"I think Stephanie needs to focus on her family first."Oh my... so now that Senator John McCain has picked Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, mother of five, including a four-month-old son with Down's Syndrome, whose left for Anessa and others of her "family first if you're a woman" ilk to vote for on the presidential ballot?
—Anessa Klumb, faithful Wesleyan from Mitchell, stating why she's supporting Chris Lien for South Dakota's lone Congressional seat instead of incumbent Stephanie Herseth Sandlin, who is expecting her first child in December.
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Update 2008.08.31 10:18 CDT: Let's hear from Governor Palin herself:
"I'm very confident that a pregnant woman should not and doesn't have to be prohibited from doing anything, including running for vice president. Or working in the home or out of the home. The world is our oyster also, whether carrying a baby or not." [Gov. Sarah Palin, quoted by Erika Bolstad, "All Abuzz About Palin," Anchorage Daily News, 2008.03.09].
Sounds like Governor Palin just took away Anessa's best reason for supporting Chris Lien. Try again, kids....
As the mother of five (now grown) children I can clearly state that the fifth child is completely different from the first one.
ReplyDeleteStephanie has much to learn to be a good parent. I don't think that she will learn it. I think that she will let someone else raise her child while she is off doing other things. (Then she will likely be unhappy about how others do it.)
Palin, on the other hand, has already done the learning curve. She has older children to help with the younger, and has established a household which works. Her older children prove that she really does know what she is doing! She is experienced and ready to take on this challenge--in all the right ways.
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ReplyDeletewell that nice mother of five......gosh why does sexism still exist in the 21st century because women like you do it to yourselves.....another point Pailin's support network i.e. the 17 year old daughter will get a few months of practice before she gets her own child to raise. Sounds like that 17year support network really developed......
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