Barack Obama will bring a long needed sense of family back to the the Whitehouse

[thunder rising]

As the parents of two little girls, Barack's an Michelle's love for their children are ever evident. As is Barack's and Michelle's love for each other.

What we have here is a FIRST FAMILY.

I pointed out that the population takes on the personality of the President (in this case law enforcement out of control, abuse of even petty authority, cronyism, self-engrandizement) this First Family will bring America back to it's foundation of family. Loving parents involved with their child's life.

Simply putting this family in the Whitehouse will improve education.

[rug]

1. McClurkin will be pleased.

[Eurobabe]

2. Oh but that's no reason to vote for him

:sarcasm:

Just wait until the HillBOTS pick up on this thread. I am so sick of vicious, rabid Clinton supporters today, I have added at LEAST 10 to my ignore list. Pretty soon there won't be anyone left to ignore, LOL.

[ristruck]

4. Dour

I agree. They are dour sadsacks.

[Angela Shelley]

6. Just when you think they´ve all been hidden,

they change their names and start eating at your nerves again.

[ginnyinWI]

11. it's kind of funny when 75% of the replies are from "Ignored"

It really saves a lot of time. But after the primaries I'm going to give them all amnesty and start over.

[Angela Shelley]

13. Do you think that people will change after the primaries are over?

[ginnyinWI]

36. I'm thinking that a lot of them will just not be here anymore

I suspect that they are paid operatives. The ones who still are here and still are nasty will just get put back on Ignore again.

[Eurobabe]

53. You nailed it. Hillary must be paying

at least minimum wage for people to come on here and play disruptor. :rofl: :rofl: Just shows the other side's desperation. I was trying to play nice, but today has me really annoyed in here.

Edit, BAD typos

[rodeodance]

59. What a pack of LIES you dumped in your post.

You nailed it. Hillary must be paying
Posted by 48percenter


at least minimum wage for people to come on here and play disruptor. :rofl: :rofl: Just shows the other side's desperation. I was trying to play nice, but today has me really annoyed in here.

[Eurobabe]

66. You are another one I have been contemplating ignoring

No more contemplating. Bye!

[ginnyinWI]

80. that one was already on my list! How funny. n/t

[thunder rising]

81. That's the way to point out to first timers that these sour remarks are trolls or Hillary snakes!!

Thanks

[Eurobabe]

51. some people need to get a life, right?

In the 5 years I have been on DU, I have changed my name ONCE, and that was when Skinner gave us amnesty after 2004 election. :hi:

[Divernan]

25. Here's the Clinton campaign philosophy as embodied by her more rabid supporters.

Though it is increasingly unlikely, Clinton may still have a path to the nomination -- and what a path it is. She merely has to puncture the balloon of Democratic idealism; sully the character of a good man; feed racial tensions within her party; then eke out a win with the support of unelected superdelegates, thwarting the hopes of millions of new voters who would see an inspiring young man defeated by backroom arm-twisting and arcane party rules. Unlikely -- but it would be a fitting contribution to the Clinton legacy of monumental selfishness.

As to the OP, you make an excellent point. It will be a breath of fresh air and a fine role model to American parents to have a loving family in the White House again.

[thunder rising]

82. Kudos ... What a summary of the Hillary antics

[msongs]

3. scriptures say.... nt

[Angela Shelley]

5. I admire your optimism,

but there is more to improving education than moving one family out of a big white house and moving another family into the house.

I, for example, have always treated my family members well, no matter who lived in the big, white house.

Education is an economic issue. Will we spend more money on weapons, or more money for teachers?

[BlackVelvet04]

7. oh good grief.......

that's just stupid.

[LiberalFighter]

8. Agreed

[MNDemNY]

14. Typical of the obamanation.

Puppy dogs and butterflies! gobama?

[Missy M]

40. Agree.....

totally stupid.

[bellasgrams]

45. With all othe problems facing the country I hardly think putting

2 little girls in the WH is going to solve any of them. The BO supporters need to come down to earth and get their heads out of the clouds.

