Letters to the Editor

So much for family values

Editor:

Well, so much for family values, I knew it was a cliché, with absolutely zero substance. Suddenly the right-wing extremists are defending Sarah Palin's 17-year-old daughter's pregnancy.

"It is just everyday problems people face in America." This comment was made by one of her delegates.

I don't know, but if it had been one of the Democratic candidates who had a child about to become an out-of-wedlock parent, the right-wing radio hacks and the righteous print pundits would be all over it about loose liberal values and failed social policies.

When it was announced that Jamie Lynn Spears, a 16-year-old, was pregnant and was going to marry the father of her child, the Fox news hacks attacked the parents.

Motormouth Bill O'Reilly said the parents need to be held responsible for the girl's behavior, she is out of control. But Sarah Palin's daughter is out of bounds; what a pack of hypocrites.

The GOP would like us to believe that this woman is ready to run the country when she can't even control her family.

By the way, I guess the abstinence stuff only works for other people's kids.

Yeah, Yeah, I've heard this story before, "Do as I say, not as I do."

Frank Garcia

Harlingen

Thanks to Troiani for budget review

Editor:

I would like to thank Anthony Troiani for doing the right thing and asking the right questions on the city of Brownsville budget. All elected officials are entrusted by the citizens of Brownsville to do what is right and you have taken an oath to do so.

Nora Torres

Brownsville

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