New dad secretly names baby Sarah McCain Palin
Associated Press
Published October 16, 2008 at 8:41 a.m.
Updated October 16, 2008 at 8:41 a.m.
ELIZABETHTON, Tenn. — A new father has secretly named his baby girl Sarah McCain Palin after the Republican ticket for president and vice president.
Mark Ciptak of Elizabethton put that name on the documents for the girl's birth certificate, ignoring the name Ava Grace, which he and his wife had picked earlier.
"I don't think she believes me yet," he told the Kingsport Times-News earlier this week. "It's going to take some more convincing."
Ciptak, a blood bank employee for the American Red Cross, said he named his third child after John McCain and Sarah Palin to "to get the word out" about the campaign.
"I took one for the cause," he said. "I can't give a lot of financial support for the (McCain/Palin) campaign. I do have a sign up in my yard, but I can do very little."
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October 16, 2008
8:50 a.m.
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BookerTee1970 writes:
LOL what a sad, sad man.
October 16, 2008
8:50 a.m.
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Romanesco writes:
"I took one for the cause,"
No you didn't. Your child has.
What a moron...
October 16, 2008
8:50 a.m.
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UNV_ME writes:
This guy has a few screws loose.... ahhh yeah... maybe more than a few. So on second thought, that name is perfect for her if she lives up to her father's intelligence.
October 16, 2008
9:05 a.m.
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Danchan writes:
I hope this jerk loses his wife and child over this.
October 16, 2008
9:24 a.m.
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ClarenceDarrow writes:
I think the "secret" is out.
October 16, 2008
9:26 a.m.
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gr8fuldude writes:
Does anyone have a directory handy for Tenn. Divorce attorneys...I think there will be a need shortly.
October 16, 2008
9:26 a.m.
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bronco writes:
What a moron, proves how brainwashed the right are.
October 16, 2008
9:42 a.m.
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jonnyrotten writes:
Lucky for the girl Dad isn't a Dem
October 16, 2008
9:42 a.m.
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Dingoangst writes:
Well, I've been knocking on doors for Barack, and already voted by mail-in ballot for Obama. But seeing this, I'll try to change my vote. What a king-sized moron. Shows the intellectual level of Republicans.
October 16, 2008
10:07 a.m.
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me2 writes:
Hope he likes sleeping on the sofa. For the next 18 years.
October 16, 2008
10:17 a.m.
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EXrepublican writes:
now THATS child abuse...
anyone bet the mother had no choice in the matter? or will be filing for divorce sometime soon?
October 16, 2008
10:24 a.m.
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trinidad writes:
I bet if the guy would've named his daughter Sasha Malia after nobama's girls you all would worship the baby as a demi-god. Leave the guy alone and quit picking on his baby girl.
October 16, 2008
10:37 a.m.
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WhadUsay writes:
I would feel just the same way if he had named his kid after the Obama ticket - if he and his wife had already decided on a name for the child he had no business going behind her back and changing it. I feel sorry for the kid - to be saddled by this for the rest of her life.
October 16, 2008
10:37 a.m.
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bone writes:
this doof "works" at the blood bank ? ? or makes his living "selling" to the blood bank ? ? ....and those yelling divorce ? she has made two other kids w/him already..either she knows hes an idiot or she is too...what are the other two's names ? W and HW ? or D.C. and George ?
October 16, 2008
10:54 a.m.
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sue27 writes:
How do you secretly name a kid? Isn't the name written down on the birth certificate before the parents sign?
October 16, 2008
11 a.m.
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UNV_ME writes:
Why name your kid after a bunch of losers... which they will be known as in a few weeks.
Fun stuff... click around the room at some objects... more than once in a few cases.
http://palinaspresident.com/
October 16, 2008
11:50 a.m.
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pete10000ft writes:
might as well tattoo a big "L" on that kid's forehead while he's at it...
poor kid.
October 16, 2008
12:01 p.m.
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trinidad writes:
B-MAMA Thanks for the info on Trinidad. How did your surgery go? I hope you are pleased with results.
October 16, 2008
12:04 p.m.
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Johnny_LaRue writes:
My dear friend "Spiro Nixon Agnew" would tell you - not such a good idea.
October 16, 2008
12:08 p.m.
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chickenlittle1234 writes:
Too bad Johnny Cash is gone, he'd have a followup song to "A Boy Named Sue."
October 16, 2008
12:14 p.m.
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dilligaf writes:
Redneck southerners that vote red every election. And you ask why things are so screwed up.
October 16, 2008
2:57 p.m.
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Garip writes:
Moron doesn't even begin to describe this jerk. The poor kid. Hopefully, by the time she is old enough to be picked on, the McCan't/Palin debacle will have faded from memory, like a bad date you just don't give any thought to years down the road.
October 16, 2008
6:19 p.m.
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gchc303 writes:
I feel sorry for the little girl. Maybe she will grow up to be gasp... liberal. Will daddy disown her. hahaha
October 16, 2008
8:50 p.m.
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RL writes:
WOW
October 16, 2008
9:16 p.m.
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viridian writes:
easy fix: http://www.namechangelaw.com/states/t.... i bet mom could set up a donation button and she'd get the $40 in no time to change it back.
do it for the CAUSE, people!
October 16, 2008
10:31 p.m.
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fifty writes:
This is very bad, but not the worst I've heard. My brother worked at an inner-city hospital and the docs kept a list of the awful names the mothers selected for their children. The only one I can remember is Chlamydia. What he said was that the mothers would hear the docs talking about things, in this case, a disease, and would think the word sounded pleasant enough for a name.
October 17, 2008
12:11 a.m.
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doreenstokes writes:
The child can change her name legally when she is older. However the stigma will be left with her. The father was wrong. Regardless of who wins - the reason for naming a child was lame!
October 17, 2008
9:06 a.m.
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redwhiteandBLUE writes:
I'm an idiot/moron that did the same thing named my kid after a famous Democtat, NOW I no longer am a life time Dem but now
Independent and my kid is stuck with the name. What was I thinking ?! No..it was'nt after Edward Kennedy..