Palin has her own baggage and she will have to face it. Obama has not attacked her because of her sex or her faith, so why bring it up? The Republican cry about the bridge to nowhere is good enough to sink as far as i am concerned and add to that the story that she wanted her ex-brother-in-law fired from his job as a state trooper shows that she has the same anger management problem as McCain.
She was chosen because she is pro-life and she is young.

reddit.com pretty much sums it up with the comments in the story “They say Palin’s daugher is a private family matter and shouldn’t be covered.”
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Then why even bring her family into the campaign as a ‘family values’ talking point? They want their cake and eat it, too. “Look! My son is in the military! Look! We’re a family! Oh, no, You’re not allowed to rebut this with any negative points. That’s a low-blow.”
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Her family goes to the very core of her flaws in leadership. No birth control results in having a kid… at 44 years old… which turns out to have Down’s Syndrome (which is related to the age of the mother). There are reasons why 44 year old women either use protection or get themselves or their partner sterilized.
Abstinence education (plus no birth control) is directly tied into her own daughter getting pregnant at 17 years old and out of wedlock.
Her questionable judgement has put her entire family at risk, and she wants to see her judgement exported at a national level.
No. Her family is almost a banner case against her own policies.

Homeschooling – She is entrusted, as the governor, with the Public education of students. Yet she does not trust the very institution for which she is responsible with the education of her own kids.
“Intelligent Design” – do we truly need another administration that is so adamently and publicly anti-science?
Sex education – Perhaps in her home schooling curriculum they need to rethink some of the approaches to interpersonal relationships. I DO NOT believe that the young lady’s relationship is suitable for media attention. But we have to wonder if the lessons she was taught were as strong as needed to make the point.
gender – This is not a test of gender acceptiblity. Certainly the time is ripe to open the hallowed halls of white male dominance and let in some light and air. But is she prepared for the challenges ahead – parenting a Downs Syndrome kid is pretty much a full time job. Grandparenting a child that is pretty much the same age as your youngest is the stuff of TV movies. How will she deal with these added strains on her as she also assumes this office (less ceremonial than it seems – she would preside over the Senate, a group that requires more parenting and instruction than any Middle School classroom)
faith – not even in the discussiopn. But if she uses that as one of her qualifications, it will surely be open for examination and conversation.

“America First” or “Family First” Which will it be?
Governor Palin may be able to take her baby to work with her and nurse during a meeting as Governor of Alaska – a state with a population of 626,000 people. It is a different story being the VP of the United States. No CEO in any corporation would do such a thing. I think a woman with children is certainly capable of being the VP or president of the US, but I do question the judgment and “family first” priority of a new mother with a newborn having special needs.
When it comes down to it, where will her allegiance be? With the MILLIONS of people relying upon her to lead the country, or with her children, whether they be pregnant, sick or whatever the issue? Will she be in the Middle East brokering a peace deal and suddenly have to fly home to attend to the health care needs of her infant son? She would be a cruel, heartless mother if she did no less, but she will be an ineffective, laughable joke of a world leader if she places her family priorities ahead of her country.

MajicJack:
“When it comes down to it, where will her allegiance be? With the MILLIONS of people relying upon her to lead the country, or with her children, whether they be pregnant, sick or whatever the issue? ”
Your comment suggests how twisted the logic of Palin’s detractors has become. Man, you folks are really grasping at straws.
Is there any evidence that as Governor and chief executive of Alaska that she ever put family responsibilities before her official duties? And, don’t give me this nonsense about how small the state. Whether the state is large or small in population, the job of Governor is challenging. Given the physical size of Alaska … and the difficulties of getting around the state … it probably is more demanding than, say, being Governor of NJ or of any of the six New England states or of any of the other medium-sized states like Arkansas or Iowa or Oklahoma.
Hundreds of millions of parents successfully juggle family and work responsibilities in the advanced part of the world. Yes, the VP job is demanding … but so are most jobs in this country.
Your question (Family First or Country First?) is desperate.

The Democrats have not been criticizing Sarah Palin. Reporters started digging and as more and more questionable activities surfaced, they started digging further. The only one to blame is whoever did such a lousy job of vetting her.

I don’t agree with abortion but, I do not want the government to decide for me . We will answer for our choices to a higher power when our time here is done. When you run for office your an open book to the press, republicans do the same , in 2000 they did it to McCain about his so called ‘BLACK CHILD and ALCOHOLIC WIFE ” what do they say Steve, ” PEOPLE IN GLASS HOUSES”

John McCain is a foxy old man, I would imagine the family problem, which is truly only their business, was why it made Palin so right for his running mate. It was a surprise, wasn’t it?, giving the Republican ‘Family Value’s people a place to shine in the spotlight. Ann, the blonde Republican with the mouth, was on tonight and she was asked why more wasn’t being said about Palin’s VP abilities. Ann replied that it was because of people obsessing about her daughter. I haven’t spoken to anyone who is doing that, just that how wrong it was not to vett Palin properly. I’ve been following Obama for the last four years along with others who are interested in seeing America have a real change in direction, along with Europe, and here we have a new beginner who may possibily some day be someone we could respect as we do Hillary, Nancy Pelosi, and Madeline Albright, but I tell you folks I received a forward put out by supposedly an Alaska citizen trying to convince anyone who receives it that Palin is to be compared to Margaret Thatcher—really now, isn’t this a huge stretch of the imagination?

I’m sure the person that thinks the founding fathers wrote the Pledge of Allegiance thinks that Margaret Thatcher was the woman that sewed the first American flag.

Perhaps Gov Palin homeschools her children because she wants to provide a Christian education, which of course is not possible in public schools today. And if her state is like others, local school boards and counties have much more control than state government over the performance of public schools.
Insinuating that in light of her daughter’s pregnancy her homeschooling on relationships should be re-examined is a really unfair slap and reveals extreme ignorance. To suggest that you know better how she should have educated her children is unbelievable.
It seems from a few posts on this site that some people still want women at home taking care of all the kids while Dad goes out and builds his career….thought we left that concept behind in the 80s…

Henrietta22 – “”just that how wrong it was not to vett Palin properly”"
Maybe you didn’t hear the McCain campaign say yesterday that John McCain knew about Palin’s daughter beforehand.

“Maybe you didn’t hear the McCain campaign say yesterday that John McCain knew about Palin’s daughter beforehand”
….Heh! Heh! Heh.heh.heh!….and I’ve got a bridge to sell you….
Today’s headlines are all about how McCain’s people did not deeply vet Palin, and that now there is a second emergency round of McCain’s people descending on Alaska to, er, “deep” vet her.
This woman has a 7 month old child with downs syndrome. She has a pregnant teen.
This woman needs to go home and take care of her family.

The Democrats are anti-Christian.

Here is my dilemma as a Christian.If a candidate is an adulterer,child molester,or for God’s sake any other thing that’s ok as long as they have a platform that is against abortion.

So, mmissy:
“Today’s headlines are all about how McCain’s people did not deeply vet Palin, and that now there is a second emergency round of McCain’s people descending on Alaska to, er, “deep” vet her.
This woman has a 7 month old child with downs syndrome. She has a pregnant teen.
This woman needs to go home and take care of her family.”
I’m not really sure what you are trying to say in your post – that the McCain campaign made a mistake in picking a VP nominee with personal challenges, or that Gov. Palin should quit and stay home?
There are thousands of other working moms out there with special needs children and pregnant teenaged children. Should they, too, quit their jobs and go home and take care of their families, even if that may not be economically possible for them? Or is this directive only for women with whom you (possibly) disagree?