Palin's Pregnancy Problem

"My first reaction was shock. Then anger...This is nothing against Palin...But is she ready to be president?" Quinn is all about opposites, pulling in disagreeing arguments from opposite extremes, where the only unifying point is support for her conclusion that Palin is no good. From shock to anger, from nothing against Palin to having something against Palin, Quinn just doesn't make any sense. It doesn't make sense that Quinn objects to Palin at the bottom of a ticket over her inexperience, given that the top of the other ticket has even less experience. Quinn's mutually incompatible arguments smack of dishonesty. She should just admit that for none of the reasons she's given, she just doesn't like Palin. Quinn is for Obama, probably, as she's a religious reporter, because Obama's spiritual mentor of 20 years, Reverend Wright, rants on a moral wavelength that resonates with her outlook. Quinn should be honest about why she opposes Palin, and then she'll be able to provide reasons that make sense.

Bristol Palin is only following her mother's example- Sarah Palin was pregnant before marriage. She eloped August 29th, and had her first child less than 8 months later. Having the child is an honorable, personal decision for Bristol Palin, but it is unfortunate that Sarah Palin was unable to educate her daughter on the importance of abstinence. Presumably, the decision to abstain was not something she could justifyably preach when she had not practiced this herself.

This column is profoundly disappointing to me. "Her first priority must be her children." A man's first priority does not have to be his children?
In the CNN interview Ms. Quinn says we are "beyond the idea that there are no differences between men and women." Of course there are differences and that was never doubted by most people. But over the past 30 years the society has moved in the direction of eliminating artificial restrictions place on the opportunities available to women. If the differences between men and women make women less capable of political leadership, then it is hard to imagine any endeavor from which women could not be similarly restricted.
Men can take care of children and men are taking care of children all over the country.
There are many reasons that one may oppose the election of Sarah Palin to the position of Vice President. That she should be home with the children is not one of them.

Sally,
Are you so confident in who you are that since
you didnt last 4 months that you hold Palin
to your standard?
Also it amazes me that liberal thinking people
are the first to jump on the fact that a women should stay home and take care of their children as opposed to running for vice president of the United States. Yet( in reality) they are not wanting a pro-life woman candidate for vice-president. Come on!
The question should be. "Should a mother stay home and take care of an unwanted baby or should she get rid of it so she doesnt have to stay home?
The latter would be the easiest way out.!

I am so glad to see another Christian professional woman come to the same conclusions that I have. God Bless You!

Sarah Polin was a great choice for VP. She might win the white house if she was running for President.

The problem with the Republicans which I am one, also a disabled veteran who worked to get Bush elected. Bush started a war based on lies and deception, everyone around the world knows this. As a veteran I trust the President or I did in the past.

When a man starts a war, then him and Rumsfelt betrays the fighting men and women of this nation by trying to cut disability benefits. You can not sink any lower. McCain had to know it was a deception, we watched it on TV and knew yet he supported it. A war that thousands killed and disabled for life, a war that destroyed this nation and put thousands out of work.

Now McCain wants to let France build our airforce tankers, it will cost the tax payer billions and crerate thousand of jobs forfrance.

Obama has a bill in the senate that Biden tried to ram rod throught before being asked to be VP. The bill gives ther UN 3/4 of a trillion dollars under the pretence of globel poverty. Bush al ready gives billion. The Obama bill would force us to pay .o7 percent tax to the UN, it would also put us under the UN gun Ban.

If you are not aware of this go to, http://www.dove777.com, you can read it for your self.

As you see we have to pick the lease of two evil.

If McCain continues to ignore America and the American people he will lose the election.

Obama can win by a land slide if he is telling the truth about restoring the economy and this nation.

Oil companys are ripping of the American people and causing great damage to this nation, the democrats refuse to drill, One democrat wants to add another .50 gas tax.

Senator Feinstein from California supports the Obama bill.

This election could make or break America, make sure youknow the facts.

Sincerely, a disappointed veteran!

your just another feminist woman hater. get over it, Sarah Palin has everything you will never have and that is brains and hot legs.

don't be a hater!

your just another feminist woman hater. get over it, Sarah Palin has everything you will never have and that is brains and hot legs.

don't be a hater!

Just because you couldn't handle being a TV anchorwoman doesn't mean that Sarah Palin can't handle being VP. Going from a writer to being on TV is quite different from going from governor to VP - as a mayor and governor, Sarah Palin is used to leadership. Being an anchorwoman and leading the free world are not quite on the same level.

The same website that says that, "A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband" also indicates that,

"The husband and wife are of equal worth before God, since both are created in God's image. The marriage relationship models the way God relates to His people. He has the God-given responsibility to provide for, to protect, and to lead his family."

So maybe SP's husband should take control of the family while she works on helping run our country. Their family and their daughter's pregnancy and their grandchild-to-be are not all SP's responsibility. If the phone rings at 3am, her husband can answer.

This might not be the time to play gender politics, but doesn't B. Hussein Obama have a family and young children that need looking out for ? What's he going to do at 3am when one of them is sick ?

my answer to sally quinns cheap comments about sra palin are nasty and mean, sally quinn's hates any woman who is against abortion, sara and her husband decided not to abort their child simply because he would be born with down symdrome, she and her liberal's only have one agenda hate all conserveratives and ahte any woman who decideds not to have an abortion, they relish in the fact that babies can be murdered, they have no soul or heart for any woman who decides that her family means more than her pleasing the sicko liberals, Mrs Palin cam handle her job and her family, nobody questions any man who has 5 children and a career who is to say that the man can do it better I don't think so for thousands of yeaers women have take care of their families and other duties, in todays world a strong minded and a strong willed woman can do anything she sets her mind to and she sure doesn't have to have the approval of a flunky like sara quinn, try walking in Mrs. palins shoes for 24 hours ms quinn and see if you can handle it, you can't even cary her lipstick. proud to be a woman and mother a working woman and a strong conservative so Ms quinn try being supportive of women who decide to keep their babies and not kill them
linda siler

Sally, I see it's very easy for you to question Palin's experience but ignor Obama's. What is with you liberals. Obama is the guy that voted against making English our official language. This is the guy that wants to divide this country with diversity instead of unity. What is wrong with the language used for our Constitution, our Pledge, our National Anthem, our Laws, etc. Why do we have American/Native American, American/Hispanic American, American/Afro American, etc.? What the hell is wrong with just plain AMERICAN? One country, one flag, one language, "One Nation Under God". Is this the United States of America, or the Divided States of America. The last time I checked, English was the language used in every states charter. Men and women have died so we can continue to speak English instead of German, but Obama can't find the guts to vote for our language or put his hand on his heart. Unity is strength Sally.
Sally, you better check on Palin's experience, status, and position with our national defense team in her own state. How long can silly Sally ignor Obama's experience level at 175 days (Congress in session), and then question Palin's experience. Our kids get more experience in preschool preparation for kindergarden than Obama has for President. Talk about audacity. Thanks to liberals like yourself, many of us will continue to boycot you and send e-mails to every sponsor/advertiser we can find. You approach to fairness is a joke. You have your own agenda, so you stick to it Sally.

Why are you pushing the clock back on woman?

> "Maybe this will work. Maybe McCain will win with Sarah Palin as his running mate. But if he does, it will be for all the wrong reasons."

If they win I hope it will be for all the right reasons.

your judgment about Governor Palin's prepardness her prepardness appear to be tinted by your own political agendas and therefore worthless.

Ms. Palin is a strong woman who lover her country and her family and it appears that she has accepted the circumstances of her pregnant daughter as a challenge to be made the best of rather than a problem.

What fits the definition of "problem" is the entrentched self serving crowd in Washington in which Mr. Obama would too easily find comfort. I certainly hope that John McCain and Sarah Palin can prevent that from happening. That's the right reason.

During Senator Obama's acceptance speech, he specifically stated several times that he was his brothers keeper, but has a half brother in Kenya living in a hut on less than $1 a day. If he won't take care of blood kin, do you really think he will take care of us?? Thank you, but I'll stick with family values and trust Gov Palin to do what's best for her family and our country.

