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.

Dear Ms. Quinn:

You don't know the Governor, yet you pretend to know that she is unqualified and was chosen simply because she is a woman? Please give me one-half hour with both Sen. Obama or Sen. Biden, and I will use my knowledge and background as but a simple small town attorney and CPA to make them look utterly foolish about tax policy and business and economic issues. 95% (or 80% or whatever their statistic is for the day) of Americans will receive a tax break? Rubbish. Every dime that comes out of ANY U.S. taxpayer's pocket (individual and business) is a tax on ALL Americans, because it is that much less that goes back into the economy to acquire capital goods, provide employment, grow the economy, and actually promote savings by the few people who do not squander their paycheck on Bud and Camels. But that hardly makes them unqualified, as Messrs. Obama and Biden will rely upon their advisors. Just as Governors Clinton, Regan, Carter, F.D. Roosevelt, T. Roosevelt and some 15 other governors did when they ascended to the Presidency.

More disturbing, however, is your obvious projection. Your admitted professional failures (at CBS, for example) and your concession that you would be unable to manage your family and workload as well as, say, Sarah Palin, hardly support your argument. In fact, I can count many, many women who've accomplished far more than you or even Gov. Palin and managed a family just fine. One woman in particular I know is VP of a huge global public corporation, has several young children, runs marathons and competes in triathlons, devotes significant time to charitable work, oh, and yes, is a cancer survivor. And, she's Gov. Palin's age! So while you've been honest about your visceral reactions (shock and anger), it may well be jealousy that causes you such discomfort.

A mother's role is different from a father's? Wow! In that case, I hope you do not advocate same-sex marriage or parenting, because obviously you cannot believe children raised in such a situation could ever receive an adeqate upbringing. Or do you advocate only lesbian partner parenting, because you really mean fathers are superfluous? The last time I checked, the only thing I could not offer my children is breast milk. I trust Gov. Palin when she says she's got that under control.

Sally Quinn is an advocate for women...just as long as they are LIBERAL women! She was brave to appear on "The Factor". Why? Because she had to know the majority of O'Reilly's viewers were looking at her with utter contempt and for just reason after the "sexist" column she wrote about Sarah Palin. Last night we saw Sarah the Barracuda "ImPALINg" the opposition including far leftist critics like Sally Quinn!

Sally Quinn is an advocate for women...just as long as they are LIBERAL women! She was brave to appear on "The Factor". Why? Because she had to know the majority of O'Reilly's viewers were looking at her with utter contempt and for just reason after the "sexist" column she wrote about Sarah Palin. Last night we saw Sarah the Barracuda "ImPALINg" the opposition including far leftist critics like Sally Quinn!

Geez, Just when I thought the days of "woman slavery" had ended and us women had gained our due freedoms to work outside the home......along comes Sally Quinn with these totally absurd remarks about Palin. Two of my daughters got pregnant before marriage, I worked full time and still managed to be there for them, my other children, my grandchildren, my husband, my church and various committees in my community.

I cannot recall reading a more dogmatic, hypocritical, self-absorbed, and blatantly sexist opinion piece - what a leap backward from decades of progress in women's equal rights and respect at work and at home! You should be ashamed of yourself.

I thought Sarah Palin was everything the "feminists" have been telling us women can be for years now. I guess it only applies to liberal/democratic women. How sad and old Ms. Quinn sounds.

Geez, you get paid to write this garbage?

What have women been screaming for all these years? To be recognized as being able to achieve and do some things men can do.

And now one is there and you write this drivel?

You're a moron. You really can't believe you are to be taken seriously?

Ms. Quinn has cited the Southern Baptist Faith and message, but obviuosly she does not understand SERVANT leadership. That term is not denegrating to the one being led but connotes the leader being a servant to the one being led! That is a great thing in marriage and would be great in government!

How dare you. Would you spout this type of hate toward a man? No, I doubt you would. Nothing like a woman who is a true sexist! You should be ashamed of yourself. She is a mother who works. Just like many others. Her gender is not the issue, the issue is that close-minded and simple people like you are not happy unless the woman is a three-time abortion using godless liberal.

How ironic is it that the left-slanted media (and this is by no means all media) such as Sally Quinn may have just taken down the democratic candidates for president in the 2008 election? With a sitting Republican president enjoying an approval rating of 33% http://www.pollingreport.com/BushJob1.htm and an unpopular war in two Mideast countries HOW COULD THEY SCREW THIS UP? They may have just found a way. Obama's message of hope inspired me and I was on the fence until now. Thank you Sally Quinn!

You my dear are a hypocrite! Shame on you for berating a Mom who has raised her children with morals, we parents cannot make every decision in life for our children. We parents give guidance and hope. Teen pregnancies happen everywhere in every lifestyle, rich or poor, religious and atheist. I give the Palin’s credit for standing by their daughter giving her love and support. She made a mistake.

You, Sally need to go to the local high school and listen to this generation and not be so judgmental when you have no idea what is out in the real world!

Her daughter and her boyfriend made the choice and now will reap the consequences. It is not only up to the girl to prevent pregnancies but the boy could have too! He is just as responsible!!!!!!!

You my dear are a hypocrite! Shame on you for berating a Mom who has raised her children with morals, we parents cannot make every decision in life for our children. We parents give guidance and hope. Teen pregnancies happen everywhere in every lifestyle, rich or poor, religious and atheist. I give the Palin’s credit for standing by their daughter giving her love and support. She made a mistake.

You, Sally need to go to the local high school and listen to this generation and not be so judgmental when you have no idea what is out in the real world!

Her daughter and her boyfriend made the choice and now will reap the consequences. It is not only up to the girl to prevent pregnancies but the boy could have too! He is just as responsible!!!!!!!

I am an Evangelical Christian, I also work as a computer analyst for a major defense contractor. I am also a retired veteran, with 22 years of Army Service. My wife is a store manager for a worldwide retail firm. My wife chose her career in part based on my career, as I had been in the Army five years when we met, and she took a career that she liked and at the same time would not interfere with my career, we discussed this before we got married, in otherwords, we discussed the issue and reached a mutually agreeable 'compromise'. My wife is not subservient to my wishes, and nothing in our religion says she has to be. In matters of our relationship we discuss and act on nearly everything. Granted, when I went to college she didn't pick my major, I did, but then I don't tell her how to do her job either.

Based on my experience, and the experience of others, with whom we associate, Ms Quinn, knows little about real Evangelicals, nor does she seem to know anything about the average family. Perhaps the world she is discussing matters pertaining to evangelicals inside the beltway, a world of it's own that holds little resemblance to most of the real world. Then again I could be wrong, Ms. Quinns bizzare description of evangelicals may simply be her own fantasy.

Palin was the attack dog that all at the RNC had hoped she's be.

Dems at home, Biden and Barack included were probably at home screaming "GAME ON!"

That said, let the games begin. Sarah is NO SHRINKING VIOLET, so please lets let her get out there and fight her fight, without others coming to her rescue when it may appear that she is smacked around.
As a woman I LOVE a feisty, outspoken, confident woman who can handle her own. What I DONT like is when such a woman isnt winning round for round, she sheds a few tears to get sympathy or calls in her big brothers to come to her aid. Will Sarah play that game? I hope not. But in order to keep the "women can do it all" label for ALL women, she has to be consistent. Duke it out with the big boys, go for the jugular, but be able to stand strong when you get backhanded by your opponent without crying foul. I do caution her from here on about parading the family around because she runs the risk of it backfiring. Its great that she is a mom of five, running a state, etc. However if she routinely parades Bristol and Trig, she makes them a part of the discussion and that invites criticism from the other side and rightfully so, it will come.
Personally, I would love to get an interview with Levi and his family. They too are effected by this sudden fame.As a mom of a teen son I can only imagine how rattled he must be at this point.

To paraphrase a true tough woman, Bette Davis "Fasten your seatbelts. It's going to be a bumpy TWO MONTHS!"

"McCain's choice of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin as his running mate (...) is a choice made to try to win an election."

What a shock! What candidate for President has ever chosen a running mate that would help him win the election?!

"(Palin) seems to be a bright, attractive, impressive person. She certainly has been successful in her 44 years."

Impressive argument not to vote for her... I guess.

"Palin's lack of experience..."
When someone mentions 'lack of experience of someone trying to get elected for office' Palin is NOT the first name to come to mind. Guess what is.

"There were women at CBS who were much more qualified than I was and certainly other men. They chose me because they wanted a woman."

Wait... rewind.

"There were women at CBS who were much more qualified than I was and (...) They chose me because they wanted a woman."

So, there were other women more qualified but they wanted a woman so they chose you?! Judging from this post, no wonder it was a disaster.

For the record, I'm not supporting McCain/Palin. The first and only reason is that I'm not even an american voter (I'm portuguese). But articles like yours sure make me wish they win.

From one Sally to another, Quinn's interview on O'Reilly last night gave me the creeps. This self-important, self described hostess of D.C. came off as, best described, skanky. Sarah Palin shined the light on Quinn who, by now, has crawled back into the woodwork.

From one Sally to another, Quinn's interview on O'Reilly last night gave me the creeps. This self-important, self described hostess of D.C. came off as, best described, skanky. Sarah Palin shined the light on Quinn who, by now, has crawled back into the woodwork.

From one Sally to another, Quinn's interview on O'Reilly last night gave me the creeps. This self-important, self described hostess of D.C. came off as, best described, skanky. Sarah Palin shined the light on Quinn who, by now, has crawled back into the woodwork.

From one Sally to another, Quinn's interview on O'Reilly gave me the creeps. This self-satisfied and self-proclaimed hostess came off in no other terms skanky. Sarah Palin shines the light on Quinn, who by now has slunk back into the woodwork.

Give me a break! This is exactly what liberal feminists have been touting as the perfect female life choice -- you can have it all -- husband, kids, successful career! Now that the example of this is a conservative woman liberals are ready to take back everything they've said they staunchly believed in. I also wonder why the first reaction to a woman being chosen for vice president is shock and anger. It seems sexist to assume that a woman being chosen is automatically for political marketing gain and not just because she was the best choice.

When a person attacks the press, the free press, the media, journalism, reporters, liberal press, liberal media, call it what you like -- when you attack the press you are not being a good American. You are being an angry person, maybe even an angry American, but most of the time you need to calm down and think. What does it really mean to stand up for America?

Remember the soldiers who die for our freedoms. Freedom of the press is one of those freedoms. Some of you should be ashamed. You wave a big flag but our flag is more than an attack flag, it's a freedom of expression, freedom of the press and freedom of religion flag, too. You don't need trinket jewelry on your lapel to uphold the flag. You need to uphold what the flag represents. Stand up for a free press, don't be attacking the people doing their jobs. What do you want, regulate the press by intimidation, force them to tell only the stories you want people to see?

Let the media do its job without going ballistic. If you don't like one newspaper, do what real Americans do -- go read a different newspaper or start one of your own.

Or express your contrary opinion, but do it with reason, like the writers of the Federalist Papers did when they put together a little something we Americans refer to as the Constitution of the United States of America. That's what your candidate suffered for in Viet Nam. Ask him. That's what either McCain or Obama (may the best man win) will swear to uphold, as they have done, and always will. Ask them.

I realize a lot of the "attack mode" messages here are meant to be part of a strategy to suppress the media to the advantage of the presidential candidate you prefer. You want to win votes for your favorite person by making sure no one hears anything but your side's opinion.

When you do that, you are trying to take away my right to consider facts and opinions, reasonably expressed, and to make a free choice on election day. That's not what America stands for. Listen to reason, sometimes it really does speak softly and carry a big stick.

"The world has always been more impressed by the power of our example than the example of our power."

so what kind of foreign policy did hillary have? ducking for shots that werent fired? to make her look good, self admitted..oh, because she had bill arouned i see, well palin would have many more educated that are going to let bin laden go the way bill did. he was a terrible president, and you would give him another shot at helping wreck the country more than he already has on so many levels..

and obamas only experience is hanging with a bunch of anti american rev wright who thinks we deserved 911, and bill ayers which who he was on many committees, and hung out together, many parties, and obama campaign was launched from ayers house..someone who said he didnt blow up enough govt blgs, that tell me eith he thinks like all these crooks and crims, or he has bad judgement

so what kind of foreigh policy did hillary have? ducking for shots that werent fired? to make her look good, self admitted..oh, because she had bill arounmd i see, well palin would have many more educated that are going to let bin laden go the way bill did. he was a terrible president, and you would give him another shot at helping wreck the country more than he already has on so many levels..

and obamas only experience is hanging with a bunch of anti american rev wright who thinks we deserved 911, and bill ayers which who he was on many committees, and hung out together, many parties, and obama campaign was launed from ayers house..someone who said he didnt blow up enough govt blgs, that tell me eith he thinks like all these crooks and crims, or he has bad judgement, either way he isnt fit to be a senator let alone president...disgusting

so what kind of foreigh policy did hillary have? ducking for shots that werent fired? to make her look good, self admitted..oh, because she had bill arounmd i see, well palin would have many more educated that are going to let bin laden go the way bill did. he was a terrible president, and you would give him another shot at helping wreck the country more than he already has on so many levels..

and obamas only experience is hanging with a bunch of anti american rev wright who thinks we deserved 911, and bill ayers which who he was on many committees, and hung out together, many parties, and obama campaign was launed from ayers house..someone who said he didnt blow up enough govt blgs, that tell me eith he thinks like all these crooks and crims, or he has bad judgement, either way he isnt fit to be a senator let alone president...disgusting

so what kind of foreigh policy did hillary have? ducking for shots that werent fired? to make her look good, self admitted..oh, because she had bill arounmd i see, well palin would have many more educated that are going to let bin laden go the way bill did. he was a terrible president, and you would give him another shot at helping wreck the country more than he already has on so many levels..

and obamas only experience is hanging with a bunch of anti american rev wright who thinks we deserved 911, and bill ayers which who he was on many committees, and hung out together, many parties, and obama campaign was launed from ayers house..someone who said he didnt blow up enough govt blgs, that tell me eith he thinks like all these crooks and crims, or he has bad judgement, either way he isnt fit to be a senator let alone president...disgusting

Sally for the sake of the country I am praying John McCain does not win. There are too many issues that needs to be addressed and he is playing games with the presidency. I do not know of any Hillary voters who does not see this as an insult. It is a sad time for america, McCain will make us Prisoners in our own lives.

First of all doesn't Nancy Pelosi have 5 kids?? Ms. Quinn go back and read your bible evangelicals are not taught to be "subservient" as in doormats. Biblical principle teaches submission only to husbands who are submitted to Christ and love there wife as Christ Loved the church.(Ephesians 5 and Proverbs 31) So this religious rhetoric your trying to discredit Palin with is erroneous! It's outright hypocritical especially since the Dems/ liberal left don't uphold to the same values. So what if she has 5 kids, if she can handle it and hubby supports it and will be home with the kids it's none of our business. Aren't you feminazi's the first ones preachin women can raise a family and run a country? Or does that only apply if your a "liberal"?

Sally,

I saw you tonight on Bill O'Reilly or whatever his name is. I thought you held your own and then some. I did not know that is was a qualification to be able to use a rifle to lead our country but, you surprised him with your comment. You have totally struck a cord with me on your opinion. I am an independent and totally not a political person. But, this issue of picking this woman with her lack of experience along with more family issues than any of us can even imagine shows to me a total lack in the decision making from McCain. I can only imagine what process he would use to pick our next Supreme Court Justice. Even more alarming to me is that this woman who had a special needs newborn baby and another baby on the way from her 17 year old daughter would even for a minute think about taking on a role of campaigning and possibly becoming our VP or President of the US. She should of said thanks but no thanks as any good mother would do. This to me is very alarming in that the far right and Republications think she is a role model who preach that they are the party of family values. Her family needs her a lot more than the country does. It really makes me question how good of a mother she is to put her family and her pregnant daughter on the front stage and in the middle of the media storm. Shame on John McCain and the Christian right wing for applauding her. I as a woman think she is a pawn and has a huge ego. When this is all over all that will remain with be a bunch of tabloid covers of her pregnant teenage daughter. I am now convinced that I will vote Democratic and McCain's ploy to put up a token woman to attract the Hillary vote backfired. And guess what I was not even going to vote for Hillary anyway and I was even considering voting for McCain. Women can make informed choices and are smart enough to realize that this woman does not believe in any of the issues Hillary supported. I think John McCain does not respect the women voters and does not realize that the first thing we women look at is a person's character and how good of a mother or family situation they have and then next what issues the candidate represents. Sarah Palin fails in the character role in that her newborn child and forthcoming grandchild need her. Her next failure is that she would out her unwed teenage daughter for the sake of her own career. Her last failing is that most of the mainstream population do not agree with her extreme views such as no sex education only abstinence (it did not work in her home). We do not just vote for a candidate because she is our same sex we do have a brain John McCain.

For someone who is running on a family values platform, she has the gall to tell everyone else what they should do with their kids and their bodies while she admits that not all families are perfect and excuses her own parenting skills.

The stories about her daughter, though unseemly, are definitely relevant -- especially when she seems okay parading the unmarried couple all over the RNC for political purposes. It's also relevant when your platform is pro-family. The self-righteousness of Republicans, to me, smacks of elitism.

Hey Sally,

You and your little petty backbiting commentary are getting more laughable by the day.

Did you see the Palin speech? Coming out there after you creeps in the mainstream media have been piling on for days trying to break her spirit? Coming out there and casually swatting you despicable left-wing hypocrites aside like a nuisance fly, and commencing to give an excellent, perfectly delivered, rousing speech -- and making it look easy. She stood there with perfect aplomb and showed shrewdness, presence, and command. She was confidence-inspiring.

How's it feel, Sally, to be one of the pretentiously sanctimonious hypocrites -- how's it feel to be a sham? How's it feel to be doing the dirty work for your sexist smarmy old-boy liberal Democrat overlords?

Pretty low, I would think.

You know what I haven't seen covered in the press? How hands-on of a dad is Mr. Palin? Sure, he's a busy guy, but if he is there to fill in the gaps left by Ms. Palin's career, what's wrong with that?

Of course, there are a lot of things wrong with Ms. Palin as a vice president, and I don't think I'd vote her ticket. BUT, singling her out for being a working mom . . . how hypocritical can you get? Let the evangelists wrestle with their consciences as they will. Do YOU dislike her because she's a working mom? Or do you dislike her candidacy for other reasons?

The voters are smart enough to see through ridiculous arguments like this . . . aren't they? Aren't they?

Jean Oneill writes: "Watching the Republican Convention tonight, with flashes between those beautiful young children and that nasty, pushy woman was too much. No mothering instincts whatsoever."

I have to respectfully disagree with your comment. I think she has outstanding mothering instincts. She is a role model to all women, young and old and in between. She showed restraint while the media and critics questioned her family's moral values, and her parenting skills.

In her speech, she refuted each attack with poise and dignity.

As a mother of two daughters and a son, I want my daughters to be self-assured and assertive. I want my son to take take an active role in nurturing and raising his children.

I applaud Sarah and Todd Palin.

When will we stop perceiving women who are confident and decisive as being aggressive and "nasty"?

Is the rumor true that she will quit?

Palin was excellent. She spoke to the base with her attacks on the Dems. She was feisty, almost cocky, but effective. Pitbull with lipstick. Thats a good thing and a bad thing. Good- The audience got their RED MEAT. Bad- its game on now from the Dems prospective and no one can scream sexism or try to come to her aid,etc. She stepped to the big boys, so now she has got to be able to take the punches without anyone else coming to rescue a damsel in distress.

Sounds like a bad case of sour grapes!

I am glad I can read for myself what all the noise was about. I kept hearing Sally Quinn said this and Sally said that and how awful...etc etc

It seems to me, unfortunately, that all the Republicans have to run against is the liberal media. They have no issues to bring up otherwise, having given away the experience card.

I like Ms Palin and with some additional experience she would be a very very formidable political force. Provided she held open meetings, she would make a good energy czar.

But back to Sally..this article raises good, tough points which people should consider seriously, especially Republican women if they can get past the "media elite" garbage and take in a view that actually might be what they truly believe in but just need to read it.

I just watched Sarah Palin's speech and am shocked at how impressive she is compared to the misogynistic stereotypes peddled by Sally Quinn. As a female with an advanced degree, an executive position, and two children, I do not agree with Sally Quinn that I should be compelled to give up my job to a man so I can waddle off and cook and clean. Shame on Sally. It appears her child was the one with a special needs mother and not vice versa.

Sally:

Keep attacking Sarah Palin! She'll chew you up and spit you out. That lady stole the show when she got an opportunity. If my memory doesn't fail me, I think you failed miserably under similar, but much less stressful circumstances. Says a lot about you. You're no Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin for PRESIDENT!

Sally:

Keep attacking Sarah Palin! She'll chew you up and spit you out. That lady stole the show when she got an opportunity. If my memory doesn't fail me, I think you failed miserably under similar, but mucy less stressful circumstances. Says a lot about you. You're no Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin for PRESIDENT!

Sally:

Keep attacking Sarah Palin! She'll chew you up and spit you out. That lady stole the show when she got an opportunity. If my memory doesn't fail me, I think you failed miserably under similar, but mucy less stressful circumstances. Says a lot about you. You're no Sarah Palin.

Sarah Palin for PRESIDENT!

After having had a chance to watch, listen, and
think about McCain's choice for V.P. I concur
with your comments to a "T." Sarah Palin is not
Hillary Clinton, and I believe McCain saw an
opportunistic moment to grab up and throw in a
virtual "unknown" to the political scene solely
on gender and relative youth. She does not appear to have the breadth and depth of experience that many of candidates who ran in the primaries. I am surprised at his choice and not pleased.

Watching the Republican Convention tonight, with flashes between those beautiful young children and that nasty, pushy woman was too much.

No mothering instincts whatsoever.

jean oneal

one question for you Mz. Sally Quin--HOW DO YOU LIKE SARAH NOW???????????

SHE IS MY HERO! she is more woman than you will ever be!

Admittedly, I am a Republican that was wavering on her vote and questioning my loyalty to my party. I was almost sucked in to believing the "brainwashing" techniques of a slick and smooth orator--Obama!

Shame on me! Sarah Palin just sealed the deal for me--I'm voting for McCain.

Just a little "FYI," I am a woman, I am a wife, I am a mother, I am a Christian, I am a Business Administrator for a church, I am a volunteer, I am also a voter!

Shame on you for your baseless, sexist attacks against a woman. This is not critical journalism or even informed opionion, but just plain mean spirited bias.

You point out that Sarah Palin has no foreign policy experience. Please note that she has as much foreign policy experience as Barak Obama does, but she is the Vice President candidate, not the Presedential candidate. I can only assume that John McCain will be setting the policy for awhile, giving Sarah a chance to come up to speed. Barak would have to delegate that responsibility to his VP.

It is a shame a woman would take such an outdated and unfair view. This is not part of the America I hope for for my neices.

Is this the Washington Post or the Huffington Post?

The truth comes out. Liberals celebrate the anniversary of the sufferage movement yet, when a conservative woman is given this honor and opportunity you downgrade it to insulting politics and call her "unqualified." The truth is, if Obama had nominated a Palinesque woman, she would be hoisted atop all the liberals shoulders, and they would have screamed we are the party of unity and we are finally breaking the glass cieling. The suggestion that McCain is being insensitive to the needs of Palins family and using her as a political tool is insulting on numerous levels to McCain and Palin. My last point is this. Had a conservative black man like Alan Keys won the Conservative nomination, no liberals would be talking about how great it was that a black man would be president. They would simply discredit him.

Ms. Quinn,
It's Okay. You don't have to worry about the Republicans. You have your hands full worrying about the mess the Dems and the liberal media (you included) are getting themselves into by exposing their own hatred, intolerance and hypocrisy.

Cause guess what!! Now moderates and independents (like me) clearly see that liberals don't care about women, don't care about ordinary people, don't care about babies, don't care about children.

I'm also sorry to have to tell you this, but Washington party circuit isn't going to be the same soon. There are going to be some real, normal people coming to town -- some from as far away as Alaska.

And I hope they slam the door in your face.

Sarah,
By explaining that Sarah Palin's husband Todd is an inadequate caregiver to provide for their children and by advocating that all mothers stay home rather than seek an education or work, you've also delivered a powerful argument against gay male couples raising children. After all, when a child is sick and there is no mother to attend, how will two grown gay males provide nurture to a child? All that's missing from your article is an explanation of when you demand that the Democrats pass a law mandating American women must wear burqas. Or are you waiting for a Constitutional Amendment outlawing the female gender?

You are a hateful person. I think you are a little
jealous of Sarah Palin. I can read it between the lines. I thought someone as acclaimed as you would
not have written such a column. I am disappointed.

Sally Quinn, Army brat and feminazi hypocrit.

The idea that Sarah Palin can't juggle the VP position with family life is ludicrous. Why should Obama be any more able to juggle his presidental position with fatherhood than Palin her position as Vice President? Aren't fathers just as important to a family network as mothers? If Palin has her support network in position (and I think she does) then there should be no problem.

I was a stay-at-home mom. That was 1968 through 1988. However, that was then and that was me. Times have changed! I have friends now who are working fulltime with the support of their husbands with no real problems. One of them is running a large foundation, has obligations which take her out of town frequently and yet she still has had time to raise a family. She has four children, none of which are love deprived . . . . they are all fantastic kids, and her relationship with them is very strong. She has a very hands-on husband and a very competent MANNY. Yes, if it weren't for the support of these two men her job would be very difficult.

I don't think it will be any different for Sarah Palin. She will have the support of her husband, family and friends. Plus, I'm sure that she could get extra paid help if needed.

Don't count anyone out just because they may be doing it differently than you!

Is Sally Quinn jealous or what?

Ann Dewey

Sally,
I totally agree with this article and the views you have stated.
I am a mother of 2 college age sons that are very independent now but I know the time I invested in getting them to this point in their life.I also work.

I also believe no one is talking about the true facts about teenage motherhood. We should not be celebrating this.The boyfriends don't hang around for long and the babies are supported by the grandparents or the child has to go on welfare. We have a segment of the population in this country that thinks this is okay. Mrs. Palin stated she was happy on her daughter's future marriage to this 17 yr. old. I question Mrs. Palins judgment and her values ,if she is happy about her 17 yr. old getting married. We do not need to send this message to young people.
We have a huge underclass in this society that does not value education and this attitude validates their lifestyle.That lifestyle also keeps people in a cycle of poverty.
Motherhood is about more than just giving birth.
She made the decision to have 5 children and she needs to make the right choice now. What mother or father allows their 17 yr. old daughter to be in this media firestorm? This is so hard on a teenager even when you don't have the world chasing you around. I am questioning the party I have been supportive of for 25 years.

