I find the Bristol Palin pregnancy scandal amusing. I mean, who doesn’t? While I agree with Senator Obama that Bristol’s pregnancy should not be used as ammunition politically and does not reflect Governor Palin’s competency in politics, I have to admit that it’s quite hilarious. C’mon, this green kid from the middle of nowhere Alaska knocks up the daughter of the vice presidential candidate during election year- priceless!
The whole issue ties in nicely with Republicans’ pro-life stance. Sarah Palin, mother of a Downs syndrome infant and a pregnant teenage daughter who is keeping her baby and marrying the father (aww, happy endings DO exist!) is now seen as the ultimate poster child for pro-life right. The Republicans love her as do many other Americans who feel they can relate to her. Wow, not only is she a woman but she’s raising a disabled child and her knocked up daughter is keeping her illegitimate unborn baby? I am so going to vote for her! *Sigh* If only President Bush had a handicapped child or promiscuous daughter maybe more Americans would have “related” to him. Oh, wait…
Teenage pregnancies are fun- have you not seen all the media attention it has received in the past few months, what with Jamie Lynn Spears being pregnant and all the teenage pregnancy pacts? While bastard children are fun, I'll leave it to the teenage celebrities and politicians' daughters. Thank god for condoms, birth control and abortion!
**Disclaimer: I myself take pride in being a bastard child. I too do not support abortion although I do feel it is a woman's right to choose. I too come from small town America. I too have family members serving in Iraq. However, I am not falling for the obvious Palin ploy propogated by the McCain campaign. I don't beleive we should vote for a candidate because we can "relate" to them the same way that I do not believe that a candidate's family issues should be used as political propoganda. I don't dislike Governor Palin because her daughter is knocked up and her husband was arrested for a DUI 20 years ago, I dislike her because she is not the proponent of change she claims to be**
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