Posted on 09/10/2008 10:46:29 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In playground lines, book clubs and Web message boards, the nomination of Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to the Republican presidential ticket has American women debating as never before the intersection of the personal and the political.
The most heated debate among area moms is over how Mrs. Palin can raise five children — one of them a newborn with special needs — and have the second-most important job in America.
The debate is especially pointed in the special-needs community. Gina Mitchell of Bethesda is the mother of three girls, including a 6-year-old who, like Mrs. Palin's infant son, has Down syndrome . Mrs. Mitchell, who works as a recruiter, says the various special-needs listservs to which she subscribes have been flying in all directions.
"So many people say, 'I bet you love this nomination,'" says Mrs. Mitchell. "But there are so many different sides to this. It is getting women talking about 'What does this mean?'"
Many in the special-needs community have been critical of Mrs. Palin for choosing to run for such a demanding position so soon after Trig's birth. Mrs. Mitchell says that decision does not bother her at all.
"None of us knows what we are getting into, even if we know about an issue through prediagnosis," she said. "In some ways, that criticism is unfair. There are great support services out there. How does any one family know what another's challenges are?"
Judy Sandler of Oak Hill, Va., is, like Mrs. Palin, a hockey mom as well as the parent of a special-needs child. She has had many conversations since Mrs. Palin's nomination and remains an interested but undecided voter.
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I wish I knew someone like her in our PTA. Where my kids went to school, they were all libs.
“Comments?”
Sure! I have an 11 month old at home and am due with Baby #2 next Saturday. I work two jobs, averaging 100 hours every two weeks. I am scheduled at job #2 until next Friday. I am handling it all just fine, and I am sure she will too. We chicks are tougher than we look.
(God Bless Mr. Palin, who I’m sure makes it all possible, like my better half does.)
It's worse than you fear. On the death or inability of the president and vp, the role defaults to the Speaker of the House. Yes, I should have suggested you sit down first. It's that old leftist crook moron, Pelosi, who would be running the country.
It would be Palin and Polosi? Palin would sure put her in her place.
No, I'm sorry; I wasn't very clear. If McCain were elected president and something happened to him, God forbid, which prevented him from continuing in office, his VP Palin would become the president. And Pelosi, the moron, would remain right where she is. She doesn't elevate to the executive branch unless something were to happen to both McCain and Palin (God forbid, again).
I'm not clear on whether a President Palin would have a VP and, if so, how that VP would be chosen. Someone else on here will know, however. My civics classes were long, long ago, and the only reason I knew that the truly moronic Pelosi would become president if both President and VP were unable to continue is that I looked it up when she became Speaker and was so horrified to find this out, I've not forgotten it.
Review Ford. The only unelected President.
I got a McCain/Palin hat at the Convention. It says 2008 Republication Convention on the back.
In this circumstance, Palin would nominate a potential VP who would have to be confirmed by the Senate. Until then, the position would be vacant and the Speaker of the House would be next in succession.
Section 2: Whenever there is a vacancy in the office of the Vice President, the President shall nominate a Vice President who shall take office upon confirmation by a majority vote of both Houses of Congress.
Thank you.
Gasp! Thank for the info.
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