CNN: Hey, won’t Palin be neglecting her Down’s syndrome baby?
posted at 4:21 pm on August 29, 2008 by Allahpundit
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This is phase one. Phase two will be, “Wouldn’t a strong, responsible, authentic feminist woman have aborted it?” Man, I’m downright giddy at the thought of where the next eight weeks are going to take us.
Ace helpfully offers the left a new campaign slogan. Exit question: Sure, Palin’s running for VP while raising a family of five that includes a special needs baby, but has she “walked through fire” the way Hillary Clinton has? Click the image to watch.
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Hey, isn’t Palin irresponsible for having five kids with global warming as serious as it is?
carbon_footprint on August 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
It’s okay to be a woman with a career, unless you’re a conservative woman with a career.
monotonousboy on August 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
I just went from elation and affection for Palin to white hot hatred of the media. I despise them.
D0WNT0WN on August 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Pricks…
elduende on August 29, 2008 at 4:23 PM
Hysteria rages in Obamaland.
petefrt on August 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
How low can you go…how low can you go…….how low can you go…
Guess we’ll find out!
javamartini on August 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
Vote McCain – you can’t help Michelle Obama’s kids if she’s first lady
Defector01 on August 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
How many kitchen tables does Palin have?
Good Lt on August 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
The classic response would be “I have a husband”…
right2bright on August 29, 2008 at 4:24 PM
MSM=sexist
phronesis on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
they can’t help but be hypocrites. since when is an older woman having a child a negative to these mouth breathers?? feminism is only when they say it is…damnit.
bloghooligan on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Rush called it… I give ‘em a week. Maybe two.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
People, we’re all missing the issue here. We need to ask ourselves what Mike Huckabee thinks about Palin!
NorthernCross on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
I thought the same thing a couple months ago… so we should give them some leeway. This is something that will be talked about a lot so Team McCain needs to sit her down with some reporter and talk about it. All these attacks on Palin are huge opportunities to recast perceptions and narratives since she is so red meat. Get her out there and make them attack her. Answer the critics early…
ninjapirate on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
SO HUNKY MR.MOM, TODD, won’t be able to be a “modern dad”?
Come one LIBS>>>is THAT your A GAME?
seejanemom on August 29, 2008 at 4:25 PM
Huckabee thinks we should talk more about Huckabee, HUCKABEE!
Defector01 on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
I was at my university at 12 17 so I had to watch it on CNN. I hate CNN. But what did I catch? Right at the very end? That damn scrolling news thing on the bottom displaying the death tolls for the wars… all of them, and then the number combined, I think it was right as the speech ended. Despicable.
Cardiganfox on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Liberal women aren’t as good looking as Sarah Palin.
thareb on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Sarah Palin =
American
Patriot
Christian
Capitalist
Humanist
Barack HUSSEIN Obama (PBUH)(SAW)(SWT) =
chirp………..chirp………..ah……..er……..um………..yeah!
Dale in Atlanta on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
Typical CNN. I don’t think that line will work. Turnoff more people then gain.
And Ace, I love days like this when he is rolling:
Spirit of 1776 on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
“I’ll have a Mr. Mom”
ninjapirate on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Scumbags
Gaurav on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Glad I stocked up on popcorn – the cognitive dissonance on the left is going to get really fun to watch!
Mew
acat on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
This story just kind of writes itself, doesn’t it? Somehow, the MSM doesn’t seem to be it’s “touchy feely” sensitive self anymore!
Star20 on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I despise them too. This is just the second peek above the surface of the liberal politician/”journalists” iceberg of attempted destruction of this woman. I hope she’s prepared for this and the others that will come. And they will be more pronounced, and personal, And vicious, and hypocritical.
It’s going to be a long 60-ish(?) days.
wise_man on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
double-standards are as prevalent as ever. Great.
