Pity a political party that embraces the Palins as a dynasty. The TV show ‘Dynasty,’ perhaps. But the ongoing hagiography of this trashy family doesn’t speak well to the future of the Republican party. What are the party’s hopes and dreams? Where does it want to see the country head in the future? And does anyone seriously believe Sarah and Bristol are going to take us there?

Yes, so Bristol, the one who got pregnant (though let’s not forgot that Bristol’s family-values mom has never explained why her first child was reportedly born eight months after she got married), is reportedly going to be publishing her memoirs this summer at the ripe age of 20. Oh, you hadn’t hear about Palin’s first pregnancy? This is from the NYT during the campaign, it was overlooked by most everyone:

The Palins eloped on Aug. 29, 1988, and their first son, Track, was born eight months later, a fact that Maria Comella of the McCain campaign, declined to elaborate on. “They were high school sweethearts who got married and ended up having five beautiful children together,” Ms. Comella said.

Yeah, not a denial at all. And these are family values religious right folk we’re talking about. If the baby were simply born early, wouldn’t we have been told the baby was simply born early? Would the McCain campaign really want this hanging over their heads if there was a simple non-controversial explanation? It matters because people like Palin would be the first to criticize the values of a Democratic White House contender who got pregnant out of wedlock.

Not to be topped, via Media Matters we learn that FOX is now talking about whether Bristol is going to be President.

Trash, trash, trash. And yes, we do think we’re better than her and her mother. It’s one thing to think someone would be fun to get drunk with, or sleep with, or laugh at on Jerry Springer – it’s another to suggest that that idiot should be president. It’s not elitist to want to be better than the Palins. It simply means having some ambition in life other than ambition itself.

And finally, to those who say “stop talking about the Palins,” you clearly didn’t learn your lesson from the Teabaggers and birthers, or from the folks who railed against “activist judges” and “death panels” and “Obamacare.” Sometimes in politics you need to boldly confront the lies, and the liars, before it’s too late.