Thank you for coming forth with integrity and truth about our role as woman, wives and mothers.

Sarah is at a cross-road in her life where the roads of self, responsibility and duty meet at the intersection of the brass ring that all its notoriety and financial security.

All woman and men come to this place at some point their lives. Some of us on more than one occasion face a choice to choose "personal principles", over something that is shiny and appealing, however, we have to ask ourselves what are we being asked to pay. Then, there are those moments when its dark and its just you and God, when we have to analysis things and decide to stick with our personal principles and choose the unknown.

We all know that all things are not what they seem when offered, there are bad people without conscious lack character in the pursuant of self gain and use others to get it; then there are the nicely packaged deceptions with a bow with fine print that reads you are my scapegoat; my fall guy, etc.

Then there is the question of "Character".
I want a woman or man in office who I believe has the ability to represent all the peoples of these United States. The rich, the poor, the needy, those with special needs, those of varied religious interests and belief systems and those that don't necessarity have to look like me to represent me.

In Sarah, I am witnessing a person that does not represent the character of the nation founded by our forefathers who built this nation along with its freedoms; nor the people who have fault and achieved their places in a country that was not their own who came to believe that the American dream is for everyone.

I will let my vote speak along with the voices of my ancestors who as slaves and freed people without the right to vote who died to give me the right. So on November 4, 2008, along with many Americans who have achieved this great honor I will vote on what matters, based on principle, not gender or color, on who will represent those who believe in America like me as well as those who do not -- but I will indeed join with a nation echoing the voices of all its people.

I will cast my vote for the leader who "thinks" and "has an agenda" that represents the United States at home overseas.

At the end of the day we are all still woman, men, seniors and children -- "people", with families, on a journey of world peace, a little laughter and a lot of joy, that starts and ends on our personal principles.

I haven't seen this ideal coming from the White House in a long, long time.

Thank you for saying it out loud Sally Quinn so eloquently and in the fasion of a real lady.

Just one comment as I am sure a lot of this has been covered. Give me a break regarding the all-consuming job of VP. Does anyone actually think the job of VP is much more than a perfunctionary role. Even if it was a function that demanded a lot of time, I am sure the Palin family can figure out how to manage. I am a father of child with severe disabilities due to a regressive disorder which primarily affects brain cells - slowly taking all life and function from a person. My wife and I manage quite well with our daughters care as do all the persons I know with children who have disabilities. Does it mean we don't get out much alone or do everything we would like to - yes. Does it mean our lives are unmanageable - no. Like most Americans (I hate when politicians use that phrase) we do what we have to in order to have some quality of life and provide the best we can for our children. Also it seems to me the older daughter is getting married and will be setting out on her own journey through life. We all have issues and we all learn to deal with them and balance our lives. To Ms Quinn I simply say get a life! Where is all that liberal gender equality now?

Wow - so much for the glass ceiling. You've just reinforced that ceiling which Hillary and so many of us women have worked so hard to crack. So are you saying that only women of non-child bearing years have a right to expect equal treatment and have careers? You are a hypocrite! If Ms. Palin had been a Dem + the RNC had made the same comments as you - they would have been labeled chauvinsts.

THE REPUBLICAN PARTY JUST CAN'T UNDERSTAND THAT THEY NEED TO CHANGE THEIR VIEWS TO FIT IN WITH THE TIMES. INSTEAD, WITH THE CHOICE OF SARAH PALIN THEY ARE GOING BACKWARDS. BACKWARDS FOR THE ENVIRONMENT, EDUCATION, WOMEN'S RIGHTS, ETC. I'M FRIGHTENED.

Most of the time, I agree with you, but in this case, I feel that you are incorrect. I have read that her marriage is a strong one and that her husband has taken the roll of stay-at-home dad and will continue to do that if she is elected VP. I think that although in most cases it is best for a mother to raise her children, the Lord gives special talents/abilities to women and expects them to use them for the betterment of all. Staying home to raise her kids may not be what the Lord wants in her case and she may just be doing exactly as he directs.

My immediate impression of her is that she's not a career-oriented go-getter-at-all-expense type of woman, but a family-first type of woman who has the unique challenge of receiving an enormous opportunity to effect the lives of millions of people in a very positive way. There will be a cost on her family, of course, but having a loving partner who will sacrifice his own career to be at home for the kids is, in my opinion, worth the good she can do for our country and the world (if she is what she appears to be = selfless, a fighter, and good).

Sincerely,

Jason Mount, MD

you mention mccain's treatment for skin cancer-i have been wondering for a long time about any concern for obama's long history of smoking cancer causing cigarettes (which apparently he still does even though "trying" to quit. in addition, his mother and grandfather both died of cancer.

you mention mccain's treatment for skin cancer-i have been wondering for a long time about any concern for obama's long history of smoking cancer causing cigarettes (which apparently he still does even though "trying" to quit. in addition, his mother and grandfather both died of cancer.

Oh, Sally, you might better understand what happened to Chris and Keith at NBC. Folks are getting tired of you people always giving your opinion and not reporting. Are you called a "reporter?" If so, report! You are not a policy maker and no one cares who you like and don't like. You are a hateful person. You say you are for women's rights. No way, Sister. You are a OJ: back stabber! Maybe CBS will soon wise up!

This has been the most exciting Presidential race I have ever experienced. I can’t wait to see how it turns out! Regarding Sarah Palin’s nomination for Vice- President…

To quote and second Dr. Laura’s reaction, “I am stunned.”, but not for the same reason. I am truly stunned by the “feminist” reaction to the news. I first learned of Sally Quinn’s interview on Fox, August 30, 2008, after John McCain and Sarah Palin announced her candidacy for Vice-President. Sally Quinn, feminist extraordinaire of the seventies and eighties, defender of womens’ rights to do anything and be anything that a man can be; writer of uncountable columns and articles denigrating the oppression of and cultural bias against females and equal rights in this country; regular decryer of antiquated attitudes about roles of the sexes, stated in her blog “On Faith” August 29, 2008, “McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate is a cynical and calculated move. It is a choice made to try to win an election. It is a political gimmick. And it's very high risk. I find it insulting to women, to the Republican party, and to the country.” Cynical? In no way. Calculated? Absolutely. Of course it’s a choice made to try to win an election, as is Biden. Insulting? I am insulted by her knee-jerk reaction, which makes her real agenda remarkably transparent. She is skeptical that Sarah could be focused on the job, considering her five children. Again she states, “Not only do we have a woman with five children, including an infant with special needs, but a woman whose 17-year-old child will need her even more in the coming months. Not to mention the grandchild. This would inevitably be an enormous distraction for a new vice president (or president) in a time of global turmoil.”

As I listened to Sally’s interview defending the blog she had written deriding the nomination, my disbelief turned into something closer to disgust. Unable to simply state that Sarah Palin is a conservative with whom she disagrees politically, (and Sally has rarely agreed with political conservatism that I recall), she pulls out the gender card. (Sally, of all people!!!!!!) She states, “A mother’s role is different than a father’s.” For those of us old enough to remember the old Sally, that statement alone is hilarious. Of course, a mother’s role is different than a father’s, but what does that have to do with this issue?

Let me be clear about this point. I am a mother. I would have been unable to hand over the primary care of my children to another, even a loving, responsible father, for the amount of time that Sarah may be required to do so. I worked most of my children’s growing up years, out of economic necessity. But, if not economically necessary, I would have had to be involved in other pursuits for at least part of the time, as I know that I am here for more purposes than motherhood. However, there are alternative family set-ups that are successful. Mothers and fathers are not interchangeable units, but there are certainly families in which the father is the more hands-on caretaker and the mother is the dragon-slayer. There are also families in which the parenting roles change back and forth over time depending on the family’s situation. As far as we know, the Palins appear to be one of these. How prejudicial for Sally to announce that the Palin family couldn’t possibly handle the family and vice-presidential demands, essentially because Sarah is a woman/mother. There is no denying if Mark Palin were the vice-presidential candidate, his family responsibilities would be a byline story only. The newspaper and magazine articles would show smiling family photos, describe how Sarah had quit her job on the birth of their fifth special-needs child to stay home and quote her stating how proud she is of her vice-presidential nominee husband. NO ONE would be questioning how he could possibly focus on the country, when he was so busy with his own family. How anti-feminist is that? How far do we still have to go on the gender gap?

