Jon & Kate Plus 8 VS. The OctoMom Nadya Suleman

Granted. This is not a very OI post. But it’s my blog – and so I figured, where better to spout my opinion?

First of all, I’m tired of people making Nadya Suleman out to be a horrendous villain. Have you watched Jon and Kate Plus 8? No wonder Nadya thought she’d get a little love from the public – the Gosselins have made a living out of having multiples!

And it’s not just the free tummy tuck and hair plugs that Kate and Jon received either. It’s the free trips…to everywhere! It’s the free Gymboree wardrobe. At least the Duggars still shop at thrift stores! I’m using a lot of exclamation points, I apologize.

Kate is also – well, how shall I say it? Not very nice. Jon, I thought, was whipped in the beginning – now I think he’s just whiney. And neither one of them holds a job!!! (there I go again) The Duggars at least rent out properties and make their living that way. I also know that the Duggars would be able to support their kids without their TV show and book deal. The Gosselins? Not so much.

Before the Gosselins got their show they put up a website seeking donations. In fact, from what I understand, they put it up before the babies were born – asking for things like: a house and a 15 passenger van.

And they got them.

What makes Jon and Kate so different than Nadya? The fact that they’re married? The fact that they only had two kids (twins) before the sextuplets were born?

Further, why is OK for some women to have abortions and exercise their “reproductive rights” that way, but it’s not OK for Nadya to exercise her reproductive rights to have all of her embryos implanted? If we want the government to stay out of my uterus if I want to kill my baby – why are there so many “liberally” minded people suddenly calling for restrictions on how many children I can have? Back off.

It’s absolutely appalling.

No wonder Nadya is confused. Jon and Kate are heroes. They don’t have jobs. They might not get government funding – but they don’t need it. They didn’t have a media frenzy forcing companies to not support them. At $10 or $20 a pop for an autographed picture, who needs food stamps?

Let me add too, that Kate was also warned not to have so many embryos implanted – and they too were not in any financial position to have so many children at once. And yet Dr. Phil and Oprah put the Gosselins on a pedestal while simultaneously kicking Nadya Suleman repeatedly while she’s down.

Personally, I think they should all support themselves – give your money to charities for children suffering with cancer or something else you believe in.

I’ll put in a plug for the Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation, since I have a son with Type 1 Diabetes!

For a great in-depth article on the real Jon and Kate read Jon & Kate + 8=$$$

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