I basically agree, though think it's only temporary. But the core issues are actually pretty big:
- ethics in the political arena - sex education - teenage pregnancy and the right to choose
I'd counter that any of these things could - and probably should - be major issues to tackle in the campaign.
Ain't a Democrat alive that the right wing would let within a country mile of the white house if they'd been investigated for ethics violations, even though we've had the likes of Cheney and Rove running the show for the last eight years. If McCain wants to distance himself from the previous administration, this isn't starting off on the right foot. It's something to talk about.
Want to reach the heart of America? Talk about what happens when a 17 year old girl who hasn't finished high school gets knocked up, but her boyfriend won't marry her and her parents kick her to the curb, and then have solutions for prevention and support. It's education, it's healthcare.
It's not Iraq or the economy, but they are still valid as issues, and I think that's what people are really talking about. The trick is doing it without making Bristol into a totem of wrong or an inadvertent martyr for the right.
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- ethics in the political arena
- sex education
- teenage pregnancy and the right to choose
I'd counter that any of these things could - and probably should - be major issues to tackle in the campaign.
Ain't a Democrat alive that the right wing would let within a country mile of the white house if they'd been investigated for ethics violations, even though we've had the likes of Cheney and Rove running the show for the last eight years. If McCain wants to distance himself from the previous administration, this isn't starting off on the right foot. It's something to talk about.
Want to reach the heart of America? Talk about what happens when a 17 year old girl who hasn't finished high school gets knocked up, but her boyfriend won't marry her and her parents kick her to the curb, and then have solutions for prevention and support. It's education, it's healthcare.
It's not Iraq or the economy, but they are still valid as issues, and I think that's what people are really talking about. The trick is doing it without making Bristol into a totem of wrong or an inadvertent martyr for the right.