The McCain/Palin Hypocrisy
McCain-ites and Republicans are infuriated that the media "went after" Sarah Palin's family after the news came out that Palin's teenage daughter Bristol was pregnant and unwed. Aside from the Daily Kos and CBC, however, I have seen no media outlet bashing Bristol Palin. They have simply been reporting on the story, which Sarah Palin herself announced to the media. On the other hand, Sarah Palin is more than happy to parade her Iraq-bound son Track in front of the media as an example of her dedication to the military. She's more than happy to discuss her newborn special-needs child as a reason that the American people should believe in her. She's showing classic "have it both ways" political rhetoric.
But even more insulting and insidious is the conservative right's insistence that the dialogue should not focus on her family--that the public and the media should stay out of her private life. I agree that one should tread very carefully in approaching the subject of politician's families, and that private matters should be private. But I see a huge amount of hypocrisy in a woman who would so willingly inject her opinions into my friend's private lives--for instance, my gay friends who are in stable, committed long-term relationships and want the same rights as us heterosexuals do...and my good friend who made the choice to terminate an unexpected pregnancy. Sarah Palin and John McCain and all of their windbag cheerleaders have no problem inserting themselves into those private decisions, into those people's private lives. Conservative Republicans have no business fiercely guarding their privacy, especially if they don't think it's a right protected by our Constitution.
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