Palin

[lachatte28]

Just a thought, but if you had a newborn baby with Down Syndrome, would you think it's a good idea to be putting all your effort into a cause like running for Vice President of the United States?  A baby with this condition needs all the love and support it can get from both its parents IMO.

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[allykatt]

i don't see why the two things are mutually exclusive. so far, every campaign stop i've seen - her entire family has been there with her.
it looks like the oldest daughter has also taken on a more active role with the little one {for now}, which will be really good practice for her.

[lachatte28]

it looks like the oldest daughter has also taken on a more active role with the little one {for now}, which will be really good practice for her.

Well see, I take issue with that too. I don't think that your own children should raise your other children. Help out here and there, yes - but not be required to stay at home with them on a regular basis while you're out doing your own thing. But I guess what you do in your own family is your business. I just know if I had a newborn baby with a serious disability, I don't think I could conscionably take on a professional role that required so much of my life. It's not like she can just leave her work at the office.

[allykatt]

oh, i don't think she's raising the boy at all - i've just seen her holding him a lot while her mom is speaking, etc.

and she's not staying home, she's a senior in high school. the events i've seen her attending were all on the weekend. i'm sure she'll be there tonight, though - and i'm sure her school will excuse the absence.

her husband has been the stay-at-home dad while she was doing her duties as governor since the little one was born in april. i'm not sure that her job as veep would be THAT much different from governor. sure, she'll have more trips. but the family will also live in her office building, so she'll be a lot closer in case of any emergency, or just to take breaks and spend time with him often.

i have seen a lot of people with the same concern you have, though.
i just don't see it as being as detrimental to a good family environment.

[icecristol]

sure, shes holding the baby when she's not on "Dates"...

ahahah

Its' just a baby at this stage, pretty much the same as any baby at that age..

The real work will come when it begins to develop more and Im sure they will have help for that.

I dont think someone like Sarah Palin would casually hand off what she considers her responsibilities- she might delegate authority, however.

Im not having any problem with her being The Man.

Im having problems with her daughter being a wide legged crotch, however. That just.. speaks badly of her- how she MIGHT have been raised.. etc.

*is extremely anti teen sex.. always have been, always gonna be- and that's that. And yet I absolutely know I have no real control over the choices the kids make. I can only influence them as best I can and guide them. so.. yeah.*

[govnor]

I like Palin. What pisses me off is that the feminists that have had every woman's back that was in a position like this is suddenly non-existent. Gee, a woman nominated for vice president isn't enough? WTF? What is the feminist movement all about? Even Ferraro thought it was great that she was nominated. I think it's only bad to them because she isn't a Democrat. Just like the black people didn't celebrate Clarence Thomas or Condoleezza Rice.