I read in Wikipedia that she has a degree in what we, we would call media(meeja) studies- now with a towering intellect like that on the team, how can they fail?

peter c, Devizes, Wessex

Look at what disapproving people said about the film "Juno", how terrible, it "glamorises teen pregnancy". Then compare how Juno was treated and behaved with how Bristol is doing!

Andy Dyer, London, UK,

The thing about integrity is this ..
Integrity is the concept of basing of one's actions on an internally consistent framework of principles
They may not be acceptable to anyone else but that doesn't matter

huxley, bradford, united kingdom

I noticed that sometime yesterday someone remove the direct reference to her activity and belonging to the Alaskan Independence Party and their platform of suceeding Alaska from the United States.

Gary, Cleveland, USA

John, Cleggan, Ireland

What you say is true except, of course, Bush was not elected. He got in after his cousin 'organised' the Florida election. It was high in the news at the time, remember?

Ian, Solihull, UK

She is the most luckiest person since who knows she might even be the next President of USA considering Mccain's age!!

Tikiri Kobbekaduwa, Kandy, Sri Lanka

Young Trigg is a non de plume using the name of Palin's infant son, Trig.

Dave Brown, Bedford Falls, MA

I find it extremely scary that John McCain would choose someone who is not qualified on any level except her age. When FOX news reported that "she has international experience because Alaska is next to Russia", I got the spin. Trouble ahead!!!!

martha allen, eugene, us

@Stanley Kolt,

The way I read it is 1 year of experience 116 times.

There's nobody home in either McCain or Palin. The lights are on, that's about all.

Rex, olympia wa, USA

Since Bush was elected, he has devastated a sovereign country that posed no threat to the US, killed and maimed thousands of troops, devastated what was a healthy US economy, and turned a budget surplus into a huge deficit.

I think anyone who voted for him is too dumb to be allowed to vote again

John, Cleggan, Ireland

It might be useful and perhaps even therapeutic for OS from Scottsdale to reread his recent post with a view to correcting the math involved therein. Yes, the US public debt is overly large and clearly worrisome - the interest on the debt, however, is not 70% of the GDP. Let's be careful and clear

Harold Kyte, Sydney, Canada

72 is 72. A 44 year adds to the 72 and gives 116 year of experience in life . Neither one of them is running for the olympics. Their intelligence is their strength.

Stanley Kolt, Mamaroneck, Westchester

Despite all of the negative comments I feel so happy and excited to have Sara Palin as our Vice President. She brings new life into the Republican Party. I feel confident that she will be an asset to many new changes in Washington, D.C. She has answers, not empty words that afflict the Democrats.

Doreen Kolot, Mamaroneck, Westchester

I would like to see the Republican party edit the American debt. America is paying 70% of GDP every single year just on the INTEREST on America's public debt, estimated to be $10trillion by the time Bush leaves office. Neither party can promise spending as America is bankrupt.

OS, Scottsdale, Arizona

The revision history shows lots of edits daily for a whole week before anything by 'Young Trigg' appeared. Mike Harvey seems to have singled out one (well-sourced) contribution from many, presumably because it seems favourable to Palin rather than malicious vandalism. Who did all the others?

John B, Middlesbrough, UK

When Sarah Palin stands beside John McCain on the podium, she makes McCain look like the tired, faded old man he really is.

Barbara, TN, USA

Clutching at straws, aren't we? These additions are stuff that has been widely reported in newspapers in recent days, so they should be included. Anyone can add material to Wikipedia so long as it comes from a referenced source and they haven't just made it up themselves.

John B, Middlesbrough, UK