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Jesus, I don't know how to explain it any more clearly than the several times I already have, but I'll try
one more time. Apparently a number of people can't see the forest for the trees and keep focusing on the fact that Bristol is pregnant, which I couldn't care less about as far as Palin's ability to be VP.
Quit thinking it's about Bristol being pregnant. It's not.
The executive branch implements many thnigs that aren't required to be approved by the legislative or ruled constitutional by judicial branches. Of those that may need to be, the legislative branch often abdicates their role, and the judicial branch can't review unless someone files suit. Also, various government agencies are headed by, and policy set by, people the executive branch appoints.
Once the executive branch (or one of their appointees) implements something it is either a success and works or is a failure and it doesn't work. If it doesn't work a rational person would change the plan. A person who can't admit failures, or can't even see the failures, or is so sure their way is the only way refuses to change the plan.
Now we have Sarah Palin.
She insists that abstinence-only is the sex ed that should be taught in schools. Presumably that this is what she teaches at home, unless one assumes she is a complete hypocrite (not good for a VP), which I don't. So Sarah Palin has a policy failure. In fact, assuming none of her other 2 children of a sexually active age have had sex, a 30% failure rate of a policy.
I suppose she might not be a hypocrite and taught her daughter about birth control, and believes only parents should teach their kids about birth control. However, if that's the case, then she's utterly out of touch with reality (because many parents don't talk to their kids). Not good for a VP.
Now, based on the above, a logical/rational person in Palin's place when setting national policy would say, "Hmmm, it appears abstinence-only sex-ed doesn't work in a substantial percentage of cases, I guess we should teach abstinence as well good sex-ed."
When fasce with this 30% failure rate does Sarah Palin do this? No, she still insists on abstinence-only sex-ed.
I agree 100% that sex-ed itself isn't an important campaign subject. I also agree 100% that it is first and foremost what parents should be doing. But any person with 1/2 a brain knows aome parents will abdicate that role, and others probably know less than their kids.
What Palin's position indicates is that she can't comprehend the need to change failed plans when they go against some pre-conceived belief.
This is a very bad characteristic for someone in her soon to be role.