Many people appear to ignore the fact that for at least the last ten years Sarah Palin has been an extremely busy woman who has already been balancing public and family responsibilities. She is a GOVERNOR, for Pete’s sake. Think she gets to work at 9 after dropping off the kids and picks them up at 3 to take them home and make dinner? Are you kidding me? She will handle her public and private responsibilities as well or as poorly as anyone with a family who holds public office. If the Sally Quinn’s or the Dr. Laura’s were to be heeded (who ever thought that Sally Quinn and Dr. Laura would be on the same side of a gender responsibilities/rights issue????) NO mother, only fathers, could hold public office until their children were grown. Children need and deserve our first priority, but this is never questioned in a male candidate. Was this one of Hillary’s most important attributes to her liberal base, that her daughter has reached adulthood?

I am hoping this is a brief hiccup in our progress to equal opportunity and responsibility regardless of gender. Since this vice-presidential selection took us all by surprise, opinions and positions had not been well thought out yet, and the reactions have been tossed out willy nilly. I am going to believe that most of the working mothers and fathers in this country look at this situation with a smile and a silent cheer. Nearly all of this country’s leaders have been working parents. I am going to give the Palins’ the benefit of the doubt, the same as I have always done for candidates of high public office - that they will manage their family, without my having to pay it any consideration whatsoever. I have faith they are quite capable of taking care of their private responsibilities.

Sadly, Sally’s apparent shadow agenda has come to the front with this event, cloaked in the more politically palatable assertion that she is really considering the children and/or nation.

It appears that she believes that equal rights and opportunities should be de rigeur for women who have liberal political convictions, and conservative women should stick to less demanding jobs (tell that to a woman who works two or three jobs to support her family) until their children are grown. I am confident that she would not have had the same reaction, had Obama chosen a Democrat mother of five for his running mate. Sally would have been her biggest champion.

Everyone keeps harping on these 5 kids, but no one else seems to have noticed that she only has two children under 14 that are 7 (?) years apart. The older three are or are practically out the door. And she has lots of help. It's probably difficult for people in east coast cities who are either too busy or isolated from their extended families to understand what it is to have a family and community network. If anyone is setting us back, it's the elitest east coast feminists I went to school with (womens college) who only want equality for certain women (i.e. those who think like them). Regarding Andrew Mitchell, she looked like she had sucked on a lemon after Palin's speech the other night.

The only "cynical" ideas that come out of this post come from Sally Quinn. She is not upset about that fact that a women can get to the top of the political scene, but rather that a women can get to the top without the help of the feminists. She is implying that if McCain gets elected, that he is going to die or be unable to carry on the duties of the President. As for her quoted comments of Southern Baptist leaders, who says she isn't a helpmate to her husband and who says that she can't be hands on. I detect a bit of jealousy from Mrs. Quinn with her inablitiy to multi-task and be on TV. Don't be intimidated Mrs. Quinn, women are more capable than you give them credit for. And I hope that women do not depend on your "input" to make informed decisions.

I wonder if Sally Quinn would still publish the same editorial comment (8/29/08) on Sarah Palin today.

I can not even rationalize her pro life stance with her record considering she slashed funding for programs for teen moms (20 %) and special needs children (62 %).

I believe Gov. Palin expressed very poor judgment when she chose to fly on commercial flights 14 hours from Texas to Wasilla, Alaska, when she developed very serious pregnancy complications in her seventh month. Her values dictate abstinence? So then, getting pregnant while serving as Governor is allowed? And, getting pregnant again while serving as Vice President or again as President would be allowed? I do not want my President and leader of the free world meeting with heads of state having to excuse herself because of morning sickness. There are now some very complicated lines that need to be considered. As if we don't have enough to do. I, also, am angry at Sen. McCain and I’m not even a Republican.

I am a registered Independent and am still not certain about whom I will vote in November.

I have my issues with Obama and have continued to research, read and KEEP AN OPEN MIND.

The same sentiment for McCain.

Palin's introduction into the race has been interesting and gives me more to have to ponder. Woman to woman, I would like to give her serious consideration and I am at this point. I am Pro Choice, so her stance on that issues does present a problem for me. I do also struggle to understand how some seem so "accepting and supportive of her daughter's pregnancy, yet some of the same people were ready to burn Jamie Lynn Spears at the stake.

I am however as I stated, keeping an open mind.

I guess I am a bit confused by some of the posts on here that are so unequivocally for someone, whom most have only seen and heard from once or twice. There seems to be no one on this site, other than hard core Dems who even question whether she is the right person for the job. Why is that? Simply because she is conservative?

I am amongst that small minority that both parties need to win this election, so I guess I am in the cat bird's seat, as I still am in the position of uncertainty.

So please someone who is OPEN MINDED, please tell me why I should pull the lever for the Republicans, seeing as I am middle class,biracial, pro-choice and yes, a mom who is struggling in hard economic times.

Thanks

On the comments section we are asked to "Report Offensive Comments". I am reporting that your column, Ms. Quinn, is entirely offensive. Your hypocrisy is incredible. Your attack on a candidate’s child and the statement that the candidate may not have been a good parent is outrageous. I thought perhaps the conservatives were just bellyaching about unfair treatment but when I read your nonsense myself, I discovered that if anything the case has been understated. Your comments are beyond offensive – they are putrid.

Thank you, thank you. I know you are a big deal in a couple of zipcodes, but your hatchet job on a 17-year-old girl has generated a backlash in STATE after STATE ! ! ! Please keep it up.

You have started a brushfire.

To impress your beltway friends, you have shown yourself to be vile, vicious, vindictive, venal, vitriolic and self-serving to a fault.

Thank you, thank you. Say hello to Andrea Mitchell. She too has been impressive.

Chuck

S.Quinn, your 2nd appearance on Fox did nothing to improve your reputation.
You continued to state that Gov. Palin should not be running for such a high level role due to the # of kids she has.
As a professional female, I am appalled at your stance and you are a disgrace to the working women of
America.

Regardless of party, this is a ridiculous stance.
AGAIN, this is 2008 NOT 1958!!

And to all of the leftist liberals commenting, have some balls and list your name.. not just "anonymous"

S. McLeod
Wilmington, NC

NO MORE YEARS!
USA AND PROUD!
OBAMA WILL WIN!
MCCAIN WILL RETREAT!
DEMS WILL RULE!
SARAH WILL BECOME A GRANDMA IN 3, OR IS IT 4 OR 5 MONTHS?

BE THERE FOR THE PARTY FOLKS!

SARAH THE SCREEEEEEEEEEEECH PITBULL MAY HAVE SOLIDIFIED THE BASE WHICH UNDOUBTEDLY HAS MCCAIN BY THE BALLS, BUT SHE WILL NOT SWAY THE HILLARY SUPPORTERS NOR THE INDEPENDENTS WHO ARE TRADIONALLY PRO-CHOICE.

NICE TRY FOLKS, BUT NO MORE YEARS

Sarah may solidify the base which has McCain by the ball, but she will NOT sway the Hillary supporters like myseLF OR the majority of the independents, who typically are PRO-CHOICE.

Nice try folks, but NO MORE YEARS!

Both John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin are not just talking about improving the way Washington is run but have examples of reducing taxes, fighting earmarks, reducing deficits, and have actually been a leader of the National Guard and the military. That is experience. She is a good choice for all of those reasons in addition to her belief in the right to life.

Both John McCain and Gov. Sarah Palin are not just talking about improving the way Washington is run but have examples of reducing taxes, fighting earmarks, reducing deficits, and have actually been a leader of the National Guard and the military. That is experience. She is a good choice for all of those reasons in addition to her belief in the right to life.

Mrs. Quinn,
You are at the same time being cynical and disingenuous concerning the issues surrounding Mrs. Palin. You are very cynical in that you believe wholeheartedly that she was Mr. McCain's choice for only one reason--that she is a woman. Why do you choose to discredit both Mr. McCain and Mrs. Palin in such an anti-intellectual manner?
Second, how can you raise these questions about Mrs. Palin when you have ignored the same issues about other, more liberal, politicians? This is overtly disingenuous.
The validitly of your commentary has been diminished to the level of being worthless.

