Bicoastal
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Mon Sep-01-08 02:59 PM
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The only thing I care about with this pregnancy story--would Palin be an effective VP right now? |
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...while she and her husband are helping to raise two VERY young children--one the child of her own daughter and one with Down Syndrome? (Don't tell me Sarah and her husband would let two 17-year-olds take care of a kid all by themselves--that's absolute nonsense)
I'm not a parent, but I honestly can't imagine being in the White House while simultaneously caring for not one but TWO infants. When was the last time a President or Vice President entered the White House with even ONE child who hadn't learned to walk yet?
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:01 PM
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1. It's ridiculous on the face of it. There's no way someone can be |
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President (if need be, which is why she's there) with so much happening in her family that needs attention. I thought Fred Thompson was stupid for running with a new baby.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:05 PM
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2. She wasn't fit to be VP |
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before this. She still isn't fit to be VP.
She's thrown her teenage daughter into the spot light, not a good move IMHO.
Certainly, family issues can be complicated but putting your family in the center of a political firestorm seems pretty selfish. Perhaps, if Sarah Palin spent a bit more time with her family and her teenage daughter this would not be happening. Seems she didn't do such a good job of educating her daughter in those family values she's so proud to tout.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:09 PM
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3. John F. Kennedy managed |
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This is flat stupid. I'd prefer to have the baby swapping story back. Of course she can be a mother and Vice President.
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Bicoastal
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:13 PM
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4. JFK Jr. didn't have Down Syndrome--and again, the Palins now have TWO newborns. |
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Besides, presumably JFK wasn't the one doing the breast-feeding.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:25 PM
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10. She had lost several children |
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and was pregnant in 1960. And have you ever heard of a bottle? The father can raise the child with a bottle just as well as the mother can with a boob. My father did it after my mother died. In the 60's. It's absurd to say she can't be a VP because she's a mother to a baby, absolutely absurd. And the daughter can raise her own child. My daughter is.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:16 PM
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8. JFK lived in a time when it was totally acceptable for him to take no responsibility in rearing kids |
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Jackie and the help did all the work there.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:27 PM
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11. So the First Dude can and the help |
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can take care of the baby. From the way the older kids have turned out, maybe the baby would be better off with a nanny. You never know. Regardless, it's the biggest block women have to equal opportunity - the pregnancy and baby argument. I can't believe DUers are using it against this woman, especially when there is so much more to object to.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:14 PM
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5. She obviously wasn't able to strike a balance between gov and mom with 4 kids... |
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now with 6 on her hands, how can we expect her to balance vp and mom.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:14 PM
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6. She isn't fit to be Veep under any conditions! |
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Get real! Palin is as qualified to be Veep as Harriet Myers is to sit in the Supreme Court.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:16 PM
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I doubt she'll learn how to exhibit better judgment at this point in her life.
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Mon Sep-01-08 03:17 PM
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9. Did you think she could be an effective VP even without the family drama? nt |
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