Hartford Courant: A Family Values Exception For Pregnant Palin Daughter

[RamboLiberal]

.....Big difference from how folks are characterizing Palin's baby daddy, huh? Levi Johnston, a loser? Oh no, he's a hunky hockey player, eager to marry his sweetheart. As I watched the couple awkwardly hold hands at the convention this week, I wondered how soon before they were forced onto that stage was the young couple informed of their impending nuptials?

The hypocrisy is stunning, I told Bethany Casarjian, a teenage pregnancy expert who has written extensively on the topic.

I knew it was a dumb question, but I had to ask. How could people who refused to offer an ounce of sympathy — let alone funds or resources — for teens who found themselves in the same position justify their about-face? How could her mother, a champion of abstinence, say with a straight face: "We're proud of Bristol's decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents."

Casarjian's answer was simple. "Because she's one of theirs."

Theirs, of course, meaning white and middle-class — the pregnant girl prototype so brilliantly portrayed by Ellen Page in that hit film Juno. I liked that movie, too, but it wasn't lost on me that if her skin tone was different, the film probably wouldn't have been quite as popular. Who's going to plunk down 10 bucks to see a film about a young, pregnant black girl. Yawn, old news.

http://www.courant.com/news/politics/hc-ctubinas0907sep07-col,0,188813.column

Courageous and good for columnist Helen Ubiñas for pointing out the hypocrisy!

[BeyondGeography]

1. Our American bullshit is really on display in this campaign

[tbyg52]

2. >>"Because she's one of theirs."

Like I've been saying ad nauseum - one set of rules for them, another for us.

[yellerpup]

3. One of my neighbors has a bumper sticker that says:

My Boxer is Smarter than Your Honor Student. That's how I feel about Gov. Palin AND her daughter.

[intheflow]

4. A very good, liberal piece of writing.

Especially for the Courant.
:kick:

[Turner Ashby]

5. Why aren't they married?

That has been my question all along. She is allegedly in her 5th month. And no sign of a date of upcoming nuptials. So....if he is all fired up to marry, why the delay?