Well gee I guess this means I can not qualify as POTUS since:

My own mother is only 17years and a few months older than myself. I would be the product of a happy accident and have shakey morals as a result.

I have never married. Since I never just settled on some random girl obviously I could not run this country.

I have not dated anyone in year. Should all that pent up sexual frustration have his finger on the button?

Please, this is less of an issue that the fact that Obama was a smoker until the primaries showed he had a good chance at the nomination. As someone that has spent time around several "important people" and celebrities I can assure you that they are human and that they breathe, fart, burp, use inappropriate language, go to the bathroom and do other human things just like the rest of us.

Here it is OBAMA's reaction.

"We don't go after people's families. We don't get them involved in the politics. It's not appropriate and it's not relevant. Our people were not involved in any way in this and they will not be. And if I ever thought there was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they'd be fired," Obama said.

Obama also said: "This shouldn't be part of our politics. It has no relevance to Gov. Palin's performance as a governor or potential performance as a vice president. So I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories."

Originally posted by maybereal11
Jam....You have a lot of balls asking for respect on this issue given the things you have accused Obama of. I assume you are appealing to the conscience of Obama supporters despite you not having shown one yourself?

WTF are you talking about?

Comparing dragging a 17-year old into the discussion vs. accusing Obama of anything?

You completely wrong, as will be evidence by your inability to post a SINGLE thing I've accused Obama of that's germane to this discussion.

I've pointed out his connections to Washington insiders. I questioned which portions of his certificate of birth jpeg were photoshopped. I've pointed out what I believe are his shortcomings and reason why I wouldn't want him as POTUS.

Please cite one post where I've accused Obama of anything that's even remotely similar to dragging a candidate's 17-year old daughter into the discussion.

Otherwise, I expect a retraction and apology.

I'm glad Obama spoke out on the issue, and in a positive manner. His credibility rating just went up a notch in my book.:

This is Obama's reply. Transcribed from a CNN interview:

I've heard some of the news on this, so let me be as clear as possible. I have said before and I will repeat again: 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 Governor Palin's performance as a governor, or her potential performance as a vice president. So, I would strongly urge people to back off these kinds of stories.

You know, my mother had me when she was 18. And how families deals with issues, and teenage children, that shouldn't be part of our politics. And I hope that anybody supporting me understands that's off-limits.

[Asked about allegations that the Obama campaign is pushing rumors....]

I am offended by that statement. There is no evidence at all that any of this involved us. I hope I am as clear as I can be. In case I'm not, let me repeat: We don't go after people's families. We don't get them involved in politics. It's not appropriate, and it's not relevant.

Our people were not involved in any way in this, and they will not be. And if I ever thought that there was somebody in my campaign that was involved in something like that, they'd be fired."

God, can you imagine if while the Clinton's were in the White House, if Chelsea would have gotten pregnant? Do you think Gingrich, Delay, and the whole Starr crowd would take the "high road" and say off limits? Hell no...they would have tarred and feathered that family saying how godless and secular they are and how they are proof positive of what a family who has lost their moral compass looks like and on and on.

They want their cake and eat it too. Run on signature platform issue of morality and good Christian units attacking everyone who stray one inch. Then when it happens to one of their own, their like "eh, it happens to the best of us and we are all sinners so this is just proof they are normal folks". Religion is so crooked, and even worse are those who run for office with help of it's support and control machinery.



[edit on 4-9-2008 by skyshow]