'CHANGE IS GOOD! (but only if it serves our own agenda)

Kudos to Sally Quinn!

It's reassuring to know that, in times of uncertainty, we can always count on the Democrats' consistent message, which is:

"We are here for the average person--we will help the hard working Middle Class, we will speak out for equal rights and equal pay for women, we will support single moms, and minorities, and we will fight for the right for a woman to CHOOSE, but only if you CHOOSE what we believe!"

Sally Quinn will spare no cost when it comes to winning--even to attack a woman and mother(Sarah Palin) who has spent her entire life teaching her daughter, by example, that a woman can:

CHOOSE TO BE SINGLE OR CHOOSE TO BE MARRIED
CHOOSE TO HAVE A FAMILY
CHOOSE TO HAVE A CAREER
CHOOSE TO HAVE A CAREER AND A FAMILY
CHOOSE TO HAVE SEX OR CHOOSE TO ABSTAIN
CHOOSE TO BE ACCOUNTABLE FOR OUR ACTIONS
CHOOSE TO LOVE YOURSELF
CHOOSE TO FORGIVE YOURSELF

Way to go Sally!

You truly do not have a clue and are a classic case of how intelligence is not synonymous with wisdom or just plain common sense. As G. K. Chesterton said, and in his honor I'll paraphrase him rather than look up an exact quote here, "children are mankind's way or saying the world should go on." I'd take the average mother of five to run this country any day over 98% of the politicians in DC. And the job would be a step down for the mother, not a step up - I doubt you folks inside the beltway with your messed up measuring sticks get this.

The position you've presented here offends me. As a 40-something mother of 3 - all special needs, all girls, and small business owner with my husband, I would never seek to impose my opinions of what other women should or should not do onto them.

. We are blessed in this country to have the ability to make a choice about how we live our lives - we are not chattle, as women are still considered in other parts of the world.

. We are blessed with the intelligence to make choices that do not always follow the beaten path, to discover wonderous opportunity - that spirit is what drives American women to move ahead and embrace leadership roles.

While you made a choice you felt was "disastrous" and was simply because you are a woman, other women make choices every day that help open doors for the women that follow them. Are we, regardless of the reason, to remain in the seats of secretary, teacher or nurse while men assume C-level positions? I think eBay's CEO Meg Whitman might have something to say about that.

We all make decisions in life based on our experiences and personal situation. When I married and then had children, I set out to change the traditional role of husband and father. I wanted my husband to be involved, to feel the same pride and joy I experienced - and he has and does.

To suggest in any way that Sarah Palin would win for "all the wrong reasons" is to reveal a serious flaw in your objectivity. There are women out here who believe every woman should be given the chance at anything if they want it - should we not be supportive of other women's choices? After all, unless we have walked in her shoes or anyone else's, we are in no position to know what anyone wants or can achieve.

I want as many strong, talented female role models for my girls as possible; I would never want them to think others in the public have control over their decisions. They will most likely experience the glass ceiling when they grow, years in the future, if nothing changes.

As Senator Fred Thompson pointed out during his address at the Republican National Convention, change is more than empty words.

Changing the role of women in society starts with us - and every woman counts. Perhaps you could reconsider your position after you have provided her with a chance to share more about who she is and what she wants to do, as Bill O'Reilly suggested.

I am a 62 year old woman who feels like I went to sleep one night and woke up 45 years earlier when women were nurses and teachers (I happen to be a teacher). I have since raised 2 daughters, both of whom are successful businesswomen. One of my daughter's best friends is a highly paid executive with a technology firm ($1 million a year) whose husband stays home and takes care of their 2 children. This is a common situation and should be a common situation--it depends entirely on the marriage choices of the couple. I am furious that we seem to be losing all that we fought to gain. You have certainly motivated me to get out and campaign for Palin--and it looks like I am also once again fighting for equal rights for women (thought I had been there and done that)!

I am a 62 year old woman who feels like I went to sleep one night and woke up 45 years earlier when women were nurses and teachers (I happen to be a teacher). I have since raised 2 daughters, both of whom are successful businesswomen. One of my daughter's best friends is a highly paid executive with a technology firm ($1 million a year) whose husband stays home and takes care of their 2 children. This is a common situation and should be a common situation--it depends entirely on the marriage choices of the couple. I am furious that we seem to be losing all that we fought to gain. You have certainly motivated me to get out and campaign for Palin--and it looks like I am also once again fighting for equal rights for women (thought I had been there and done that)!

Sally, you really shouldn't be writing about Sarah Palin in the semi-critical way you have. You are not qualified! Look at your own past life and your dalliances, etc, etc. Of course, you are taking the wrong stance here with Gov. Palin. She knows what she is doing. You, clearly, don't.

The position you've presented here offends me. As a 40-something mother of 3 - all special needs, all girls, and small business owner with my husband, I would never seek to impose my opinions of what other women should or should not do onto them.

. We are blessed in this country to have the ability to make a choice about how we live our lives - we are not chattle, as women are still considered in other parts of the world.

. We are blessed with the intelligence to make choices that do not always follow the beaten path, to discover wonderous opportunity - that spirit is what drives American women to move ahead and embrace leadership roles.

While you made a choice you felt was "disastrous" and was simply because you are a woman, other women make choices every day that help open doors for the women that follow them. Are we, regardless of the reason, to remain in the seats of secretary, teacher or nurse while men assume C-level positions? I think eBay's CEO Meg Whitman might have something to say about that.

We all make decisions in life based on our experiences and personal situation. When I married and then had children, I set out to change the traditional role of husband and father. I wanted my husband to be involved, to feel the same pride and joy I experienced - and he has and does.

To suggest in any way that Mrs. Palin would win for "all the wrong reasons" is to reveal a serious flaw in your objectivity. There are women out here who believe every woman should be given the chance at anything if they want it - should we not be supportive of other women's choices? After all, unless we have walked in her shoes or anyone else's, we are in no position to know what anyone wants or can achieve.

I want as many strong, talented female role models for my girls as possible; I would never want them to think others in the public have control over their decisions. They will most likely experience the glass ceiling when they grow, years in the future, if nothing changes.

As Senator Fred Thompson pointed out during his address at the Republican National Convention, change is more than empty words.

Changing the role of women in society starts with us - and every woman counts. Perhaps you could reconsider your position after you have provided her with a chance to share more about who she is and what she wants to do, as Bill O'Reilly suggested.

Ms. Quinn, I just saw your attempt to defend this column on the O'Reilly Factor. In a word... instructive. Governor Sarah Palin reached your "tipping point" when she accepted McCain's V.P slot while breast feeding a newborn with downes syndrome and will raise a sixth child when her teenager daughter gives birth. Thank you Ms. Quinn, for proving you are emotionally spent, morally bankrupt and intellectually vapid. There's no reason O'Relly should invite you back. You clearly have nothing to offer America. Ms Quinn, examine your own heart and re-examine your own children. 26 years of your parenting skills has likely robbed them of all humanity. Pathetic.

Wow - Ms Quinn

you really are sitting on the right hand of God.

Honestly, I am so very insulted by your views about Gov. Palin. I am a Republican woman, a professional engineer for 25 years and now a small business owner. I am also first and foremost a mother of two sons - a soldier's mom and a former soccer and hockey mom. I was a single mother for ten years and was the primary bread winner for my two children because I had an exhusband who had the Seattle gay rights people on his side and got away with not paying child support ever even though he had a six figure salary. I know a thing or two about being a Christian women facing tough choices for my children - I am also a woman of faith and was an active member of a care ministry for single parents in my church during those years I was alone raising my children.

Many people from the small mill town in southern VA judged me, as you are now judging Ms. Palin, for my choices. I want you to know how damaging I think your article was on Gov Palin and though it won you a spot on O'Reilly's show, which you seemed to be quite pleased with yourself over, YOU were the one who insults all intelligent, articulate and professional women of faith with your politically correct rhetoric.

I listened to much of the political activity this year from the Dems to the Republicans and found that the ultimate winners are both pathetic - Barack Obama, a virtual unknown and only selected by his party because he is BLACK - I watched in horror as the super delegates took the election away from the rightful winner - Hillary Clinton - all because she has remained true to her faith and commitments - staying married to Bill - my gosh, why have you not honored her in your columns to state that had she dumped him, she would be the party's candidate? but instead she stands by her principles and remains married to him - a cheater and liar and certainly unworthy of her - and you say nothing - and she is one of your own! but Hillary, while an articulate, educated, intelligent and experienced woman could not be my choice because she stands for big government and I don't BUT I was willing to concede that just because she was better for the job than our other choices were going to be...

then, we have John McCain, certainly not my first choice but he did a rather amazing thing last week when he added Sarah Palin to his ticket. He showed me he is a maverick and he stands for change. While Chris Matthews gets chills down his spine for Obama, tears of joy ran down my cheeks as I listened in the car to Gov Palin's speech on the radio.

She was speaking for me - a working mom - a HARD working mom, who has gone after corruption, who wants change in WA (as all of us outside the beltway do), AND she is a SOLDIER'S MOTHER...she knows how I feel and how so many of us feel about our sons and daughters being overseas fighting a war...she was and is very real to me.

and then today, I hear all this crap coming from the media about her daughter, her inexperience...and then I read your column...

No you'd rather attack Gov. Palin, a mother, a SOLDIER'S MOTHER, as I also am, - a woman who has had to make difficult choices

a strong woman

a smart woman

a qualified woman

she is far more qualified than Barack who has only been in public office at a national level a short time and has never run anything but his campaign

oh and yes was ONLY nominated because he is BLACK...

I am not a racist...it is as obvious to ME as it seems the reasons McCain chose Gov Palin is to you - she is a WOMAN

Thank God.

PS the reason you failed at the network is pretty easy - you weren't tough enough - no mettle - I recognized in your words a pattern that many women who have not succeeded in life have used on those of us that have - you put them down by saying they are attractive, or dress nice - because the truth is they are simply smarter and better at what they do...than you could ever be.

Ms. Quinn, the first paragraph of your article was a little confusing to me. Why wouldn't McCain make a VP pick that would help him become president? But than again you're in DC and I'm not.

Than your article becomes hateful and what's sad about that is you're not even aware of it.

The more comments likes yours are made by the left, the more you make women like my wife mad. And my wife is not mad at you but at Obama.

Keep up the good work, you should be on the Mcain's campaign payroll.

Just a little jealous Sally? Grow up!

I guess according to Sally Quinn its OK for women Like Sarah Palin to have a job, it just can't be a good job!!

I guess according to Sally Quinn its OK for women Like Sarah Palin to have a job, it just can't be a good job!!

Dear undecided Republican voter, your not , never were. Elizabeth said it best, you dems are really scared.

I would like to comment on "SINGLEMOM'S" post. I could have written it, so Ma'am you are not alone. What everyone on here fails to see is this cretin who calls herself a journalist is an officer's kid. Her mother was probably in the PTA and Officer's Wives Club. Unless you have been subjected to these women and their pathetic husbands for 28 years you could never understand this mentality. Nor would you want to. Just feel sorry for all of us terrible mothers serving our country and our families, just without the whole demeaning anyone who gets in our way. This woman is a pathetic joke and I hope the TV keeps her off the screen. I need to go vomit.

Palin's daughter is pregnant and Quinn is upset and mean. Biden's daughter is arrested in Chicago on AUG 03,08, and Quinn says nothing. LA Times, page A-14, 04 AUG 08, what a bias.

Ms.Quinn, I understand college educated women are concerned about our soldiers, concerned about the earth, concerned about the enemies of our country, now you are concerned about a woman you don't even know. Why are you concerned about Sarah Palins children, and you are probably one who support the murder of unborn babies? You people need to stop harrassing people and get your own lives together with your own consciences. This woman Sarah is more of a woman than you or your cohorts, just for the plain fact she believes in everyone's right to live even a child with down syndrome. Go back to your thoughts and your comments and maybe you will realize you don't have a clue as to what value every every human life has. If you support the safety of all humans then Where are you with the unborn Children? Your comments mean nothing to a person who knows God and Creation. You, until you change your own life will never understand why Sarah is an important part of this world, your kind are willing to stand by and watch a beautiful world go down the toilet without any morals. I will pray for you and your cohorts that one day you will care about every life not just the ones you choose to care about. McCain made his decision I guess just to keep you animals off of a decent human being.
Clean up your own life, take care of your own, and let Sarah worry about her family. If you are so concerned about our country then why are you voting for a man whose background is so dirty and can't tell enough lies to cover it up.
God Bless you and yours
God Bless's America not you!
God Forgives all of with his grace, maybe he will forgive you for standing behind the murder of babies.

Sally you are just - simply negative!

Palin is refreshing...so what of she doesnt follow your recipe exactly as to what a woman should be like?

you need to put the claws away.. let her be
and support the fact that she was even nominated!

The glass celing will never be broken with dissention in the ranks that smacks of jealousy
Where is the freedom to be... and accomplish whatever we can dream? Why should this be limited to only Obama- whos salay I am paying for years now as my senator-- all he has done is campaign on my tab....

Shame on you. Let Sarah Palin speak first, give her a chance. I am a working Mother and Grandmother and I do not feel I neglected my children in anyway. What a breathe of fresh air to have someone not caught up in the Washington quagmire.

As a proud American, I am going to wait and see, listen and review what the candidates say and then I will make my decision.

A woman can't do half the job a man can. Let alone a woman with a retard son. The question you have to ask yourself is if I am talking about Sally Quinn or Sarah Palin. Not that there is any difference.

Obama 08

I am certainly disappointed in your article about Sarah Palin. I think it speaks volumnes that she and her "first" husband are still together having a family after all these years!!! My goodness, how very refreshing in this day and age. I was thrilled at the selection of this Gov. from Alaska with the terrific record she has and the many accomplishments she has made. An 80% approval rating....would not any public servant desire that? Shame on you, and others, for bringing up the daughter's pregnancy. This is a parent's nightmare, but not a parent's responsibility. This young couple will have a long road in front of them and you have made it public and more difficult. Shame on you!!!! This really has nothing to do with her being a candidate for the Vice President. I am so amazed that you can hold your head up and smile as you just did on Fox. Terrible journalism, sad really.
A former Democrat, Carmen Behrens

Thanks for the article, Ms Quinn. You certainly hit the nail on the head and summarized everything I have felt about this poor VP pick.

And thanks to McCain's dementia in naming Palin to the vice-presidency, I regret I must vote Democrat this time.

God Help us all.

All I can say is that I wish feminists had so much concern about a mother's involvement in the life of a child who is considering abortion. It seems that the fight on the part of feminists has been to REMOVE a mother's influence. Why else would states have to deal with bills on a parent's right to be notified? But all of a sudden you are concerned that Sarah Palin can't be a proper mother to her 17-year-old daughter. Again, would you care if she had any input on an abortion consideration, especially if she wanted to talk the daughter out of it? Besides, once the daughter is married, Sarah Palin will have put her daughter's hand into the hand of her new husband and her mothering, for all intents and purposes, will be over. She'll be a grandmother, and being a grandmother hasn't stopped Nancy Pelosi being Speaker of the House (and she is in the line of succession, isn't she?). But I must admit this concern for mothers being fully available for mothering is very encouraging. I just wonder what you think of Hillary Clinton's busyness as a mother when Chelsea was at home. After all, she was the co-president, and from what I can tell, was preoccupied with matters of state and policy, more so than with matters of the home.

Also, the oldest son is going into the Army, so in a short time Sarah Palin will have only three children at home. Is this an acceptable number? How many women in government or the media have three children and have their attention diverted elsewhere? I thought women were supposed to be able to do it all, REGARDLESS OF THE JOB. I guess we know now that women with children should be excluded from certain positions. But didn't Queen Victoria have a whole slew of kids when she presided over the British Empire? She managed somehow, and, as far as I can tell, history hasn't slammed her for her kids or for her job performance being affected by them.

So give Sarah Palin a chance to prove herself before you write her off.

Carole Parma

Thanks for the article, Ms Quinn. You certainly hit the nail on the head and summarized everything I have felt about this poor VP pick.

And thanks to McCain's dementia in naming Palin to the vice-presidency, I regret I must vote Democrat this time.

God Help us all.

Thanks for the article, Ms Quinn. You certainly hit the nail on the head and summarized everything I have felt about this poor VP pick.

And thanks to McCain's dementia in naming Palin to the vice-presidency, I regret I must vote Democrat this time.

God Help us all.

Thanks for the article, Ms Quinn. You certainly hit the nail on the head and summarized everything I have felt about this poor VP pick.

And thanks to McCain's dementia in naming Palin to the vice-presidency, I regret I must vote Democrat this time.

God Help us all.

It is amazing that the rules when entering a comment ask that one does not violate another rights ssuch as religion, race and gender!! Well , how is it that Sally Quinn is violating Sarah Palin gender rights? As a Catholic, educated at Georgetown, Sally Quinn has failed the women of this country. Women are equal Sally!!

WOW, You guys really are scared! This is going to be fun!!

Shame on you Sally. I am an independant voter and have never read your work before. Your article and your appearance with Bill O'Riley show you to be very self serving and unfair for not giving Palin a chance to prove herself to the general public. YOU try to discredit her for being a MOTHER Shame on YOU Shame on YOU

Pretty sad article. Also, you need to update your photo

Let me try to understand your position. Sarah Palin is a woman and a mother, therefore she is incapable of performing the duties of vice president.

Are you saying that the glass ceiling should only apply to Republican women?

I read the other comments looking for support for this column...I quit after the first 100 or so negative comments.

Best of luck with your new career.

I find your opinions of Sarah Palin to be un-Christianly and I am shocked at your bigoted, narrow minded take on what women are or should be allowed to handle based on your personal interpretation of the Gospel. Women, by the grace of God, are strong and talented in ways men are not. And by that grace we manage homes, children, grandchildren, aging parents,and work — even if that is the Vice-President of the USA. The balancing includes all the good and bad that happens. You obviously base your references of skills and talents on your own experiences — which must be lacking. I suggest you pray a little more and be careful about judging — lest you be judged. Oh, too late!

Sally I will pray for your salvation from the left wing radicals in America who have sold you a bill of goods. Seems like Satin has done a fine job in raising you my dear.
Palin is more qualified than your OBAMY is! He gave a speach. And? A cocain user. And? Lets see that is it. No he is a clean guy per Senator Joe.
You have no values Sally your are just a wac job leftest!

It's amazing that someone like you knows everything about another person like "Sarah Palin." It's people like you that imply you know everything about a subject. i.e. On Bill O'Reiily show you said you knew she was not completely vetted. How would you know? It's people like you that spread rumours where you expound on a subject, without having all the facts. It's really a shame that you conduct yourself this way.

Smarten up woman and do your research prior to publishing untrue facts to the world.

Sally,
You narrow minded Liberal wacko. I just saw you on O'Reilly touting the mothers role in a family.
Yet most liberals like yourself promote gay
and lesbian parenting. I don't have anything
against them, but PLEASE make up your mind. You
liberals are just running scared because the
Republicans put forth a qualified capable candidate for Vice President and your dream team
doesn't look so bright anymore. By the way as my mother used to say "I hope your face doesn't freeze that way" lose the pout!! It amazes me that women can't stick together, we have to lower ourselves to jealousy and back biting.

sally quinn; you are another jealous female who is angry about sarah palin because you assume to know why she was chosen according to your own sick & twisted subjective viewpoint; who do you think you are? Do NOT attempt to speak for any other "American" woman with your pathetic opinion; you are meaningless in the grand scheme of things: you are the FOOL. Get off your high horse. Have lunch with Keith Olberman and then drop off the planet, broadzilla.

Shame on you Quinn. Because you failed you want her to fail. How can you have it both ways? I am woman hear me roar but when I do look out I am a bad person. Since when did a liberal journalist on the WP worry about family values. McCain scored a home run.

Go home Quinn you are a loser.

You should be ashamed to print this crap! I was on the fence and NOW I can proudly say my vote and many others , friends , collegues are voting for Palin/McCain!! She is a Smart,Confident, Beautiful, Mother, Wife..And she will be a Great Role Model to young women in the United States! I do not know why the press is coming at her, the reason , she is a threat, she is not judgemental!!She will stand up to anyone , she has proven that, and will continue to!! Go Sarah!! Knock em dead, you got my support!!

Sally,

Could you write a stupid article like this once once a day please? The more you write, the madder normal women will become and the more of us will defect the democratic party!
I am a democrat and I am voting for John McCain.
GO SARAH!

This article is horrible. How dare Ms. Quinn judge another after her track record.

Shame on you.

Sally Quinn is a bonafide idiot!

You should be thrown over the prison wall with no lubricant.

Sally has no clue, She is just jealous that Sarah can run a family and country at the same time.

Sally Quinn will burn in hell for eternity for her attack on Gov palin

You jealous old blonde skank. Souunds like your lealous of an attactive successful woman

idiot!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Sally,
You are amazing! How can you speak for women. Given your logic Obama's own Mother should have aborted him. She after all was unmarried and 17 when she was pregnant with the democratic nominee. Think next time and don't speak for working women or any women who has multiple children, career and can actually manage to have a life outside of the home.

Sally, you speak from both sides of your mouth.

Governor Palin is the ONLY candidate with CEO experience; how does that qualify for "no experience?"

If Gov. Palin's first name was "George" or "Henry" or "Patrick" NO ONE would question the dedication of "his" parenting or would be troubled or wondering about "his" being able to handle the high pressure job of vice-president while "he" had a four-month-old special needs baby or a pregnant seventeen-year- old at home.

So my question is - why are so many in the media arguing against her position? Is it because she's a woman and the media thinks a woman's place is in the home? Or is it because she's a CONSERVATIVE woman who has a chance of becoming the next vice-president and the media doesn't want a conservative White House?

Since when is "Washington Insider" something good for a resume?

The two words in your title say it all--"Pregnancy PROBLEM," and Governor Palin is not even the one who is pregnant.

What I find most offensive about this missive is the transparent jealousy thinly disguised as "concern." Governor Sarah Palin is essentially debunking 30 years of feminist myth: that children are an inconvenience, and unless you discard them, you can never achieve your goals. She has pursued dreams and achieved them, and is poised to do so much more! Yet she still embraces a full life with a husband, plenty of children, and everyone in the mix, including the great state of Alaska thrives. To quote an old feminist ad line: "We've come a long way, baby!"

A pregnant teenage daughter is no proof of neglect, and having come from a large family, the older ones DO take care of the younger ones, and most times gladly--that's the benefit of having more than two or three kids--but that would be something women and men who don't live the Beltway life would understand.

Get your head out of your elitist backside, Sally--feminism and especially evangelicals are no longer defined by you people--Sarah Palin is giving it a new definition, thank God!

Here's the difference Sally. You failed because you had NO experience. Sarah Palin has run a state for the last two years. Obama has run nothing. Also, would you carp on a man who had a similar family situation? Or is a Republican female too threatening to you? I really doubt that you have any true concern for her family--just for promoting your agenda.

What are you on the far left so afraid of? If she is such a bad pick, why not let the Republican ticket go down in flames. It seems jealousy of a highly successful and attractive woman has gotten the better of you. Nevertheless, keep it up, you are just driving more independent women to her.

Using Sally's Logic, Joe Biden needs to stay home to help with the grandchildren. He could teach them plagiarism. And, if he stayed home the taxpayers could save the $350 he spends each day on Amtrak showing us that he is just a common man.

Using Sally's Logic, Joe Biden needs to stay home to help with the grandchildren. He could teach them plagiarism. And, if he stayed home the taxpayers could save the $350 he spends each day on Amtrak showing us that he is just a common man.

Using Sally's Logic, Joe Biden needs to stay home to help with the grandchildren. He could teach them plagiarism. And, if he stayed home the taxpayers could save the $350 he spends each day on Amtrak showing us that he is just a common man.

Using Sally's Logic, Joe Biden needs to stay home to help with the grandchildren. He could teach them plagiarism. And, if he stayed home the taxpayers could save the $350 he spends each day on Amtrak showing us that he is just a common man.

My, my, my. Your full rules certainly do protect the probable sensitivities of your writers. Never mind that Ms. Quinn has no problem using this space to personally attack the Governor of Alaska. I find myself wondering how in the world you and your agents think for a second that you decide for us and our potential leaders how many children one should or should not have. Was there a problem for you with Joe and Rose Kennedy? Robert Kennedy and Ethel? Oh, I think not. Do you have any clue how many people out here in the real world are consistently offended by such pontifications? How dare you, Ms. Quinn, spend any time at all with your pen, when you should be spending 100 per cent of your time tending your own challenged child? That's your stated standard for Sarah Palin. What, you're special and exempt from your own position?

One wonders who you people think you are. Worse, I wonder who you think WE are. I could not care less whether you print this. That's not my purpose here. I do indeed want you to know that you and your attitudes make my anger incendiary. Out here where we live real lives, we have just about had enough of you. This enormously talented woman is, sooner or later, going to clean your clocks. And you won't see it coming. That is how good she is, and how poor you are.

DO YOU REALIZE HOW ABSOLUTELY STUPID YOU SOUND WHEN TALKING ABOUT SARAH PALIN? DID YOU EVER FINISH GRADE SCHOOL?

I am so sick and tired of left wing loud mouths like Sally Quinn who think that because they've been hanging around inside the beltway their whole lives, they know better. GOVERNOR Palin has more experience that O'Bama..PERIOD! She's the Governor of a state with a $50 Billion dollar budget. That's not up for debate..it's a fact that anyone can look up. Ms. Quinn has no problem with a Presidential candidate who has no experience, and a former President whose foreign policy included doing nothing about several terrorist attacks against our Military..ie: USS Cole...BILL CLINTON DID NOTHING! And now leftist Sally Quinn is offended because John McCain, who she would never vote for in the first place picks a Woman who doesn't fit the mold. Give me a break. This whole column makes Ms. Quinn and those like her look like the hypocrites that they are.

This posting, as well as your recent interview with Soledad O’Brien, touting Sara Palin’s inability to balance the role of Vice Presidency with the demands of family is just plain short sited. You are in no position to speak for her and certainly do not speak for me or the many Evangelical women I know who work. We are not all subservient and incapable as you tried so diligently tried to paint with one brush. It is getting increasingly frustrating - all the labels, judgments and sweeping generalizations, not based in fact, that are being used to create so many false realities. It's just irresponsible journalism.