Time to break out the prayers for Gov. Palin and her family.
karmatis on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
Liberal women aren’t as good looking as Sarah Palin.
thareb on August 29, 2008 at 4:26 PM
PS: they don’t shave their pits; and use only one square of TP (re: Cheryl Crow); I’ll take Sarah Palin any day, thank you very much!
Dale in Atlanta on August 29, 2008 at 4:27 PM
I commend Sarah for her bravery and compassion.
infidel on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
That sounds like a good meme: Count a woman out for a position because she has a family.
DOH!
BuckeyeSam on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
The attacks are going to get even uglier, but I suspect that Sarah is more than up to the task. She is a brilliant pick and the lefties just don’t have a clue how to respond.
FunnyGirl on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
MOM
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
How would she be neglecting it? What does a Downs Syndrome baby need that other babies don’t need? Well baby checkups? Feeding? Changing? Holding? Kisses? The baby is an infant. There is no magic care that only the mother can give assuming that she is not giving it herself already. Jackasses.
Blake on August 29, 2008 at 4:28 PM
DNC/MSM new rules;
Sexism = Good
Ageism = Good
Racism = Bad
Star20 on August 29, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Oh, it’ll get worse, my friends. Like I’ve been saying…buckle up. This is gonna be a bumpy ride.
ManlyRash on August 29, 2008 at 4:29 PM
Yeah, the libs are really concerned about that baby; that very baby that they would have aborted and would have never stood a chance. Lucky baby born to that family.
carbon_footprint on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
I saw that live…ridiculous. This election will at least expose the rampant racism and sexism on that side of the aisle.
changer1701 on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
MSM = Despicable pieces of crap.
Oink on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
My collie says:
Just ignore the collie.
CyberCipher on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Cute kid, too.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
Disgusting. Seems that Sexism is rampant in my own party. Bleugh.
I created my DEMOCRATS for SARAH PALIN group already on Facebook. She’s going to be beloved by those of us not on the Obambi train. And we’re going to push McCain-Palin over the top!
Group if anyone wants to check it. It’s new:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32809214746
lansing quaker on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM
And we thought the Dem Convention was going to be a freak show. OMG…this is going to be well worth the price of the popcorn.
ManlyRash on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
/rimshot!
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Like I said on a different thread…This has to be right…
The MSMs are pretty much voiding their bowels right now…
BigWyo on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
When I began my career I was routinely told that I couldn’t be promoted because “the company doesn’t need a female officer.” Women couldn’t handle positions of responsibility because they had children. Stupid comments such as those from CNN make my blood boil.
FWIW, I have a child with disabilities.
obladioblada on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Its because sarah is as unknown as Hussein Obama. The media is now panicking. They know that McCain has given the Hillary supporters what they actually want.
its not a rich white man
Emeka on August 29, 2008 at 4:31 PM
Out of the new registers here at HotAir, you and Elizabetty are amongst my favorites.
carbon_footprint on August 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
DU’s already posted Palin’s daughter’s traffic tickets and started to spread a nasty rumor about one of the daughters. Dkos has a thread about the same rumor up now too.
rw on August 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
So, let’s see we are supposed to vote for the black guy with no experience or character instead of the white guy who with experience because the VP is a woman who’s kid has downs syndrome.
Yup… classy.
Gee… is didn’t seem to be a problem for her to be Governor(which is a far more independent role) and completely reform the State of Alaska in 2 years by herself while having a kid with Downs. But yeah, as VP of the US who will have access to a staff of hundreds and who’s primary job will be to preside over the Senate, who goes multiple 5 week vacations each year… yeah. She couldn’t handle that.
Damiano on August 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Libs want to revisit Obama’s fight for live birth abortion?
Bring it on.
Wanna make eugenics a campaign issue?
Absolutely.
Bring it you ghouls.
jeff_from_mpls on August 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Won’t Obama be ignoring his 2 daughters? Michelle will be “punished” for caring for his daughters all by herself. Feminists? Care to weigh in on this one?
