Dear fellow adoptive parent,
I should start by saying that there was no way I was ever going to vote for you. I am not a swing voter. I am not a voter whose vote you are trying to get. And therefore, I'm quite sure you could care less what I think of you or your running mate. However, with the election still in front of us, I have to care what you think and how you could change my life and the lives of all Americans.
First, what the hell is up with this bullshit about your running mate knowing "more than most" about autism?? What is her record on this? Hey, my nephew has Down syndrome (and Palin's nephew has autism). Does this mean I know "more than most" about that? Perhaps I should spearhead the nation's efforts on helping special needs children and their families? You let me know. How about teen pregnancy? Your running mate knows more than most about that as well. It looks like the abstinence only education didn't work out so well in her household.
I totally respect your running mate's decision to keep her daughter's pregnancy as a private affair - it IS a private affair. It's none of my business how her daughter confronts this situation. It's none of my business if she uses birth control or not. As in right to privacy. As in Roe v. Wade. As in, women and their loved ones are the best people to decide what is right for them.
And speaking of Roe v. Wade, as a person who has exercised her right to choose, I can tell you that that does NOT make me pro-abortion. Are you kidding me? That was not a decision that I took lightly, nor did my family, nor anyone around me. But it was the RIGHT decision for me at that time. AND I am an adoptive parent. So don't get on your adoptive-parent-high-horse and tell ME about options. You would like to promote adoption as a first option. And the second option? What would that be?
Luckily for me, things aren't looking so good for you right now. Again, you're not trying to swing my vote, but my advice to you would be to focus on your own campaign rather than focusing on attacking your opponent. Why so angry, McCain? Why the clenched jaw? Relax a bit. You'll live longer (and, honestly, if you do end up in the White House, I pray that you live for at least four more years, because President Palin is unthinkable for me. Thankfully I am married to a Chilean citizen, because I may need to vote with my feet at that point.)
Love,
your fellow adoptive parent
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his whole performance was appalling. I wrote this somewhere else, but as a pro-choice, would-be adoptive mother who experienced a high-risk (dangerous) pregnancy and late term loss, I am disturbed to my core.
here's hoping you don't need to vote with your feet.
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