Bristol Palin Demonstrates the Right Wing’s Double Standards

I found this blog on rhrealitycheck.org, and I couldn’t have said it better myself.

Religious right wing organizations and extremist social conservatives have more empathy for Sarah and Bristol Palin and Bristol’s pregnancy than they know what to do with. Everyone from Eagle Forum affiliate presidents to convention attendees have gushed about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy, her decision to “choose life” for her child-to-be and the fact that this just shows how darn “normal” Palin and her family are. Sarah Palin’s speech last night did nothing to refute these comments, cementing her position hard and strong as America’s everyday, hockey-mom politician. Palin didn’t even mention the religious right’s support or social issues in any way, shape or form in her speech. Despite this, the pregnancy of Palin’s 17 year old unwed daughter remains just fine with the religious right.

Jessica Eschard, spokesperson for the Republican National Coalition for Life actually called on Americans to enthusiastically rally around the Palin’s story:

“Everybody, especially women as well as men, knows people who have been in this situation before. It makes their family real, which is what we’ve seen from day one,” Echard said. “It will resonate with women voters because they’ll say, ‘That happened to me. That happened to someone down the street.’ ”

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