Congress's First 'Unwed Mother'

ABC ^ | 11/21/08 | Jake Tapper

[freespirited]

Over at National Review's "The Corner," K-Lo calls it a "cultural indicator:" Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., will likely become Congress's first unwed mother, or single mom, if you prefer.

As reported by the Washington Post's Reliable Source, Sanchez -- with help from her "unofficial fiancé" Jim Sullivan -- is "poised to become only the eighth congresswoman in history to have a baby while in office -- and the first to do so while single....The two are 'unofficially engaged,' she says, and looking to buy a house. They will plan a wedding later -- but at her age, she says, planning a baby couldn't wait."

The Los Angeles Times was the first to announce the news to the world. "Twenty years ago, it simply wouldn't have been possible -- pregnant, single and a member of Congress?" wrote Patt Morrison. "Oh, the scandal! But Hester Prynne has morphed into Juno MacGuff, the culture wars have been fought to a truce of exhaustion, and 'unwed mother' has been recast as 'single mom.'"

Says Sanchez: "I'm hopeful there won't be this sort of ugliness about something that for me is really a blessed event."

But Morrison asks, "how might Sanchez's pregnancy play out in her district, which is 61 percent Latino? The national Latina teenage pregnancy rate is twice the country's average. Could a teenager point to her and say, 'If she can do it, why can't I?'

"The differences, Sanchez thinks, are substantial, and that's a big teachable moment. She's not a 'surprised pregnant teenager,' 15 or 16, poor, jobless, a dropout. 'I'm established in my life. I have a career. I'm financially stable. I have a loving, committed partner. This is something that was planned, not something that was accidental.' Sanchez is 39 and divorced, and early this year, her doctor told her that 'if your intention is to become a mother, I wouldn't put it off.' So she and Sullivan didn't. They haven't yet set a wedding date. As he told me, 'We have the rest of our lives to get engaged and married -- we don't have the rest of our lives' for Sanchez to become pregnant."

[TheZMan]

Mine was an overlay of “OMG” and “AAAAHHHHHHH”.

[massgopguy]

“That’s not a planet. That’s a Space Station.”

[originalbuckeye]

I think that’s her sister. They are both Representatives.

[Tax-chick]

Re: The two are ‘unofficially engaged,’

So this means they are dating having sex.

[GOYAKLA]

I will call it “shacking up”.

[kcvl]

Linda Sanchez, Jim Sullivan

[edcoil]

This is the sister.

[Tax-chick]

Or maybe not. After seeing that picture, turkey basters come to mind ...

[GOYAKLA]

YETI?

[Deb]

It means she can’t close the deal.

[Right Cal Gal]

Didn’t illegal aliens asssit in voting Bob Dornan and that enabled this toad to capture his seat? Have they redrawn her district since then or is she still representing Orange County? Because I can’t figure out how one of the last conservative bastions in California keeps sending her to Congress!

[odin2008]

Good God! What a pig. She must thank the Lord everyday for alcohol, because you would have to be near death drunk to hit that.

[Deb]

He’s no Jude Law.

[originalbuckeye]

Oops. I was thinking about Loretta Sanchez. Interesting history of those sisters. Loretta WAS Loretta Brixey. She ran against Bob Dornan in the R primary and lost. So she switched sides and used her maiden name and won the seat as Loretta Sanchez. Linda Sanchez ran after Loretta won her seat. The sisters’ brother lost his life recently in a boating accident. He and his girlfriend were on their way to Catalina island in a power boat and were below deck in the cabin. They must have had the boat on autopilot. It was around midnight and the boat slammed into a barge being towed. The towboat was about 1,000 feet ahead of the barge. The towboat operator had no idea the barge had hit the boat. They found the bodies of the Sanchez man and his girlfriend still inside the cabin on the ocean floor. This is a really ‘interesting’ family to say the least. There is no shame in unwed pregnancy in California among those in charge. Read that Democrats in charge.

[Lizavetta]

Well, she’s not an Unfed Mother, that’s for damn sure.

[BuffaloJack]

Single mother?
How about tramp.

[Towed_Jumper]

Oh my, from that pic...please tell me it was via artificial insemination. :(

[Deb]

That was her sister, Lorraine (who is also voted every year, by the Congressional staffers..."Dumbest Congressperson on the Hill").

[BookmanTheJanitor]

http://www.daylife.com/photo/0cujdjp1ikgYK

here’s the link from where I pulled the pic, the caption describes Linda Sanchez, who the original post was about. Her sister is Loretta.

[ken in texas]

Should I say it?? ..... Guilty.