Question re:Palin

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Registered: 08-24-2008
Question re:Palin
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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 6:59pm

One of my best friends said that Palin should not be a nominee due to the fact that she has a special

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Registered: 12-03-2007
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 7:45pm
false
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Registered: 03-19-2003
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 7:53pm
false!!
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Registered: 01-21-2005
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 7:58pm
Disagree.
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Registered: 08-24-2008
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 8:00pm
I agree with everyone and I am honestly kind of disturbed by what my friend said. It's 2008!!
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Registered: 02-22-2008
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 8:01pm
I disagree!
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Tue, 09-02-2008 - 8:37pm
I strongly suspect that Palin has enough money to hire some very very good nannies. Plus being VP isn't as demanding as being Pres. And I doubt she will have a large role since McCain barely knows her. I think it is up to her and her family to decide if this is a good choice or not. I have plenty of political reasons not to want her to be VP, I don't need to criticize her on this one. And I really don't think anyone should be bothering to make a private, family issue into a political one.

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Registered: 10-26-2003
Tue, 09-02-2008 - 10:57pm

I disagree on that one: I can't imagine any political office being "easy" enough to let the office holder take half-days for play dates and emergency sick days for a pediatrician visit. There will always be something to take up the 24-hours in her day - as governor or as V.P.

And my thoughts about the nurturing are not so much about meeting the child's basic needs - in which case a dad, a grandmother, or a paid nanny would suffice - but more about the desires of the parent. I have 2 children and I could have handed them over to someone for nurturing (and did 8 hours every workday) but I WANTED to be present in their daily lives and development. I realize that is a choice and I appreciate I could choose to work and still go home at night. But at the same time I was not leading a national campaign on Family Values - which espouses traditional family structures and prioritizes children over ambitions of the parents.

I am not for restricting the choices of a woman who takes a demanding job after the birth of a child, but I am wondering why this particular woman would rather be in the office - any office - than sharing the nurturing of her infant the first few months if she truly believes in prioritizing children. It doesn't make her a bad mother - it just seems inconsistent to make a career choice that is so extreme.

Bea

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Registered: 04-24-2003
Wed, 09-03-2008 - 3:21am
false...my dh nurtures our daughter differently than i do, but it is still a beautiful thing that he is doing with her.