End the Mommy Wars

Hear, hear! I don't like her views on abortion, but that doesn't mean we have to bash her as a mother and soon-to-be grandmother. However, the Republicans shouldn't trot her out as an exemplary person for deciding to have a Down's Syndrome child. Nor should the same Republicans that don't want people to bash the Palins on the teenage pregnancy thrust her teenage daughter out for all to see as an example for pregnant teenagers everywhere.

That was about three energy plans ago for him. Which one was it? And it's a sad day in this country when you are a pro-life candidate and you're treated like you're from another planet? Pro-life? How passe is that? And how dare she pray for a pipeline to be completed to benefit her state? At least she's on her knees praying for something instead of acting like "Who needs God? That's so yesterday." You liberal losers disgust me. How about the two years that you liberals have had control of Congress? How's that worked out? Nobody talks about how incompetent Pelosi and Reid are, a couple of deer in the headlights literally, but no, let's trash a conservative woman who's actually done something in her life and made things happen.

It is already all over the news that Sarah Palin was never a member of political party in Alaska that talked of secession. And I have not heard her even one time push her beliefs on anybody. She has been up front about what her stance is on family issues and has supported those beliefs in action with her own family. She does not believe in abortion; she chose not to abort a downs syndrom baby. She supports her daughter having her child at 17 even though she knows having the baby will present hurdles for her daughter down the road. I cannot wait to her her speech tonight so I can have a chance to form an informed opinion about her and what she has to say. We have yet to hear from her. Lets give her a chance.

Reader, we're not missing the point at all, honey; we see the point clearly, and the point is, that you who make such concerned comments are all Democrats, and you aren't at all worried about her ability to be Vice President, and still spend quality time with her family, you really could care less about that, what you are NOT say, but what is so, obviously, apparent is that she may be so helpful to the GOP campaign that your choice may not win after all, and that my dear, is what you are really worried about. You see, we GOPs can read between the lines. Stop runing in circles, Chicken Little, the sky isn't falling, nor is it likely to. Give the lady a chance to prove she is capable. I believe she will be an amazing VP, and may give a whole new meaning to the VPs image.

Let's set one record straight, Barack Obama made it very clear that he considered any discussion of Palin's family strictly "Off limits." He seems to be the only person following that guidelines. By doing so, he shows more class, intelligence, and human decency than the entire Republican party put together.

Let's bear in mind that when a regrettable scandal occurred in the 1990's the Republicans staged an impeachment trial. Some of the Republicans leading the impeachment, Newt Gingrich and even John McCain committed the same offense. Republicans, especially evangelicals, are always eager to point out the sins and human failings of other - BUT they always want the first to be forgiven when they commit the same sins.

I call that hypocrisy. And hypocirsy is the name of of the GOP and the media.

Just so. The backfire has begun. Americans of even the left-of-center stripe are seeing the national press as tinhorn torpedoes out to kneecap a woman for their mob boss back in Chicago. More and more voices on the left,and the moderate GOP,are growing disgusted with the tactics being meted out on Palin and her family that include NEWSWEAK scribblers Eleanor Clift and Sally Quinn[who has as much damned business writing on ''religious faith'' in her and Jon Meachams column as I do on rocket science,as putrid as she is in her gross partisanship,fully displayed in todays Wall St.Journal].
This left the ''getting out of hand''box about three hundred miles back. The obscenities are getting to the point where no one gives a damn about anything the Obama Press Secretaries have to say on the subject and are fighting back against the Bolshevik media on air to ensure that its impact remains. Sick of their disgusting behavior aimed at this woman and her family,[and the lies the press has peddled forgetting that they no longer have control of their own narrative], unlikely champions emerge,set to battle against the national media and its slanders.
We know now that McCain had a vetting staff of over 25 individuals who were in Alaska when the media reduced them to nothing. We now know that Mrs.Palin was never a member of the ''Alaskan Independance Party''[though the NY Times refuses to retract as of about thirty minutes ago]. We now know that Palin is a lifelong Republican. We also know that she increased teen-pregnancy funding rather than ''reduced ''it. We know that despite the lies peddled by the leftwinged blogosphere and the MSM [which included the ''fact''that Palins last child was not her own], there is no such thing as ''The Eagleton Option'' as pounded on by MSNBC and HUFFINGTON,which began the rumour a few days ago.[she drops out and is replaced by a Romney or Huckabee,both of whom have gone on the attack against the media,describing them as ''hurtful''and ''cruel''].
Not one to allow panic to go unchecked ,the Obamaite scribbler Harold Meyerson trots out a racist screed in todays Washington Post muttering sourly over ''Whiteness''being the ''last hope of the GOP'',while Lieberman is again trounced for his ''treason'' despite giving an effective speech last night as to why he has separated from the wingnuts. Nor is the ''McSame'' or ''Bush-McCain''working any longer. If it were,the polls would indicate this. Yet McCain continues to stymie the experts and enrage the Obama-sycophantic press.


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As far as 'social conservatives' go - I think the consistency you would see is support for the girl - daughter or other - insofar as the decision of life for the child or abortion were the same. 'Social conservatives' are interested in the honoring of human life - in at least the same manner that the left proscribes honoring that of the polar bear or green toed-purple spotted tree frog (fictional example).