How sad your column is. You must be being paid a bunch to lynch a person in print, when you don't know her, her family or the circumstances of her being where she is now. If her daughter is pregnant, it is none of your damn business!
If your daughter is pregnant, it is none of my business! Leave it alone. This is yelliow journalism. If this is all you can write about, then pack up your computer and go home to YOUR family!

Well done Sally, you are a good little liberal lapdog,
have a treat.

It sounds to me like you are either JEALOUS or afraid.!!!!!!

Sally has lost one reader here. I am in shock over what you have said about Sarah P. You are so out of line here that I don't even know what to say. You have made me re-think this whole republican ticket. How many other women have you insulted with your article? You have pushed me over the side. I won't be reading you ever again.

Sally,

I know you're real smart and refined, but here's my take on this. Women have been dumping their children and infants into daycare centers for years. I know that some absolutely have to, but I believe that with a bit of doing without (like a second Volvo in the driveway) and using Grandma it CAN be done--I did it and worked professionally.

But all of a sudden along comes Palin and these women are concerned for her children???--that is a joke.

I am a drug counselor and I see the results of this dumping of unbonded children into daycare; they're invariably on Ritalin or the like and diagnosed as bipolar etc etc. Then comes addiction.
If they had been raised by parents who made sacrifices of time, I believe this wouldn't be happening as much. Now I try to help them(parent them and give them hope). I am very busy needless to say.

This appears to be a double standard. Sincerely, Marla

I am furious with you sally! How DARE you disqualify a woman for a position of that importance and imply that she cannot be both a successful mother and a Vice President! How did you feel when a man suggested that you might be better off at home than in the work force? Or that your son Josiah Quinn Crowninshield Bradlee needed you at home so you should not work OR that maybe your son Josiah should have been aborted because of his Velo-cardio-facial syndrome? I am through with the democratic party FOREVER!

As the single mother of four children I have had to support myself. I chose a career in a male dominated field and for over 25 years have experienced all forms of discrimination and harassment for choosing to work in this field. I am still working in the same career and still facing daily discriminations, regardless of how old my children are.

You, Sally Quinn, join that group of men I have been facing every day. You, Sally Quinn, are one of those I battle to overcome every day. You, Sally Quinn, carry your own grudges and attempt to throw onto others of your own gender. You, Sally Quinn, are another reason why women will not get ahead in this world. You, Sally Quinn, are an embarrassment.

I only came to this website because I heard about this article on the radio. I am disgusted. Do your research, Sally. Palin has been on the radar for quite some time now. Not that you would know it or recognize it because you are too busy denigrating a woman for being successful. You would never have written this column using this tone or judgment were the VP choice a man in the same position.

I was neither drinking the Obamanation kool-aid nor was I on the McCain train. I know my choice now. You have helped me make my mind up when I have been struggling. A woman who can achieve the governors position maintaining an 80-90% approval rating with many accomplishments ...who also has to battle discrimination on a daily basis. That is one strong woman.

You wrote that you were angry with McCain's pick because it seemed calculated. News Flash - ALL VP picks are calculated. Do you think Obama chose Biden because he was truly the best candidate or because he might be able to appeal to Evangelical voters that are alledgedly 'in play' this election (despite all evidence to the contrary).

I have been on the fence this election, but the attack reporting from the left is slowly putting me into the McCain camp. The insinuations that a woman with children can't effectively have a career, that a candidate's stance on abortion is an open license to slander her teenage daughter, and that conservative values = submissive slave are not only offensive, they set the feminist movement back 50 years.

Sally, you liberal shill. So, according to you, McCain should have said, "I really want to ask Sarah Palin, a wonderfully qualified woman to run on the ticket with me, but she needs to stay home with her kids so I passed her over." Yeah. That would have gone over real well with the chattering class. Go buy a clue . . .

I'm a woman and I do not think a women can be expected to be able to raise a family and work a job that critical.

Obama 08

i think sally quinn is jealous of Sarah Palin because of her qualities the average person can relate.
Our troops leave their families and serve and those families sacrifice for their country. Maybe Sarah Palin's family believes that they are willing to sacrifice for her and service to her country.

If you had a child with special needs did you give up your day job. No. Pelosi did not give up her job or her career goals.

Who is quinn to judge how Sarah Palin should lead her life with her family. What qualifications give her that right. None. But quinn and pelosi feel that because of their god like insight should make all decision for all people and their judgement should rule. That is why pelosi and the democratic congress has a 9% vote of confidence white Sarah Palin has an 80% vote of confidence from her state.

Sally,
You call the chioce of Sarah Palin "cynical and calculating". Talk about the pot calling the kettle black! This is one of the most cynical hit-pieces I've read in quite a while. Gov. Palin has no foreign policy experience? What about Senator Obama? (by the way - no, his kindergarten class in Indonesia doesn't count.) You ask how McCain can call Obama inexperienced - McCain can, and should, level that charge _because it is valid_! You fret about what would happen (God forbid) if something happened to a President McCain. By the exact same logic, why don't you fret about what would happen if (God forbid) Senator Obama was actually sworn in?

To intimate that Gov. Palin is somehow neglecting her children is outrageous, hysterical caterwauling. It shows your "elite liberal" status -- it shows that you are seriously detached from the ebb and flow of life for most of us "normal folks".

Is Sarah Palin ready to be President? Well, she's one heck of a lot more qualified than Obama is. I'd rather have the Governor of the largest state in the Union running the federal government than some "community organizer" that thinks a retired bomber is a "cool dude".

Sally Quinn, as usual, got everything completely wrong; but what else do you expect from this liberal twit.

You're wrong.......
I have had the opportunity to live in the midst of Southern Baptist, and Methodist and plain ole Southern women for the past two years. This being from California (born, raised and having lived over 56 years there and Catholic, I might add)until retiring and moving to Chattanooga, TN. Having said this, you are so wrong if you think evagelical women are submissive. I have never seen such sharp eyed and potentially sharp tongued powerful women in my life. Please be aware, this does not deminish the men by any means. I'm simply letting you know you do not know of which to pontificate.

Ms Quinn,

Your comment, "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. Not only in terms of her job, but from a media standpoint as well" simply supports the archaic thinking of the "evil white man" who has done his best to keep women down.

For years "men" have questioned this very thing of women and for years we've listened to women activists assuring us this wasn't the case; that women are better and stronger mentally than men give them credit.

We've listened to activists "educating" us on how women have been and are being penalized for wanting a career and a family. Well, here we have Sarah Palin, who one would think would become the poster child for the cause, and yet you, Ms. Quinn, are the first to suggest that she - and presumably women in general - are not capable of handling "distractions".

Ms. Quinn, if Mrs. Palin can't handle the distractions, what makes us think that women federal judges can, women senators and women in congress can, women police chiefs can, women astronauts can, and so forth. Well Ms. Quinn, as a white male American, I chose side with competent women who have faced and continue to face personal adversity and continue on to succeed.

As you can see by the messages on this board, your comments are not well received and off the mark with most Americans - those the mainstream media doesn't think exist.

Wow - what a sexist piece of garbage you wrote. Disgusting partisanship on parade.

Ms Quinn, you are an ardent Obama supporter and that's fine. What's not okay is for you to use your position as a nationally recognized journalist to influence people at large with you idealogical based veiws, as you did so swimmingly on CBS this am. Your non-sensical remarks about Palin being past the "tipping point" of being effective in office even offended my liberal school teacher wife. Shame on you, get it right Sally. Find a real point, if there are any, to discredit Mrs. Palin, instead of marginalizing your own creditability. You made yourself the look like like someones lacky. Biased reporting
is a propaganda tool no matter which side of the aisle uses it.

This comment is regarding Sally Quinn's article titled: Palin's Pregnancy Problem

Why does Sally Quinn call herself a journalist? The media coverage of Gov. Palin has finally proven to the American public just how bias the media is. Sally Quinn, correct your title to reflect what you really are: an " activist-journalist."

Ms. Quinn, you have it precisely wrong. She was chosen because she helps Sen. McCain convince voters that he is the real change Washington is looking for. To condescendingly suggest that she was chosen "just because she's a woman" and a sop to the evangelical base (after all it was your paper that called them "poor, uneducated and easy to command")is more a reflection of your ignorance and arrogance than her bad hair.

Your column insults, and reflects the panic among the wine and brie set over a brilliant choice by Senator McCain of someone that real people who live in "flyover states" can relate to, and connect with. Fact is, you like Washington just the way it is, and she's just not acceptable to you and your effete ilk. Get over it.

Ms. Quinn, you have it precisely wrong. She was chosen because she helps Sen. McCain convince voters that he is the real change Washington is looking for. To condescendingly suggest that she was chosen "just because she's a woman" and a sop to the evangelical base (after all it was your paper that called them "poor, uneducated and easy to command")

Your column insults, and reflects the panic among the wine and brie set over a brilliant choice by Senator McCain of someone that real people who live in "flyover states" can relate to, and connect with. Fact is, you like Washington just the way it is, and she's just not acceptable to you and your effete ilk. Get over it.

Get real Sally! You are really reaching on this one. Are you not concerned for the male candidates and their ability to meet the needs of their children? Or is Obama a pay grade above meeting these needs? Are you saying that no women should hold down this job unless she has no children at home? What about female Physician's, Police Officers and Soldiers who have children? As for her experience, did you raise the same questions when Bill Clinton was running? Were you opposed to Jimmy Carter when he ran for office? No, you just oppose a female who is a conservative! By the way the image of a woman submitting to a husband who loves her the way Jesus loves the Church is to show who God is, not to make the man or the woman feel better or worse about themself.

Why have you been so quick to condemn Sarah Palin?Obama hasn't been home in 17 or more months to spend quality time with his family. Why is there no comment on his actions? Nancy Pelosi raised six children and remained a Congresswoman for the entire time. Why no criticism of Nancy? Bill Clinton chased women all over America. Why no critism? John Edwards caught in an affair. No critism. Why not? The answer is as plain as the nose on your face....... It is unthinkable to besmearch a Democrat comrade, no matter the severity of his or her offenses or shortcomings. But by golly, you take no prisoners when attempting to crucify Republicans. How did America get this way? The Democrat hate for Republicans is beyond my powers of comprehension.

Sally,
Unless you are an evangelical don't pretend you speak for them or know what they are thinking about how John McCain's choice of a running mate will sit. It doesn't matter how much hands on parenting a child gets. Once they reach an age of independence they will make their own choices. We, as parents can only hope we've created a sound foundation for our children to help them make what we as parents feel are the right choices. Some make mistakes like Bristol, but what is important here is what happens after the mistake. Did Bristol try to get rid of the "mistake" by having an abortion? No she took the high road and owned up to her mistake and took responsibility. And what did her family do. They supported her in her decision showing that no matter what they still love her. The foundation was laid to help Bristol make what I think an evangelical would consider the right choice after a mistake.

On the matter of Gov Palin's expierence - You said Barbara Bush thought they were ready for VP by all the expeience her husband had but they found out "nothing can prepare you for the criticism and scrutiny of being in the White House". If nothing can prepare you, what is your point about Gov Palin's experience. I am an Alaskan and have followed Gov Palin's actions since she routed out ethical problems in the Alaksa Oil and Gas committee she served on and the Alaska Attorney General's office. From what I have seen of her since taking the highes office in the state of Alaska, she is not beholden to anyone including her own political party when it comes to doing the right thing. She knew the oil tax legislation that had been approved by our state legislature prior to her taking office was rotten to the core with corruption and bribes. BTW 3 state legilatures are presenly sitting in prison and one is awaiting trial. She brought it back to the table against the wishes of her party and of course the oil companies. But because she had the people of Alaska behind her she got what was right and just for the people of Alaska even though it was unpopular with her party and the oil companies. When you are fighting multiple corporations that are raking in billions of dollars every quarter and win, I'd say that in and of itself is plenty of experience in running this country. After-all. She's not running for president, it's vice president. It's sad the majority of you media folks already have John McCain the the grave and he hasn't even taken office yet.

I believe your comments on Sarah Palin and the Southern Baptist female church members were completely out of line and totally wrong.

Sarah Palin has shown herself to be a strong and intelligent woman. What is the difference in her working with 4 children at home and the CNN (Clinton New Network) reporter ( that has 4 children UNDER NINE YEARS OF AGE)that interviewed you?

I am member of the Southern Baptist Church, been married for 47 years - I have never deferred to my husband in any decision - we make them jointly - I have managed my own finances for my entire life - our bank accounts are separate. I worked in a job that was considered a 'male job only' long before you married someone that could give you a job.

I have not contributed to any campaign this year because I did not like the way either party was headed but after watching Sarah Palin, I immediately contributed to John McCain's campaign and will do so again.

You are so wrong.....I was born, raised and lived all of my life in California. I worked for 37 years, raised my daughter, retired and moved to Chattanooga TN. Certainly well within the Bible Belt. I have worked a part time job for two years which gives me the opportunity to come in contact with about 20 people a day in a one-on-one relationship. With that said, I am here to tell you that the Southern Baptist (and the Methodist -- heck, all Southern women, I might add, evangelical or not)are some of the strongest sharp eyed, and potentially sharped tongued women you can imagine. They may claim submission to their spouses but everyone knows clearly who is in charge. This does not at all chip at the stature of the Southern male. It simply means the women are not what you believe them to be. Therefore, again, you are wrong.

You are so wrong.....I was born, raised and lived all of my life in California. I worked for 37 years, raised my daughter, retired and moved to Chattanooga TN. Certainly well within the Bible Belt. I have worked a part time job for two years which gives me the opportunity to come in contact with about 20 people a day in a one-on-one relationship. With that said, I am here to tell you that the Southern Baptist (and the Methodist -- heck, all Southern women, I might add, evangelical or not)are some of the strongest sharp eyed, and potentially sharped tongued women you can emagine. They may claim submission to their spouses but everyone knows clearly who is in charge. This does not at all chip at the stature of the Southern male. It simply means the women are not what you believe them to be. Therefore, again, you are wrong.

Do you ever re-read your writing? How did this newspaper ever give you license to write to such a broad base?

Since I doubt you read your own stuff, I quote: "My first reaction was shock. Then anger. John McCain chose a running mate SIMPLY BECAUSE (emphasis mine) she is a woman and one who appealed to the Republican's conservative evangelical base. Now, with news that Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, McCain's pick may not even find support among "family values" voters." Pretty sexist old broad, aren't you?

Suggestion: You pontificating media hypes ("types" is a misnomer and quite oxymoron-ish) might consider backing off until there have been a few debates and exchanges between the two VP candidates. Right now your "guy" with 30+ years Washington Beltway experience lends me to believe he's so far removed from ordinary grassroots politics as one can get...and I think, based on many, many comments Senator "Motormouth" (my term) has made and I've read I think a good homespun woman just might do some real damage control.

How wonderful it just might be if instead of pulling away from an interview with Larry King she actually did the interview and in the process slammed him flat by answering some questions with, "That is the dumbest thing I ever expected you to ask...can't you do better? But, I'll lower myself to your freshman standards with my reply....".

Lady, didn't you learn that to assume when broken into syllables means to make an ass-of-you-and-me? Quit it and stick to the facts, if you know how.

Few Lines A Few More Times For Old Times

Less said and more done
She is light and bright
Do not give all your heart to one
Do not be consumed with hate
She is my love and liberty
Special and warming the heart
I hardly knew you
You taught me well
So all is not lost
With Love
There is a way and a light
The enemy is in the dark

Sally how many abortions have you had. It sounds like since you are so against Palin and her kids. You don't know what it is like to have kids because you abort them. That is your type of sex education. Have all the sex you want, and if you get pregnant just abort the useless baby. Is that what liberals are all about...heartless abortion pusher....so how many times do you just go out and have sex for fun and then turn around and get an abortion

Ms. Quinn, I appreciate the way you've tried to cover up your out and out 'hatred' of McCain's choice of a running mate with "This is nothing against Palin,...", but overall your article is dripping with your anger and frustration. I'm sure that before you knew who had been selected as the VP candidate, you thought that the presidency was in the bag.

As a conservative voter, registered as a Republican, I vote for the candidate that best reflects MY values and convictions. All of us SHOULD do that, but I know that many will vote for the Party no matter who is running.
Personally, I had resigned myself to vote for John McCain because his values were "closer" to mine than those of Mr. Obama, and that is what I have heard from many others as well. With the selection of Sarah Palin, whom I, as apparently most of the country, have never heard of, I now have certainty that my vote for John McCain will definitely be the right one!

I must add that I have never been so disappointed in the media...and ESPECIALLY the women of the media, as I am now! Women who have shoved feminism down our throats for more than 30 years are now showing their true colors, and where their hearts definitely are not. I am proud to be an American, and I'm thankful that we have the freedom of speech and the press, but my confidence in the mainstream media and many women that I have admired will never be the same.

Oh, and by the way, I am a Christian that is a member of a Southern Baptist Church. I think that you are forgetting that Christianity is about love and forgiveness. I know that I speak for many as I say that I am very proud of the way that the Palin family has chosen to deal with the life issues that have come their way. Sarah Palin has shown us all that she is not just another talking head...she is living out her convictions,...what a refreshing thing that will be in Washington!
Thank you.

Why is it that a thirteen year-old girl doesn't need her parent's input when she makes a decision to have an abortion, but a seventeen year-old girl can't function without her parents constant attention if she decides to have her child?

You sound like a Sarah Palin wanna be but never will. She displays characteristics a person like you should emulate. You are just swimming around in that MSM cesspool thinking we are all dumb to realize your agenda. I don't consider you a reporter at all but a sniveling waste.

Here's what Sally said in 1992

"What most [women] don't want is to be told how to live their personal lives"

Quinn, Sally. 1992. The feminist betrayal. Reader’s Digest 140:84-86

Ms. Quinn expresses her outrage on behalf of women, Southern Baptists, Republicans, and Conservatives.

To which of these groups does Ms. Quinn belong?
Is it proper to define members of groups to which
one does not belong proper?

So let me get this straight. Thirty five years ago Sally Quinn was not ready to be a TV anchor, and that's relevant to a discussion of whether Sarah Palin is ready to be Vice President now. Got news for you Sally, based on your inability to construct an argument, you're not qualified for the job you hold today.

KindlyAdvice,

That wasnt very nice. But since you brought it up, why not share some advice about securing that area with the 17 year olds of the world.

Wow, you're right. I guess women with children are not as good as men. Good call.

Sally, try some honey in your douche dear you’ve become quite the sour puss!

I can't believe what old Sally, the media and many Democrats are saying about Sarah Palin & her family!! Like a previous poster says...they are rolling gleefully in their feculence, like a dog who discovers something disgusting in the grass. Such a perfect description of the Democrat party/media (same thing), wish I had thought of it.

Ruth

You feminists are like crabs in a pot trying to grab and pull the one back in who is getting away. How dare you look at your own failures and suggest that because you couldn't hack it Palin won't be able to either?...You just keep watching this gal who is building a $40 billion pipe-line through Alaska, and all without federal assistance (which is only one of her many accomplishments). Your jealousy has come through loud and clear in your article. So get rid of your poochy lip disease, put a smile on your face and get ready to experience "the rest of the story.........." :)

Sally Quinn...I don't even know what to say...all I can do is shake my head.

Would you like to give Sarah a rolling pin and an apron and have her stay in the kitchen like a good little housewife?

Sally Quinn...I don't even know what to say...all I can do is shake my head.

Would you like to give Sarah a rolling pin and an apron and have her stay in the kitchen like a good little housewife?

Sally Quinn should be told that Sarah Palin is not a Southern Baptist, but a Pentecostal, who have a proud tradition of women in leadership since the denomination was founded. Palin is, no doubt, well aware of the multi-tasking abilities of the Proverbs 31 woman, the charge God gave the propehtess Deborah, and the way God raised up Queen Esther "for such a time as this."

The Washington Post knows nothing about religious people, and it is an insult to us for them to allow her to write an article in the supposed voice of a religious authority.

Sarah Palin is living her faith and principles, not just talking about them. Her daughter is doing the same. This is clearly a family that pulls together. What is inside you to cause you to trash them so? Have you no shame or decency? Sarah Palin is running for Vice President, not President. She is as qualified as others who have run for the Vice Presidency, albeit she is a different gender. You have nothing but your own negative speculation that she could not handle that job or even the Presidency in the unlikely event something happened to President McCain. It is Barack Obama who is running for President and who fails the test of being ready to be President, but you lack the integrity to write about that. How about also digging into Obama's relationship with Tony Rezco, William Ayers and Rev. Wright with the same fervor you and others have gone after Sarah Palin?

Gosh! You people are just ignorant. Why would McCain not pick someone who caters to the base. Christians "myself" believe in supporting the family during good and bad times and it looks like Sarahs family is doing just that. Also her husband is rihgt there with her at every step...I say the best thing that will come from her young daughters pregnancy is "its going to happen" and not be another needless death on the floor of an abortionist.

Another example of the 'elite' media types who think they know everything; who wallow in a fetid and festering wasteland known as the beltway; who are convinced they are smarter than the rest of us (remember Howell Raines' stupid comment 'surely the country knows John Kerry is smarter than George Bush, when in reality Bush had better grades & a higher SAT, but we won't let the facts deter our superior intellect and attitudes)

Obama, “Suck, suck, swallow Sally and remember its not polite to speak with your mouth so full - hey watch that second row of teeth!”

Geez!

To raise this issue as a legitimate campaign concern is an insult to the intelligence of the American voters. Sally Quinn is a joke as a journalist and would be better used writing greeting cards for Hallmark than as a professional reporting pertinent news.

Interesting that "personal attacks...will be removed from the site" but an entire personal article written by Ms. Quinn is permitted. Another example of the hypocrisy of some of the media. SWEIN.

This is "nothing against Quinn", but she was a much better TV personality than a news writer.

Soledad isnt running for the 2nd most powerful job in the country. Soledad isnt expected to be available 24/7.
Soldedad has all healthy babies and doesnt have a promiscous 17 year old pregnant daughter.

No one is saying that a mother cant have a career outside of the home. Personally a real woman will be able to do both and always put family first.

In the role of VP, its AMERICA first and family second. Doesnt sound like thats the order that the traditional Family Values promoting GOP has stood for.

Sounds very hypocritical now to be changing ships midstream, but anything to win an election, I guess.

Wow. I'm dumbfounded. Talk about a double standard. Are you saying that Barack Obama is qualified for the presidency but Sarah Palin is not? Give me a break.

Wow. I'm dumbfounded. Talk about a double standard. Are you saying that Barack Obama is qualified for the presidency but Sarah Palin is not? Give me a break.

"...no time to play gender politics..." That is truly comical. Hillary is politically different from Obama how?

With few exceptions, you lefties are missing the point. We like Palin because she is conservative, not because she is a woman. If McCain was just angling for Hillary votes, he would have chosen a pro-choice RINO.

Are you serious?

You just said that Soledad O'Brian should stay at home. She has 4 children, all under the age of 8. Why did you never attack her for neglecting her children?

Check it out yourself.

http://soledadobrien.info/

You just took the position that society should not "put the mother of young children in a job outside the home that will demand so much of her time and energy."

If a Republican ever made such a statement, you and your compatriots would crucify him or her.

Ms. Quinn's article is outrageous and hits below the belt. She has no right to tell someone how to manage their family or their children... or to presume to know more than they do in this regard.

This is all the more outrageous considering the qualifications of the democratic nominee for president, who is nothing but a socialist and who has been in the pocket of Tony Rezko since law school. And don't think Ayers is going to go away. No chance!

As far as Mr. Biden, he might have experience, but his foreign policy decisions have been more than questionable--and what about his son's and brother's involvement in a crooked hedgefund scam? What's your take on that, Ms. Quinn...?

I'm sure had Sarah been a liberal woman, this editorial would have been very different indeed.

Yours truly,

Deborah McCoy

Everything either side does is calculated. I think you protest way too much. I think McCain's choice is brilliant. If family is off limits for Obama then it should be off limits to you. This piece is so one-sided it makes me sick! Get over it. Have a great day. :)

Is OBAMA ready TO BE PRESIDENT.? DId you ask that question?Why is it GOOD FOR You and all the other women in politics and THE MEDIA to have CHILDREN and A CAREER but a conservative woman can't raise a FAMILY and be a governor and VICE PRESIDENT> YOU shoud be ashamed at being such HYPOCRITE. Women will never break through the glass ceiling because comments such as this reinforce it with concrete.

You are nuts Sally Quinn!
Sarah Palin is a great woman.
You should be building her up not cutting her down.
I can't wait to vote for her she brings excitement to McCain and the Republican party.
Maybe a new Ronald Reagan in Palin.

God Bless the USA and women like Palin.

Sally, your a boring bonehead, you need to retire.

Shame on you Sally Quinn!

Where were these misplaced demands that individuals prioritize family and avid public service when Nancy Pelosi (a mother & grandmother) took onthe role of speaker of the house. Or is is just that she is a libral politician and thus your outrageous doule standard doesnt apply to her.

Where was thiso outcry about family matters as "distractions" from ones public service when Bill Clinton was having trouble keeping his lies straight concerning al lof his extra-marital affairs, lying under oath, impeachment, etc. were going on. NO! Then the "distractions" didn't keep him from serving effectively.

What a joke!

And another thing... Since when are you the definer of evengelicals and their beliefs and practices.

You are truly a disgrace.

WaPo Created an On Faith site in-house so they never have to deal with the other side - just stuff the thing with socialist and atheists.

Then trot out these clowns like Sally Quinn to pretend to speak for religious people!

What a JOKE. . .

Sally Quinn has personally taken the 'women's movement" back 100 years while being so hypocritical it is hilarious!

MESSAGE FOR FAR LEFT (individuals and media types):

KEEP IT UP-YOU ARE TOTALLY LOSING IT!

The wacko left is making sure that McCain/Palin will win bigger than Reagan did!

KEEP IT UP!!!!!
And my sincere thanks!

You are insulting to women, Sally. I would like to know who appointed you as the all powerful judge of whether or not Sarah Palin can be a good mother to her children while holding the position of vice president. These attacks on Sarah Palin are vicious and completely inappropriate. It is amazing that you in the media who think you are so smart and above the rest of us could be so blind as to the damage you are doing to yourselves and to your messiah Obama.

Hypocrite. It isn't about women's rights or the rights of African Americans, or the rights of working people with you is it? Typically liberal, you espouse these rights only if the people that might benefit from them agree with YOUR ideology.

