The Alaskan Family Palin

The media is agog with news that Sarah Palin's daughter, Bristol, in the words of Jay, loves the cock. I say let the Palins welcome the newest member of the family in peace. Until, that is, someone from the McCain campaign says a single word about girls getting knocked-up who aren't white or don't happen to have a parent vying for a bed at the corner of 34th Street and Massachusetts Ave in Washington D.C. At that point, McCain, Palin, and the Republican Party should be roasted on the flames of fornication and their charred corpses shoved into the gaping maw of hypocrisy.

Instead, let us turn our attention to Ms. Palin herself. First we have the news that, at best, she's one of those "teach the controversy" people. That is, she favors the teaching of creationism in the science classrooms of public schools:

"Teach both. You know, don't be afraid of information. Healthy debate is so important and it's so valuable in our schools. I am a proponent of teaching both. And you know, I say this too as the daughter of a science teacher. Growing up with being so privileged and blessed to be given a lot of information on, on both sides of the subject -- creationism and evolution. It's been a healthy foundation for me. But don't be afraid of information and let kids debate both sides."

At worst, this means she's a creationist keen on infecting biology classes with her particular religious views.

Second there's this revelation that she seems to love flag waving along with her ignorance. When asked if she took any offense to the phrase "under God" in the Pledge of Allegiance, she replied:

Not on your life. If it was good enough for the founding fathers, its good enough for me and I'll fight in defense of our Pledge of Allegiance.

Considering that the Pledge was written by a Baptist minister in 1892 without the offending phrase, I am forced to wonder just exactly which Founding Fathers she was referring to. Were Charles Oakman and Homer Ferguson at the Constitutional Convention? Maybe James Madison and recording secretary William Jackson just forgot about them.

I'm perfectly willing to let Ms. Palin's foreign policy inexperience go. Lincoln didn't have much experience in civil wars when he took office but he got by okay. But there's only so much an experienced cabinet can overcome.