"That woman doesn't have a lick of sense..."

[WCGreen]

One of my dearest friends had this to say about Sarah Palin after watching her pass off the baby to a six year old and didn't even look around to check out how the six year old and the baby were doing.

"And then she let that baby carry that baby down the stairs. She didn't even care enough to watch, even out of the corner of her eye..."

That's why a lot of women, I believe, have no respect for Sarah Palin.

[tblue]

1. At a debate watch party at the local Dem HQ

300 people showed up! Yay! A woman sitting behind me in her 70's, i'd guess, said with really strong anger in her voice, "That woman should be taking care of that baby!"

I know it's not PC to even bring it up, perhaps.. But, speaking for myself alone, I would feel the exact wame way about any father who'd take his newborn back and forth across the country, around bright lights, cameras, noise, and crowds of strangers (read: GERMS). It just doesn't feel right. I feel so sorry for that little baby.

[Tutonic]

10. It was after 10:00 p.m. Why would she have the six year old let alone

a young infant out in a large hall with germs swirling, swirling, swirling? I have this thought about her--her love or killing things porbably extended to her unborn child when she REFUSED to seek medical attention at an hospital in Texas. She knew what she was doing.

[tblue]

18. That was my feeling exactly.

Sarah is dead inside. Cold as ice.

[Iodine99]

39. Palin and her baby

I shudder when I see the 17-year-old PREGNANT teenager - who must be 8 months pregnant by now carrying that baby. The girl is a young teenager, pregnant and she should not be carrying this baby all the time. The baby does look like it weighs around 20 - 25 pounds. The teenager does look like she really loves the baby, but I doubt that it is good for her own child.

And, Palin loves herself too much to love anyone else - in my opinion.

[Muttocracy]

2. I thought that was odd too - one of the teenage daughters, OK

but I was afraid the baby was going to be dropped when Piper walked down those stairs with him!

[CaliforniaPeggy]

3. Indeed.

It's just one of many reasons we have no respect for her.

She's using her children as props.

It is disgusting, and borders on abuse.

[Clcal422]

4. NOT ONLY DID I MENTION THAT

but the fact that the dad almost shoved the two out of the way to make a hand shake I was concerned like it was my own baby cause that six year old child DID NOT properly hold that baby and I am a PROFESSIONAL nanny and NOT a mother
she was disgusting!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Where IS PROTECTIVE CHILD SERVICES I Kept on thinking in my head

[tblue]

7. I've been saying that, too. We should call Child Protective Services and send them

to wherever Sarah's dragging her poor little baby.

[texpatriot2004]

5. True. That poor child trying to get down the stairs and hold the

baby. Poor baby. That was dangerous. Todd and Sarah can't hold the baby? Where are the grown ups in that family? Why is it everytime I see the family, one of the other children is taking care of that baby? And, BTW, do the Palin's not own a stroller?

[WCGreen]

6. The best line I heard about passing the baby....

That baby is being passed around like a bong at the Burning Man Festival...

[Toucano]

8. More than one person from across the aisle said something to me today about the baby.

It really affected some people.

It's such a prop!

[LiberalHeart]

9. Did you see Sarah carry the baby down the steps from the airplane?

She held him with one arm while she held onto a railing with her free hand. She was not supporting the baby in a normal way. She just pressed him to her chest by placing her arm across his back, his legs dangling. It looked sooo careless and dangerous.

[WCGreen]

11. that's probably how she would care for the country...

Hold it with little support and let it dangle...

[olegramps]

33. Beautiful

[seabeyond]

12. within an hour of her nomination i heard she went 18 hours leaking water and not seaking medical car

for trig. she was a three times high risk preg and she got on a plane.

that did it for me.

she outed her daughter and put her on stage for all to see
she didnt tell kids, little ones preg until over 7 months, just wrong
put kids on plane as "surprise" without talking to them about being vp
had baby at two late night conventions now
didnt go to baby when they came on stage for five minutes. a mama would have immediately checked on baby
hands it off to 6 yr old and she walks down steps and mom not around

probably more i have forgotten, BUT everything parenting thing i have seen with sarah she has put herself before the kids

no respect

[WinkyDink]

27. Perhaps, not wanting an abortion but yet not particularly "wanting" a DS child, SP took risks?

Whether wittingly or sub-consciously?
Methinks at the least, she hasn't bonded with this baby.

[olegramps]

34. Not seeking medical treatment

I should not judge, however, I can't help from wondering if she didn't have an ulterior motive.

[seabeyond]

37. i can judge her action. i dont predict her motives. she will have to share that

but i absolutely can judge. EVERY SINGLE woman i know and EVERY SINGLE obgyn KNOW leak or water break immeddiately to hospital. there is NO wiggle room in this. the woman had a three times high risk preg. 44 yrs old, down syndrome baby and month premature

it ABSOLUTELY says something about both her judgment and parenting. she is running on her parenting.

[young_at_heart]

13. No baby should be in a crowded auditorium at that hour

He should have been in bed----shameless!!!

[arewenotdemo]

14. yup

[donnrfl]

15. dangerous...

that little girl has no business carrying that infant around. especially infront of a huge crowd on stage steps.... i was holding my breath the whole time just waiting for that girl to trip and the poor baby be dropped. also during her speech when the little girl was putting her hands all over the babys head and soft spot... DANGEROUS.

poor parenting. period.

