Bristol Palin Sets Perfect Catch-22 for President Obama

Bristol Palin believes President Barack Obama should call her to apologize for the comments made about her by Bill Maher just as he called Sandra Fluke about the comments made about the law student by Rush Limbaugh, according to ABC News.

Palin has blogged about how the cases are similar, but the president is not calling her since she is a Republican and Maher made a $1 million contribution to the Democrat-run super PAC. As a political scientist, I have to applaud Palin for setting up a perfect catch-22 for the president.

Palin used her blog to point out how President Obama has not made statements about what was said about her by Maher but condemned Limbaugh for what he said about Fluke. She pointed out how the president made comments condemning the media during the last election for going after her but has stayed silent on this issue. She has taken herself from being mentioned in this controversy to being a player in it.

Due to Palin's blog, the ball is in President Obama's court. If he calls her, it will appear to be due to the pressure by the right to treat her the same way he treated Fluke. The former vice-presidential candidate's daughter made a statement in her blog about the president being the president of all Americans and not just Democrats.

If the president does not call her, it will solidify the thought he let Maher get away with the comments made due to the donation and the comedian's political leanings. It will show a double standard of how it is OK for a public figure to say anything he or she wants as long as he or she is a liberal and makes contributions toward the Democrat reelection funds.

We might see the buddings of a political career in the young Palin. She was able to send a challenge and set a trap at the same time for President Obama. While many politicians try to do this on a daily basis, few can be as successful as the young reality star could be. Bristol wins no matter what happens.

Merle Rutledge Jr responds - Well Bristol Palin, I have a perfect Catch 22 for you. Why haven't you called any of your friends or those such as Limbaugh to condemn the statements made. Also you could have made the same call to Bill Maher. You have celebrity privilege more than likely by now. When is the last time you can recall calling a friend or someone in the national spotlight to condemn statements made by them being called slut, ho, or prostitute. Maybe you might say you are too busy, so does not the President deserve the same excuse for not calling you. The same way you would hope that others feel the same way for those that you havent called. If you wan to show leadership than practice what you preach, and stop being Sarah Palin and find out who Bristol Palin is for once in your life.  So get on the phone Bristol Palin and show leadership instead of being another con-artist.