That may be true. And I do have to say I feel a bit sorry for the daughter. It must be tough to be raised evangelical then get pregnant when you rebel. It must be much much tougher to suddenly be a public figure because your mom is running for vice president. There is something to be said for the thought that if only for the daughter's sake this might not be the time to run....
I do have to say that I applaud Obama for his response. On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 7:27 PM, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > He earned good sportsmanship award, from me. > HOWEVER, I do think that the character of our elected leadership is > something that pertains to me - if they are going to represent me to the > world, then their character is important to me and I should hold them to > a higher standard than i hold the rest of the world. That little girl > deserves her privacy, its just Sarah's parenting and poor judgement that > concerns me. > > On Mon, Sep 1, 2008 at 3:44 PM, Bruce Sorge wrote: > >> Good for him! He just earned a cool point. > > Vivec wrote: >> "Let me be as clear as possible," Obama said. "I think people's >> families are off-limits, and people's children are especially >> off-limits. This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no >> relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as governor or her potential >> performance as a vice president." >> >> Obama said reporters should "back off these kinds of stories" and >> noted that he was born to an 18-year-old mother. >> >> "How a family deals with issues and teenage children, that shouldn't >> be the topic of our politics, and I hope that anybody who is >> supporting me understands that's off-limits." >> >> http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/ >> <http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/> >> <http://edition.cnn.com/2008/POLITICS/09/01/obama.palin/> > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| Adobe® ColdFusion® 8 software 8 is the most important and dramatic release to date Get the Free Trial http://ad.doubleclick.net/clk;203748912;27390454;j Archive: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/message.cfm/messageid:267339 Subscription: http://www.houseoffusion.com/groups/CF-Community/subscribe.cfm Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/cf_lists/unsubscribe.cfm?user=89.70.5
