Time for a reset
Okay. Everyone who has, is or is trying to form an opinion on this taffy-pull of pregnancy rumors, it’s time to put the macro-focusing, tunnel vision binoculars down. Take three steps back. Close your eyes. Take a deep breath. Hold it. Exhale. Open your eyes again and try to see what’s really going on. We’re still between the conventions and already we’ve got lies, rumors of lies and “indiscretions” along with spin control and forecasts about what all of this means to this shaky trans-generational campaign being waged by McCain, Inc. 
So instead of focusing on what’s going to be said at the Republican Convention in Minnesota this week, we’re spending an inordinate amount of time playing a game of “Who’s yer momma?” Is anyone paying attention to the fact that we’re using a baby as fuel in this debate? Whenever there is a death and some politician tries to get a few miles or kilometers out of it, someone calls them to the carpet and asks is there any respect for the dead? Well is there any respect for the infant?
Nobody knew who the hell Sarah Palin was three weeks ago. I’m sorry but I don’t follow state governors or their politics much. McCain is trying to be seen as some sort of rebel or maverick doing something unconventional and unexpected by picking this little known person who has some leadership experience at the state level. Some may see it for what it is intended. It’s a false uniqueness. It’s the left-brain trying to fake a right-brain action…little more than the same political BS.
I don’t know how exactly the voters are going to react by November. Americans tend to have short memories. I don’t think this move is going to work for the Republicans. Younger women who see Hillary as something like their own mothers aren’t going to see the same thing in Palin and vice-versa. As far as the teen pregnancy, I’m missing the part where I’m supposed to care. It’s yet another set of teenagers who would have done better to keep their knickers up. Why I should care anymore about this than I did about Jamie-Lynn?
Can we get the convention started? Or do we have to wait until October when the brunt of the hurricane season is behind us?
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