On Monday’s CBS "Early Show," correspondent Jeff Glor praised the courage of Barack Obama for promoting fatherhood during a speech on Father’s Day while running for president: "A job that usually requires safe, focus-group tested messages. This one seemed like anything but." Obama’s speech, in which the Illinois Senator declared that many fathers, particularly in the African-American community, are "M.I.A.," "AWOL," and "...acting like boys instead of men," was described by co-host Maggie Rodriguez as "A blunt Father's Day message from Barack Obama to African-American men."
On ABC’s "Good Morning America," correspondent Jake Tapper reported: "...it was a provocative speech, the first major party African-American presidential candidate in history took the opportunity of Father's Day to deliver some tough love to the African American community on the subject of the disintegration of the black family." The report also featured a clip of Obama’s speech that lasted a full 1 minute and 12 seconds.
On the "Early Show," Glor began his report by declaring: "If anyone was expecting a light and fluffy Father's Day message from Barack Obama, they got a big Sunday surprise." Glor went on to praise Obama’s daring speech: "In a sharp, challenging speech, Obama evoked his own absent father and took African-American men to task, saying more than half of all black children live in single parent households."
Here are the full transcripts of the CBS and ABC segments:
EARLY SHOW
7:00AM TEASER:
MAGGIE RODRIGUEZ: A blunt Father's Day message from Barack Obama to African-American men.
BARACK OBAMA: Too many fathers are MIA. Too many fathers are AWOL.
7:07AM SEGMENT:
CHRIS WRAGGE: Democrat Barack Obama spent part of his Father's Day addressing a pressing social issue. "Early Show" National Correspondent Jeff Glor has that story.
JEFF GLOR: If anyone was expecting a light and fluffy Father's Day message from Barack Obama, they got a big Sunday surprise.
BARACK OBAMA: Too many fathers are M.I.A., to many fathers are AWOL. They've abandoned their responsibilities. They're acting like boys instead of men. You and I know this is true everywhere, but nowhere is it more true than in the African-American community.
GLOR: In a sharp, challenging speech, Obama evoked his own absent father and took African-American men to task, saying more than half of all black children live in single parent households. A number that's doubled since he was born. And he said more of those children wind up in trouble or in prison.
OBAMA: We need fathers to recognize that responsibility doesn't just end at conception. How many are sitting, languishing in prison when they should be working or at least looking for a job.
GLOR: The same blunt talk has also come recently from another famous African-American, Bill Cosby. He spoke recently on "The Early Show":
BILL COSBY: We need the power of the parent going places and saying things and being on target with what they need.
GLOR: But this was not an entertainer, it was a man running for president. A job that usually requires safe, focus-group tested messages. This one seemed like anything but. Jeff Glor, CBS News, New York.
GOOD MORNING AMERICA
ROBIN ROBERTS: We're going to move on now to the race for '08. The presumptive presidential candidates spent the first full week of the general election clearly laying out their policy differences. But Senator Obama took the opportunity on Sunday to do something a little different for Father's Day. Senior political correspondent Jake Tapper is in Chicago with the latest on that. Good morning, Jake.
ABC GRAPHIC: "Any Fool Can Have a Child: Obama on a Father's Responsibility"
JAKE TAPPER: Good morning, Robin. Well, it was a provocative speech, the first major party African-American presidential candidate in history took the opportunity of Father's Day to deliver some tough love to the African American community on the subject of the disintegration of the black family. As the Chicago Sun Times puts it this morning, "Obama's message to fathers: Act like a man."
[Obama sound bite 1 minute 12 seconds]
SENATOR BARACK OBAMA: Too many fathers are MIA. Too many fathers are AWOL, missing from too many lives and too many homes. They've abandoned their responsibilities. They're acting like boys instead of men. You and I know this is true everywhere, but nowhere is it more true than in the African-American community. We can't simply write these problems off to past injustices. Those injustices are real. There's a reason why our families are in disrepair. And some of it has to do with a tragic history. But we can't keep on using that as an excuse. We need fathers to recognize their responsibility doesn't just end at conception. That doesn't just make you a father. What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise the child that makes you a father.
TAPPER: Part of what's going on here also, Robin, of course, is Obama trying to appeal to women voters, talking about how single mothers need the support of not only fathers but the government. John McCain over the weekend also had an event to appeal to women voters. He had an event with former supporters of Hillary Clinton. He said that at the end of his first term, there would be more women in higher levels of government than ever before.
