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Related: Editorials & Other Articles, Issue Forums, Alliance Forums, Region ForumsI'm proud that our president is a good family man who is loyal to his wife
gateley
(62,683 posts)madokie
(51,076 posts)does me for sure
BumRushDaShow
(129,876 posts)Malia is really growing up!!!
lumpy
(13,704 posts)nt
Skittles
(153,261 posts)liberal N proud
(60,351 posts)But two things
I never hold anyone so high that I could be disappointed by them.
I recall a college history professor who used to spend most of our classes talking about mistresses of the Presidents. And that was before Clinton was in office.
varelse
(4,062 posts)dimbear
(6,271 posts)Authenticity.
jwirr
(39,215 posts)postulater
(5,075 posts)helps keep things grounded.
applegrove
(118,880 posts)Withywindle
(9,988 posts)I don't think Newt is capable of love in that way. I would pity him if he hadn't hurt so many people, and wasn't trying to amass great power so he can hurt millions more.
SwampG8r
(10,287 posts)one old gal since 1975 here
OmahaBlueDog
(10,000 posts)She went along with the gags, and delivered a very pro-military family message (yes - I know it's a repeat, but it was the fiirst time I'd seen it). I think the fact that the Obamas have younger kids made that appearance more credible.
Lugnut
(9,791 posts)ellisonz
(27,711 posts)You can't buy that...:wink.
Jester Messiah
(4,711 posts)It can't be the one with the serial adulterer pulling ahead... can it?
MineralMan
(146,345 posts)Maybe they'll learn something.
hughee99
(16,113 posts)but it is good PR to have a president that's like this.
valerief
(53,235 posts)Plus just because he takes nice pictures with his wife and kids doesn't mean he doesn't have all sorts of mistresses. His best quality might not be faithfulness, but discretion.
Who cares anyway?
Donald Ian Rankin
(13,598 posts)What matters in a president is whether he does a good job of presidenting, not whether he does a good job of husbanding.
If anything, I think drawing attention to his private life even in a positive light is a bad precedent.