End the Mommy Wars

As a woman I am insulted by her nomination! She was chosen for two reasons that I can see 1. She is very right wing 2. She is female. I am frustrated that 'pregnancy-gate' has surfaced, I think it is a distraction from other more important issues, such as . . . she has no experience.

I have to question the integrity of any woman or man who would put there 17 year old daughter through this public spectacle. She had to know this would come out, you can't hide a pregnancy forever. It would overwhelming and scary enough to be 17 and pregnant but to have the entire country be discussing it, I'm glad I am not Sarah palin's daughter.

Palin's family is certainly relevant to the issue of her pic as vp because incidents in her family show that she was not properly vetted for the job. She was a last minute pic by an old fart of a candidate desperate to deflect from the liberal media's hosannas over the nomination speech of the empty suit candidiate Obama.

And there you have it in a nutshell! McCain showed by his first executive decision that he is not really up to the job. So we have a choice between two losers. The Palin pic can only hurt McCain and probably has cost him the election.

I would hope she would have the good grace to bow out but don't count on it. Feminists like Deveney & Palin think only of themselves. They always place their career ambitions above their children!

As long as her husband is the primary caregiver in the family and adjusts his work schedule to their needs then I`m indifferent whether she runs for VP or chief dog catcher...I`ve known many couples doing the exact same thing and the men were wonderful in their roles. However, having noted that, Palin was selected for being a female, ultra-conservative republican, campaigning for family values, anti-choice, oil drilling, no earmarking, reduced government in our lives and less spending. Everything she does that reflects on those positions are up for grabs. When the announcement was made last week I went to the Alaska newspaper websites to see what i could find out about her. All the on-going controversies were already there for the viewing, even down to whether her or not Trig is her son or Bristol's. Bristol's I think based on what I could find out. Troopergate was already under investigation by the Alaskan state legislature and her response to that investigation is so much like the Bush administration that it must make them proud. No way will I vote for McCain now. It has nothing to do with her being a working mother and everything to do with what she stands for and how she behaves relative to her belief in "family values."

The whole motherhood thing is obviously a way to criticize her fundamentalist views and the inherent hypocrisy of her own life choices. I see you are interested in her "legislative" record on these issues. Don't you know, she has no legislative record or legislative experience. The only experience that matters is executive experience which she has heaps and heaps of; leader of a major metropolitan area for six long and arduous years, governor of a diverse state that's close to Russia don't ya know. It's only a pity that the Republican Party (of which I was a member until last week) couldn't find a presidential candidate with such fine qualifications.
The problem with Sarah Palin is that she is an unqualified light weight who doesn't seem to even know that she is unqualified. She is being used by the McCain campaign as a sop to the flat earth wing of the party and does not mind because she is so ensconsed in that tradition that she believes the only lives that matter are fetuses and that science is something we can do without because Jesus wants us to be stupid. Our country faces serious issues and cannot address them without serious leadership. We are not going to get that from Sarah Palin nor apparently fron John McCain. I only wish I could get my campaign contribution back.

One reason you won't hear us men talk about childcare is because we just don't talk about childcare. I won't disagree that women do more around the house, but because we don't gossip about our families doesn't mean we don't care.

There's another double standard similar to this one that I can???t stand. It???s ok for women to bring up this inequality with their male counterparts, but were a man to bring it up his issues he would be looked down upon. And it always seems women feel that all of their problems are more important than every man???s.

MSNBC STREAMER"MEDIA STORM FUELED BY PALIN' TEENAGE DAUGHTER PREGNANCY" GROW UP
WHO DOYOU THINK YOU ARE FOX NEWS

Yes, it does matter, because it reflects Gov. Palin's decision making. I don't think any parent (mother OR father) with a special needs infant and another child about to have a child, is being very family friendly if they throw their energy, time and self into a national campaign. Her family has some very intense needs right now. She and her husband need to be focused on their children, not trying to build Sarah's career. If Sen. Obama had the same family needs as Palin, I would think he was equally un-family friendly. Gov. Palin is showing that her focus is herself and her future.

