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How old was Chelsea when Bill was elected? (5.00 / 2) (#3)
by dianem on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:08:49 AM EST
President? Governor? Maybe things were different thn, but it seems that fathers get a special dispensation from being considered to be abandoning their children when they take on big jobs.

Yes, they're young, but they will have time with their father. I'm more worried about their mother. She is not a stay at home mother. She has a career to deal with. She is on temporary leave, but when she goes back to work those kids will be raised by nannies. And no, I'm not saying that the woman bears more responsibility for raising kids, just that one of them needs to be there for them - and it won't be Obama.

Chelsea was 12 when her dad was elected. (5.00 / 2) (#11)
by caseyOR on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:19:18 AM EST


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I think the point is that it would be an issue for (5.00 / 3) (#65)
by Maria Garcia on Sun May 04, 2008 at 07:59:00 AM EST
...Hillary but not so much for a man. Chelsea went to Sidwell Friends and both her parents were very involved. Bill helped with her homework. They went to school functions, secret service and all. I think Obama would be similarly involved if elected. The campaign is actually harder, since so much travel is involved.

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The Obamas don't believe in nannys, (none / 0) (#5)
by oculus on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:11:58 AM EST
according to Michelle Obama.  

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michelle BS (5.00 / 2) (#70)
by pluege on Sun May 04, 2008 at 08:29:08 AM EST
her mother is the kid's nanny.

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And I Don't Believe Half Of What The Obamas (4.42 / 7) (#7)
by PssttCmere08 on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:15:54 AM EST
say.  I am sure they will backpedal on their previous statements.  Now that we see what the world has become, more unstable, etc., I don't know that I would want my children in the limelight.

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I thought she had help? (none / 0) (#19)
by nycstray on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:39:37 AM EST


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Michelle Obama stated the family has (none / 0) (#126)
by oculus on Sun May 04, 2008 at 11:40:42 AM EST
a housekeeper.  

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she won't be going back to work (none / 0) (#6)
by Jeralyn on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:14:52 AM EST
but I imagine she'll have a fairly busy schedule being first lady which will reduce her time with the kids as well.

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Didn't Obama say she would be busy raising (5.00 / 3) (#34)
by nycstray on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:08:52 AM EST
the kids in response to what her role would be?

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Yes he did (5.00 / 6) (#45)
by angie on Sun May 04, 2008 at 02:40:36 AM EST
and that rubbed me the wrong way -- as a dig at Hillary & the way people criticized her for not being a "stay at home mom" during Bill's 2 terms.  In fact, he brought up her comment about "baking cookies" at the PA debate, and that ticked me off too -- because I have a mom who went back to school after my brother & I entered grammar school, and obtained her PhD by the time we got to high school, and she is and always has been a fabulous mother.  

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Um, Hillary had a home office too!! (5.00 / 2) (#123)
by FlaDemFem on Sun May 04, 2008 at 11:25:22 AM EST
She was right there in the White House, in her office, which wasn't that far from where the family quarters are. So Hillary was a stay-at-home Mom who also worked. Talk about having it all!! :D

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You can just cut, paste, print, and put that (none / 0) (#115)
by Cream City on Sun May 04, 2008 at 11:05:42 AM EST
in your Mother's Day card this week.  Take it from another mom, a single mom then, who got her Ph.D. at 40. :-)  

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Me too. but the doctorate was (5.00 / 1) (#155)
by hairspray on Sun May 04, 2008 at 04:14:07 PM EST
...ahem.. a few years later. Must be us low information types.

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So, it's a life of tea parties (5.00 / 2) (#146)
by JavaCityPal on Sun May 04, 2008 at 01:47:08 PM EST
and knitting circles for Michelle, eh?  Too bad they won't ever get to find out...he's not winning anything, not the nomination, so not the presidency.

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