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Thursday, December 20, 2007

Mike Huckabee Gives Comfort to Jamie Lynn Spears

posted by on December 20 at 13:55 PM

Posted by Ryan S. Jackson

Attention voters, celebrity gawkers, and Dan Savage: Iowa front-runner Mike Huckabee respects the decision of newly-impregnated celebrity Jamie Lynn Spears to keep her baby.

Its called empathy, guys.

Empathy for Nickelodeon stars who don’t use protection.

“But at the same time I’m not going to condem her. There’ll be plenty of people in line to do that and I always look for the shortest lines. I just hope that she will make another right decision and that’s to give that child all the love and kindness and care that she can.”

Also:

“Apparently, she’s going to have the child and I think that is the right decision, a good decision, and I respect that and appreciate it. I hope it is not an encouragement to other 16-year-olds who think that is the best course of action.”

To put this in some perspective, the majority of SLOG readers seemed unaware that there was even a younger Spears sister. On the other hand, Mike Huckabee, who doesn’t keep up with the news quite enough to have heard about the Iranians’ lack of nuclear ambitions, was ready to rock when it came to content found in OK! magazine.

I’m kind of at a loss for further words.

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1

Huckabee hearts skanks!

Posted by pissy mcslogbot | December 20, 2007 2:07 PM
2

Coincidentally, as I read this, some German Internet radio station is playing, Britney Spears - Break the Ice.. oh why me...

Posted by apres_moi | December 20, 2007 2:17 PM
3

What's the "best course of action?"

Not abortion, right, because he's totally against that.
Maybe adoption, unless it's the gays doing the adopting, because the gays are bad, bad, bad.
Birth control? No, no birth control is also bad.
As is mastrubation. That's out, right?

Completely denying our hard-wiring in our bodies and developing a sense of shame about our bodies? And then marrying at an obscenely early age because, dude. How long must you wait? Ding, ding, ding!

Posted by arduous | December 20, 2007 2:23 PM
4

When I get pessimistic during these late December days I think that Christianity has lobotomized a critical mass of Americans. Thus religion is pushed on us by the powers that be (and their tools) and that a Fuckabee could get a big following.

Posted by Heather | December 20, 2007 2:34 PM
5

"I hope it is not an encouragement to other 16-year-olds who think that is the best course of action.”

So is this another one of those "hate the sin, love the sinner" moments? Hate that she fornicated, love that her decision not to abort the damn thing gives him another opportunity to pander to the pro-life crowd?

Posted by Hernandez | December 20, 2007 2:57 PM
6

Papa don't preach! She's in trouble deep!

Posted by andy niable | December 20, 2007 3:06 PM
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Posted by www.TaxHikeMike.org | December 20, 2007 4:24 PM
8

Oh, look -- dueling loons.

Posted by Fnarf | December 20, 2007 6:24 PM
9

Why does she have to keep it? Wouldn't the best decision now be to let an adult or two adopt it?

Posted by Phoebe | December 20, 2007 7:02 PM
10

Will someone please remind me again: What's wrong with feeding it to wolves?

Posted by NapoleonXIV | December 20, 2007 7:43 PM
11

Considering the family it's being born into, it'll be fed to the wolves soon enough, @10.

Posted by Irena | December 20, 2007 8:20 PM
12

According to MSNBC, fellow senior high school classmates in the small Louisiana town wherein babydaddy liveth, "honored [Aldridge] as 'campus favorite' and 'most versatile.'"

FAVORITE?!?!? VERSATILE?!?!?

That's hot.

Posted by Jubilation T. Cornball | December 20, 2007 9:23 PM
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@ 4: don't fuckabee, fuck huckabee--or, in this case, not ;)

as far as jls, and generally the whole spears sitch:

(sigh).

(maybe huckabee's bored w/ his wife--its happened before ;)


Posted by from east of miss | December 20, 2007 11:50 PM
14

when i was 19, i was a sophomore in college. i didn't need to fuck HS juniors, age of consent or not.

Posted by max solomon | December 21, 2007 9:44 AM
15

No amount of encouragement makes any one person decide having a fucking babay is the best course of action.

Posted by I Hate MY Kids | December 21, 2007 2:45 PM

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