Meghan McCain on Bristol Palin and Why Abstinence Isn’t Always the Answer
I think the spate of forward thinking (for a Conservative anyway), challenging statements made by Meghan McCain recently proves that Politicians and Political parties pay little attention to engaging the youth, unless of course, those kids are ardently hugging trees or blaming “illegal aliens” for the Swine Flu.
Neither party is willing to put in the work that it would take to engage the youth who don’t ardently identify with one ideal or the other. What people like Meghan McCain show is that if you address them in a manner that relates to them (no, I don’t mean saying “yo, yo, yo” and showing up on MTV once every four years) and don’t undermine them, the youth lead politicized lives whether they know it or not.
Meghan McCain and others like her could fairly easily fit into a moderate Democratic party or into a new, more forward thinking Republican party depending upon who (if any) makes the effort first:
Let me get something straight: Bristol Palin, as an eighteen-year-old adult, is free to make her own choices and decide how she wants her life to unfold. But for whatever reasons, the American public and media remain overly engrossed in our politicians‘ sex lives and, as in this case, those of their families. There’s an especially unhealthy attitude among conservatives. Daughters of Republican politicians aren‘t expected to have sex, let alone enjoy it–as if there were some strange chastity belt automatically attached to us female offspring. God forbid anyone talk realistically about life experiences and natural, sexual instincts. Nope, the answer is always abstinence.
Meghan McCain: Bristol Palin Shows The GOP Doesn‘t Understand Sex [Huffington Post]