If she keeps calling herself a hockey mom

[NJmaverick]

does that make what kind of mother she is fair game?

[Cronus Protagonist]

1. No, it makes her a CANADIAN

She sounds like one too. I think she might be a Canadian spy, an infiltrator, a double agent.

[Boz]

5. Actually Track was only a midlan player, he couldnt get scholarship playing

So he had no hope of college, that and his conviction are the reason he went into the army.

Not patriotism. Hes not even being deployed on 9 11.

[whosinpower]

7. Hey!

That is an insult to all canadians!!!! LOL

I watched snippets of the speech. And I have to say I was not very impressed. She came across as demeaning, condescending, and just plain old GOP mean.

She actually had responsibilities......and THAT seems to be news to her! Good for her to realize this.

But, at the end of the day, I think Americans deserve a vice president who comes across as intelligent, smart and well versed in the ways of diplomacy. Sarah Palin showed none of these traits with that speech. She forgets about the millions of americans who support Obama - ridicules them and then waits for the applause from the GOP stronghold. She is divisive.....but that is the only way the GOP can succeed after all. Theirs is not a party of inclusiveness.

Unlike some newpeople who are falling all over her - I thought her speech was not good at all. It had none of the warmth of Michelle Obama's, had nothing of the substance of Barack's, and was actually quite difficult to watch. I did not see the entire thing, because I really do not like the tone, and sound of her voice.

[whosinpower]

8. Hey!

That is an insult to all canadians!!!! LOL

I watched snippets of the speech. And I have to say I was not very impressed. She came across as demeaning, condescending, and just plain old GOP mean.

She actually had responsibilities......and THAT seems to be news to her! Good for her to realize this.

But, at the end of the day, I think Americans deserve a vice president who comes across as intelligent, smart and well versed in the ways of diplomacy. Sarah Palin showed none of these traits with that speech. She forgets about the millions of americans who support Obama - ridicules them and then waits for the applause from the GOP stronghold. She is divisive.....but that is the only way the GOP can succeed after all. Theirs is not a party of inclusiveness.

Unlike some newpeople who are falling all over her - I thought her speech was not good at all. It had none of the warmth of Michelle Obama's, had nothing of the substance of Barack's, and was actually quite difficult to watch. I did not see the entire thing, because I really do not like the tone, and sound of her voice.

[TwilightGardener]

2. The kind of inattentive, irresponsible, exploitive mom she has already

shown herself to be? Yeah, it's game on.

[NJmaverick]

10. That's what I thought

If you are going to keep saying being a mother is one of your qualifications, how you did at that job is fair game.

[seabeyond]

3. since she is only running on being a mom and close to russia, ... i think that

allows us to challenge her moterhood. and i am comfortable her fuck ups as a mom, self interest overriding caring for children is pretty vast and clear

[MaineDem]

4. The line about hockey mom and pitbull put her gender firmly on the table

It's okay for her to exploit it but if one mention is made in the media it's sexism?

I truly cannot stand this woman. I don't like her attitude, her actions with her family, her politics...nothing about this woman gives me the confidence that she can be President. Good lord, she is so far from what I want in a President I could scream. And to have her one cancer-suffering heart beat away from that sends chills through my bones.

[Ryano42]

6. As a Hockey player and coach...

My only response to cheap shots is:

"Do you wanna go???"



:D

[JohnnyBoots]

9. Take her number. We'll send Hillary out next shift to throw a wicked elbow on the fore-check.

[onenote]

11. Sure. But don't expect attacking her parenting to gain a lot of support

In my experience, at least, parents tend to be pretty sensitive to people second-guessing their parenting decisions. One of the reasons she is on the ticket is to go after the working class families in PA, OH, WVA. They can't win those folks on the issues -- the repub proposals would hurt the working class. So they are going to try to win them on the "elitist" meme -- and a bunch of Democratic bloggers or surrogates pushing the "bad mom" story will only fuel that meme, imo.

We need to be pushing back on the point that this isn't about selecting a PTA president, its about who has the proposals that will help working class families.

[NJmaverick]

13. I don't think it has to gain traction, just has to blunt the positive

of saying it.

[JCMach1]

12. Serious double standard, is she a tough soccer mom? or a whiny little mom who hides from the

media behind her disabled son?

That's the BS she tried to to sell on the stage in MN...

She has played the sexism and card and she can't have it both ways...