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Obama and Palin are good for democracy

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My guess is that voter turnout will be high for this election in the United States. Prior to Palin being chosen for VP, we had a very motivated group of Democrats who love Obama and will turn out in droves to vote for him. Now we have a group of very motivated Republicans who love Palin (sorry, this ain’t about McCain) and will turn out in droves to support that ticket. The choices are very different, very clear. The fact that both sides love their candidates will push more people to the polls.

This is good for democracy.

(What’s not good for democracy is a political spectrum that blends into one… I’ll let you guess what country I’m referring to.)

Cross-posted to The Shotgun.

She’s appallingly competent

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…my sentiments on Sarah Palin exactly, courtesy of Barbara Kay:

The convention center exploded with joy, no doubt composed of 90% relief that – the Olympian comparison is apt – this talented but untested American gymnast had nailed a perfect 10 on the bars, the vault and the beam. She was calm and she radiated assurance. Her pointed barbs at Obama’s weaknesses were legitimate, and slyly, amiably expressed. Aggression without stridency.

This is one confident woman

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And just the right amount of sarcasm, too. Says Sarah Palin giving her speech at the Republican Convention:

Before I became governor, I was mayor of Wasilla. And since our opponents seem to look down on that experience, let me explain what the job involves. I guess being mayor is sort of like being a community organizer except you have actual responsibilities.”

Column of the day

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A panel (of one) voted this morning and after some deliberation came up with this as the column of the day. A very close second is this one.

I don’t want to see more women in politics if they are all going to be a variation on Judy Rebick. But for those constantly harping on about how we need more women in politics–well, Sarah Palin should be a dream come true. Shouldn’t she?

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The panel of one reevaluates: and actually, David Warren’s column wins out. For lines like this one:

To them, the stark facts of Ms. Palin’s reaction to a Down’s syndrome pregnancy, and to her daughter’s unseasonable one, shines as day to night against Mr. Obama’s, “If my daughter makes a mistake, I don’t want her punished with a baby.”

and this:

For the American liberal media grant themselves a free pass on all traditional principles of decency, and every feminist talking point besides, when they are confronted with a woman not in the feminist stereotype.  

I blame myself, really

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From the Calgary Herald:

The question then, is not why Tories are wimps. It is why a small faction has managed to so own the issue that even a discussion about having an abortion law — never mind what that law should say — is effectively excluded from the marketplace of ideas.

The Tories, the Liberals, whatever party will indeed discuss abortion when we, the voters, manage to overturn that small collection of very loud, strident pro-abortion voices. Of course, there could also be a partnership between reasonable voters, ie. that majority who supported Bill C-484 and solid leadership. Certainly defending Bill C-484 did not involve, gasp, being pro-life.

I can see things both ways but am more inclined to this Calgary Herald viewpoint than those Conservative pro-lifers who say they are dumping the Conservatives or not going to vote in the upcoming election.

Remember Annie

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This article highlights how Annie’s mom, Barbara Farlow, has been inspired by her daughter’s death at three months, three years ago, to find out what happened, and warn and help others. She’s concerned Annie did not get the care she needed:

Annie had a chromosome disorder that would have affected her development. Her family, including two brothers and two sisters, knew all about it long before she was born.

They knew she might not live into her teens, talked about the inevitable challenges and sacrifices and welcomed her into their lives. …

Among other things, the family questions what drugs were used and how a “Do not resuscitate” order was issued without their informed consent.

That’s an astounding oversight. How does a DNR get issued without the family knowing? I hope Barbara gets the answers she deserves on this. We can’t pretend this has nothing to do with abortion, either. Many babies with problems like Annie’s are aborted first thing. It can’t help but seep into the psyche that these kids won’t have a high “quality of life” and that they would be “better off dead.”

Sex can lead to pregnancy

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Sarah Palin’s daughter Bristol, age 17, is pregnant. And so what, I say. She plans on marrying the father and keeping the child. While I agree with the official press release from the McCain camp that it will cause her to grow up more quickly than she ever expected, I also see this as good news. She is getting married and starting a family. It’s only in very recent history that we think of getting pregnant young as wasted potential. Her child (or by that point, children) will be competent near-adults by the time she hits 32. Which is not exactly over the hill, if I do say so myself.

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Brigitte would like to highlight the following paragraph from the story Andrea links to:

Senior McCain campaign officials said McCain knew of the daughter’s pregnancy when he selected Palin last week as his vice presidential running mate, deciding that it did not disqualify the 44-year-old governor in any way.

Disqualify? To be the parent of a teenager who is sexually active? Yikes; not many people would be allowed to run for office if that were the case. Imagine if we had learned that her daughter had had an abortion instead of keeping her baby. Do you think the campaign would have felt it necessary to make the same comment? Do you think we’d even know about it?

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Andrea adds: Good point, Brigitte. One more thing–this situation highlights how inane our abortion-friendly culture is. I looked back at my own post–I wrote she is “keeping the child.” Was I supposed to write “keeping the fetus”? No–we only downgrade to non-human status when abortion is the course of action. A point made at ProWomanProLife before–which I’ll highlight here, is that those who are pro-life are not genetically different from the rest of the population. Namely, a 17-year-old who is having sex with her boyfriend can also be pro-life. It’s the outcome that can redeem the situation. Marriage and a baby does make a happier situation out of an “unexpected pregnancy” than abortion.

Aha! I found a problem with Sarah Palin…

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…it’s that she’s not running for president. This action letter from Cecile Richards,  president of Planned Parenthood Action Fund is just way too much fun:

What might have been encouraging news for women was just the opposite — somehow McCain had managed to find a woman running mate even more conservative than he is on women’s rights. … If you can only do one thing, it should be to tell every woman you meet that McCain and Palin are the most anti-choice, anti-women pair imaginable. Don’t stop at just telling your friends. You can bet that I’ll be telling strangers in the checkout line at the grocery store, the women I see at the gym, parents at my kids’ schools.

Oh Cecile. You’re breaking my heart. But not my confidence, baby.

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Brigitte also found something: She has an annoying mother-in-law. I like her even more… And it looks like I’m not the only one.

What were they trying to save?

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Apparently, there’s nothing like the government pulling the rug out from under you for getting good press.

Another article that favours Bill C-484. Here’s a good quote where about how doctors tried to save the “aggravating factor,” known in popular parlance as a baby.

They spent four hours at the hospital trying to save the baby,” said Aydin Cocelli, Ms. Sesen’s brother-in-law. “If it wasn’t a baby, then why were they trying to save her?”

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