A Good Year for the Outlaw

Sarah Palin’s family is “off limits”. So says Mr. Obama, and the GOP approves. So do I, as far as talking specifically about Ms. Palin’s daughter.

That being said, I will NOT keep the discussion “off limits” as it pertains to the hypocrisy of the religious right neo-cons who are so “energized” with the selection of Ms. Palin to be Mr. McCain’s running mate.

Here are my thoughts on this situation:

1. If the roles were reversed, the right wing would be screaming bloody murder about Mr. Obama’s parenting skills, about his daughter, and about Dems in general being so immoral. It would happen. No doubt, it would happen. To argue that it wouldn’t is simply idiotic and ignorant.

2. The media SHOULD continue to investigate what appears to be a suspect-at-worst timeline about Ms. Palin’s own fifth pregnancy, and whether or not she’s covering for her daughter. Why does it matter? Well, why does it matter that Bill Clinton got a hummer in the White House? The GOP’ers will all agree that it DOESN’T matter what actually happened, it’s the fact that Clinton LIED about it later. I say same thing. If it’s proven that she lied about having a baby, then she should get the same treatment from the right that they gave Clinton, right?

3. The obvious one: Abstinence education. The religious right doesn’t believe in a lot of things…premarital sex, contraception, and abortion to name a few. So where is the CRITICISM for the premarital sex (between minors, no less), all the while praising the decision “not to abort”? And what about this “abstinence education”? What happened there?

4. “Choice”. It was interesting that Ms. Palin used the word “choice” in describing how proud she was of her daughter. I am to understand that “choice” is only allowed as long as you “choose” to not abort?

This situation needs to be talked about it on so many levels, and all of those levels can still respect the privacy of the daughter. You may notice that I’ve never mentioned the young lady’s name once, and don’t intend to.

I just want the hypocrisy of the religious right acknowledged. Keep your beliefs, keep your opinions on it, that’s fine. Keep your praise on the family for keeping the child, that is cool, too. Like I said over at Billy’s place, I hope she is a wonderful parent and has a wonderful marriage, and there is no reason to believe otherwise. All I’m asking for from those who tell me I can’t talk about it is an admission of hypocrisy. That’s all. Say “you bet I’m a hypocrite but I’m still going to support Ms. Palin and her family.” Fine. Just admit it.

EDIT: Going back to a comment PostSim just made in a post below…again, vote for who you want to, you’re going to anyway. Just be an adult and admit the hypocrisy.

(That would be a great bumper sticker come to think of it: “McCain/Palin ‘08…Just Admit The Hypocrisy”)