By: dalimama

dalimama — Thu, 04 Sep 2008 12:49:45 +0000

I found your post through the sixredheads.com post and have to say that I disagree with what you have said. Palin does intrigue me in that it seems she has done an OK job in her position as governor but it also seems that in that position she has favored her hometown and not treated all Alaskan cities and towns equally. It’s probably impossible to treat them all equally anyway, so I can overlook that fact. I think what bothers me about Palin is that she was chosen most definitely as a political move… McCain is most likely hoping he can woo some of those Hillary supporters who are on the fence in regard to Obama. What bothers me the most about Palin is the fact that she DOES have an infant son with special needs. In your post, you mention that that son will receive plenty of attention from his siblings and father which may be true to some extent but he probably also spends plenty of time with strangers in daycare. While the media has mentioned that Palin’s husband is a stay-at-home dad, it has also mentioned that he is a commercial fisherman. From what I know of commercial fisherman, their jobs take them away from home for weeks/months at a time so I don’t see how he can be the primary caregiver while working. As for the older siblings caring for their infant brother… that only works when they aren’t attending school. And, the pregnant sister is, well, pregnant. I’m sorry to stay on one issue for so long but I was closer to considering McCain for my vote before he chose Palin. Sixredheads may now be an Obama supporter but before that she supported Ron Paul so I didn’t find her post to be overly supportive of Obama.

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By: dalimama