Correct me if I'm wrong but haven't modern day presidents had mostly daughters?

[nolabear]

Obama--2 daughters
Bush--2 daughters
Clinton--1 daughter
Bush the Elder--2 sons, 1 daughter
Reagan--1 son, 1 daughter
Carter--1 daughter
Ford--1 son, 1 daughter
Nixon--2 daughters
Johnson--2 daughters
Kennedy--1 son, 1 daughter

Did I miss anybody? Reagan had a son he didn't sire, right?

So, that whole "He's presidential material by force of his male-producing loins" doesn't hold a hell of a lot of water, does it?

[LiberalEsto]

1. Carter had three grown sons when he was president

and Reagan also adopted a boy and a girl with Jane Wyman

[nolabear]

5. I see you're right re Carter. Adoption doesn't count.

Thanks for the correction.

[Freddie]

12. Reagan's children

Maureen (RIP) was his bio daughter with Jane Wyman; Michael is their adopted son
Ron and Patti are his children with Nancy.

Interestingly, St. Ronnie has no biological grandchildren--can't pass that DNA along, darn.

[Manifestor_of_Light]

38. Reagan's daughter by Jane Wyman, Maureen, was biological.

[nolabear]

2. Kick for emphasis.

[bluestateguy]

3. JFK was the last president to have a boy in the White House

The Lincolns had two, and one died of a fever.

[virgogal]

32. Gerald Ford had sons.

[Arkansas Granny]

4. Jimmy Carter also had 3 sons.

JFK and Jackie had another son while he was President, but the baby died shortly after birth.

[nolabear]

6. Yep. That Neanderthal!

[LiberalEsto]

8. The third son of JFK was Patrick nt

[PAMod]

35. 2 daughters & 2 sons

Arabella (stillbirth in '56), Caroline, John Jr., and Patrick.

[Chorophyll]

7. I presume you're talking about the article "Like a Boss" in the National Review?

Because it was the most sexist, unscientific piece of garbage I've seen in quite some time. I think everyone needs to read it, to see that the "educated" conservatives are just as stupid as the ones with the poorly spelled picket signs.

And yes, you're right about the presidential son-to-daughter ratio.

Here's the link.

https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/313504/boss

[nolabear]

23. Thanks for the link. That is what I was referring to. Little did I know

DU has lost its tolerance for whatever the hell it was I did by joking about it. I'm getting a drubbing by the smug and humorless among us.

[Chorophyll]

30. Yeah, I see that. Blecch.

I don't do a lot of OPs, but I guess you have to do a little hand-holding with the links.

[Kalidurga]

33. Well if Republicans want to go there we could talk about Romney's sons...

don't they all shoot blanks or something?

[Jeneral2885]

9. If you are referin to US Presidents

Seems so

[Retrograde]

10. Bush 1 had 4 sons, 1 daughter

There's Shrub, Jeb, Neil, the One They Don't Talk About, and a daughter; there was also a daughter who died young.

Reagan had 2 sons (1 adopted, IIRC) and 2 daughters. Carter has 3 sons in addition to his daughter; I think Ford had more than 1 son. FWIW, Lincoln had 4 sons, no daughters, Washington had no known children.

Statistically, given a large enough sample, which 43 people isn't, you'd expect half sons, half daughters. The National Review article is just trying to make something significant out of random biology: Romney having 5 sons is irrelevant to any leadership abilities he may have.

[WillowTree]

39. Ummmm........that would be 44 (but who's counting, right?)

[muriel_volestrangler]

40. But no! Obama is the 44th president, but the 43rd person to be president

Barack Obama is the nation's 44rd president but in reality there have only been 43 presidents. Grover Cleveland is counted twice as our 22nd and 24th president because he was elected for two nonconsecutive terms.

http://www.history.com/topics/presidential-election-facts

[treestar]

11. I think Bush the Elder has three sons

Dubya, Jeb and Neil.

