Yes folks, the news media and the liberal left has taken a big step backward. Directly back to the 1950's.  The coverage of the current Presidential race over the last few days has been horrifyingly hilarious.

Apparently there is nothing else going on in the world except for a single teen pregnancy and one child with Down Syndrome.  Who knew!!! 

Even more hilarious, who knew that these progressive people, when actually faced with the results of their concerted efforts over the last 40 years to elevate the status of women, would immediately revert back to treating women the way their grandfathers did.  It's the funniest thing I've ever seen.   

If you stopped to ask the press... "Why aren't you asking Sarah Palin what she thinks about the situation in Russia and what Putin is doing over there?"  I'm sure you'd get a big...

*Bou Blink*

Then they'd say... "Russia?  Putin?  Oh is Putin pregnant?  Or do you think he's the father of one of these babies?"

There is far more to running this country than skin color, gender, or even whether or not a single family handles a teen pregnancy the way you think they should.  I am exhausted by this rumor mill and all the sudden "experts" in child care who don't know any actual facts about the situation, but feel called upon to give their absolute statement on how everything should be handled.

There is an entire country to run.  Could someone please talk to the candidates about something like... oh - the economy or even al Qaeda.  You know, those minor little things that are rather boring, but will have more of an impact on my life than whether Bristol Palin gets married and has a baby or how the Palin family plans to raise Trig properly. 

I'm just sayin'...

Posted by: Teresa in Current Affairs at 10:24 AM | Comments (6) | Add Comment
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1 It occurs to me that the Palin's  way of doing things - supporting their daughter, providing a warm and loving environment, welcoming their new son-in-law into the family - is a huge threat to the socialist concept of "it takes a village".

It doesn't take a village - all it takes is a family.

Posted by: Suzette at September 03, 2008 12:22 PM (ir7pg)

2 I just prefer to hear about something OTHER than what is going on in the private lives of the Palins.  Really.  Heh.

Posted by: Teresa at September 03, 2008 01:29 PM (mMa3+)

3 Are you watching her?  She is kicking A$$.  (Thank God for laptops...)  For once I want to be at the Convention and feel the energy. 

Posted by: Bou at September 03, 2008 10:08 PM (PyX9Z)

4 Amen!

Posted by: oddybobo at September 04, 2008 09:53 AM (mZfwW)

5

I've read lots of (well a few) pages talking about the media treatment of the Palin family. Your paragraphs are the most succinct comments I have read.

Wish I had a blog. I'd link to you.

Posted by: MGA at September 04, 2008 02:17 PM (YcUKP)

6 Why thank you MGA - that's very nice

I have to say that before her speech, it was all really getting to me (and it's not even my family).  Now however, I can see that her family is incredibly strong and she is an amazing woman.  Even better than I thought she'd be. 

But the reversion of the feminists is still hilarious.  LOL.

Posted by: Teresa at September 04, 2008 04:11 PM (mMa3+)

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