https://hotair.com/headlines/archives/2012/11/15/how-tv-undermined-the-gops-family-values-pitch/feed/HotAir is the leading conservative blog for breaking news and commentary covering the Biden administration, politics, media, culture, and current elections.en-usTue, 09 Jun 2026 05:41:05 -0400<![CDATA[Today, of course, we need only look at the popular sitcom Modern Family for an indication of just how much the idea of family has changed. That one family, which includes divorcées, immigrants, adopted children, gay couples, and strong women leading their households manages to encapsulate all the ways in which the definition of family has shifted and yet, remarkably, their arrangement is not unbelievable, nor does it stray too far from “traditional” family values. But what Modern Family doesn’t have is anybody who looks anything like a mainstream Republican: it’s difficult to imagine a character resembling Todd Akin, Rick Santorum, or even Mitt Romney appearing as anything other than a bumbling curiosity from an earlier age.]]>Thu, 15 Nov 2012 17:35:58 -0500<![CDATA[Allahpundit]]>https://hotair.com/headlines/2012/11/15/how-tv-undermined-the-gops-family-values-pitch-n97501