To heck with ethics
Pat Tiberi won’t get my vote. Skirting another country’s ethics to assuage the dreams of privileged Americans? And being proud of that? I don’t think so. Hat tip to the lovely Jenna! (To be fair — Tiberi wasn’t getting my vote anyway.)
Not sure why this ad is so screwed up? Browse Ethica to learn more. Note: The public officials in Uzbekistan were AGAINST exporting this child to another country for adoption.
I just don’t understand why he/they thought it was a good idea to put this into a political ad. Fine. It happened. You can’t take it back. But really?! Who “approved this message” other than Tiberi who probably thinks he is a Saint for doing so? Seriously. Doesn’t he have a campaign advisor? I’m appalled. APPALLED.
And you’re welcome. It’s been bugging the heck out of Josh and I since the OSU/PSU (WOO! PENN STATE!) game on Saturday night. I think it ran a few times. Josh was like, “Uh, did they really just admit to what I think they just admitted to?” Apparently.
You know his office is going to get flooded with calls from people asking him to put their babies on the fast track, too. I looked the country up on Ethica and it looks like maybe this child got caught in legal limbo when they shut the system down due to ethics violations. Wish I could figure out more — unfortunately this family doesn’t seem to have a blog!!
Yeah, I was going to say, would you ever vote for Tiberi?! I guess this is a different take on ethics…
Becca, I know. This is like how I wanted to yell at the anti-choice doorhanger person, “I WAS going to vote for McCain but your dirty politicking changed my mind!” Only the Obama signs probably would have given me away.
“A different kind of ethics.”
Is it really? Isn’t a lack of ethics in one area a pretty good indicator as to how they rank ethical decisions in almost any other area? As an example: McCain’s unethical adoption. I can’t trust a man who thinks it is fine to skirt the law if you have enough money. I just can’t.
Whoa, unbelievable - although my guess is that the vast majority of people with no connection to adoption saw the ad, gave no thought whatsoever to the child, her first family, or the sovereignty of Uzbekistan, but instead thought “Lucky girl! Wonderful family!” I don’t think people get it at all.
ACCCCKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!!!!!!! I saw that ad yesterday and made a mental note to post it on Bastardette. Then I forget about it in the wake of more Big Kids dumps in Nebraska that I’m working on. Thanks for posting this. I’m looking for it on YouTube and putting it up this morning.
Marley
It still boggles my mind to try and understand WHY people want so badly to adopt a child from 3000 miles away when theres thousands of foster children right here in North America waiting for responsible parents. From the pictures it looks like this couple already has a couple sons. Why did they want so badly not just to adopt but to adopt ‘that’ child??! It is like a fashion thing, every rich family has to adopt an ethnic baby girl? I wonder if this girl will still be ‘their heart’ when she grows up and learns that she could have possibly been adopted by people in her country of birth or even lived with birth relatives. Politicans are weird.
I can’t believe they admitted that. And they think this is suppose to get him more votes? That is to weird!
You obviously know nothing about the adoption process in/from Uzbekistan. I do, as I am an adoptive parent of a child from Uzbekistan and I know this family personally. They faced problems with the US Embassy which Pat Tiberi was able to help them rectify. Neither they, nor we, need to explain why we chose Uzbekistan over any other country but I will tell you that unlike the US, many countries still have children in orphanages who face an incredibly grim future if they don’t find permanent homes whether in their own country or elsewhere.
Referring to my child as an “ethnic fashion accessory” is insulting. My child has special needs and had he remained in Uzbekistan he would not have gotten the medical attention he needed to correct his issues and would have faced a life where his best hope for survival would be a life of begging or of crime.
Uzbekistan has not shut their adoption program down, they don’t have an official adoption program as they lack the infrastructure to organize one.
This is a story of a very wonderful girl and an amazing family.
Yes, the officials referred to were U.S. officials NOT Uzbekistan officials. I can see how this ad gave the wrong impression, though. The adoption had been finalized by the foreign authorities, but our own embassy was delaying the family’s return. This congressman helped them come home more quickly than they would have without his intervention, but they would have come home with their daughter eventually anyway. I’m glad that the family was reunited and not further needlessly delayed.