Here’s a shocker for you: the mainstream media is raking Bristol Palin over the coals again. This time, though, it’s not because she had a child as an unmarried teenager, or even because her mother is one of the most formidable (and charming) enemies of the Left. It’s because she’s supporting abstinence for teens.
Really?
Apparently Bristol said in an interview a while back that teen abstinence is “unrealistic.” So, obviously, she’s going against her word – and revealing a shockingly depraved moral character – by encouraging it anyway.
Again: Really?
Curing cancer in the next few years is unrealistic. So let’s just not bother trying. Stopping crime is unrealistic. So why don’t we let all the murderers run free and keep killing people?
I’m pretty sure that when Bristol said “unrealistic,” she meant that it’s impossible to stop all teenagers everywhere from having sex before marriage. (From the conversations I hear around my college campus, I’m regrettably inclined to agree.) But if just a few abortions can be prevented, if just a few girls can be saved from growing up too soon, then we have done something right.
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There is much to be proud of in young Bristol Palin. Obviously, she and Levi both thought it was a good idea to become intimate at a time when neither one was ready for the consequences. Bristol had the baby, graduated from high school and is doing the best she can without the young father's support. She thought the one good thing about the notoriety that came her way from her mother's political popularity was that it would give her an opportunity to speak out to other young girls and encourage them to consider their life choices more carefully. Levi took the same opportunity and moved to LA, where he was used as a tool by Democrats looking to embarrass the Palin's. The only bare ass he ended up with was his own, posed on the cover of Playgirl. Which do you think is more commendable?
ReplyDeleteLet's be honest Ms. EP, boys are just nothing to place your hopes on in the teen years or early twenties. It takes a while for men to mature into something worth staking your life upon. No need to hurry.
In the final assessment, I would be proud as punch if my daughters grew up to be anything at all like Bristol Palin.
@nicholas "the one good thing about the notoriety that came her way from her mother's political popularity was that it would give her an opportunity to speak out to other young girls"
ReplyDeleteMy thoughts exactly. Despite her mistakes, she's a fantastic role model.
I'm sure you remember those girls in high school who found themselves pregnant...and how people would treat those girls horribly. I always admired them in a way, yes they made a wrong choice BUT they are living with that choice. How many other girls got pregnant and instead of doing the right thing ended up having an abortion?
ReplyDeleteAlso, this reminds me of an article I read a while ago and it said "Why I'm a conservative" and it said about Sarah Palin and supporting her daughter when they found out that she was pregnant and then it showed what President Obama said...about how he didn't want his girls "punished" with a baby. Yup, that pretty much explained *exactly* why I'm a conservative.