All About McCain

[Strangler Lewis]

I can't help but think that if the Democrats nominated a black woman to be vice president and it turned out her teen daughter was pregnant and the boyfriend was quoted saying the kind of macho things one would expect a black teen to say that there would not be this outpouring of sentiment from the conservative family values crowd.

[Moonliner]

Interesting...

Apparently while McCain is making his acceptance speech tomorrow evening, Obama will be making an appearance on the The O'Reilly Factor.

[Ghoulish Delight]

Originally Posted by Moonliner

Interesting...

Apparently while McCain is making his acceptance speech tomorrow evening, Obama will be making an appearance on the The O'Reilly Factor.

Good choice of timing by Obama. The 'pubs that will want to skewer him will be watching McCain, and the dems that want to skewer O'Reilly will be watching him.

[scaeagles]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I can't help but think that if the Democrats nominated a black woman to be vice president and it turned out her teen daughter was pregnant and the boyfriend was quoted saying the kind of macho things one would expect a black teen to say that there would not be this outpouring of sentiment from the conservative family values crowd.

And I can't help but think that the dems would be shocked and outraged at the prying into a personal matter and linking it to the candidacy.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

And I can't help but think that the dems would be shocked and outraged at the prying into a personal matter and linking it to the candidacy.

EXACTLY!

[Strangler Lewis]

Originally Posted by scaeagles

And I can't help but think that the dems would be shocked and outraged at the prying into a personal matter and linking it to the candidacy.

Possibly, but these days I think you'd get one of the following:

1) simultaneous appeal to the center/right and the left by using the child's situation to call for the strengthening of our family and also for programs for the inner city because we have to stop babies having babies.

2) a long speech by Obama about teen sexuality, how we all remember what it felt like, and how our policies and attitudes should be more forgiving and how there should be more, not fewer resources for sex education and birth control.

[sleepyjeff]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I can't help but think that if the Democrats nominated a black woman to be vice president and it turned out her teen daughter was pregnant and the boyfriend was quoted saying the kind of macho things one would expect a black teen to say that there would not be this outpouring of sentiment from the conservative family values crowd.

Maybe, but you can also be sure that those same people who are so outraged(mock or otherwise) by the daughter of a Republican daring to get pregnant would be jumping down the throats of any conservative who questioned the "judgement" of this fictional candidate

[Tenigma]

Originally Posted by Strangler Lewis

I can't help but think that if the Democrats nominated a black woman to be vice president and it turned out her teen daughter was pregnant and the boyfriend was quoted saying the kind of macho things one would expect a black teen to say that there would not be this outpouring of sentiment from the conservative family values crowd.

Try again:

If the Obamas had a 17 year-old daughter who was unmarried and pregnant by a tough-talking black kid, my guess is if that they all appeared onstage at a Democratic convention and the delegates were cheering wildly, a number of conservatives might be discussing the issue of dysfunctional black families.

And THAT is from an editorial at National Review.