The idea is stupid and the idiot who wrote the piece is just trying to make something of Mittens having 5 sons - he's trying to use this, which only happened by chance, as a good reason to vote for Mitt. Pathetic.

And not even thinking about other Presidents! The opponents' progeny would matter I guess. Obama only won because his opponent didn't have sons either.

But then Clinton shouldn't have beaten Poppy. And women may flock to Clinton, but not to Poppy. Or Mittens for that matter.

How desperate they are. The polls don't even justify it. I guess they are preparing for the inevitable slide as more and more voters actually pay attention to Mittens.

[SoCalDem]

17. You forgot Marvin

George
Pauline (the one who died)
Jeb
Neil
Marvin
Dorothy

[treestar]

34. Wow, Poppy was quite a man!

[HopeHoops]

13. That's correct, but it's still a 50/50 every time. Coincidence.

[kestrel91316]

14. Reagan had 2 daughters: Maureen and Patti.

[Freddie]

15. FDR and Eleanor

Had 5 sons (one died in infancy) and 1 daughter. Read where they would have had an even bigger family but Eleanor ended "that part of their marriage" when she discovered love letters from one of his mistresses.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

16. Like you have anything to do with what sex your baby has...

Last edited Wed Aug 22, 2012, 10:34 PM - Edit history (1)

...It's a random pick which Chromosome is donated. It was stupid for them to even make this an issue.

[nolabear]

20. Well excuse me, your Royal Duckieship.

And you might want to go back to the books. Although I'm being well schooled in my kid count, some men do have a propensity to throw Xes over Ys and vice versa. Environmental factors sway the odds as well. I don't mind being schooled, but I won't be called stupid.

[4th law of robotics]

22. Apparently stress is a factor as well

women under stress are more likely to spontaneously abort male fetuses over female.

So following some horrific event, like a major disaster or famine, you're more likely to have a shift towards girls (all else being equal).

[fleur-de-lisa]

27. Good for you Nolabear . . .

Too many rude people today. If you're not interested in the topic, don't respond.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

37. I wasn't calling Nola stupid.

I was calling the idiot right wingers stupid.
It was a misunderstanding. One for which I apologized.

[YellowRubberDuckie]

36. I wasn't calling YOU stupid.

I was calling THEM stupid for even making it any issue.
I sincerely apologize if I was unclear...
I have edited for clarity. Again. I'm sorry.
Mel

[FSogol]

18. Moot point. Romney will never be president.

[spanone]

19. i won't even acknowledge this fucking nonsense

oops, i did

[nolabear]

21. Look, I was just musing about the National Reivew article citing Romney's superiority

for having sired a houseful of males. If that's "fucking nonsense" then half of DU is fucking nonsense.

[SunsetDreams]

24. The National Review apparently thinks this is China

I can understand the confusion I suppose, what with Romney sending so many of our jobs there.

[bluesbassman]

25. Don't let it get to you nolabear.

Half of DU is fucking nonsense these days. This thread shows prime examples of people jumping all over an OP without regard for context or current events. It gets frustrating, but I think it's just a byproduct of being this far into the presidential election cycle.

[Chorophyll]

28. Nolabear is referring to the article below:

https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/313504/boss

So if you want to get mad at fucking nonsense, go to the source.

[Redford]

26. Is this a shot at Obama for having "girly sperm"?

And I guess Mitt only has manly sperm?

[Chorophyll]

29. It's a shot at the article below:

https://www.nationalreview.com/nrd/articles/313504/boss

Worth a read. The OP is not talking trash about the President.

[lastlib]

31. speaking of waste of sperm, Bush I had four sons, two daughters:

Dumbson George, Jeb, Neil, Marvin
Dorothy, and Pauline (died of leukemia?)

Jimmy Carter also had three sons.

[Ganja Ninja]

41. Quite frankly the whole "He's presidential material by force of his male-producing loins" ...

is such a stupid comment it isn't worth serious discussion.