Cognitive Dissonance
I don't really care that the daughter of an "abstinence only" politician has found herself knocked up at 17, when, perhaps, a condom or two might have been useful.
But, this line, from the initial story, caught my eye:
I wasn't aware that McCain or his aides thought there was a choice in this kind of matter? Has he changed his position?
And, this line, from the official statement, caught my eye too:
I'm so very confused. Palin has supported parental notification laws, which would seem to indicate that, for Bristol at least, it's not her decision at all. Because she's not 18. But, more importantly, she subscribes to a world view in which the decision to have a child isn't a decision at all, but rather the will of God.
The stories do dovetail, however, with a McSame statement from 2000, when asked what would happen if his own then teenaged daughter became pregnant:
So, Senator McSame and Gov. Palin, does/did Bristol actually have a choice here? Just curious.
But, this line, from the initial story, caught my eye:
Bristol Palin made the decision on her own to keep the baby, McCain aides said.
I wasn't aware that McCain or his aides thought there was a choice in this kind of matter? Has he changed his position?
And, this line, from the official statement, caught my eye too:
We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents.(emph mine)
I'm so very confused. Palin has supported parental notification laws, which would seem to indicate that, for Bristol at least, it's not her decision at all. Because she's not 18. But, more importantly, she subscribes to a world view in which the decision to have a child isn't a decision at all, but rather the will of God.
The stories do dovetail, however, with a McSame statement from 2000, when asked what would happen if his own then teenaged daughter became pregnant:
I would discuss this issue with Cindy and Meghan, and this would be a private decision that we would share within our family and not with anyone else," McCain told reporters in New Hampshire on board his campaign bus nicknamed "The Straight Talk Express. "Obviously I would encourage her to bring, to know that baby would be brought up in a warm and loving family, but the final decision would be made by Meghan with our advice and counsel."
So, Senator McSame and Gov. Palin, does/did Bristol actually have a choice here? Just curious.
posted by Bill Norris at 2:08 AM
1 Comments:
I think the baby daddy deserves the most sympathy here. How could he have known he was fucking not just Bristol but the whole republican party? Could you imagine being him? You played some x-box, had a burrito, masturbated, took a nap, and then went over to your g-friend's house and smoked some state-trooper-confiscated-weed, and then she said "ok" while you're fooling around but you didn't have a condom and tried anyway, thinking you could pull out - or worse (if you're her and mom finds out) you actually used a condom but used it wrong because the gov doesn't allow that kind of education, and it breaks. And then next thing you know Bristol spills her guts to her mom and some McCain flunkie shows up and makes you get a haircut and throw away your Young Jeezy cds and tells you that you're getting married, or not, sometime after Nov 4 and then a week or so later you're standing in front of thousands of people in St. Paul wetting your pants because McCain has threatened to snap your neck if say word one to anyone, ever, on or offstage.
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