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Originally Posted by BlueK
Except that she's flip flopped on it. Even after her child's birth she said abstinence was "unrealistic." Her parents have since gotten her to dump the boyfriend and her tune has changed. I think it's a shame for her that she's been thrown into the public limelight. That wasn't her choice. But my cynical side seems to tell me this most recent statement from her has something to do with making her mom's christian right friends happy.
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I don't blame you for the cynicism. It's certainly possible. I frankly wish the families of politicians would both get out and be left out of political conversations, but that's not our culture.
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Originally Posted by BarbaraGordon
True in a respect, but you may be missing some of what RHG is trying to get at. Obviously, Bristol's experience and the challenges she will face make her well-suited to speak to teens on the importance of responsible sexuality and on the possible consequences of irresponsibility. At the same time, shouldn't the mother of a newborn be demonstrating that responsibility by tending to her newborn rather than making the talk-show circuit? And what message does she send about her baby if she's out there saying, "Hey, this was a mistake."
If you look at RHG's previous sentence, I don't think she's questioning the fitness of the speaker (Bristol) so much as she's questioning whether these statements are fruitful in the first place.
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I haven't read what she's actually been saying. Has she said her baby was a mistake? There is a delicate way of saying "abstinence is a better way" without taking the Obama approach of referring to a baby as punishment.
As to the talk-show circuit: do you have some inside info that Bristol is not tending her newborn?