I think McCain choice for the VP is the best decision he has done in this regard. Excellent choice of a woman who has the achievements not many congress people have. A decision maker, strong values, with an outstanding record as a public server in her state and in her duties as a Major. Who are you to say that a woman like her is not qualified? I simple and plain think, your are afraid of her attributes in every aspect. Go to the core of the issue and do not try to distract the public from what is important in the process of having a public server in our country administration. I would suggest you to check on Mr. Obama's judgements and associates who have brought him into the public arena. Or better, Why do not question Biden with his multi millionaire young son, Hunter Biden involved in lobbing his father. Do not play the victim of the Republican's decisions and try to outsmart the judgment of we, the public and voters, with such a disgrace comments of Mrs. Palin. If you call yourself a journalist, do your due diligence in bringing factual reports and concrete issues and do not play with the integrity of a public figure. I will suggest you to listen Rush Limbaugh and you might get some insight in having a better judgment. Behave yourself and be a competent journalist.

Wow - it's amazing how little Sally Quinn knows about Evangelical strong women. When will "experts" like Sally Quinn stop deciding what others can handle. Sally Quinn is obviously not as strong a women as Sarah Palin and for some reason that is threatening so she needs to tear her down.

Christians are called to love one another and build each other up. It looks like the Palin family is all about that.

You, madam, are a hateful person and a disgrace to humanity.

Reading the posts here I can see that you put foot in mouth Ol' Sal. You didn't think this would be the case did you? I am pleased to read that most people do NOT think like you do. You are one old mean-spirited broad.

Christina

"Is she prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job?"

Are you serious? The real question is one you are unwilling to ask for obvious reasons and that is "Is Obama prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job he is seeking?".

Sarah Palin has more executive experience than Obama and Biden combined and that's a fact. She is a true DC outsider, unlike Biden who is running on the Change ticket and who has been in the senate so long he probably thinks his first name is Senator.

"So, she must be destroyed by any means possible."
Politics of personal destruction is back. It's like it or hate it, they squirm and get desperate for they have no courage. Even the kids are not off limits as the political terrorists seek to twist religion into a new faith based on common destruction. They always end up destroying themselves, playing supermen, which saves us the time of day. Go have a slice of apple pie, get into your Chevrolet and enjoy the day. I got pork, beer, spuds and am thinking about a certain Eve and another lonely evening. Life comes at you fast, love comes from you slowly. It only seems fast. Avoid fast women and drive fast cars. Keep your motors running and your blades sharp. The train keeps a rolling all night long, so bite the Big Apple and try to keep the kids from squirming too much. They aren't worms, well the better half anyways aren't. Gone Fishing!

SALLY,

You are blinded from the darkness in which you live.
The self-absorbed loneliness, that is your closed world, has allowed the fermintaion of the bile in your mind and now dribbles from your mouth.

Quin, please stop with this stuff, you're playing directly into the hands of McCain. Arguing that Palin isn't in a position to be Vice President because of her children seems regressive, not progressive.

These kind of opinions only alienate older moderate women. Focus on the issues. These attacks on Palin and her family don't help. Amongst my Mother and her friends, a group of successful women with families, are angered by these attacks. They agree with the democrats on many issues, but if this becomes a male-female divide, then you will be sucessful in driving them to McCain.

Actually, as I write this, Rush Limbaugh is playing you up. If I didn't know better, I would think you were running a false flag operation against Obama.

"So, she must be destroyed by any means possible."
Politics of personal destruction is back. It's like it or hate it, they squirm and get desperate for they have no courage. Even the kids are not off limits as the political terrorists seek to twist religion into a new faith based on common destruction. They always end up destroying themselves, playing supermen, which saves us the time of day. Go have a slice of apple pie, get into your Chevrolet and enjoy the day. I got pork, beer, spuds and am thinking about a certain Eve and another lonely evening. Life comes at you fast, love comes from you slowly. It only seems fast. Avoid fast women and drive fast cars. Keep your motors running and your blades sharp. The train keeps a rolling all night long, so bite the Big Apple and try to keep the kids from squirming too much. They aren't worms, well the better half anyways aren't. Gone Fishing!

Sally,
It is sad that you think you are a reporter. You are obviously bias like much of the main stream media. I find it alarming that so many people like your self will destroy your creditability to advance your political views. Why can't the father be the main care giver? Why is it O.K. for Men to do what she is doing without question? You seem to be an angry angry women. You should seek help.

Sally Quinn, Maureen Dowd, and others of their ilk are perfect examples of why the "C" word has not faded from our lexicon.

Perhaps, Mizz Quinn, you would have a compelling argument were it not for your own lack of achievements...outside of marrying the boss.

Sally,
It is sad that you think you are a reporter. You are obviously bias like much of the main stream media. I find it alarming that so many people like your self will destroy your creditability to advance your political views. Why can't the father be the main care giver? Why is it O.K. for Men to do what she is doing without question? You seem to be an angry angry women. You should seek help.

president clinton's choice of al gore
president bush's choice of cheney
al gore's choice of liebermann
washington redskins choice of joe gibbs
obama selection of biden
us olympic team selecting phelps
ny giants calling for a pass play on 3rd and long
new england patriots signing randy moss

It is a choice made to try to win (an election.)
i'm in
are you in?

thank you
tom in mn

You madam are not only arrogant but also a sham of a journalist.To insinuate that governor Palin is not going to be able to devote attention to her family is beyond ludicrous, it is ridiculous. You and all of the rest of the liberal media are scared to death of Governor Palin because she is something you all will never be, HONEST.

I could hardly believe what I read here.

But, then, I considered the source.

Sally Quinn owes her success to her husband, Ben Bradlee.

Of course, a woman like Ms. Quinn, who is only important because of whom she sleeps with, would be opposed to a self-made woman like Gov. Palin.

Well that explains why Madame Speaker is so dumb - too many kids and grand kids distracting her!

Thanks Sally for explaining that.

She should resign first!

Then we can see if you really believe your own garbage!

Yeah, didn't think so!

WOW!! Who needs sexists when you have Sally Quinn?

Sally Quinn has no idea what it means to be a Christian woman. It is obvious that scripture is something that she has not read. Throughout scripture God has chosen to use women to meet His purpose. God chose Deborah to lead an army, Rahab to help the children or Israel, and Mary the mother of Jesus to carry the most precious gift this world has ever received. So before you start your idiotic rhetoric take time to learn something.

You disgust me

I could hardly believe what I read here.

But, then, I considered the source.

Sally Quinn owes her success to her husband, Ben Bradlee.

Of course, a woman like Ms. Quinn, who is only important because of whom she sleeps with, would be opposed to a self-made woman like Gov. Palin.

Hey Sally . . . just heard your comments about women staying home and raising their families instead of running for Vice President . . . Way to go . . . you are bringing the feminist movement back into the dark ages . . . how about taking on women's suffrage next?

Hey Sally . . . just heard your comments about women staying home and raising their families instead of running for Vice President . . . Way to go . . . you are bringing the feminist movement back into the dark ages . . . how about taking on women's suffrage next?

I could hardly believe what I read here.

But, then, I considered the source.

Sally Quinn owes her success to her husband, Ben Bradlee.

Of course, a woman like Ms. Quinn, who is only important because of whom she sleeps with, would be opposed to a self-made woman like Gov. Palin.

Sally Quinn,

You are a jealous, hate filled liberal who has no sense of professionalism and decency. The Washington post and the drive-by media are nothing but sock puppets for the democrat party.

I am offended at your two-faced hypocrisy. You and your cohorts have crossed all lines in your attack of Sarah Palin's family. Sarah is 10 times the woman that you will ever be.

Go ahead and keep on campaigning for Obama under the pretense of "journalism". So much for the politics of personal destruction, you are the master of it.

You are not a feminists, you are a fraud. Do us all a favor and resign!

president clinton's choice of al gore
president bush's choice of cheney
al gore's choice of liebermann
washington redskins choice of joe gibbs
obama selection of biden
us olympic team selecting phelps
ny giants calling for a pass play on 3rd and long
new england patriots signing randy moss

It is a choice made to try to win (an election.)
i'm in
are you in?

thank you
tom in mn

Sally:

I want to know what century you are living in. I am a right wing christian conservative and very much a woman. I think Ms. Palin is wonderful and fully support her. I cannot believe that you are saying in this day and time that we as Christians do not believe that women are able to do whatever they desire. God gave us free will and ability to do whatever. Women were very important in the Bible. I believe that you need to go back and actually read the Bible. I don't think you understand the Bible.
Thank you
Lacy

Ms. Quinn,

You are an idiot. And you cannot be a woman. I don't know what sex you are, but if you cannot understand the Palin equation, something is wrong with you. What about Nancy Pilosi? Did you write about her when she first got into politics with five kids? Hmm?

You can be a "hands-on-mother" and still have a kid go bad. My parents had 4 kids, 3 turned out to be good people and 1 turned to the dark side for whatever reason. Beside there's only 3 things to do in Alaska: hunt, drink, and screw so the fact that this girl gets preggers at 17 doesn't concern me. Sure beats having a kid at 14!

Ms. Quinn is incorrectly stereotyping evangelical Christians. I am an evangelical Christian and I have been working my entire married life. I had to but it's not by choice. Do I regret not staying home to raise my kids, sure! I would much rather spend time with my family than in an office. Am I "subservient" to my husband? No, he is my spiritual head. We discuss things together but, in the end, he has the final say. I am college educated, madam, not barefoot and pregnant.

Sally:

I want to know what century you are living in. I am a right wing christian conservative and very much a woman. I think Ms. Palin is wonderful and fully support her. I cannot believe that you are saying in this day and time that we as Christians do not believe that women are able to do whatever they desire. God gave us free will and ability to do whatever. Women were very important in the Bible. I believe that you need to go back and actually read the Bible. I don't think you understand the Bible.
Thank you
Lacy

Quinn you are a damn idiot. You two faced sorry excuse for a woman.

If Governor Palin was a liberal, would such sexism be used to discredit her?

Ms Quinn has once again showed her true liberal bias. I am a 64-year-old Evangelical woman, mother and grandmother whose 16-year-old daughter had a child out of wedlock. Contrary to your opinion, all my church friends were not only supportive of my daughter and the child, but to we her parents. There was no one throwing darts (unlike the liberal media, I might add), and we found out what it means for people to act Christ-like. Oh, and by the way, our daughter went on to graduate from college with honors, works for a Fortune 500 company and has supported she and her son very well. I have worked since before my children were born, and I handle both working and motherhood very well as do thousands of other Evangelical women and mothers. The media is showing what we all knew from the beginning of Obama's campaign; the media will do absolutely anything to get him elected and will destroy by outright lies or innuendo anyone who stands in the way. Shame on the media - shame on you Sally Quinn. Oh, where was the comparable story on what Obama was doing 22 years ago (doing drugs and bragging about it) versus Todd Palin's DUI? The media is so disgustingly one-sided and America is noticing!!

How hypocritical can you be? McCain made an amazing choice in Sarah Palin, who can run circles around Biden in her ability to speak and communicate. Sally Quinn is a person who pretends to have principles, that in fact she does not actually possess. What a double standard.

Quinn you are a damn idiot. You two faced sorry excuse for a woman.

If Governor Palin was a liberal, would such sexism be used to discredit her?

Would you like me to get inside a glass cube? Is the glass ceiling not enough, do you need us completely encased. Is this because you could not do it? My husband is the homemaker in our family and role-reversal is a fact of today's families. Get into the 21st century.

Sally; I demand you have your kids get a blood test and find out who their father really is!

Maybe you are right, and the liberals picked Obama just because he is black! How can a publication like yours print trash such as this spat out by someone like Quinn. It removes any credibility you might have had left. Danny

Ms Quinn has once again showed her true liberal bias. I am a 64-year-old Evangelical woman, mother and grandmother whose 16-year-old daughter had a child out of wedlock. Contrary to your opinion, all my church friends were not only supportive of my daughter and the child, but to we her parents. There was no one throwing darts (unlike the liberal media, I might add), and we found out what it means for people to act Christ-like. Oh, and by the way, our daughter went on to graduate from college with honors, works for a Fortune 500 company and has supported she and her son very well. I have worked since before my children were born, and I handle both working and motherhood very well as do thousands of other Evangelical women and mothers. The media is showing what we all knew from the beginning of Obama's campaign; the media will do absolutely anything to get him elected and will destroy by outright lies or innuendo anyone who stands in the way. Shame on the media - shame on you Sally Quinn. Oh, where was the comparable story on what Obama was doing 22 years ago (doing drugs and bragging about it) versus Todd Palin's DUI? The media is so disgustingly one-sided and America is noticing!!

If Governor Palin was a liberal, would such sexism be used to discredit her?

Hey Sally,

My question is Senator Obama (roughly 175 days in to his Freshman Term) ready to lead the country. What has he done. Oh yeah, he has written two books about himself. He's 47 and he has already written two books about himself? No self promotion there!

He has no executive level experience. He has no real legislative accomplishments other than a couple of token co-authored bills. When he does vote he votes far left all of the time. He has voted present over 90 times.

Then he chooses Biden. Sounds like old Washington elites at work again. So much for change.

You may be a woman, but you obviously don't know a thing about conservative women, otherwise you wouldn't stereotype them as all having the same opinions about their roles and priorities among family, career and faith. Hello? A man can't be the primary caretaker? I'm in healthcare mgmt and have known several female physicians who have stay-at-home dads who can handle the role as caretaker (even - gasp! -- when they're sick or have special needs). What worked -- or didn't work -- for you, may not be the case for others. I'm a conservative,Catholic who's a 3rd generation working mom and somehow we've all made it work and had well-adjusted, happy children and happy marriages. Sorry if we don't fit the equation, but I thought equality for women was all about doing your own thing and not being judged for it.

Investigations on Sally Quinn begins today.

Funny - since when is a leftist feminist like Quinn concerned about family?

And as far as experience - what executive and foreign policy experience does Obama have and did Bill Clinton have when he was governor of Arkansas? I guess you get a pass if you are a left wing socialist.

Hey Quinn - your lefty slip is showing and its not very pretty.

You are a disgusting human being!

Is Ms. Quinn prepared to make the exact same analysis and argument were Governor Palin a liberal-leaning Democrat. I think not, and I find Ms. Quinn's commentary highly disingenuous and calculated.

Shut up Sally Quinn. It is none of your damn business how many children Sarah Palin has. If she was a liberal you would love her.
Ruth Lindemann

Sally Quinn is a hypocrite of the first order.

Nothing else needs to be said.

Paragraph 11. The word is spelled "presidency", as in "vice presidency"

Sally Quinn is a nut job

how exactly was sally quinn hired at washington post with NO experience?
was she sexually active with the managment staff?
is ben bradlee the actual father of her kid?
or is it bob bernstein?

I cannot believe what I am reading. In this day and age when women have achieved many of the same goals in the business and political arenas as men, I cannot believe the backward-thinking expressed in this article. It is almost beyond belief that a liberal, left-leaning person like yourself would restrain a WOMAN from achieving such a prominent goal. I guess in today's society, even other women are jealous of a powerful woman's rise to power, and would relegate her to baking cookies and nursing kids. "Barefoot and pregnant" - thought that phrase went out with the 70's. Thought you girls were the ones who said women could have it all.
You go, Sarah!!

This woman is definitely insecure and if she is representative of the women's movement in this Country then you all are in trouble. She actually wants to keep women in there place. Sarah has already shown she can handle major responsibility of family and government and still do an outstanding job. She doesn't kill those who can't defend themselves or throw her daughter out because of a baby. She doesn't look at a baby as being a punishment of God. She is a strong women and will be great for this morally and deceitful Country that is going the wrong way and needs to be turned around. John and Sarah can and will do it. God Bless them both and America. Tom and Joni Krapf, Orlando

This is disengenuous and patronizing, and quite frankly nothing more than a mean political attack against a successful, conservative woman who looks to already be adapt at balancing a career and family.

The pathetic arguments Ms Quinn put forth are too numerous to address all at once. Some are more absurd than others, including this one:

To say having a daughter and grandchild is a great distraction, is ridiculous. I guess the world stops for all of us who have daughters and grandchildren... I can't imagine how those people who have more than one daughter and scores of grandchildren ever get anything done, much less are even able to survive?

Regarding the comment that this is a "cynical and calculated move". I guess the choice of Barak Obama is neither? And once again, you are playing the "death watch" fear campaign against Senator McCain - give it up Sally, that's pathetic.

The arguments Ms Quinn put forth are painfully trite and, I'm afraid, not unexpected from someone on the left. Shame on the Washington Post for even considering such a hateful editorial.

Are you sure your a woman? This piece of literary drivel is disgusting even by Washington Post yellow standards.

I mean, you sound a bit like a charter misogynist in your tirade here. I'll just bet your editorial pit-bosses are mightily ticked off that the GOP has seen fit to trust their future to a capable, talented and no nonsense woman who is neither named Hillary Clinton nor is a Democrat and it galls them (and you) to no end.

You should wake up and smell what you're pedaling here. If nothing else, you are actually doing Obama a disservice by stooping to these sorts of smear tactics. I was strongly contemplating Obama's stated vision for the future and giving him a good solid look see, but honestly if that means that people like you get your candidate put into office it is not worth it even if he were the second coming of George Washington himself.

Obama should say at home and take care of his young girls. Sally, either you don't have children or you are a terrible mother for neglecting them while you work. That is what you are saying in your article. I personally think you are scum and a liar, but that is just my opinion.

Wow Sally Quinn! Sarah Palin's ascension to the national spot light (and possible VP position) has really struck a nerve with you. Are the veins in your forehead as big as your ego right now? She is more woman than you . . . admit it . . . and then get on with your life. I'd be careful with your comments . . . they might backfire on you (like before).

You sound very bitter, and possibly suffer from self-loathing. Get better.

Ms.Quinn: Voters have always voted for someone who represents their views or lifestyle. The VP candidate is a woman which represents half of the population.Ms. Palin is a successful Governor with a great family, and according to you, she is not ready. She will be surrounded by experts from all phases of life to guide her through the Washington way. She will be surrounded by foreign policy experts who will guide her through that process as well. She is intelligent, and she will figure it out and make her own decisions, just like anyone else. We have had enough of the four term Congressman or Senators who have the so called "experience". I like the thought of having a smart and successful mother as the VP. By the way...have you ever heard of spellcheck?

The vice president has virtually nothing to do. Maybe one weeks worth of work to do a year - that is it.

Obama has two young girls, and next to no experience. Is HE ready for a job which actually is all consuming?

Sally, you're truly an idiot. God help you.

Are you serious? Is this the "progressive" future we have to look forward to from pundits like you - "She is the mother of five children", "a four-month-old with Down Syndrome", "Not to mention the grandchild" - are now suddenly valid disqualifers for an American running for vice president? Or is it just because she's a woman? And I just love your statement, "Her first priority has to be her children". That statement reminds me of the men who showed up at one of Hillary's public appearances with "Iron My Shirt" garb. Could you possibly be more sexist?

M'am, you seriously need to take a look at yourself and analyze your values.
http://brianw.blogtownhall.com/

So Sally Quinn did you get your position because you were a women or huh....you your experience. I guess that is still to be decided.

I expect no less from Liberal Sally. Let's all remember how she became Mrs. Bradley and mama was out sleeping around with Barry Goldwater

How can you tell that Sally Quinn and the rest of the out-of-touch editors at the Washington Post and the New York Times are afraid of a candidate?

When they foam at the mouth with indignation, whine at how offended they are, and make arguments against the candidate that they would never apply to their favorite, anointed candidate for President.

Its really going to be funny to watch Sally and her other elitist friends come up with more of their double-standard arguments after Palin gives her speech tonight, and Americans find out she is an intelligent, reasonable and articulate woman, every bit as ready to lead as either of the two good old Senate colleagues on the Democratic ticket.

Governors historicallly make better Presidents than Senators
And we have drifted so far from our founding roots, that it is refreshing to see someone in the white house that has high level of Judeo-Christian principles
After all, our Bill of Rights, Our Constitution, and our laws are based on those principles. As a society that has been the most prosperous ever in the world because of those principals, we need to change our ways and return to God. Has anyone noticed that almost only in the US can a person of any other religion freely worsip (and maybe destroy our country), but Christians are nor free to exercise their religion in most other countries. The UN is dominated with muslims and is also on the attack agaiinst Christianity.

If only Gov. Palin was a liberal like you then it would be all good!! Almost all my girlfriends work outside the home and they are all Christians, you obviously do not understand Christianity. Don't you worry your little head about Gov. Palin's family they will get along just fine. You might want to start worring about the plagiarist VP on the other ticket with his lobbiest grown sons. Just food for thought.
Sally you are no Sarah!

I find this piece to be a deliberate attack on a woman who has done nothing but live her life according to her values. You should be ashamed of yourself for stooping to the level of the kook left wing of the Democratic Party. A smear like this can not go with out consequence to you and your so called news organization a pox on both of your houses and I hope you reap what you sow.

I am truly disgusted by this article. The hypocrisy is just too much to handle.

I am absolutely sick over the way women are attacking Sarah Palin. Senator Biden is held up as a working class hero for working in the Senate with a long commute as a single dad. Did anyone question his parenting skills? This is a blatant sexist smear -- and from an educated & accomplished woman?!! You are no feminist and your smear attacks are going to send us right back to the kitchen. SHAME ON YOU!!!

In a country where more than 90% of its citizens believe in God why would we believe anything written by a secularist. Especially a column by a media elitist who lives inside of the beltway. Don't you realize that America is a conservative nation. This election is a classic McGovern race of 1972. The shooting star finally burns out and the daylight comes. With that daylight this country will come to its senses and never vote for a "black liberation theologist" from the south side of Chicago. Palin knows what corruption is, and Chicago corruption will be in her headlights.

I cannot believe a woman wrote such a sexist article. Two of Governor Palin's children are grown and she has a husband that can help with the younger children. My mother almost always worked and my father, who was quite nurturing in his own right, was very helpful. Single parents have to make do and play both roles all the time. It is not fair for anyone to judge that the Palins, as a married couple, are incapable of maintaining a healthy family environment despite one of them (in this case, the woman) holding a demanding job.

What an ego! Being considered as co-anchor for a network news show is nowhere near the same thing as being vice-president. Ms. Quinn wasn't ready 35 years ago so Mrs. Palin isn't ready today? Unless Ms. Quinn has access to the inner workings of the John McCain campaign, or McCain himself, she cannot state as a fact that Mrs. Palin was picked solely because she was a woman. Apparently, Ms. Quinn is unaware that there's a difference between her opinion and fact. What condescension! I thought it was a feminist given that woman could have a family and a job. I guess that only goes for liberal women. Conservative women are supposed to stay home and take care of their babies because, apparently, that's all the Left thinks they're good for.

Democrats should take a minute out from their hatred for all things Right and see a few years down the line, years during which Conservatives are having babies and liberals are aborting theirs. Who's going to be in the majority?

Ms Quinn comments:

"And now we learn the 17-year-old daughter, Bristol, is pregnant. She and the father of the child plan to marry. This may be a hard one for the Republican conservative family-values crowd to swallow. Of course, this can happen in any family. But it must certainly raise the question among the evangelical base about whether Sarah Palin has been enough of a hands-on mother."

Ms Quinn apparently doesn't know that Senator Obama's mother was 17, unmarried, and pregnant, as well. She was in the exact same situation Bristol Palin finds herself in today. So why does she not apply the same questions, concerns and values to his mother? Was Senator Obama's mother enough of a "hands on mother" when she left him in Hawaii in the care of his grandparents so she could resume her 17 year career in study for a PHD?

Ms Quinn either is ignorant of this fact, or plainly uses a double standard in this issue of a motherly relationship with her children. This is another excellent example of blatant hypocrisy in the dinosaur print media. Good going there Ms Quinn.

Ms Quinn asks:

"Is she prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job?"

Governor Palin is obviously better prepared to do her job, than Ms Quinn is to do her job, because Governor Palin has the obvious talent to do everything the feminist agenda has touted for the last 40 years, and either Ms Quinn fails to recognize it, or refuses to acknowledge it.

In either instance, Ms Quinn has failed in her professional repsonsibilty to do her job, so perhaps she needs to go back to Journalism school and learn how to merely report a story, so as to be unbiased, fair,and balanced, in the delivery of news copy, and keep her personal biased point of view private from the reader.

Perhaps Ms Quinn needs to take a lesson from a real feminist such as Governor Palin who is an all achieving woman, rather than apply a double standard to a woman who has "walked the walk" rather than merely "talked the talk", as Ms Quinn so clearly demonstrates in this matter. It is obvious Ms Quinn is merely "mouthing" the feminist agenda and Governor Palin is "living" the feminist agenda. Now I ask, who is more credible?

I am an adamant Obama supporter and a Democrat, but I am seething about this post, and about Ms. Quinn's appearance on the Today Show this morning. However Sarah Palin manages her family is her own business. We would NEVER be having this discussion about a male candidate. As a working mother of a baby, I appreciate how much time and energy it takes to raise a child. I also understand that there's a fundamental difference between a mother's relationship with her child and a father's. But guess what---I am also the primary breadwinner in my family, and my husband is the primary caregiver. And it's working just fine. Instead of wasting all of this time making foolish and presumptuous judgments that distract from the real issues, why not focus on what matters? There are plenty of reasons that I am not voting for McCain/Palin, but her family issues have nothing do to with me or my vote.

Re Quinn's piece about Gov Palin:

This yellow bit of writing is just one more example of why the "mainstream press" is no longer the "mainstream press" but rather an "out in the open" arm of the democrat party.

Freedom of the Press carries an obligation to have integrity and honesty. The Quinn's of the media world have destroyed virtually all that the news media SHOULD stand for.

I am already against Palin not because of her pro-life (for humans only) stance, but because she is a hippocrite. Pro- life kill animals? Reproduce like rabits No planet left for them to multiply on? Pro-violence unnessesary Iraq war? I mean come on do republicans think we are all that stupid? The republican party is so outdated they are all angry old white men with their brainwashed wives. Guess what? I am not a dem. or independent. I am a disgusted American citizen that wants the country to get off religion and morals bandwagon and run the economy save the planet before its to late, and have respect for ALL living beings Animals and trees included!!!

