Are the * twins fair game?

[ButterflyBlood]

Poll question: Are the * twins fair game?

since they're campaigning for their father, obviously yes.

[bobroberts]

1. same 'fair gameness' as Kerry daughters..

though simple courtesy from all sides seems like a nice idea

[zbdent]

23. I agree - both sides are all adults

Correct?

[bobroberts]

33. as far as I can tell...or all sides should be anyway eom

[zbdent]

34. So, you have the Kerry successes, and the "Simple Life"

wannabes, Paris and Nicole Bush.

[rinsd]

29. Agreed....

Unfortunately, "fair game" seems to mean that childish and superficial attacks on their looks and clothes(both sides).

[Pachamama]

2. When they said they were entering the arena to help their Dad, they became

Fair Game....And when they got up there on stage and made fools of themselves, we could all laugh....

[LDS Jock]

10. Completely agree

they have made themselves fair game. Have at 'em!

[Shoeempress]

3. They went after Chelsea and she didn't speak at the convention

[demnan]

4. No

Who cares about them? They are non-entities. We need to stop wasting energy on stupid stuff.

[liberal N proud]

5. Daddy brought them to the show!

These have been the most well hidden brats ever to cross the threashold at 1600 as children of the president.
They were kept out of the press until Kerry and Edwards included their family and suddenly it was a "We have family values too" show when the twins re-appeared, similar to the awol bush in tha ANG.
It should be shown everything stupid they do, just one more testimonial to the conservative values the GOP preaches.

[mondo joe]

6. They became fair game as soon as they entered the campaign.

And you know the Bush campaign considers EVERYTHING fair game.

[rsmith6621]

8. Jenna is Lokin like a Oinker these days

Have you noticed that Jenna is looking like shes been hangin out around the fridge to much latley compared to the Inag dance four years ago........or does she just have the female version of BEER GUT???


They became fair game when they publicly on the convention floor endorsed their father.......and eencouraged others to do so....

[ClassicPalm]

22. While what they say is fair game

I suggest that their physical apperance is not fair game or appropriate. And not just theirs, but everyones.

And since you took the "weight" angle in your criticism of Jenna, do you think it to be fair for a republican to go after Elizabeth Edwards size?

[rinsd]

31. Fair game is someone's weight?

Jesus, is it the internet or are alot of you guys jerks in real life too?

[amber dog democrat]

7. i'd say its open season

Once they entered the campaign and became public figures - its fair to go after them if they dererve it.

[apnu]

9. Yes when Chelsea Clinton was "fair game" for criticism of the media

then so are the Bush twins. I'm sick of Cheney-ing double standards!

[Journeyman]

11. Let's focus on the real issues of the day. . .

and not get side tracked into useless discussions about young women who don't appear to be too bright. Criticizing them may be cathartic, but I can't shake the feeling Karl Rove trotted them out precisely for this reason: to divert attention from the real issues that can and will get our candidate elected.

Eye on the prize and all that.

[AP]

12. They open themselves to criticism of the issues they introduced into...

...evidence by speaking at the convention.

So, you can criticize them for:

1) Anything they talked about in the speach,

2) Their presentation and style, and

3) things that relate to credibility and character.

[LiberalVoice]

13. Anyone who campaigns for Bush is FAIR GAME!

Why is it so hard for some people to understand.

[LiberalVoice]

14. ANYONE who campaigns for Bush is FAIR GAME!

Why is it so hard for people to understand.

[MrBenchley]

15. Jenna and Drunka? Sure they're fair game.

The road apples don't fall far from the horse's ass....

or did somebody think they ended up on the podium last night by accident?

[ButterflyBlood]

17. I bet Karl Rove considers it an accident now!

now that's got to be one of his biggest blunders!

[MrBenchley]

24. Somewhere Karen Hughes sits drinking and sobbing...

Even Rupert Murdoch's NY Post bashed the Tequila Twins this morning...

And as horrible as it must have been in person, it reads appallingly on the page....

http://seattlepi.nwsource.com/national/apelection_story.asp?category=1131&slug=CVN%20Bush%20Twins%20Text

[in_cog_ni_to]

16. Damn well better believe they're fair game. n/t

[MidwestTransplant]

18. Personally there is plenty to go after Bush for

we don't need to waste time on his kids.

[LuminousX]

19. If someone could tell me how bashing the twins will elect Kerry

I might get onboard with it.

Other than that, I think it is just spiteful and mean spirited.

[Racenut20]

20. Why don't we leave all the kids alone and not act like

The right wingers did with Chelsea. The kids are just helping mama and daddy. They are not running for anything.

[TheSuaveOne]

28. Gotta...

...agree with you...la

[moondust]

21. Is it possible for twins to have different fathers?

Science and all. I don't see ANY part of George in that dark-haired one.

[oldtime dfl_er]

25. yes

Yes, the minute they stepped on that stage they were fair game. I didn't see them last night because I can't bear to watch the convention, but in my book, the children are a product of the parents' values and morals, and are therefore fair game. Why is it that Democratic children usually seem to be sober, educated and concerned with the public good (the Kerry girls, Amy Carter, the Kennedy kids) and Republican kids tend (Ron Reagan excepted!) to be spoiled brats??
the Bush girls are "useless as a rich man's child" in the words of Bob Dylan...

[mondo joe]

26. Fraternal twins, yes. Think Pickles was getting some side action?

It would explain a lot. GW fathers Jenna, and the smarter air-conditioner repairman fathers the other one.

[RichardRay]

27. Not open season, but fair game

If fair game means the kind of infantile vituperation that was rained on choice of clothing and other inconsequentials then, no, they're not fair game. If fair game means questioning their statements, looking at the congruence between their statements and their actions, etc., then sure.

If I object to behavior when it's aimed at folks I like I object equally when it's aimed at people with whom I disagree.

Richard Ray - Jackson Hole, WY

[ClassicPalm]

32. I have always contended

that if you "attack" or criticize someone and you have to resort to talking about their physical apperance, then you have lost the debate.

If one has to resort to such a low level of debate then their gun is full of blanks.

[MoonRiver]

30. Yes, but I think they're already on our side,

whether they know it or not! Why fix it if it works? :D