It just dawned on me, Gov. Sarah Palin is paid by the taxpayers of Alaska, therefor your tax dollars are paying to support and take care of an unwed pregnant teenager.

This seems like the highest form of hypocrisy to me. My thoughts are going a million miles a minute right now, and I can't put into words exactly what I am trying to say, but I just don't see how this can go un-noticed.

So if McCain/Palin is elected we have a pregnant teenager living in the whitehouse being taken care of by a mother whose salary comes from the taxpayers of this country? And the conservatives agree with this? They don't even like their tax dollars going to social programs that help pregnant teenagers seek proper health care during their pregnancy but they are okay with unwed pregnant teenagers moving into the whitehouse?

What say you?

It would be her salary. If you want to get all up on this sort of thing then every cop, librarian, firefighter, secretary in a government building, etc... would have to have every one of their expenditures accounted for and approved by the tax payers who fund their salary.

Now, if Palin 17 year-old daughter ended up getting WIC or some other welfare B.S. while living under the care of her mother or in some other situation that would count as fraud I'd be on board with your call of hypocrisy.

Otherwise you're just sort of grasping at goofy straws.

To the first two posters, I see your point loud and clear. And believe me they are valid points, I guess I was more trying to point out the hypocrisy here. Conservative don't support teen pregnancy but here we have an unwed pregnant teen potentially moving into the whitehouse. I just don't get it.

Originally posted by Cowgirlstraitup7
It just dawned on me, Gov. Sarah Palin is paid by the taxpayers of Alaska, therefor your tax dollars are paying to support and take care of an unwed pregnant teenager.

Big frickin' deal. How many of my tax dollars are going to support unwed mothers in the great state of Pennsylvania?

Originally posted by Cowgirlstraitup7
Conservative don't support teen pregnancy but here we have an unwed pregnant teen potentially moving into the whitehouse. I just don't get it.

Open your mouth and stick your foot in deeper ... conservatives typically support the pro-life agenda which would INCLUDE teen pregnancy. You want to explain or rephrase that statement?

I personally don't take the word of some paper or media that is only out to make Bucks with scandalous headlines. Sometimes you have to dig further for the truth.

All I know is that when I was in in the military we spent every penny that Congress gave us. The reason is that if you don't spend it all then they Congress feel that you don't need that much and will reduce your funding.

Perhaps when she did the "reduction" as to show to her fellow Christians that she didn't support teen pregnancy.

Either that or she was just balancing the budget.