Grandma Sarah

It really shouldn't be a big deal that Sarah Palin's daughter is going to have a baby. But Palin and her political allies have made it one.

1. It clearly points out the ineffectiveness of the "abstinence only" policy they push.
2. She had to know that it would become national news. Did she really want here daughter to have her pregnancy hashed out in the national press? Is this her family values?
3. Is it possible that getting pregnant was a way of attracting attention from a mom too busy being governor, and a father working far from home?

Now that we covered that, let's talk about Palin's views on the Iraq war. She wants an exit plan, she thinks that it is a war for oil, and she thinks that that oil is for domestic consumption.

From the Time interview:

My son being in a striker brigade in the army has really opened my eyes to international events, and how war impacts everyday Americans like us when we have a child who chooses to enlist and to serve [for] the right reasons.

So what are the right reasons? What about someone who chooses to serve for the wrong reasons? What about Ehren Watada and Camilo Mejia, who decided that going to Iraq was a wrong way to serve?

Back to the baby issue. Another quote from the Time interview:

..the big kids help out so much with the little one.

Not sure what to make of that, except there could be a lot less helping out with one big kid in Iraq and another with a baby of her own.