I believe that you are a disgrace to women in America. I just watched you on the late edition of Wolf Blitzer spewing the same talking points as written above. To say that a woman is unable to lead America because of the guilt she must feel for leaving her children is absurd. Would you argue the same theory for Joe Biden, who served in the senate after the mother and caretaker of his children passed away? Or that Senator Obama has two young children to raise with a wife that works for a $350,000 a year job at the University of Chicago? Why don't you keep your eye on the ball and talk about the issues that are important to the American people. Stop trying to distract voters and be a little more objective and a little less irresponsible with your words.

Who let Sally Quinn out of the mail or laundry room?

Sally Quinn - what a joke you are.

I have NO respect for you, and am not surprised at your instant dislike of Sarah Palin.

This is why most Americans despise the newspaper and television reporters. You have no ethics, are biased and . . . . outrageous male bovine excrement artists.

Please stop thinking that women want you to speak for us. We don't. I speak for a great many women, and we are tired of you thinking we are a bunch of man hating, abortion begging, shrill women. We know when life begins....we know how to keep our legs crossed before we are married and we know our way home after we are married.....Thanks but no thanks Sally...
Sarah rocks, she is one of us, the bed rock women of America.
Donna

I can appreciate that you were willing to go back on O' Reilly and admit you prejudged Palin and YOU WERE WRONG, SALLY.

And thanks, too, for the good laugh. When you said that you as a citizen needed to know if she was going to put her family or her country first because "she can't do it all," you were clearly projecting your own limited abilities on to Palin. YOU, Sally, can't do it all--phony, elitist snobs like you have "the hired help" to make sure you never have to--but it's obvious Palin can do it all, evidenced by the fact that she is. Sarah is an inspiration. Sally, you're NOT!

I can appreciate that you were willing to go back on O' Reiley and admit you prejudged Palin and YOU WERE WRONG, SALLY.

And thanks, too, for the good laugh. When you said that you as a citizen needed to know if she was going to put her family or her country first because "she can't do it all," you were clearly projecting your own limited abilities on to Palin. You can't do it all--phoney, elitist snobs like you have "the hired help" to make sure you never have to, but it's obvious Palin can do it all, evidenced by the fact that she is. Sarah is an inspiration. Sally, you're NOT!

Who is Sally Quinn? I've never even heard her name before today after hearing comments she made about Sarah Palin. Get a life lady.

As a Southern Baptist preacher, I am sorry that you quote my fellow preachers to make a point that they personally disagree with.

"A wife is to submit herself graciously to the servant leadership of her husband even as the church willingly submits to the headship of Christ. She, being in the image of God as is her husband and thus equal to him, has the God-given responsibility to respect her husband and to serve as his helper in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

What part of "equal to him" do you not understand? And why did you not also include the responsibilities of the husband to love his wife and to give his life for her, even as Christ gave his life for the church?

Ms. Quinn, with all due respect, you are not qualified to comment on my faith.

You are absolutely despicable in your reaction towards Ms. Palin. You are of the Washington Elite. You and yours ordinarily love the non-traditional family. You love throwing working, unmarried mothers, with 5 children in our faces. This is so remarkably, surprisingly conservative of you to be so concerned over Ms. Palin's family and general welfare. Who the hell are you the mother police now?? Ms. Palin needs to report to you that she is putting her family first before she decides to run for VP? Did you ask that of Nancy Pelosi or any other female Dem with children? Your arrogance is absolutely astounding. I guess you radical liberals really are threatened by our soon to be VP!!

Sally, you are such an embarrassment, as a journalist, as an American, and as a human being.

What a complete idiot you are. But....you can be proud. You belong to the mindless in media. Your parents should be so proud.

Guess you called another one wrong, eh Sally. Also, the Down Syndrome little boy is 5 months old. Try getting your facts right some of the time.

So, now you're an authority on "faith"! Makes as much sense as most of all that is written in the WP and comes from a similar uninformed perspective.

Like so many of today's pretend journalists who think they can sit down and string some alphabet together any way they choose with nothing to back it up, you do our country a grave and dangerous disservice.

" A mother's role is different from a father's."

Try telling any feminist that one. Your problem with Palin is the fact she is a conservative, plain and simple. And even after covering religion for a while, you really don't get it. An essentially modern pagan covering religion, who has used her marriage to advance herslef, calls someone else unqualified. You have got to be kidding me. Hubris knows no gender.

Sally Quinn has been on various news shows this week saying she doesn't think Sarah Palin can handle the pressure and responsibilities of being vice President because she has five children, one with Down Syndrome. Ms. Quinn noted in one piece I saw that she has one child who had disabilities and it was hard. I actually found myself laughing aloud because we have eight sons, two with challenges (1 deaf, the other type1 diabetes since a baby) , and the boys have never held me back. Neither did being a caregiver for my husband until he died. So I got to thinking. Maybe some of us women here in the West where to survive one better be strong all the way around, the women who soar so well, have a genetic make up that makes them do it all well, type people. Or maybe we simply marry better and have better husbands who see us as real equals, and as such are more than 'part time' Fathers who play a the role but don't do the job. I hate to say it but Ms. Quinn is either a snob, or needs to realize that unlike herself, some women are do it all well type women. Ms. Quinn is a pampered media person, a Washington D C insider, who needs to think outside the box. Not all women are like her or the elite liberal bunch.

And having seen Ms. Quinn on Bill O'Reilly where she said she had handled guns years ago, I will also suggest there is a HUGE difference from handling guns years ago and using firearms of all kinds on a regular basis as we hunters here in the West do. That's like someone sharing they baked pies with their Grandmother growing up, but haven't baked a pie since then.

Justice Sandra Day O'Connor was a lawyer and working Mom of three sons, and it wasn't until she was well into her seventies when with a husband with Alzheimer's she retired from the bench. But he had had Alzheimer's for years and she still served on the Supreme Court. Perhaps as another wild west cattle ranch woman, she had that gene that makes for special can do it all women.

Maybe thats why Ms. Quinn and those like her end up living in nice areas of cities, while some of us end up choosing to live in some rugged area of the United States.

I may not agree with everything Sally has to say, but I am skeptical about the selection of Palin. Skeptical about her being a heartbeat away from the Presidency. Being a pitbull in lipstick, half decent looking is nice, BUT it is clear that what some would like for us to believe about all her experience is overrated. She has done some things but worthy of being the 2nd name on the ticket? Get real. Why has the McCain campaign insulated her from the media and the real questions? Becaus they cant afford a VERY LIKELY gaff. Until recently she didnt even know what the VP did, for goodness sake. If she needs this much of a crash course, she my friends IS NOT READY! Let her come back in 2012, more seasoned, kids older and run against Hillary. NOW IS NOT THE TIME. Remember, ready on DAY ONE? Barack has limited experience but his administration wont be much different from the Bush/Cheney arrangement. Anyone with half a brain knows Cheney ran the White House, not GW. If something happended to Bush, the person who was really in charge would have simply stepped to the plate.

Same would be with Barack. Now on the other hand, if something happened to McCain, I am not comfortable with a smiling hockey mom, having a fork full of moose stew in front of her, kids running amuck and her hand on the button. Just dont. So before we all go hog wild over the very nice woman from AK, lets put our thinking caps on.

In a world crisis, where our President is off doing his job, who is better to hold down the fort? Biden or Palin? If you say Palin, my advice to you is to back away from the kool aid and sober up before November.

Sally is so wrong.

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Does Sarah have 4 or 5 children. We “the people” need a simple fact check! If you want to know the truth about the Sarah Palin pregnancy HOAX, check out this website which has all the links and facts/lies in one place. Give yourself an education and then you can judge for yourself! These are almost all news articles and some simple mental conclusions.

