I was still digesting the insanity known as Colmes (here, here and here and cached here) when I read the news. Kids make mistakes, one particular teen’s mistake, that of Bristol Palin is causing quite a stir. Michelle nails it. The best quotes bear repeating so… Sarah Palin from the official press release.
“We have been blessed with five wonderful children who we love with all our heart and mean everything to us. Our beautiful daughter Bristol came to us with news that as parents we knew would make her grow up faster than we had ever planned. We’re proud of Bristol’s decision to have her baby and even prouder to become grandparents. As Bristol faces the responsibilities of adulthood, she knows she has our unconditional love and support.
“Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family. We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi’s privacy as has always been the tradition of children of candidates.”
And Barack Obama from a while back.
“Look, I got two daughters — 9 years old and 6 years old,” he said. “I am going to teach them first about values and morals, but if they make a mistake, I don’t want them punished with a baby.”
And now. With respect to this story, I agree with his now statement not the other one. Babies aren’t punishment, they are a joy.
“I have said before, and I will repeat again: People’s families are off-limits,” Obama said. “And people’s children are especially off-limits. This shouldn’t be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin’s performance as a governor or her potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories. You know my mother had me when she was 18, and how a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn’t be a topic of our politics.”
Hattip Protein Wisdom. Only yesterday in church it just happened that this was the topic of a lesson. We were counseled that if this happened to one of our children (it occasionally does), to choose life with marriage the first choice and, if that wasn’t possible, adoption the next best alternative as being single and raising a child alone is a difficult option at best. Being raised by two loving parents is optimum for the child. I tend to agree as, being divorced, I can attest to the difficulty of going it alone. Looks to me she made the right choice.
That said, now we can all leave her alone.
