Teal wrote:
Except she was a bit hypocritical. She said her daughter is off-limits. That's fine and I agree. I disagree that the mainstream media went after her daughter. The talking heads did. But I didn't read on NYT they called her a whore or something. They just reported her daughter was pregnant, which the campaign released a press release confirming. The bloggers did go overboard.
Here's my point. It's not okay to go after your daughter, but it is okay use their son, who's will be going to Iraq.
That's using your children for political benefit. Granted Biden did the same thing but I find it hypocritical because McCain/Palin said the family is off-limits. Doesn't that also apply for all children.
This is a ludicrous point. Obama has made EVERYTHING negative about him off limits, and he's the damned candidate! You can't say his middle name, you can't talk about Jeremiah Wright and the fact that he was Obama's mentor for 20 years, you can't mention any weird associations he's had...he's even got a team designed to shut down this stuff. Oh, and on top of that...his WIFE is off limits. Yeah, the first lady.
Kids are off limits. Period. Their son is deploying to Iraq next week. That's a fact. What're they supposed to do..LIE about it? The rest of her kids are 17 and under...minors. Hands the f*** off. The media are all acting like TMZ.
You are so blinded with your hate of the left that you can't even think critically. Most in this thread can't. Just so you don't go off the deep end, I do and have criticized Obama.
They (Palin/McCain) did not say their underage children are off limits. They said the family is off limits. They didn't make a distinction there.
They used their son deployment to show their military support. Their son is their family and they just used it for political gain. It his hypocrtical for them to do this. And if it must be fact for the media to report, then by your logic isn't it also fact that the daughter is pregnant. Hypothetically, if she turns 18 while she is pregnant, can the media than talk about it because now she is a legal adult? Your logic here has more holes in it that swiss cheese.
I think all family should be off-limits. Heck, I believe that the family shouldn't even be at the convention for both Obama and McCain. Obama used his kids in his contrived teleconference on Monday night of the Dem's convention. That is something, I didn't like.
As for Obama, I don't know where you've been but the Wright thing hurt him and it played out. It's not news right now. It might be later.
As for the wife, I just heard this morning analysis of his wife's statement that she wasn't proud of her country. Again, that quote is going to hurt her and it's still being talked about.
The Obama team can say these things are off-limits but no one, not even the media are going to pull back from it. I would say only personal issues are off-limits for the candidates but that's it. Wright, his wife's statement, his political associations are still being talked about. Obama can try and deflect it but this is just a media strategy.
The spouses are mostly off-limits because they aren't elected. That's always been true except when Hillary decided she should be appointed run some parts of the government. And rightly,
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