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 29, 2008 at 4:33 PM
The next 67 days will see a division in our nation like none ever before.
ManlyRash on August 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM
The inmates at DU have jumped ship… they’re saying the baby isn’t Palin’s, but in fact her 16-year-old daughter’s… because she doesn’t look pregnant in some pictures.
Democrats are hating the bottom of the barrel that McCain has pushed them to.
Enoxo on August 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM
I’m making my own sign for my car.
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 29, 2008 at 4:34 PM
It also torks these utopians off because their gay constituency holds “breeders” in absolute contempt.
Culture of Death.
jeff_from_mpls on August 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM
“Disgusting. Seems that Sexism is rampant in my own party. Bleugh.
I created my DEMOCRATS for SARAH PALIN group already on Facebook. She’s going to be beloved by those of us not on the Obambi train. And we’re going to push McCain-Palin over the top!
Group if anyone wants to check it. It’s new:
http://www.facebook.com/group.php?gid=32809214746
lansing quaker on August 29, 2008 at 4:30 PM”
lansing,
Good luck! I think many will come to see PALIN as the GENUINE “Change We Can Believe In!”
Star20 on August 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM
Great point. What better way to inspire those young ladies than show them that they can reach the top without having to marry the President.
pedestrian on August 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM
I saw it live too and was stunned. It was literally minutes after they found out about the pick. he tried to temper his remarks as a “father with children of my own” but the cat was already out of the bag.
Outside of being disgusted, I was pleased to see they didn’t disappoint – and they never do. I only wish it was NBC’s David Gregory who stepped in it. I’ll never forgive him for his treatment of President Bush over the past several years.
Mr_Magoo on August 29, 2008 at 4:35 PM
“Women should stay home and make babies, preferably man child.” – Remo Williams: The Adventure Begins
Sounds as though they’ve been watching too much of Netflix. That, or their heads are so far up their _________ they can’t see that women can do more than punch out babies.
madmonkphotog on August 29, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Excellent. This is precisely what Rove has counted on. The moonbats will ultimately drive the majority of Americans into the McCain camp.
ManlyRash on August 29, 2008 at 4:36 PM
Aww shucks, thanks :)
Doc… what do I have to do to get you to send me one of those???
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:37 PM
Trial by fire indeed. However, honest sincerity may be her insulation against getting burned.
I am optimistic
Kini on August 29, 2008 at 4:37 PM
So what, the husband isn’t able to care for the child? What kind of sexist gender role reversal is this?! Some talking point THAT is, ha!
DanStark on August 29, 2008 at 4:37 PM
All you leftist trying to make the case that while preforming her duties as VP Sarah Palin will be ‘neglecting’ her new baby, please explain to me why you are so insistent on turning your children over to federally funded day care while you pursue a career outside the home, and while doing that, you are not neglecting your children.
rockhauler on August 29, 2008 at 4:37 PM
OH MY GOD ME TOO!!!!!!!!!! THIS IS BEYOND DESPICABLE
HawaiiLwyr on August 29, 2008 at 4:38 PM
Stay classy, Dems.
Can this talking point be far behind?
Well, the Republicans mostly chose Palin because she already owns a diaper bag. You know, that McCain guy is old… umm… he wears diapers.
Y-not on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM
As a strong, responsible, authentic feminist woman she will leave them on a table to starve to death.
pedestrian on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I think the CNN criticism of Palin is great! If every network pumped this line, McCain and Palin will win by a landslide
Loxodonta on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I think CNN successfully pi**ed off more Hillary women. CNN wouldn’t be saying this about Biden if he had a Down’s syndrome baby.
blink on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM
I think a slight pause followed by “that’s what husbands are for” followed by a wink and a smile would be the one to bring down the house
Bradky on August 29, 2008 at 4:39 PM
Still cracks me up, every time.
