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September 13, 2008
Wisdom of The Father
My dad loves to write into the LA Times, especially about politics. He was published in today's Op-Ed Letters section of the paper in response to a September 6th Op-Ed piece by Meghan Daum.
The piece, roughly summarized, is about how long-time Republican friends of the writer were going to vote for Obama until Palin was announced as McCain's running mate. Her friends—Kim & Scott Speranza—cited many reasons for supporting Palin including such brilliant decision making as that Palin is reminiscent of Kim's farm-raised Grandmother.
What was most thrilling for my father was this quotation:
As for Palin's special-needs infant, pregnant teenage daughter and the sudden emergence of the future son-in-law with an expletive-laced MySpace page that declared his lack of interest in fatherhood, the Speranzas say Palin's willingness to cope with her flaws makes voters like them love her more. "Look, I'd certainly think twice about the family consequences of running for office," said Kim. "She has an entirely different sense of her own boundaries than most people. She's almost like a superhero. Though she does have my hair."
This caused my father to pen the following response:
Pick of the litter on pick of Palin
Re "Greetings from the energized base," Opinion, Sept. 6
I shudder to think what Meghan Daum's Republican "religious conservative" friends, who once admitted respect for Barack Obama but now feel energized after seeing how "real" Sarah Palin's family is, would have felt if Obama's out-of-wedlock, pregnant, 17-year-old daughter and her 18-year-old soon-to-be husband, using expletives on his MySpace page, had been paraded around the Democratic convention.
Would they say, "That's so American"?
Would they have been just as energized?
Game off, folks.
Owen Husney
Sherman Oaks
It is hard to disagree with him. Somehow I don't think that many Americans would have been "energized" by the news of the daughter of a black political family to be pregnant out of wedlock. It isn't hard to imagine the scathing speeches that would have been made on the collapse of American "family values" by both sides of the political punditry. But if it's a white girl, then getting pregnant by your foul-mouthed high school sweetie is just as American as apple pie and other stuff that white people like.
Posted by jordanh at September 13, 2008 1:44 PM |
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I checked your blog today knowing that you must have written something about this farce called "palin" and the absurd reactions of many Americans! Wasn't wrong, and am glad that your dad has shared his feelings openly. I am following these elections in a way I haven't followed any other political event, and I get the chills only thinking that mccain-palin can reach the White House. I watched few of their adds today and wonder how any, even remotely intelligent, human can believe this nonsense!
Posted by: Yordanka at September 19, 2008 3:28 PM
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Well put Jordan! (like father, like son). If Palin is "just like us" than she is not qualified to be a melanoma away from president. If she can't keep her self and her own kids out of trouble how will she keep America safe??As I working mom i know how hard it is to find balance and do multiple roles "good enough". There are no super heros and if there were it certainly wouldn't be that lying, power monger.
Why don't the Wal-mart moms wake up already and smell the coffee????
Posted by: Lauren at September 16, 2008 5:28 PM