Who wants to bet she's Ava Grace now that McCain and Palin didn't win. Or maybe he'll decide that Michelle (as in our first lady elect) might be a suitable name now.

Thank you, Chris. Yes the drive this time of year is less than desirable at times. And I'm sure my hubby knows whoever it is you know up there.

Ms. Early, just a thought -- maybe fewer people would attack you ON your faith if you attacked us a little less WITH your faith.

Why did we leave Kingsport? Well, we lived in Wise, VA for a year and a half because my husband works in Norton for a company called Crutchfield (www.crutchfield.com). The commute is a bit of a pain, and we wanted to be closer to his work, so we moved up there. We are back in Kingsport now, though, and have been since June. With 3 kids, it's nice to have family a little closer to help when we need it, so he now commutes 52 miles each way, at least 5 days a week. I don't work outside of the home, though being a full-time Mom to 3 is enough in and of itself. I do,however, go to school full-time, I'm pursuing a degree in Nursing. I'm pulling straight A's....all the while managing to keep up with the kids school work, sports, a 15 month-old toddler, housecleaning, cooking, laundry, etc...etc...etc.... My day begins by no later than 6:30am and doesn't usually end until 1 or 2am. Can we say sleep deprivation? And that's all there is to us, The Peavlers. Thanks for asking.

My, the words like silk...its like being thrown right into the New Testament and hearing the loving, accepting words of Christ Himself.

Mr. McBeau, I know you were not referring to me but my wife asked me how I find time to insert comments while over here in Iraq/Kuwait. I explain to her how I find time and that this is one of the few things that keep me sane and connected to what is going on in our community. There are days where I am busy; training the Iraqis or tracking/managing their equipment, but we (all Soldiers) do have free time (Some most than others depending on the mission) when we are not conducting a mission???Comments usually do start by ?trash talking? (whatever the word means) but in my opinion this sometime makes things interesting, and exciting. However, if two or more people disagree and they write a comment expressing their disagreement, I believe it should be an attack on the comment and not the person. Sometimes I am a suspect. Well, for me, I love to engage in competitive trash talk, arguing, debating, discussions for many reasons: enjoyment, excitement, recognition, applause and more importantly pursuing truth depending on the subject and situation??..Come to think of it, why do we disagree? Is there an absolute truth in the topics we are arguing about? Is it for each its own? Who has the answers? I do not know. But what I do know, it is what it is and that is how it?s been and always will be???.last point. I do not know anyone here personally but I would like to get to know everyone whether we agree or disagree. That is just the type of person I am.//////////////Signing off from Vegas!

Everyone here seems to know each other? Show me a post that insinuates such a statement. Simply because you feel in the minority here doesnt translate to everyone knowing each other. The rationalization here is beyond humorous.

No Eric, Never met the woman.
When I try to read post such as these to see other peoples thoughts all I see is the bashing from the same old people that have the whole world figured out. This is how the "comments" start, trash talk.
Make your point and move on, Or pick on some lady.
Have a nice day tough guy :).

I believe we need to have a convention. I would like to know everyone here??Chris I do not know why I always called you ?Milkey???Maybe it was my accent, you know I am country LOL??Do they still play ball? When I get back, I will play??Next year I will make CPT (mo? money, mo? problems)??Come to think of it, my youngest son was born in July 07. My wife and I could not think of any names; therefore, I came up with the name Micah but I wanted him to have some middle names go with his first name. My wife asked me why he needs middle names. I told her because I have two middle names. She asked me what names I had in mind. I told her we can call him Micah Mandela Mahershalalhashbaz Hale. Of course she immediately disapproved it. What if I would have went behind her back? I believe there would be one less DiMingo in the world, and I would not have even made the news.

I don't think the child's name was what was wrong with the whole story. It was the father getting 15 minutes of fame by going behind his wife's back and changing the name to support his cause.

I am serious, it is a cute combo. I have children; two boys and one little girl. Why the comment?

Sarah McCain Palin is a cute combo. I Wish I would have thought about it.

Hey Chris, is that from Airplane 2?

I vote for cutting out the religious nonsense. Ms. Early has attempted to hijack many threads here with her erratic, uneducated view of her own religion. Keep your judgements and afterlife commentary, however outrageous they may be, to yourself. Instead of bashing others for actually thinking before they comment, or actually take the time to write complete sentences, maybe a few deep breaths...and leave the preachin for the preachers.

Oh dear me, I am MORE disgusted in reading most of the comments here than I could ever be for a FATHER naming HIS child what HE wanted. Why in the world would she be made fun of in school because of her name? She's a BABY now with nothing wrong with her name. The ONLY reason she'd be made fun of by other kids are because they REPEAT what they hear their parents say. I was not going to take this away from the subject at hand, but there have been far too many off-handed comments so here's mine. I have a husband who fought in the Gulf war. Guess what? He's still frustrated because they didn't finish what they went in to finish because a democratic president pulled them out... Now we're back and I have TWO brothers fighting in this war and guess what? They do NOT want to come home until their job is DONE. Whether we should have been there or should not have been there is a moot point now since we ARE there now and need to finish what we began. WHY would anyone want to simply pull out, meaning our American and allies loss of life would mean nothing if we do not finish it again this time. My congratulations to this couple on a beautiful new baby girl with an equally beautiful name!!!

this is by far the most ridiculous, red-necked, lowlife, scum of the earth thing to do. if you want to be in the paper, rob a bank, go 150 on a motorcycle and run out of gas while the cops are chasing you. this is a humiliation to your wife, your newborn child, and your entire family, even your church family, (if you actually go to church). you are about as much of a christian as the pastor that got caught in the man cave. sure, you got your 15 minutes of humiliating fame, but the long term consequences will be devastating. you are the lowest form of white trash that there is. and you need to leave GOD out of it because all you have done is give the enemies of god an occassion to blaspheme. people like you screaming that i am a Godly man and then doing this is why non-christians don't want to become one. you are a very very bad parent and one day your little girl will see what a lowlife her so-called father really is. you should be tarred and feathered.

