Obama was absolutely correct to say that going after a person’s family is out of bounds. But do you think for one minute that the Rightwing Outrage Machine(TM) would take the high road if this had happened to the teenage daughter of a Dem candidate, who was being supported by her family to marry? Because, of course, when any moral failing happens to a Democrat, it’s moral degeneration, never redemptive and fair game for criticism. When it happens to a Republican (and this, a central tenet of sexual abstinence, no less) it’s family values in practice and a private matter.

I don’t give a rat’s patoot about the morality of pregnancy out of wedlock, but I do give a rat’s patoot about hypocrisy.

Let’s see how long the Right’s memory will be when and if a Dem family member stumbles morally.

“Yep, I ‘member that gal. Good looker she was. Great point guard an’ dang near won a beauty contest – too bad for her there were better lookin’ gals there. What I ‘member most ’bout ‘er was the way she fired!”

“Oh yes…” I said “…I hear she was a great hunter and has a bear rug on the sofa in her living room.”

Ollie replied, “Naw – not that kinda’ firing – the other kind. You know, she just likes firing people – an’ she were mighty good at it! ‘Course, everyone knows about “Troopergate,” her firin’ ol’ Walt Monegan an all – ‘course then she lied about why she did it – didn’t seem right – for such a God fearin’ woman an’ all. Anyway, the guy what replaced ol’ Walt had’a quit in a couple o’ weeks on account of his sexual harassment problem. Randy folks we got up here in the land of the midnight sun. ‘Course, ain’t nothin’ gonna come of it all – heck the Alaskan government investigation won’t even get to depose her ’till a few weeks from now an’ she’s got herself all lawyered-up to keep slowin’ it all down – by the time they’re ready to get at ‘er Bush, Rove and Cheney will make sure that problem goes bye, bye. Yes sir.

Then there were the time she got all righteous when she were Mayor of Wasilla – fired the Chief of Police and the Library Director for not supporin’ her election. Serves ‘em right – what’s not to support ’bout that girl – her being such an upright Christian an’ all. Mind you, the recall effort forced her to rehire the Librarian and she settled out of court with the Police Chief. Good thing they rehired the Librarian – every town Wasilla’s size ought to have at least one person that can read AND write.

Well then we got the time ol’ Todd Palin, Sarah’s other half, got upset when Sarah’s long time friend and long time aide started to date Todd’s friends ex-wife and ol’ Todd got her to fire him. Serves him right – messin’ with ol’ Todd’s friend like that – what’s a buddy for, eh?

It’s hardly worth talkin’ ’bout but there were that “Dairygate” thing too. When she were elected as Governor the “Creamery Board” had decided (after years of study) that they had to unload a money losin’ state owned diary. “Nonsense” she said – or somethin’ near like that. So she fired ‘em all an’ replaced them with her hand picked dairy creamery expert friends – not everyone has a pile of ‘em – but our Sarah had! ‘Course – they come around to agreein’ with the guys what she had done fired. Heck, they only spent $200,000 more tryin’ to save the place ’till she got ol’ Uncle Sam to step in with some good ol’ mainland greenbacks.

Yep, that’s our Sarah. Say, did I ever tell you she dang near won a beauty contest?