[Eurobabe]

54. Bye, cya!

:hi:

[ProgressIn2008]

55. I know. "Family values." Good grief.

[Sapphocrat]

75. Exactly my first thought.

This old lesbian has had more than enough "family values" rhetoric thrown in her face, no matter where it comes from. :puke:

[thunder rising]

83. Barack is the man that is the father to those girls and husband of Michelle. He did not create this

family to run for President.
Consider this is not a "Family Values" lecture. It's what happens when leader lead by example.

[Sapphocrat]

92. If you don't want that reaction...

...then stop co-opting the biggest anti-gay code phrase of the modern Repuke Party.

[flor de jasmim]

9. Great observation!

Actually, I'm amazed I haven't heard/seen anyone else make this comment (I'm new to this site but not to blogging). When we think of "family values", there's nothing quite like looking at a family that appears to embody them. Both Barack and Michelle seem very grounded, and their concern about disrupting their children's lives is thoughtful (reflecting thought). I hadn't realized until the other day that the Obamas did not just pack up the kids and move them to Washington.

Ca. 1962 there was a book that came out with letters from kids, written to President Kennedy and his answers. Does anyone else remember this?

[babylonsister]

18. Welcome to DU, Sandi_4_Edwards! nt

[flor de jasmim]

24. Thanks to you, too

That sure is an impressive line of hearts!

[MethuenProgressive]

10. That's perhaps the stupidest argument for Obama yet. Congrats.

[MNDemNY]

17. Almost as stupid as:

He would not have voted for the IWR....ya right.

[liberalnurse]

12. That's so hoakey..

Next, Tiny Tim will be healed by the Prophet Obama..canes and crutches will be donated to all the crippled Iraqi victims and global warming will be stifled with th wave of his hand.

[ronnykmarshall]

64. Good ol' Tiny Tim.

[Divernan]

70. A "liberal nurse" making cracks about crippled Iraqi victims? SICKO

Sounds neither liberal or nurselike. You win the day's bitterest poster award! Will that get you a bonus?

[babylonsister]

15. I love the visual in my head-thank you. It will be a new day! nt

[ShortnFiery]

16. Yes, I will feel more comfortable should my teenage daughter either qualify as "a Page"

or for "The Intern Program." :wow: :shrug:

[Darth_Kitten]

28. I would feel more comfortable with a candidate whose supporters actually respect women.

Don't get that sense from some of the more shrill Obama crowd these days.

[ShortnFiery]

33. As one of the first WOMEN officers integrated into the Regular Army during the 70s-80s

I take offense to your implication that I'm NOT "a feminist."

No one is more pro-women's rights than myself. HRC can thank her husband's "Lee Atwater impersonation" for the massive abandonment of the Black electorate from The Clintons' camp. HRC is still doing "OK" for WOMEN as a group but Obama is making inroads.

However, make no mistake that WOMEN, as a voting electorate, are far from one-dimensional. :thumbsdown:

[thunder rising]

84. Good for you1!! ADA '74 to '78. It was a different world then.

[rodeodance]

61. yes, we had a thread going during her speech and it got dumped on with sexist

and demeaning comments by Obamasupporters.

28. I would feel more comfortable with a candidate whose supporters actually respect women.

Don't get that sense from some of the more shrill Obama crowd these days.

[my3boyz]

19. Beats the thought of Bill chasing interns around the desk....Family would be nice!

[Darth_Kitten]

26. Yeah, because you know what happens in the Obama household??

Yeah, whatever.

[catgirl]

29. LOL!!!!

While part of the staff's job is to shoo the interns out a back door!

[liberalnurse]

71. Bill Clinton is not running for President

I sense he will be chasing Hillary around the Oval Office. Powerful women are reported to arouse men into a erotic frenzy.

[sueragingroz]

20. gee... thanks....

Not that me and my wife don't belong to a FAMILY or nuthin...

:banghead:

[Darth_Kitten]

22. They'll reach for anything............

Sad, isn't it?

[sueragingroz]

21. hang on now...

That's another family... where daddy used to do coke...

