In the days of shotgun weddings, there were far fewer divorces and single parent families in the world. In the days of shotgun families, children grew up feeling secure in a families which included two parents.
The unreasoning hatred towards Palin is simply indicative of the bigotry and meanness of the left. They hate her because she espouses traditional values, which they take to mean implies she considers herself and her family perfect. Anyone who has any contact with people of conservative religious (and political) ilk realizes the one thing we ALL recognize and accept is that nobody is perfect. We all have family members who are addicts, criminals, or otherwise embarassing, and we recognize the fact that all families have these members. The only snobbery is that on the part of the left, who DARES to criticize people based on the various and assorted difficulties they have as families.
Where's the outrage over the Kennedys? Two in that family have killed women, at least one was a terrible drug addict, the patriarch was a well known social climber who didn't stoop at bribery and cavorting with the mob in order to further his ambitions for his family.
How about the Clinton's? Does anyone ever hear anything about Bill's idiot brother? Jimmy Carter...remember Billy Beer?
THe fact is, only the left feels free to sneer and look down on people for being less than perfect. The rest of us realize we all have relatives we'd prefer to keep in the background...but because we're human, that doesn't always happen. The difference between conservatives and liberals is liberals will lie about and desert their families in order to save their own skins and the public image that is so much more important to them than actually trying to walk the straight and narrow.
We're all human. Sarah Palin's family just looks like a normal family to me. If my teen aged daughter were to get pregnant I'd certainly be considering marriage for her, if it was at all possible. If not, it's a tough choice. Do you put the baby up for adoption, do you keep it? I'd want her to keep it, and provide all the support I could, including raising it essentially myself. There are worse things that can happen in a family. You do what you can to teach them, but kids are kids and you deal with what happens. We teach morality and responsibility, but kids (and adults) make mistakes. And we strive to be forgiving, supportive, and at the same time set a good example.
Sarah had a baby with special needs who is just a little older than her grandchild. Where the hell is the harm in feeling joyful over another baby in the family, and what is wrong with a teenaged girl who makes a mistake having to grow up fast and start moving through life as a mother? Sure it would be more fun and has closed many doors by having this child. But is that necessarily such a horrible thing? Sure they toyed with the idea of marriage but for whatever reasons it's not going to happen, so they'll just have to deal with that too. I don't see how that makes Palin either laughable, a hypocrite, or any other negative thing. Family is family. We can't all have the secular, narrow minded perfection that liberals consider they have exclusive rights to.
After all, you guys just kill off the babies you don't want, and encourage your children to be gay, promiscuous, or whatever. I guess that makes you much better than us.
