Clearly, some individual discussions have devolved into absurdness. The fact that some Evangelicals and other social conservatives will decide not to vote for McCain in November, is not absurd. Its reality. That was the point I was offering from the very beginning. McCain knew about this and still went ahead with his choice of Sarah Palin. Then Palin said, she was okay with it. IMO, that is poor judgment all the way around --- yesterday, today and tomorrow.
That may not bother some folks. It sure makes me uneasy.
What should Palin have said to her daughter when she came to her and told her she was pregnant? Where is the bad judgement in Palin's public statement today?
Palin is pro-life. Standing by her daughter and accepting the "situation" shows extremely good judgement.
Poor judgement would have been to kick the girl out of the home and/or demand that she have an abortion.
Instead, she faced it head-on, with her husband, her daughter and the rest of her family.
I think your perception of how judgemental the conservative voter will be is deeply flawed. I think they will see a family facing a crisis-of-sorts that many of them have also seen; and that they are facing it united, with love and compassion.
We should all be so lucky to have a family like the Palin family.
I think they will be a great second family; and I, as an imperfect Christian, have no problem voting for her.
McCain knew about this and still went ahead with his choice of Sarah Palin. Then Palin said, she was okay with it. IMO, that is poor judgment all the way around
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exactly.
It is not about sex marriage parenting church, its about not telling the American people, hiding it from them. Knowing people would be motivated and writing checks. Very bad judgement.