Thursday, May 10, 2012
Single-Mom Sanctimony
This started as a response to Tim Phares's comment over on Facebook, but it's important enough to flesh out why Bristol Palin's blog post on Barack Obama and gay marriage incenses me so much. For people who've been reading this space off-and-on since at least 2008, none of this should seem new.
I noted that Bristol said, "In general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home.." To which, I sarcastically responded, "Like, less chance of a teen pregnancy, right?"
Tim (mentioned above) said, "Go, Bristol." To which I said, "Bristol Palin can 'go' alright -- go STFU. Here's a girl who became a "celebrity" because she was the pregnant daughter of a vice-presidential candidate. She then got "rewarded" with a contract to be an abstinence spokesman, a People magazine cover, a spot on Dancing With the Stars and a book contract and, of course, her own "reality" show! "Life's A Trip" (oooh, see what she did there?)!
It should be noted that NONE of these benefits would have come her way had she either 1) not gotten pregnant or 2) gotten married and THEN gotten pregnant. She's the actual incarnation of "Murphy Brown" that conservatives of a previous generation condemned: A young lady who, because she was in the right place at the right time, far from "paying" for her mistakes -- like other teen girls of lesser circumstances -- has actually profited from it.
Indeed, she managed to perfectly game our modern corrupt culture -- but SHE now presumes make a case for a "mother/father home" and uses it as an attack line to go after Obama's lack of leadership? GMAFB!! There are any number of people -- from activists on the gay left to activists on the social right -- who can and should call him out on how he's handled the gay marriage issue.
Sorry, but Bristol ain't one.
This is 10th-level bullshit and no one should fall for it.
Labels: Barack Obama, Bristol Palin, gay marriage, hypocrisy watch, teen pregnancy
Saturday, May 02, 2009
Judge Not Lest Ye Be Judged
As the initial skirmishes begin over Barack Obama's pick to replace David Souter, the conservative Committee For Justice released it's own "marker" position on the type of judges that should be considered.
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Note these two passages (emphasis added) :
To Republican senators:
Take your time in examining the President’s Supreme Court nominee. Republicans on the Judiciary Committee should not be afraid to ask the kinds of tough questions that Democrats asked of nominees such as Robert Bork, Clarence Thomas, and Samuel Alito. In particular, the next Supreme Court nominee must be asked whether they share the President’s decidedly activist view that judges should consider, not just the law and facts, but also empathy for certain classes of people, including African-Americans, the poor, gays, and the disabled. You owe it to the American people and to senators not on the Committee to ensure that support or opposition to the nominee is based on thorough scrutiny of their record and judicial philosophy.[CUT]To red and purple state Democrats:
Remember the values of the regular folks who sent you to Washington. Don’t vote for a Supreme Court nominee whose values are closer to those of the intellectual elite than to those of your constituents. Let President Obama know now that you will not appreciate being put in that position. While it’s too early to know how much money will be spent on advertising to defeat an activist nominee, it is virtually certain that the money will be directed at red and purple state Democrats.
So, on the one hand, Republicans must make sure that a nominee doesn't share the "activist" viewpoint of declaring "empathy" with "certain classes of people" -- but red and purple-state Democratic senators must guarantee that they share (empathze with) the "values" of their constituents!
So, what is it about -- the "rule of law" as COJ asserts? Or inquiring about judges empathy is OK -- depending on whom they are empathizing with?
Labels: hypocrisy watch, judicial nominations
Monday, December 08, 2008
The War On Christmas' Latest Leader...
...is the man who discovered the war a few years ago: Bill O'Reilly presents The Great American Holiday Quiz!! We can't even have a Christmas quiz? What is this country coming to? How could this great piece of humanity betray us this way?
Who will stand up for the true spirit of Christmas now?
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Who will stand up for the true spirit of Christmas now?
Labels: Bill O'Reilly, hypocrisy watch, satire
