Family values: Biden vs. Palin

[LiberalEsto]

As we know, Sen. Joe Biden lost his wife and baby daughter in a tragic car accident shortly after he was elected to the U.S. Senate. His sons Beau and Hunter were severely injured in his accident.

Biden wanted to step down as senator-elect in order to be with his sons. He was talked out of it, but took the oath of office in his sons' hospital room.

Since then, he has commuted from home in Delaware to Washington DC and back every day by Amtrak train in order to be there for his sons, and later on his daughter with second wife Jill. He's gone to their school plays and sorts events, signed their report cards, and most important, spent time with them as they grew up.

These are the actions of someone in public office who truly cares about his children and seeks to be there for them when they need him.

Now contrast what Joe Biden did with Gov. Sarah Palin. Her kids appear to be farmed out to relatives while Sarah does her political thing and her husband does whatever it is that he does (Fishing? Oil drilling? Telling Palin how to be governor?).

I really don't know if she goes home to them every night. I'd like to know more details, but it seems obvious that she hasn't been there to provide much guidance to her oldest daughter.

Now she's using her kids as props and embarking on a national political campaign, as the same time her oldest son faces deployment to the Middle East and her oldest daughter faces marriage and the birth of her first child. Not only that, but she also has a special needs infant who requires the intensive bonding and interaction of an available parent.

Cheering at hockey games is one thing. Being a good, available parent is something else altogether.

I would venture to say that Palin has a great deal to learn about family values.

[Muttocracy]

1. not to mention the marital contrast at the top of the ticket. nt

[LiberalEsto]

2. One spouse, one house nt