John McCain's VP choice Sarah Palin's Downs baby is just 4 months old. Personally, I was bereft to go back to work when my boys were just 3 months onld. I would have stayed home for 6 if I could have, and begged off from travel for longer than that. I couldn't see myself running for VP if I had a 4-month old infant who was ill on top of it all. I wonder if she's breastfeeding. I wonder if she's pumping. Still, I think it's a woman's right as well to decide if, when and how she will go back to work.
Yet I hear a disconnect here between Democratic VP candidate Joe Biden saying "Delaware can always get another senator, but my boys only have one father," (after his wife and daughter were killed in an auto accident that left his two sons in the hospital), and Sarah Palin running for VP of the US when her chronically ill baby is only 4 months old.
Her baby's Downs was diagnosed during the pregnancy and she chose to take it to term, which is every woman's right to choose. I'm glad that she made the decision that she felt was right for her family and for her faith. But I wonder what she will say when the pro-choice question comes up during the campaign, as you know it will. Does she understand other women in her place making a different decision than she made?
She seems pretty unilateral, so I doubt it.
Posted by: Eva | September 03, 2008 at 11:03 PM
Just wanted to clarify that Sarah Palin's son has Down Syndrome, he is not "chronically ill". Some babies with Down Syndrome may have health issues, but having Down Syndrome does not mean that one is "chronically ill". Just wanted to point that out. Thank you.
Posted by: | September 19, 2008 at 03:50 PM
Is that really what you feel family values is all about? Damn.
Posted by: Bed Wetting Solutions | October 23, 2009 at 06:05 AM