Monday, September 01, 2008
"Hockey Mom" let's one slip past the goalie
Haven't posted in awhile, but this political season has brought me back from the brink of chronic depression and writer's block.
I'm so enthused that I purchased an Obama yard sign. As uncharacteristic as a yard sign and yours truly may sound, it happened and it's going to be up for at least the next 60 days - longer if Obama wins. If he loses, it will be burned with the rest of my belongings as my fiancee and I move to Montreal to take refuge among the many fine cafes, oddly dressed french Canadians and robust selection of strip clubs.
The world is now learning that the 17 year old daughter of John McCain's affirmative action vice presidential pick Sara Palin, is pregnant. The daughter of the pro-life, evolution hating hockey mom is spiraling towards a shotgun wedding of her "choice." Right.
There is a chance that this, in some really bizarre way, plays out in McCain's favor. However I pray that it does not. I do not wish to see Bristol Palin's pregnancy become a political ploy - but it's too late for that. Her mother, Governor Palin, accepted all that comes with being the GOP's nominee's VP - including exposing herself as some one who cannot run her own household, let alone this country. Obama was quick to respond this story is off limits - but come on Barack!
Teen pregnancies result in evangelical and non-evangelical households alike, however there is a whiff of justice when a household that bans birth control of any kind, preaches abstinence and battles science from Darwin to stem cells has to cope with the biological realities of this life - not the next.
I'm so enthused that I purchased an Obama yard sign. As uncharacteristic as a yard sign and yours truly may sound, it happened and it's going to be up for at least the next 60 days - longer if Obama wins. If he loses, it will be burned with the rest of my belongings as my fiancee and I move to Montreal to take refuge among the many fine cafes, oddly dressed french Canadians and robust selection of strip clubs.
The world is now learning that the 17 year old daughter of John McCain's affirmative action vice presidential pick Sara Palin, is pregnant. The daughter of the pro-life, evolution hating hockey mom is spiraling towards a shotgun wedding of her "choice." Right.
There is a chance that this, in some really bizarre way, plays out in McCain's favor. However I pray that it does not. I do not wish to see Bristol Palin's pregnancy become a political ploy - but it's too late for that. Her mother, Governor Palin, accepted all that comes with being the GOP's nominee's VP - including exposing herself as some one who cannot run her own household, let alone this country. Obama was quick to respond this story is off limits - but come on Barack!
Teen pregnancies result in evangelical and non-evangelical households alike, however there is a whiff of justice when a household that bans birth control of any kind, preaches abstinence and battles science from Darwin to stem cells has to cope with the biological realities of this life - not the next.
