A change

Something’s changed in my status quo. A reservation, retraction, apology or reconsideration is in order. Since Sarah Palin has revealed that her 17 yr. old daughter is 5 mos. pregnant, her glass ceiling has sustained a deep crack. No longer am I unequivocally enthusiastic about her vice-Presidential nomination. Nor am I any longer overwhelmed by her superiority to me or any other man or woman. Sex should come after marriage. Murder is wrong. Period. Knowing that life doesn’t always play out that way, doesn’t change the major premise. Only from a valid major premise, can the minor premise and the ergo, follow. Period. If ½ of girls between the ages of 15 and 19 have sex at least once, according to the Alan Guttmacher Institute, then the Institute errors in its data or parents error in their 2nd most important role in life. (The primary role being of spouse.) If 82% of teen pregnancies are unplanned, proper prior planning has obviously not been practiced. If 29% of those pregnancies end in abortion, 29% of those decision are sinful. If 57% result in live births, at least ½ of girls who deliberately or ‘accidentally’ conceive a child, adhere to the major premise that a baby deserves a chance to live. Those who see the cup ½ full do the right thing; those who see the cup ½ empty like an unwanted pregnancy or the ‘punishment of a child’ (according to Presidential nominee, Barack Obama) operate under a false major premise.

My reservation is with Sarah and McCain refraining from full disclosure before or when the nomination was announced. With honest disclosure should have come disapproval and disgust. Disclosure could then have been followed by life support. I retract my hint that Sarah is perfect. I apologize for naivete that led to my full support. Now that I have had time to reconsider, however, the alternative of elitist, progressive, arrogant, socialism playing God and playing with my money and my freedoms makes the choice of a Republican my only option.