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Could Husband of the Year be Next?

Former president Bill Clinton can add Father of the Year to the many awards he’s garnered in his decades of public service.

The National Father’s Day Council, which has been giving out such an honor for 72 years, has named Clinton one of its recipients for 2013.

“With the profound generosity, leadership and tireless dedication to both his public office and many philanthropic organizations, President Clinton exemplifies the attributes that we celebrate through the Father of the Year award,” said Dan Orwig, chairman of the National Father’s Day Committee.

Hmmm, back when morality was not the unknown term it appears to be today, one of the attributes of a good father was being faithful to the mother of one’s child.  I guess it makes sense however.  If John Edwards, who cheated on his wife as she was stricken with cancer, could be father of the year in 2007, there is hope for every reprobate with an xy chromosome combination.

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Art Deco
Art Deco
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 6:26am

http://www.momanddadday.com/about_fathers.htm

Politicians, sports and entertainment figures, broadcast newsmen, and a miscellany of others who frequently appear on television. How much you wanna bet that the purpose of this silly award is to allow the directors of the Fathers’ Day Council to hobnob with celebrities?

Paul W Primavera
Paul W Primavera
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 8:05am

Disgusting, philandering, adulterous liberal progressive Democrat snake. But I repeat myself with that string of adjectives.

Pauli
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 8:39am

Nice. Clinton is one reason that I never shake my finger at my kids when I have to reprimand them.

Clinton
Clinton
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 9:28am

Ted Kennedy won their award in 1976. I’m not kidding.

Art Deco
Art Deco
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 11:18am

One of the recipients in 1978 was Yul Brynner, then on his 3d marriage (and with a history of adultery including at least one bastard child).

Art Deco
Art Deco
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 11:20am

The guy who runs this outfit is an executive with Macy’s department store. Fascinated as to what his excuse is for this burlesque.

Pinky
Pinky
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 11:26am

Funny thing – Mrs. Clinton has been talking about her plans after stepping down from the State Department. Watching TV, travelling, spending time with friends…. She’s got to be the only politician in the world who doesn’t say “spending time with the spouse”. And no one calls her on it; no one even notices it. They’re so far beyond sham marriage that they’re essentially divorced.

Pinky
Pinky
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 12:11pm

I’ve got this article running through my head like a song I hate.

A father teaches his children about love and relationships by how he treats the mother. A girl knows that she has worth by seeing her father be faithful. A son learns how to respect women the same way. They say that strip clubs are filled with young women with daddy issues. I hope that Chelsea got through her childhood without much damage, but her father didn’t do her any favors.

If the Father’s Day Council is promoting a Hallmark holiday, then they were right to choose someone with a high favorability rating. But if they’re promoting fatherhood, then they should have chosen a man.

anzlyne
anzlyne
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 2:25pm

: ) then they should have chosen a man.

and as my mother in law used to say “help us and save us!”

“The most important thing a father can do for his children is to love their mother.”
Father Hesburgh.

philip
philip
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 3:04pm

Unbelievable!
I thought this was a joke.
Now I know It Truly is!
OJ Simpson next year?

T. Shaw
T. Shaw
Thursday, January 10, AD 2013 6:28pm

It depends on how one defines the word, “father.”

Bless his heart.

Donald Gatwood
Friday, January 11, AD 2013 8:46am

I am feeling sick to my stomach. This man has sex in the Oval Office of the Whitehouse, publicly humiliates his wife and daughter and spits on his marital vows and some organization has the audacity to proclaim him as Father of the Year.

Foxfier
Admin
Friday, January 11, AD 2013 10:03am

I wonder if Chelsea can sue for gross insult?

Pauli
Friday, January 11, AD 2013 10:49am

Yes, re: Chelsea. You know the headline has got to irritate her, although at this point I’m not sure anyone takes this faux award seriously. Or the faux organization that makes these pronouncements.

Robert A. Rowland
Robert A. Rowland
Friday, January 11, AD 2013 5:21pm

Does he have any award without a decided hollow tone?

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