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Originally Posted by Despare
That has no place in politics.
Obama's mama was 18 when she had him.
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- The legal age of consent is 18.
- Conservative right always claims "family values."
- She's an unwed pregnant 17-year-old.
Des - I agree that this
absolutely has no place in politics, but let's be honest here - When you enter the political spotlight, you are willingly subjecting your family to the judgment and criticism of politicians and pundits alike. The conservative right constantly refers to "Family Values" to propagate their support of what is considered
traditional moral values (mostly stemming from Christian ideology). The Republicans love righteously pointing out the moral foibles of the Democratic party (Clinton, anyone?). I'd just like to see the conservative right be just as righteous with one of their own.
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BUT THAT WASN'T EVEN MY MAIN POINT! ARGH!
I'm just trying to point out the humor here (slight irony with the nod to family values, but I'm not the angry liberal that I used to be so that's not really that big a deal) and make more of a crack at
Newb's and Palin's common familial role (GET IT?! IT'S FUNNY BECAUSE HE'S A GRANDPARENT - AND SO IS SHE! HA HA HA HA HA HA HA). Granted, it was a periphrastic and not
particularly funny joke, I'm not
seriously judging nor am I making the argument that this rumor should be the focus of the Obama campaign (I am not
that close-minded, narrow-focused or ignorant, thank you very much).
Argh. Maybe I just took your post too personally. I don't like you anymore. We're TOTALLY breaking up. :(