Do you remember when the media told us that family was off limits when it came to politicians? Of course, that was when Chelsea Clinton was the kid in the White House, and entirely different. I have many things that I could say about her appearance, personality, amazing career opportunities due to her family connections, but I won't. Nope, not me.
But, when George W. Bush's daughters made some stupid choices, the msm had a field day with it. I remember when Ronald Reagan's children were getting a fair amount of coverage for their opinions, also.Not that I agreed with them. How is it possible for someone with President Reagan for a father to be so dumb politically? How one of the greatest presidents in modern history could have two bone headed children like that boggles my mind. But back to the current resident of the Oval Office.
I have seen pictures of the family in the White House right now and I have one word: yikes. While I understand that a person's appearance should not be the definition of who that person is- I will say that it's a dang good thing those Soetoro/Obamas have money. A dowry may come in handy.
Why is there this double standard for conservatives in the media? I promise you, if Laura Bush had looked like a fabled mountain creature, every vicious liberal comedian would still be making fun of her. If a conservative had children that were clearly going to be needing soft lighting-the more outspoken comics would be having a field day. Bill Maher-proof that anyone can make it in the United States if there ever was-can make fun of Sarah Palin and her children, but the cowardly fellow clearly has a double standard, doesn't he? Why wasn't ARC or one of the many other groups who lobby for the developmentally challenged screaming their heads off? Granted, if he has two thousand viewers who aren't directly related to him or the staff, I would be surprised. I guess he was raised to make fun of the challenged because it makes him feel better about his own inadequacies.
Maybe if he were funny instead of just obnoxious it would help. Of course, making fun of a single mother is always taking the high road, isn't it? Clearly, Mr. Maher has never made a mistake, now has he? Oh wait- he managed to get himself canned from ABC for siding with the terrorists, didn't he? Can you imagine how much it irritated ABC to do something that made them look the slightest bit patriotic? I bet the Maalox was flowing like wine that week.
My mother likes to repeat a section from a biography about Nancy Reagan. Now the person who wrote that had about her had to walk it back and pay damages. Her biography/hit pieces are not really based on facts, more like truthiness. But. that aside, can you imagine the moral outrage if something like that were said about Hillary Clinton? We're talking about a woman who ran for president with the sole qualification of having looked the other way while the president at the time(her husband) was having sex with every big toothed woman that would hold still-or at least be held. With qualifications like that, every woman who tolerates a cheater is qualified.
I have a sarcastic side. Anyone who has had more than three conversations with me is not surprised by this news. A friend from work once told me that I didn't seem to have that switch in my head that stopped me from saying whatever I was thinking. That may well be. But look at the double standard in the media. Ask yourself what they are trying to control by censoring opinion. Ask yourself who they are trying to control with their censoring. You'll thank me later.
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