language floating around regarding the Palin women and their responses. There's a story on People's website with the following headline: and then we have this video: I don't see where either of these responses could be construed as 'lashing out'. Palin's commentary seems well-composed, Bristol seems calm in her interview. Has 'lashes out' become a phrase that means 'delivered an oppositional response', or is there a not-so-subtle attempt to portray the Palin women as venomous? (via Hot Air , via ...

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