Posted on 09/03/2008 2:38:16 PM PDT by RobFromGa
Should a mother with five children, one of them a pregnant teen and another an infant with special needs, be running for vice president?
The question is being much debated, in newspaper stories and columns, on blogs and Web sites, and, yes, around kitchen tables across the country.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
If she thinks she can do it, if her husband and children support the decision, as they seem to, who are we to say otherwise? She deserves what every father running for office automatically gets: a chance to be judged fairly, based on experience and ideology, qualifications and competence, not our second-hand judgments of her most private decisions.
2 are out of the house
Son in Iraq
Bristol soon to be married
So it’s 3, one of whom is a teen. This is fundamentally the same as the Obama family.
Just to make it clear, I 100% support Palin, and her entry in the race has made me a vocal and monetary supporter of the McCain-Palin ticket.
I think that this piece by Estrich is a solid defense of Gov. Palin’s decision to run...
If it were a man in this position, nobody would question it. The spouse would be assumed in charge of child care.
Why can’t Todd raise the kids for a bit?
Simple point: Defending Sarah is great, but this is no good unless republicans use it to attack Obama and the democrats. Just defending all this is not a net plus.
There is more than enough available to call the democrats every type of low life name in the book. Sexism is a definite. Harming children another. Pure partisanship. Double standard times ten. Let’s close out the defense half of this inning and step up to the plate on offense.
The democrats are NOT good people, stop treating them politely while they savage good people. That is my advice to the McCain camp.
"Show me just what Mohammed brought that was new, and there you will find things only evil and inhuman, such as his command to spread by the sword the faith he preached." - Manuel II Palelologus
For this particular questions, whether she should be staying home with the family, it is not the PUMA types per se that we need to worry about convincing. It is the soccer-mom, suburban mom types that have children of their own and think this is a questionable (selfish?) decision by Gov. Palin.
We need to get in front of this perception and answer it. Esp with a very young infant in the family...
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No...it’s better than the Obama family.....the teen will be able to spend time with her siblings, too.
Well, if the man were a Democrat. The media are in full on attack mode. They have suddenly realized, just when they thought the man of hope was the hottest guy since the man from Hope, and they put the First Woman President issue to rest, that they didn't put the First Woman President issue to rest.
It is so funny! Hillary can wait 8 years to allow Barak to be the First Black President, then she will have her turn. But then, a conservative woman comes along and OH NO!! We cannot, abso-f'in-lutely cannot, have this woman become the First Woman President! That is reserved for Hillary! So now they have to utterly destroy Sarah Palin, by any means necessary, and no argument left unspoken. It is that important. They are even willing to allow the Achiles' Heel of Barak Obama to be discussed, which is experience. That is the argument against Sarah Palin. Not enough experience. Barak made a trip to Europe and the Middle East last summer. Sarah Palin was only the governor of an insignificant state. That makes Barak Obama the better choice. Hahahahaha!
The Democrats are scared. They are frikkin' SCARED.
Don’t tell us, Susan. Tell your “progressive” friends who are making all the noise.
Screw liberals!
I’ve tried to figure it out but can’t. :(
What is a PUMA?
Party Unity My @ss. aka bitter Hillary supporters.
OH! Love it!
Thanks...
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