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So Many Discrepancies...
- Sep 11, 2008 at 12:55 PM
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The 17-year-old daughter of Sarah Palin, the GOP's vice-presidential nominee, is pregnant. The news was released by the McCain camp during a busy week—a hurricane, the Republican National Convention, Dick Cheney getting us into a war with Russia—so it didn't receive the coverage it deserved. To recap:
Seventeen-year-old Bristol Palin got her ass knocked up five or so months ago by 18-year-old Levi Johnston. Among the hobbies listed on Levi's since-yanked MySpace page—"fishing, shoot some shit, and just fuckin' chillin'"—was this revealing tidbit: "I don't want kids." But Bristol, says her mom, "made the decision on her own to keep the baby," and is now engaged to Levi "Shootin' Shit" Johnston.
I'm not in favor of abortion as a form of birth control. But I believe that it's a choice teenagers should be able to make for themselves—with input from their families whenever possible—and, so it seems, does the GOP's VP nominee. Sarah Palin is pleased that her daughter made the decision—on her own—to keep the baby.
But Sarah Palin doesn't believe that other girls should be able to make their own decisions. Sarah Palin believes abortion should be illegal in almost every instance—including rape and incest. So Bristol Palin is being celebrated for making a choice that Sarah Palin would like to take away from all other American women. Apparently, today's GOP believes that choice is a special right reserved for the wayward daughters of Republican elected officials.
Oh, and Sarah Palin also believes that birth control shouldn't be made available to teenagers, she opposes medically accurate sex education, and she backs abstinence-until- marriage sex "education."
Sigh.
The GOP has poured hundreds of millions of dollars into abstinence "education" programs during the Bush years. I believe this enormous investment of public funds begs the obvious question: Are our children abstaining? Sarah Palin's aren't. Despite this massive outlay on the part of the American taxpayer and the example set by her Christian parents, Bristol Palin became sexually active while still in high school. Excuse me, but if abstinence education can't keep the daughter of the evangelical governor of Alaska off the cock, what hope is there for the daughters—and some of the sons—of average Americans?
I'm a cad for writing this, of course, because shortly before Bristol and Levi were paraded before cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention, the Palins asked the media to respect their daughter's privacy.
Another special right: When it comes to respecting your family's privacy, Palin and the GOP see no need. They want to micromanage the most intimate aspects of your private life. And if their own kids fail to live up to the standards that Palin and the GOP seek to impose on your family, well, that's a private matter between the Palins, their daughter, their God, and the thousands of screaming imbeciles in elephant hats waving McCain/Palin signs on the floor of the Republican National Convention.
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I know exactly how an abortion is done (hell, my sister had two and one my mother had one before pregnant with me) and I still feel it's the woman's choice (if rape or incest is involved). If used as a form of birth control (more than two) then they should have to go through with the pregnancy and at the very least give up for adoption.
You see, its a free country and Fista can journal about anything that pops into her intelligent little head and I might add, ouch, she did a fine job as usual this time. She made some very good points, such as, how is their abstinence training going to work for our mainstream kids when her very religious upbringing wasn't even enough to make this abstinence training thing work for Palin's own daughter. This is a very valid concern and I think we have the right to ask it since they are asking us to vote for them and hence vote for their opposition for our children to have access to birth control. Go Liz!
I didn't think this journal was about whether abortion should or should not be allowed. I may be wrong. But, that is not what I was thinking when I finished reading it.
Last I checked we all had a right to an opinion. I may or may not agree with what you have to say here. But I will admit that more than once I thought 'she does have a point'.
I think it's a good journal. Thanks
BTW my favorite line was "but if abstinence education can't keep the daughter of the evangelical governor of Alaska off the cock," That was some funny shit!
abortion should be illegal.....for all reasons.....adoption would still give that child a life. do you know how they kill a child in an abortion? its sickening.
I have to take the time out to say great post. I completely agree with you, and although some of the readers did not understand what you said, I agree that what the campaign is portraying to the public is very hypocritical and I would never vote for McCain anyway. Again, great job!
Liz, I should have known better than to read this right before I took a bite of my bagel:
. Excuse me, but if abstinence education can't keep the daughter of the evangelical governor of Alaska off the cock,
That is some funny shit right there! Way to git-r-done!
I agree with Stacy. Another great journal, I hope more people realize this is NOT an abortion post.
I'm afraid I helped it to be an abortion post in my response to the first commenter. Sorry Liz!! I do enjoy reading your intelligent posts; one day, I'll be able to do the same. And, if I have already done so in the past, please bring it to my attention as it's slipped my brain.
I'm a cad for writing this, of course, because shortly before Bristol and Levi were paraded before cheering throngs at the Republican National Convention, the Palins asked the media to respect their daughter's privacy.
THIS is the part that has baffled me from the beginning of this "scandal." And it's just a small snapshot, really, of the larger problem. This is the Republican's biggest hypocrisy. They absolutely DO want to have control over the things that Americans do in their private lives, BUT they talk about keeping the candidates' families and personal lives out of the campaign - BUT they are building their campaign entirely upon their families and their personal lives? I am still unable to wrap my brain around this one!!
If loving you is wrong, I don't wanna be right!
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oh for gods sake......can anyone find anything more childish to write about? i am so sick of hearing people attack sarah palin for her pregnant daughter, her down syndrome child.....my god this is her family!!! i do believe she is right....abortion should be illegal.....for all reasons.....adoption would still give that child a life. do you know how they kill a child in an abortion? its sickening.