:)
Bob's Kid on August 29, 2008 at 4:40 PM
I thought the Big “O’s” people have put the halts on using the candidates kids as political pawns? I guess they never received the memo.
Over.
1GooDDaDDy on August 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM
I’m listening to Rush playing Palin speech. Inspiring!
I’m also reading Greasy Joes speech…. hohum…
Kini on August 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Yes, but the difference is, when utopians trot out the old black and white KKK films, the burning crosses, the lynchings, it looks ancient, tired and desperate.
But if Obama stumbles into the live birth abortion and eugenics arena, there are images we can show that have never had a wide audience, including videotape, sonograms, and dramatic testimony of those who faced serious trauma after abortion.
It’s your move, Obama, CNN, MSNBC, etc.
jeff_from_mpls on August 29, 2008 at 4:41 PM
Hey . . . how about buying those CNN dolts a brain.
rplat on August 29, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Could it be that the gaffe may be the MSM’s?
Kini on August 29, 2008 at 4:42 PM
Won’t she be working from Home most of the time?
Also, isn’t her husband a stay at home Dad?
Also, isn’t John Roberts a complete prick?
Elizabetty on August 29, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Alaska – Global Warming: bring it on! Think about it!
jerseyman on August 29, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Maybe she should ask Senator Obama is HE thinks SHE should have killed her child.
JonRoss on August 29, 2008 at 4:43 PM
Don’t waste your money… there’s something in those airheads’ skulls that’s hungrier than a Grue. It’ll be gone within five seconds. Money down the drain.
*eats*
Grue in the Attic on August 29, 2008 at 4:43 PM
At the rate this all is descending, the networks may have to ask censors to allow the B____ word during prime time, so their correspondents can still do live TV.
Vashta.Nerada on August 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
You and me both.
The Dems and their MSM cronies are going to insult and annoy most of America by the time this is over.
Perhaps we are getting a two-fer with this pick…the press and the Democratic nominee both go down in flames in the same year.
McCain is scary smart with this pick.
Asher on August 29, 2008 at 4:44 PM
Since there is a Dad that is going to be stay at home, how is this a controversy?
spacekicker on August 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I’d love to see the left run along with this meme. It will only backfire tremendously.
Palin rocks!
PersonalLiberty on August 29, 2008 at 4:45 PM
I’ll work on it tonight. :)
I’m thinking of another one. For those of you that have kid’s with special needs.
Here’s mine….
Dr.Cwac.Cwac on August 29, 2008 at 4:46 PM
Well, he did say at one time that he doesn’t want to see someone “punished” with a baby.
wise_man on August 29, 2008 at 4:46 PM
How sexist can they be? They call anyone who wont vote for Obama racist but its ok for the media to be sexist.
I am sure there are lots of women with special needs children who work outside the home…does the media think they are bad mothers?
becki51758 on August 29, 2008 at 4:46 PM
John Roberts and his lisp are execrable.
drjohn on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Hey libs, we’re gonna feature a woman at our convention too!
Two differences, though:
1. Ours is a candidate, not the primary loser.
2. We’re not letting her husband give a speech.
This is how grown-ups handle conventions!!!!
jeff_from_mpls on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
Not to be one-upped, MiSNEWS is taunting Mav for seeing Mamma Mia not once, but twice. (that’ll show em)
oakpack on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
And so it begins,CNN,and the so-called compassionate
and caring Liberals who claim to be the champions of
the poor,disabled show their true colours!!
BTW,Palin is the Vice Presidential nominee,and a Women,
if the the gloves are off for Palin,from the great State
of Alaska,
then,
so its absolutely fair,
its OPEN SEASON ON MICHELLE OBAMA,OMAMA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
canopfor on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
And you’ve already had your first race-card attack….it must be a peculiar experience to witness the vile undercurrent driving the modern Democrat party. They are everything they claim not to be – bigoted, elitist, prejudiced, fascistic, racist and sexist.
