Obama: "People's Families are Off Limits"
(CBS)
(MONROE, MICH.) - When asked to respond to Sarah Palin’s announcement today that her 17-year-old daughter is pregnant, Barack Obama sternly said the story is irrelevant to the presidential campaign.
“I think peoples families are off limits and people's children are especially off limits.”
Obama addressed the press after he attended a Labor Day picnic here. Although he intended to give a statement on Hurricane Gustav, Obama was quickly asked about Bristol Palin’s pregnancy.
“My mother had me when she was 18 years old,” Obama said, adding that families should deal with these issues privately. “That shouldn’t be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is supporting me understands that’s off limits.”
Obama said he was offended by comments from a McCain advisor suggesting that his campaign may have been spreading rumors about Palin on the internet.
“Our people were not involved in any way in this and the will not be. And if I ever thought that it was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they’d be fired.”
I am very sad about how Sarah Palin and John McCain chose to handle this situation. If they had included Bristol''s situation as part of the family bio it would have strengthened their family values stance and the American people would have embraced them as they unconditionally loved and supported their daughter. Instead they chose to hide her condition as if it were shameful. Their lack of forthrightness is what is shameful. Bristol and her unborn child deserve much more respect. In my opinion, this shows a lack of judgment for the adults and I feel Bristol having to hide her condition while on stage Friday with her mother accepting the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
I am very sad about how Sarah Palin and John McCain chose to handle this situation. If they had included Bristol''s situation as part of the family bio it would have strengthened their family values stance and the American people would have embraced them as they unconditionally loved and supported their daughter. Instead they chose to hide her condition as if it were shameful. Their lack of forthrightness is what is shameful. Bristol and her unborn child deserve much more respect. In my opinion, this shows a lack of judgment for the adults and I feel Bristol having to hide her condition while on stage Friday with her mother accepting the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
I am very sad about how Sarah Palin and John McCain chose to handle this situation. If they had included Bristol''s situation as part of the family bio it would have strengthened their family values stance and the American people would have embraced them as they unconditionally loved and supported their daughter. Instead they chose to hide her condition as if it were shameful. Their lack of forthrightness is what is shameful. Bristol and her unborn child deserve much more respect. In my opinion, this shows a lack of judgment for the adults and I feel Bristol having to hide her condition while on stage Friday with her mother accepting the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
I am very sad about how Sarah Palin and John McCain chose to handle this situation. If they had included Bristol''s situation as part of the family bio it would have strengthened their family values stance and the American people would have embraced them as they unconditionally loved and supported their daughter. Instead they chose to hide her condition as if it were shameful. Their lack of forthrightness is what is shameful. Bristol and her unborn child deserve much more respect. In my opinion, this shows a lack of judgment for the adults and I feel for Bristol having to hide her condition while on stage Friday with her mother accepting the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
Notice the McCain campaign TRIED TO USE THIS PREGNANCY FOR POLITICAL GAIN by claiming Obama was spreading around the fact that Palin''s daughter was pregnant out of wedlock.
Obama took the principled stand. Republicans don''t know what principle IS anymore.
YouTube Audio:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j9AIDRGzUAw
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AKkydrUnBZE
Early THIS year, an op-ed in the Anchorage Daily News ripped into Gov. Sarah Palin''s appearance (1/15/08) on a morning "shock jock" radio show ("The Bob and Mark Show") as "plain and simple one of the most unprofessional, childish and inexcusable performances I''ve ever seen from a politician."
Palin has feuded with State Senate president, Lyda Green, over a wide range of legislation.
Lester referred to Sen. Green as a jealous woman and a cancer.
PALIN knows full well Lyda Green is a CANCER SURVIVOR, but didn''t do what any decent person would do, say, "Bob, that''s going too far."
Lester questioned Green''s motherhood, asking Palin if Green cares about her own kids.
PALIN LAUGHS.
Then Lester says, "Lyda Green is a cancer and a b*tch."
PALIN LAUGHS for the second time.
What were teenage boys and girls thinking when they heard the governor laugh at someone being called a b*tch? How about the teenage girls who look up to Palin? What did they think as she laughed?
But there is more. Lester then describes Green''s chair as big and cushy. A clear reference to the senator''s weight.
PALIN LAUGHS a third time. She''s just having a grand old time.
Palin was clearly enjoying every second of Lester''s vicious attack on Lyda Green. Then she says she''s "honored" by Lester and invites him to her speech.
Credit: N. Pitney
I am very sad about how Sarah Palin and John McCain chose to handle this situation. If they had included Bristol''s situation as part of the family bio it would have strengthened their family values stance and the American people would have embraced them as they unconditionally loved and supported their daughter. Instead they chose to hide her condition as if it were shameful. Their lack of forthrightness is what is shameful. Bristol and her unborn child deserve much more respect. In my opinion, this shows a lack of judgment for the adults and I feel for Bristol having to hide her condition while on stage Friday with her mother accepting the VP slot on the McCain ticket.
