| Shot Gun Divorce |
[Sep. 4th, 2008|04:47 pm] |
When patriarchy comes back to America, it will be wrapped in a hockey jersey and carrying a five month old.
-'Nother comment culled from Pharyngula, re: Sarah Palin
Predictably, we at Casa de Kirby aren't watching the Republican convention. I did catch a few snippets of speeches on the morning infotainment, including one where Fred Thomson boasted that Palin had..."run the biggest state in the Union." To which two thoughts came to mind: "Fred Thompson has got to be one of the ugliest men I've ever seen. I mean, who needs birth control? His face absolutely annihilates my libido."
And second, "How is the size of Alaska relevant? Did she literally run across it?" Sure it's big, but unless the presidency is won by a footrace, it's Alaska's population, not geographic area, that is relevant.
We watched "Hitchhiker's Guide to the Universe" last night, after which we happened upon Sarah Palin's speech. The part where she lies. Which is rather non-specific, no? Anyway, the part where she claimed to be a friend to the "little man," (because we know "forced-birth Palin is no friend of women), the factory worker, the small business owner, the small farmer, etc., despite the fact that Republican policy is all about corporations and screw everybody else.
Then she went on with the usual lie that Obama will raise everyone's taxes. To which I yelled at the TV, "No, sweetie, he wants to raise his taxes and yours. I come off pretty good with his plan. Unlike McSame's."
At the end of the speech, she dragged out all her kids including Johnny Shot-Gun Fiance. And I wondered what the kid was getting out of the deal. "Marry the pregnant girlfriend and we'll...? Buy you a new car? Get you a job working somewhere other than McDonald's or at the tuna cannery? Pay for your college. Pay your bail?"
For my money, the worst aspect of the knocked-up-Abstinence Only Doesn't Work-daughter saga is that Palin would allow/condone the marriage of a seventeen-year-old kid. Palin's family is well off. They can help Bristol (oy, what a name) with baby raising. This isn't the 1950s. Out-of-wedlock marriage doesn't get you run out of town.
Yeah, I know. The fundies love shot-gun marriages. Apparently "Jesus Loves the Little Children," except bastards.
I think very few of us can imagine marrying the person we were dating at seventeen. I guess family values includes setting your kids up for a hands on experience with divorce. Niiice.
For Justin, the most infuriating moment, was when Palin said that [paraphrase], "the results of the hurricanes have shown that we need to reduce our reliance on foreign oil." At which he started yelling, "The hurricanes in the Gulf Coast? That took out our domestic drilling platforms? Our platforms? You idiot!"
As I said, the RNC is bad for our blood pressure.
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