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‘Jon & Kate’ are doing their children no favors
The Boston Herald ^ | November 17, 2008 | Mark A. Perigard

Posted on 11/17/2008 12:17:58 PM PST by buccaneer81

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To: JenB987
The show that REALLY grates me is the one with the family of 58 kids or whatever the number is... For such a holy family, they sure want to be exploited and paid...

Freak shows have been lucrative enterprises for hundreds of years.

21 posted on 11/17/2008 12:42:58 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

Why is this anybody’s business?


22 posted on 11/17/2008 12:43:56 PM PST by NavVet ( If you don't defend Conservatism in the Primaries, you won't have it to defend in November)
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To: Guenevere
Not surprised you

Huh? Look over my 10000 posts and tell me where I've ever bashed Christians.

And Kate is an absolute "witch" when it comes to dealing with her husband.

23 posted on 11/17/2008 12:45:19 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: Dawn531; buccaneer81

My thing is that if you look at the difference between the Gosselins (and I’ll admit, I don’t watch the show much) and the famlies you see on TLC with 17 or 18 kids, it seems like there’s a world of difference. Something tells me that if those 17 kid parents had had trouble conceiving, they wouldn’t have run out to get fertility treatments, but would have ended up with large families of adopted kids. And you won’t see the dads from those families of 17 getting hair plugs.


24 posted on 11/17/2008 12:45:33 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("[Palin] has not even lived in the Lower 48 since 1987. Come on! Really!" --Polybius)
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To: buccaneer81

The only family show I really like on TLC is Little People Big World.

I think they have done a great job raising their children and living life as normally as possible. You can tell those kids are good eggs and in turn, must have had good parents raising them.


25 posted on 11/17/2008 12:45:47 PM PST by JenB987
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To: NavVet
Why is this anybody’s business?

Exploit your kids on national TV, look like grifters and act (in Kate's case) like a prima donna and people are going to talk.

26 posted on 11/17/2008 12:47:03 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

DANG!!Sounds like sour grapes to me...I FOR ONE like the show!! IF THEY want to renew their vows it’s their business. They were told by their doctor of a percture called selection abortion but they refused and had ALL their babies...KUDOS AND GOD BLESS THEM and my the LORD continue to give them more!!


27 posted on 11/17/2008 12:48:05 PM PST by RoseofTexas (GOD SEES ALL AND NONE WILL ESCAPE HIS JUDGMENT!!)
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To: Mr. Silverback
but would have ended up with large families of adopted kids. And you won’t see the dads from those families of 17 getting hair plugs.

Excellent points.

28 posted on 11/17/2008 12:48:25 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81
I knew it would be totally open season on Christians soon enough...

..I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and I sure didn't expect Jon & Kate to be the first casualty.

Freepers, don't be fooled...

..this is just the first volley towards Christian families.

And I just bet the sanctimonious writer has said a few words to his spouse (IF he has one) that he wishes he could take back.

Most married adults do!

29 posted on 11/17/2008 12:49:00 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: JenB987

You must not watch it a lot. The older boys get lousy grades and break the law. I believe the father was arrested last year for DUI.


30 posted on 11/17/2008 12:49:19 PM PST by beandog
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To: Guenevere
Sure, Kate gets frustrated..(maybe you would be too if you had that many children 24/7).... ..but to their credit when they tried for ONE MORE CHILD and ended up with all those babies in utero, they accepted the responsibility rather than SELECTIVELY ABORT!

That's good (very, very good that they didn't abort!) but check out post 18. That "one more child" could have been theirs, and Kate wouldn't be all frustrated now.

31 posted on 11/17/2008 12:49:55 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("[Palin] has not even lived in the Lower 48 since 1987. Come on! Really!" --Polybius)
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To: RoseofTexas

OOPS..meant..”procedure” instead of “percture”


32 posted on 11/17/2008 12:50:35 PM PST by RoseofTexas (GOD SEES ALL AND NONE WILL ESCAPE HIS JUDGMENT!!)
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To: buccaneer81

It tells me that the producers are just looking for another story? line. Better to stick with everyday laughing,crying and playing.


33 posted on 11/17/2008 12:50:35 PM PST by debboo (Stop socialism, vote conservative)
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To: Guenevere
I knew it would be totally open season on Christians soon enough... ..I just didn't expect it to happen so quickly, and I sure didn't expect Jon & Kate to be the first casualty.

Puhleeze.

34 posted on 11/17/2008 12:50:42 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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To: buccaneer81

Thank you.


35 posted on 11/17/2008 12:52:03 PM PST by Mr. Silverback ("[Palin] has not even lived in the Lower 48 since 1987. Come on! Really!" --Polybius)
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To: buccaneer81

No I am so serious...!!!!


36 posted on 11/17/2008 12:52:13 PM PST by Guenevere
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To: buccaneer81

With so few options on TV, Jon & Kate have a family program that enforces a positive Christian family. The popularity of the show has driven cynical liberals to bash them. All the late-nighters have taken a whack at them, Daily Show, Talk Soup, etc.

It’s the same thing they did to Little People Big World.


37 posted on 11/17/2008 12:52:16 PM PST by AmericanGirlRising (The cow is in the ditch. We know how it got there. Now help me get it out!)
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To: buccaneer81

I agree. It has always bothered me, the way Kate speaks to Jon. She comes across like a control-freak, and seems to wear the pants in that family. It is a bit irrevant and disrespectful for a Christian wife to do. I watch that show all the time and did not know they say they are Christians. I would not have thought so, actually.

It is the Duggar family on the same channel (with the 17+ children) who have the opportunity to share their Christian faith often on their program, but the cameras seem to try to paint them as freaks with the rules and discipline and values they have.


38 posted on 11/17/2008 12:52:24 PM PST by adopt4Christ (The main thing is to keep the main thing the main thing.)
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To: Guenevere

I totally agree with you. There is absolutely nothing wrong with what they are doing. You can tell they love their children very much. If people don’t like it don’t watch. I get really tired of people who always want to find fault with what somebody else is doing instead of looking at themselves.


39 posted on 11/17/2008 12:52:37 PM PST by beandog
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To: Guenevere
Most married adults do!

Do most married adults slap their spouse's face? I sure hope not, but don't call Kate on it; she's such a saint.

40 posted on 11/17/2008 12:53:16 PM PST by buccaneer81 (Bob Taft has soiled the family name for the next century.)
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