Why don't we apply the same to schools and driving licenses? After all, they "discriminate" too. Somehow, we think that flying an airplane, or practicing medicine without a license is dangerous, but voting blindly for a person who can blow up the world isn't? It's not very complimentary to democracy, is it?
As for Sarah Palin, I am MUCH more concerned with the gross deficiencies of Biden, Obama, and McCain
I agree with every you wrote. But the subject in this case was her having a child at an age when the chance for that child being born handicapped because of maternal age, was extreely high.
Having a child under such conditions as an act of selfishness (perhaps), or impulsiveness (maybe), or, worse, ignorance (inexcusable), is not confidence-producing when we take into account that this same person can very easily be pushed into a position to blow up the world out of the same selfishness, impulsiveness or ignorance, o a combionation thereof!
I believe a president of a superpower like the US ought to be someone who is not selfish, impulsive or ignorant.
Sadly, politicians of that type are almost unheard of.