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SALLY QUINN, YOU WROTE EXACTLY HOW I FELT.THE PICTURE THAT I HAVE OF MRS.PALIN IS ONE WITH THE SAME SORT OF MENTALITY LIKE THE WOMEN OF UTAH!HOMELY.SHE IS NOT READY TO RUN THE US OF A.TRUTH CAUSES CONFRONTATION, AND WHAT YOU HAVE SAID IS THE TRUTH!
ENOUGH ABOUT MCCAIN'S MILITARY RECORD. I RESPECT HIS SERVICE TO THIS COUNTRY, BUT WHAT ABOUT ALL THE SOLDIERS WHO ARE RETURNING HOME MINUS THEIR LIMBS AND HAVE TO BEG ON THE STREETS AND LIVE IN CARS, NOT HAVING THE CARE THAT THEY TRULY DESERVE?NO PSYCHOLOGICAL,EMOTIONAL AND FINANCIAL SUPPORT? MCCAIN HAS ALL THAT AND MORE. I DO NOT WANT TO HEAR ANOTHER WORD ABOUT HIS MILITARY RECORD.IT IS NOT GOING TO CHANGE MY MIND.

Saw you on O'Reilly last night and was happy to see you trying to water down your ridiculous article.

Funny thing though, that same morning when you were on CNN with Kiran Chetry you hadn't changed your mind yet. So.... what happened?

Did you get a tap on your door from the boss that said something like this, "Sally you better get your head out of the sand and make peace with the ladies"?

BTW - Your constant blinking on O'Reilly told all the viewers what a phony you really are.

Shame on Sally for such a diatribe. I just ignored her publicized opinion at first but when I saw it time after time on various shows I thought it is time to say something. She obviously thinkS she has something worthy and of value to say. Sally is quite frankly a pompous and ignorant A$$ to think that she could credulously transfer her abilities onto the Palin family. What she should be saying is that "Being the mother of 5 and the VP would be impossible for ME". I truly think that the Palin family is a unique family that possesses the qualities of tough mental fortitude, stamina, drive, etc. Those are required qualities to win that 2000 mile snow mobiling race that Todd Palin has won 4 times!! Sally, you probably couldn't even dream of competing in that race but Todd Palin won it 4 times. To him, it wasn't impossible. Obviously Sarah has those winning qualities too. Cream rises and both of them have been extremely successful in their endeavors.
Also, to say that perhaps she wasn't a "hands on enough" mother because her daughter was pregnant. Sally, are you saying to the millions of women who have had teenage daughters that got pregnant, that they may not have been hands on enough? Are you seriously saying that teen age children would not get pregnant if their parents were more engaged?!! If that is your stance,honey, you are foolish. News flash, even great parents can have this happen.
If you really want to get right down to the meat and potatoes of teenage pregnancy, why dont' you examine the affects of all of the acceptable and mainstream sexuality on TV these days, which can be factually said to be a product of the "left wing" elite in the TV & movie business. When teenagers see show after show of blatant sexual talk and action, it becomes "normal" and "acceptable". But this isn't a response to that...I am blown away by your judgement of a woman who has risen to the top of all she does and yet and still you want to limit her. By saying that she couldn't possibly be a good mother to 5 kids (one with down syndrome and a pregnant 17 year old)is an affront to all of the hands on fathers of the world. In this case, an insult to Todd Palin.
Let's just call a spade a spade Sally and admit it. YOU wouldn't be able to do what Sarah Palin does....but YOU aren't Sarah Palin. Put your ignorance to rest. Those who have achieved greatness, many times, do it in spite of the naysayers and doubters. YOU are one of those naysayers and doubters. YOU are one of the ordinary. GO SARAH GO!!!

Ms.Quinn,I watched you on Fox News and agree with your statement that Women should rule the world and will very soon rule and be in charge.

You are a great thinker, writer and teacher. And I prayerfully pray that the Unwashed will one day, appreciate your intelligence for the greatness that it is. Please, for the sake of Humanity, have your Attorney (Levin Bred) insist on a clause in your next contract with the Proust, which demands that all of your writings be etched into the tripe of a fatted calf, sealed in a mayonnaise jar and locked in the vault of the famed archivist firm: Dewey Cheetum & Ho.

Ms. Quinn - Your viewpoints of Gov. Palin are blatantly anti-suffragette. Have you forgotten that, during WWII, with so many men overseas, women had to fulfill duties to country and home by WORKING in factories and raising their children on their own or with the support of their other children? Are you simply transferring your own weaknesses onto Gov. Palin? For goodness sake woman, Kings and Queens and other monarch types haven't had to stay at home to tend to children....Please reconsider your myopic viewpoints.

Maybe I missed the response, but I have taken the liberty of reposting someone else's post.

RESPONSE??

ANYBODY???

Pav

Since the selection of Sarah Palin religious conservatives have done a 180 on the primacy of mothers staying home. The same people who for decades condemened mothers who worked outside the home -unless they were on the verge of being homeless (these arguments are a luxury for poor and working class mothers)- are now endorsing a mother with small children and an infant- to the second highest office in the land. Religious conservatives would encourage single mothers (or even married couples) with children to move back in with relatives if that was what was necessary to keep the mother home with their children and out of the workforce. Married parents were encouraged to live on one salary so the mother could stay home. Parents were told they should make whatever financial sacrifices were necessary to keep mothers home - vacations, second car, new cloths, dinning out, cable tv, home gardens and bartering for goods and services to reduce the need for cash. Biblical arguments were made for mothers staying home;societal arguments; financial arguments- the sum of the costs of second car, insurance, wardrobe, daycare, higher taxes ect.. might equal or exceed the second income. Fathers working overtime and second and even third jobs is what you do if necessary. Only in the most dire circumstances were mothers grudgingly not considered selfish for not staying home. If financially strapped families are expected to follow this model what's the justification for it not applying to Palin? Mothers were also encouraged to stay out of the workforce since it "hardened" them; a mother who took abuse from a boss all day is stressed out and not going to be the nurturing caregiver when she goes home to her husband and kids- so says James Dobson. Military service for current or future moms is even worse- how can someone who has been trained to kill be the nurturing caregiver of life? Where are these past arguments now? How are Christian families going to have the man as head of the household if his wife is the breadwinner?

Sally,
With your hate-filled attack on women, I expect that you will resign from your job, whip up a dinner for me every night promptly at 6PM, clean the dishes afterwards, and ensure my house is spotless. You will serve breakfast at 7AM and carry out my every whim and desire. I would expect you to perform your womanly duties but, you know, you're old so I'll let you off the hook. Since I am a man, you will recognize that I am your superior and you are a second-class citizen.

Is this really what you want to achieve with your misogynist rant? You meant to question Palin's fitness but the person who was really revealed as incompetent is you.

Thank you so much for expressing much of what I have been feeling. I think a mother of five can certainly work...don't see how that is an issue...but I also think she sacrificed her eldest daughter to the media. Of course, I disagree with her on issues (disagree with McCain too) so she wouldn't get my vote no matter what.

Thank you so much for expressing much of what I have been feeling. I think a mother of five can certainly work...don't see how that is an issue...but I also think she sacrificed her eldest daughter to the media. Of course, I disagree with her on issues (disagree with McCain too) so she wouldn't get my vote no matter what.

Thank you so much for expressing much of what I have been feeling. I think a mother of five can certainly work...don't see how that is an issue...but I also think she sacrificed her eldest daughter to the media. Of course, I disagree with her on issues (disagree with McCain too) so she wouldn't get my vote no matter what.

Sarah Palin sold her child on ebay.

Cant compare Pelosi to Palin and I am NO fan of Pelosi-

Nancy "was pregnant for a good portion of the 1960s", having five kids, born in six years and one week.
Source: Cbsnews.com

Nancy was a stay-at-home mom while raising their five children. She was elected to the U.S. House of Representatives in 1987 and elected to serve as the first female Speaker of the House in January 2007.

Kids born in the 60s, Mom to Congress in 1987.

You do the math.

Has anyone ever questioned Speaker Nancy Pelosi's not putting her children first, her 5 children, over her career in politics? I thought not.

