A Non-Item

Oh for crumps sakes....who the hell cares if Sarah Palin's unwed teenaged daughter is pregnant? Is this news? Is this even worth mentioning? What is this..."The Scarlet Letter"?


The truth is, John McCain was pretty crafty choosing a younger woman as his running mate. Give him that at least....(and craftiness is all I'm willing to give this old Hawk.)

It seems clear as anything that McCain is certainly not the candidate of most of the people who voted in George Bush. The Republicans for McCain aren't as far to the right as the zombie religious faction who voted the second time for a man who prays- regardless of killing young Americans in his trumped-up war. No, those folks are behind the war all the way, RAH! RAH!-- but McCain hasn't made religion his centerpiece, and that's a problem.

And old time Republican 'captains of industry' are not ones who would cotton to a WOMAN on the slate- who might very well assume office if the aging candidate makes it to the White House, and then kicks the bucket. No, I believe his base is a little more toward center. And what McCain is canny enough to see is that there's a lot of disgruntled Hillary supporters out there who would have voted for him out of spite, but with another vagina on the ticket, he hopes to lock up those votes as well. (Some damn fool feminists will vote for anything without a penis) -and the Pro-Life people might also be swayed by the fact that this active mom has five children- the last one, a Down Syndrome child she chose not to abort, and now she's in in full support of a pregnant teen as well....is it Christmas? How perfect is that for those folks?

This is going to be a close election. Sway some target factions, and the road to the White House is a little less bumpy, and by choosing Palin, McCain has made steps toward capturing the older, female white vote who wanted Hillary (and if my proposition is correct, any skirt) as well as the Pro-Life faction, and...(don't forget) all the white folks, and especially blue collar- who would rather see anyone in the White House other than a black man whose middle name is Hussein.

Is it enough? I certainly hope not, but this pregnancy story 'leak', in my opinion, is just another ploy to garner more pro-life robots who will vote 'fetus' any day of the week. Pretty damn clever, I'd say, but it's not news- it's gossip. And it's political gossip to boot, straight off the campaign trail. Don't be duped. Ignore it. It's a non-item.

And if you talk about it, keep these points in mind,
because it's politics, politics, politics.