[Darth_Kitten]

23. Sense of Family! Sense of Family!!!!!! Hide the babies from this!!!!

:D

[DURHAM D]

27. As a "family values" voter

you would be more comfortable in Freepworld.

[MaineDem]

37. I think the Democratic Party is the one for "family values"

It's a family value that children don't go to bed hungry.

It's a family value that a living wage be paid.

It's a family value that everyone have health insurance.

I don't think it's fair to insinuate this poster is anything like a freeper.

[DURHAM D]

41. Too bad. n/t

[MaineDem]

52. What? n/t

[Cameron27]

30. Simply put,

the Clintons are a family too, and they love Chelsea as much as BO & MO love their kids.

[flor de jasmim]

32. You're right, but the entire family would not be living in the WH again

[Hoof Hearted]

86. So you're voting for a six year old and an eight year old? That's just

dumb.

Of all of the dumb reasons to vote for anyone at all, (and there are many) their ability to reproduce is probably the absolute dumbest. That's even worse than voting for someone you'd like to have a beer with.

[bellasgrams]

48. BO should pray that his girls turn out half as good as Chelsea

from listening to and watching the parants I think they are bound to grow up with a sense of entitlement.

[rodeodance]

57. yes. and the OP is shameful.

[bettyellen]

89. the OP dismissed the Clintons as "not counting" due to lifestyle? Self Righteous Claptrap..

the OP shld be embarrassed. Maybe we can pray the stupid away.

[bigtree]

31. as opposed to who?

[Divernan]

34. I think Sen. Clinton would be there alone most of the tme.

Chelsea Clinton is an extremely accomplished and successful young woman whose career is centered in Manhattan. Bill Clinton will most likely continue to travel the world as he has for the past years, pursuing his interests. Unless he sticks in DC and attends all the Cabinet meetins - which is a bizarre scenario and/or micromanages policy decisions. With him around, whoever would have been Sen. Clinton's vice-president will be relegated to ceremonial functions.

[maddiejoan]

35. And think!

Once I get cured of "The Gay" even I'll be able to have a family!

[MichiganVote]

38. So those kids are going to the neighborhood school down the street in DC? Hardly.

[jlake]

39. WTF is this sentimental crap? Seriously - cuteness is NO reason to vote for a president.

:eyes: :eyes: :eyes:

[dsc]

42. wow just wow

I guess single, childless people like me just aren't worthy.

[flor de jasmim]

44. It's not that single people are less worthy - and it is not simply sentimental

Since ca. 1994 the Republicans have been touting "family values" as if only they had them. No one should vote for Obama because he has young kids, but the image of a functional family in the WH is one we have not had in a decade (no matter how well Chelsea was raised, no one would claim that the Clintons' family life was functional in conventional terms). If we discount the Clintons, we have to go back to Amy Carter (or have I forgotten someone?)--that's 30 years.

The image of a young, healthy family is great for promoting a new start for the country.

IMHO...

[thunder rising]

85. I AM CHILDLESS. I am so sick of my guy's getting blown into little bits. I would like to see KIDS

PLAYING. Instead of another young American turned into a cadaver (if you can pick up enough of the pieces)

Fuck Hillary and her GODDD DAAAMMMMNNNNED VOTE. I knew it was Bush's "daddy issue" from the instant he was sElected.

You do know that if Hillary counts sleeping with the Gov of AR and the Pres as "EXPERIENCE" she would have known that Wolfowitz and the rest of the neocons tried to talk Bill into that war and he turned them down.

[dsc]

91. and maybe that is a reason to vote for Obama

but you said nothing like that in your offensive OP. Your sole, not one of many, but sole reason, given for voting for your candidate was "he has a family". It isn't my fault, you decided not to mention other things in your post and I didn't read your mind.

[dogman]

43. The Clintons have endured.

It's strange you know the inner workings of the Obama family so well.

