“McCain is not exactly a spring chicken and we need someone with a huge set of stones to back him up. Think Iran, Iraq, Africa, N. Korea, Russia, etc.
We can’t have someone who is reading the daily intel and worrying about her baby having an ear infection at the same time.
Maybe it’s just the mom in me, but no matter what, my kids come first and foremost. And yes my kids being sick throws me off of my game when it occurs, even after 18 yrs. of dealing with it with 3 kids.”
Well said, and - noting your gender - thanks for having the courage to say that.
The coming term IS NOT the time to be playing with candidates selected by the basis of their gender or skin color.
Bear in mind that due to his age and health, there must be considerable foresight in chosing a vice presidential candidate who is able to step directly up to the role of the presidency, instead of an officeholder who is there “for show”.
We are currently winding up one war, still involved in another (Afghanistan), and in all likelihood will see a new conflict with Iran between 2009 and 2012. We need a wartime president, and I contend that there is NO woman in American politics today who could fulfill that role. There is no Republican Margaret Thatcher available to step up to that responsibility; indeed women like Mrs. Thatcher are very rare political creatures.
We do not need a mother of several children - including her new infant - in the office of the presidency. She simply is not “qualified” to hold that office, if I may be so bold to state that opinion. Why not? Because - as a mother (and one claiming to be a “traditional mother”, I would think) - her “business” is with her family. It is one thing to be a mom and run a backwaters state like Alaska; it is entirely another to fulfill the official responsibilities of President of The United States.
If Mrs. Palin is willing to give up the full-time care of her children to someone else, perhaps then we can consider her other qualifications to [eventually] be President.
It’s common here to say that Barack Obama has no qualifications to be President, and I believe that those who say so are correct in their observations.
But Mrs. Palin hasn’t much more time in high-level elective office than does Obama, and she has the additional burden of her young children to care for.
She does not belong in the Presidency.
Nor does any other woman right now.
That’s my opinion, and I’m sticking to it....
- John
I don’t get where this whole “Mom will go to pieces” meme has come from. I have (almost) 4 kids, same as Palin has at home (one of hers is in the army, and my “almost” has already given me enough trouble to certainly count). I have had to put up with kids in hospital, one almost dieing of blood poisoning, one with invasive neck surgery, kids getting lost, genetic defects, stress beyond belief, and more vomitting than you ever want to imagine. In each situation I, the Mom, held together far better than the Dad did.
I have friends with similiarly stressed families, some of them where both parents work, and I have yet to see a Mom lose it over their kids.
My husband works. I am a stay at home mom. Sarah Palin works. Her husband is a stay at home dad. Why you (or anyone) thinks that puts her in the weaker position is beyond me....