Sarah Palin did not make the choice for the public to invade the privacy of her children. The children of candidates has always been off limits.
No one mentioned the fact that when Joe Biden’s first wife was killed in the car crash, Joe put out the story that the accident was the fault of a drunk driver. He did that to protect his sons from the truth, which was that witnesses to the accident stated that his wife, Neely, seemed to be distracted with something that was going on in the back seat, she appeared to be turned around, disciplining the boys and never saw the truck.
So you would prefer a woman with no kids, or quite probably, a man? Its as though you’re faulting her for having a family.