19 Reasons and Counting

[fakepigtails73]

Also, "Peace through Strength" actually means "Compliance through Intimidation." For examples of that philosophy, see the way JimBob held onto Josiah after he ran away crying after latest pregnancy announcement.

The slogan "Peace through Strength" always remind me of "1984".

Yeah, it's rich coming from a family with 19 kids yet none of them is serving in the armed forces. I'd love to see 1 or 2 howlers join eventually (I'd love it more if Joy enlisted. It's a ticket out of Duggarville). Heck, why is none of them in the Reserves or in the National Guard?

Hypocrites.

[IReallyAmHopewell]

I can only add to the OMG chorus.....to awful for words............

[pomology]

I'm sure it's natural. Sometimes straight hair just suddenly turns curly at puberty. Happened to my brother at about 14. He went from having poker straight hair to tons of curls over the course of one summer.

Yeah, my hair also got far curlier at puberty.

[GeoBQn]

The slogan "Peace through Strength" always remind me of "1984".

It reminds me of that made-for-TV movie, The Wave.

"Strength through discipline!

Strength through community!

Strength through action!"

[Witsec7]

Peace through strength is an old Ronnie Raygun chestnut.

[delilahdog11]

Grand Ayatollah or Frothy Santorum. It is scary how similar they sound.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... y?page=0,8

Now that one of the Duggar's brood told me that she likes Frothy's sweater vest that was all I needed to get off the fence and my vote is going to Frothy. #SantorumfortheWin

I couldn't decide between Obama or Santorum. Obama is married, has kids but so does Santorum. I mean Santorum has more kids, so he probably is more qualified to be president. But that still wasn't enough to make up my mind. Both candidates are just going to support deregulation and encourage a movement away from any crazy socialist notions like programs to help those living in poverty. I mean America needs soliders after all. I just couldn't make up my mind, but after watching the Dugggggaaarrsss tell me why I should vote Santorum. Well my mind is all made up. I am putting a Santorum for President sign in my yard right now.

I have seen several of his signs defaced with pictures of Uranus, buttholes, and pictures of Astroglide. Thankfully, my

home is equipped with several automatic weapons, if someone tries to vadalize my Santorum sign. They are going to wish they hadn't. Thankfully, Santorum doesn't believe in gun control like that commie, hippie bastard Obama. You

know he wasn't born in America. No. He was grown in a test tube in one of those high tech Taliban supported

labotories that they have in the Middle East. He was sent to America to undermine our country's core values by

supporting a man's right to marry a dog and a woman's right to marry a goat.

The kool-aid is delicious. Would you like a glass?

[Witsec7]

Grand Ayatollah or Frothy Santorum. It is scary how similar they sound.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... y?page=0,8

Now that one of the Duggar's brood told me that she likes Frothy's sweater vest that was all I needed to get off the fence and my vote is going to Frothy. #SantorumfortheWin

I couldn't decide between Obama or Santorum. Obama is married, has kids but so does Santorum. I mean Santorum has more kids, so he probably is more qualified to be president. But that still wasn't enough to make up my mind. Both candidates are just going to support deregulation and encourage a movement away from any crazy socialist notions like programs to help those living in poverty. I mean America needs soliders after all. I just couldn't make up my mind, but after watching the Dugggggaaarrsss tell me why I should vote Santorum. Well my mind is all made up. I am putting a Santorum for President sign in my yard right now.

I have seen several of his signs defaced with pictures of Uranus, buttholes, and pictures of Astroglide. Thankfully, my

home is equipped with several automatic weapons, if someone tries to vadalize my Santorum sign. They are going to wish they hadn't. Thankfully, Santorum doesn't believe in gun control like that commie, hippie bastard Obama. You

know he wasn't born in America. No. He was grown in a test tube in one of those high tech Taliban supported

labotories that they have in the Middle East. He was sent to America to undermine our country's core values by

supporting a man's right to marry a dog and a woman's right to marry a goat.

The kool-aid is delicious. Would you like a glass?

I think the only way to make this decision is to let all the candidates submit to a sperm count, those with the biggest and the best should get the vote.

[holierthanyou]

Wow. We actually have a sperm smiley. FJ really does have everything!

[delilahdog11]

I think the only way to make this decision is to let all the candidates submit to a sperm count, those with the biggest and the best should get the vote.

I agree. I think that the ability to produce sperm should be a requirement for anyone looking to become an elected offical. Only men are qualified to run our country. What do women know about anything except cleanin', cookin', and raisin' babies. That is why cutting welfare benefits and head start funding is so important as this will discourage single women from getting pregnant and encourage married women to have more kids. Women should be staying at home, married, and raising their young. Just like all God intend it to be. That is how all of the animal kingdom behaves. What was that about penguins? They were put here by the DEVIL to trick us.

