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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:13 PM Original message |
I don't have a probelm with Palin having 5 kids and running for any office she wants. But... |
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gateley (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:15 PM Response to Original message |
1. To begin with, how could she return to work three days after the baby is born? |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:17 PM Response to Reply #1 |
3. Just don't go there. How do you know? Go after her political stances. nt |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #3 |
11. If we treat her with kid gloves isn't that sexism as well? |
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Sisaruus (703 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:33 PM Response to Reply #11 |
28. sex discrimination? |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:39 PM Response to Reply #28 |
31. To treat her differently that one would treat a male in her position is the definition of sexism. |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:43 PM Response to Reply #3 |
36. One of her political stances is how pro-life she is. |
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krabigirl (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #1 |
14. I just don't see how she physically COULD go back to the office three days after. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
19. It REALLY varies according to everybody and what # kid it is, etc. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:27 PM Response to Reply #14 |
20. Well she has had five kids. |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #1 |
26. Easy...if one didn't actually give birth |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:57 PM Response to Reply #1 |
47. Keith Olbermann mentioned the baby was 4 months premature. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:18 PM Response to Reply #47 |
55. That's not possible.... |
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VenusRising (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #55 |
64. I'm sure that he will make a correction on Monday if that's so. |
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colinmom71 (616 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 10:21 AM Response to Reply #64 |
69. Really! That and it just occurred to me that he may have meant to say 4 weeks... |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:16 PM Response to Original message |
2. Then Obama should not have spent the past two years barely at home.... |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:19 PM Response to Reply #2 |
5. No. there is a huge difference woth DS Kids. |
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CatsDogsBabies (652 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:29 PM Response to Reply #2 |
24. Obama's kids are old enough to understand that they |
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hedgehog (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #2 |
35. The Obamas arranged for Michelle's mother to take care of the |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #2 |
40. None of his kids have special needs. He hasn't used then as proof of some pro-life morality |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:18 PM Response to Original message |
4. I've seen a number of posts on this general theme |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
6. It DOES stink. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
7. This is not a gender issue ...it is a parenting issue. |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:22 PM Response to Reply #7 |
10. I agree with that, but it's rarely placed on men. nt |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:25 PM Response to Reply #10 |
15. I am a guy and I would quit my well paying job the puts me on the road |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #15 |
17. I respect that and I know men that got out of the navy because they... |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #7 |
21. I see...so apparently Mr. Palin is incapable of being a full partner in the parenting |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:56 PM Response to Reply #21 |
46. He's not running for vp and isn't using the birth of his child |
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bigwillq (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Reply #4 |
8. I agree with your post. |
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fishwax (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Reply #4 |
43. i agree n/t |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:54 PM Response to Reply #4 |
45. What I see boiled down is that the woman is a raging hypocrite |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:21 PM Response to Original message |
9. tells you something about a mother who would essentially abandon a child |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Reply #9 |
12. I can't believe what I'm reading. Obama and McCain are egotistical and power-driven too. |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #12 |
16. of course they are...but they also RAN for president |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:28 PM Response to Reply #16 |
22. That baby will have GREAT healthcare if she wins....nt |
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Fearless (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:40 PM Response to Reply #22 |
32. The baby will have GREAT healthcare if Obama wins too. |
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earthlover (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:32 PM Response to Reply #9 |
27. I do find it interesting and ironic.... |
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THUNDER HANDS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:42 PM Response to Reply #27 |
34. i'm not saying she shouldn't be able to run |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 10:11 PM Response to Reply #27 |
68. Well and succinctly said n/t |
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Orangepeel (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:23 PM Response to Original message |
13. It's only 66 days. |
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holiday (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:26 PM Response to Reply #13 |
18. you know why she is able to do this |
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Riverman (759 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:28 PM Original message |
Family Values! Hey Sarah, your new born baby has Downs Syndrome! |
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Applepie (143 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:28 PM Response to Original message |
23. My heart aches for this child |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:44 PM Response to Reply #33 |
38. Typical |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:47 PM Response to Reply #38 |
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Dreamer Tatum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:48 PM Response to Reply #39 |
41. Spoken like someone with incontrovertible proof |
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Name removed (0 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:52 PM Response to Reply #39 |
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Debi (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:36 PM Response to Original message |
29. Why? How different is a Downs Syndrome child at 6 months than a typical child at six months? |
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LittleClarkie (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:04 PM Response to Reply #29 |
51. A typical child she wouldn't be holding up as evidence of her pro-life morality |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:53 PM Response to Original message |
44. self delete: replied to wrong post...my apologies |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 08:58 PM Response to Reply #44 |
48. As OP I alerted on the real troll |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:00 PM Response to Original message |
49. Quit lowering the sexism bar - |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:02 PM Response to Reply #49 |
50. This has nothing to do with gender as I have said in other subthreads. |
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lynne (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:15 PM Response to Reply #50 |
53. Applying different standards to a woman than to a man is sexism. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:41 PM Response to Reply #53 |
60. It woulod have for me...... read my other posts. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 11:57 AM Response to Reply #53 |
71. Gimme a break |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:13 PM Response to Original message |
52. Why in the hell was post 42 removed? I didn't call Dreamer Tatum a troll... |
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JVS (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:28 PM Response to Reply #52 |
57. My shocking paternity conjectures, all gone! |
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mitchum (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:32 PM Response to Reply #57 |
58. I wasn't shocked... |
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LBJDemocrat (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:17 PM Response to Original message |
54. Please stop. |
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shayes51 (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:26 PM Response to Reply #54 |
56. exactly |
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Tennessee Gal (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:35 PM Response to Reply #54 |
59. A Down syndrome child makes this different. |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:42 PM Response to Reply #59 |
61. precisely |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:50 PM Response to Reply #59 |
65. You stand in judgment |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 10:02 PM Response to Reply #65 |
66. umm Escuse me...but I knew Sare Paalins name and her creditentials and about he pregancy two month |
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Psephos (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 10:08 PM Response to Reply #66 |
67. My post was not directed to you, so no "excuse me" is necessary |
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Perky (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
62. It is not about being a woman it it about being a parent with a down's kid |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Fri Aug-29-08 09:46 PM Response to Reply #54 |
63. Have you raised a child with incredible challenges? I have. I |
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Captain Hilts (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 11:43 AM Response to Reply #63 |
70. She's got a husband. She's been called to duty just as he has been in the past. |
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DebJ (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 01:02 PM Response to Reply #70 |
72. As a single parent with one child with special needs, and one |
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sam kane (326 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore | Sat Aug-30-08 01:17 PM Response to Original message |
73. 20 million in debt--her legacy as mayor |
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