Oh, the irony! So, Gov. Palin cuts funding for a program that benefits teenage girls exactly like hers. You know, not all teenage pregnant girls happen to have the current governor in their family.
How on earth did McCain vet this hot mess?? Apparently not much more than a Google search! So, we got dragged off into an unnecessary, costly and debilitating war because Bush apparently either goofed up on the intelligence reports on WMD or had them doctored, and now McCain picks his vice president apparently out of a hat! One would think a key indicator of executive preparedness is knowing how to pick the right people.
Cindy McCain and others have said that Palin is like, totally ready to go with the foreign policy stuff because, you know, Alaska is so close to Russia. So I guess that makes me an expert on Roman Catholicism since I live across the street from a church.
Pop some corn and enjoy the show, kids! This is showing all the signs of being a clusterfuck par excellence! McCain may face some not so happy choices because of his truthiness.
Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms
Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin wrote in her line-item veto changes by hand in this copy of a 2008 spending bill obtained by The Washington Post.
By Paul Kane
ST. PAUL -- Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin, the Republican vice-presidential nominee who revealed Monday that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, earlier this year used her line-item veto to slash funding for a state program benefiting teen mothers in need of a place to live.
After the legislature passed a spending bill in April, Palin went through the measure reducing and eliminating funds for programs she opposed. Inking her initials on the legislation -- "SP" -- Palin reduced funding for Covenant House Alaska by more than 20 percent, cutting funds from $5 million to $3.9 million. Covenant House is a mix of programs and shelters for troubled youths, including Passage House, which is a transitional home for teenage mothers.
According to Passage House's web site, its purpose is to provide "young mothers a place to live with their babies for up to eighteen months while they gain the necessary skills and resources to change their lives" and help teen moms "become productive, successful, independent adults who create and provide a stable environment for themselves and their families."
Palin's own daughter, Bristol, is five months pregnant and has plans to wed.
"Bristol and the young man she will marry are going to realize very quickly the difficulties of raising a child, which is why they will have the love and support of our entire family," Palin said in a statement released by the McCain campaign. "We ask the media to respect our daughter and Levi's privacy, as has always been the tradition of children of candidates."
Earlier today the Associated Press reported that Sen. John McCain (Ariz.), the presumptive Republican presidential nominee, opposed funding to prevent teen pregnancies, a position that Palin also took as governor. "The explicit sex-ed programs will not find my support," she wrote in a 2006 questionnaire distributed among gubernatorial candidates.
Reporters asked McCain in November 2007 whether he supported grants for sex education in the United States, whether such programs should include directions for using contraceptives and whether he supports President Bush's policy of promoting abstinence.
"Ahhh, I think I support the president's policy," McCain said.
Palin Slashed Funding for Teen Moms | The Trail | washingtonpost.com
