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Suzy Shuster: Sarah's Son 'Her Favorite Prop of This Campaign Season'
NewsBusters.org ^ | 10/03/2008 | Mike Bates

Posted on 10/03/2008 11:03:00 AM PDT by Mike Bates

Just when you think mainstream media people can't stoop much lower in their final stages of Palin Derangement Syndrome, they plunge to new depths. Suzy Shuster works as a sideline reporter for ABC Sports. She also blogs at the Huffington Post. Her most recent contribution is,"Say It Ain't So: Trig Palin's Post-Debate Photo Op." She describes what irritated her most at last night's vice presidential debate:

It actually came after the debate, when for seemingly the millionth time, Sarah Palin trotted out her piece de resistance, her favorite prop of this campaign season: her five and a half month old son Trig.

Why is this child up so late every time there is a camera op? Why isn't this baby sleeping in a crib or bassinet somewhere with a sleep sheep or some other sound apparatus lulling him into night-night? Is it just me or does it seem like she carts this poor child around like a living breathing example of how wonderful a mom she is? After all, she's more than adopted the "I'm just a mom, just like you moms out there, America" attitude.

But the truth is, if she was just like all you other Moms out there, America, then she'd know the best thing she can do for this infant is to make sure he is tucked safely in his bed and out cold at eleven pm. And please don't say well, maybe she doesn't have anyone to watch him. Believe that, and I've got a Bridge to Nowhere that I want to sell you.

Shuster isn't the first to challenge Palin's parenting skills and motivation. Last month the publisher of Harper's Magazine made the same accusation that the baby is used as a political prop.

Naturally, Shuster's post was received by HuffPo readers with a rash of comments critical of Palin, references to "white trash," and other statements that you'd expect from open-minded liberals.

I can't claim particular expertise on the subject of when a baby should sleep. In my experience as a father and grandfather, though, it seems to me babies keep their own schedule to a great extent. I'd be most reluctant to judge other parents harshly because their baby isn't asleep at 8:00 PM or whatever hour has been designated as the requirement.

Moreover, there's little doubt that some of the liberals so critical of the Palin baby's schedule would have preferred that a special needs child be aborted in the first place. Their open-mindedness can only be extended so far.

In last night's debate, Joe Biden made a point about not questioning an opponent's motives. Shuster and other mainstream media figures have no problem doing exactly that much of the time.


TOPICS: Government; News/Current Events; Politics/Elections
KEYWORDS: 2008debates; appallingdems; hystericalmedia; palinfamily; sarahpalin
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To: Alouette; padre35
20. Peggy Noonan
41 posted on 10/03/2008 11:38:10 AM PDT by tbpiper (Obama/Biden: Instead of Ebony and Ivory, we have Arrogance and Insolence.)
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To: Mike Bates

I guess wanting to have your child close is akin to hauling around a prop.

I need a shower after reading hateful screeds like this.


42 posted on 10/03/2008 11:38:14 AM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: jackibutterfly
Yes, WHY didn’t she complain about Biden’s grandchildren?

What time was it in Deleware? They didn't seem eager to get them tucked in as they lingered for a schmooze fest and photo op with Ms. Ifill.
43 posted on 10/03/2008 11:40:22 AM PDT by Notasoccermom (.)
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To: Mike Bates
I just e-mailed ABC Sports and told them they might want to muzzle the B!tch. I didn't use the word muzzle but I did say. . .

I'm getting so tired of people bashing the Palin family and I'm starting to make my feelings known. I realize it likely won't help but it makes me feel better.
44 posted on 10/03/2008 11:41:55 AM PDT by ninergold3 (By Election Day I'll Be An Anorexic/Alcoholic. . .Stress Sucks!)
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To: Mike Bates

I say let them keep yakking. They are doing more harm than good to their cause. Parents everywhere embrace and see what kind of parents the Palins are. They are us.

Oh by the way, Suze...I’ll bet you just swooned over that children’s video homage to your leader.


45 posted on 10/03/2008 11:42:33 AM PDT by donnab (some people use change to promote their careers...others use their careers to promote change.)
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To: Mike Bates

Spoken like a person who has zero understanding of motherhood.


46 posted on 10/03/2008 11:46:21 AM PDT by Ghengis (“When the stock market crashed, Franklin Roosevelt got on the television" Joe Biden)
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To: Lucky9teen
I bet if Suzy Shuster had a baby, she’d realize Trig isn’t a political prop.

And maybe she'd realize that babies don't pay attention to clocks. A baby doesn't care what time it is, if baby wants to be awake at midnight, it'll make sure to wake you up too. There's absolutely nothing wrong with bringing your baby with you wherever you have to go. If baby wants to sleep, it'll sleep even in noisy environments. If baby wants to be awake, it'll be awake even in dimly lit silence. As a new dad I've had these concepts drilled into me. It's the most basic principle in parenting an infant; wherever you go, baby goes with you. This is doubly true if you're a breastfeeding mom. I'm sure Shuster wouldn't care enough about her own children to put herself through the discomfort and trouble of breastfeeding though, so it's no surprise that she's clueless.