ROBERTS: So, Jake, does he, McCain, expect to win over Clinton's female base or is he going for something else here?
TAPPER: Well, he's trying to win enough of them. You might remember, John Kerry won the women's vote in 2004 but he only won them by three percentage points. It's all about the margins. And there is an opening among women voters in the suburbs. So if he can just get enough of them, he could actually use that base to win the presidency.
ROBERTS: All right, Jake, I know it's going to be another full week for you. Thanks so much.
TAPPER: That's right. Thank you.
—Kyle Drennen is a news analyst at the Media Research Center.
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Answer Me This:
June 16, 2008 - 13:25 ET by GothampcHow can someone who believes in abortion and gay marriage promote fatherhood?
Gothampc
June 16, 2008 - 13:31 ET by ricklailIt's OK. He is a Democrat so he can say things that contridictory.
“A debate is a conflict which clarifies a position. A dialogue is a conversation which compromises a position.” –John E. Ashbrook, The New Neutralism II, P. 7
LOL You made me laugh this
June 17, 2008 - 07:29 ET by motherbeltLOL You made me laugh this AM! That is so true!
It's the old "That's what I said yesterday; this is today and unrelated" tap dance. (Uh-oh...is that racist?)
Jesse Jackson used to talk about responsibilities of fatherhood too. He was ignored by the black community (apparently).
But now that the Obama has preached on this subject, I'm sure everything will change.
Good point
June 16, 2008 - 13:39 ET by 10ksnookerIn the twisted world of Democrats, it must make sense to someone.
What's more he admits that
June 16, 2008 - 13:52 ET by Ten7sWhat's more he admits that life begins at conception!
If paternal responsibility begins at conception, the life of the child must begin at conception. QED
What a repudiation of
June 16, 2008 - 14:00 ET by dscottWhat a repudiation of Feminism. I thought he was supposed to demanding every black female get an abortion???
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Excellent point, 7777777777
June 16, 2008 - 14:03 ET by Indiana JoeBut I wouldn't look for much attention paid to it.
The following remark caught my eye: "How many are sitting, languishing in prison when they should be working or at least looking for a job."
How can you work or look for a job while in prison? Look for this line to foster complaints about the "racist" criminal justice system that disproportionately incarcerates blacks. It's not their fault, of course.
It's all whitey's fault.
Umm, it's called work
June 16, 2008 - 14:33 ET by dscottUmm, it's called work release, you work then right after the job you go back to jail for the evening. They do this alot for males that are behind in their childsupport payments, just because you are in jail doesn't end your childsupport obligation you just keep accruing it. Jails have become the modern day debtor's prison.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
This speech reminded me of
June 16, 2008 - 18:04 ET by Clear thinkerThis speech reminded me of an old joke...
Question: What's the definition of "confusion"?
Answer: Fathers Day in Harlem.
"Abstain from McCain"
On local news last night it
June 16, 2008 - 13:33 ET by red_dragon311On local news last night it showed Barack H-word Obama at his "new church, that takes a 180 degree turn from his last chruch, that he left due to thier disagreements"
then the new pastor came up and said " I love this counrty, I love America"
so yea Rev write is forgoten and we are so screwed because the MSM will now be ALL OVER HIS NUTS, that he " faced adversity, and changed his churches"
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Church
June 16, 2008 - 13:36 ET by GothampcDid you happen to catch the name of the church he now attends?
It was the church he
June 16, 2008 - 15:18 ET by red_dragon311It was the church he was at yesterday, I didn't get the name what i found shocking was the didn't mention Trinity by name, " his past chruch" the called it then the "I love America" made me puke, they made a HUGE deal that THIS church is "...180 degrees " from his last one.
of course to endear me to the public that he left the racist church for a new america loving church
A government big enough to give you everything you want, is strong enough to take everything you have.
-Gerald Ford
Soooooo......why didn't he
June 17, 2008 - 07:31 ET by motherbeltSoooooo......why didn't he find this church 10 years ago, or more?
There is still the fact that he stayed in a church with an America-hating pastor for 20 years. And then, only left because it was hurting his political ambitions.
That needs to be hammered home.
