Jamie Lynn Spears Reaches Out To Palin Family. Good Grief!!!

Author: Dawn Olsen
Published: September 04, 2008 at 1:10 pm


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I really, really, REALLY, wanted to avoid this topic. While it is just BEGGING to be picked apart for all of the inherent hypocrisies, (for example Gov. Palin is a staunch believer in teaching abstinence-only in schools - but apparently not at home) I did promise not to be a part of the finger-pointing brigade, but I can't keep my concerns quiet.

Unless you've been hiding from endangered polar bears in an Alaskan cave, then you are certainly aware of the controversy surrounding Alaska Governor Sarah Palin who is now the GOP VP nominee. Palin announced earlier this week that her eldest daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and will keep her baby and wed the baby's father, Levi Johnston. Ok, that's reasonable. Unplanned babies happen to even the best (or in the case of the Spears) the worst of families. It really isn't my place to judge their decision, although I do have some concerns about how her family dealt with the realities of conception BEFORE they were put in that position. Palin has stated that "Christian values" are at the core of her belief system, so it's only fair to point out the obvious. Isn't it a no-no to have sex before marriage? I am not judging, just asking.

So, if this difficult family matter wasn't enough, we now have celebs adding their two cents into the matter.

Sadly, celebrities and politics intertwine more than they should, but when I heard that Jamie Lynn Spears and her mother Lynne Spears have reached out to the Palin family in their time of need, I thought, "Oh gee, just what the McCain/Palin campaign needs....the Spears factor."

So why in heaven's name do we need the train wreck of Jamie Lynn Spears, a Nickelodeon teen star whose popular show "Zoey 101" geared towards tweens, throwing her clown nose into this ten-ring circus for? Here's the scoop:

Teenage mom Jamie Lynn Spears has sent troubled Alaskan 17-year-old Bristol Palin a baby gift package following the scandal surrounding her pregnancy.

Spears, who revealed she was pregnant last Christmas — when she was just 16 — feels a kinship to Palin, the daughter of Republican Vice Presidential hopeful Sarah Palin, and decided to show her support by sending designer baby burpcloths.

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Article Author: Dawn Olsen

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