Frankly, this piece just recycles all the democratic attack points we've already heard about Palin. All you people can do is complain that McCain picked a woman. If he had picked a white male, people would be complaining about the lack of diversity on his ticket. But since he picks a woman(or if he had picked a minority man), all you do is complain about how cynical and political it is. How dare he pick a running mate who he thinks will help him the election. No presidential candidate has ever done that before? Obama certainly didn't pick Biden because he thought it would help him lose the election. If Obama had picked Hillary, would you be complaining that was just a cynical ploy to win woman voters? And what is all this stuff about a woman not be able to handle the job of vice president? Doesn't that go against everything feminists have been fighting for the past 50 or more years? Why do I have a feeling we wouldn't be hearing all these complaints(from liberals anyway) if Palin was a liberal in her same situation and she was Obama's running mate? And how dare she have a child with Down syndrome or an unwed daughter who is pregnant and actually having the child. We all know a "sensible" person would have just "taken care of the two problems" by aborting them before they were born. How dare woman actually use their choice to chose life. Excuse the rant, but this article deserved nothing more coherent in response than that.

as a journalist you're an embarrassment. the attacks on palins family doesn't represent responsible journalism. i've been a democrat for forty years and thought issues are what counts. but you and the web bloggers demonstrate that we don't need to talk about the issues of the day, when we can destroy a candidate and her family by speading outrageous distortions.

She is also being sold as having more experience than Obama & Biden.
Being Governor of a state with less than 700,000 people and a commensurate budget, doesn't make the cut list as experience as does being next door to Russia make it for foreign policy experience.!

"This is no time to play gender politics" . Sally Quinn should see the irony in her statement. Who is playing gender politics? Nancy Pelosi didn't get involved in politics until her children were older. Should we tell our daughters not to get involved in the workplace until their children are older?

Sally Quinn's comments "her first priority has to be her children" are the same as those southern leaders quoted as saying "a wife...has the god-given responsibility... in managing the household and nurturing the next generation."

And the final insult to working women..." a mother's role is different from a father's". Can my boss use that line on me next time I ask for a raise? Women are still working to get pay on parity with men.

My reaction to this article is "shock. Then anger." I am an independent woman and voter. This dialogue is an outrage and an insult to all working mothers.

My family,Baptists who can never vote for a female in a position of power as you state,consider me a heathen as well,,have said this week that ms Palins daughter violated the oath to god and her father of abstinance that she took, an abomination. The family has a weakness of morals,character. To me the fact that the 17 year old bridegroom,the self proclaimed "Redneck who doesnt want to be married or have a child" perhaps needs a bit of seasoning like graduating from high school.

Why would you sit there and judge Governor Palin's daughter? I mean every family has "issues". It doesn't take away the fact that she is a Christian(a strong one). As every person is, even Christian's, are fallen beings. So why judge her daughter? Especially when we have past presidents cheating on their wives(while in office) or other politicians cheating on their wife who has cancer. Why are you going to single out Palin and her daughter? In my eyes the fact that she doesn't have a "perfect" life makes me feel that she will be able to lead this country in a better way:)I will be praying for a McCain/Palin victory.

Sally,

What's wrong upset you were passed over for a promotion and you had to take it out on someone a little more successful. After reading your article, I am sure Obama will hire you for attack ads. Things are looking up for you.

One might expect that a piece appearing in an "On Faith" section might reflect a more thoughtful appreciation of the faith of the people the author is commenting on. Instead, we have someone who clearly assumes she does not need to engage those views because she already understands what those stupid rednecks believe.

Badly written and thought out article. Especially demeaning to working mothers. Just because Sally quit work (and had a rich enough husband to enable her to do so) doesn't mean Sarah should. Sarah Palin married her high school sweetheart and it looks like Bristol Palin will do the same...only a little earlier. Why is this an example of bad parenting?

It might be an example of bad parenting IF YOU'RE A LIBERAL, because a good lib. parent will get his daughter an abortion *tout suite* like BO has obligingly told us: A baby is "punishment for a mistake". Whereas for Sarah Palin a baby is a "gift from God." A SoCon likeSarah Palin likes babies a liberal like Obama doesn't.

Different choices and hard to see why the Dems are so upset. After all, they're the pro-choice party!

>> tlrasnic, sw virginia: "Sally has hit the nail on the head and she sure is not some latte liberal."

It was impossible to read the rest of your post since your opening sentence was so laugh out loud funny that I literally had tears coming out of my eyes, thus blocking my vision.

But I'm sure you babbled on about something equally as ridiculous as Sally's hack-like editorial...

I worry about a loose cannon maverick like Sarah Palin having even an indirect access to nuclear weapons.

Beside her connection to the radical Alaska Independence Party (which urges members to "infiltrate" US government), is she connected to any white supremacist groups in Idaho (where she was born and earned a journalism degree)?

People say, "Vice President, well it's not that important." Really? What if the people pushing this candidate Vice President had other plans for her? Look at how the people around Dick Cheney all but controlled the Bush presidency!

By election day, American voters won't know Sarah Palin well enough even to be sure she is mentally stable enough to be trusted within hostage taking distance of our President. She's physically tough enough to be a threat, she uses guns, knives, etc.

Is she really this bad a risk or not? Its just that we don't know! Nobody can be vetted for high office that easily. Look what it takes just to clear a Federal Judge or the head of CIA. Thousands of trusted people are directly involved. Sarah Palin -- unless some other factor is secretly involved -- was cleared in a few months by Sen. McCain's campaign staff.

America doesn't know Sarah Palin at all, no matter how highly McCain values himself as a judge of women or how good the "product placement" and public relations work.

Senator Obama is known in some of the best ways our country provides to earn trust in these matters. He was educated at Harvard Law, was a teacher of constitutional law at University of Chicago for 12 years, and has survived the intense trials of this current campaign.

What was Sarah Palin doing in Alaska in those same years? Her biography, as spun, looks great. But there are warning signs and questions that should have made John McCain pause and say, "No thanks".

What will we learn about Sarah Palin the day after election day and beyond? The Sarah Palin problem looks like a movie where each new surprise is simply more thrilling to watch, but affecting our lives. The Sarah Palin problem arose from an attempt at leadership by rolling dice. Can we know the truth about Sarah in time? We have this 60 day race to the Presidency and the destiny of our country will be set.

I want to close with this: I love our country, the United States of America. My concern comes from a good place in the heart. I hope that voicing my concerns here helps others deciding how to vote.

Thank you for articulating my reaction to this choice. I firmly believe that a woman's responsibility to her children - especially at the ages and with the needs these children have - belong with the children. No matter how efficient, how much assistance she has from husband and others, children must come first - even before her job.

Is she ready to be president? NO! Which unequivocally underscores how Senator Obama is even LESS ready. In the heat of debate Obama draws a straw-man about his campaign size versus Palin's responsibilities as mayor. What a joke - he doesn't even run his campaign - his campaign manager does! Not to mention the true comparison should be regarding her responsibilities as GOVERNOR of Alaska, which carries a budget responsibility 76 times that of Obama's campaign ($11B vs $144M). She has a wealth of experience in energy and has actually managed, led a free-market life, and fought big government. What has Obama done? He is a community organizer - oh great. The sad fact is, while people like Sally Quinn proclaim Governor Palin unfit for the POSSIBILITY of becoming President, they vote for Obama - making an unfit President a CERTAINTY (if elected.)

The fact that Sally Quinn was unable to take advantage of a great opportunity has absolutely no bearing on the Sarah Palin situation. To imply otherwise is unequivocal sexism.

If Palin were ideologically "correct" for the Left they would be cheering her on.

Her maverick status taking on her own party establishment, her rise from nowhere to become Governor, and doing it all while raising a family.

The classic feminist success tory.

But... she's the wrong kind of woman, as Clarence Thomas was the wrong kind of black man.

So, she must be destroyed by any means possible.

The paranoid ferocity of the Left's attacks only underscore how scared they are of her.

It will only generate more sympathy from real people in that obscure place between NYC and LA called America.

You question Palin's experience? What about the "wind bag" Obama? He has accomplished NOTHING since he has been in public office; all he's done is talk!

3,157 comments and counting!!!!!

Our little Sarah is certainly becoming popular!

I want to know the answer to two questions:

1. What is Sarah cramming, in order to bone up for her debate with Biden.

2. How is Levi going to support Bristol and the baby? You don't suppose some good Christian will offer him a good-paying job?

Sounds like you should right about Sports.
Even Obama says stay's out of family.
Whats in your closet????????

I watched the video of Palin when she talking to those students in June. It over at HuffPo.

My flesh crawled and my stomach turned not when she charged God with executing the battle plan in Iraq, but when her and her minister were talking about prophecies and end-times and telling people to get ready for Alaska's special role as the gathering place for end-times.

She shouldn't even be governor.

What kind of mother would knowingly put her teenager through this kind of media slime frenzy to further her own ambitions?

Sally has hit the nail on the head, & she sure is not some latte liberal.This nation is at its most critical crossroads I have seen in over 60 yrs.We are at war with fundamentalist who believe we are waging another crusade against Islam; our economy, based too long on middle east oil,is in the crapper;millions of our people have no health care, & cannot get any, which is putting an enormous strain on rhe system.So, John McCain picks a pentacostal woman who believes in the rapture( so does the nut in Iran);that the war IS a holy war for christianity;that home schooling is the way to go; that abstinence works!!!; & that she can be the POTUS while submitting to her husband,rocking & changing a downs baby, caring for two other children & supporting a pregnant 17 yr. old.She, John McC & the entire republican convention are in a dream world. They should call Speilberg & get this on film. If the American people vote for this ticket they surely deserve the next halocaust.

And if anybody thinks that commanding the Alaska National Guard is trivial, remember that the Alaskan Air National Guard plays tag with Russian Nuclear Bombers on a regular basis.

[h/t Paul]

It seems to me that the media pays to much attention on meaningless issues instead of matters that really affect the U.S.

1)
What experience and financial expertise does Palin bring to help McCain correct our 9 TRILLION DOLLAR debt?

If the answer is, taxing big oil in Alaska- will she and McCain do that to bring down our deficit?

No- neither have said that. Nor iwll either go against big oil, but continue to prop it up- that dying qucikly diminsihing resource.

2) What is her resolution to the Middle East war and peace?

She is on record as saying she "has no interest in the war in Iraq"

Serious questions- unaddressed or avoided with feel good pump em up cheerleading speeches.

I guess everyone is still waiting for the RNC speech by Palin tomorrow to receive their talking points.

People have strong feelings- but don't seem to know why.

I foresee tomorrow, we'll get bucketloads of parroted history-

NOne of us heard of Palin before Friday- unlss we lived in Alaska.

Yet people are vetting her record vehemently- and they can't even say what it is.

Doesn't anybody, at all- research and investigate and vote for issues?

Picking Palin for VP is no worse than picking Barack for President. Barack has been selected simply because he is black. Do you really think they picked him because he is the best man for the job? No. They picked him because he is black. They picked him because if he is elected, it will create an upheaval in American social order. The liberals want to unravel the social fabric of America. They would like to completely destroy all things American: traditional family values, morals, respect for life, patriotism, etc.

Ms. Quinn

Every time you, Maureen Dowd, and Donna Brazille dump on Sarah Palin, try to diminish her accomplishments & record, and use her 17 year old daughter's pregnancy as an excuse for your snarky and pseudo-sophisticated comments you push thousands of PUMA'S, independents, and undecided Democrats to vote for the McCain/Palin ticket.

Congratulations for helping to push so many unlikely voters into the Republican tent, even if it's only for this election cycle. Keep it up; Obama is destined to be the next in a long line of the Dem's failed candidates like Dukakis and McGovern.

Quinn notes that Palin's job as vice president would keep her from spending time with her minor children. I understand that this may go against the evangelical Christian values that she espouses. But Quinn herself seems to be arguing that Palin should stay home with her children, and I find this stance bizarre in the absence of evidence that Palin's husband can't fill that role. It's doubly bizarre if Quinn herself was a full-time newswoman while raising a handicapped child (although I also understand that being a reporter may be less demanding than being VPotUS and that Palin has not one but five children).

Quinn is much more valid in her concern that Palin might not have been enough of a hands-on mother. No parents can absolutely prevent their teenage daughter from getting pregnant, but it's still not the example the Veep's family should be setting for the nation, if you believe that Americans should look to elected officials as personal role models. I personally do not, because I know how to find my own role models in my own life, so I'm not disturbed if the veep's daughter gets knocked up or if the president fools around with an intern. I just want to make sure Republicans are aware of the double standard of going after Clinton over Lewinski affair and then knowingly nominating someone who may have fallen down on the job of parenting.

All of that said, nobody really knows how Palin's grandchild is going to turn out. You can bet that the Republican Party (and the federal government, too, if McPalin wins the election) will supply the Palins with the best day care and parental support network in history, to keep the family from becoming a national embarrassment. But that won't answer the question of whether the party allows other young, single women the tools they need to avoid situations where children grow up in poverty and neglect.

Sally, first let me say that I am an Obama supporter. In reading your article I must say I totally disagree to the questioning of the parenting of Gov. Palin. She's a human being as is her daughter which makes prone to make mistakes and for that I thank God for His Grace.

I'm so sick and tired about experience and about who has enough vs who doesn't. Nobody really knows until whoever gets elected gets in office, and if experience was really the end all be all, then Jimmy Carter should be running against George Bush Sr. The only candidates with experience who could actually run again.

I think people read into so much stuff that has nothing to do with leadership or the ability to be President of this country. Can a Black man be elected in America? Can a woman? Well its now a 50-50 shot isn't it? Well, sort of. And when its all said and done, before I pass on both may have had the opportunity to be President. Since the bar is set so low due to our current President, both may get their busts on Mt. Rushmore. God is good...All the time!

Dear Sally:

I'm neither a Democrat nor a Republican, but a very concerned American.

It's pretty sad to see how a political party can use a woman as a puppet in order to win an election. That's how I perceive this pathetic charade. I think the McCain campaign isn't afraid of Palin's inexperience, they can very well manage her as VP chenney has managed our current president.

What I can hear from either party is just rethoric and more rethoric. Both parties talk about their points of view in many aspects of our lifes, but I think everything stops rights there, just words and alot whole of innaction.

Republicans talk about being Pro-Life but approve the death penalty and supported wars that has killed thousands of children and adults in other coutries (I wonder is those people don't count as human beings to be included in their Pro-Life point of view)

We are tired of just hearing words and we need a goverment that saves lives not one that due to beurocracy and incompetence, let people die because of a hurricane (I bet those victims didn't count in their Pro-Life diatribe either).

I want a goverment that doesn't go to bed with so many coorporations and special interest groups that gets told what to do when it comes to issuing laws and regulations that are supposed to benefit the people (all of us).

We don't have time to be involved in speeches to prove who's more experienced or who is more popular or is Pro-Life or Pro-Choice. We need a president with common sense, one that is capable to identify what is wrong now in America and know what to do or should be done to make it right.

Last campaing flip-flopping was attached to one party only and was really condemned, now I see both parties doing and nobody says anything about it. I think that just became part of America mainstream politics.

We can tell that each party spend millions of dollars in their own campaigns, distorting the truth, spinning their own faults and belittling their opponents. Imagine how many things going wrong now in this country can be turn around with
that money, just imagine.

We need to get more involve and let both parties now that we are listening, we know what is going around and we can't be fool. It would very arrogant for them to think that Americans are not listening and that we can't see through all their charades.

Please, pay attention, do your research, listen carefully, then vote.

"She has no national political experience, especially in the area of foreign policy."

Perhaps Ms. Quinn is not aware that considering Alaska's proximity to Russia, Palin has in fact received relevant national security briefings; in my book, that beats living in Indonesia as a child any day. In addition, I'll take Palin's common sense over Obama's three-day process required for him to come up with the correct response; i.e., Iran is a tiny country...no threat, his feeble attempt to draw moral equivalence between Russia/Georgia and America/terrorists, undivided/divided Jerusalem.

"When the phone rings at three in the morning and one of her children is really sick what choice will she make?"

I am offended that you insult women by assuming Palin would tell the country, in effect, 'take two aspirin and call me in the morning.' Yes, children come first, but conservatives realize that if their children don't have a country, what's the point of taking care of a sick child? I lived at Ground Zero with my children during the Cuban Missile Crisis--in a place very close to Cuba that could have been easily vaporized--not among the Washington elite.

"These are dangerous and trying times for the entire world."

You must be hallucinating if you think Obama/Biden truly understand that danger.

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

Again, you insult; it apparently did not even occur to you that McCain might actually think Palin is the most qualified to give the country confidence that McCain/Palin put the country first rather than "me first."

Your column alone clearly exhibits that feminism has been a fake; Palin is the epitome of what you claimed you wanted for women. Liberal ideology obviously trumps your alleged desire for women to achieve...very revealing.

Since Sarah Palin is running for Executive Office, lets compare Elected Leadership experience:

Sarah Palin has been:
* Governor of Alaska
* Mayor of Wasilla Alaska
* President of the Alaska Conference of Mayors

Hillary Clinton has been:
* President of the Wellesley (college) Young Republicans
* President of the Wellesley College Government Association

Barack Obama has been:
* ?

Joe Biden has been:
* ?

John McCain has been:
* ?

It looks like Gov. Palin is the best qualified by virtue of having the most experience.

Well, ms. Quinn,
You just go on believing that Mrs. Palin is the wrong choice for the wrong reason. Several weeks ago I responded to a survey from the republican party. In it I commented that a sure way for the McCain to win was to select a minority: a woman, or an ethic minority (for example Colin Powell or Bobby Jindal). There is no confusion or doubt about Palin's ability to balance family matters with her career. Men, and now women, are doing so with regular familiarity. It's no easy job. For you to even hint that Palin is sacrificing her family (that's exactly what you are doing) for her own ambition is ludicrous, if not deprecating to say the least. If you had the fortitude and necessary competence you would still be sitting as the first anchor woman for CBS. But since you lack these qualities, you disparage someone that is capable of fulfilling this challenge. You should be commending Palin rather than even suggesting that she can't possibly serve in dual roles. So much for women's equality.
Vote for McCain. He will set you free.

Sally:

Let me get this straight. You think it wrong to nominate someone for Vice-president -- because she is a woman -- who has been a governor for less than two full years (and a mayor for 6, and chair of her state's most important commission and co-owner of a fishing business).
But you have no problem with the Democrats nominating someone for President who was only a US Senator for 120 days before running for President, who cannot even run his Senate subcommittee, who has never run a business much less a state.
Obama is the least experienced nominee of a major party (less than four years as a US Senator come December)since the R's nominated Thomas E Dewey against Roosevelt in 1944 (less than two years as governor of New York).
Let's speak the truth here. Geraldine Ferraro had it right months ago: now way Obama would be his party's nominee if he was not an African American.
Palin's biggest weakness is that you don't agree with her on "women's" issues.

This again, "When the phone rings at three in the morning"

Hopefully if it's real important, the phone will ring at the Pentagon where nobody ever sleeps. The last person I'd be calling is some sleeping politician at 3 A.M. to figure out what to do next. That's just me though.

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Have a dink and go make a baby and forget about all the other people making babies. They are real busy right now and don't care about what you are thinking. Honest to God, they don't!

Let's not underestimate Palin. With Obama running on "Change," Palin cannot be roped in by urging her to follow precedent (e.g. by nagging at her not run for V-P until her children are all grown). Palin shows drive, discipline and ambition energized by political (and religious) principles and beliefs. But those beliefs lie at the extreme right of the Republican Party if not outside it, as evidenced by her forays into Alaska separatism and her support for Pat Buchanan. Her supposedly reformist attacks on corruption in Alaska remind me of what happens after every electoral sweep -- exploit opportunities to demonize the status quo, fire the incumbent civil service, put in your own people and start funding your own earmarked, pork-barrel projects ($27 million to her own small town; money from the Bridge to Nowhere plowed into other projects). She might look like a Republican who virtuously drove out corruption from her own party. But Palin belongs to a wing (or fringe) of the Republican Party that has been working and waiting to take power; and John McCain's "marverick" role is being used as a lever. This is not about mothering (liberal or conservative), it's about power. If Dick Cheney could play puppet-master to George Bush, others can do the same with Gov. (and maybe some day President) Sarah Palin. Do we want her to have power over us? If we don't, we need to work the issues. Palin "chose" to have Trig, says Timothy. Yes, and she is against choice for victims of rape and incest. Let's take a look at the rest of her social agenda and practice. Her positions on climate change are out there. She believes in intelligent design. She has an interest in censoring library books. What's her position on Medicaid, Medicare and Social Security,and so on. Do you want this woman running your life and depriving YOU of choices you value and depend on?

I am impressed by Palin.
As a man and a patriot I think her choice was the smartest move that McCain ever made, although I don't care much about McCain.
Palin's history and her long standing success in every thing she did portend success in handling any political social and financial problem that she might encounter as VP or president of this country.
God bless Sarah and God bless America.

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Bravo! This Independant voter has finally heard a sane voice here. While Mrs. Palin certainly has quite a political career ahead of her, I feel the timing is off. Why now? Why this election? While I certainly feel that women can work and raise a family, most, if not the majority, wait until their children are a little older. Preschool age. Why? Well, as social conservatives like to emphasize, children (& babies!) need both parents and the early years are crucial. Some of the men who are her most vocal supporters, are the same ones who criticize "power women"(on the other side of the political spectrum) who try to do too much and make their families suffer as a result. Simply put, Sarah Palin's children need her. Now. The vice presidency is not a 9-5 job. Not even close! By asking Palin to serve now, McCain has put her in a position of choosing between her family and a promotion up the political ladder. Don't tell me that the VP is some part-time job! Some day, if the Republicans win, Mrs. Palin will look back and realize that she can never have these precious years back. The years that she spent in service to her country, but out of reach to her children. Even now, her teen-age daughter is feeling the intense glare of scrutiny & moral judgement by a national media with no concept of boundaries or tact. So it will go with the rest of her children. How about "Palin 2012 or 2016"? The extra experience will only make her more credible and lessen the "no experience" argument and give her a chance to be the amazing mother I know she is.

Deacons walk the walk. Politics is more talk the talk and running for the office. It's a different pace. Sometimes you need to walk the line. Babies can't walk, but they do learn and if you can walk you can run. To get along in politics you can never run from a fight. The best thing to do is to stop a fight before it starts. It's too late for prevention, it's never too late for the cure. With all these comments you would think somebody had cancer or something serious. It's as if pregnancy was a dreaded disease and it's going to spread. Get over yourselves.

Wow,

If John McCain voiced the reasons you gave as his reasons for not picking Gov. Palin he would have been labeled as a sexist pig.

As far as her pregnant daughter is concerned, I would wish that situation on no parent. As the father of an 18 year old daughter I have dreaded the thought of my daughter coming to me with the news the Palins received. But the one thing that would have and I am sure made it a little better was the ending of the news. Mom, Dad, we are getting married.

As far as experience goes, She, Gov. Palin has held two elected Executive positions. Senator Obama has never held an executive position. The Senator has spent the majority of his US Senate time running for President. He has never, never made a tough decision.

Lets compare the two shall we. Comunity activist, Mayor. First term US Senator, Govorner.
Military hater, Commander in chief of the Alaska National Guard. Running a senate office, Running a state. Can't decide when or can't answer when life begins, Had a down syndrome baby. She is more qualified to be President than he is.

I would feel more comfortable with Gov. Palin a heartbeat away from the presidency than Senator Obama as the President.

"Evangelical women also will have to decide if they will vote against their conscience by voting to put the mother of young children in a job outside the home that will demand so much of her time and energy."

Ms. Quinn, you make it sound like Palin is the one woman show. She has been in politics longer than Obama and has managed to accomplish all of this with her 5 children and very supportive husband. The point is that the concept of a "traditional" family (mom, dad and 2 kids where the mom stays home and dad works all day) is no longer the norm. The changes I have witnessed is that the parents do everything in their power to let their kids have the best opportunities available to them. If that means the mother is the sole or majority bread winner or the dad stays at home with the kids then so be it. I believe these evangelical voters you refer to have an understanding of the struggles of American families and further know that it is not within their power to judge one family unit as better than the other.

The changes we are seeing for women extend far beyond what you give credit to. Palin is able to pursue this career because she has a husband who supports her ambitions. These doors are opened to her because she has an incredible support system, just like McCain does and the fact that she is a woman should have no bearing in the matter.

Despite your arguments against the Palin pick, I believe she will be an excellent Vice President for the United States. She has over and 80% approval rating in Alaska and is paired with one of the most experienced leaders in politics and not to mention, she appeals more to the conservative base than McCain with her pro-life, anti-gay marriage, pro-gun, and anti-excessive spending viewpoints.

