Why does Sarah Palin hate teenaged mothers?
By Michael J.W. Stickings
It just keeps getting worse and worse for (and about) Sarah Palin as more and more comes out, and we continue to be all over the whole debacle here at The Reaction. (Go to the home page, or, if you're already there, scroll down.) Here's one of the latest developments.
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As you probably know by now, Palin's daughter Bristol, a 17-year old high school student, is pregnant. Though McCain has known about this for some time, the news was conveniently broken by the McCain campaign while the media's attention was on Gustav. No matter, though, for Republicans are rallying around the Palins as if there were no problem at all with this particular teen pregnancy. She's keeping the baby, you see, much to the support of the extremist pro-lifers, Sarah included, who dominate the party. And the father, well, he's just a good ol' boy from Alaska, a Palin sort of guy.
But just what does Sarah Palin think of teen pregnancy? It may be preferable to abortion, but she's a proponent of abstinence, not proper sex education, and certainly not birth control. Which makes her, as an executive, and that's what the GOP's propagandists are stressing, an enabler of teen pregnancy and, more broadly, of unwanted pregnancy, and hence an implicit encourager of abortion. Regardless, if a teenaged mother wants to keep her baby -- that is, a teenaged mother other than Bristol -- she won't be able to count on Governor Palin's support. As The Washington Post is reporting:
So if your mother's the governor, and on the Republican presidential ticket, then sure, by all means, you'll get all the support you could ever want or need. But if you're not so fortunate, not so politically valuable, if you're poor or otherwise have nowhere to turn, then, well, screw you.
There are your Palin Family Values. No wonder Republicans love her.
It just keeps getting worse and worse for (and about) Sarah Palin as more and more comes out, and we continue to be all over the whole debacle here at The Reaction. (Go to the home page, or, if you're already there, scroll down.) Here's one of the latest developments.
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As you probably know by now, Palin's daughter Bristol, a 17-year old high school student, is pregnant. Though McCain has known about this for some time, the news was conveniently broken by the McCain campaign while the media's attention was on Gustav. No matter, though, for Republicans are rallying around the Palins as if there were no problem at all with this particular teen pregnancy. She's keeping the baby, you see, much to the support of the extremist pro-lifers, Sarah included, who dominate the party. And the father, well, he's just a good ol' boy from Alaska, a Palin sort of guy.
But just what does Sarah Palin think of teen pregnancy? It may be preferable to abortion, but she's a proponent of abstinence, not proper sex education, and certainly not birth control. Which makes her, as an executive, and that's what the GOP's propagandists are stressing, an enabler of teen pregnancy and, more broadly, of unwanted pregnancy, and hence an implicit encourager of abortion. Regardless, if a teenaged mother wants to keep her baby -- that is, a teenaged mother other than Bristol -- she won't be able to count on Governor Palin's support. As The Washington Post is reporting:
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin... earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.
After the legislature passed a spending bill in April, Palin went through the measure reducing and eliminating funds for programs she opposed. Inking her initials on the legislation -- "SP" -- Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million. Covenant House is a mix of programs and shelters for troubled youths, including Passage House, which is a transitional home for teenage mothers.
So if your mother's the governor, and on the Republican presidential ticket, then sure, by all means, you'll get all the support you could ever want or need. But if you're not so fortunate, not so politically valuable, if you're poor or otherwise have nowhere to turn, then, well, screw you.
There are your Palin Family Values. No wonder Republicans love her.
Labels: 2008 election, McCain Campaign, Sarah Palin, teen pregnancy
posted by Michael J.W. Stickings at
9:15 AM
4 Comments:
The Constitution Party, to which she belonged until becoming a Republican became more politically expedient, has that very kind of twisted morality at its core.
Sex education is bad because sex is bad. Helping babies is bad if the sex that created them is bad and helping anyone outside the agency of a Church is bad. Never mind that farleftliberal Jesus and his subversive teachings -- what he really meant to say was let the children suffer!
These aren't just misguided people, they're evil people. Pretending that we're only talking about political differences as the media does, is a defense of evil.
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Capt. Fogg, at 9:49 AM
Sarah Palin continues to amaze me with her self-righteousness and hypocrisy. And this is supposed to be the person that we can have America entrusted to? Nevermind, that for possibly the first female vice-president she seems like the anti-femnist.
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Grant Haws, at 10:28 AM
Let's see, in 2006 government funding for this program was about 1.1 million dollars, and now it's 3.9 million dollars. So under Palin's tenure as governor, funding for the program has increased about 300%. I realize liberals have trouble with basic math, but the idea that funding for this program has been "slashed" is completely idiotic. But, what the hell. Why let the facts get in the way of a good smear job.
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Anonymous, at 5:03 PM
Who's bringing the shotgun to the wedding? Dick Cheney?
This woman makes me sick. As far as I'm concerned she's a child abuser.I would have loved to have been a fly on the wall when mommy and daddy sat pregnant 17 yr. old daughter down and told her to get ready, mommy now wants to be vice president and you are not going to ruin it. What kind of mother willingly puts her daughter through something like this? Family values my rear.
I feel so bad for that girl. I was a supporter of Hillary and was very disappointed with her loss but not so delusional that just because McCain chose someone with a vagina it would bring me around to the dark side. I put my Obama sign in my yard last night.
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