Washington D.C. – President Obama’s campaign hit back at Rick Santorum after the Ex-Pennsylvania Senator called Obama out as a bad parent.
Stephanie Cutter, deputy campaign manager, told MSNBC’s Andrea Mitchell,
“I think that children, for candidate purposes, have always been off-limits in presidential campaigns, and really any campaign. I’m surprised that Rick Santorum wouldn’t agree with that.”
Santorum offered his critique of Obama’s parenting after news got out that Malia, 13, was vacationing in Mexico with classmates.
“What I would say is that the president’s actions should reflect what his administration is saying. If the administration is saying that it’s not safe to have people down there, then just because you can send 25 Secret Service agents doesn’t mean you should do it. You should set an example. I think that‘s what presidents do. They set an example. And when the government is saying this is not safe, then you don’t set the example by sending your kids down there.”
The State Department has issued travel warnings about parts of Mexico. Santorum didn’t realize that the part of Mexico that Malia is in was not under any type of advisory. Santorum still pressed on by saying that President’s should be held to a higher standard.
Traditionally the White House does not comment on Presidential children. They made the exception after a 7.9 on the Richter Scale earthquake hit Acapulco yesterday.
Rick Santorum is currently in the running to challenge Obama in 2012 but is starting to slip behind Mitt Romney in the primary.
Would you vote for Rick Santorum?
I've come to the conclusion that Santorum is a total dick head! He is suppose to be the religious candidate yet he lies and he uses the Glen Beck school of convenience to attack children. When things get a little slow or if things look a little to good on the Presidents side of the coin then he dips into the ditch to act like another social issue is so important. He sounds like Sarah Palin, who can talk against your children but if you say something about her kids then it's a tragedy. Santorum need to watch his step because he has children to and I would rather be in the Obama family of highly intelligent and educated people than to be home schooled by this tea party special! Unless you want to be side by side compared to Rush I suggest you stop attempting to tell any parent how and what to do where their kids are concern. The President's kids will have traveled and be knowledgable about the world and your kids will know how to stand behind Dad at a podium with an etch a sketch and a dry grim on their faces watching him lose. Oh Happy Day!
As usual Rick Santorium is running his mouth and has no idea what he's talking about!
I only checked out your website because this article was second in the Google search engine with a story about Barrack Obama's child on a school trip in Mexico City, where an earthquake had taken place; the first Google citation having pulled its story, presumably, because of pressure from the White House (as has already been reported by other sources).
But I just want to go on record as saying this story is horribly written, having no mention of the actual earthquake incident up in the lead, where it most certainly belongs.
As well, in the sixth paragraph, your reporter uses the possessive tense and capitalization, when it should be plural and lower case when referring to "presidents" generally, and not as a preceding title.
I also found an instance, in the last paragraph, where "primary" was improperly used instead of the plural "primaries."
What did your reporters learn in journalism school? Or, more accurately, what the hell are they teaching in journalism schools these days? Certainly it is not well written and properly arranged reporting.
One needn't even necessarily be a great writer these days, what with word processing assistance software that includes grammar and spell checking. But a writer must, at least, avail herself or himself of such.
Of course, a reporter may only be as good as an editor allows her or him to be, since it is a properly trained and scrutinizing editor who, in the final analysis, oversees all copy. Your website's editor should be fired for allowing such horrendous copy to make it on-line.