[marmalade]

I'm sure it's natural. Sometimes straight hair just suddenly turns curly at puberty. Happened to my brother at about 14. He went from having poker straight hair to tons of curls over the course of one summer.

He probably always had curly hair, but the Howlers' hair was always buzzed or the inch they had was slicked down with gallons of pomade, so you couldn't tell if their hair was straight, curly or a lego wig. Since Jessa and Josie have curly hair, it's not as if he's an anomaly. I love curly hair (you always want what you don't have), but it's unfortunate that otherwise, he's a clone of Boob.

[thoughtful]

Wow. We actually have a sperm smiley. FJ really does have everything!

We have two!

We also have KY!

:obscene-sexualkyjelly:

And what appears to be the production of Smiley Santorum!

:obscene-sexualbutt:

[freealljs]

Besides the low video quality and the lack of know-how of the one making the video (Josh), it would have been different if the ADULT Duggars had done the video only and left the kids (anyone who can't vote in the presidential election) out of it. I got creeped out with Josie saying that she loves Rick. I wonder how many times she had to be coaxed into saying that.

[Oz1977]

Wow Josiah is really going through puberty! His voice is changing and cracking and his poor face is really breaking out. Jana was WAY too enthusiastic. It was weird.

[Feberin]

Besides the low video quality and the lack of know-how of the one making the video (Josh), it would have been different if the ADULT Duggars had done the video only and left the kids (anyone who can't vote in the presidential election) out of it. I got creeped out with Josie saying that she loves Rick. I wonder how many times she had to be coaxed into saying that.

I wouldn't have even minded the older kids. Like Joy on up in the video. But including EVERYONE even Josie and Michael just seemed silly. Especially since that brought the total over 19 reasons. If they wanted to include the little ones why not have a shot of them at the end cheering or something? And my two-year-old can speak more clearly then Jordyn.

[Anxious Girl]

I closed my eyes literally when the youngest kids came up, because I was so disgusted at the supposedly best of the best conservative white American Christian parenting that the traditional Christian public loves of letting the youngest spout words they didn't the meaning of. Also, who the fuck films their family at 1/2 A.M? I hope the media gets wind of this, and finally realizes what assholes the Duggars are. If the outing of Michelle's marital pamphlets tips didn't do it, I hope this exposes them negatively. I mean, who other than these numnuts uses their kids for campaigning purposes, even if they don't want to? *rage!* :angry-screaming:

[holierthanyou]

And what appears to be the production of Smiley Santorum!

:obscene-sexualbutt:

Wow, we need a 'find and replace' feature on FJ now, so that Smiley :obscene-sexualbutt: shows up in lieu of 's-a-n-t-o-r-u-m'

[Witsec7]

I was very interested and involved with politics when my DD was young. I was a bit of a poster girl and a public voice for my Union. My DD often attended Union events with me and some political activities. I never permitted her to be interviewed or photographed for publication.

Again these fundies appall me, their children are just tools who don't even make minimum wage.

[crazyforkate]

Hell, I'm surprised they didn't have Jubilee join in!

[Avalondaughter]

There is something so creepy about having a bunch of kids parrot conservative/Republican talking points. Do they know much about what they are saying? Probably not. They have never been taught anything else. They don't understand the subtleties of politics or of humanity in general. I'm sure they think the world would be perfect if everyone just thought the way they did.

If I had kids, I admit I would want them to adopt my politics. I don't blame any parents for doing what they can to make sure their kids adopt their politics and religions. But as much as I would hate it if my kids ended up Republicans, I would NEVER want them to simply parrot my views and be little liberal automatons. I would keep politics out of their education for as long as I could, until I truly felt they could understand the issues. The world isn'tt black and white.

But isnt' that why we educate children? We want them to understand the world around them and make informed choices. Too bad that's not the Duggar way.

[Minerva]

I wouldn't have even minded the older kids. Like Joy on up in the video. But including EVERYONE even Josie and Michael just seemed silly. Especially since that brought the total over 19 reasons. If they wanted to include the little ones why not have a shot of them at the end cheering or something? And my two-year-old can speak more clearly then Jordyn.

That's part of what made the video so disappointing. I fully expect any candidate's supporters to be able to round up (at least) 19 reasons to vote for them, but out of a total of 24 "reasons", 3.5 were irrelevant details of his personal life or, 3 were babies cheering for him, and 3 were just different ways of telling us how nice he is. Of the 14.5 that actually pertained to politics, 3 were basically repeated and 1 was an outright lie (freedom of every American my ass).

[pomology]

Okay, so the first time I watched this I was horrified by the gross talking points, especially the ones spoken by little children. But the second time, I realized just how ridiculous and faked it seemed and how terrible and inconsistent the diction etc was. Couldn't they even get these kids to memorize their lines?