Respectfully Ms Quinn...? In Regards To Your Appearance On The OReilly Factor. You Really Should Find Out About Things, BEFORE You Offer “Your Learned’ Opinions. Once Again You Have Spoken Too Quickly. This Time Re: Mrs. Palin & Her Lack Of Understanding Re: Time & Special Needs Children. As I Myself Learned On Day Three Of The RNC, Sara’s Sister Has A Special Needs Child That Is Around 13 That Mrs. Palin Is MORE Than Familiar With.
I Expect…? That Many End Up On Your Site Looking For Information. Wouldn’t It Be Nice…?If They Left Your Site Well Informed? Rather Than…? Ohhh… I Don’t Know? Filled With Gossipy, Opinionated, Tabloid Style Innuendo.

I Came Across Your “Previous Opinion” Soon After You Made The Verbal Mistake That It Was. Sad…
I Thought The Newsweek/Washingtonpost Was A LEGITIMATE News Organization.

Take Heart That Sarah… Is Most Likely Not Bothered The Least By The Treatment. Sarah’s Own Words Re: Some Of Hillary Clintons Past Complaints Suggests That Reasoning.
The Mothers & Fathers, Of Millions Of Daughters Though..? Most Certainly Are.

Be “Old School” Ms. Quinn! If You Think Before You Speak…? You Should Be Satisfied With The Person You See In The Mirror Every Morning. We Can Only Hope…
=^_^= I Hope Next Week Goes Better For You.
(Leif... Pronounced “Life”)

I saw you on O'Reilly and laughed out loud when you mentioned George Romney as a better choice for McCain's vice presidential running mate. You are showing your age. George's son, Mitt was who you meant.
P.S. You should not have received Communion at Tim Russert's funeral. As a Catholic, I know you had no right to do that. It just tells all about your arrogance and lack of understanding of ordinary people.

"This is no time to to play gender politics."

Which of course is why this column is dedicated to doing exactly that. You are a transparent weasel.

Att: Sally Quinn

I am outraged by the sinful comments you have made of Sarah Palin What unacceptable statements. Nursing a child? I think people of poor character during this race will go nuts, after all going to such a low level to talk about a female because she has kids the way you have is sad. Sarah Palin's son is defending my USA my USA so I guess if she put her kids 1st he would not be signed up. Do you have kids in arms way?
Are you saying men don't love their kids as much as women? Faith! You must be kidding. Are you one of those people to use Religion to make money? Don't worry someone else knows the answer. Cynthia

Since the selection of Sarah Palin religious conservatives have done a 180 on the primacy of mothers staying home. The same people who for decades condemened mothers who worked outside the home -unless they were on the verge of being homeless (these arguments are a luxury for poor and working class mothers)- are now endorsing a mother with small children and an infant- to the second highest office in the land. Religious conservatives would encourage single mothers (or even married couples) with children to move back in with relatives if that was what was necessary to keep the mother home with their children and out of the workforce. Married parents were encouraged to live on one salary so the mother could stay home. Parents were told they should make whatever financial sacrifices were necessary to keep mothers home - vacations, second car, new cloths, dinning out, cable tv, home gardens and bartering for goods and services to reduce the need for cash. Biblical arguments were made for mothers staying home;societal arguments; financial arguments- the sum of the costs of second car, insurance, wardrobe, daycare, higher taxes ect.. might equal or exceed the second income. Fathers working overtime and second and even third jobs is what you do if necessary. Only in the most dire circumstances were mothers grudgingly not considered selfish for not staying home. If financially strapped families are expected to follow this model what's the justification for it not applying to Palin? Mothers were also encouraged to stay out of the workforce since it "hardened" them; a mother who took abuse from a boss all day is stressed out and not going to be the nurturing caregiver when she goes home to her husband and kids- so says James Dobson. Military service for current or future moms is even worse- how can someone who has been trained to kill be the nurturing caregiver of life? Where are these past arguments now? How are Christian families going to have the man as head of the household if his wife is the breadwinner?

How do I get to the comments?

Wow, Nice Back-Pedaling on O'Reilly. How about picking a side of the fence and staying there.

Why can't I pull up the comments?

I saw your interview with Bill O'Reilly and I agree with you 100%. I am a 66 year old mother of 2, grandmother of 5- 4 of them pre-schoolers. I was a teacher and was fortunate to be able to have the same holidays as my sons and most days saw them off to school and was home when they arrived. Now I look after my grandchildren while my daughters-in-law work-one,part-time, the other a teacher like me. Too quickly go the years when your children are young and you can miss so much.
Second,Bristol is marked for life as the pregnant,unmarried teen of the v.p candidate. The whole world knows her situation and will follow with morbid curiosity her life, even if her mother is not elected. Good luck to them all.

I am glad you have decided to give Gov. Palin a chance.

Believe me, All my friends are just THRILLED with the idea of McCain/Palin. McCain could not have picked a better person.

I cannot believe the women liber's reaction. Who do they think they are fooling. We may live in the south, but believe me, we didn't fall off the turnip truck!!

Just a loving grandmother in Jacksonville Florida

I am very concerned about the arguements you have made here. I believe that there are valid reasons
with her lack of experience being the most significant. I have 2 adult daughters and the idea that today there are intelligent people like you saying that neither could become a CEO of a large company, or an attorney in a high pressure job because they have children is, to me, a very sexist and degrading remark.
It is quite in keeping with the former idea that women would not be promoted because they have children, or may have children. This belief, now illegal but probably still practiced to some extent today, is just as ridiculous when the VP job is involved. Men today, certainly a minority but a growing number of men are very willing and able to take over the responsibilities of caring for the children. Or are men not supposed to do that because they are genetically unable to do so?

Lighten Up America. Take a moment to laugh

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Keep up the attack, Sally. The more you attack, the more will vote for McCain-Palin!!! People's eyes are being opened to your viciousness!

Sally Quinn's commentary about Sarah Palin and her family is SO SEXIST I would think it was written by a man. How many mothers who are totally involved in their children's lives have seen a child become pregnant? Even a so-called "good mother" can't be with a child 24 hours a day. You just pray they will make the right decision at the right time. After all, isn't this the 21st century and don't all the "left-wing" liberals believe in letting children run the show? Who gave Sally Quinn, a mere "woman" a job as a journalist? Did the magazine need a token woman?

Sally, you owe Mrs. Palin and all other women in this country a BIG apology.....

Shirley Gorman
Sun City, AZ

Sally,
I followed your career. Your right. You were not ready for prime time @32 years of age. You still aren't today. I wish Ben would take away the pen he gave you long ago. The American Mom has grown a lot stronger since yours and I'm not surprised you wouldn't notice the difference.Sarah will do just fine. Relax Sally, you have been irrelevent for years. You don't need to remind us why !

Dear Judy Martin,

As a man I take offense that you believe I could not tend to the special needs of my son while my wife assumes important responsibilities out side of the home. You have no basis to intrude upon Todd Palin's willingness and desire to meet that need. Your comments are not only sexist against women but also against males who lovingly and willingly decide to meet their children’s needs as a partner with their wives and the father of their children. Your stereotypical and sexist comments are not appreciated. So---no---Sally Quinn doesn’t get it and neither do you.

Oh Please Ladies... Give the Husband/Dad a little credit. Men are just as capable of caring and loving their children as women. Maybe Todd Palin would be the better caregiver, gasp!

I couldn't agree more with Sally Quinn. I definitely believe that a mother's responsibility with a special needs child is to be with that child and tend to it's special needs and not traveling all over the U.S. trying to win the position of V.P. I definitely believe Sarah's priorities are in the wrong order. I also shudder to think of her running the country if McCain wins and then dies. Sally's last sentence stating that if McCain and Sarah win the election, it will be for all the wrong reasons is right on.

Dear Sally,

I'm sure all your women readers agree we should keep women barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. After all isn't that what progressive women have been fighting to achieve for the last 40 years?

So you think a women’s family will be …. “an enormous distraction for a new vice president (or president) in a time of global turmoil” but would not be a distraction for a man?

Just listen to yourself ----

--- “Is she prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job? She is the mother of five children, one of them a four-month-old with Down Syndrome.”

--- “A mother's role is different from a father's.”

Your message to women with young children is STAY HOME WHERE YOU BELONG.