What an absolutely obnoxious article. Yes Palin lacks experience, and that is worthy of serious discussion, which the article almost reaches; however, the fact that she lacks maleness or has a family (oh no, how terrible female) should not be part of the equation.
>For an article apparently positioning itself as progressive on women's equality, why does her "attractive"ness matter, especially enough to be listed as a qualification? This makes the Obama is articulate comment look downright intelligent, as a candidate's attractiveness has even less to do with leadership than articulation.
>"But it must certainly raise the question among the evangelical base about whether Sarah Palin has been enough of a hands-on mother."
Wow, so I guess all the career women out there whose kids get knocked up better look themselves long and hard in the mirror for their failures... What a patently offensive statement, however guised as "possible evangelical concerns." For the record, evangelical leaders are not concerned with this at all. This author is far more concerned with evangelical sentiments about mothers and teen pregnancy than evangelicals themselves. Many good mothers end up with accidents like this, and crappy mothers' daughters may get lucky and not get pregnant. Considering that half of all women will experience an unwanted pregnancy in their lifetimes, and that many teenagers have premarital sex (after all, the difference between a pregnant teen and a merely sexually active one is mostly a crapshoot), who are we to pin this common consequence of sex on Palin's poor mothering, here equated with her decision to be Governor of Alaska?! I wasn't aware that the chastity of one's daughter was a)a qualification for the vice presidency, or b)a litmus test for a mother's involvement or love. Leave the judgment of Palin's mothering and Palin's daughter to Palin's family, as even Obama has done. McCain is on his third marriage and no one's talking about his hands-on involvements or failures in those committments. Obama has made his own mistakes that make many question his judgment, and his VP candidate is a known liar and plagiarizer... Yet Palin is the one whom we are willing to tear apart, whose personal life becomes a demerit?
>"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." This author is a woman, but obviously what seems to bother her in these lines is the fact that it's a WOMAN. If you read that sentence with the word man wherever the word is woman, does this sound like a political issue worth bothering with? Aren't we in 2 protracted wars, and in a recession, or something?
It's well known that Palin's husband plays Mr. Mom, as the post put it. Why does it matter that OMG WE HAVE A WOMAN. The kids are being taken care of. The lady's running for office. Unless the kids are running out in the street, who really cares if she has 2 or 5 or if they all have down syndrome if they're being taken care of by the dad and the mom when she has time, which women are legendarily good at finding?
"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." So now even grandparents aren't eligible... should the country be run by childless adults only? So we can handle Russian-Georgian conflicts, the whole lot of the Mideast, one's spouse, one's child(ren), the media, one's aides, 2 wars, one's party, a million interest groups, and a weakening, globalizing US economy, but that grandkid's 1st birthday party will tear a VP's time asunder? Seriously...
>"Not only in terms of her job, but from a media standpoint as well." If the media are that retarded, and they may be, that's on them. It has zilch to do with whether the McCain-Palin ticket is better for AMERICA, which it seems like IS the real issue facing us, although members of the media like this author seem to want to nitpick this woman's family instead of focusing on that.
>"Evangelical women also will have to decide if they will vote against their conscience by voting to put the mother of young children in a job outside the home that will demand so much of her time and energy." Again, the dad's on it. Being governor is not a breeze either, and the kids seem all right so far (pregnancy at 17 in an upper-middle class home is hardly an unbelievable crisis). Having a uterus is not a requirement for being the primary caregiver; millions of families know this from experience, and many where women have been the primary caregiver are failures for a variety of reasons. It is ridiculous to claim that Palin should stay aiming low (governor, but a woman as VP, gee I don't know) because she has babies. Is this the 1940's?! Rather than shooting her down based on preconceptions about gender and the inevitable distribution of childcare in a household, maybe 45 years after the women's movement, we should let the lady try.
>"Is she prepared for the all-consuming nature of the job?...Her first priority has to be her children. When the phone rings at three in the morning and one of her children is really sick what choice will she make?" Perhaps you should ask her husband, who has been holding the fort down so far. Or the state of alaska, where she's been prioritizing their needs just fine. Clinton had a kid, Bush had 2, Obama has a couple. Why does it matter that so much that she has kids and not that they did? Yes, she has 5, but she handled it quite well as gov. Perhaps she can provide a role model for working mothers, many of whom vote, are evangelicals, are poor, are rich, are backbones of their family while working 1 or more jobs... It seems the author is implying that she might miss a meeting (Reagan slept through his, and is a hero) or shirk her duties because Susie got a cold. What an insult. Women the country over are managing work and Susie's colds just fine, and with a good income and a supportive husband it's even more doable.
"He always had to be my first priority." Good for you. That doesn't mean that all women must sacrifice their careers for their children, or risk doing the opposite. Perhaps Palin has more support than this author did. In any case, she's not an idiot, and the slogan of the campaign is country first. Even though she's a woman, she probably knows what she's getting into. Can we talk about the issues instead of gender, please?
>"Of course women can be good mothers and have careers at the same time... A mother's role is different from a father's." If the father sucks, yes, women have to pick up the slack on everything from housecare to advocating at the PTA. Mr. Palin has played Mr. Mom, and families the world over are incredibly flexible in their structures. Essentializing a woman out of a VP because she is a mother and thus must take full care of the children and be distracted by them and put them first is ludicrous, anti-feminist, and antiquated.
Country first, yes, but as a woman I hope to hell that the McCain-Palin ticket wins and shows sexist, women-patronizing doubters that espouse these sorts of arguments that like men women can do whatever the hell we put our minds to, come childcare, hell, or high water.

If she were a man, Governor Palin wouldn’t even qualify to be a deacon in most fundamentalist churches:
1 Timothy 3:12 A deacon must be the husband of but one wife and must manage his children and his household well.

However many times Quinn (who was still giving pajama parties at age 28) and other nanny-state polemicists repeat it, I do not believe a pregnant Bristol Palin is a "17-year-old child."

The real moving stuff is on paper in ink, secure from the likes of the dislikes. That is why we have safes and presses, to keep some out and lock others in. Goofballs and evil minded nitwits are on servers serving no purpose. Keep your powder and paper dry.

John McCain's selection of Palin, who is quite obviously totally unprepared to govern the most powerful country in the world is scarey!!. People you really need to think here. Do you really want this 72 year old man and a women that is totally ill equipt to have her finger on the trigger. Talking about just the protecting the country from terroist, I sure if they could vote they would be over here in droves pulling the handle for the McCain/Palin ticket. It would be funny if it was not so dangerous.

In God We Trust. Money talks and BS walks. Evil runs from the big guns.

Anonymous, you truly moved me. I will save you a special place on the beach along poop river. It is a somewhat smelly place, but it is a step up from cankerville.

Like it or not, Palin is a pawn in this political bloodsport. Had Hillary been on the Dem ticket, Palin would not have been given the time of day. A MAN with the same level, or lack thereof, experience of Palin wouldnt have been given the time of day.

Thompson stated tonight that Palin was chosen as a breath of fresh air to combat the usual, old Washington, Beltway Boy stigma. HELLO!!?!? What the heck does he think McCain represents? Is he sipping his own stupid-laced kool-aid??? I actually like Thompson and had he put a little more fire in his belly, HE would have been a better choice than McCain. I guess he has lost all his stamina keeping up with a much younger wife and his toddlers. Hint hint, Palin.

Palin will be back in Alaska in a few months when this ticket goes up in flames. No doubt. In the meantime, read my lips Mrs. Palin:

A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E DOES NOT WORK.

Need a referral? It's spelled B-R-I-S-T-O-L.

Like it or not, Palin is a pawn in this political bloodsport. Had Hillary been on the Dem ticket, Palin would not have been given the time of day. A MAN with the same level, or lack thereof, experience of Palin wouldnt have been given the time of day.

Thompson stated tonight that Palin was chosen as a breath of fresh air to combat the usual, old Washington, Beltway Boy stigma. HELLO!!?!? What the heck does he think McCain represents? Is he sipping his own stupid-laced kool-aid??? I actually like Thompson and had he put a little more fire in his belly, HE would have been a better choice than McCain. I guess he has lost all his stamina keeping up with a much younger wife and his toddlers. Hint hint, Palin.

Palin will be back in Alaska in a few months when this ticket goes up in flames. No doubt. In the meantime, read my lips Mrs. Palin:

A-B-S-T-I-N-E-N-C-E DOES NOT WORK.

Need a referral? It's spelled B-R-I-S-T-O-L.

Why, thank you Anonymous for such a lovely poem about your love for me.

Make love, make babies, make America. You are free to make mistakes and free to be happy. Outside it is America it is all good. Words that hurt don't help. Babies are pure love and joy. Here to my love and her babies. An American Dream is a happy heart and a pleased soul.

"Please You"

How my heart longs for yours
To please you is what my heart feels for you
How my lips long to kiss your body
To touch yor skin and feel the softness of you
How my soul calls to you in only dreams you could know
To be next to me and resting in my embrace
Feeling each breath as we lay together
Pleasing you forever and making sweet love
Together making all your senses alive with mine
You take me to a place I long for
I wait for you and know it is love
So it can not hurt to wait longer
You can be with me and I will always wait for you
My lonesome tears will never dry
My eyes see you always here for me like a child
They long to see you and my hand longs to hold
Your hand and your heart is all my desire
How these words could not be without you
How such a love could save me is your grace
I felt I could not be good enough
You showed me how good love could make life
I found my true self because you inspired me
To search for you my whole life was my purpose
To find you was my dream come true
Now my heart is happy knowing you are there
So much more than good enough
It is a love so great that it is for more than two
If these words find you sad please be not sad
Know how deeply I care for you
How I feel you with me was written long ago
You only know how I feel and only for you
I will remember you and you will not pass me by
Without knowing you should remember the love
You feel so strong that all your pain is past
You will never feel that pain again
For I long to please you and make your soul pleased
That is what binds us and I can hold you in these sweet dreams of the future in love with you
You are always my first love and lasting passion
You are love
You are beautiful

Written for You

America need to get back to its fundamental roots. Let us become root farmers and burn our books. Let us tear up the evil "Internets." Howoooooooooo howoooooooo. Let us now pray in TONGUES!!!!!!!!!

So the left wines and wines and never moves to said enemy hell hole after an election so lets make them this time or simply eliminate them! Not like they matter much except to rouse ill will between men!

This article is an insult to women.

Remember when my disciple Son of Sam acted on his voices?

"Her life experience alone gives her wisdom...now thats a real qualification to lead!"

Ooooh stop it, you make the most evil one laugh. But it is true that those with such wisdom TALK IN TONGUES!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Decipher that gibberish and act on the message!!!!!!!!!!!!

Dear Ma'am: You are completely wrong on McCain and Palin? Have you ever heard of a battlefield commission? McCain as an old Navy hand knows some of the best officers in the Navy and Marines were not from Harvard, Columbia, Yale or Annapolis. They were officers who rose up through the ranks through their courage, steadiness and leadership skills. They were challenged and they responded. Sarah Palin is like this. Consider her promotion a battlefield commission for meritorious service. As McCain has long experience both as an executive, a Naval Officer and as a Senate leader, I trust his judgment on Palin.

Palin's rise is meteoric no doubt. Historically, it can only be compared to the rise of Lincoln and TR. Her rise is even more impressive than the rise of another great president -with less experience than Palin- Harry Truman. One cannot help but think her rise is providential and her we have our first woman president -not in 2008- she is too green for that but for 2012 and beyond.
There can be no doubt Sarah Palin has made history and will have a great future in American politics win or lose this election. Yes, win or lose. Because if it is a close election that closeness will be her triumph.

She is not 32. She is not applying for the insignificant job of a taking head. She is not even applying for the first spot as Obama is even though she has far more executive experience and work experience than Obama. She may even have published more journalism than Obama. From what I have heard of her and from what I have read this is a very well-informed person. She may not have the views of a Washington insider who hobnobs on Embassy row, but she has the views and values that will resonate with heartland America.

I was undecided ten days ago. My wife was undecided. Many of our friends and coreligionists were undecided. But now most of us are enthusiastic supporters of the McCain-Palin ticket. Mac choice was a revolution, in my opinion, and I feel that history will prove my intuition that we are witnessing the beginning of something important that will be remembered long after Obama and Biden are just aa footnote in history.

LET US HOPE AND LET US PRAY
MAC AND PALIN ALL THE WAY

RICHARD K. MUNRO

Soon folks like Jimbo, Jack and Jill will be burning and drowning witches. It will be so delicious. I can't wait!

Sarah will be a great VP. Sally and some of my progressive friends are having a hissy fit over this. But as a Hillary supporter i am now voting for McCain/Palin! Her life experience alone gives her wisdom...now thats a real qualification to lead!

Please review Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964. You, my dear are breaking the law.

STOP!!!!!! Let's come to our senses. She's the VP candidate and these issus are not worth the candle, especially considering the downside. Like a pack of raging dogs, we are reflexively snapping and biting our way into yet another McCain trap that will open the door to more damaging scrutiny on Obama's weaknesses--inexperience and dirty Chicago politics. With a candidate that exudes such confidence and the broad assumption everywhere for so many months that the election is ours, I think that we Democrats have moved from focused confidence to the lazy, pompous arrogance exemplified by this article. Unfortunately, we will lose if we don't start playing both hard AND SMART again, but right now we seem to senselessly bully away at any and all "issues". Stop being tactically retarded!!! Pick the right fights!!!

Sally Quinn says:

"...with news that Palin's 17-year-old unmarried daughter is pregnant, McCain's pick may not even find support among 'family values' voters."

Gee, Sally, reading the thousands upon thousands of galvanized pro-Palin respondents here and on other websites, it seems otherwise. And, it seems the hugely influential conservative base, as a whole, is just a wee bit energized.

It seems that the entire premise of your article is shot to hell.

Just a thought, Sally.

Jack Jenson: "It's hard when your kids are going to Sidwell friends at 30k per year to imagine what is going on in real America."

Yes Jack, make sure the kids don't know anything but jack shirt. Make America strong. Did you know that you can shave if you catch a bee in a clam shell and then rub it on your face? Yes, it is true. It must be. I saw it on TV.

I was appalled at the CNN interview Sally Quinn gave this afternoon regarding this article. It was condescending, righteous and bigotted. As a psychoherapist, I feel the lady doth protest too much in an attempt to bolster her own agenda. Talk about being insulting to women and being concerned that a "child" of one of our candidates is pregnant out of wedlock. I found this whole article and interview to be the epitomy of insult to women and downright abusive to this young girl who is trying to make a difficult situation right. I tell my clients that criticizing other's parenting can be very dangerous as we never know how things will turn out for our own children and grandchildren. I know many extremely involved and devoted parents who have found themselves in the position of Sarah Palin. It had nothing to do with their parenting. None of us can be with our children 24/7. It is egocentric to believe that only a mother can raise and give children the love that they need. It is an insult to every father, who as a single parent, has done a wonderful job raising his children. It is an insult to the many wonderful men and women who are in the role of surrogate parents when the mother is working or absent. This need not be the case with Governor Palin's children. Children are not "distractions" but "people" whom we love, cherish and care for despite our vocations. Being a strong role model for our children by participating in public service and righting wrongs and corruption are gifts that positively affect their character for a lifetime. Every President in history has faced this dilemma of spending time with his children and it is ridiculous to say that all these chilren have suffered because of the office. Sally Quinn knows nothing of the mother that Palin has been or who she will be in the future--and no one has the right to judge her when the evidence does not exist. Good for you, Sally, that you took time off your pontificating for the media to raise your special needs child. But, this is not about YOU and you have no right to use your platform to malign women and children who have chosen other paths than you.

JoAnne Heron says:

"If I weren't so afraid of who she is and what she believes, I would cheer her on, but I can't. She is dangerous because of her convictions..."

C Gruen says:

"...I write as a sister in Christ, and voter who is consistently pro-life and already committed to Obama."

Yes, we're wading in it up to our eyebrows now, folks!

These "independent women" are "concerned" about Palin as VP. Thankfully, they have the street-activist radical totalitarian "above my pay grade" leftist senator-trainee at the top of the Dem ticket.

ROTF!

Wow I just heard about this post by Sally Quinn and I guess I am really shocked.

For many years I have read with great interest Sally's columns. This really sounds like a wrap up from a Beltway Cocktail party hosted by the media elites. Was EJ Dionne and Sally Reimer pouring the champagne?

Bill Clinton and Ronald Reagan had no Washington experience. Whether you were a Democrat or Republican you cannot say they didnt do well.

It's hard when your kids are going to Sidwell friends at 30k per year to imagine what is going on in real America. Sally what a really low mark in your esteemed career to attack another woman in this manner in an effort to support your candidate. Wow. really sad

Got to go now, Feynman will giving his next in a series of lectures on the theory of quantum electrodynamics. It is sinful to miss one. After that, I will poke him with hot branding irons.

You're next Hawking!

gaagaaa hobledegaga! TONGUES TONGUES

Love the assumptions that family-values people are too judgmental to separate Palin's actions from those of her teen daughter. Nice little jab in there, too, about her not being a "hands-on" (translation: unfit) mother.
Also love the assumption that because Quinn floundered at CBS, the logical conclusion is that Palin can't be successful as v-p. Elitist logic, I suppose.
Yep, it sounds like Palin needs to stay in the kitchen and let elites like Biden make life's decisions.
Essays like this remind me of the liberals' real disconnect: they believe the only smart people in America are rich attorneys. This is why her party gets shocked so often in November.

I regret to inform the living fornicators that Einstein, Newton, Galileo, Max Planck, Euler, Lorentz, Rutherford, Joule, Boyle, Bohr, Helmholtz, Faraday, Maxwell, Davy, Ohm, Volta, Franklin et al. are all with me now. They burn for all eternity.

Make sure to teach your children the correct science, i.e., that which was taught by Hanna Barberra. The way Fred, Wilma and Dino carried themselves is the standard Americans should strive to achieve and maintain!

Sarah Palin would make a great poster mother for the perfect Christian Republican Woman or Mrs. America for her obvious multiple talents and balancing act, but she is not running for Mrs. America (does that exist anymore?) I am very concerned about the possibility of her running the country.

Alaska is an odd place. Recently, we tried to find an open restaurant in Wasilla on a Sunday, and were almost unsuccessful, except for a Mexican Restaurant with no Mexicans. That was a first, as we are used to having all wait staff and cooks Mexican. Guess the town was closed down like in the old days. Everybody was at church. (My son lives 10 miles away in Palmer.)

In Talkeetna, Alaska, the bachelors have an "Alaskan woman" contest where the contenders have to bake a pie, run uphill in "bunny boots" (extreme cold weather bulky footwear) with a pail of water, and shoot at a target while skiing through the woods. (There are many more things), and Sarah definitely fits this mold. The winner gets two free tickets to Hawaii. (This was 15 years ago. Please research if you use this reference.) I guess the bachelors hope they will get an invitation. I have a friend who won it at least twice, and I'm sure Sarah would have done quite well.

I am a former Alaskan and would normally think this and all of the things that have been said about Sarah and all of the conflicts surrounding her are funny. It's just that they are not.
There are huge problems here, including denial.

She cannot keep control over her own life and family, much less over a country and a world she knows little about. I am embarrassed at myself for being so obsessed with this story, but I think it is my Alaskan history, the fact that I too, tried to balance motherhood and a job (in Alaska with only one child), and that in my own larger family, I have the extreme right and left. I also identify with her on some level as a woman, and I am caught in the middle of what feminism means in this instance. Does it mean supporting a woman no matter what stupid choices she makes? My mothering instincts also get mixed up in there somewhere.

I think about the pregnancy, which also happened with my niece with the same view of abortion. What about the young man, who has a foul mouth, is obviously some kind of egotistical high school stud, who is into himself heavily and doesn't want kids. What kind of marriage will this be? Who is going to take care of Sarah's family? Will they move to Washington? I know in my own son that it is impossible to take the Alaska out of the child. They will never be happy. Alaska men can only stand so much of being inside. Who is going to home school them? The hyprocrasy here really bothers me. This is not family values, and so, am I not a feminist for raising these questions?

Lastly, I will say what I have not heard this observance in articles or on blogs. Whenever I go to Alaska, (and I go every year), I experience a love/hate relationship with the culture. Sarah epitomizes Alaskan culture. People move there to get away from rules, to make their own, to operate independently, to hunt, shoot, whatever they want, do whatever they want, don't want the government involved, unless it is to bring pork to their community.

If I weren't so afraid of who she is and what she believes, I would cheer her on, but I can't. She is dangerous because of her convictions, but on some level I understand her as a woman.

Well, won't this be an interesting campaign? JH

What twisted logic!
Sally, you are a sick woman in need of help.
I'll pray that you stop hiding from the truth.

On the issue of Palin's role as mother and grandmother...
I can't help but wonder how Palin would react if her pregnant daughter had a medical emergency, like eclampsia, which is more common in teenagers than in adults. Of course, we all pray that this doesn't happen, but the reality is that doctors sometimes have to recommend an abortion to save the life of the mother. It's a tragedy but it happens every day. Would Palin toe the Republican party line, a party which recently adopted a platform which opposes abortion and makes no exceptions for the health of the mother? I can't believe she would do that.

Sarah Palin would make a great poster mother for the perfect Christian Republican Woman or Mrs. America for her obvious multiple talents and balancing act, but she is not running for Mrs. America (does that exist anymore?) I am very concerned about the possibility of her running the country.

Alaska is an odd place. Recently, we tried to find an open restaurant in Wasilla on a Sunday, and were almost unsuccessful, except for a Mexican Restaurant with no Mexicans. That was a first, as we are used to having all wait staff and cooks Mexican. Guess the town was closed down like in the old days. Everybody was at church. (My son lives 10 miles away in Palmer.)

In Talkeetna, Alaska, the bachelors have an "Alaskan woman" contest where the contenders have to bake a pie, run uphill in "bunny boots" (extreme cold weather bulky footwear) with a pail of water, and shoot at a target while skiing through the woods. (There are many more things), and Sarah definitely fits this mold. The winner gets two free tickets to Hawaii. (This was 15 years ago. Please research if you use this reference.) I guess the bachelors hope they will get an invitation. I have a friend who won it at least twice, and I'm sure Sarah would have done quite well.

I am a former Alaskan and would normally think this and all of the things that have been said about Sarah and all of the conflicts surrounding her are funny. It's just that they are not.
There are huge problems here, including denial.

She cannot keep control over her own life and family, much less over a country and a world she knows little about. I am embarrassed at myself for being so obsessed with this story, but I think it is my Alaskan history, the fact that I too, tried to balance motherhood and a job (in Alaska with only one child), and that in my own larger family, I have the extreme right and left. I also identify with her on some level as a woman, and I am caught in the middle of what feminism means in this instance. Does it mean supporting a woman no matter what stupid choices she makes? My mothering instincts also get mixed up in there somewhere.

I think about the pregnancy, which also happened with my niece with the same view of abortion. What about the young man, who has a foul mouth, is obviously some kind of egotistical high school stud, who is into himself heavily and doesn't want kids. What kind of marriage will this be? Who is going to take care of Sarah's family? Will they move to Washington? I know in my own son that it is impossible to take the Alaska out of the child. They will never be happy. Alaska men can only stand so much of being inside. Who is going to home school them? The hyprocrasy here really bothers me. This is not family values, and so, am I not a feminist for raising these questions?

Lastly, I will say what I have not heard this observance in articles or on blogs. Whenever I go to Alaska, (and I go every year), I experience a love/hate relationship with the culture. Sarah epitomizes Alaskan culture. People move there to get away from rules, to make their own, to operate independently, to hunt, shoot, whatever they want, do whatever they want, don't want the government involved, unless it is to bring pork to their community.

If I weren't so afraid of who she is and what she believes, I would cheer her on, but I can't. She is dangerous because of her convictions, but on some level I understand her as a woman.

Well, won't this be an interesting campaign? JH

Sally,

It's amazing that John McCain effectively said that, of all the people in the country that he would personally choose to be president, this woman is his first choice.

But trying to spin the Palin pregnancy issue as some wonderful evidence of her character is beyond moronic because any good family should stand behind their daughter, no matter what their politics are.

Secondly, it's obviously a POLITICAL expediency to push the two kids into marriage, a life long commitment for which they may not even be at all suited. Of all things, it's now the Republicans who seem to be equating readiness for marriage simply with functioning genitals. Because people are ambitious beyond belief and immersed in illogical belief systems, they bypass the necessary thinking about the actual welfare of the young people.

Just because they made a mistake and she's now pregnant doesn't mean that they are at all ready for marriage. Whatever happened to the idea of people marrying because they're mature enough, that they have enough life experience and have gone through enough counseling to make an informed decision? All of the people involved are very vocal on abstinence, family values, etc. and the sanctity (not convenience) of marriage. But the message here is that if abstinence fails and they get pregnant everything will be made all right by having these children marry...and they are children. And looked at clearly it's more of a punishment of the two children so that the family (and the religious right) can spin it as some wonderful, noble thing.

It would have taken real guts for the family to just acknowledge the situation and say that the child will be raised within the family and the daughter will have responsibilities, etc. Then, if the couple prove to have the necessary maturity, actual love and devotion over time, etc. They could and should marry.

But not until then.

Actually, Palin's first indication of lack of good judgment was accepting the invitation to take a job that she's admittedly uninformed about and not qualified for. The next indication was her prioritizing her political ambitions above the significant, complex responsibilities that her daughter's pregnancy adds to her family obligations.

Oh yeah, I'm not voting for Obama either. Neither of the candidates are qualified to lead the country, as time will again prove. But this is a country that loves to live on image, spin and fantasy, which has gotten us into this no-win situation...along with plenty of others.

Michael Horn

You know, action speaks louder than words

Look at all the Republican hierarchy,

McCain, Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, all of them have dumped their wives and married younger women. Obama is through and through a family man. Evangelicals? Hypocrites -all of them. And what do they think of women? Look to their leaders. And yes, I mean it. Their leaders are all politicians, not religious leaders.

I love the way you liberal women,turn into mean liberal men whenever a real woman enters the room. Get used to it

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She speaketh in the holy tongues of the holy spirit and eat raw moose. Matthew 6:29:1

You know, action speaks louder than words

Look at all the Republican hierarchy,

McCain, Fred Thompson, Newt Gingrich, all of them have dumped their wives and married younger women. Obama is through and through a family man. Evangelicals? Hypocrites -all of them. And what do they think of women? Look to their leaders.

Your reactions and analysis are absolutely on target -- and I write as a sister in Christ, and voter who is consistently pro-life and already committed to Obama.

Just because Sally was a failure at age 32, she believes Sara will be a failure at age 44. Her beliefs are not supported by the facts. I can only believe that Sally has continued her failing performance since age 32. Maybe Sally should try a career change. Cleaning motel rooms does not pay much, but she might be good at it, and she might enjoy it. Give it a try Sally.

Okay, I'm done with this. Apparently you cannot bring up a valid concern with such crazies.

No, YOU are cynical and calculated. This is the perfect VP selection at the right time. If McCain selected Tom Ridge and it was "calculated" to win PA then isn't THAT cynical? Ms. Palin is everything McCain -- and many, many Republicans -- and many, many Americans -- want in a VP. And she happens to be a woman. Or does that automatically disqualify her in the strange perverted world of Washington, which is the only place you seem to reside. Get out. Meet some real Americans. We LIKE strong women. And then get over how Republicans are the feminists and Obama is not.
JDE
Irving, Texas

Sounds like Sally Quinn has a jealous streak toward Mrs. Palin because she is quite an attractive woman. She was elected governor of a state, that qualifies her in my book. Governors run an entire state, senators like Clinton and Obama don't run squat. Oh woo, i just got a look at Horseface Quinn's picture above, woman jealousy for sure ....

Zane says:

"The writer seem to be unaware of the fact that the person with the LEAST experience is at the TOP of the Democratic ticket."

Exactly! Imagine that, the liberal mainstream media thinking we can't add two and two.

You are so partisan, this is not worth a comment beyond this period.

Slick Will's several undisclosed half breed children, shotgun fornicating and oval office rape of a half brained invalid; Hillary's acceptance of that and her lesbian experimenting; the indiscriminate use of drugs in and around the White House; Bill's deserting this Country's military; his lies to Congress and to the People; his sentencing to fine and suspension from the Bar for criminal perjury............none of that disturbed your sensitive ethics. You see fit to pass judgment upon pre nuptial sex of two young adults, who are about to marry. How much prenuptial homo and etero sex did Hillary have at Wellesley and Yale. Have you bothered to inquire??? You see fit to pass judgment on a kid ...and her mother. Shame on you. you are a disgrace on womanhood

"Can Sarah think without a script?"

