Miscellaneous

Where I Come From, We'd Call Her Trailer Trash

But apparently if you're on the VP ticket, you're a hero.

I know I should probably let this go, but this Sarah Palin V.P. pick is so much goddamn fun, I've become preoccupied with it. So, in case you were actually doing something enjoyable with your life over the holiday, here's the latest on Sarah Palin:

1) It was revealed that she hired a lawyer to represent her for the Troopergate scandal, where she's been accused of putting pressure on someone in her administration to fire her ex-brother-in-law, who was embroiled in an ugly custody dispute with her sister.

2) For two years in the 90s, she belonged to the Alaska Independent Party, which -- at times -- has pushed for Alaska to secede from the Union. John McCain's campaign theme is "Country First."

3) Sarah Palin's husband was arrested in 1984 for DWI.

4) Although she touted being against the Bridge to Nowhere in her stump speech, she was in fact for it during her campaign for governor.

5) There's ample evidence that her husband impregnated her before they were married.

6) It's become clear that John McCain wanted Joe Lieberman as his VP choice, but the conservative right wouldn't allow it. So, in order to keep his pick a secret, he did very little vetting of Sarah Palin, which has resulted in all this embarrassment.

7) She was the director of indicted Senator Ted Steven's 527. McCain's running on a message of reform.

8) Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter is five months pregnant.

Now, like any good communist liberal, I've been thoroughly enjoying the last few days, especially the fact that the choice of Sarah Palin has clearly overshadowed the Republican Convention (does anyone realize it's even going on this week?). But what's chapping my hide is how well the conservatives are taking it. I keep checking conservative sites -- Fox News, Newsbusters, etc. -- thinking that the bloggers and commenters would be throwing their hands up in the air. But they keep throwing the same phrase around:

"Sarah Palin is a real American with real problems. She's salt of the Earth."

What? Are you fucking kidding me? If Barack Obama had a teenager daughter who was pregnant, I can only imagine the racist shit the conservatives would be chucking at him.

And by the way, when did we start congratulating teenagers for getting knocked up?! This is absolutely crazy. And the conservative pundits are all, like: "I think it's absolutely fantastic that she's having this child." Hey! She's fucking boys without the blessing of God. Nothing? That's fine, just so long as she has the baby and marries the boy?

And another thing: Someone called out my feminist credentials last week because I took issue with Palin returning to work three days after giving birth to a special needs child. Come on: Bad parenting is not feminist. Balancing your career and your children is feminist. Putting your career ahead of your children is shitty. Take a week off. Three weeks off. Use your government mandated 12 weeks of leave. If you've got the money, and the opportunity, take it. Having children means sacrifices. For both the mother and the father, which I say proudly as a part-time stay-at-home father.

Full post as published by Quiz Law on September 02, 2008 (boomark / email).