The point being that Obama has made it clear that he feels a teen pregnancy would "punish the mother" the conclusion drawn is that his advice would lean toward the ending of the pregnancy. THAT is where the 'social conservatives' would balk at support.

What's so hard for you to understand, ma'am? The woman is obviously career and religion driven. She supports "abstinence only" sex education for young people. Zowie, look how beautifully that worked in her own family! A seventeen year old is going into a shotgun marriage with a young man of eighteen, who has no job and said outright on his Facebook page that he doesn't want kids! Isn't it heartwarming? Those wonderful family values! Nothing like two kids whose lives are ruined before they ever really begin as a result of ignorance and lack of information. It's truly the American Dream.

I think what people object to is not the fact that Palin's family is obviously a mess and that she certainly isn't on top of the situation - it's that because of her conservative outlook and religious beliefs that she will try to make the rest of us march to her tune. Most Americans don't want the right-wing version of "family values", including lack of sexual education for teenagers and "quiverfull" families. I doubt you could find many sane Americans who think it's a good thing to have seventeen year olds getting pregnant and being pushed into marriage with an eighteen year old just so Mommy's career will go forward. So it's understandable that Americans, particularly women, who will be the most impacted by Palin's beliefs, particularly anti-abortion, don't feel too warm and cuddly about the idea of her becoming Vice President.

Personally, I don't care if Sarah Palin wants to live in the Middle Ages. She might tote around a Blackberry and be a high powered career woman, but she supports policy that is based in medieval thinking, and she will do her darnedest to see to it that it is foisted off on the rest of us, whether we want it or not. That's where I start to kick, lady. I'm not dumb enough to go with the "well, she's a woman, so us women have to support her, don't we" line. She's a woman who believes in and supports policies that are anathema to me and to many other Americans, male and female. That's more than enough for me to say "get her out of here, fast".

I have sympathy for all sides in this argument. When my first wife died I was a single male parent to three young children. I also had an active medical practice with night call involved. I can tell you this much, I never felt I was a good parent or as good a physician during that portion of my life. I would never have chosen this lifestyle, but things happen. I was torn all the time between what my children needed, what my patients needed and who I had to take care of first. None of my children were handicapped in any way. I don't know what I would have done if that was the case. The only thing that kept me from suicide was that that would leave my children parentless.

I was lucky, I met somewhere several years later, quite by accident and we were married. She turned out to be a great mom and wife, but in those intervening years life was hell and I always felt guilty.

This isn't about you. It's not about the millions of working mothers in this country who are doing the best they can. It is about a presidential candiate that has nominated someone for VP that is an extremist like him. Don't let the Republicans send you off on this rabbit trail.

In re Ms. Palin vis a vis male candidates I would hope that if someone had a 3 month old special needs child and an embarassed 17 year old pregnant daughter who I wouldn't want to push into the limelight, that said candidate would defer running at that time for the good of their family. Be they male or female. Sarah Palin's fault is not bad judgement, it is overreaching, Macbeth-like ambition that puts her desire for office above the good of her family. She is young, she has time ( or rather had time)for a lot of future runs. She should have said "No."

The biggest issue I have with Palin is judgement. Judgement that would allow a person to look at their family situation and so " No, my family needs me more." I have no doubt that Mrs. Palin can be a Mom and effective Governor or even Vice President. The decision to put job or family first is something every man and woman struggles with, for no-one can dicide their time equally, so we all do the best we can. It is this judgement I find most fault with. If Joseph Biden, a man who spent 30 years longing for exectutive office suddenly had a young child who had special needs and another daughter who was pregnant, I most certainly hope when offerred the VP job he would say no, I need to take care of my family first.. ( By the way... this would be a good debate question)

Her over-reaching, Macbeth like ambition is most bothering, both to me and many others. I have no right to tell her what to do, but have every right to disagree with a decision I find morally repulsive and selfish.. .

What is John McCain's great experience stockpile? This is an honest question; please fill me in to his "experience".

That attack on Gov. Palin's daughter is very poor form and has left a bad taste in not only me but many of my friends. Today at lunch there was a large gathering of women, over 100 or so, talking about how the media has attacked and smeared this Gov.'s daughter. Many of us feel it will backlash. In fact one lady in the group who is a chairman for one of the Republican groups said they have received over 30,000 emails offering service and volunteer work because they are excited about her being added to the ticket. She also told us that Gov Palin's has so energized the Rep. (I'm actually a Democrate) that millions of dollars have been raised since McCain added her to the ticket. So I would say, 'lay off the family members." It shows weakness and despiration. In fact, I find Gov. Palin and her family to be great examples to many people and my daughter would ow love to meet her kids.

Even before we latently discovered that Palen had an out-of-wedlock teenage pregnant teenage daughter, I already had doubts about her ability to balance her obligations between family and this intended job. Face it, this isn't just a nine-to-five, leave it at the office job, this is tshe second hightest post in the land. And possible THE highest postion, if John McCain has another cancer reoccurrance oranything else at this late term in his life. And the reason for the so-called double standard is becase Mothers ARE special and essential to the upbringing of children, especially a severely disabled new born and a pregnant teenager about to become a mother herself. Where are all the right-wing Christian high standards now that they have a candidate who clearly doesn't meet them?