What if Obama had a daughter who was pregnant?

[blueinindiana]

*** If his daughters we older ***

I bet the right wing values voter crowd and the media would have field day if the situation was reverse.

i sure more than one subtle racial slur would be flying as well.

I really don't care if a someone's daughter is pregnant but when right wing so called values voters stand on their high horse and condemn anyone who does not believe what they believe and suggest that all Democrats and non Christians are immoral and unfit I do take notice of their shortcomings.

If Obama had a pregnant daughter or his wife had used to or still abuses drugs he would have been forced to drop out al long time ago.

[quiet.american]

1. You're absolutely right.

Further, there would be insinuation that taxpayers would be tapped to pay for the pregnancy. What am I talking about? They would just come right out and say it.

[maseman]

2. His daughters are a little young to be prego

[JVS]

3. He'd be torn to shreds, so I see no reason for us to be nice about it.

[Clio the Leo]

4. He wouldn't.........

.... or at least not one who was 17 ........ I hate to play the values card but it's clear at this point that Barack and Michelle are on a whole 'nother level of "values" than some of these other folks.

You know all of this BS we've managed to dig up on Todd and Sara in TWO WEEKS ..... dont you think people have been TRYING to do that about Barack and Michelle for going on two years? And all they've managed to come up with are a few shady acquaintances. You KNOW they have tried to hunt down every ex girlfriend, every business parter, every 3rd grade recess buddy ...... and NOTHING.

When it comes right down to it, the Obamas are just squeaky clean people ........ and their kids will be too.

The apple and the tree.

I'm also convinced that Sacha could kick Megan McCain's butt in a spelling bee, but that's a whole 'nother matter.

(and I realize you were speaking in a hypothetical but still)

[maseman]

5. My wife got "Knocked up" (Her words) at 18 years old

She came from a very good values family. Kids make mistakes and it doesn't mean they don't have values. It can happen to any family. I think the Palins are messed up but kids having sex crosses every ethnicity, gender, race, religion, socio-economic class, etc. Let's face...we like to screw. But sometimes procreation happens.

[Clio the Leo]

7. It does not just happen.......

........ seriously, nothing personal but you've stuck a nerve. I managed to make it all the way to the ripe old age of 35 without an unwanted pregnancy and it wasn't all that hard (there's a pun there.......)

The REASON was that my parents made it ABUNDANDLY clear how not being responsible with my sexuality would only make my life more difficult ....... no parties, no late nights ...... I'd have to become an adult, long before I wanted to.

You can disagree with me if you want to, but, i'm sorry, this whole "sometimes kids just make mistakes" thing is BS. Pregnancy is not an airborn disease. Teach your kids to abstain or make sure they have birth control if they're not going to. It's a simple strategy.

[maseman]

8. Apparently you do not have kids

I also made it to my 30's without getting anyone prego. But it may surprise you that Billions of kids don't always listen to what their parents say. Just because you didn't get pregnant doesn't mean anything. Parents can teach their kids for 17 years not to smoke and they end up smoking. That doesn't mean the parents did anything wrong. It is a decision a young adult makes about their own body regardless of what their parents tell them.

[JI7]

6. minority teenagers who get pregnant ?

what do they usually say about that.

[GoddessOfGuinness]

9. ...or if his wife gave birth 8 months after they eloped

of course they'd all talk about how unsuitable he was.

The fact is, most of the idiots who blindly support the thugs are the puppets of Big Xtianity, which has duped them with fear of hell. Those who are aware of what McShame and his cohorts represent don't care about any of the tabloid crap. They just view it as a useful tool for getting their guy into office.

I don't really care about Palinocchio's daughter or whether she had an affair with her husband's business partner. But the hypocrisy of their stance, that they're supposed to represent "moral" people, and the suggestion that we Democrats are "immoral" makes me feel that the only way to combat these people is with more of same.

[shugah]

10. if

if Obama had a wife with a drug addiction issue, past or present, and a pregnant teen daughter, he would never have been a senator, much less the nominee.

[ailsagirl]

11. Amen

[Miss Chybil]

12. He wouldn't have a chance. Black men have to be 20 times as "good"

20 times as educated, 20 times as literate, 20 times as articulate, 20 times less "uppity" to get 1/2 the break. But, if Obama wins... he will make things ten times better for everyone who follows him. And, I said EVERYONE.