We are electing her mother not some dump teenager who is to young to understand what is is doing.
Been talking to people about the Bristol Palin story. How will McCain's newly-enthusiastic evangelical supporters react to is? My feeling is that they are simply not going to be judgmental. The whole tone of contemporary evangelicism seems to involve a lot of non-judgmentalism, at least in matters like this. My guess is that the only people who will partake in fire-and-brimstone rhetoric will be the left-wing blogosphere.
As far as evangelicals are concerned, I spoke this morning to Marlys Popma, who is the well-known Iowa evangelical leader who is now the head of evangelical outreach for the McCain campaign. Turns out Popma herself had a child out of wedlock nearly 30 years ago — it's something she's talked about publicly in the past — and it changed her life. "It was my crisis pregnancy that brought me into the movement," Popma told me. "My reaction is that this shows that the governor's family is just like so many families. That's how my first child came into the world, and I'm just thrilled that [Bristol Palin] is choosing to give this child life."
I asked Popma what she thought the larger reaction among evangelicals will be. "Their reaction is going to be exactly as mine," she told me. "There hasn't been one evangelical family that hasn't gone through some sort of situation. Many of us are in this movement because of something that has happened in our lives."
By the way, I talked to someone in the Obama campaign today, and there is no way in the world they are going to comment on this.
Well that’s all that needs to be said on this matter.
Perfect statement from Dr. Dobson.
James Dobson has expressed the appropriate words regarding Miss Palin.
Obama thinks having a baby is a punishment.
Bump To The Top!
**”The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a ‘hypocrite,’ but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans.” **
Dobson bump.
Some look at an unexpected pregnanacy as a blessing in disguise.
Some look at it as a punishment.
How you ultimately look at something like this says a lot about your character.
I know how I would feel, and I know I’d rather have a leader who shares my feelings.
That child is a blessing!
That says it all.
"The media are already trying to spin this as evidence Gov. Palin is a 'hypocrite,' but all it really means is that she and her family are human. They are in my prayers and those of millions of Americans."
Perfectly stated!
Nicely put. Thanks for posting this.
Perfect. Well said, Dr. Dobson.
I have far less problem with Palin’s daughter, who exercised poor judgment with her boyfriend, than I do with Dobson himself.
It is one thing to forgive (we are all sinners). But what does it say when the leader of a prominent pro-family organization has no comment about the lack of traditional family structure in our society? Teen drug use, drug abuse and pregnancy are symptoms of the destruction of the family. It isn’t consistent to promote traditional Biblical family structure and at the same time give a pass to a Republican VP nominee who has apparently chosen to have a career. And I say this as someone who is a fan of many things that Mrs. Palin claims to stand for.
Dobson has once again allowed political pragmatism to undermine his legitimacy as a Christian leader. He is a hypocrite.