Anyway, even if abortion is banned, it is poor who will still hold the baby. Forget about compassionate conservatism then. Palin blazed the way by slashing financial support for unwed teen mothers this very year….the very year her teen daughter became pregnant.
How many teen mothers can afford a lifestyle enjoyed by Bristol Palin and her impregnator, Levi Johnston? It is easy to drill the poor, screw them up with conservative value sloganeering while not walking the talk.
The final step would be to drill the White middle class out of existence, as a significant number among them represent compassionate conservatism in its realistic, non-hypocritical form. The present financial crisis will do just that – to remove this moral restraint from the American public sphere forever.
If you don't believe me, take a look at the demographic composition of the top US and British universities at the post-grad level. There are more foreigners in there getting the best of Western education, and they do not have to tramp through five colleges in six years. Sarah Palin has not learnt from her own experience, and like many of her background, her morality is pegged to the value of the dollar.
These are the naked contradictions of conservatism, or should we call them the bare, thinly-draped facts? To walk the extra mile to a new audience, they need a wardrobe of suitably moral sequins to play up the right occasion. This is a closet change we can surely believe in, for the worse.
The breadlines may be getting longer, but tell that to Cindy McCain. Her $300,000 outfit at the Republican National Convention clearly reeked of an appalling perception management blunder on the part of the organizers.
Either that, or it was electoral hubris at its best Sure, she is a rich heiress but the whole catwalk exuded a lack of sensitivity towards people who were struggling with loan defaults and unemployment.
As for Palin, she claims that the Republican party had bought -- and owns -- her wardrobe. Implicit in her now trademark double-speak is that this is a lend-lease arrangement that will expire post-election. The goods, if I infer correctly, must be returned to Republican Party Hq, where, they may be placed on Exhibit A, sharing the spotlight with a Diebold machine.
However, what happens to the $12,000-$15,000 spent on her lingerie? Will they be auctioned off, post-January? The perfect attire comes with a perfect blend, and the costs are symmetrically perfect as well.
Those who may be tempted to view me as a voyeuristic jerk do receive an open apology in advance. I was once a national math Olympian for my school and haven't yet shaken off the lingering conditioned impulse towards statistical breakdowns into their barest figures.
For I have been reduced to peeping at any fresh initiatives from either camp. The only thing that catches my eye in this circus is the fashion statement, be they a maverick hoax, a pair of hyper-waxed legs or a colored guy with a colorless campaign.
If I were an American, I'd vote for the moose. Both parties had better candidates, but the puppeteers were the same.
Why am I concerned? If the United States crumbles, it is bad for democracies everywhere. With candidates like these, prepare for a more militaristic world.
The attire then will come in uniforms. That is the real change we can ominously believe in!
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