Posted on 09/04/2008 6:07:34 AM PDT by Invisigoth
Since when did anyone make a campaign issue out of “vetting”? Since the mainstream media needed a sneaky excuse to attack Gov. Sarah Palin’s family without being obvious in doing so, that’s when.
The coverage of John McCain’s running mate over the past several days has been some of the most disingenuous, disgusting behavior I have ever seen from the mainstream media. They are engaging in character assassination without having the courage to at least do so honestly.
When the news broke on Monday that Palin’s 17-year-old, unmarried daughter is pregnant, the left-wing chatterbox sites went bananas with glee and smug satisfaction. They think evangelical Christians consider themselves to be morally superior, and they especially hate the notion among Christians and many other conservatives that abstinence from sex is the best thing you can teach kids about sex.
So when Bristol Palin’s pregnancy became public, the folks on DailyKos, DemocraticUnderground and Reddit.com could hardly contain their exuberance. One of those uppity Christians was proven a hypocrite! Abstinence-only education doesn’t work! Moral superiority – fail!
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