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OP, I think it's going to be tough the question the "family values" of a woman with five kids who knew her last child would be born with Down Syndrome and refused to even consider terminating the pregnancy. No real winning angle for the Democrats there. And as the PP said, a tremendous role model for girls.

I don't get this. The measure of your commitment to family values isn't willingness to carry a baby to term-- it's willingness to give that baby the time and care it needs. I'm not saying the Dems should hit her hard there, but I do think it's an odd choice for someone with a 4 month old at home (and four other kids).

Here's someone who has 2 years of being governor of a small state (the entire state of AK doesn't have that many more people than DC, and many fewer than, say, MoCo), and already she's in trouble for abuse of office (allegedly firing a state trooper who was in a nasty divorce with her sister).

So you think Palin isn't giving the baby the care it needs? Do you work outside the home, PP? Do you think it's okay for mothers of children with disabilities to work outside the home?

The "abuse of office" thing isn't going to be a major problem, I don't think, given that it's a domestic violence case. I'm sure they'll spin it to her advantage.

Anonymous wrote:Moderate here. Unlike all the other gentlemen in the race, she actually has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE.

Hillary should get ready to announce her 2012 exploratory committee in November.

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OP, I think it's going to be tough the question the "family values" of a woman with five kids who knew her last child would be born with Down Syndrome and refused to even consider terminating the pregnancy. No real winning angle for the Democrats there. And as the PP said, a tremendous role model for girls.

I don't get this. The measure of your commitment to family values isn't willingness to carry a baby to term-- it's willingness to give that baby the time and care it needs. I'm not saying the Dems should hit her hard there, but I do think it's an odd choice for someone with a 4 month old at home (and four other kids).

Here's someone who has 2 years of being governor of a small state (the entire state of AK doesn't have that many more people than DC, and many fewer than, say, MoCo), and already she's in trouble for abuse of office (allegedly firing a state trooper who was in a nasty divorce with her sister).

So you think Palin isn't giving the baby the care it needs? Do you work outside the home, PP? Do you think it's okay for mothers of children with disabilities to work outside the home?

The "abuse of office" thing isn't going to be a major problem, I don't think, given that it's a domestic violence case. I'm sure they'll spin it to her advantage.

I didn't say Palin isn't giving the baby the care it needs. What I am suggesting is that it will be hard to give the baby the care it needs while also having the time to be Vice President of the United States. I work outside the house, and I think it's fine for mothers and fathers to work outside the house as well (whether their children are disabled or not-- I wasn't referring to that at all). At the same time, I do make career decisions based on what is feasible to do at work and at home. I made a conscious decision not to work at a job that requires 60 hours a week because personally I didn't think that would give me enough time with my infant.

I don't think overall it's a major issue, but I do think it's odd to say that the fact that she carried the baby to term demonstrates her family values.

And I am so glad to learn that it's ok to use gov't powers for personal revenge if you think the person you are acting against isn't a nice guy. That view will fit right in with the torturers we've got now.

Anonymous wrote:Moderate here. Unlike all the other gentlemen in the race, she actually has EXECUTIVE EXPERIENCE.

Hillary should get ready to announce her 2012 exploratory committee in November.

Anonymous wrote:So you think Palin isn't giving the baby the care it needs? Do you work outside the home, PP? Do you think it's okay for mothers of children with disabilities to work outside the home?

Anonymous wrote:Why even talk about running for VP. Gosh, just being governor is a huge job! I wouldn't do it with an infant even if I was a dad with a SAHW.

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Anonymous wrote:So you think Palin isn't giving the baby the care it needs? Do you work outside the home, PP? Do you think it's okay for mothers of children with disabilities to work outside the home?

I'm not the PP, but anybody with a brain knows there's a difference between working outside the home and running for/being frickin' Vice President of the United States. For the next four months (AT LEAST) she will either be dragging a four-month-old around the country on a grueling schedule where she'll have little or no time to dedicate to him OR she'll be leaving him behind while she's campaigning, essentially removing herself from his life for a third of his infancy. I'm a feminist, I work full time, my DD is in daycare, and I am genuinely aghast. I wasn't going to vote for McCain anyway, but I don't think I'm the only mother of an infant -- on either side of the aisle -- who is thinking this way right now.