The courage of stating the
June 16, 2008 - 13:34 ET by richflanjThe courage of stating the obvious? For a Democrat/liberal/socialist, you bet.
<sarc off>
Obama seems to do things for
June 16, 2008 - 13:49 ET by ForeverOnTheRightObama seems to do things for political expediency. My question for Obama is: Why didn’t you make these changes years ago? I think I know, political reasons. Why when you grew up a Muslim didn’t you stay a Muslim? I know political reasons. Or where you just getting back at your absent Muslim father, and “converting” to your mother’s “faith”? Where you absent from Rev. Wright’s church when he made all those racist statements because you don’t really believe in Christ? Why where you absent from church at all? And why did you choose Rev. Wright's church in the first place, because it's a black church verses a white church? Their are integreated churches you know, as the Church of Christ should be.
Forever, GMTA! Look above;
June 17, 2008 - 07:32 ET by motherbeltForever, GMTA! Look above; I just commented the same thing in a reply before I continued reading downward.
of course he focus grouped
June 16, 2008 - 13:49 ET by MrSnugglesof course he focus grouped this... with white people. theres nothing he can do that would make blacks NOT vote for him 10-1.
We need fathers to
June 16, 2008 - 15:34 ET by dscottWe need fathers to recognize their responsibility doesn't just end at conception. That doesn't just make you a father. What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father. It's the courage to raise the child that makes you a father.
Pardon me if I'm a bit cynical of your speech there Mr. Obama, but we have heard multiple speeches with reassurring words before only to find out they were empty words. Nice sentiment there, however, are your definitions of responsibility and raise mean what most non liberal people mean in the context of parenting???? In the liberal and feminist world those two words mean the male pays for everything while the female (who is supported as the victim) collects money and the child if they are lucky get the scraps. In the conservative world and what Bill Cosby means is a male who is present, in the family, being a role model and actually allowed to be a parent.
Given that you only addressed one side of the equation, which is why I am cynical of your speech, so let me flesh it out for you. Having children out of wedlock is a cottage industry opening the door to all kinds of government hand outs like HOC (housing at government expense), Food Stamps, TANIF, Medicaid, etc. A female getting those benefits need not work since she is making around $15/hour. This is in addition to the lucrative tax free 25% cut of the male's paycheck. The really profitable part was getting knocked up by different males so the female could collect 25% from each one of them, otherwise she would only get an extra 5% if it was the same male. Sorry to be so crass about my description of the family law system but the judges and their cadre of socialist loving buddies had no problem with sacrificing the welfare of children (especially black children, 70% out of wedlock rate) to further their socialist agenda of making the government the primary parent in the family instead of the mother and father. What I'm hearing Obama say based on my experience is men are bad and black men are doubly so, shame on you for not being an economic slave to our glorious socialist system to further the nanny state. We are the ones who do the thinking around here, shame on you for questioning our judgment and not doing as we say, now get to work!
Now the last time I heard complaints from the Black community was back in the 90s when Eleanor Holmes Norton whined that their kids were being short changed by welfare reform because white dads had more money than black dads. If you will remember, the so called Welfare reform basically transferred the load of failed family law court decisions (one sided decisions which deprived kids of their dads), creating the Welfare Case load, onto the backs of males in the form of child support payments. Males were religated to paycheck status and visitation was not honored by the slick manner in which they vacated the "no see no pay rule" to enforce visitation for the kids with their dads. Then the males were labeled deadbeat dads when they couldn't afford the 25% of gross confiscation of their pay with no leverage to ensure that it actually went to the kids.
I realize some of you women who divorced your ex found yourself in this situation actually spent the money on your kids or saved the excess for them, you however, very sad to say were the minority and only to you do I apologize if you become upset with what I'm saying.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Miraculous Change
June 16, 2008 - 16:22 ET by allamericangirlNow we can see the miraculous change take place in the community he was speaking to. It will be like a light bulb going off in their heads. Although no one fainted, they still must have seen the light after all it was an Obama speech. We will not have to worry about this problem anymore because Obama had a talk with them.
This is exactly what Obama and his supporters have been bragging that Obama can accomplish when he has talks with countries that hate us
They will see the light and change their bad behavior toward us and become our friend.
