Activist: Conservatives Will Rally Around Palin Despite Her Daughter's Pregnancy

Grover Norquist says Republicans are energized by Palin's candidacy

By Kenneth T. Walsh

September 1, 2008 RSS Feed Print

ST. PAUL—Republican conservatives will remain enthusiastic supporters of GOP vice presidential candidate Sarah Palin despite her daughter's newly revealed personal problems, according to a prominent conservative activist.

Grover Norquist, president of Americans for Tax Reform, says many segments of the Republican right are energized by Palin's candidacy and that won't change despite Palin's public acknowledgement Monday that her unmarried 17-year-old daughter Bristol is pregnant, will keep the baby, and marry the father.

"It's an example of how pro-life they are—pro-marriage and pro-family," Norquist says. "This stuff happens and they [Palin and her husband] are not hypocrites... This will have the effect of reinforcing her support."

Norquist says Palin, the staunchly conservative governor of Alaska, has quickly become very popular not only among anti-abortion activists but also among other key groups in the conservative movement, including gun enthusiasts, supporters of domestic energy development, those who want government to more aggressively fight corruption, conservatives who like the idea of a Washington outsider doing battle with inside-the Beltway elites, and those who favor smaller government.

And Palin has displayed the toughness, likeability, and savvy to do well in her scheduled debate with Democratic vice presidential nominee Joe Biden this fall, Norquist says.

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Priorityeverything of 10:39AM December 12, 2009

Why would the fact that Palin's daughter is pregnant have anything to do with her quality as a candidate for any job?

She wasn't dishonest about it and she didn't choose to try to hide it for her own personal gain. It seems to me that both her and her daughter have made decisions about this child in keeping with thier moral standards. As for the possibility of questioning the morals of a 17 year old getting pregnant, Last time I looked around or in the mirror I couldn't come up with any human being who at least,for many,many years could claim to be perfect.

If, however some one can show me that we are all capable of never making a mistake then I would certainly have to question my own beliefs about forgiveness and Atonement, which I choose to believe exist because of a divine knowledge that we would all fall short of perfection sometimes.

That having been said, If your complaint doesn't revolve around the moral issue of pre-marital sex than I can only think that there is no intelligent reason you would include Palin's daughter in any conversation having to do with her moral character, since as I said earlier I can't see where the Palin's are in any way trying to backslide on there stated position's about the situation.

Kathleen L. of CO 1:03PM December 07, 2009

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