How ironic, seems Gov. Palin's daughter could have used "sex education" in High School rather than the Republican "family values" stance of teaching only "abstinence" in schools. What a joke! Republicans must think we're all so stupid! Gov. Palin is the example conservatives put forward as holding their type of "family values"? Gov. Palin can't even control her daughter from getting knocked up before the age of 17! How can she run the United States government?

The true definition of a feminist is that ALL women have choices and to respect those choices. I have been a stay at home mom for 2 of my children and a working mom when the others were born. Whether a woman makes the choice to stay at home with her children or work is her choice and unless she is leaving the kids at home by themselves - we should respect that choice.
Palin also did not leave her child at home (baby came along with her to work)- nor did she conceal her pregnancy. She did reveal her pregnancy to Alaska when she was 7 months along. There were concerns that the baby would even make it to term - a miscarriage is difficult enough without everyone involved.
The choice of Bristol to have her child is a personal one. Interesting that Obama's mother delivered him when she was 18 - many woman have done so and it did not "ruin" their lives. With family support, this child will be well taken care of.
And by the way - Todd is certainly capable of caring for his child - why should she be the one to stay home?

I'm a little confused from the first paragraph of this article. She writes that the photo showed Palin using a blackberry and being "oblivious" to her daughter playing in a crosswalk. She then writes that the photo made her like Palin. What about being oblivious to her child? That's a scary image to imagine anyone responding to positively. I don't mean to seem too old fashioned, but since when do kids not need their moms?

Well lookey here.... mommy or not, this lady is not universally pro-life. She's pro war, pro gun, pro death penalty. She's the other side of the nightmare in every Catholic bishop's homily.

It's rather funny that Palin's daughter is pregnant since mom is on such an abstinence-only sex-ed highway. It's not the end of the world for Palin's daughter, but rather goes to show that just because YOU believe in abstinence doesn't mean your hormonal teenage daughter does...
Still won't vote for her and McSame, though...

Obama and Biden for me.

I don't have a problem with her being a working mom, especially going for the position she's running for. I do have a problem with her however. She doesn't seem the brightest (I mean she was "confused" after all when she discovered that their baby would have Down Syndrome, now what's confusing about that?). Also I don't feel that she can be trusted (she kept her pregnancy a secret for how long? What else is she keeping a secret? I think there is a monan (plenty of them) much better suited for the job of VP or even president) some of them working moms as well

Has there been a statement made as to the severity of Trag's downs syndrome? If there has, I haven't seen it yet. Are you jumping to conclusions without knowing all the facts? After all, only Mr. & Mrs. Palin and the infant's doctors know his medical condition. I am sure that the Palins' decision was based on the baby's health. Maybe we should all step back and not pass judgment on something that we know nothing about. Remember what your mother always told you: "People in glass houses shouldn't throw stones!"

umm..doesn't obama have children too? if he's elected, how much will they see him?

We view men and women differently with respect to family responsibility because we ARE different. I work full time - I am our main wage earner and provider of benefits - and I am also a full time mother. But I understand that I am biologically different when it comes to my role in the family. I have the womb, the breasts, and the instincts that my husband does not have, no matter how hard he tries to come up with the latter. Our children need both of us in different ways. My husband CANNOT substitute for me, no matter how hard he tries, because that is not what evolution (or God, however you choose to view it) prepared him for. Feminists and non-feminists alike need to understand that MEN AND WOMEN ARE NOT THE SAME. I expect to be treated fairly in the work place, to be paid the same for the same work, and I expect - or at least hope - that I will be judged more for what I do than how I look. But when it comes to child rearing, I understand that my children need me to be there as a mother right now. Any desire I have to climb the career ladder (and opportunities have been presented to me), or any ideas I might have about serving the greater good had time before I became a mother, and now will have to wait the few short years until my children no longer need me as a present and effective mother.

A healthy new born is a handful as it is but a new born with special needs, I can imagine takes a whole 'nother amount issues that come along with it. i have to agree that she has put career ahead of family and it is wrong.

i tried to be be considerate of working moms because no one has questioned Obama for leaving his young daughters. If she were a man, would we be questioning her attempt for VP? no we wouldn't. But she has a new born.