This would be a perfect opportunity for us to see if there are any tangible results from his speech. I don't think we will see the Liberal media start keeping polls and numbered charts to track the magical "change" his speech will bring to the problem.
We will only hear the same old stuff about what a wonderful speech he gave.
He didn't talk about the culture that enables the problem
June 16, 2008 - 15:15 ET by c5thenIn the Black sub-culture, for decades, it's been the goal of the male to have sex with as many female partners as possible, all without the "strings attached" should any children result. Welfare and medicaid stepped in and enabled that culture to continue when it otherwise would have imploded dacades ago due to unsustainaility. It's the welfare system that enables the bad behavior to continue. Interestingly enough, Obama wants to increase the welfare culture all while giving lip service to the old conservative notion of personal responsibility.
The day that "politician" became a career choice is the day we started losing the Republic. Let's get it back! Alan Keyes '08.
"What makes you a man is
June 16, 2008 - 15:24 ET by ckc1227"What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child. Any fool can have a child. That doesn't make you a father."
No, it makes you a mother.
Bill Cosby was attacked for
June 16, 2008 - 15:52 ET by JaneyBill Cosby was attacked for saying the exact same thing. I guess it's okay with liberals, now that Obamessiah has said it.
Ah, but liberals know Cosby
June 16, 2008 - 15:59 ET by dscottAh, but liberals know Cosby chose his words carefully and he meant it exactly what we on the conservative side know he said.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
I think most liberals
June 16, 2008 - 15:59 ET by JasonCI think most liberals couldn't quite articulate what they found offensive about Cosby's saying basically these same things. Most of them probably looked at him and, whether consciously or not, saw Cliff Huxtable. In other words, what Cosby created on those press tours was the figure of a multi-millionaire who made his fortune portraying the fictional patriarch of a fictional family in a sitcom which was notorious for glossing over certain racial and cultural realities.
I am not endorsing any of this reaction. I think Cosby said things that are true and needed to be said. But I also think that the particulars of his own career made his lecturing seem patronizing and at times unfair. So yes, it does seem hypocritical to praise Obama for almost identical sentiments, but I think the disparity has more to do with a particular conceptualization of Cosby, not Obama.
Il y a la merde quel remort produit quand il a mange trop stupidite.
ehem, ehem! Obama and
June 16, 2008 - 16:13 ET by dscottehem, ehem! Obama and Michelle make gobs of money, have kids, and live in a nice house JUST LIKE THE HUXTABLES ON TV! Or didn't you notice? So who was being patronizing and unfair? Obama is living the life that Cosby protrayed on TV, the only exception being one was a doctor and the other a politician.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
eactly dscott!
June 16, 2008 - 16:18 ET by Dee BunkI was thinking the same thing. Plus you can't please liberals no matter what. If you portray a highly respected black man then it's patronizing and if you play a gang banger it's stereo-typing. You can't win with them no matter what if you are any form of a conservative. Everything a conservative does is evil and mean spirited.
If you portray a highly
June 16, 2008 - 16:29 ET by JasonCIf you portray a highly respected black man then it's patronizing and if you play a gang banger it's stereo-typing.
Says who? As long as the character is created with integrity and is portrayed as having humanity rather than being a cipher of political interests and cultural cliches, only the most curmudgeonly PC stalwart will cry racism. Think of the black characters in films like Crash, Menace II Society, Syriana; or books by Wright, Morrison, and Baldwin. You can portray a black character in any strata of society and any state of morality you wish; but do it realistically, do it in a way that allows real character development.
In other words, don't just slap a do-rag on a guy's head and say he's a crack-slinging welfare-milking baby daddy. And don't just throw a tacky sweater on a guy and have him make a few humorous quips about raising kids and call him father of the year.
Il y a la merde quel remort produit quand il a mange trop stupidite.
A lot of liberals had problems with Crash Jason
June 16, 2008 - 17:26 ET by Dee BunkCosby was a sit-com. It probably did more for erasing stero-types of Black people than anything in our time. It appealed to both Black people and white people on a huge scale. It's the same with The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air.
Menace II Society may be a good film, but still only reinforces stereo types. I'm not saying realistic portrayals should be ignored, but they need to be balanced with other stuff.