[jasmine621]

50. You know, before Monica, the Clintons were a "First Family" and they

got bashed anyway. Remember the unkind things that were said about Hillary's hips, and Chelsea's looks. This was all before anything came out about Monica. There is just a huge double standard when it comes to the Clintons, always has been. The fact that Hillary kept her family together through the worst of time does not earn her any credit from the "family values" folks and most so-called liberals, progressives, and feminists feel she should have walked away from Bill. For keeping her family together through what must have been a very, very painful time, she is accused of doing it just for political reasons. Yet many say, that she should have unloaded Bills baggage and walked away and she would have been in much better political shape now (I tend to believe that she would have been accused of leaving Bill for political reasons.) There just is no win for either Hilalry or Bill, even after decades of their public service.

[UALRBSofL]

46. Wasn't this the platform BUSH43 ran on? Family Values

In 2000. I do remember his "Family Values" platform pulling in evangelical, christian coalition voters. Interesting how this thread reminds me of a BUSH like thread.

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[rodeodance]

63. POT MEET KETTLE (I read your text---rude at best)

47. What a bunch of hateful motherfuckers you all are.

I for one thought it was pretty cool that Mr Obama
took Valentines day off to spend with his family.

I also think it would be nice to see someone in the whitehouse who actually loves their spouse and isnt in it just for the power.
I'm sure the Clintons love each other, they just dont show it very well.

[monktonman]

65. Ummm.... yeah ok. Sure.

[Hoof Hearted]

87. Hillary and Bill - a good day and a great photo - - ->

[DURHAM D]

67. I thought he took V Day off to meet secretly with John Edwards. n/t

[JohnnyLib2]

49. This old cynic wants to see it your way and holds out at least some hope.

Realistically, though, this is probably a "Camelot-ized" version of life today. Bashing presidents and their families has been a national past-time for many years and is ever harsher from many quarters. At best, the Obamas might have a longer "honeymoon" and that's about it. Too bad, really.

[rodeodance]

56. Hillary keep her family together during a hard time. Look at Chelsea. You post is divisive and

You should be ashamed of yourself.

[monktonman]

69. Oh the shame I feel

Yup she kept her family together during haaaard times. All by lonesome of course.

OR she made a political decision and stayed with her cheating husband in order to become president.

And Chelsea? Chelsea who? last time I saw her on TV she was a little girl. Now all of a sudden she's all over the place. Remember when it wasnt ok to talk about her? Now all you guys have is Chelsea.

[QC]

58. Yes, America will become Rainbow Brite's Happy Meadow

if the president has kids.

This sounds like something we would hear on the 700 Club.

[hulklogan]

60. I'm not voting for "family values" reasons until my family is legitamized

in this country. That means full marriage equality, no extra restrictions on adoption by GLBT Americans, and GLBT Americans being allowed the same immigration benefits and married straight people.

[Sapphocrat]

78. Is there a high-five emoticon?

There should be... ^5!

[joeybee12]

62. Sorry, but I'm sure even Georgie loves his daughters...

...this is irrelevant.

[bluedog]

68. another fairy tale?

[Tektonik]

72. Do you really believe the last two administrations were not:

'Loving parents involved with their child's life.'

hubris, tons of it

[sloppyjoe25s]

73. And show that Democrats - "Focus on the Family" too...

And that WE are the party of "Values."

Not the right wing religious nut cases.

We are the party that is "strong on defense and Security" - the rethugs were "chicken shit" to fishish the job in Afghanistan.

It's important to win the playing field and define the terms of this debate.

Excellent post!

[Skip Intro]

74. I want a president who can fix the mess we're in. There are many ways to define family, but I see no

relavence to the job at hand.

Would there be something wrong with a president who was single?

[NMMNG]

77. Bite your tongue

This is fast becoming freeperland. A family is a man, a woman and a passel of children. None of that same-sex marriage, childless marriage or single person stuff.

[NMMNG]

76. Should we put God back in the WH too?

Will that save Amurka?

I feel like I've stumbled into FR. :puke:

[TheDonkey]

79. The Obama's would make a great first family.

[bettyellen]

88. embarrassing post.... these are the simple minded thoughts tha make it hard to support Barack

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[Horse with no Name]

93. Uppity?

What a nasty thing to say.