Mother and Child

It is fascinating that people are contending that candidates for President need experience as US Senators, rather than Governors. After all, how can one have foreign policy experience? The irony, is that in the last 20 presidential races (going back to 1924), only ONE president was a US Senator: John F Kennedy. Why? Because Americans have tended to be more comfortable with candidates with executive experience, rather than senatorial experience.

This year marks an exception to the rule, in that our new President will be a Senator. So the selection of a Governor as Vice-President, as John S. McCain has done with Sarah Palin, helps to provide the executive experience the American people have traditionally expected.

I am proud to see Senator McCain round out his ticket with someone OTHER than a US Senator.

The speech was truly fascinating.

Susannah Meadows is a prime example of why the media stinks.

Im intrigued by the theme of the RNC last night, being that they are going to shrink government and eliminate social service funding, but then apparently the shameless pandering was just to much to resist, because Sarah Palin "would be a friend and a fighter for you" special needs children having families. What? So the idea is to eliminate social rograms that don't matter to you? Sounds a little bit.... whats that word? Douchebagish.

Please, America, can we use our heads and not our emotions in making this decision? If you want the government to continue on it's path to trounce your civil rights in the name of "national safety" and "pro life",if you want to stop scientific research that promises REAL solutions to major health issues, if you want to continue to have this nation go further into debt, if you want to continue to be viewed negatively by the rest of the world, then vote Republican. If you want a forward looking administration that wants to diversify our energy production and get us off our dependency on foreign fuels by developing new technologies, if you want the government OUT of your personal reproductive decisions, if you want your civil liberties back habeas corpus, privacy, if you want our nation to be a leader in scientific research, not hamstrung by religious zealots. if you want to regain the respect of the rest of the modern world, than vote Democrat. It's that simple. Don't vote for a disabled child, don't vote because you agree or disagree with how late a child should be up, don't vote because she's hot or he's a vet. Vote on the issues, know what you believe, and vote with your mind, not your emotions. Vote for the candidate team who will LEAD this country forward, not backward.

U think a baby with Down's syndrome has special needs? Wait til u see a kid whose has a 16 year old mom with a husband trying to adjust to marriage and a baby. U need drink of for real though ade.

U think that a baby with down syndrome's got special needs, u ain't seen nuthin til you see a baby with a sixteen year old mother and a husband trying to adjust to marriage and each other in the limelight. U all need a drink of for real though ade.

Actually, the Obamas live full time in Chicago, not D.C. I don't care about a baby being up for a parent's big night either, but let's keep our facts straight.

Amen.

I, too, was pregnant with twins late in life - also my first pregnancy. They were not identical, and my son did have Down Syndrome. For many reasons - no life insurance, looking forward to a daughter with aging parents and a brother who always would need extra care, etc., not to mention that his condition threatened my pregnancy and the health of my daughter if i miscarried - we chose to have my son stopped (I suppose one might say "killed") in utero at 23 weeks. I thanked God when we found that neither kidney would function and that he would have died shortly after birth anyway. As a result of that experience, I do not judge anyone's decision - but I firmly believe that the entire topic of abortion is more complicated than many accept.

Actually, St. Paul is in the Central time zone, and Alaska is 3 hours earlier, in the Alaska time zone. So, you see, Trig's internal clock was telling him that it was only 7:00, not 10. And, by the way, he was ASLEEP. The Obama children, however, having lived in DC for the past 2 years, in the Eastern time zone, were in Denver, on Mountain time, which made their internal clocks registering midnight rather than 10 pm when their daddy was giving his big speech.

Frankly, I don't really care if the kids were up too late. It was their parents' big night, and they should be permitted to share in the excitement. But BE FAIR, FOR GOODNESS SAKE!

I've been scouring about her children, too. Frankly, it was the 6 year old spit hair do that did me in, I found it so endearing - it made me think of my 7 year old and my 14 month old. I don't agree that little Trig was there just because of votes - this is the biggest moment that has ever happened in Palin's career - perhaps she wanted him to be there to share it with her. He won't remember it, but God willing, one day he'll see the newsclips of himself and know how important he is to her. The cynic in me says, had she not brought him with her - the critics would accuse her of being ashamed and hiding him...

And, they have my vote - unless they completely blow their own legs off... and that is still possible... (thinking back to past prez races)

I don,t think that the 2nd highest office in the land is the spot to try out family values issues. Bring a 4 month old child- special needs or not to an event at 10 p.m. shows poor judgement. This poor judgement is mirror in the willingness to sacrifice a teenager's privacy and future on the altar of political ambition. If Palin is willing and capable of making such poor choices for her children, just think about the choices that she may make for the country.

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Ms. Palin might be flip-flopping about which Energy Plan she supported also. It seems she picked Mr. Obama's. That's pretty good for someone who said he didn't have a plan:

http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/29/104049/979/214/578461

It was painful to watch the little child being exhibited for the benefit of cynical adults, just as it was painful to watch the shy fiance soon-to-be husband play his part in the choreography. That's for McCain. What about the Obama camp? Sacha and Malia were awfully late in bed on at least two conventions nights. You bet they were part of the show, perhaps everybody wanting them to steal the show (which they did at some point). Are we comparing apples to apples here? I will let you answer this one.