One of the best combo's in the world on race problems and what to do about them is City of God (based on a true story of a kid growing up in the Favelas (Brazilian slums)) and then the Documentary Favela Rising. The first film will shock you and break your heart beyond belief and the Second will break your heart with positive hope. When you watch films like those you can see how far we have come in the U.S. (as compared to many other places) in terms of race relations. Some solutions to the much much worse problems in Rio de Janeiro would blow your mind.
Good post. I too had some
June 16, 2008 - 17:58 ET by JasonCGood post. I too had some problems with Crash. It seemed to me like a knee-jerk liberal view of racism, with the usual half-condescending tone and pie-in-the-sky "solutions".
I think Menace II Society is legit. It perpetuates some stereotypes and did not age well, but I felt like the main characters were complex enough to pass muster.
I loved City of God.
Il y a la merde quel remort produit quand il a mange trop stupidite.
Jason -it's funny because I loved Crash
June 16, 2008 - 18:23 ET by Dee BunkNot that it was a perfect film by any means but it broke away from the same old "Red State" type racism lie and showed how everyone is racist. Yes some of the situations were still a little unrealistic but the way most liberals see racism as the guys on your "Red State" video is much more harmful to race relations. Things like that, pit people against each other rather than trying to bring them together.
I don't think you can cure racism or bigotry by pointing the finger at someone else. We are all racist and bigots and see our own groups as superior whether it's race, religion (including atheism), family, Country, baseball team or what ever. People who don't realize that their group is racist or bigoted can't really change it. There is nothing wrong with prefering your own group and acting like there is ignores the problem. You can prefer your own group and still respect another group.
The thing that was great about Crash is it showed how everyone is racist and I can't really think of another film that has done that.
If you have Netflix please please please rent Favela Rising and let me know what you think. It's a documentary and the production value is just so so but the things that happen are really mind blowing. It's not the kind of thing that will have you on the edge of your seat like City of God, but I dare you to not be moved by the end. It's really inspirational but it's still very sad.
I'm not defending the
June 16, 2008 - 16:21 ET by JasonCI'm not defending the attitude, I'm saying I bet that the PC liberals that criticized Cosby were doing so because they couldn't get the Huxtable figure out of their heads. I'm certainly not saying that's an excuse.
And in all fairness, Cosby is an entertainer; Obama is likely the next president. He'd damn well better have the guts to point out social ills and address potential solutions.
Il y a la merde quel remort produit quand il a mange trop stupidite.
<Snicker, snicker> Uhmmmm
June 16, 2008 - 16:31 ET by dscott<Snicker, snicker> Uhmmmm Jason, all politicians are actors/entertainers...it part of their qualifications. <snicker, snicker, snicker>
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Well in all fairness to
June 16, 2008 - 17:57 ET by BlazerWell in all fairness to Cosby he probably is more experienced to be president than Obama, plus in all the years I watched The Cosby Show, I must confess I never saw the episode where Cliff and Clare had members of The Weather Underground over for dinner.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
I wonder what platitudes
June 16, 2008 - 16:08 ET by dscottI wonder what platitudes Obama said on Mother's Day? Or did he equally castigate females for having babies out of wedlock and not getting abortions?
Here is something for you all to ponder: Can you imagine the reaction if Hillary Clinton's Mother's Day message carried the same tone of chidding disapproval to females for not getting abortions???
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
Bill Cosby
June 16, 2008 - 16:51 ET by JDNCEvery time Bill Cosby has said the same exact thing, the media and various organizations have lambasted him. Will it happen now that BHO has said it? Doubtful. I won't vote for the guy, but saying what he said was pretty gutsy as I'm sure it has really peeved some of his base.
JDNC - It's not gutsy
June 18, 2008 - 12:24 ET by Dee Bunkhis base already worships him. Black people cheered Bill Cosby in droves and had no problems with what he said until liberals with an agenda told them they needed to be offended by it.
Black People are not the problem, it's the White and Black liberal politicians and other liberal advocates who hold them down.
The media and other liberal advocates won't spin Obama's message as something they should be offended by so they won't be offended.
I recall another black man
June 16, 2008 - 16:51 ET by bigtimerI recall another black man running for President who said some of the same sentiments and was eviscerated by the msm and leftists everywhere...oh I forgot he wasn't the new messiah and he didn't include all the nanny state expansions in his whole speech like Obamakins did...that man was Alan Keyes by the way...he said a lot of this way before poor old Cosby did and he was vilified too.
