The Young Turks

that she is an unrealistic 'working' mom.  As a stay at home mom I am pulled in a thousand directions with only 2 children.  In my original post I started to question how it was possible that she was a mother of 5 with a full-time job that could still take any children to hockey, but then stopped myself.  Because we need to ignore the Right's attempt at defining her, it's a losing argument.  And we had a little taste of it right here.  We end up insulting the hard work of millions of women, whether they do that work at home or a place of business.  She isn't trying for VP of the PTA but the USA and so we need to forget about her being a mother and deal with the fact that she seems to have no real knowledge of the issues that are facing this country.

 And I'm sorry that I took your post so personally.

there is a point in your post.

 We in the left are successfully baited into bashing large sections of the electorate because we buy into the Right's definition of Religion, motherhood, and what it means to live in a small town.  And then we alienate them.  There was just a moment when my anger flashed that I wondered why I tried.  Are my husband and I fortunate enough to only need 1 income?  Yep.  We have lived the American dream, and for that I am thankful everyday.  But my personal belief is that if you are so blessed it is your duty in society to use your advantage to help others, not try and horde it and become mean and ungiving.

I was raised by a single, unwed mother before it was socially acceptable for a woman to raise a child she conceived if she wasn't married.  In fact my mother was fired when she refused to go into seclution and give me up.  She had to move to a large city, and then was finally given a job in a parts department where the public wouldn't see her shameful condition.  We were poor and for a while lived on welfare.  The thing that disgusts me the most is that all the people right now scolding the media for discussing Bristol Palin's pregnancy are the same small minded people that called me a bastard to my face as a child.

So to answer your snarky question, no I won't be voting for McCain this Novemer.......... not in a million years.  But then I'm not a coward who sells out the beliefs this country was founded on for a few extra sheckles.