Although someone said they think she has had one child, I can't seem to find any info on it. If she has had a child then she's the world's most ignorant mother of all time. That, or she's just playing stupid to score cheap shot political points. After all, liberals think children are a punishment, so how could any of her libtard readers know any better? If they're willing to believe that Palin faked her pregnancy to cover up for her daughter, surely they'll have an even easier time latching onto this ignorant criticism.
47 posted on 10/03/2008 11:49:37 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: Mike Bates
It actually came after the debate, when for seemingly the millionth time, Sarah Palin trotted out her piece de resistance, her favorite prop of this campaign season: her five and a half month old son Trig.

Ugh. If Palin had not brought Trig out or even along, never brought him along, 'left him to sleep in his crib', attended to by his dad or a nanny, Suz would be the first to blast her for 'hiding' her son with a disability or putting her VP job ahead of her infant, or both. Suzy is grasping at straws, has nothing substantial, so launches a personal attack du jour (changeable as needed).

48 posted on 10/03/2008 11:49:56 AM PDT by fortunecookie
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To: Mike Bates

Natural motherhood is offensive to the left. Those who do have a child or two treat them like fashionable accessories. Once again, they project their own POV on Palin. Their kids are mere props, so Sarah’s must be, too.


49 posted on 10/03/2008 11:53:55 AM PDT by informavoracious (No B.O.: No Bail Out. And No Barack Obama.)
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To: Notasoccermom
What time was it in Deleware? They didn't seem eager to get them tucked in as they lingered for a schmooze fest and photo op with Ms. Ifill.

Good point, also it might be useful to note that by alaska time, the debate ended around 6:00pm, not unreasonable at all. In any case, I still maintain that there's nothing inherently wrong with bringing a baby with you late at night (as long as it's a safe environment) since babies don't care what time it is - they're going to do whatever they were going to at home anyway.
50 posted on 10/03/2008 11:53:59 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: messierhunter

Incidently, I tried making this point on huffpo in less aggressive terms. Not surprisingly, they did not accept my comment. Have to censor all of that rational thinking and experience, ya know, but comments wishing for the assassination of a sitting vice president are all good.


51 posted on 10/03/2008 11:58:19 AM PDT by messierhunter
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To: Mike Bates
This women is a human piece of filth! Hope her mother is ashamed of her. Oh yes she was hatched! Cluck-cluck
52 posted on 10/03/2008 11:59:18 AM PDT by Pilated
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Amazing!

Sarah Palin trotted out her piece de resistance, her favorite prop of this campaign season: her five and a half month old son Trig.

It's bad for a mother to want to be with her baby??? I've seen the video of her daughters holding Trig, and that's not staged. This is a family filled with love and closeness, not planned props and staged movements. The problem here is that liberals can't imagine sincerity in a politician, so they assume the motives they would need if they were to do something so crass as allowing a child to intrude on their real life.

Why isn't this baby sleeping in a crib or bassinet somewhere with a sleep sheep or some other sound apparatus lulling him into night-night?

It's wrong that Sarah Palin, mother, thinks a real live person is better for baby than a 'sound apparatus'???

But the truth is, if she was just like all you other Moms out there, America, then she'd know the best thing she can do for this infant is to make sure he is tucked safely in his bed and out cold at eleven pm.

Has this woman ever been a mother, or if so did she interact with her own child before the nanny had the child fully raised??? At that age, an awake baby will stay awake and will benefit from something interesting to watch, whether it's bright lights or Mommy ripping into a stuffy old guy, and a sleepy baby can sleep through the monotonous noise of a debate. Any real parent would know that was not a problem, even without considering the time zone change and that Trig is probably up at 6:30 pm Alaska time anyways.

53 posted on 10/03/2008 12:07:14 PM PDT by MathDoc (Obama: "end the war" ... or McCain/Palin: "win the war" ... easy choice)
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To: donnab
I say let them keep yakking.

Oh, they will, they will.

54 posted on 10/03/2008 12:11:14 PM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: autumnraine
Did Barack “trot out” his kids when they joined him at the convention?

Not to mention putting them on "Access Hollywood."

55 posted on 10/03/2008 12:13:12 PM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: MathDoc
Has this woman ever been a mother, or if so did she interact with her own child before the nanny had the child fully raised???

Apparently she has, but you wouldn't know it by reading her article, would you? That goes to the second part of your question. Without a doubt, if she really believed this nonsense that infants should be "out cold at 11pm" (nevermind that it was something like 6pm alaska time) then she's never raised an infant herself. They're on their own schedule and they don't care if it's noon or midnight, nor do they care if you have to go to work the next morning, which I'm sure is why she offloaded her offspring onto the nearest nanny from day one. A real parent would know better. Baby goes with you, wherever you go.
56 posted on 10/03/2008 12:15:35 PM PDT by messierhunter
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To: Mike Bates

Isn’t this the same lady who caught a woman sending email pictures to her husband Rich Eisen?


57 posted on 10/03/2008 12:16:48 PM PDT by truthandlife ("Some trust in chariots and some in horses, but we trust in the name of the LORD our God." (Ps 20:7))
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To: truthandlife

In a word, yes.


58 posted on 10/03/2008 12:29:59 PM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: messierhunter

Gee, and I thought those lib blogs were so open minded and everything.


59 posted on 10/03/2008 12:32:03 PM PDT by Mike Bates (Irish Alzheimer's victim: I only remember the grudges.)
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To: Mike Bates

The Left: They are worried about a child not getting sleep but aren’t worried about unborn children getting slaughtered.


60 posted on 10/03/2008 12:33:47 PM PDT by Red in Blue PA ("I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" Obama, from Au)
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