[lbo-talk] Speaking of female candidates...

[John Thornton]

Joseph Catron wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 2, 2008 at 12:27 PM, Doug Henwood <dhenwood at panix.com> wrote:
>
>   
>> Palin is a big proponent of the idiocy of abstinence education, which
>> doesn't work and never will. That's a political point to make out of all
>> this.
>>     
>
> And you don't think there's something despicable about making
> political points at the expense of 17-year-olds in vulnerable
> situations?
>
> (Or, for that matter, something idiotic about feigning shock that the
> behavior of children doesn't always reflect their parents' lofty
> ideals?)

Palin knowingly put her child in the line of fire when she sought public 
office.

The whole political process in the US is despicable so why get overly 
excited about one small facet of the process being despicable?

John Thornton