Quote Originally Posted by Willow Oak View Post
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!
No, I presume that you would never vote for a woman because of your statements. It has nothing to do with the fact that you are a man. I am absolutely appalled and disgusted by some of your statements.

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 ...
No, we all read what you said. Why you would think that would make any difference is beyond me.

There are a lot of working mothers who are fantastic mothers, and for you to imply that a woman can't be both is barbaric. I can think of one wonderful, respected member of this board that is a single mother and is also an attorney. She loves her child more than anything in the world, and she is a wonderful mother. She, and others like her, are not 'passing the responsibility' on to someone else. They work harder, both in their jobs and at home, than you will ever know.

LH, I am glad to see you weighing in on this....if my DH were to read this he would be just as upset. It takes SO MUCH MORE than 5 minutes to be a father, and I am just shocked that anyone would make such a statement.