Did you notice that to the press during the Clinton years, Chelesa was OFF-LIMITS from any discussion. Same holds true for the Obama kids.
But, when it comes to Republicans — publishing rumors about Palin’s daughter’s waist size and a mysterious Down’s Syndrome baby is A-OK?
Check out how the press publishes it...
I guess there is no protection now for any candidates or former candidates children.
Palin faces scrutiny, Internet rumours as VP pick
http://www.ctv.ca/servlet/ArticleNews/story/CTVNews/20080831/palin_vp_080901/20080901?hub=TopStories
One obvious difference between the left and the right is that some people on the left feels that a four month old baby boy with Downs syndrome is a perfectly acceptable political weapon to wield against his mother.
Most people on the right do not.