It’s really a mixed bad within the conservative base.
I think most will vote for McCain even if they don’t like his pick ... but many are NOT happy with the pick, the role reversal (Mr. Mom) and pregnant daughter situation. They just don’t want to voice it because they feel bad for Sarah. Role reversal (Mr. Mom) and the unwed pregnancy is NOT a conservative posture nor does it play well with conservative Christians ... .
Well, I have not heard one person complain about it that I have talked to.
Face it, even in my grandmothers day she’s 80+, you knocked a gal up you married her. She’s pregnant, she’s marrying the father... not something that ideally should have happened, but that’s the way it was... well that or disappear and put the baby up for adoption once it was born.
The disgusting behavior of the MSM and the Leftist Bloggers regarding this issue is going to turn off a lot of folks.
As a card carrying Christian conservative, this in fact does play well. As the father of 4 children, one adult child who caused a teenage pregnancy, and two adults who have pledged abstinence during there teen years( and who by the way know were to get BC pills and condoms), I see this as a positive. Before knowing about her pregnant daughter and only knowing her outstanding life track record, this pregnancy made her family real to me and that her faith is operating with real family problems and issues that the rest of us Christians deal with.
We have far too many "everything is good" type Christians who have abandoned Job.
You hit the nail on the head. No, this does not play well with pro marriage & family voters. You can see from FR threads the division, denial, spin, and double standard it has caused.
Well, maybe not in your knitting circle, but most Americans don't judge this stuff very harshly, since almost every family has had these situations come up at some point.
“Role reversal (Mr. Mom) and the unwed pregnancy is NOT a conservative posture nor does it play well with conservative Christians ... .”
I’m a evangelical homeschool mom who believes in staying home and raising my children. I am on a homeschool list with many others who feel the same way. I am excited about Palin and have only heard my fellow homeschoolers praise the pick.
I’m finally excited about this election and I am excited that Governor Palin is on the ticket!