We all know how Obama "plays the race card," right? Sweet Sarah puts her family front and center and then blames Obama's campaign for the controversy.
Sarah Palin, the self-styled "Hockey Mom" and Pit Bull, is fuming over the fact that people are talking about her family. Despite the fact that Senator Obama immediately said that families are off limits, she has decided to jump right in feet first, and accuse Obama's campaign of spreading rumors. As The Huffington Post says, McCain has decided to use the culture wars since they obviously aren't connecting. However, Sarah Palin needs to figure out that when your 17-yr-old daughter is 5 months pregnant, the story is not going to get ignored. Palin is a big fan of abstinence. Well, perhaps if her daughter had real sex education, she would not be pregnant. Teenage pregnancies are hardly a surprise in today's society. They cut across the entire economic strata. The big difference is that Palin and her family will be able to help a young family. Too many less fortunate Americans can't. Their daughters are left to try to work and raise a child on their own. I knew several people whose daughters became pregnant or whose sons fathered a child while still in high school. Those families were able to help their children. They stayed in school, graduated and some even went on to college. Palin will be able to do all of that for her daughter. Not everyone is so lucky.