Cal’s Surprising Suggestion: ‘I Wish The Palins Would Leave The Stage For Awhile’

FinkelBlog ^ | Mark Finkelstein

[governsleastgovernsbest]

You might think that Cal Thomas, as a cultural conservative, would be among the least likely of pundits to call on Sarah Palin to get out of the spotlight for the time being. But Thomas did just that on Fox News Watch this evening.

The topic at hand was Greta Van Susteren’s interview of Bristol Palin, and the way the MSM focused on Bristol’s comment that abstinence “is not realistic at all.” Cal was displeased that our culture treats having a child before or after marriage as morally equivalent choices. But his call for “the Palins”—which would clearly include Sarah as well as Bristol— to get out of the limelight, seemed to go beyond the subject of out-of-wedlock childbearing.

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[Phillipian]

Lots of wisdom here. She should just issue the occaisional press release about stuff in Alaska for awhile. And spend more time educating her daughter.

[arealconservativeforachange]

Well, you know how cult members are.

[Carley]

Agree one thousand percent. I will not be judging her by her daughter’s disrespectful behaviour.

As for McCain’s daughter. All that fame and fawning by the msm has given her delusions of importance.

She has a right to her opinion but she is not speaking from experience or intellect.

[BallyBill]

Actually, the stage left the Palin’s.

[Canticle_of_Deborah]

During the interview, Sarah herself said abstinence was naive. How about we focus our debate on her response rather than bashing a clueless teenager?

[elpadre]

I believe Sarah has been turning away hundreds of requests for interviews. He might check with Gretta and see what she has to say. I suspect she was trying to upgrade Bristol in the public’s eye after the teen was so badly trashed by the left.

[greyfoxx39]

[RichInOC]

Cal, it’s a free country. If you, or anybody else in the media, doesn’t want to write or talk about the Palins, just stop. Just do it. Spare me the whole “I wish I knew how to quit her” act. I’ve heard it since the inauguration, since the election, in some cases since the nomination. I don’t believe it anymore.

[Brilliant]

I sympathize with Cal. They are beginning to remind me of the Clintons. She lost. It’s over. Go back to being governor.

[donna]

A reminder about the conservative truth regarding children born out of wedlock. It is a shameful and amoral thing to do:

January 13, 2009
Reducing Poverty by Revitalizing Marriage in Low-Income Communities: A Memo to President-elect Obama
by Robert E. Rector
Special Report #45

President-elect Obama, the collapse of marriage is the most important social problem facing the nation. When the War on Poverty began in the 1960s, 7 percent of U.S. children were born outside of marriage. Today, the number is 38 percent. Among blacks, it is 69 percent. You are in a unique position to reverse this alarming trend.

The decline of marriage is a major cause of child poverty. Roughly two-thirds of poor children live in single-parent homes. Marital collapse is also a major contributor to welfare dependence: Each year, government spends over $250 billion for means-tested welfare benefits for single parents.

When compared to similar children raised by two married biological parents, children raised in single-parent homes are more likely to fail in school, abuse drugs or alcohol, commit crimes, become pregnant as teens, and suffer from emotional and behavioral problems. Such children are also more likely to end up on welfare or in jails when they become adults. (snip)

http://www.heritage.org/Research/Family/sr0045.cfm

[abb]

Inside the Beltway “conservative” noise. That’s all it is. Drinking water from the Potomac eventually gets them. All of them...

[fieldmarshaldj]

How exactly do they remind you of the Clintons ? I’m quite curious.

[Diogenesis]

[BARLF]

She has a right to her opinion

It's called free speech. We will be losing that freedom soon enough under the now Adm.

this comes to mind... I may not agree with what you say, but I will defend to the death your right to say it. ...

[Guenevere]

Thanks Diogenesis...

I want her to stay on the stage...
..Sarah, and a few others, give me hope!

[Brilliant]

Simple... The Clintons won’t go away. Palin won’t go away. The election is over. She lost. If she wants to run again in 2012, that’s one thing, but I don’t want to hear about her latest exploits every day for the next 4 years. You’d think that she’d realize that it’s not a good strategy, too, but apparently not.

[PhiKapMom]

Good find! Surprising what turns up in search!

[fish hawk]

In my opinion the Palins should stay front and center for awhile. My reason is that the media and Sarah haters can get it all out now and in the future when she runs for high office, they can say, “that's old hat, that's been settled a few years back.” It would be nice to see her step up to the presidency instead of like Obama , slum down to it. (according to some media idiots)

[PGalt]

Thanks for the links, Diogenesis. Fascinating.

[Richard Kimball]

I went to hear Cal Thomas speak about fifteen years ago. Seemed nice enough of a gentleman. Worst hair piece I've ever seen in my life. Worse than William Shatner's. Worse than Burt Reynolds'. It was as bad as the ones Patrick Stewart used to wear: