Based on ad hoc street interviews broadcast by local television stations in Phoenix, Arizona yesterday, it would seem that Sarah Palin's unwed, underage, 5 month pregnant daughter is not a factor related to Mrs. Palin's fitness to serve as vice president of the United States-- or in any way a reflection on the judgment of the career politician who chose her to do so-- John McCain.
I strongly disagree with that position, and fortunately I found someone-- a conservative!-- to help me explain why. From David Brooks at the New York Times:
"My worry about Palin is that she shares McCain’s primary weakness — that she has a tendency to substitute a moral philosophy for a political philosophy."
Though just a passing phrase in Brooks op-ed that goes to an entirely different argument, he unwittingly establishes why Bristol Palin’s pregnancy is a matter for public discussion, so let me run it down...
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