ladyfingers: Well, that happens all of the time you know.
Everyone blames Sarah for what her daughter did. Imo, the daughter should have shown enough restraint or been more careful to not cause her mother embarrassment while running for office. I'm not fond of Sarah, but I think she handled it as well as she could.
(Ducking, waiting for the first rock)
Her family doesn't concern me. I could care less what her and her family think or do unless and until it becomes a matter of public policy.
I think we have suffered enough road-blocks to science under the Bush Administration, however. When science becomes a matter of spin and "old-fashioned values" and not rationality, then it ceases to be science and is just another tool of fascist theocratic propaganda.