Well, let’s refresh Ms. O’Brien’s memory. As John McCain was getting to announce his choice of Sarah Palin on Friday, her colleague John Roberts asked correspondent Dana Bash about Palin’s youngest son and how he might be neglected if the governor became vice president: "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome.... Children with Down's syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of Vice President, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?"
Why is this NOT a legitimate question? As the father of two toddlers, my wife is a stay at home mom and she's INCREDIBLY busy raising our kids. Who is raising Sarah Palin's five kids?
If Palin is, as many say, just a heartbeat away from the Presidency, why is it not a legitimate question to ask how she is going to juggle having an infant (and a special needs child at that) plus daughters who are 7, 14, and 17 (her son is entering the service, so I assume he is taken care of), with being the leader of the free world?
Nearly all other women who have achieved the office of national leader or vice leader have been old enough to have grown children. Why should we not be concerned about Palin's ability to focus on foreign policy when her infant has a high fever or can't sleep through the night?
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