Southern Baptist leaders like Richard Land and Al Mohler have praised McCain''s choice. But these are the same men who support this statement from the 2000 Baptist Faith & Message:
"A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."
Evangelical "Family values" say : Get thee to nurturing, woman! If she were a good Christian woman, Palin should be taking care of her kids (and her kid with a kid coming).
I''m a woman, young, and also determined. However, I know how hard it is to rear children. I''ve had to sacrifice a heck of a lot. I was given a word of wisdom by a much older successful woman reflecting on her adult child,
"As much as I''ve accomplished in life, my biggest regret has been not spending enough time with my child". That resonated with every decision I chose while rearing my child who is now in college.
Her husband is clearly not Mr. Mom or else one of them would have had a handle on things. Gov. Palin was back at work after 3 weeks with the 4 month old special needs child. The average maternity leave is a minimum 6-8 weeks. Palin is strickened by the Superwoman complex of the 90''s and it doesn''t work.
She should have had the sense to decline McCain''s offer instead of sacraficing her family''s dignity. The timing isn''t good and it was a selfish move.
It''s a very unhealthy example for our nation and scores of underaged good decent conservative girls. Clearly, they''ve critized minorites, adult celebrities and ended Jaimie Spears'' short career. I''m curious to see how the hyprocrites will handle this one.
Posted by angel667 at 06:42 PM : Sep 01, 2008
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Nope- It''s just McCain/Rove politics as usual- LIES - LIES -LIES
PALIN and "ALASKA INDEPENDENCE PARTY"
The Alaskan Independence Party (AIP) believes:
-- Alaskans must vote for secession from the United States (can you say "49 states"?)
-- That "the vote for Alaskan statehood was invalid"
-- ALL environmental regulation should be eliminated
-- All government lands should be turned over to private parties
-- THE MAJOR PARTIES MUST BE "INFILTRATED" TO OBTAIN ALASKAN INDEPENDENCE
WHAT IS THE EXTENT OF PALIN''S RELATIONSHIP TO THE AIP?
Palin belonged to the AIP before she decided to seek higher office.
The AIP supported Palin for Governor.
AIP Vice Chairman of the AIP, Dexter Clark revealed this year:
"the one we were hoping would get elected, Sarah Palin, did get elected. ... And there was a lot of talk about her moving up. She was an AIP member before she got the job as a mayor of a small town- that was a non-partisan job. But you get along to go along - she eventually joined the Republican Party
Sarah Palin recorded a nice message to the AIP Convention this year, saying that the party "plays an important role in our state''s politics" and that "we have a great promise to be a self-sufficient state."
Is Sarah Palin a radical Alaskan secessionist? She certainly believes in them, and she belonged to their party before it became politically expedient for her to join the Republicans...
I am appalled at the way they are trying to put a positive spin to the choice of McCain with Palin and all the recent news of her daughter''s pregnancy and pending investigation of abuse of power.
The Republican party has always portrayed themselves as the Christians with high moral standards and sound judgment. If this is indicative of McCain''s leadership skills in choosing his running mate, the US has a lot to fear should he be elected.
I suspect that the Republicans will not GET IT until November when the voice of the American people echoes at the polling booth a resounding message the Republicans refuse to hear.
NOW there are reports that McCAIN HAS SENT a team of "VETTERS" to Alaska TODAY. They will be investigating Palin to find out what they should have discovered about Palin BEFORE McCain decided to make her his V.P. candidate.
Now it is coming out that McCain made a last minute "seat of the pants" decision to pick Palin. This came after Karl Rove vetoed Joe Lieberman, and the Evangelicals vetoed Tom Ridge. McCain "liked" Paliin, so he picked her without doing the background work.
Reports indicate that McCain campaign vetters arrived in Alaska ONLY ONE DAY before the decision to pick Palin was announced Friday. McCain met with her the FIRST TIME on Thursday, and OFFERED HER THE JOB ON-THE-SPOT.
McCain''s decision on Palin was driven by IMPULSE and WITHOUT CARE for the details or issues.
This proves McCain is no where near ready to make critical decisions for this country. He failed to properly do the HOMEWORK before making his most CRITICAL decision to date. We do not need him deciding which war to start next.
http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/02/us/politics/02vetting.html
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by juanamarie
September 3, 2008 10:33 AM PDT
- As a woman I think the questions being asked about Sarah Palin are sexist and wrong! To ask if she can handle the job because she is a mother is crazy! This is 2008 people BACK OFF! Whatever happened to equal rights? Would you prefer her to be barefoot and pregnant? She can obviously handle being a working mother as do most of the women in this country. I am outraged by these questions, and I am a Democrat so it''s not out of any political motivation, but as a woman that sees we have come a long way... let''s not backtrack people! To say "being in politics opens you up for this" is wrong because it implies that if you are involved in politics we can discriminate against you, and treat you unfairly. How WRONG is that? Very in my book!
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