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Quote of the day — Obama on Fatherhood

By matt carter ⋅ June 16, 2008 ⋅  Email This Post ⋅  Print This Post ⋅ Post a comment

Obama did a Bill Cosby on African-American men and family cohesiveness.

From Politico:

“Too many fathers are MIA. Too many fathers are AWOL,” he told a huge African-American congregation in Chicago. “There’s a hole in your heart if you don’t have a male figure in the home that can guide you and lead you and set a good example for you.” “What makes you a man is not the ability to have a child — any fool can have a child,” he said, to applause. “That doesn’t make you a father. It’s the courage to raise a child that makes you a father.”

Tags: culture, fatherhood, Obama