He needs to start saving money now! Either for the therapy the poor girl is going to need when she's nine or the pregnancy she's going to have when she's sixteen.

Leeann, the guy is currently standing right in front of the media making it everyone's business. The real funny thing is Appalachian yokels are doing this at the same time William F. Buckley's son, Christoper Buckley, announces he's voting for Obama and basically has to step down as columnist for the National Review, the conservative magazine his father founded. Intelligence and statesmanship is admitting the current version of the conservative movement is lost, while podunk silliness is basically proving that point.

On behalf of >75% of non-US citizens across the globe: Republicans are very very scary in general and this gentlemen is even more scary in particular. If McCain becomes president, I am afraid no one can help you, dear US fellow world citizens, any longer. May the wisdom be with you. This is not meant to be an inflammatory comment, but an honest worry ('we' still don't understand what happened in 2000 and 2004 with Kerry and Gore and why 'America' choose to go with a 'war president')

People please, this is not your child, who cares what he named this baby. What bothers me is that he did it behind his wifes back. That's wrong, he should be ashamed of himself. But if she can forgive him...then let it be. It's really none of anyones business.

This man makes the statement that "his passion is to see his children grow up in a Godly home". Teaching his children to lie is not teaching them to be Godly. If he willingly did this behind his wife's back, what else has he done or what will he do in the future? Poor children and poor woman. She should request marriage counseling for her husband, he obviously doesn't take his marriage vows sacredly. Apparently he cares nothing for her feelings or he would never have done something like this without consulting her. I would find it very hard to ever trust this man again.

I hope Mr. Dixon can clarify something that has me confused. He states that no one but her parents will call this little girl by all four names (like the TV, radio, newspapers, and Internet are doing right now). He also states Sen. Obama's full name (he isn't his parent)and follows with a very negative image of someone by that same name. Can we be certain that someone similar to Mr. Dixon will not try to lay the sins of a namesake on this child? Can you imagine what will happen it she decides to become a State Trooper when she grows up? I went to school with a boy who happened to have the same name as a sitting, unpopular president. The kid was tormented. This poor little girl will grown up knowing that one of THE MOST IMPORTANT decisions ever made in her life, naming her, was made on a whim.

You people kill me. What is wrong with those names? NOTHING! Guess what, Sarah Palin and John Mccain weren't the first people to have those names either. Guess what, most any name you can come up with right now, someone else did first. I think he is being creative. How many people name their kids after themselves? JR, II, III. How many people use a father in law's name as the middle name? The fact of the matter is this. He named his daughter after people that he respected. Guess, what, there is even another Barrack Hussein Obama! His father that left him and his mother. Leave the guy alone, who cares about his motives. The little girl will grow up just fine, as long as she doesn't have any of you people as teachers. The only people that will call her by all four of her names is her parents, when she does something wrong. END OF POINT.

You know, I wonder if Mr. Ciptak really understands the importance in a name, since HE brags of HIS Christianity and faith in God. It would be real bad if he knew the meaning behind McCain & Palins names. If they are not all they make out to be, then his child will be labeled, based on someone's else's lifestyle. Then too, I'm wondering if he truly understands that it's NOT suppose to be all about the man here in naming the child, it's suppose both parents together. But, it appears here that there is some questions of authority figure here in the house, and it sure doesn't seen like Mrs. Ciptak has anything honestly to say on her own, and I wonder, just wonder if she might not be a victim here of in-home abuse. Mr. Ciptak, if you want to support McCain/Palin, then just vote, tell your friends, buy some cigars, pass them out like you would do on a new-born, and have fun. BUT THIS my friend, I think in the end, you're going to regret this down the road son. When Mrs. Ciptak finishes healing up here, she's going to have the LAST say. And your in-laws? Oh Boy! SON, you should ALWAYS KEEP MOMMA HAPPY. ALWAYS!

Mr. Ciptak has a few minutes of fame for his actions...the baby will be the one to suffer as she will haver to endure jokes about how she was named for the rest of her life. Not to mention how mean some children can be when she gets in school. I agree with Ms. McDavid...he has had is fun and made his polical statement...change it back to Ava.

I wonder if the McCain/Palin presidential even care about this man and his stupid so-called republican support, by naming their baby like they did? I mean, the way that these politicians lie to get your support to vote for them to get in office, I wouldn't be surprised if Palin or McCain wouldn't turn and sue him for what he did, not asking for permission first. It would be a good lesson for him if they did. What a total shame sir, you should always try and please your wife, NOT yourself. If you wanted this that bad, you should have had your own labor pains and baby, and then do what ever you wanted to do. But this! I hope the child doesn?t end up hating you for this.

Frankly, I think this is sad. Naming your child should be an act of love, not a political statement. I respect the idea of wanting her to be named after someone you support, but I don't believe it had to go quite that far. Sarah Cliptak would have been enough, but McCain Palin? Really. She is a child that will have to live with that name, not the household pet.

Mr. Ciptak said ?I Googled my name late Monday and two hits came up. I did it this morning and it popped up thousands of times,? the Elizabethton resident said.
I guess dad got what he wanted.....his 15 minutes of fame by using his innocent daughter. I still think he is a idiot. He should change her name back to Ava Grace!!