Kudos to Dr. Monkey von Monkerstein for alerting his blog buddies to this upstanding citizen.
Mark Ciptak of Elizabethtown, TN, you are Little Merry Sunshine's 2008 Dad of the Year!
Mr. Ciptak, in his vast paternal wisdom, went behind his wife's back and named their new daughter . . . wait for it . . . Sarah McCain Palin Ciptak.
Isn't that great? What a dad!
Although Mr. Ciptak and his (I assume, soon to be ex) wife, Layla, had picked out the beautiful name Ava Grace for their new baby, Mr. Ciptak put his foot down and showed his wife who's in charge by filing a different set of baby name papers with Social Security and the Tennessee Department of Health. Ahhhh, GOP Family Values at work.
After taking this courageous stand on behalf of all chauvinistic men, Mr. Ciptak said "I haven’t broken the news to her yet. As of right now, I’m just trying to get up enough nerve to tell her what I’ve done and hope for the best. I hope I’m still living to tell the tale tomorrow. She thought it was a done deal with Ava Grace." As fearful as Mr. Ciptak was of his wife, he clearly had no problem alerting the media. Good judgement AND solid priorities, too!
No word on exactly how he managed to get his wife's signature on the paperwork (both parents are required to sign) without her knowing what he'd done, but he's clearly a clever chap. And we're certain that whatever course of action he chose to obtain her signature was entirely on the up-and-up.
Mr. Ciptak is a man among men and Little Merry Sunshine is pleased to award him its coveted 2008 Dad of the Year Award. Congratulations Mr. Ciptak!
And thank you Dr. Monkey for nominating him.
I couldn't believe this when I saw it. I am just gobsmacked.
ReplyDeleteI read about this the other day. Didn't he justify it by saying that he couldn't afford to donate to McCain/Palin and this was the best he could do to show his support? This new father doesn't have extra money laying around for political donations but he's going to vote for the candidate who strongly supported the bank deregulation which played a huge role in the collapse of our economy. I get the feeling this guy's brain hurts when he begins to think.
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Happy I found your site.
Hello American Girl!
ReplyDeleteWelcome to Little Merry Sunshine! I hope you'll visit regularly.
Yes, you are correct, this is EXACTLY how he "justified" his obvious craziness. No money to donate to McCain/Palin, the candidates who can't say "middle class" except to blame them for being greedy and wanting to buy houses which caused the whole financial crisis (according to McCain/Palin, NOT me).
You are most welcome.
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