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Congress's First 'Unwed Mother'
ABC ^ | 11/21/08 | Jake Tapper

Posted on 11/21/2008 9:21:16 AM PST by freespirited

Over at National Review's "The Corner," K-Lo calls it a "cultural indicator:" Congresswoman Linda Sanchez, D-Calif., will likely become Congress's first unwed mother, or single mom, if you prefer.

As reported by the Washington Post's Reliable Source, Sanchez -- with help from her "unofficial fiancé" Jim Sullivan -- is "poised to become only the eighth congresswoman in history to have a baby while in office -- and the first to do so while single....The two are 'unofficially engaged,' she says, and looking to buy a house. They will plan a wedding later -- but at her age, she says, planning a baby couldn't wait."

The Los Angeles Times was the first to announce the news to the world. "Twenty years ago, it simply wouldn't have been possible -- pregnant, single and a member of Congress?" wrote Patt Morrison. "Oh, the scandal! But Hester Prynne has morphed into Juno MacGuff, the culture wars have been fought to a truce of exhaustion, and 'unwed mother' has been recast as 'single mom.'"

Says Sanchez: "I'm hopeful there won't be this sort of ugliness about something that for me is really a blessed event."

But Morrison asks, "how might Sanchez's pregnancy play out in her district, which is 61 percent Latino? The national Latina teenage pregnancy rate is twice the country's average. Could a teenager point to her and say, 'If she can do it, why can't I?'

"The differences, Sanchez thinks, are substantial, and that's a big teachable moment. She's not a 'surprised pregnant teenager,' 15 or 16, poor, jobless, a dropout. 'I'm established in my life. I have a career. I'm financially stable. I have a loving, committed partner. This is something that was planned, not something that was accidental.' Sanchez is 39 and divorced, and early this year, her doctor told her that 'if your intention is to become a mother, I wouldn't put it off.' So she and Sullivan didn't. They haven't yet set a wedding date. As he told me, 'We have the rest of our lives to get engaged and married -- we don't have the rest of our lives' for Sanchez to become pregnant."


TOPICS: News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: 111th; dirtysanchez; hispanics; lindasanchez; unwedmother
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To: freespirited

When is the bastard due?


41 posted on 11/21/2008 10:01:28 AM PST by School of Rational Thought (Sarah Palin - High ideals on high heels)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Oh dear. No wonder the engagement isn’t official.


42 posted on 11/21/2008 10:01:33 AM PST by ladyjane
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To: Right Cal Gal

Make that: Loretta.


43 posted on 11/21/2008 10:04:11 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Oink!


44 posted on 11/21/2008 10:04:25 AM PST by verity ("Lord, what fools we mortals be!")
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

The same expression, from the side.


45 posted on 11/21/2008 10:04:45 AM PST by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

My bad, I had them reversed.


46 posted on 11/21/2008 10:13:18 AM PST by edcoil (Looking for a new tagline - do you have one I can use?)
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To: freespirited

The Dems are a waste !


47 posted on 11/21/2008 10:17:24 AM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite (Why the Drama Obama ?)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

BARF !


48 posted on 11/21/2008 10:17:55 AM PST by Indian_Fighter_Kite (Why the Drama Obama ?)
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To: Syncro

The gentleman seems to be sizing up the right flank.


49 posted on 11/21/2008 10:18:04 AM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: freespirited

Can we please hear some of the same stuff from the talking heads that we heard about Palin’s daughter’s pregnancy!

No,I guess not. The “D” after the name makes one invincible from shame & scandal.


50 posted on 11/21/2008 10:20:42 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Deb
Make that: Loretta.

Who changed her name from Loretta Brixey to pander to her main supporters, Criminal Illegal Alien Insurgent Colonists. CIAIC's

51 posted on 11/21/2008 10:21:08 AM PST by Syncro (Tagline: optional, printed after your name on post)
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

“WOOF”


52 posted on 11/21/2008 10:21:56 AM PST by KosmicKitty (WARNING: Hormonally crazed woman ahead!!)
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To: Syncro

Yes, I remember that. Poor B-1 Bob, he really got hosed.


53 posted on 11/21/2008 10:23:42 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: Deb

Both were endorsed by the NOW gang.

54 posted on 11/21/2008 10:24:28 AM PST by kcvl
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To: kcvl

“From a young age little sister Linda repeatedly stole the tacos of big sister Loretta.”


55 posted on 11/21/2008 10:29:18 AM PST by Deb (Beat him, strip him and bring him to my tent!)
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To: freespirited
Proves the adage that if a woman spreads her legs, someone will be desperate or deranged enough to hit it....
56 posted on 11/21/2008 10:46:05 AM PST by vetvetdoug
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To: freespirited
How sweet...(extreme sarcasm).......great role model.
57 posted on 11/21/2008 11:00:19 AM PST by Guenevere
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To: BookmanTheJanitor

Some people will prong anything.


58 posted on 11/21/2008 11:04:13 AM PST by Dionysius (Jingoism is no vice.)
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To: Guenevere

The faces of our emerging Third World country.


59 posted on 11/21/2008 11:05:36 AM PST by CT (Joe Biden: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTwnwbG9YLE)
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To: freespirited

Well, it’s not exactly a “teachable moment,” as the good congresswoman claims.

But I have to say that it’s a step up from the usual Democrat solution, which is abortion.


60 posted on 11/21/2008 11:39:13 AM PST by Cicero (Marcus Tullius)
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