There is no way to know if Sarah Palin would be a good or a bad vice-president or pre

[pomtzu]

Whoa!!! I didn't say I AGREED with Willow Oak - just that I thought that was the point he was trying to make - thus the examples I cited. And of course not every job is 9-5, Mon-Fri. I should have said MOST are 40 hr per week jobs. Sorry I didn't make my post more clear than I did.

[RICHARD]

Hmmmm,


I guess the First Dude of Alaska don't count as a parent?

As I stated in another thread. If people are so hot to watch her fail, vote her in. They should put their money where their mouths are. Simple as that.

Instead of conjecture, MAKE IT SO, like Captain Picard would say.

I think that more people are scared that she will succeed.

I've got no kids, man vegetables and she I know she's got bigger bits that I could ever dream of for THINKING about taking a job that serious.

[Catty1]

pomtzu - I was agreeing that there would be extra time away from home. Didn't mean to sound like you agreed with this. But just that that kind of schedule would affect ANY White House couple - and no one raises the same concerns about the man in the situation.

For example - if it was Sarah's husband who was running mate, I don't think this thread would even have come up, because 'the wife' would be there to take up the domestic slack. Her husband would have the same potentially crazy schedule - but a lot of these questions would not have come up.

I just wanted to point out the double standard, that's all. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I'm sorry.

[Catty1]

Ginger's Mom - sorry to disagree, but I think Sarah Palin is being singled out because she is FEMALE.

As I posted a minute ago, if the situation was the same and her HUSBAND was running mate, this thread would never have happened.

JMO

[pomtzu]

I just wanted to point out the double standard, that's all. I didn't mean to make you feel bad. I'm sorry.

You didn't - I feel bad for not making myself clear.

Double standard is right - along with caveman mentality - man work, woman raise kids!

[Willow Oak]

You didn't - I feel bad for not making myself clear.

Double standard is right - along with caveman mentality - man work, woman raise kids!

Personally, I like the caveman mentality: knock woman over head with club. Drag woman back to cave.

[caseysmom]

On behalf of every father whom is truly a father and not an egg donor I wholeheartedly disagree with your statements. There are lots of idiot mothers whom are egg donors also.

[Catty1]

Personally, I like the caveman mentality: knock woman over head with club. Drag woman back to cave.

I have a feeling this was ever so slightly tongue-in-cheek?

Unconscious women are really not very responsive. You need to set your standards a little higher!

[Daisy and Delilah]

Oh my goodness!!! What is happening here? This discussion is getting very nasty.

Willow Oak: I'm personally glad you've joined this board and glad to see what you do. What you're saying is going to cause flames to erupt. Please calm down.

[Willow Oak]

Oh my goodness!!! What is happening here? This discussion is getting very nasty.

Willow Oak: I'm personally glad you've joined this board and glad to see what you do. What you're saying is going to cause flames to erupt. Please calm down.

If flames erupt it won't be my fault. I think a mother with a Down's Syndrome child should stay home with it -- especially if she has the financial means to do so.

I do not apologize for my stance, and I will not back down from it. Just like I don't back down from rescuing animals ... in the face of the criticism I get from people like Larry and others (albeit Larry has changed his tune).

Phooey on!

[RICHARD]

Personally, I like the caveman mentality: knock woman over head with club. Drag woman back to cave.

Rule of thumb?
If you do drag anyone back to a cave, do it by the hair. If you drag them by the ankles they get dirt stuck in all kinds of strange places.

[Willow Oak]

I stand by my OP, and follow-up. Most of these responses have been made without giving any thought to what I said: "If I had a Down's Syndrome child and her money ... "

All right. We live in a society where both parents work. I don't agree with it, but that's where we are. And I don't care if every person on the face of this earth disagrees with me. Any woman who has a Down's Syndrome child -- especially if the child is less that one year old -- that could stay at home full-time but would prefer to work full time is not being a good mother.

A bunch of cats with claws! If you have children -- stay home with them, love them and rear them properly! What's wrong with you?

As for the person who suggested that I would never vote for a woman: you've revealed that you have a problem with men. You presume that because I am a man that I wouldn't vote for a woman. You don't have any idea what I would do or for whom I would vote. I could vote for Sarah Palin, but any woman with five children -- one a less than one-year-old Down Sundrome child -- has no business being vice-president or anything else. Go home and take care of that child! Leave it to a nanny? That's what's wrong with this world -- leave the responsibility to someone else.

You talk all concerned, and I may be ignorant, as you say, but you would never do what I do. Phooey on you!

[Pam]

Well I assume that this was all talked out between Sarah and her hubby before she accepted the slot on the ticket. It might involve a move to Washington or lots of travel on her part back and forth. I have no doubt that she can raise this child while being VP if she has a good support system in place which it seems that she does.

The only time I questioned whether someone should run for high office or not was when Sen. Edwards was running since his wife is dealing with terminal cancer. I thought he might want to spend all of the time that she has left with her. Well of course it seems that he had some other ideas about where he should spend some of his time anyway.

[Karen]

Hey, hey - this is till Pet Talk, remember.

I am of the opinion that every family is different. And you know what? Every Down's baby is different as well. Each has a different range of abilities and challenges. And she is not a single parent.

I do not know her youngest child's specifics. I do know, however, that he has four older siblings and a father as well as a mother.

As to your statement that "it only takes 5 minutes to be a father?" We refer to that as being a "sperm donor." Fatherhood takes a lot more time and effort.

Many mothers work two jobs to be able to raise their children, clothe and feed them. So do many fathers. Is this ideal? No. But does it mean their kids will turn out to be less than good citizens? Certainly not.

[Willow Oak]

Hey, hey - this is till Pet Talk, remember.

Are you suggesting that I have violated some rules or code of ethics? If so, please so state and I shall leave Pet Talk to you and yours forever.