Pregnant Minors and Cynical, Calculating Blondes

Washington Post - Sally Quinn ^ | 9/2/08 | MarkT

[MarkT]

Ms. Quinn, you wrote (in relevant part): "My first reaction was shock. Then anger. John McCain chose a running mate simply because she is a woman and one who appealed to the Republican's conservative evangelical base. Now, with news that Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, McCain's pick may not even find support among "family values" voters.

It has happened before, of course. Geraldine Ferraro was chosen as the Democratic vice presidential nominee in 1984 because she was a woman, but that was 24 years ago. I thought we were past this. Apparently not. McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is a cynical and calculated move. It is a choice made to try to win an election. It is a political gimmick. And it's very high risk. I find it insulting to women, to the Republican party, and to the country."

[Christopher Lincoln]

Good point. That's exactly what liberals think.

[T Lady]

'Now that you remind me, I believe that the arena 'of a cynical and calculated move' is one with which you have personal experience. I seem to remember that some 40 years ago there was a young, good looking, ambitious blond named Sally. She had a Boss named Ben. Sally entered a romantic relationship with Boss Ben that resulted in a number of events: Boss Ben's divorce, Sally's promotions, Ben's and Sally's marriage to one another, Sally's inclusion to Washington's A-list, pictures (a/k/a publicity) appearing every other week in pseudo-glamour rags such as W, Vanity Fair, etc.

In closing, Ms. Quinn, please exercise more professionalism if you are still a journalist and more Christianity if you are merely a pundit. My parents advised me some 60 years ago of the danger of people who threw rocks and lived in glass houses. Good day and God bless you.'

SMACKDOWN!!

..Five will get you ten if this had been the Obama campaign's strategy, Quinn and her acolytes would all be popping champaign corks right about now.

[H.Akston]

I’m not (I wasn’t) up on that relationship at all. Thanks for the education. Most interesting. I knew Mr. Bradlee was dirt, but not so much his insignificant udder.