CBS: Jeff Greenfield: Would the Family Research Council approve of a pregnant 17 year old Chelsea?

[Cush]

Ouch, says its a fair question to ask

[TwilightZone]

1. I think it is a fair question to ask.

The underlying assertion being, of course, hypocrisy.

I guarantee that the FRC would have gone nuts.

[Blue Gardener]

18. They would have ripped into Hillary

For being a "working mother" and not staying home to raise her daughter.

[BluegrassDem]

2. What's good for the goose is good for the gander

[Kdillard]

3. Yeah right they would have ripped Bill and Hillary in two with

righteous indignation.

[JBoy]

4. Time to dredge up some past statements they've made about teen pregnancies.

[redirish28]

5. Oh we know the answer. They wouldn't have.

[Ishoutandscream2]

6. No question. They are hypocrites

And imagine Coulter, Rush, Sean, et al if that had happened to Chelsea. It will be interesting to hear their takes on this. I'm sure they are receiving their talking points from the RNC as we speak.

[NewJeffCT]

12. It's okay, though

she's a Republican.

[ampad]

7. There you go

This is one of many reasons I don't feel bad that this came out. I feel sorry for the poor girl but her mother is to blame with the lack of sex education in the home. Had this been Chelsea the media and the repigs would of made her life a living hell. The entire time Chelsea was in the white house they made fun of her looks. Didn't McCain call Chelsea a dog? It's so funny because Chelsea has blossomed into a beautiful young lady.

[trixie]

8. The biblical right is going nuts

From Ladies Against Feminism; Titus 2; Vision something etc....all going nuts about a woman leading men when she can't lead the people around her dinner table. :rofl: I will report that the Baptist Board is firmly on board with McInsane because they just twist the bible to justify their own means. To be fair, they are more fascists than biblical anyways. One of their most recent rants was about how unfair it is to the military that civilian groups monitor them. Something must be done about this, the military needs to be self policed. :scared:

[donco6]

9. That would be a Hell No.

And I don't think they approve of Palin's daughter, either - regardless of the official comments.

[SoxFan]

10. This is EXACTLY what I said this morning

Personally, I could give a rat's ass about the Palin familiy and its personal travails.

The problem is that I don;t think Sarah and Todd would return the favor.

[elocs]

11. I saw that too--BURN! Great question. n/t

[Cha]

13. No, but aren't fundie nutbags the ones

who vetted palin?

[RollWithIt]

14. And people complained about us bringing up the "tinfoil" pregnancy issue....

Guess what, we saw the pictures of that daughter. She's pregnant. We're not fucking stupid.

[calimary]

15. I am VERY glad this is being asked - SOMEWHERE in the mainstream media.

That's a good thing. There IS a double standard and I'm glad he's saying something about it.

[ikojo]

16. We'd STILL be hearing about a pregnant 17 year

old Chelsea Clinton. Hillary would have been ripped up one side and down another. The reich wing would be saying how it's an indictment of women working outside the home and not devoting every single solitary second to their kids. It would have been seen as an indictment of liberalism. Heck they would have concocted stories about Chelsea being allowed to have multiple boyfriends over in the Lincoln bedroom as long as their parents donated to Bill's campaign fund.

Oy vey!

Parents, listen. Kids are going to have sex. They have hormones. You would not let them drive without at least showing them where the gas pedal and brake are located. Why send them out into the sexual world unarmed?

[BeyondGeography]

17. Well, bless his heart

Jeff has a memory.

[Bolo Boffin]

19. More to the point, if it had been Barack's 17-year-old unwed daughter

can you imagine the outcry from the Republicans and their noise machine?

[mrreowwr_kittty]

20. Deafening. And the racism would be off the charts. nt

[eshfemme]

21. A very good role reversal question that catches RW hypocrisy

What's funniest is that after Obama said that he wouldn't go after families (he told people to back off on Pailin family just like he told people to back off on HIS family) that the RW people actually voluntarily said that he's right that people need to back off. ROFLMAO!