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
How long before the race
June 16, 2008 - 17:46 ET by BlazerHow long before the race hustlers like Sharpton or Jackson come out and express rage over Barry stabbing African Americans in the back like they have others who have spoken out ?
Although alot of what he expressed was very poignant, thankfully I dont' need Barry's advice on how to be a good father, but he and Michelle could sure use mine on how to be decent patriotic Americans who are proud of their country.
By the way, who's been spending all their time with Barry's kids while he and Michelle have been out campaigning for the last year and a half ? The Rev. Wright ? Dohrn and Ayres ? Just a thought.
"You will never find a more wretched hive of scum and villainy. We must be cautious. "
- Ben Kenobi on Liberals, and the MSM.
" The Cake is a lie."
Blazer... The kids are
June 16, 2008 - 17:49 ET by Clear thinkerBlazer...
The kids are doing their residency at Planned Parenthood!
"Abstain from McCain"
Bill has prior art on this
June 16, 2008 - 19:01 ET by UndercoverConservativeSo Obama is basically delivering a watered down version of the 'tough love" that comedian Bill Cosby has been trying to get the "African"-American community to understand for years? Cosby gets reviled, insulted, even threatened but the Big O comes out and it's a freakin' revelation?!
Like all of a sudden, the gangsta babydaddy crowd is going to hear the Obamassiah and have this sudden wake up call to trade in their dope spinning rims to buy their kids some clothes, quit sleeping with every young woman within their sphere of influence (and bragging about the number they "knock up"), and start acting like responsible fathers?
Or is this more windbaggery, "feel good" talk that "starts discussions" but never actually does a d@nmed thing?
"to call an illegal immigrant an "undocumented alien" is the same as calling a streetcorner drug dealer an "unlicensed pharmacist".
»→ Obama's nested message
June 16, 2008 - 20:19 ET by Cool ArrowAs I indicated yesterday, Obama also put forth the following in his speech;
It's another promise to increase the Nanny State.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
CA..Yep I agree, I heard
June 16, 2008 - 20:32 ET by bigtimerCA..Yep I agree, I heard all the nannified BS...posted something about the nanny state expansion with Obammy and Fathers Day speech too...
"Never murder your opponent when he is committing suicide." ~ W. Wilson
There we have it, Obama's
June 16, 2008 - 22:09 ET by dscottThere we have it, Obama's definition of responsibility regarding males is to be gainfully employed to provide a paycheck not to be present as a role model. Sorry fellas, Obama is a typical liberal interested in the nanny state not the family. Interesting how two groups of people can listen to the same message and interpret two completely different ideas. Obama is the master of being a two faced huckster, he found the perfect set of words phrased just the right to say to mean two different things to two different audiences.
The message to black males, go on get a job, the moment you do, you're mine. So what's their incentive to make anything of themselves when they know full well that they will be forced into economic servitude for 18 years in a minimum wage job????
I know one thing for certain, under this scenario as long as there is financial incentive to have a kid, there will be plenty of females looking to achieve financial security and more than willing to sleep with as many males as it takes to get pregnant. I'm not shedding tears for the dupes who let their little heads do the thinking but at the same time it takes two people to make a baby and it's clear that one of the parties has the financial incentive to do so. IMO, neither is qualified to be a parent and the courts have no business awarding custody either low lifes.
Nancy Pelosi and Harry Reid, starving the poor one gallon of ethanol at a time. Fill your tank with E85 and cull a village.
»→ Obama's laughs last
June 16, 2008 - 23:39 ET by Cool ArrowAs Star Parker at Townall noted in her column last week, Obama lives like a Conservative but panders the mesage of victimhood.
She makes a pretty good case.
LYDSEXICS UNTIE
Obama also talking to evangelicals
June 16, 2008 - 22:29 ET by nkviking75There's another target here, namely religious conservatives. "Barack Obama's in church, preaching paternal responsibility! Maybe he's one of us!" He wants the evangelicals who are expected to stray from the GOP, according to conventional wisdom. Rush played some less exposed clips from the message that showed Obama's liberal tendencies. Obama wants to use a number of government programs to encourage fathers to take their rightful place in the family.
I think this was a product of focus groups and market research.
When you put the clowns in charge, don't be surprised when a circus breaks out.