Tuesday, September 2, 2008
Palin Fever
There seems to be a lot of excitement and fever surrounding Sarah Palin. Well that is understandable, but there are a few things that are interesting. First off, it sounds like McCain made this decision without polls or focus groups. That is a very brave move. Second off, it seems like he made the selection without first doing research on her. Now, it comes out that her daughter, 17 years old is pregnant, Palin was a member of the Independent party that wanted to break off from the US, and also supported the "bridge to nowhere". All of this came out during the RNC convention, and only on the first day. Is there more to come, or is this it? Only time will tell..
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Do you suppose they (McCain's vetting committee) missed the teen pregnancy thing? Or did they think it was not a deal-breaker?
I don't think they missed it, though who really knows, but I also don't think its a deal breaker. I mean, what's there to talk about since she's having the baby and marrying the guy. It's the kind of news that can stay alive on TMZ, but not really in the mainstream political press.
Democrats can use it to talk about the insanity of thinking that telling teenagers not to have sex actually works, that teaching abstinence instead of teaching birth control is a great way to increase teen pregnancy, but this is not a headline-making argument. I think the issue will be old news before we know it.
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