The reality is that it's incredibly hard to be a parent; to guide our teens toward the right decisions when they spend every waking moment with thoughts of rebellion.But this HuffPo comment summed up the hypocrisy of the GOP response to the news of Bristol Palin's pregnancy.
So if Bristol Palin (Gov. Palin's daughter) is 17 now and five months pregnant, she must have gotten pregnant at age 16. When this happened to Britney Spears' sister at the same age, the Repubs and their evangelical winged monkeys ripped the girl and her family to shreds 24/7 on every cable news show, pointing out that the whole sordid affair represented bad parenting at its worst and the lowest in "liberal" attitudes about family values.
But when Palin parades her own brood in front of the cameras to show that they are the literal poster family for wholesome Republican values (like abstinence), then Dems are lambasted for simply pointing the same finger back at them when the harsh glare of the spotlight reveals an ugly truth instead of something flawless.
If the situation were reversed and this had come out in the family of Biden or Obama, is there any doubt whatsoever that Limbaugh, Hannity, and the rest of the hatemongers would call for the girl and her family to be stoned to death in front of the American flag?
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