“I mention her [Bristol Palin] only because the things conservatives generally attribute single motherhood to are absent there . . .”

Please.

Look at the stats. Nearly 70% of black children are born out of wedlock; 50% Hispanic; 28% white [of all political backgrounds across all races, btw]. We’re looking at 40% of all children born in the US to single parents.

Not good statistics for any of us. Particularly the kids.

Women who have children without the benefit of marriage, without a helpmate, without the benifit of extra hands and money are most often setting themselves up for a life of hardship and poverty.

Murphy Brown was a TV show, not reality.

Doesn’t matter if you’re religious or secular, Republican or Democrat, kids still need shoes and food. And the easiest way to make that an uphill struggle is to have a kid outside marriage. It’s less of a moral question than a practical one.

And making that easier, pretending that it’s a-okay and/or the government will step in and help pay the bills is stupid at best.

We need to teach our daughters respect for their own futures, give them opportunities and educate, educate, educate.

Celebrating single motherhood is stupid at best and anti-woman at worst.

“These companies don’t HAVE to come to the taxpayer for a bailout. Since they are, we can dictate the terms of our loan.”

Silly me. I thought the point was to save these companies from bankruptcy instead the governments going into the auto business and banking and insurance. Nationalization by any other name…