Comments on: Punished by a baby

By: Shoebox

Shoebox — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 13:18:31 +0000

I love how people swoon over Obama’s empty rehtoric and hold dearly to “words matter” right up until the point that Obama uses some language that shows what’s under his veneer. Then you hear all the harping about how someone misinterpreted what he said.

If words matter, then they matter I just wish more people would spend a little time looking at his actions (one of the few IL congressman who supported late term abortions) and understand them in the context of his words. I think they would find a very different “Barack” than he so desparately wants them to see.

By: sweetliberty

sweetliberty — Sun, 06 Apr 2008 02:20:46 +0000

Wow, I think you are taking what he said out of context. If you read the next sentence you can see that he was referring to acquiring a sexually transmitted disease such as AIDS, which is the “punishment” of not having protective sex. The whole answer was about HIV/AIDS. He was not sayPennsylvaniaing that it is punishment to have a baby. Get real. But he is saying that he does not want his girls to receive AIDS and a baby because they made a mistake. Furthermore, he first discusses abstinence, which was obmitted from the quote. He said that is the best practice, and that we should train our children to follow moral practices of abstinence. But, if they stray away from good teaching he does not want them to aquire a sexually transmitted disease. This is the context of his answer.

By: Brooks

Brooks — Wed, 02 Apr 2008 14:14:30 +0000

Thank you for posting your comment!! My husband and I are waiting to adopt a baby right now and the “punished by a baby” comment just breaks my heart.

By: Shoebox

Shoebox — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:32:48 +0000

No, according to Webster a “Moron” is: a person who is notably stupid or lacking in good judgment. That sounds much more like the person who believes that the result of one’s own choice is a “punishment” rather than a “consequence.”

By: axt113

axt113 — Tue, 01 Apr 2008 20:20:47 +0000

Which is why he said he wants to arm the kids with all the knowledge so they don’t have to deal with the consequences, so they can make the right choices moron