Palin's Prego Daughter.
So Obama says that we are not even supposed to discuss it, and if I were not an angry bitter person I'd probably agree. What is most amusing about this is that Palin is a vocal proponent of Creationism, and those other "Christian" views like Abstinence-Only which we are told magically solves problems like say "teen pregnancy."
Sadly, Republicans who spent years dragging poor Chelsea Clinton through the mud always seem to act indignant enough to get people to back off though they are the first to slime family members of any Democrat opponent.
This highlights another important issue. Republicans are always the first to raise the standard for "family values" and what not, and yet they have a ticket led by a man who dumped his wife during his mid-life crisis for a younger, richer woman, getting a divorce eventually to marry the new blond, rich thing.
As if McCain as the champion of family values is not laughable enough since of course the Family Values crowd didn't approve of him anyway, he picks someone whom they WORSHIP, Sarah Palin, whose family values are just as soiled. She is likewise divorced and remarried, though loyal to her blood-family, as evidenced by her illegal firing of the Alaska Public Safety Commissioner who wouldn't fire her sister's ex-husband- a state trooper who probably cheated on her since Cops are among the most likely professions to stray on their wives. So, Palin will illegally try to punish a man who dumped his wife, because that wife happens to be her sister, but she'd be thrilled to join up on the ticket with a man who dumped his wife, and now also to force her daughter into a marriage because this daughter's never learned about birth control from her "abstinence-only" mother. I bring this up because I have a feeling that a marriage between a 17 year old and an 18 year old probably won't last which means that Palin is helping to make it that her grandchild will eventually be growing up in a broken household. Those are fantastic family values as the Republican crowd defines it for us. As the Palin family history shows, Palin herself, her sister etc, these women are not very good at keeping marriages together. What a fantastic standard-bearer for the "Family Research Council."
On a related note. The Palin story is a great illustration of why the supposed "family values" crowd are just idiots. Abstinence-only didn't prevent her oldest daughter from getting pregnant. Forcing her daughter to marry the guy doesn't make a happy household either. Teenage pregnancies happen, and what all the research (please look it up if you don't believe me) suggests is that girls who something to look forward to in life are less likely to get pregnant. There are other issues, like say women who get medically inaccurate health information are likely to get pregnant as well, you like the information furnished by these terrible BS 'abstinence-only' programs.
Obama pointed out that his mother had him when she was just 18 years old and he grew up without his dad. Democrats understand that these things just happen sometimes and are tolerant and understanding that life happens sometimes and vicious, judgmentalism does not help. The "Family Values" crown believes that vicious, judgmentalism does help, when clearly it does not, even with the wealthy daughter of the Governor of Alaska. The difference is that vicious, judgementalism is well VICIOUS and JUDGMENTAL. It adds nastiness and cruelty to the world and does not achieve the goals it is supposed to achieve. I don't blame Palin for having a daughter get pregnant. I blame Palin for tying herself to horrible and vicious people who would likely be denouncing her and her daughter were she not a Governor and VP candidate. I also blame her for having to confront the realities of the problem of teen pregnancy and yet still arguing for the stupid ideas which are not helpful. The issue is not her daughter. The issue is Palin. Why does she believe in such stupidity? Problems in Alaska might be simpler from her perspective but welcome down to the real world in the lower 48 where problems are not simplistic and everyone will find out about your pregnant daughter in days.
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