GOP's Morning Sickness

Bristol Palin's baby is a gift from god to Democrats.  The family values party is dealing with the shock of the demise of the 'holier than thou' wedge issues that they cling to, while desperately trying to encapsulate "Palin is a solid choice, is not a thinly veiled attempt to garner Hillary's woman vote AND we respect her daughter's decision," into a catchy 5 word phrase.   It's enough for Karl Rove to need a stiff drink.  Initially, I was insulted by McCain's unlikely running mate choice.  Gov. Palin is, yes, a woman.  That is about as far as it goes for the women-friendly track record of the life-long NRA member.  I've had a few days to calm down about the choice, and I am now slightly hopeful that the GOP are so far off on their assumptions of the American constituency that the choice will push some disenfranchised Hillary voters finally into Obama's camp: the assumption that they just want ANY woman is, plainly, too much for even the staunchest of Hillary Nobama supporters to bear.  

Bristol shall be bearing the nation's youngest GOP faithful, in the spot light with a shot gun marriage to boot.  I wonder if Bush will lend them the family ranch at Crawford to celebrate the holy union.  The girl, perhaps as a giant middle finger toward her mother or perhaps because there are lots of 17 year olds that are sexually active, without access or education about contraceptives.  Maybe this pregnancy was planned after all.  But I can't imagine the Governor hailed for her staunch social conservatism was in support of such a plan.  Either way, the family values party is treading water and hoping (PRAYING) that the democrats do something so scandalous that this little issue becomes a small distraction.  God only knows, the difficulties that are inherent in teenage pregnancies are about to be magnified as Bristol goes through the process in a very choreographed and intrusive manner.  

I realize this is a delicate situation, as teenage pregnancy is a major life-changer for tens of thousands of young American women each year and, needless to say, the opportunity for a woman (regardless of age) to choose how to address an unplanned pregnancy is critical.  I am just happy that the wedge attack that is doubtless planned for launch against Obama's call for early sex education is now off the table.