Well, we know she can read a Teleprompter. Barely.

She has obviously failed to teach her daughter the difference between right and wrong. How can she be trusted to run the country, or even preside over the Senate?

Slick Will's several undisclosed half breed children, shotgun fornicating and oval office rape of a half brained invalid; Hillary's acceptance of that and her lesbian experimenting; the indiscriminate use of drugs in and around the White House; Bill's deserting this Country's military; his lies to Congress and to the People; his sentencing to fine and suspension from the Bar for criminal perjury............none of that disturbed your sensitive ethics. You see fit to pass judgment upon pre nuptial sex of two young adults, who are about to marry. How much prenuptial homo and etero sex did Hillary have at Wellesley and Yale. Have you bothered to inquire??? You see fit to pass judgment on a kid ...and her mother. Shame on you. you are a disgrace on womanhood

Wow, a crazy redneck chick for vice president. See how we are! This country has already gone down the crapper.

And, afafa gata notobologot tepolitarytonagu! TONGUES TONGUES TONGUES!!!!!

Another truckload of sour grapes by a former feminist turned into a chauvanist.

To Seville, and the "other" posters who are "oh so concerned,"

The false righteousness ain't playing, dears.

The pretend unctuousness ain't playing. You're not even fooling yourselves that it is. It will continue not to play, as long as you insist on trying it. It will only continue to galvanize everyday normal folks in their support for Palin.

You're way out of your league if you think this is an issue.

We're a public that saw Bill Clinton cavorting in the oval office. A 17-year-old daughter getting pregnant by her husband-to-be is not going to sway one voter against Palin.

The added publicity will only help her.

PS, if you libs are going to post here pretending to be "concerned independents," at least show a tattered shred of remaining integrity and consistently post using the same name; these sock-puppet posts are just too obvious. But I guess intellectual honesty is asking too much from liberals.

I support the Palin's in the handling of the issues in their family. I am the father of four daughters, the youngest of which is now 19 years old. Every honest father will tell you that even with the best of efforts to pass on your morals to your children, inevitably those same children are to become adults with their own free will and the responsibility that comes with it. To have to go through all this in the public eye while cynical journalists hurl petty barbs causes an intense and instinctive revulsion in me. How more sexist can one be than to suggest that Palin would be distracted with children, but Obama would not?! How much more misogynist can one be than to say that a woman has a choice to abort or keep her child, then ridicule her for making her choice?

The writer seem to be unaware of the fact that the person with the LEAST experience is at the TOP of the Democratic ticket. If elected, no one will need to die for him to take office.

The editorial was, at best, offensive.

WE are talking the here and now and family values. I am wondering what is different in a child becoming an unwed mother is worse that a drug addiction. We all know Obama has had a drug addiction to COCAINE..............and the sllure of that drug is always with that former addict.

I'm shocked that women like Sally Quinn attack Sarah Palin as a vice presidential candidate because she's a mother. Ms. Quinn holds mothers and fathers to different standards. Does she not think Sen. Obama's top priority are his young children?

I believe that Gov. Palin wants the very best for her children, and I applaud her for becoming involved in politics in order to insure a brighter future for her children. Mr. Palin is a supportive husband and father, and the Palins, like most American families, do what it takes to make ends meet.

If Sen. McCain has survived 4 bouts of cancer, his health must be extremely strong!

All right! Speaking in tongues is back in vogue!!!

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My - what an attack against having a woman in the presidency. And from what appears to be a liberal democrat. I must say, I'm confused by your reasoning, which has all of the earmarks most people would, wrongly, attribute to an exremely conservative person of faith. So, if I understand this corrently, in essence, you're saying that it's fine for a woman to be president, vice president, or hold any other public office, provided she's already raised her kids - because obviously, a woman's place is in the home. Huh.

I am, by the way, a Christian conservative who has been in the workplace, and left the workplace to raise my kids, and returned to the workplace. I have gone from extremely liberal in my youth and immaturity to being more considered and responsible as I've grown up. I have also suffered with the humiliation and indignation of being offered a management position because they wanted a woman in the position, regardless of qualifications. This position, by the way, was offered to me by the hiring committee of a liberal university in California. I turned that position down. I prefer to obtain a position on my merits rather than my gender.

Personally, I am thrilled with Sarah Palin. Having relatives in Alaska, I understand how difficult governing in that part of the country can be. I believe that, as Vice President, she is in a position to allow her intellect, which is quick, and her leadership skills, which are strong, to be honed to the point of being a successful President. She has shown herself to be a regular person - not a lifelong politician, not a charismatic charmer - a person, who will work for what she believes in. She addresses issues forthrightly, as with her "Troopergate" supposed scandal, and any other "questionable" items the main stream media wishes to dredge up about her. She announces her frailties and faults - things every human person has - immediately and honestly, and does not attempt to hide them or spin them into someone elses responsibility.

So - for me, speaking as a republican conservative Christian working woman - way to go John McCain for your pick. I'm excited about Sarah Palin as our next Vice President.

Sally - you don't find it cynical; you find it downright scary that McCain has picked a game changer.

Quite frankly, I find it "cynical" and "insulting" that you pretend to be a journalist when in fact you are just another one of Nobama's media lapdogs. Do you, like Chris Matthews, get a funny feeling racing down your leg when you are sitting up on Nobama's lap writing your next anti-McCain hit piece?

Instead of attacking a young 17 year old girl, why don't you spend time investigating your master's relationship with Bill Ayers, the radical left-wing anarchist member of the 1960s Weather Underground terrorist organization? Or perhaps you could contemplate the relative inexperience of the top of your party's ticket w/the bottom of the GOP ticket (yes, Palin actually has more political experience than your master, Barrack Nobama.)

Oh, and as a "family values" voter myself, I'm damn proud of her. I know that in your world it's okay to discard human life for personal convenience and abandon personal responsibility. That is the world of moral relativism that you and those of your ilk have adopted. Therefore, it's only natural that you wouldn't understand how support for Palin remains strong. Pathetic.

The writer seems to be unaware of the fact that the person with the LEAST experience is at the TOP of the Democratic ticket. If elected, no one will need to die for him to take office.

The editorial was, at best, offensive.

Obama is a political hack street-activist with a reprehensible, ultra-liberal voting record that even he doesn't want to talk about.

The Obama-drones, in trying to downplay his glaring lack of qualifications and experience, have resorted to citing his Harvard Law experience. That's nice.

Obama talks about 57 states, wants to have a nice talk with Ahmedinejad, and thinks the answer to the energy crisis lies in windmills and tire gauges. (The buffoon talks about alternative energy as if he invented it; it's been around for decades.)

He comes up with these "visionary" ideas when he isn't too busy denouncing his own supporters or trying to stamp out any discourse concerning his Wright, Ayers, and Rezko connections.

His extremely short stint in the Senate was full of holes where he voted "present" -- when he wasn't voting ultra-liberal. Much of his time in Senate was spent campaigning. Apparently, being a senator grew old rather quickly for Teleprompter Barry.

The guy is out of whack, way out of the mainstream. He's a power-hungry totalitarian control freak.

Instead of citing his positions, he himself says the answers are "above his pay grade."

For his running mate, he picks an entrenched old-boy Washington liberal who got bounced back by the voters anytime he even thought of getting to the White House -- apparently someone high up in the Dem party thought Obama needed a "reliable" string-puller for his affirmative-action candidacy -- hence the extremely uninspired and uninspiring pick of Plagiarizin' Joe Biden. Biden brings nothing, not even the mainstream media's favorite noun, "gravitas." Biden was a wasted pick.

So much for the brilliant and uhh-uhh articulate Barack Obama.

Palin is rock-solid on the issues, she has strong convictions, executive experience, a history of taking on the establishment; she has guts and, unlike Hillary, she moved up the political ladder on her own steam. Next to Obama, Palin is amazingly qualified. And she's only the VP pick, while the amazing empty-headed Obama is the Presidential nominee. The Dems tossed Hillary over the side for this flake.

Don't even get me started on McCain's qualifications compared with Obama.

Teleprompter Barry is going to get slammed in the debates.

Eileen - who said I am voting for Obama or approving of his drug use? You have no idea what I have said about that. I simply said W used cocaine and there's a good chance you voted for him. I pity what we have to present to our children these days in terms of role models - Sarah Palin in no way is a role model, nor is her daughter.

One more point about women saying home. Believe it or not, women CAN successfully lead powerful countries (Queen Elizabeth, Margaret Thatcher, etc...), and men CAN be home makers. Do you really think MR. Palin will keep his day job if his wife is elected vice president????

I find it funny that you slam McCain for choosing this woman for VP with 5 children, yet its ok for Democratic women to run for office with 5 children. I think this woman scares you. She has more to offer as a Vice President then Obama has as THE President. I like the fact that she is a conservative, I like the fact she is not from Washington, I like the fact that is a member of the NRA, I like the fact her husband works in the oil industry! We need people who know more about that then I do. I like the fact she is not afraid of the media and chose to accept the opportunity McCain has given. That says to me that she won't be afraid of the Pelosi's and Biden's. I can not wait for the VP debate! I think you doth protest too much! Your Obama pin is a little crooked and your green eyeshadow is begining to run. I say all of this as a guy from Minnesota.

Joe Biden has been in the congress longer than John McCain, so does that make him more qualified than McCain? Maybe what this country is yearning for is to get normal, everyday, people with some common sense in positions of responsibility and power, because God knows the liberal establishment,including Sally Quinn, have thououghly messed things up for the last fourty plus years. More power to Sarah Palin

You know, all your comments said about Palin being picked because she's a woman can be said about Obama because he's half black. Last I checked 92% of black voters were voting for Obama. Don't even try to tell me that they believe this guy is the best man suited for the job. Obama has no executive experience, except for a small charity he ran into the ground (spent too much money). If he's never lead, and his past experience shows that the only executive position resulted in bankrupting a charity, what do you think he's going to do for the country?

Unbelievable. In other words, a woman should stay home with her children? Suddenly, this is what the elite believe? The hypocrisy is breathtaking.

Is an admitted former COCAINE user a better example for your children????????

Sally Quinn,from one woman to another,let me just say this about your article concerning John McCains VP pick. Palin does have a first name, it's Sarah. As my mother would say,"woman like you were called jealous,rhimes with witches".Get used to Sarah Palin, you will be seeing alot of her in the next four to eight years.I hope this wasn't inappropriate. And by the way, John McCain didn't pick Sarah Palin simply because she is a woman, but because she is a superwoman. We can all learn from her, even you. Thank you, Janet

It is also written, "Husbands, love your wives, just as Christ also loved the church and gave Himself for her, that He might sanctify and cleanse her with the washing of water by the word."

So does that mean Obama's first priority should be to his wife, thus making his decision to seek the presidency a selfish one? What happens if something happens to his wife or children?

Apply the standard equally please.

You know, all your comments said about Palin being picked because she's a woman can be said about Obama because he's half black. Last I checked 92% of black voters were voting for Obama. Don't even try to tell me that they believe this guy is the best man suited for the job. Obama has no executive experience, except for a small charity he ran into the ground (spent too much money). If he's never lead, and his past experience shows that the only executive position resulted in bankrupting a charity, what do you think he's going to do for the country?

Eileen - W used cocaine too; plus he was an alcoholic with a DUI...I am sure you voted for him.

Sally Quinn is totally wrong. Liberal women should learn to control their hysteria when confront by strong and capable women like Sarah Palin.

You know, all your comments said about Palin being picked because she's a woman can be said about Obama because he's half black. Last I checked 92% of black voters were voting for Obama. Don't even try to tell me that they believe this guy is the best man suited for the job. Obama has no executive experience, except for a small charity he ran into the ground (spent too much money). If he's never lead, and his past experience shows that the only executive position resulted in bankrupting a charity, what do you think he's going to do for the country?

You know, all your comments said about Palin being picked because she's a woman can be said about Obama because he's half black. Last I checked 92% of black voters were voting for Obama. Don't even try to tell me that they believe this guy is the best man suited for the job. Obama has on executive experience, except for a small charity he ran into the ground (spent too much money). If he's never lead, and his past experience shows that the only executive position resulted in bankrupting a charity, what do you think he's going to do for the country?

Gosh do we question Obama's dedication to his children or is it just a female thing???????
Also I am wondering why is a former drug addict ...cocaine user ....on the ballot. as we all know cocaine always has an allure for former users.

Gosh do we question Obama's dedication to hid children or is it just a female thing???????
Also I am wondering why is a former drug addict ...cocaine user ....on the ballot. as we all know cocaine always has an allure for former users.

Sara Palin is sending our daughters the wrong message. She is saying it's o.k. to get pregnant while in school. Just get married when you get out. Women that believe this need brain surgery.

Well, let's see. The same exact people that voted George Bush into office TWICE, are the same people that now can't wait till John McCain starts WWIII so he can prove he got what it takes to be 'commander-in-chief.' The same people who put Dick Cheney back in the White House TWICE, are the same people who now want to put a little town mayor turned governor (for about 2 mins) into the second highest office of the land. God forbid anyone question her credentials or abilities . God forbid any American questions her character, since we all know of course that it is perfectly alright now that she leaves a 4 y/o, a special needs baby of 5 months old, and a teeenage pregnant daughter back in Alaska so she can fulfill her dearest wish...to be on the cover of Vogue and People magazine! God Forbid we ask questions, because, after all, these people had such honest to goodness sharp decision making capabilities!

I am a mother of two young girls ages 4 and 6. In light of recent political events and I am forced to question: how would I explain Bristol Palin's pregnancy to my daughters if they were 14 and 16? It's one thing when Jamie Lynn Spears is the unwed teenage mother and quite another when it is the daughter of the candidate running for vice president of the United States.

Teenage pregnancies for young, unwed mothers seems to be becoming a mainstream, acceptable situation. I am so sorry for all of you mothers of teenage girls that will have to be having this discussion this week - while it is so important to discuss it, it must be so hard to explain why it's probably not going to work out so well for Bristol Palin - daughter of the GOP VP candidate.

everyone is hating on the Governor. Don't think that would be the case from this particular paper if she was a dem.

I am sure that this is the same thought process that kept women from breaking through the glass ceiling for years. "Should be home with the family.", "Can't do the work and raise kids at the same time.", "Can't do the work because of the kids.", "Her kids have done X, so it is obvious she is A)the cause of her kids problems or B) not qualified because her kids have problems.", or both.
As far as the choice made by McCain goes, it is obvious that it is a tactical and strategic selection more on what Sarah appears to be (much of politics is perception) to voters than on the loads of experience that she lacking.
I don't knock Obama on his lack of foreign policy experience. It is his foreign policy judgment, that the press has covered up as much as possible, that is the real problem. He has made a multitude of blunders that rival extreme ignorance such as his statements about nuclear weapons being "off the table". How about Iran is a tiny country and can't hurt us? How about willingly going along with denying our war effort the money needed to be successful? His background and upbringing form his judgment, which is horrendous.
It would be more conducive to intelligent questions and debate to cover actual decisions made by her in regards to her duties as governor. Trolling around her daughter and the life altering situation she is in now is despicable. Since liberals like to troll for anything, having no class, I would imagine their next target will McCain's disabled daughter, Bridget, in order . to be completely investigate our prez candidates

"Can Sarah think without a script?"

Well, we know she can read a Teleprompter. Barely.

She has obviously failed to teach her daughter the difference between right and wrong. How can she be trusted to run the country, or even preside over the Senate?

Sarah Palin: 2 years of executive experience running the largest state in the country
Barack Obama: 143 days in the Senate

Sarah Palin: "Armed forces, including my son, give us security and freedom." (Jan 2008)
Barack Obama: "I will stand with the Muslims should the political winds shift in an ugly direction" (from his autobiography, Audacity of Hope)

Sarah Palin: Reduced general fund spending by $124 million. (Mar 2007)
Barack Obama: Voted NO on $40B in reduced federal overall spending. (Dec 2005)

Sarah Palin: Claimed $500 million subsidy for gas pipeline. (Aug 2008)
Barack Obama: Voted YES on removing oil & gas exploration subsidies. (Jun 2007)

Sarah Palin: Cut state funding to Alaska’s construction projects, reformed corrupt government positions, and now has an approval rating of over 70%.
Barack Obama: Cast 130 "present" votes in the IL Senate

And Palin is only up for Vice President. I find it absurd that all these Obama journalists swear she will be unable to handle the position when she's been far more effective getting things done than Obama has--5 kids and all.

I agree with this article entirely. As a working mother of a three year old I understand just how difficult this balance is. I started working when she was 5 days old as Sarah Palin did, but have chosen to never work more than twenty hours a week so I could spend time with my child. This has been an incredibly difficult balance - but one I cherish.

Add in to the mix the fact that the new child is a special needs child and that the job is being leader of the free world and you have an impossible challenge. Either you short change the needs of the child or you short change the needs of your country. Neither is acceptable.

Hands on education is vital in the first four years of a child with down syndrome. They have an enormous effect on the rest of the child's life. Who has taken on this challenge? The husband? I haven't heard him described as a stay-at-home Dad, I have heard him described as a part-time fisherman.

Apparently her family values are to have as many children as possible and then ignore them.

These are not my family values.

Truly amazing how quickly the RNC can get people (their sheepies) to flood websites like this with comments attacking anyone who dares to criticize their Chosen One. Good job trying to fake the comments to look like your typical semi-literate, trailer-trash Republican.

Anyone who believes that Palin has foreign policy experience simply because her state is the nearest to Russia doesn't deserve the right to vote. Maybe we should elect the governor of North Dakota, since his state also adjoins a foreign country. Or the governors of California, Washington, New York, Maine, Minnesota, Montana, Idaho, Wisconsin, Michigan, etc.

Yes, one side in this race is truly desperate--but it isn't the Democratic side.

Anger, rightly said.
It is sickening to see how this 'top political learders do not hesitate a bit to put the country's interest at stake for power and to get to the whitehouse. It is a shame. I cann't believe this is happening in the educated American society. Do we care whether woman has to rule, no, this is not a office assistant job. Whether man or woman who is capable should lead, who is capable of turning the economy for better, handle international and security issues should be the one.

Obama is a 'two bit hustler from Chicago?' Lordy...you 'Christians' are truly amazing, and so 'Christ-like' aren't you?

Barack Obama is a full professor of law with a degree from HARVARD. He was the President of the Harvard Law Review! He could run rings around St. Sarah in two minutes flat, with a brain that runs at the speed of light. He actually thinks! Unlike McCain and Bush, he can think without a script in front of him! Can Sarah think without a script? Can McCain?

"isn't ready to lead the free world" such a rush to judgement. The opinions that matter most are the ones who have been executives of a town, started a small businesses, or the ones who took on her own party's corrupt establishment. Not to mention having the approval rating over 80%. What else? She probably thought network TV was to easy.

Ms. Quinn is an example of a reporter who writes more and more about less and less. All she can do is rip a qualified leader like Gov. Palin to exalt her opinion. This is a tired form of criticism that will fold as fast as the newspaper industry. It is interesting that Ms. Quinn made no comments about Gov. Palin's accomplishments in the offices she's held. She would rather suppress this information and magnify Palin's family affairs.

As someone who does not enjoy hype and spin, I am quite dizzy over the past two days. Yes, family and personal faith should be off limits, but , then, a party has made such a thing its bread and butter. I read a recent pro-Palin essay attributed to Pat Buchanan, which I thought at first was a lampoon, because the comedy blogs are already making such defensive statements as jokes: namely that we are safe from Canada and Russia during Palin's watch.

Foreign experience, abstinence, no sex ed, family values, and what else? This is like the Mad Hatter's (Republican) tea party. What is real?

This just in....Sarah will have to be 'tutored' by Bush advisors. Tutored. The woman couldn't find Iraq on a map if they pointed it out to her. She will be reading on script. When are the American people going to see this 'electrifying' person of high intelligence and experience? When will see a one on one with the press? Fire away! Don't pull any punches, Press. She wants to play with the 'big boys club' and we will let her, provided she gets the same treatment that any other candidate will get. Let her speak without a script on war/peace, immigration, taxes, economy, India, China, Pakistan, Ahmadinejad, the Ayatollah, etc...Let's hear her opinion on the Sunni and Shi'a and the conflict with Israel and Iran. Then we'll see if she is V.P. material or just another Alaska 'babe' pretty face with a penchant for killing caribou with an AK47.

I remember when Sally Quinn was gushing when George W. Bush was inaugurated in 2001. Quinn was on television telling the audience how honorable and decent the Bush's were. Now she writes that Palin is absolutely unqualified to be vice-president. I'll tell you something she didn't know that a lot of Americans knew in 2000, George W. Bush had absolutely no business even being considered for president, let alone to be appointed president by that useless Supreme Court decision. She finally sees the light...8 years to late for the rest of us.

You posted the following in order to turn off women voters:

"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."

It probally will, but if all was right in the world it would be the number one reasen she was voted for.

I read in the blogs that being a beliver is a negative.

What is our country comming to?

I hope and pray Obama is not the next president

"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."

Oh, but Obama didn't make his VP choice based on calculations to win an election?

Wow, the double standards and "doublethink" of liberals is simply amazing...

I love the fact that you and the whole lefty/liberal blogosphere are up in arms over Palin. If Obama gets elected, it will truly be "for all the wrong reasons"; the man is an articulate but empty suit, adored by mindless pundits like you and the hollywood elite.

The sad part is that you would attack a viable woman candidate over your own shallow, narrow-minded political pandering.

Right on, Sally. I was amazed at how many scathing responses you have had to your piece. Wow, the Republican Right Wing must have had instructions to flood all these areas.

"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."

Oh, but Obama didn't make his VP choice based on calculations to win an election?

Wow, the double standards and "doublethink" of liberals is simply amazing...

"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."

Oh, but Obama didn't make his VP choice based on calculations to win an election?

Wow, the double standards and "doublethink" of liberals is simply amazing...

As someone who does not enjoy hype and spin, I am quite dizzy over the past two days. Yes, family and personal faith should be off limits, but , then, a party has made such a thing its bread and butter. I read a recent pro-Palin essay attributed to Pat Buchanan, which I thought at first was a lampoon, because the comedy blogs are already making such defensive statements as jokes: namely that we are safe from Canada and Russia during Palin's watch.

Foreign experience, abstinence, no sex ed, family values, and what else? This is like the Mad Hatter's (Republican) tea party. What is real?

OMG, Palin isn't ready, but a two-bit chicago hustler is? I love you women's libbers demonizing the epitome of a do-it-all female. You BO idolizers will say or do anything, won't you. We all understand that you hate Bush, but is selling out your decency, integrety, beliefs and your soul really worth getting a Marxist into the presidency?

Sally, why don't you go eat a ham sandwich and salute your Joseph Stalin poster and stop spewing your biased liberal garbage all over the internet. It's because of you that your poor excuse of a newspaper is going under and others like it all over the country. Good riddance.

Family first. Especially in Sarah Palin's case.

No wonder newspapers are going broke!

Sex bashing to the worst degree. Please put this piece back in the 1940s where it belongs.

All other women need to make the vote to change this discrimination against women, mothers, and working mothers - vote for Sarah Palin in 08!

The extremely meager details of Obama's healthcare, economic or foreign affairs plans that he's articulated don't make a bit of sense, which I think is a much larger issue than Sarah Palin's family life. Obama claims to have more experience than her, but she absolutely trounces him in the area of tangible accomplishments. His is a campaign of empty promises and the msidirection of blame. Fortunately for him, most liberals don't let facts and common sense influence their decision. There is currently a GLOBAL economic turndown. The UK economy is in its worst position in 60 years, and the dollar has been steadily gaining on the Euro in recent weeks. The difference is that the Brits don't have the audacity to suggest it's the governments fault.
Arrogance and ignorance are a deadly combination, and those are two areas where Obama bests McCain and Palin hands down.

Sally Quinn has eloquently and thoughtfully stated the case regarding Governor Palin's assumption of the Vice Presidential mantle.
It would be contrary to all the wisdom which the Right has repeatedly voiced regarding major issues surrounding the role of woman taken from the biblical model they have interpreteed and endorsed repeatedly.
This action of John McCain's is a slap at all women who take seriously the role of office and the role of motherhood. He is attempting to manipulate his election by using a woman upon whose shoulders he would lean and stand as he assumes the stressful and challenging role of the Presidency. This is insanity. Someone offering this script for a film would have a hard time shopping it to the producers.
The presidential campaign coming from the right is now a sideshow gone mad.
McCain has violated his own principles and those of his party by his behavior.
Sarah Palin appears to be a nice person but she is not the appropriate candidate for the job.Why did he not choose Kay Bailey Hutchnison or one of the other outstanding women with a track record in the party? Because he wishes everyong to continue to percieve him to be a maverick. Well John it is time to hang those spurs up and think of the welfare of the country your so ardently embrace. and proclaim.

great example!
Your job as an anchorwoman vs Palin (already a proven Govenor)becoming VP. Sounds a little like you are just angry at the beauty of the choice and the fact that you were terrible on tv.

You are focusing on the negative only; I hope other Christian women will see her as a leader who will be a role model.

THERE IS NO PROBLEM. Many kids do as they will; they make mistakes (Lord knows YOU didn't make any as a teen, correct?:). The family is living up to its pro-life stand; how HONORABLE that they don't want to kill a growing child for convenience. What a smear piece you've written, but it's from the Washington Post, perhaps only second in shame to the NY Times. And how ashamed you should be AS A WOMAN. But why am I surprised? Since Day 1 the media has been campaigning and covering for Obama. Now they are worried their choice for president (which they want to be OUR choice because we're apparently too stupid to form our own conclusions), may lose due to the CREDIBILITY, CHARACTER and HARD WORK of the HONEST Sarah Palin. I wasn't voting for McCain until Palin joined the ticket. She has PROVEN herself the best man/woman or whatever for the job. Anyone notice how much gender doesn't matter when it's a conservative running? How dishonest of the left and how typical of the quickly sliding media; the U.S. media needs to read the Journalist's Creed and come out of the pit! This former journalism major is disgusted with what I see; a biased press is no better or worse than a govt-controlled press! WHich is why I stopped reading the Post regularly LONG ago. And PLEASE stop insulting GOD by putting your POLITICAL piece in a section entitled "On Faith." Do you even believe, attend worhship in community as Jesus did, know what WWJD stands for??? Your article makes me wonder...

