Our Voice Now

I’ve held off on blogging over the last few days regarding Bristol Palin because, while I do think that this discussion has a place in politics right now, I don’t feel that it should have been at the expense of a 17 year old girl who did not choose to get thrown in the spotlight. However, that said, it seems pretty obvious Trig is Bristol’s child, no matter how far along her parents claim she is right now. It’s easy to lie about numbers and apologize after the fact. There are quite a few stories not matching what Sarah Palin is claiming - such as she went into labor in Texas, gave a speech, flew back to Alaska with a layover in Seattle then drove out to her family doctor before giving birth - nearly 20 hours after going into labor and the flight crew remembers her as being pleasant and not looking at all pregnant. It was only four months ago so it’s pretty safe to say they’d remember. Aside from the fact that it is fact Bristol was out of school for the last five months of school and no sister holds a baby brother the way she was holding Trig at the convention.

But I am not here to do a write up on the trials of being 17. I’m here to ask a few questions. IF it does, in fact, come out that Trig is Bristol’s child fine, that is a family issue. What is not a family issue is if it is true that Trig is Bristol’s son, we will then be stuck with yet another four years of lies and do as I say, not as I do leadership.

The other issue I have is that obviously Sarah Palin knew her daughter was pregnant before she agreed to be the VP nominee. Now, logically, one would think that if Palin is as in touch and informed as she claims she would have known that everything about her family would be dragged into the spotlight whether they wanted it or not. What mother (or father) willing chooses their own agenda and career over protecting their children? I guess more specifically, what GOOD parent? For those that haven’t done a bit of research, a few bloggers did manage to get onto the boyfriend’s myspace page before it disappeared and what a winner. He claims he’s a “f****** redneck”, drinks, has a lovely photo of him giving the camera the finger while holding onto a girl and is exactly the type of young man that you just know will sacrifice himself for his family. There is also a myspace page for Track, their eldest son, (or at least there was last night still) with pictures of him drinkng - at 17, cursing his heart out and so on.

Kids will be kids, yes. Parents are not always in control of what their kids do but if you are going to be running a nation on certain values then you darn well better make sure your own family is in order first.

One can only figure that in Wasilla, Alaska they don’t have the internet, cable or electricity as to why all this coverage has come as such a surprise to them. Which again would point out - if Palin is that out of touch with the lower 48 how can she be expected to be VP or President?

And now the GOP is trying to say that family matters are private and have no place in the elections. Really? I seem to recall 2000, Gore vs. Bush when Gore’s son was pulled over for speeding on Interstate 95 (something we all do might I add) and the Bush campaign used that over and over suggesting that if they can’t keep their own family in check how are they capable of running the country. Huh. Funny how it’s okay if it’s the Republicans using it against Dems but the Dems darn well better not give them a taste of their own medicine.

The GOP has so much hypocracy in the world of politics that it’s sad, pathetic and sickening. More disgraceful is the number of voters who buy into it.

Does anyone really believe the GOP wants women in power? If they did, why didn’t they pick Condi as VP? Why not a few other Republican govenors with far more experience who actually run states with a population more than about a million. States that have real problems with crime and education and poverty and jobs being shipped overseas?

Women, the GOP does not care about us - Palin is their token choice because they believe women are stupid enough to vote based on gender. And Palin is not the woman we need nor want. She will set women back to before Victorian times. She will send us back to alleys and be seen but not heard. She obviously doesn’t care about her family so why would she care about millions of strangers?

Seems to me that for a party that claims to be the moral majority, the moral thing for Palin to do would be put her own career and agendas aside to be there for her daughter when her daughter needs her most.

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