The First Family of the United States.

[trumad]

Nah--- We'll keep this one
http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_l8xeX8k9lgo/SJNBlsQ7xbI/AAAAAAAAE1A/KrOWqZTTQBU/s400/Obama+family2+scale.png

[FSogol]

1. Agreed. The Washington Post has a Style Section article on Santorum

and how he is making so many sacrifices to raise a special needs child. The amount of martyrdom Santorum credits himself with is pretty puke-worthy.

[Liberal_Stalwart71]

23. The same goes for Michele Bachmann. She has raised 5 kids of her own

and ZILLIONS of foster children. I suppose that makes them suitable for office. :puke::puke:

[Drale]

2. The kid on the right looks like

either Crab or Goyle from the Harry Potter books.:rofl:

[piratefish08]

3. what a bunch of unhappy, stressed out looking kids.......

[HappyMe]

5. Yeah, they look pretty wigged out.

:wow:

[Nye Bevan]

4. I can't stand Santorum, but going after a candidate's kids is kind of a cheap shot.

Chelsea Clinton went through an awkward stage too, and it was disgusting how the repukes made fun of her. I don't think we should descend to this kind of attack.

[snooper2]

6. Ignoring the kids, the wife looks a little frothy to me :)

[HappyMe]

7. I don't think anyone was going after them.

The kids just looked way too stressed out.

[trumad]

9. Not going after the kids...

[treestar]

22. It's going after the parents

Because they have stressed out kids. Seems it could have to do with the parenting.

[Maccagirl]

8. DIdn't Santorum take home a miscarried fetus to show his

kids so they could "bond" with their sibling?

[krispos42]

16. That's what I heard.

I think it was so they could say goodbye.

So when one of them goes off the deep end, you'll know why.

[MarianJack]

10. I believe that a candidate's kids are, and should be,...

...off limits and out of bounds. This photo makes that tough but I'll stick to my beliefs.

Daddy is a joke that writes itself anyway!

PEACE!

[Aerows]

12. Is it out of bounds to say that you feel sorry for them?

That picture really does make me sad.

[MarianJack]

27. No, and I quite agree with you.

I just won't make fun of them or make nasty remarks about them.

Several snarky things came to mind but I kept them to myself.

Thank you for giving me the chance to clarify.

PEACE!

[Aerows]

11. I feel sorry for those children

Based upon that picture. The glassy, distant look in their eyes is pretty sad.

In the spirit of not attacking the children, however, that's about all I'll say.

[malaise]

13. Love it

I remember that night well - when scamtorium lost.

[Bosonic]

14. Stay classy!

[blue neen]

19. Rick Santorum and his wife and the ones who showed a lack of class by making those sad kids

stand on that stage with them.

It's very typical of him.

[krispos42]

15. I think the older daughter is like 6 feet tall now.

Obama's, not the one clutching the doll.

[Union Scribe]

17. Well that was shallow. Unrec. nt

[blue neen]

18. Rick Santorum is the one who made the choice to put that crying child front and center.

I personally feel sorry for her, in more ways than one.

If his daughter was that upset, Santorum and his wife should NOT have made her go on that stage.

HE is the one responsible for this image.

[Union Scribe]

21. Bullshit.

Yeah, right, the OP was posted with concern for the kid. That's why it was the worst possible photo versus the best possible photo put side by side to display the difference in the families' attractiveness, and using that as the reason to retain Obama as president.

Look, you're all free to judge people on looks, but don't bullshit me about it. You wanna be shallow, be shallow, but don't turn around and tell me that isn't it.

[blue neen]

25. "Rick Santorum Barnstorms Iowa with 7 Kids in 2 Minivans"

http://www.huliq.com/10061/rick-santorum-barnstorms-iowa-7-kids-2-minivans

So yes, let's talk about shallow.

Santorum made the decision to make his children a centerpiece of his campaigns. If you put your child out in a driving rainstorm without a raincoat on---and they happen to get wet---do you blame the rain or do you blame yourself?

There is no place in this thread where I spoke about the "looks" or "attractiveness" of anyone's children. In fact, I stated my sorrow for Rick's childrens' plight.

So, your assumption that I'm judging anyone on their looks is bullshit. KIndly do not put words in mouth.

My point has been that Rick Santorum and his wife made these decisions about their childrens' lives, and the children are the ones paying the price for it.

Santorum needs to take responsibility for his own actions...but he never does.

[Proud Public Servant]

20. Look, I hate Santorum

And my vote against him in 2006 was the second-happiest vote I've ever cast. But you're basically mocking an 8-year-old child, up past her bedtime, who is reacting to her father losing the only job (and career) she's ever known him to have. I'm sure you also know full well that a photo taken at the right angle, at the right (in)opportune moment, can make anyone look bad. Let's leave the kid(s) alone.

[trumad]

24. Jesus fucking Christ you Morans...

I wasn't attacking the fucking precious kid...

[Kermitt Gribble]

26. Love that pic..

Still makes me laugh out loud every time I see it!