Dear Diary: Lindsay Lohan, "I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else..."

Posted at 4:00 PM Sep 03, 2008

By Sharon Steel

I don't know about you, but I'm definitely starting to take a shine to the new Lindsay Lohan. Er, more specifically, Lindsay Lohan since she began dating Samantha Ronson. Has she gotten smarter? Or have Ali Lohan's antics on Living Lohan just made the elder sib seem more intelligent by comparison? Either way, LiLo had a few points to make about the whole Bristol Palin media shit-storm in a MySpace post entitled "Political Blog" yesterday, on September 2:

"I've been watching the news all morning, like everyone else - and i keep hearing about the issues related to 'teen pregnancy'- It's all related to Sarah Palin and her 17 year old unmarried pregnant daughter. Well, I think the real problem comes from the fact that we are taking the focus off of getting to know Sarah Palin and her political views, and what she can do to make our country a less destructive place. Its distracting from the real issues, the real everyday problems that this country experiences."

Linds! This is too true. Funny how one week, John McCain's campaign is creating shock ads that deride Barack Obama as a celebrity, akin to Paris Hilton and Britney Spears, and the next thing you know, his camp is desperately hoping Bristol-gate will score them the Jamie Lynn sympathy vote. Awkward, isn't it?

"I am concerned with the fact that Sarah Palin brought the attention to her daughter's pregnancy, rather than all world issues and what she believes she could possibly do to change them-if elected. I get Sarah Palin's views against abortion, but i would much prefer to hear more about what she can do for our country rather than how her daughter is going to have a child no matter what."

Yeah. Exactly. What about the whole what she can do for our country thing? Some info on that might be nice right about now.

"On another note-the last note- i heard a woman say on TODAY on NBC that teens are feeling as if they have to grow up faster. Really? Because, i think that girls that are CHOOSING to be sexually active and are making a conscious decision to grow up faster..... I think that parents need to recognize how important it is to talk to their children about the things that can result from being sexually active if they aren't protecting themselves (birth control, condoms, etc.)"

Ah, back to "old" Lindsay. Indeed -- whether they've been given the proper education or not, girls are choosing to grow up faster, be it sex or drugs or getting manicures and pedicures before they hit puberty. I wonder if you stopped to think that you might have a hand in showing them how it's done?