It’s a personal thing.
So when Bill Clinton gets his winky waxed, its for the news. When John Edwards has sex with another consenting adult, its for the news. The Bush daughters have an underage DUI? Well, there will at least be an article on it. John McCain leaving his wife to run off to Hawaii with a young heiress, who he later divorces his wife for? Hm, not so much on the news worthy front.
And now, the latest, coming to you from the abstinence and godliness platform, in the family values corner, preaching for years about the disintegration of the American home, how women should be at home running their family, comes a female vice presidential candidate. Now, while this seems an amazingly progressive move from the family values corner, considering she entered the political arena as governor of Alaska with children still at home, it does get better.
Her teenage daughter, underage, is pregnant. And obviously not married. The response from the Republican party? “This is a personal thing.”
Funny, you’ve never chosen to stay out of anyone elses’ lives, why should we stay out of yours now? Not to mention, family values and the erosion of the American home life has been a major platform for the Republican party. How is it not the business of the American people that these ideals being propogated as good for the geese don’t apply to the gander?
My big question? I wonder if Ms. Palin regrets her opposition to condoms and sex education.