Glad you’re demonstrating integrity by following your conscience! :)
LimeyGeek on August 29, 2008 at 4:48 PM
In spite of the incoherent nonsense that comes out of the mouth of the average CNN reporter (it’s even worse when you have to read it) the message actually makes sense in a lefty’s world: What they’re telling their audience is that a woman with a special needs child can’t succeed professionally without neglecting the kid. Thus, better abort an “unfit” baby. Very humane, isn’t it? And how thoughtful of the media to point this out for us who might have thought that it would be a good idea to vote for McCain/Palin! Aren’t we glad we have CNN!
evenfarer on August 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
they’re running with this at DU.
This would NEVER be brought up if she were a man.
rosewaning on August 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
OMG. Democraticunderground is in complete meltdown!
I’ve not seen this might fighting amongst them since the primaries when The One’s people were calling all women idiots.
This is pure heaven. It’s complete chaos over there.
And the best thing of all… Narcissus Obamacles’ speech has taken the backburner.
Enoxo on August 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
Since I don’t want to get banned her at HA, I won’t say what’s running through my brain right now. Suffice it to say that I want to honey paint a few CNN types and tie them down on an anthill.
Physics Geek on August 29, 2008 at 4:49 PM
DU’s already posted Palin’s daughter’s traffic tickets and started to spread a nasty rumor about one of the daughters. Dkos has a thread about the same rumor up now too.
rw on August 29, 2008 at 4:32 PM
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!
On the one hand, we have a Governor from Alaska who has a daughter who has some traffic tickets, and another daughter who probably fools around a bit….
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm, okay…
And on the other hand, the Presidential candidate from the other party is:
a Marxist-Muslim who practices Taqiyah
had a Communist, Racist, Anti-American Pedophile as a “mentor”
had his politcal career started by an Anti-American unrepentent Domestic Terrorist who date-raped in college..
who self-radicalized himself into an Anti-White/Anti-American/Anti-Semitic Marxist and his equally repellent wife….
who is married to a Racist, Anti-American, Anti-White Nutjob….
who spent 20 years cheering on an Anti-White/Anti-Semitic/Anti-American Nation-of-Islam “convert” to “Christianity”, the “Reverend” Jeremiah Wright…
who has been friends with an Anti-American/Anti-Semitic wannabe “gangsta” “Catholic” “Priest”…..
who’s Communist-sympathizing grandfather, hung out with Communist Racist, Anti-American “friends”; and smoked dope with them as well….
who’s Anti-American/self-hating mother went to a High School where she learned the Communist Manifesto, and belonged to “the little ‘Red Church” on the hill with her parents, in their home town in Washington State…
who hung out with Marxists, Communists, and Socialists in college, and admitted it in writing…
who abused drugs constantly from High School thru college
who has been friends, business partners, and buddies with Anti-American/Pro-Jihadi/Anti-Semitic Palestinians and Arabs from College, thru till this day…
who has accepted illegal campaign contributions from Jihadis in the Gaza strip, and had his campaign lie about it..
who has failed in every single venture he’s undertaken in his life: no articles for the Harvard Law Review; failed Slum Lord, failed Lawyer, etc…
who has won only two elections by eliminating the competition thru dirty tactics and tricks each time…
who was registered as a Muslim and an Indonesian citizen by the name of Barry Soertoro in Grade School, and has lied about it for 20 years…
who believes that infanticide is a “natural right”…
who has been involved in crooked/corrupt dealings with known criminals from Syria & Iraq in the buying of his own personal home….
ad nauseum….
Hmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm!!
Let me see………….this is tough……………I just can’t decide which one to pick……………….
Chirp……………Chirp……………..Chirp!
Ah….Yeah!
Dale in Atlanta on August 29, 2008 at 4:50 PM
Un-f’ing-believeable.
JetBoy on August 29, 2008 at 4:51 PM
The kind of question you ask when you don’t know who your father is.
jdkchem on August 29, 2008 at 4:52 PM
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