“There are far, far, far more serous issues facing the nation than this teenage girl’s mistake.”
You are dead wrong. Teen pregnancy is a huge social problem. HUGE. Getting pregnant is NO simple ‘Mistake”. It takes some effort.
Teen pregnancy in itself is not a social problem. Teen pregnancy among teenagers who have no family to support them because Daddy left a long time ago and the state has been unsuccessfully trying to fill his role is a problem. Pregnancy at any age is a problem among women and girls who see it as just another way to collect welfare.
A teenager with a steady boyfriend who gets carried away and finds herself pregnant, is loved and supported by her family and her baby’s father, is going to have the baby and marry the father...I fail to see the problem. Maybe she did things outside of the ideal sequence, but this is hardly a new or shocking thing.
Incidentally, I once read an analysis of birth and marriage registrations in colonial America - Massachusetts, I think it was, during the time of the Pilgrims - that revealed that a large number and perhaps even the majority of women were already pregnant when they married.
We're all glad you recognize the problem. When it's your daughter you will have to do something: (1) turn her over to the Taliban for stoning or (2) support her and go on with life.
You are dead wrong. Teen pregnancy is a huge social problem. HUGE. Getting pregnant is NO simple ‘Mistake”. It takes some effort.
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No ma’am I’m not dead wrong. And I respectfully disagree with you as is my right.
Free speech is one of those issues we stand to have crimped with the Fairness Doctrine. It’s a very serious challenge at that. With both houses controlled by the Democrats and Obama in the White House, the Fairness Doctrine will be reinstituted. It’ll happen. And the FCC already stated that the internet was not off limits.
Then there is the spectacle of Universal Health Care. Pure unadulterated socialism. And don’t think Hillary will sit back on her hands in the Senate and NOT be promoting this. It’ll happen. Look also for Universal Pre School etc to be promoted.
War on Terror. As the mother of a son serving in the military, I cringe envisioning another Black Hawk Down. Don’t tell me I’m over reacting. It happened before and it or something like it will happen again under this empty suit.
9/11. Bill Clinton had many chances to get Bin Laden, remember? God forbid an another actual 9/11. But its a real possibility once the enemy sees the pushover they are dealing with. No wait, Tom Kain said that Barak gave Putin a look and that it kept Putin from invading Georgia. Whew, scratch that last worry. We won’t see another 9/11 with Obama.
Gasoline. Forget drilling, offshore or in ANWAR. Better get used to living without. Do you know how many things oil effects from the cost of groceries to makeup? Get used to living without and being told to do without more all the while Obama and his Hollywood buddies party it up.
Guns. I forsee concealed carry laws being challenged by the FED along with an active attempt by an energized liberal establishment to do away with the 2nd amendment.
Taxes. Up, up and far out of sight. It’s to pay off that 3 Trillion in new spending.
Partial Birth Abortion. Celebrated and treated as the norm.
Gay Marriage. Free benefits all the way around in all fifty states, complete with new hate laws for those of us who chose to dissapprove. Result: The family takes a nose dive.
Illegal Immigration. None, because the people here illegally will be given amnesty and will become the newest voting block for the Socialists in Congress.
Sheesh, I re-read what I wrote and I sound alamrist. Yeah, I’m alarmist. I feel alarmist. Barak Obama frightenes the hell out of me. How much of the BS above we can fight to get back or stop, I don’t know. And don’t forget, he’ll get at least 2 appointments on the Supreme Court which can effectively stop us cold.
Another frightening spectacle is that the democrat party has created a sub-culture of people who walk around with their hands out expecting the Federal Govt to ‘fill ‘er up’. They’ll love the hand outs and automaically expect more. I know, I’m related to some of them.
So while teen pregnancy is an issue with genuine social and religious consequences, it isn’t the biggest issue facing the United States at this moment. I agree with you and think the Palin girl blew it big time and very possibly hurt her parents breaking their hearts. But no way will I stand idly by and see Barak Obama CROWNED next January.
Is that what you want because you have issues with a girl’s mistake? It’s a fair question and I’m not attempting to flay you open and be sarcastic. We have got to stay united behind John McCain. It’s vital to our Country. Stay united and fight for your beliefs with him in office, not with a socialist like Obama.
I’m no McCain fan; I don’t trust him on illegal immigration. But the alternative is too frightening to contemplate. I hope I’ve persuaded you somewhat. Please vote for McCain this November. There, I did it and actually asked someone to vote for the man. Never thought I’d end up doing that. What I’ve learned is never say, never.