>>>>I think that is not exactly what he said. His words were:
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>>>>"You know Michael, one of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, you know, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine.' But there aren't really a lot of single moms out there who are making millions of dollars every year for being in a movie."
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>>>>Reading that, I don't see him calling her pregnancy "troubling" but rather the unrealistic public image presented by the media of unwed pregnancy is troubling... it still appears to me that the media is jumping on his words and twisting his meaning (or misrepresenting it) to make good headlines.
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>>>But did Natalie Portman actually make any such boasts or are those words that Huckabee is putting in her mouth. Personally, I think Huckabee has suddenly woken up to the idea of taking a shot at leading the Republican party and is trying to appeal to the inner core.
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>>Am I missing something? Where did he he quote Natalie Portman? I thought he was referring to the media's portrayal....the only comments I know actually attributed to her are the ones she made at the Oscars thanking her fiance...
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>one of the things that's troubling is that people see a Natalie Portman or some other Hollywood starlet who boasts of, 'Hey look, you know, we're having children, we're not married, but we're having these children, and they're doing just fine.'
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>Seems like we're reading this differently. Sure looks to me like he's attributing the boasting to Portman (or some other Hollywood starlet) and to the media merely that they are reporting that boasting.

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Somehow that piece flew right by me. I missed it. I agree that it does appear like he is attributing the boasting to Natalie Portman...