I agree with EVERYTHING you have written. First hand I know what it takes to raise a child with down's syndrome and I cannot fathom how she intends to juggle the care and emotional well being of a special needs child, a young pregnant daughter plus 3 other children while sitting in the VP slot. It is terrifying to think that this woman might replace McCain as President. She is completely unprepared to sit in either office. Her ambition is so great that she is willing to jeopardize the stability of her family and our great nation.

I totally agree with the above article on Palin. She seems to be an intelligent woman but is not up to perform the job as a VP for the President of the USA. She does not show herself as a great mother. Giving birth to 5 children does not mean she is a good mother.

I'm saddened and astonished by the assertion that a woman and mother is being irresponsible by choosing to aspire to high office. And, with the participation of her husband in the management of home and family.

What about her opponent? Mr. Obama aspires to the highest office in land with two young daughters - who many will advise - require the vital presence and support of a father at this delicate point in their development. Are we to disregard him as a worthy candidate because his place is with his family? And, what if HE gets that phonecall at 3am??????

What an absurd debate. It sets the progress women have made back by 50 years...shame on you.

Well, now. Should John McCain and Sarah Palin gain the white house, this will be one for the history books. VP with a pregnant and unmarried daughter inhabiting our greatest institution. Republican Family Values at its best. That, along with the Republican talking points that have been handed out and read like a high crib sheet written in the palm of the hand and shared to the sheep. Hypocrisy is at work and America is the laughing stock of Europe.

get real

Washington Post blather. Once again we see the other reason our founding fathers included free speech as one of our most cherished rights. Not only can we speak of our opposition without fear of retribution, but when they speak we can know them by their limping.

1. Proofread your work.
2. Don't assume that because you were a failure, she will be.
3. If Palin can't do the job having children, then you must condemn Obama as well.
4. The race for the presidency is between McCain and Obama, not Palin and Obama - don't cloud the issue. Any VP who has to step into the position will get more than enough help.
5. Please provide some evidence that this is gender politics in action - if it were about gender politics, McCain could have just as easily picked Condi Rice or Kay Bailey Hutchison. No, I think there is more to this story than you are acknowledging.

You write for the Washington Post?

What a stupid article. You nitwit liberals are promoting an empty suit affirmative action candidate simply because he is black. He has no accomplishments, has no record of change, in fact no record at all. His spiritual advisors are hate America liberals, and he has indicated that he will back muslims when the chips are down.
Palin has more experience governing(you do understand the word, don't you?) than both the losers the democrats nominated. And she isn't Hillary. Thank god she isn't Hillary. She is tough, honest, classy and has ethics, integrity and morals. She has a husband who loves her and doesn't chase every skirt that goes by.
You liberal nitwits are backing a couple of arrogant eggheads who couldn't secure their back yards, much less this great nation.
Keep writing your liberal BS. It won't make a difference in the long run.

anyone investigating statutory rape charges for the father? was he an adult at the time? do they still have sex?

Your dumb

Why can't the dad help raise the daughter and grand daughter??? I see no problem "reversing" roles, do you?

Why are mothers held to a different standard than fathers? If Palin were a man would we be asking ourselves any of these questions about her family and where her priorities are? Of course we wouldn't. Why are women expected to put their children first and careers second? Why aren't men expected to do the same? Why did you have to point out that Nancy Pelosi waited until her children were older to have her political career? This is incredibly sexist and unfair.

Obama/Biden both empty heads , empty suits. Is it any wonder newspapers are on the verge of extinction. They are polluted with members of the countrys largest hate group, the democRAT party, a party Saddam Hussien, Osama Bin Laden, Adolph Hitler, Bill Ayers, would feel right at home in. And yes this is the party stinky old hag Sally Quinn belongs to. People are fed up with the loon left like yourself.

Each woman has the right to make choices for her own family and to not be judged for them. If Sarah Palin can spit out a baby and return to work the next day, good for her. Her husband is the primary caregiver. Why should Quinn or any other woman make a judgement that she can't be VP and a hands on and good mother because she has five children. She has chosen what works for her and her family and should not be attacked for it. To suggest she go home is insulting. I am offended that other professional women dare to attack her when they themselves have made personal choices that may not be traditional. These kinds of ridiculous attacks only make Palin more attractive to working mothers like myself.

Disgusted NJ Independent.

You are fooling no one, dear. Not even close.

Your name should read "panic stricken Obama acolyte." You and the other two or three "independents" posting their sham indignation because McCain DARED to pick a woman.

As a hopeless liberal, you are too, too transparent.

Anyone who "worries" about Palin, a strong-minded intelligent woman of conviction with executive experience, being "a heartbeat away" -- while Obama, a street-activist radical with extremely limited experience and a voting record and a past he doesn't want to talk about sits AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET -- anyone who tries that line is obviously one of the Kool-Aid drinkers.

Keep bringing up experience, so we can keep reminding everyone that Obama, sitting AT THE TOP OF THE TICKET, has none.

"NJ Independent." Get real.

Get over it. I think it was a fine pick. Yes, the fact that she is a woman no doubt played a role, but she is also a reformer in exactly the same mold McCain wants to be.

Sally,
It is quite obvious to us out here in the real world (outside the beltway) that your piece is written from a person who is afraid that John McCain might be the next president, or who is completely out of touch with the rest of us. Sarah Palin has more experience than Obama in that she has run a business, been an executive officer as mayor and later Governor of the most geography of any U S Governor. What does Obama's experience consist of? Oh yes, community organizer dealing with who gets food stamps and free rent, and later a short time as a legislator where he got nothing done, and then three and one-half years as a U S senator of which two and one-half years was spent running for president. You must be forgetting that Mrs. Palin is not running for President. She is running for Vice President. Obama, the rock star, is vying to be commander in chief of the most powerful fighting force in the history of the world, yet he doesn't even know which end of the tube the round comes out of. Could it be that you are afraid your guy is going to lose? I have to admit it's a lot of fun watching you main stream press people squirm.

"After four years of reporting at the Washington Post, I was chosen by CBS to be the first network anchorwoman in America, to co-anchor their Morning News. I had never been on TV a day in my life. I was 32. There were women at CBS who were much more qualified than I was and certainly other men. They chose me because they wanted a woman. I didn't even want the job, but I didn't feel I could turn it down. Of course it was a disaster. I lasted four months. I wasn't ready for Network TV."

Sally, you are pathetic and self-loathing. The above paragraph shows how incredibly JEALOUS you are of Palin.

Sarah Palin has gotten this far through intelligence, common sense and hard work. The only reason you're still writing for the WaPo is because you married the BIG boss.

Admit it. The only stunningly regrettable thing about Palin as far as the Dems are concerned is that she is not a Dem.

BTW - For the posters mentioning Mr. Palin's DUI from about 22 years ago - Let's see... that puts it at about the same time Obama was admittedly snorting cocaine.

BTW2 - Obama's mother got pregnant with him when she was 17 and married his father (the bigamist) three months later.

This article is completely off the mark. Yes I'm sure her being a woman has something to do with his decision, and it was a shrewd political one. But how many of those have Obama done? Didn't Obama pick the candidate that would help him win? Why can't McCain do the same? Your arguments do no follow logic. This is a sad all to bias report that can't be taken seriously.

Thank you for telling it like it is, Sally. I agree with you 100%. McCain has made a reckless choice, one that thoughtful people will have a hard time respecting.

By the way, why is no one asking who is taking care of the new baby? Even if he didn't have Down's Syndrome, WHO IS TAKING CARE OF HIM??? His pregnant teen-age sister? Why is the media not asking this important question? Oh, yes, I remember, once feminist thinking took hold in our country, little children became invisible. Nothing is more important than a woman's career. Sarah Palin is to be praised for going back to work two days after he was born!
Who needs a mothe anyway?

Here are some Alaska FACTS:

Alaska is the largest state in union by far, everybody knows that, but did you know that Alaska has a greater population (683,478) than current Democratic party chairman and one time Democatic Presidential candidate and former Governor, HOWARD DEAN's state of VERMONT and nearly as great as the population of current Democratic Vice Presidential candidate Sen JOE BIDEN's state of DELAWARE.

In fact Alaska has a greater population than that of many other places including the Cities of:
Washington DC,
Orlando FL,
Boston MA,
New Orleans LA,
Cleveland OH,
Seattle WA,
and Baltimore MD,

And a greater population than the States of:
North Dakota
and Wyoming,

And a greater population than the Nations of:
Montenegro,
Iceland,
Luxembourg,
The Bahamas,
The Isle of Man,
Gibraltar,
Greenland,
Andorra,
Malta,
Aruba,
and Monaco.

Why in the world would anyone think that "Hilary Clinton voters" would EVER vote for Sarah Palin? There is NO comparison. Sarah Palin is the antithesis of Hilary Clinton. It is an insult to women, Democrats, and all voters with any gray matter (at all) to consider Sarah Palin as any kind of alternative to Hilary Clinton. The political platform and agenda is the issue, not HER GENDER!!!!

Sally Quinn has gotten most of her jobs because of her gender and because she is an ineffective, neutered spokesperson [says who?] of religion.

I and a republican, but I don't like McCain because he is a RINO. I was going to vote for Obama until he picked Biden for his running mate. Then, I wasn't going to vote. Now, I am going to vote for McCain because of Pulin.

Great article Sally, I thought it was fair and balanced.

If as Republicans claim, we are voting for the top of the ticket and not also the VP, why should we be excited about Sarah Palin's selection? If on the other hand, the person one heartbeat away from the presidency, God help us!

Mrs Palin is clearly unsuited to the commander-in-chief should the need arise. Her candidacy poses risks to three communities: republicans, women and christians. An incompetent Palin administration can only raise the hurdles for the next candidate from any of these groups, just as JWB's spectacular job is making it harder for his fellow republicans and born-again christians.

Republicans and christians should remember that God is not a Republican. Also, we live in a plurality. Their views on abortion apply to their own conduct and the conduct of those they influence. Trying to compel others to live by their precepts or choosing a woman soley because she's a woman, totes guns, eats moose and wants to impose her views on the rest of us is nothing short of insulting. Just try to lead by example for a change.

The republicans are trying to dress up spam and call it filet mignon. Americans are not that stupid.

What an obvious attempt to attack the choice instead of the issues. You automatically assume that just because she is a woman, that is the only reason JM chose her. How sexist indeed. Why can't you be honest and just say you dont agree with her political views. You suggest she shouldn't run because she has 5 children. I guess any mother with 5 children should be barefoot and pregnant in the kitchen as opposed to serving the public good. You suggest the out of wedlock pregnancy of her teen daughter somehow makes her a 'bad mother' or one that lacks 'hands on' parenting. What hogwash. The fact that she and her husband have a special needs child and a pregnant teen daughter only makes them more human. It is after all, the Utopia that liberals have been pushing for decades where teen sex is okay, isnt it? Your article is BS, pure and simple and I believe you should take a good long hard look at your true motives. How would you like to lose your job because of your family obligations? HOw would you react to being denied opportunity in any position because of your gender. I am ashamed for you, and you should be ashamed of yourself.

So... you're saying that McCain can't criticize Obama's youth because he picked Palin for VP but you felt comfortable criticizing her for this apparent "youth". You also asked an incorrect rhetorical question... "Is Palin ready to be president?" Last I checked, she wasn't running for president. Lastly you mention that Barbara Bush said there's nothing you can do that prepares you for the White House but then say Palin's not prepared. What exactly would you say could prepare you for the White House? Didn't Barbara's comment clarify this for you? Do you even have an editor rapidly scan this nonsense before you publish it? I think the local community college is offering intro courses to logic this Fall. You may want to look into it.

Amazing. I gave up on Maureen Dowd long ago, but still gave Ms. Quinn credit for having a lot of class. Boy was I wrong.

PS I actually enjoyed her on TV back in the 70's.

Wow Sally! Just the kind of snobby elitism I'd expect from a Washington Post alleged journalist. Were was your call trying abolish gender politics when Sen. Clinton was running? Could it be your comments are no more than eight grade girl jealousy because she's been able to accomplish things that you haven't been able to do? Have fun drinking that liberal media bias kool-aid.

I guess your inbox is full, so this is the default?
No matter, I'll just call you out in public!

Your objection to Sarah is not based on any idea you have that she may not be qualified, you gave that away early! You are scared to death that a woman who doesn't conform to your political ideology will be successful, thereby demonstrating that your complaints of "sexism" always have been and always will be empty, and your ideology is baseless.

You're done!

Thank you for your time,
Leo Wiser

Just because you Sally Quinn didnt have a son entering millitary service in a dangerous zone, a 4 month old downs syndrome child, a child expecting, having served in elected positions for years and governor of one of the largest states of the union bordered also by a foreign nation means nothing. You probably didnt grow up in a rural self sustaining area where self preservation and existance in the elements is everyday knowledge. You Sally may not have been ready to take on an anchor position but what does this have to do with Palins qualifications and accomplishments?

So McCain is a cynic? I think the chief cynics in this election is the mulatto candidate who is nothing but a scumbag Chicago machine politician and his socialist/Marxist media buddies.

So McCain is a cynic? I think the chief cynics in this election is the mulatto candidate who is nothing but a scumbag Chicago machine politician and his socialist/Marxist media buddies.

If family issues disqualify a candidate, then no one is qualified to run for office. Were you as concerned with John Edwards running for president at the same time his wife was suffering from cancer? I was led to believe liberals supported working women. Guess that is not true.

You can't be serious or expect people to take you seriously if you call yourself prolife and yet support the death penalty and war.

Sorry, you can't cherry pick scripture. Jesus was specifically against violence, including the death penalty ("He who has not sinned must cast the first stone").

Catholics like Palin say they are following the church on the subject of birth control and abortion, but have they ever noticed that the church is officially against war and the death penalty?

True prolife individuals respect all life, even that of the cruelest sinner. Only God should take life.

Pandering? Uh, does anyone (to the political right of Stalin) actually believe an empty suit like Obama didn't get nominated because he's black? Or runner-up Jr senator Hillary because she's a woman and an ex-president's wife?

why am i not surprised a washington post (so extremely liberal that it's commonly joked about) journalist and DC Insider (translation - she kisses up to the liberal democrats and puts their talking points in WaPo articles) come across as an unstable partisan hack?
sally, it appears as if your competency as an unbiased political journalist is as much of a disappointment as your stint as a network anchorwoman. kudos! keep on keepin' on!!

Pandering? Uh, does anyone (to the political right of Stalin) actually believe an empty suit like Obama didn't get nominated because he's black? Or runner-up Jr senator Hillary because she's a woman and an ex-president's wife?

Excellent reasoning. But McCain didn't pick her to appeal to folks who consider issues like "is she qualified to manage world affairs". He picked her to appeal to the emotion of the blue collar crowd; NRA membership, teen pregnancy, beauty contests. These folks look at the Palin family and see their own, made good.

More liberal snobbishness and garbage. Its amazing these people have jobs.

Your so right Sally! That Palin woman ought to be home raising her babies. A woman cannot work a job that important and be a good mother at the same time.

Obama/Biden 08

Liberals are running scared. It's truely entertaining to watch.

Sally if you remember BHO Mother was not married to his Father, or does that matter to big libs?

You really can't stand it that she is such a beautiful sucessful lady that you will never be.

What does her daughter have to do with her running
for vp. Her family is off limits to you losers.

She is really some smart lady. Council, Mayor and Gov. You can't get any better than that.

I say go MCCAIN/PALIN 08

Those who are left stranded by a changing tide never want to believe that a sea change is happening. HMS Boomer has reached its final port. Political analysis by anyone over 50 is passé and excruciatingly solipsistic. Sally, you may still be collecting a paycheck but your crowded hour is over. Retire and play with the grandkids, for once.

Sally,
I'm not qualified to judge your interesting views about Palin's candidacy.
However,isn't the most importent point that McCain choosing her shows him to be as dumb and reckless as a Bush?
Why didn't he choose Condi Rice? Wouldn't that have cinched support, and the election?

This piece is as elitist as it is hateful. Why do liberals only claim to be open minded when it suits their agenda?

I don't understand why everyone is asking if Palin is ready to be president. I get that John McCain is old. I get that he keeps getting cancer. I get that you need to attack Palin in every way possible. But seriously. McCain has done a bang up job with surviving cancer, torture and the rigors of running for president. I think he can make it 4 years. If we need to get into push and shove, what makes Biden capable of being president? 25 years of politics? The question has to be asked. POTUS vs. POTUS; VPOTUS vs. VPOTUS. That's how the campaign should be run. It's not Obama/Biden vs. Palin. It's Obama/Biden vs. McCain/Palin. Let's keep our heads about us people.

You are sick and twisted and jealous!

The greatest asset of Sarah Palin is herself. She has written herself in her life and work. She is not shaped and molded by expectations and sterotypes. Her varied and unusual background in growing up free in Alaska has given her uniqueness and character.
This is most exciting.
I'm sure you, Sally are a good mother. But a good mother can also have children who get on without her because she is a good mother. Sarah Palins children also have a father.
Sara seem full of promise and gives me hope. She fulfills my dream that new ideas and new resisitance to the statis quo is possible.

Ms. Quinn is afraid of a woman like Palin. She, like all the lefists cannot understand and do not want to understand Palin. Here is a strong and forceful woman who is married, has children, hunts and fishes, NRA member, God forbid, a conservative, etc. But even more important than the above, she does not worship at the feet of Obama, she does not worship the Left's sacrament in their religion, which is abortion.

We are well aware that Ms. Quinn is in the tank for Obama and is a tool of his campaign. It is a shame.

I like how "qualified" woman is used as a euphemism for "liberal" woman. Just because a person doesn't share your liberal and permissive views doesn't mean that she's unqualified.

It's just more of the same automatic assumption that a liberal point of view is somehow "objectively correct". How ridiculous.

For example, it's obvious Condoleeza Rice "doesn't count" to you as a milestone of US history as the first African-American Secretary of State. Must be because "she's just not right" or "not on your side", or that she's so closely tied to your blurry hate for the existing President that you can't admit that truthful fact.

Liberal hypocrisy knows no limits.

What a hypocritical column, or should we say hit piece. Any thinking woman would be offended or outraged at the multiple feminine put downs you drop. Do you have any kids? If so, please stay home and quit writing these nonsensical columns.

Palin is as ready as Obama. If Sarah Palin isn't ready to be VP, then certainly Obama is not ready to be President. What foreign policy experience does Obama have that is so superior to Palin's?

In a weird way, talking about how Palin's experience compares to Obama's highlights Obama's inexperience. At least the GOP has their ticket right-side-up. Notice how the Democrats are comparing the person at the top of the GOP ticket to person on the bottom of the Democratic ticket? It's like a team at the Olympics saying: "Ha, ha, our #1 beats your #2!"

Hmm. I thought Palin was running for Vice-President.

Wait, there's more genius in here:

"And by the way, how can McCain call Barack Obama unqualified, inexperienced, not ready from Day One, not able to be commander in chief, and then put someone like Palin in a position that is a heartbeat away from the pesidency?"

McCain can do that in his campaign for the "pesidency" just as well as you don't bother to spell check.

The "heartbeat" away garbage argument didn't work against Reagan years ago (President to age 77). it also didn't work more recently against George W. vis-a-vis the universally hated Cheney.

Unless you can predict the future, you can't say that McCain won't outlive you, either. He could die tomorrow (you'd like that, I bet).

Until that time, let's compare qualifications and positions Pres-to-Pres and Veep-to-Veep, and stop taking lame shots. If you're going to shoot with words, learn not to be sloppy and make your shots count.

Everyone is a critic. I think Obamas bkgd of drug and alcohol use in conjuntion w/his great voting record make him a prime candidate.For dog catcher or meter maid. Get off Palin she has accomplished more than you ever will in public service and is a real person unlike The Plastic Obama Band!!!!!

Very objective and well said!

Wow. What a hateful article. Newsweek has no shame.

I do believe that anyone who can support Palin is not really looking at her objectively and in comparison to the real qualifed women who could have probably met the needs of the party and the country.

As for the polls, I don't know what that dude is smoking but Obama is up by 8 in the daily tracking polls (Rasmussen and Galllup).

Sally,

As a person of faith, do you oppose Ephesians 5 which calls for women to submit to(read respect and honor) their husband's leadership and likewise calls husbands to love their wives sacrificially as Christ loved the church... to care for their wives with the same attention to detail that they understand and care for their own bodies? After re-reading your quotation from the Baptist faith and message... what is so wrong about husband and wife putting each other first in marriage (I noticed that you failed to comment on what the husbands are called to do)?

Granted the language might seem outdated in the 21st century but I think when it comes to men and women we have had enough of the "me first" generation and its mindset.

As for Palin, she has more political experience than Barrack (not as much as Hillary but Hillary has been 'taken out' of the race and so we are left with a man who has less track record than McCain and Palin).

I am afraid your bias is showing through. It's disappointing. It seems that you speak of her from a liberal perspective and not that of a moderate. What is a moderate anyway? Just say you are a progressive or a liberal, theologically or politically speaking.

In any event, I agree that Palin is qualified to be VP but I am not so certain that the man nominated by the Democrats is qualified to be President or Vice President.

Keith Crosby

Some of what you say is true. Unfortunately it is interspersed with innuendo, bias and just plain garbage. As it does with most of the media, your real agenda stands out like a sore thumb. Keep up such stuff and your tenure will be short here also. (hopefully) If if I were your parent I would restrict your privileges and take away your Internet for 90 days.

Hmmm...faith and values columnist who is this out of touch with the worldview of people who embrace both faith and values.

Christians and various other religious groups will, I predict, be heartened by the fact that John McCain has nominated this woman who not only talks the talk, but also seems to be living it.

"These are dangerous and trying times for the entire world. This is no time to to play gender politics. The stakes are too high"

You might want to take your own advice, because you have entered into gender politics with glee...would you ever ask the same questions of a male candidate?

John McCain, in a highly competitive race has made the call to Sarah Palin, not as a token (as Walter Mondale utilized Geraldine Ferraro in a campaign that had not chance) but as an intriguing outsider pick.

I not only hope that John McCain's choice is a success from the standpoint of the election, but I also hope that Sarah Palin forces you to eat your words.

She is ready to be Vice President. The real question is Obama ready to be President.

sally instead of hashing the fish wrappers you need to get back over to the watergate. everytime you leave ben alone he wanders around the lobby in his bathrobe and dribbles down his chin.

it is your job to keep him out of the public eye. he might reveal that deep throat was linda lovlace and that bob woodward was the CIA contact at the WAPO.

be careful , elder sitter!

Sally: These poor deluded people on the right. Somehow they have become so insane about one thing, Abortion, they can't seem to understand that there are many other things that they should be worrying about like who in the hell is Sarah Palin? One of her defenders felt that she would be a great negotiator with Russia because Alaska is close to Russia. This is the level of intelligence of the average Palin supporter. Ach!!! Help us all.

And please read the post by the Jewish guy. It's hysterical. I think I might apply. I'm qualified. Kids are grown. I've traveled extensively and have been to every state in the U.S. I have a disabled daughter. But I'm not nearly as witty as Jewish guy. He wins:)

im sorry to say but i think u r very wrong sen mcain did not just choose sarah palin for his running mate just because she is a woman he choose her because she is a very bright and intelligent woman with expirience and will only help change and improve the republican commite for the better. she is for offshore drilling which is awesome because offshore drilling means no more forgin oil and more money for the united states. and as far as im cncenered the whole pregnant issue is and should not even be concidered an issue and i dont think it will or should effect the campaign at all!! it is a very personal and private issue and they dont need the media or the democrats breathing down their throats about it!

im sorry to say but i think u r very wrong sen mcain did not just choose saah palin for his running mate just because she is a woman he choose her because she is a very bright and intelligent woman with expirience and will only help change and improve the republican commite for the better. she is for offshore drilling which is awesome because offshore drilling means no more forgin oil and more money for the united states. and as far as im cncenered the whole pregnant issue is and should not even be concidered an issue and i dont think it will or should effect the campaign at all!! it is a very personal and private issue and they dont need the media or the democrats breathing down their throats about it!

Ms. Quinn--

I understand your concern about whether Governor Palin can handle the Vice-Presidency job, given all that she has on her plate.

All you examples you cited, however, are past based (on your own experience and other peoples'). My question to you is....how do you know what this woman (Sarah Palin) is made of? She is paving the way for history and the opening of many doors for other women who will follow her.

After all we females have fought for .... demanding equal opportunity in the workplace, isn't it a little anti-feminist to suggest that we should once again....let the circumstances of our lives dictate to us our limitations. Ms. Palin appears to have many supportive people around her (including her husband and family) who are willing to empower her. She also seems to have born with a rare leadership quality that is much needed for our country right now.

I applaud her for her willingness to take this challenge on.....looking to create a giant possibility in the future and allowing all the forces in the universe to align with her commitment. She has my support to have it all work--her career, her family and her obvious love of these United States. We as women have all come too far to turn back now.

--Melody Leo
Seattle, WA

In the trying days ahead, who is going to need Sarah Palin more - 300 million Americans or 1 - 17 year old child trying to figure out how to be a mom. Who wins, who loses? McCain is to blame.

Ms. Quinn--

I understand your concern about whether Governor Palin can handle the Vice-Presidency job, given all that she has on her plate.

All you examples you cited, however, are past based (on your own experience and other peoples'). My question to you is....how do you know what this woman (Sarah Palin) is made of? She is paving the way for history and the opening of many doors for other women who will follow her.

After all we females have fought for .... demanding equal opportunity in the workplace, isn't it a little anti-feminist to suggest that we should once again....let the circumstances of our lives dictate to us our limitations. Ms. Palin appears to have many supportive people around her (including her husband and family) who are willing to empower her. She also seems to have born with a rare leadership quality that is much needed for our country right now.

I applaud her for her willingness to take this challenge on.....looking to create a giant possibility in the future and allowing all the forces in the universe to align with her commitment. She has my support to have it all work--her career, her family and her obvious love of these United States. We as women have all come too far to turn back now.

--Melody Leo

Dear Geek,
The job of Secretary of State has already been filled, but I hear Obama needs someone to clean his toilets. Unfortunately since you admitted to using controlled substances you are unqualifed for a government job to clean toilets, but I hear the DNC needs a new Chairman.

Sounds like you'd fit well. I'll forward your letter immediately.

Respectfully,
JM

I'm sure that Sally Quinn would have no problem with flushing a baby with Down's Syndrome down the toilet. At what point in time did Quinn become an expert in Christianity or in God? Answer: Never.