Posted by
Juwar74 on Wednesday, September 03, 2008 3:29:10 PM
I hate to bring this up, but I think it needs mentioning. Many right-wingers and Republicans are praising--no wait, praising is not the right word--accepting--yeah that's it!--the news of Sarah Palin's daughter carrying her baby to term and shot-gun marrying her boyfriend (while implying that anyone not a conservative teenager in the same position would have driven straight to the abortion clinic.) They are also ready to castigate any media outlet who even dares try to bring it up as an issue, accusing them of participating in partisan politics or a Republican witch hunt...And geez, I think how two-faced these people are.
This all-of-a-sudden sympathy and hands-off approach by some of these right-wingers shows that they are willing to turn a blind's eye in a hot presidential political season, whereas in other times they would haved burned Palin and her daughter at the stake for having exhibited such moral ineptitude. I would have respected these right-wingers more if they had stuck to their standards, but it indicates that right-wingers are willing to throw them out when it suits their needs. This recent acceptance is not only political, but I have to say has a racial dimension as well.
Christian conservatives like James Dobson and others sit on television and complain about the degradation of America's young girls and their irresponsible mothers. Generally, when they do so they refer mainly to inner city black girls and Hispanics whom they feel are disproportionately contributing to the teen pregnancy problem in America and believe that teen pregnancy is one of the main reasons why blacks and Hispanics have such high poverty rates. They also suggest that the reason teen pregnancy rates are so high in these groups as compared to others is because both live in a culture that encourage or accept such wreckless behavior, which is why they feel girls like them shouldn't be given any support from the government, or sympathy from others. They are constantly blaming the mothers who also had babies at similar ages and should have took more classes on how to raise their kid.
So why shouldn't they have the same analysis and probing of Palin and her daughter. Why isn't this "liberal" media asking the tough questions? Why is this woman getting a pass? She is trying to slide to the vice-presidency without being vetted or put under a microscope. Who is this woman? If she wants to possibly run our country if McCain is elected and dies, why couldn't she stop her fast daughter from going out and opening her d*mn legs for every Tom, Dick and Harry at 17? How could she be such an irresponsible mother? Why didn't she take her nasty daughter to Jesus more? Why couldn't she at least discuss birth control with her somewhat-slutty daughter?
Of course I don't care about these questions. I'm just behaving in the same manner that right-wingers and jealous Hillary supporters were behaving toward Obama and Edwards and any other Democrat whom they feel are a threat to their conservative hold on America. But if they expect Palin and her family not to have to put their feet to the fire, then they are just kidding themselves. And I wish they would accuse me of sexism. Oh, oh, you can't say that about her, she's a woman, why're you beating up on a woman. No, she's a politician. And whether man or woman she should be held to the same dirty politics as the men.