[Raschel]

16. Don't you mean a "salt lick of sense"?

[WCGreen]

23. I'm just repeating what she said...

[dooner]

17. I worried about the baby too...

But Palin's daughter better get used to taking care of the baby, because Caribou Barbie is a very busy gal.
I haven't seen the First Dude holding the baby much either.

Thank you for bringing up this important and somewhat subliminal subject.

[Princess Turandot]

19. Wasn't she boasting about returning to work in 3 days after the baby was born?...

Bringing the baby with her? Assuming of course that she was going somewhere to work as opposed to staying home for meal money, that seemed just nuts to me. Most working women with children that I know wanted to be full-time mothers to their newborns, enjoying them, bonding with them, certainly for as long as their maternity benefits/finances allowed them to do so.

Of course, I am not allowing for the importance of her being on PutinPestPatrol. That's perhaps unfair of me, thinking that NORAD could manage without her.

[LaurenG]

20. I was a worried about that myself

I cringed and wished dad would have helped out or at least a bigger kid.

[vaberella]

21. Any female with a sense of maternal protectiveness or just plain sense...

questioned her. Even my four year old cousin said..."she's gonna drop her doll" <---Out of the mouth of babes.

[cjsmom44]

22. RE: Sack of Potatoes

Palin hands off that poor baby like a sack of potatoes...Poor Trig has become a prop for her "pro-life stance" Some pro-life position..... when she supports the policies of McCain/Bush...continuing the war in Iraq and the killing of our brave young men and women....and continuing the hardship of the Iraqi people...when the Iraq government wants us to leave? How dare she call herself pro-life !!!!

[iceman66]

25. Actually this is the typical Republican "pro life" stance

they stop caring once the baby is actually born.

[donco6]

24. My secretary ranted about this yesterday.

She couldn't believe it.

[BumRushDaShow]

26. This whole thing suddenly brought up an interesting memory from a school I attended

where 2 of the school's teachers were married and had something like 4 - 5 kids already and the woman was pregnant again. And barely a month after having the baby, she was back at work. The talk was that he was one of those men who didn't want his wife to work, so he continued to get her pregnant to force her to stay home... Meanwhile the wife wants her career and tough shit for him. And when you have those of certain religious persuasions (like this couple and the Palins) where birth control/abortion is out of the question (as is divorce), you end up with throw-away children because they are conceived and born out of spite rather than love.

It's obvious that this is what is going on here with the Palins, and especially with the shenanigans leading up to the birth of Trig and his subsequent handling.

[ginnyinWI]

30. Assembly of God/Baptists aren't against birth control.

Those are the two denominations I've read she's been associated with. They do believe it is wrong to have an abortion.

While I'm on the subject, she has said that she doesn't think women who have had abortions should be treated as criminals. Why not if, as they believe, abortion is killing a human being? The doctors, staff and anyone involved would be also be accessories to the crime. If they aren't willing to prosecute, then they are hypocrites and only using the issue to pander for votes.

[ginnyinWI]

28. That makes me cringe too.

Why aren't the kids home where they belong and would be safe? Because they are props.

Why is baby being dragged around? Literally, by the looks of it! You don't just toss him to his sister who is only six! I don't know if she is nursing him, and needs to feed him regularly or not, but in that case a professional nanny should be in charge on the campaign trail. But I kind of doubt she'd be breast feeding given the other demands on her time. Baby needs to be home!

[DemsUnited]

29. Why aren't the Palin girls in SCHOOL? Obamas make a huge effort to keep life stable for their girls

Michelle limits her efforts to be home as much as possible but when she's on the road, Grandma holds down the fort. The girls are going to school, staying in their routine and out of the public eye as much as possible.

It's not like Gov Palin doesn't have parents, we see 'em all the time. So why aren't the kids home with Grandma & Grandpa, going to school and getting the kind of protection from the spotlight that the Obama kids are?

Oh, wait. I think I can answer that one for myself.

Prop is a dirty word when it refers to children.

[JohnMcCant2008]

35. She will probably name her next child "Prop". n/t

[texpatriot2004]

38. LOL. nm

[No Elephants]

31. What she did the day her water broke tells you exactly how she orders her priorities between

politics and her children, IMO.

[olegramps]

32. All the women in our household certainly noticed this

How can a six-year old be expected to be able to care for a baby. Well, maybe she is getting her ready for an early marriage, seems to run in the family. The whole family seems like trash that I wouldn't want to associate with, just like McCain the complement each other. What in the hell is it with Republicans who believe that these people should be leaders. Now sh*t happens, but these people seem to parade their dysfunctional families as if all America should overlook their little indiscretions. Wife dumping McCain and notorious infidelity, drunkenness, pregnant daughters, raging son, the father wants to secede from the union, trooper-gate, attempts at censorship, association with a far out religion with witch healers, End-time nitwits, just a plain nasty pack of vipers. God help us.

[mtnsnake]

36. My wife couldn't believe it either

She thought the kid was about ready to drop the baby.

That's Republicans for you, though. They're about as un-nurturing as it gets.