Oh the Irony!
"That is why we need fathers to step up, to realize that their job does not end at conception; that what makes you a man is not the ability to have a child but the courage to raise one. As fathers, we need to be involved in our children’s lives not just when it’s convenient or easy, and not just when they’re doing well—but when it’s difficult and thankless, and they’re struggling. That is when they need us most."
Who said it? President Obama, of course, in his remarks on Father's Day published in Parade Magazine. Yet another quote to file in the "how-did-you-say-that-with-a-straight-face" category.
...which reminds me of another point. Say a couple gets together for a one-night stand, and the woman gets pregnant. The man decides to cut himself off from the responsibility. Would you say "that's his right and he's exercising his freedom?" Of course not. Like the rest of our society, you would call that man a deadbeat and support the government's efforts to track him down and garnish his wages - and rightly so. Now. If the woman decides to cut herself off from the responsibility by hiring an assassin disguised as a doctor to kill the child, does she get the same treatment? Not in America. Instead, she's held up for a heroic act of exercising her freedom. This is the "liberation of women"?
So let's see. Obama relentlessly pushes for the "liberation of women," because after all, perhaps she's low on funds or motherhood doesn't fit into her planned ski trip.
Oh that's right, she shouldn't be "punished with a pregnancy." Got it.
And he's also all about equal rights for men and women. So, men therefore shouldn't be punished with a....
Um... wait. He said a real man has the courage to raise the child he conceived even when it's not convenient. But... uh... so then a real woman...
I'm so confused. Anybody have a link to his Mother's Day speech?
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