Comments on: Palin's children should take priority over being Vice President

By: pigusviesbutisvilniuje

pigusviesbutisvilniuje — Thu, 14 Jan 2010 12:36:16 +0000

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By: Brad

Brad — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 02:32:27 +0000

At some point you just have to draw the line between career and family. In Palin's case, I bet that she considered that going after the vice president position was an opportunity of a life time. It did change her and her family's life completely. So I bet she and her husband sat down and calculated the risk.

By: dlbb

dlbb — Thu, 11 Jun 2009 11:17:55 +0000

I'm offended that her emphasis is on "handicapped" or "special needs" children, and not on ALL children. I'm too.

By: Michael

Michael — Tue, 02 Jun 2009 22:44:30 +0000

I agree with you about Palin. Very good post

By: Travell

Travell — Fri, 20 Mar 2009 11:57:42 +0000

Well at the least McCain and Palin lost the election so now Mrs. Palin can go back to her own life and take care of her children, along with running the great state of Alaska.

By: Anne Aten

Anne Aten — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 01:09:39 +0000

Allusions made that "can't be said" anything about, probably shouldn't be made at all. Accusations made, with or without basis, still can poison the water and shouldn't be made if they can't be defended against.

By: Wang

Wang — Wed, 18 Mar 2009 00:31:55 +0000

Speaking of Bill Clinton:

It is opined that Bill Clinton committed racist hate crimes, and I am not free to say anything further about it.

Respectfully Submitted by Andrew Y. Wang, J.D. Candidate
B.S., Summa Cum Laude, 1996
Messiah College, Grantham, PA
Lower Merion High School, Ardmore, PA, 1993

(I can type 90 words per minute, and there are probably thousands of copies on the Internet indicating the content of this post.)
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By: Steve

Steve — Sat, 28 Feb 2009 04:49:29 +0000

Nobody who has children at home should run for office. Male or female. Their kids need them more than their city/state/country does.

Nobody under 50 should ever run for office. Of any kind. You should have to accomplish something in your life before you make decisions that affect what other people can and can't do.

There are more qualifications that matter, but these two are the most significant. Imagine how things would be different if there were no such thing as a career politician. Only wise, mature, accomplished elected officials who have learned how life really works and understand the importance of important things.

By: Brooke

Brooke — Tue, 27 Jan 2009 15:55:06 +0000

Well said, Penelope. I actually wrote a letter to Mrs. Palin about why I felt she shouldn't be VP — because her children need her. How would she have the time to mentor a 17-year-old mother and an infant with Down's Syndrome if she was gallavanting around the United States as Maverick #2? She wouldn't. I was deeply concerned for her personal welfare and that of her family. On top of that, one of her children was set to go overseas with the military. How could she be an effective VP with all these things on her plate? Sometimes we have to relinquish our goals and just DO THE THING — take care of yourselves and your families and get that in order. That makes for a much better foundation for you to springboard from when you launch your career.

I'm in the midst of starting my own business after being basically told by God himself that I am not meant to work outside of the home. When I was working full time, I couldn't keep my household together. My husband was and still is working 60 hours a week — I couldn't expect him to do it. I had a job that stopped when the clock hit 5pm and I had four hours to get the kids from daycare, fix dinner, put his plate in the microwave, clean the house, and put the kids to bed before he got home. Our house was a mess for weeks on end, my kids missed me, I was too tired and cranky for sex; all this measured up to one big realization that I need to either not work at all, or work in a job where I delegate my hours around the needs of my family. Even now, as I go through the planning, I'm giving myself until this October to decide if forming this company will suit my needs. If I don't have my master household-managing plan in place by then, I never will.

I'm glad she didn't win, not because I supported Obama, but because there's a better possibility that her family will make it through this huge mess of crises they have going on right now.

By: Shawn the Down Syndrome Kid « JYG

Shawn the Down Syndrome Kid « JYG — Sat, 25 Oct 2008 15:31:23 +0000

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