Donald Trump admits a mistake, and surprisingly it is NOT having Sarah Palin speak on his behalf.

"@Don_Vito_08: "A picture is worth a thousand words" @realDonaldTrump #LyingTed #NeverCruz @MELANIATRUMP pic.twitter.com/5bvVEwMVF8"

— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) March 24, 2016

Courtesy of CNN:

Donald Trump admitted to The New York Times on Saturday that retweeting an unflattering photo of Heidi Cruz was a mistake and that he would not do it again if given the opportunity. 

"Yeah, it was a mistake," he told columnist Maureen Dowd. "If I had to do it again, I wouldn't have sent it."

I don't buy this. Trump had more than a week to apologize for the tweet, and instead he made excuses or doubled down and claimed that Cruz started it first.

But now suddenly he is admitting it was mistake because a female reporter is confronting him? 

Sounds like more pandering to me.

Speaking of admitting mistakes, I wonder if Trump will admit it was a mistake to fan the flames of violence at his rallies, now that he is about to be sued for the one in Kentucky?

In order to illustrate Bill Kristol, of the Weekly Standard's, lack of credibility, Rachel Maddow uses his biggest screw up, Sarah Palin.

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If you did not see this yesterday you really missed out.

Rachel describes the famous cruise to Juneau in which the staff of the Weekly Standard were first exposed to Sarah Palin's political pole dance, and how they swooned in response, and then did everything they could to pimp her to their conservative audiences.

She goes on to point out many other fumbles and poor predictions that followed, but all pale in comparison to the biggest mistake of all.

I know we should ignore her, but let me take a moment to respond to Bristol Palin's ghostwriter's recent post.

"Of course I've made mistakes. And so far he is a complete failure at getting me that reality show I want!"

Yesterday Nancy French, channeling Bristol, said the following on the blog that her mother makes them pretend Bristol writes.

But there’s one constant criticism I didn’t talk about: some of you insist on calling me a hypocrite. After all, I became a mother before I walked down the aisle – how can I talk about waiting until marriage for sex? 

I find it strange that the culture rightfully applauds former drug addicts who warn children of the dangers of drug use. They are happy to listen to former alcoholics talk about how they finally are living a clean life. But when it comes to me talking about waiting until marriage for sex, it’s almost like people want me to slink away in shame… unable to show my face in public again because of my past mistakes. 

I want this blog to be a place where we can all be honest, so let me start. I’ve struggled with feelings of guilt and shame.

Bristol Nancy French then goes on to link pimping some Christian counselor, and then follows up with this:

Stop living under a cloud of guilt, stop wondering what life could have been like had you made better decisions, and stop beating yourself up over that thing you’ve done. 

Read the rest of his post here, and get over the regret you’ve been carrying for far too long. 

I have.

Okay a couple of things.

First, saying that you "want this blog to be a place where we can all be honest" when it is clear to EVERYBODY who visits that you are not the person writing it, smacks of hypocrisy.

Second, when a former drug addict, or former alcoholic, talk about their addictions, they are usually doing so as a public service and NOT being paid over a quarter of a million dollars in compensation.

Oh, and usually they are expected to no longer be engaging in the activities that they are speaking out against.

Exhibit A

Thirdly, if you REALLY want to own up to the mistakes you claim that you regret, perhaps you ought to own up to ALL of them. 

You know like the pregnancy in 2007.  (I have the pictures)

Or the obvious pregnancy on DWTS. (Everybody has those pictures)

And whatever it was that you stuffed into your clothes during the Republican National Convention.

Or perhaps you could take responsibility for lying in your book about how you lost your virginity, and stop making Levi out to look like a rapist. That would certainly demonstrate personal growth.

And while we are talking about Levi, and his family, how about you set up a schedule for them to see Tripp on a consistent basis? Or do you not yet regret using your child to punish them for once loving you?

You are right Bristol/Nancy, people SHOULD be forgiven for their past mistakes, once they have admitted to them and decided to turn their life around that is.

So go ahead.

Admit your mistakes, and turn your life around.

After you do that you should find that the comments on Nancy French's blog will be MUCH more pleasant, and far, far more supportive.

I promise.

Isn't that right gang?