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Bristol Palin Criticizes Obama's ... Parenting

Slams president for listening to daughters on gay marriage

By Matt Cantor,  Newser Staff

Posted May 10, 2012 2:22 PM CDT

(Newser) – Bristol Palin thinks President Obama's views on gay marriage were unduly influenced by his daughters—not to mention Glee. "While it’s great to listen to your kids’ ideas, there’s also a time when dads simply need to be dads," she writes in a blog post, as noted by TMZ. The president should have told Malia and Sasha "that while her friends parents are no doubt lovely people, that’s not a reason to change thousands of years of thinking about marriage."

What's more, "we know that in general kids do better growing up in a mother/father home," adds the single mom. "Ideally, fathers help shape their kids’ worldview." (Cue the Levi Johnston jokes, like this one at Gawker.) Obama should have acted like "an actual leader and helped shape their thoughts instead of merely reflecting what many teenagers think after one too many episodes of Glee," writes Bristol. Click for the full post, in which she says a female president would have caught all kinds of grief for factoring in her family's views.

Bristol Palin signs copies of her book July 9, 2011.
Bristol Palin signs copies of her book July 9, 2011.   (Getty Images)
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STACCEE
May 15, 2012 6:05 PM CDT
this gal giving advice on parenting skills, hahahahaha!!!, whoo wee!!!, reminds me of homer simpson being a dad to bart and lisa simpson.i just hope she does a better job with her kids since her parents didn't expose her to much in the real world of life, i mean who would really think that wine coolers were kool aid, well maybe her and them duggar kids. her words about the nigfht she got pregnant
danton3
May 13, 2012 3:20 PM CDT
to give an honest visual evaluation of BRISTOL-the squibb meyer wannabe Wal Mart executive off to have friendly chit chat that may lead to something more as also a bored housewife, or even also some secretarial and money mgmt. like advising....I would beg more info. from the like of MR. Jonston, it was a decent book AND I also like the fitness book by the Little Gotti guy.
sache
May 13, 2012 1:30 PM CDT
This has to be a joke. Who would take advice from someone didn't have the sense to use birth control and reproduced with Levi Johnston. I will not bad mouth her less than brillant mother who never met a tv camera she didn't love. If she must give advice Bristol should definately start  with mommy dearest.That woman needs all the help she can get.
 

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