Obama's mother was 18 (almost 19) and they were married (it was not out of wedlock), does this matter?

Question

A lot of the Right response to the Palin (non-) controversy has been outright lies about Obama's own birth. His mother married his father 8 months before Obama was born, when she was 18 and a few months.

Alright, now that we got that out of the way.

Can we all start to focus on real policies and the future of America and not on babies and who had them when?

Lies from the left, lies from the right...

Answer 1

They are all non issues to me, with Russia, Iran and 700 trillion going to countries without our best interests at heart, let's get back to who we want to be leading our country in the dangerous waters ahead.

Answer 2

Honey dont even get involved in the things that dont matter. Obama is the best for the job that is the bottom line. His running mate is 72 that says enough. I feel we the people have gave republicans 8 long years and its over!!!! WE THE PEOPLE ARE TIRED OF THE c**p AND WANT CHANGE IN THIS COUNTRY. they had their run which was a failure and now its time for all people of all races to come together and say we deserve better and if you vote right thats what we will get!! Someone who cares about what is going on and the people and not just THE RICH!!

Answer 3

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA sources please.

Answer 4

I categorically agree with you. We only have 8 weeks until the election. Leave the family's alone & start talking about real problems.

Answer 5

On Feb. 2, 1961, several months after they met, Obama's parents got married in Maui, according to divorce records. It was a Thursday. At that point, Ann was three months pregnant with Barack Obama II. Friends did not learn of the wedding until afterward. "Nobody was invited," says Abercrombie. The motivations behind the marriage remain a mystery, even to Obama. "I never probed my mother about the details. Did they decide to get married because she was already pregnant? Or did he propose to her in the traditional, formal way?" Obama wonders. "I suppose, had she not passed away, I would have asked more."

Answer 6

No, it doesn't matter to anybody but Obama and his family.

Answer 7

It only means that she was more moral than Palin's daughter.  Ask someone who knows a lot about morality, i.e., Sarah Palin?

Answer 8

I think the point a lot of the christian nuts fail to see is that they are the ones preaching how wrong and immoral it is to have children out of wedlock. I guess since they'll be "forgiven" they are automatically excused from their immoral law on morality.

Answer 9

So it's the same boat, pregnant before married, big deal.

My wife and I married when our son was 2, I was 30, but still born out of wedlock, and as Obama and Palin, conceived out of wedlock.

Answer 10

There's a lot of the things that are more important than about her daughter.you can teach kids right from wrong and they still might mistake .and of course you never made a mistake did you ???

Answer 11

Liberals could care less wether or not Palin's daughter is having a baby. It wouldn't even be an issue were it not for the fact that the republicans are scrambling to pressure a child into an arranged marriage and forced childbirth. Wether or not the she chooses to give birth is not the issue. The fact is that her options are effectively nullified.

Answer 12

How DARE you speak up against political bigotry!

:)

Keep speaking up, everyone.  As a democrat, that's what we fought for, but remember, you have free speech to speak up against contemptible things that are said, as well.  Free speech is for everyone.

Answer 13

And that is why BHO was raised by that typical white women, AKA Grandmother.

D a m n, if SP helps her daughter raise her child will she be a typical white women or just an elitist not sponging off of tax paying Americans?

Um, 18 and a few months, sounds like she got pregnant at 17, but regardless both were being what most people would consider normal teen agers and had the bad fortune of getting pregnant.

Just think if abortion (Roe V Wade) had happened before BHO was born would any of this be an issue today. A young white girl is pregnant by a black guy and Mom is a typical white women, does anyone think that if abortion was legal at the time it would not have been considered.

Food for thought for all of the pro-lifers for BHO!

Answer 14

No it doesn't matter. ( And they could not have been married, because Barry senior was already married.)  But you know, that doesn't matter anyway.  And Sarah Palin's children are off limits just as Obama's children are.  

It is horrible when people bring innocent children onto this forum.  Leave them alone for crying out loud!