No one would ask if a male candidate was qualified for office because his family commitments. You would think only male chauvinistic pigs would ask such questions. But no - - it’s a liberal democratic woman. Isn’t Gov. Palin the epitome of the liberated women? What ever happened to the Virginia Slims slogan “You’ve come a long way?” You would prefer to send women, at least conservative women, back to the Stone Ages for men to drag around by their hair.

Four you Sally Quinn, the truth is not a constant, at least when it’s your political ox that’s getting gored. Keep it up….it will just give the McCain-Palin ticket more votes. You are so transparent.

Dear Sally,

I'm sure all your women readers agree we should keep women barefoot, pregnant and in the kitchen. After all isn't that what progressive women have been fighting to achieve for the last 40 years?

So you think a women’s family will be …. “an enormous distraction for a new vice president (or president) in a time of global turmoil” but would not be a distraction for a man?

Just listen to yourself ----

--- “Is she prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job? She is the mother of five children, one of them a four-month-old with Down Syndrome.”

--- “A mother's role is different from a father's.”

Your message to women with young children is STAY HOME WHERE YOU BELONG.

No one would ask if a male candidate was qualified for office because his family commitments. You would think only male chauvinistic pigs would ask such questions. But no - - it’s a liberal democratic women. Isn’t Gov. Palin the epitome of the liberated women? What ever happened to the Virginia Slims slogan “You’ve come a long way?” You would prefer to send women, at least conservative women, back to the Stone Ages for men to drag around by their hair.

Four you Sally Quinn, the truth is not a constant, at least when it’s your political ox that’s getting gored. Keep it up….it will just give the McCain-Palin ticket more votes. You are so transparent.

Hey Sally!

So could you provide us with a list of jobs that women who are mothers can have oh wise and omnipotent one?

How about explaining to Katie Couric why she should have never taken the anchor position with CBS as she is a single mother and could not possibly be taking care of her children as she should according to you.

Sally - you are proof - as is Obama that just because you have an college degree doesn't qualify you as intelligent. In fact it shows just how badly you got ripped off in your quest for smarts.

Thanks for setting women back 50 years oh bright one.

Sally, Sally, Sally,I don't know whether to laugh, cry or throw up after reading your toxic nonsense. I guess we've come to the conclusion in our country that women can not play a role in leading this country because parenting is their main responsibility. Sarah is not a single mother, she has a husband that will work with her on the home front.
Now for the appearance of a double standard. Let's see, as I recall Robert Kennedy was the father of 11 children. What was he thinking when he ran for President! How dare he leave his wife at home to care for all those children.

I agree with you. Your writting makes a lot of sense.

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You are the and your elite martini crowd are the exact reason John and Sarah will win this election. They are real people with real values who care about womens rights, even if the women is a conservative, unlike yourself who only cares about a womens rights if the women is a left wing liberal.

Sally, Why is it that you would not support another woman that has shown the amazing ability to balance Family, Personal Achievement and Happiness?

I can't help but point out that your article has a tone of jealousy. Instead of comparing your own life and career struggles, maybe, try to see beyond yourself and give Sarah Palin the support and credit she deserves. She is a terrific role model for her children, and has given all women a reason to walk taller today.

As a professional woman with children I am appalled by your unbelievably ridiculous argument that a woman cannot do this job if she has five children. ( or even one or a baby or is breastfeeding etc..)it is simply not fair and not the relevant issue. The professional women I know bring an incredible amount of personal empathy and experience that comes from working and raising a family. I admire them. I would never want to be judged unfit to do my job because I chose to have a family.

Sally Quinn set's a whole new standard for sexism. She has set the clock back 50 years with her ignorant statements regarding who loves their country more, men or women? Sally needs to pull her head out and walk through the door of the 21st century.

Get a grip Sally. You have got your priorities wrong. For the first time in history, we have a very smart, savvy woman in the running for vp. Get off her back, how can you NOT support someone from your own sex who was born to lead...obviously? I am an ex Democrat/pro-choice woman, who has the utmost respect for Sarah Palin, and am married to a man who has been an extraordinary father, and it seems as if, if you haven't noticed, Todd Palin and Sarah Palin are wonderful parents, with a great family. So, fyi, single for 39 yrs, Democrat most of my life,she AND the running mate for President, John MacCain have my vote. And for the first time ever, I made a donation to the RNC

A mean-spirited article. Ms Quinn, how do you want to be remembered? A writer with no integrity? A writer with worthless legacy?

Wow, so if I understand you correctly, because Gov. Palin has children she my not be able to do her job if the phone rings at 3:00am. If that were the case, how did she run the large state of Alaska (while pregnant even) and maintain an over 80% approval rating. To say you know little about her amazes me. I found out more about her in a few short minutes than I have about Obama in the almost 2 years of his campaign. What I have learned is not pretty. He wants change. He will be the president of change if elected. Change to a socialist society. He has no experience whatsoever. Even Biden himself said he lacks the experience to be president. Oh, that was when Biden was for Hillary. Now, I guess, Obama got experience. Oabama hangs with the lowest of the low and how smart is a man who sat in a church for 20 years and claims he had no clue that Mr. (he doesn't deserve the title of Rev.) Wright was an angry, angry black man who hates white people. By the way how did Biden hold his position, being a single dad, taking the train for hours a day, and not a single dem or rep questioned his ability to do that. Obama has no experience and for the hundred and some odd days he spent in the senate he accomplished nothing. He spent 4 years in a muslim school and personally I find him a very scary individual. We are now living in a great country with the media controlled by liberals. Oh yes, we do have our talk radio that the liberal dem are trying to shut down. Maybe you should listen to Gov Palin. You could learn a lot from her. It may even take some of the venom out of your fangs. Maybe you and your party are walking on egg shells and fear you will find Obamo lost come Nov. It is amazing with all the lies and unbalanced reporting from the media and people like you that the Rep stand a chance. With all the negative reporting concerning the rep and all the hype you give the likes of Obama won't you feel foolish in Nov when the rep win the race of the century and we have a female a heartbeat away from becoming commander in chief. Can you list any accomplishments of Obama as he is getting desprate and added running his campaign to his resume.

Having spent 30 years working for women's equality

I am shocked and disgusted that someone in your position to do so much good has chosen instead to

be stereotypically mean and catty and spiteful

toward another public woman - GOV. Sarah Palin.

How dare you tell someone she has too many children.
You would NEVER say that to a male.
How disgusting! Shame on you. You have shown yourself to be a little woman a silly woman>

Shame Shame Shame. You know better.

Professor Helen McCaffrey

Why is Sally Quinn so angry at Sarah Palin?

Could it be because Sarah Palin achieved her position through hard work that earned the trust of
people in flyover country? Perhaps Ms Quinn would be happier if Sarah Palin got ahead using the Sally Quinn method -- marrying a big shot.

I have bought the last Washington Post and Newsweek I will ever buy (and I have bought plenty). The column was shameless.

How insightful!!!!!Did you go to school to learn to write like that?

Really appreciated your sharing with us your own personal experience. EXCELLENT articulation of why Affirmative Action is a bad thing both for those who are granted positions they haven't earned and for the rest of us who are forced to suffer their incompetence. People should NOT be given a position based upon either the color of their skin or their sex.

Cliff

Sally was so obnoxious on Fox news last night talking about Sarah Palin. The remark about her breastfeeding and difficulty running for VP......geez....get real! The only conculsion I came too is that you are jealous. Pull on your big girl pants and get over it!

I find it extremely ironic that a liberal woman, would chastise another woman, by essentially saying she should stay home and take care of her kids. Even more shocking this woman (Sally Quinn) criticizes her (Palins) lack of experience, when everyone knows she (Quinn) married her way to the top. I guess Liberals think the idea of women advancing politically is their exclusive domain.
Ha Ha Sally, wrong again. Palins going places and she doesn't need a dayglo orange pantsuit to get there.

Very well spoken. As a conservative Christian woman, wife of a Pastor and seven children, first grandchild on the way, where is the mom in all this. She will teach women a feminist position although Christian. Deborah sat under a tree to judge and the people came to her, she did not go out except to encourage a man to move forward. This double standard in the Christian community is a little discouraging but expected.

