And So It Begins

As many may know, Sally Quinn is one of the Heavyweights of the DC Social Circuit. From what I gather, getting an invite to her parties is a sign you have "arrived" in the Beltway. But also, she is one of the big time meme setters for The Deciders; when she says something, it's as good as a stamp of approval for a talking point as anything.

Well, she is one of the first non-Kossack Deciders who has written the line of attack on McCain-Palin over the pregnancy of Palin's daughter and tie in the "unprepared" meme, along with a gross misunderstanding of evangelical voters and a claim that only Beltway Insiders will make good Executive Level candidates.

And now we learn the 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. She and the father of the child plan to marry. This may be a hard one for the Republican conservative family-values crowd to swallow. Of course, this can happen in any family. But it must certainly raise the question among the evangelical base about whether Sarah Palin has been enough of a hands-on mother.

McCain claims he knew about the pregnancy, and was not at all concerned. Why not? Not only do we have a woman with five children, including an infant with special needs, but a woman whose 17-year-old child will need her even more in the coming months. Not to mention the grandchild. This would inevitably be an enormous distraction for a new vice president (or president) in a time of global turmoil. Not only in terms of her job, but from a media standpoint as well.

McCain's cynical choice has created a dilemma for many women. For still-angry Hillary Clinton voters, they will have to decide if they want to vote against their concscience and political interests by voting to elect a Republican woman who's even more conservative than McCain.

Evangelical women also will have to decide if they will vote against their conscience by voting to put the mother of young children in a job outside the home that will demand so much of her time and energy.

I guess she missed the Dr. Dobson statement on this whole mess.

But Quinn doesn't stop there. She goes on to give the blessing for The Deciders to keep up their attack on McCain-Palin over this story.

Palin's lack of experience and her family situation are both valid and vital considerations here, especially when she will be running with a 72-year-old presidential candidate who has suffered four bouts of a deadly cancer.

And by the way, how can McCain call Barack Obama unqualified, inexperienced, not ready from Day One, not able to be commander in chief, and then put someone like Palin in a position that is a heartbeat away from the pesidency?

Anyway, I could go on. But you get the point. Even though Obama-Biden '08 has declared this story off limits, it doesn't seem to appear that their friends in the media will do the same.

And it seems that the sorest of sore losers on our side of the aisle is staying classy regarding this story as well.

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