I have to admit I've been a little bit conflicted about having Sarah Palin on the ballot. The first thought I had when I heard that a mother of 5 would be running for vice president was:1 - Will she put her kids first or her country first?
And then as we learned more about her family challenges I wondered:
2 - Who needs Sarah Palin more - her kids or her country?
I really like a quote in this article from CNN:
"I have no problem with a woman being president, but I'm going to hold her to the same standards I'd hold a man."That's exactly how I feel about it too.
After the birth of her 5th child (what a cutie!) Palin returned to work just 3 days later.Her speedy return to work answered my first question. Palin's the type of woman who can put her job first. But she's still breastfeeding, which shows me she's trying to be a good mom too.
The fact that she's chosen to run for VP while her family faces challenges is receiving all kinds of criticism, particularly from the mothers who imagine themselves in her situation.
Isn't it ironic that we finally have a chance to put someone in the White House that can relate with our challenges and actually represent who we are as women, and yet so many of us are telling her to stay home 'where she belongs?'
We are certainly our own worst enemies.
Sarah Palin has the chance to change history and the world's perception of women and of working moms, and she's making no more of a sacrifice than any number of us make every day when we go to work and leave our children in someone else's care. It's a tough decision but it's a personal one that can only be made by the family involved.
Now - what I really want to know is how the Palin's got baby Trig to sleep through the Republican Convention! He and his sister Piper stole the show in this adorably unscripted moment.
(And yes, that makes TWO political posts for me this year. What is the world coming to??)
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LOL! I think it is only natural to ask these questions. After all when Hillary was running her daughter was an adult. To me I look at it this way: the husband seem to be the primary caretaker and is more of the traditional wife role while she has taken his more traditional role being being out of the house and busy. So I think we can hold her to the same standards as a man and by that we also shouldn't judge her b/c fact is we wouldn't judge a man in that same spot.
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