[meow139]

Grand Ayatollah or Frothy Santorum. It is scary how similar they sound.

http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2 ... y?page=0,8

Now that one of the Duggar's brood told me that she likes Frothy's sweater vest that was all I needed to get off the fence and my vote is going to Frothy. #SantorumfortheWin

I couldn't decide between Obama or Santorum. Obama is married, has kids but so does Santorum. I mean Santorum has more kids, so he probably is more qualified to be president. But that still wasn't enough to make up my mind. Both candidates are just going to support deregulation and encourage a movement away from any crazy socialist notions like programs to help those living in poverty. I mean America needs soliders after all. I just couldn't make up my mind, but after watching the Dugggggaaarrsss tell me why I should vote Santorum. Well my mind is all made up. I am putting a Santorum for President sign in my yard right now.

I have seen several of his signs defaced with pictures of Uranus, buttholes, and pictures of Astroglide. Thankfully, my

home is equipped with several automatic weapons, if someone tries to vadalize my Santorum sign. They are going to wish they hadn't. Thankfully, Santorum doesn't believe in gun control like that commie, hippie bastard Obama. You

know he wasn't born in America. No. He was grown in a test tube in one of those high tech Taliban supported

labotories that they have in the Middle East. He was sent to America to undermine our country's core values by

supporting a man's right to marry a dog and a woman's right to marry a goat.

The kool-aid is delicious. Would you like a glass?

Oh, that demon Obama shouldn't even be in this country, with his Allah worshipping, mixed race ways! America is the place of the high class, the only true worth, whites! Kick all immigrants out! And let them take da ebil gays and Catholics away as well! But save the stoning for those sluts who wear skirts that show their knees, or GASP.... PANTS!!!

[ladypuglover]

There is something so creepy about having a bunch of kids parrot conservative/Republican talking points. Do they know much about what they are saying? Probably not. They have never been taught anything else. They don't understand the subtleties of politics or of humanity in general. I'm sure they think the world would be perfect if everyone just thought the way they did.

If I had kids, I admit I would want them to adopt my politics. I don't blame any parents for doing what they can to make sure their kids adopt their politics and religions. But as much as I would hate it if my kids ended up Republicans, I would NEVER want them to simply parrot my views and be little liberal automatons. I would keep politics out of their education for as long as I could, until I truly felt they could understand the issues. The world isn'tt black and white.

But isnt' that why we educate children? We want them to understand the world around them and make informed choices. Too bad that's not the Duggar way.

Or Dem/liberal points, or religious or non-religious veiws. ;)

[socalrules]

That's part of what made the video so disappointing. I fully expect any candidate's supporters to be able to round up (at least) 19 reasons to vote for them, but out of a total of 24 "reasons", 3.5 were irrelevant details of his personal life or, 3 were babies cheering for him, and 3 were just different ways of telling us how nice he is. Of the 14.5 that actually pertained to politics, 3 were basically repeated and 1 was an outright lie (freedom of every American my ass).

I am sure that most supporters could come up with 19 real reasons they support their candidates. These supporters are also probably better informed than Josh. The problem is that the Duggars only understand talking points and have no depth when it comes to any of the issues. All they know is that they are against abortion and birth control, that God only loves super conservative evangelicals and that fundies should be allowed to keep their guns. Josh probably read a Santorum bulletin and used it as a model for some of the reasons.

I only made it through half the video, it was just too awful for me to continue. It reminded me of those videos they make you watch in elementary school about staying away from drugs. To say it was amateurish would be a compliment. Maybe Josh has never seen a campaign ad before. Common sense would have lead normal people to use Google or Youtube for examples before making a video. It looked cheap.

I don’t think Santorum asked Josh to make the video. I am sure he did it on his own. Realistically, Santorum is getting so much publicity and money now, he doesn’t need the Duggars. He has the bigwigs to help him out now. Josh desperately wants to be relevant and roll with the big boys. I am sure he thinks this is the way for him to get his foot in the door of the political world. I just wish someone could explain who the audience for this video is supposed to be. Santorum already has the evangelicals. I cannot see independents voting for Santorum based on this crap.

The big smiles on the girls freaked me out. It reminded me of the North Koreans being made to “grieve†in public over the death of Kim Jong-il. It was just to over the top to be real. I have a bit of advice for Jessa. It’s called leave-in conditioner. Try it sometime. Her hair just looked so dry. It’s time to lay off the flat iron for a bit.

[TZmom]

Totally superficial remark here, but did anyone else notice the bizarre eyebrows on everyone from about Josiah on up? Joy Anna had the first nicely shaped eyebrows that I noticed and they were all okay from there on down.

I never noticed it before. Maybe it was the whole bad lighting/being woken up to do a video in the night thing that has them all dishevelled.

Side note- I actually do have an opinion on this video other than about their looks (I think it's terrible to force these kids to do this video and Rick Santorum is an awful man), but their eyebrows were really bugging me.