This thread here, http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/f-bloggers/2289048/posts?page=51 has SEVERAL FReepers insisting that Obama’s children are fair game.
FR will go down like Bill Clinton’s shorts if we do not set CLEAR standards here. Are we a moral site or aren’t we?
CHILDREN are off limits.
Are we like the British, in pretty formations, walking into the cannon fire?
Why can't we let them know, just a little bit, WHY children should be “off limits”???
If we say that they are completely off limits, we will find ourselves, more and more, at the mercy of the Democrats favorite PR trick:
Give us liberal spokespersons whom we are not allowed to debate or attack!
It is undeniable that Obama is using his kids, in a political fashion. When THAT happens, they should have little protection.
Anyone who attempts to defend or justify the hateful comments made on the Malia thread really has a serious problem with their moral compass. 2 wrongs do not make a right and I personally am tired of hearing the comparison to what the Left has said about the families of anyone on the Right. The fact is, it is IRRELEVANT what the Left has said. When it comes to what WE SAY and what WE DO we should SET AN EXAMPLE of language and behavior for ourselves, our families, our country. There is a difference between being strong, and sticking up for yourself and your family and your country, and turning into a bunch of foul-mouthed hateful people like I saw on that thread.
And to the poster who says the Obama kids are fair game because their parents have thrust them in the spotlight- are you for real? You hold the Obama’s responsible and deal with them directly, you don’t call the kid names or compare them to whores because their parents are commies taking this country the wrong way or because you don’t like that the press and the fashion world drools over every move the family makes.
As parents and a family the Obamas are responsible for their children and their kids need to mind the parent authority. One can only hope those girls grow up and are smart enough to educate themselves as to the real nature of things. But it is not “child abuse”. As a parent I certainly wouldn’t want anybody terming it “child abuse” if they didn’t like whatever abbreviated version of history I felt like giving my child when we visited someplace.