So you think she should just stay home and be "barefoot and pregnant"? Would you say the same thing if the candidate were male?
I am a Democrat and all for Mr. Obama, but your comments about Mrs. Palin and just wrong! Are you jealous or just plain mean? Shame on you!

Sally,
Some of your criticisms are warranted re: Palin's qualifications, and everyone is entitled to their opinion. As a conservative, I wish McCain would have made a different choice. However, re: your view of evangelicals, you are clueless. Yes, there are those who think a mother should be home with the kids. I know several fairly liberal women who feel the same, and stay home with their kids. So, it's not just evangelicals. Where you are clueless is the fact that many evangelical women work, and many serve as ordained ministers. I know, I have a family full of them. And personally, I am home with my kids, right now, while my wife, a Major in the Air Force, and evangelical, works and serves our country. As a social worker who has worked with children and families for 20+ years I find some of you Feminists laughable. 30 years ago you wanted into the work-force, which I support, and for 20+ years you've defended the notion that 2 women or 2 men could raise children just as a mother and father (I know every side of that argument and understand). Now, suddenly, you're questioning this woman's ability to serve as Vice President as a mother. I think her husband is a part of the equation. Can Barack be a worthy father as President. Was Hillary much of a mother during her Co-Presidency with Bill? Is this situational ethics, or have you found yourself through this election, just like Barack , and Hillary?

Sally

You are clueless

WHAT? Her first priority has to be her children? Says who? A mother's role is different from a father's? Not when you're the vice president. Is Sally Quinn serious?

Palin's husband who has a labor job in Alaska would obviously not continue working in his career once they moved to Washington. No steelworker jobs in DC.

So, who's to say that he couldn't just be a stay-at-home dad and be the primary caregiver of the kids? I mean, does Sally Quinn ACTUALLY think that Sarah is going to be the one getting up at night to tend to her baby when he wakes up in the middle of the night?

This is so bizarre.

Quinn employs a sexist double standard in her consideraton of Sarah Palin's candidacy. She's concerned that Palin cannot manage to be a good mother and a Vice President because Palin has several small children. Does anyone think, even for a moment, Quinn would have criticized Joe Biden in 1972 when he began working as a young U.S. Senator, with two small children, within months of those little boys being traumatized by their mother's untimely death? Did anyone seriously contend rearing two small boys--without a wife--disqualified Biden form high office? We all know the answer to that question.

Simply put, Quinn despises Palin because Palin has strayed from the liberal plantaiton. Just as Quinn cannot accept African Americans, like Clarence Thomas or Condoleeza Rice, because they reject traditionally liberal causes and beliefs, she can only condemn a woman who denounces abortion. The fact that Palin favors gun rights, increased oil exploration and drilling, and small government, only serves to aggravate and incense Quinn all the more. Just as Colin Powell is not really "Black" because he does not subscribe to the civil rights grievance politics championed by the NAACP, so too is Sarah Palin not really "female" because she does not worship at the altar of the freedom most dear to liberal feminists like Quinn--the freedom to kill unborn children.

I have recently moved down to the USA from Canada and cannot believe that people actually support the Rep. Although, I do not agree with everything that you have written in your article, I do believe Paulin is not qualified. If the Rep. take a look at themselves in the mirror and hold up to the same standards they are putting against Barack - how can they say this is a good choice for VP?? This is simply a selection to try and steal Hillary Clinton supporters.

I am disgusted and outraged with Sally Quinn's recent article about Governor Palin (Aug. 29, 2008, "Palin's Pregnancy Problem"). Instead of applauding, or even acknowledging, Gov. Palin's many accomplishments, Ms. Quinn's arrogance and snarky "know-it-all" attitude can allow her only to demean and denigrate.

Perhaps, being a wife and a full-time working mother is "too much ... too difficult" for Ms. Quinn. But, it is not for Gov. Palin, and it is not for millions of other women.

Ms. Quinn, maybe if you occasionally would leave the rarified atmosphere of your mansions and estates in the Hamptons, Maryland, and Georgetown, you can see real women going about their daily lives doing what they have to for their families -- all without the benefit of your opinions.

You are such a through back to the 50's!! that a women has to choose to stay home with the kids just because she with a HUSBAND chose to have 5 of them is absurd!! Are you living under a rock?
What happened to the women's right to work? Do you not know about day care or nannies? Is it still not true about quality time vs. quantity? If this family has chosen this route or ANY family chooses to have working parents and the kids are tended to - how arrogant to pass judgement on what is a personal family decision.
I suggest you poll your employees at the Post and see how many of them share your archaic perspective!

I can't believe how you're criticizing this lady & her family. How would you like it if they did this to you. Stop trashing people!

I will never visit the Washington Post again. How in the world you receive a salary from such a prestigious publication is beyond me. I disagree with you 100% and after all of the attacks on McCain, I am simply done with you guys. I would come back if the Post was to never publish your rubbish ever again. You are a complete joke and screaming for attention. Being original isn't a crime but it requires vision, don't be such a follower of the mainstream media.

Good lord Sally! As an ardent feminist, I have to say that this piece is incredibly offensive and sexist. So tell us, where was Ben when your son was being raised? In your attempt to bolster support for the Obama-nation, you have only disparaged women. Are you and Maureen Dowd pen pals? By the way, as a Hillary Rodham Clinton supporter and I can probably speak for many others, it wasn't so much about the strongest candidate losing, as it was about how the game was played - by the corrupt DNC, the many foul Obama supporters, the "white uncles" of current and previous political scenes, and the "race card playing" surrogates (hello Rep. Jim Clyburn).

She is WELL qualified--much moreso than Barak. This sounds like feminist hypocracy to me.

How unbelievably smug this sounds coming from you. You clearly are threatened by her, and you and your DNC brothers and sisters are scared to death that Sarah Palin just sealed victory for John McCain. All the strides that powerful women have made, and you try to tear down Gov Palin because she's a republican. If she were a democrat, she'd be the poster child for assertive, powerful women, who multi-task with children, careers, husband, etc. If you must be so overtly against a republican woman, you should do mankind a great favor and resign from the Post. You're a disgrace to women everywhere, and worse yet, you're a complete political stooge for the liberal agenda.

I am horrified with your questioning and judgment of Sarah Palin as a mother. Is this not 2008? Hasn't the feminist movement supported all women with their choices in regards to career and family? You may not agree with his choice for VP, but to insinuate that she is not a good mother is outrageous. It is so disappointing, especially coming from a woman. I feel your column set us back decades.

Dear Ms. Quinn,

You are a "feminist" hypocrite of the first degree. Gov. Palin, unlike you, has had a real job in a real small town. She has not rubbed elbows with the DC gliterati at Kennedy Center chablis and brie parties. She gets it, you don't.

My wife works and we have 3 children. One of them has had severe medical issues since birth. We have coped fine, and our family is all the stronger for it.

Wake up. Drive down 95 South to a small town in VA or NC and meet some real people. But be sure you "dress down" and leave the Italian designer clothes back home. I wouldn't want you to get insulted by the "unwashed" locals whom you would no doubt not understand either.

Sincerely,

Tom Neale

Apparently Ms. Quinn lied about her skills with a gun to Bill O'Reilly, because she sure shot herself in the foot. Good thing (for her) that she was able to extracate said foot from her mouth beforehand. Please get out your Better Homes and Garden Cookbook and go back to being a Washinton hostess. Leave the work to the real women, and we'll bring you the moose steaks.

Apparently Ms. Quinn lied about her skills with a gun to Bill O'Reilly, because she sure shot herself in the foot. Good thing (for her) that she was able to extracate said foot from her mouth beforehand. Please get out your Better Homes and Garden Cookbook and go back to being a Washinton hostess. Leave the work to the real women, and we'll bring you the moose steaks.

I am sure what you are really referring to is that you, Ms. Quinn, would find it personally difficult to balance a large family and a high profile and demanding position. It is understandable since it would require a temendous amount of ability and stamina. What you and many of your conceited pen pals are suffering from is fear and envy of powerful women. That, too, is understandable. Get over it.