Would Palin help working mothers?

Of course Palin would not be good for working women. Her overall lack of understanding of the issues is undeniably a detriment to working women. To listen to her try to regurgitate the McCain policy of health care and his proposed $5000 tax credit is laughable. It is obvious she does not understand the implications of a fixed credit and skyrocketing annual medical premiums (and that’s if you can get coverage in the first place!) But in my opinion, her biggest downfall for working women is her complicity in being used as a token “woman” in McCains campaign. I have worked my whole adult life as a financial professional owning my own firm, and have had to work so very hard to prove that I am not the type of person Palin is now proving to be: all show and no substance. She should know she is not qualified for the job, but persists through ego and self propaganda. She will put the reputation of working women back decades.

How many working mothers do you know who are worth over a million dollars? Think she’s going to be seen rubbing shoulders with, or championing, the normal working mothers, while she’s clawing and kicking her way to join the ‘elite’ ?

Palin’s record in office does not appear to support working mothers at all. She appears much more intent on playing the men’s game the men’s way, just smarter. She has abused the power of her office, obstructed justice using non-govt email accounts, mixed personal and political in many instances – and she has been able to get further ahead on an accelerated basis than her opponents. She is so uninformed and not well-read, she is unable to converse adequately on the work/life issues of the day for working moms. In my experience, working moms need absolute respect and credibility in their jobs to maximize any work/life balance opportunities. Palin is such an embarrassment in allowing herself to be used and placed in line for a job for which she is obviously so unqualified. She is only playing into the stereotype of women in the workplace that take on too much, are promoted on a basis other than ability, etc. that so many of us have had to combat our whole working life.

I don’t think Palin represent women period. If McClain was really senisitive to women and our concerns he would have picked someone like Christy Whitman. All I’ve been hearing is how Palin is being picked on. When Hillary Clinton was running for president she stayed in the forefront. She didn’t shiled herself from the media. She has face much criticism both personal and professional, and she handled it very well. Palin may be a pit bull, but she’s still a puppy. This is not the time to put a puppy in an important position. It’s interesting how people think Palin can gain ground after only one debate. It doesn’t matter how well she does people see through it. She was asked a straight forward question about what news papers she reads. People are concerned about her knowledge base. She couldn’t give a straight forward answer. When people commented on her respnse, she got defensive and started talking about gotcha jounalism as if she got asked a trick question. She made a comment about the journalism world changing since she’s gotten her degree. Perhaps thats the problem–she’s out of touch with the real world just like her partner McCain. When she was asked about Pakistan her response was more in line with Obama than McCain. that’s not the media’s fault. She made a comment about her listening to Biden since 2nd grade, and she was sarcastic about it. Yet, when she was asked about it she tried to clean it up. A lot can be read into her statement about listening to Biden since 2nd grade. If that’s the case, why isn’t she more knowlegable when it comes to political issues? How is it that she’s so well informed with issues that concern democrats and knows very little about issues concerning the republic party. She couldn’t even comment on the Bush Doctrine.

My wife has more brains on one finger than Palin has in her whole body, she can be coached to do well on thursday, but it will not change my mind….

Of course she understands the life of a working mother….some here amaze me!
So she has a net worth of a million dollars..her homes value is half of it and it was built by her husband so probaby did not cost anywhere near that to build.
She also has a working 25 year marriage to a husband that helps them financially. Where is the father of your children?
Teenage kids get pregnant even with a parent that is home all day…so do not be so judgemental.
I see alot of people who must envy her other they would not be so critical.

Sorry, Sarah doesn’t answer policy questions.
She just crinkles up her nose and plunges into broad generalities that twist and turn like a drunken driver on an icy road. She’s hoping everyone is so shocked that they have forgotten what the question was in the first place.

Obama a drug dealer? another attempt by a republican to twist reality. Good luck on Nov 4th.

Palin is better than Joe Biden who has mini-seizure attacks periodically. Hello, Joe, back in 1929, TV did not exist!!! Plus, he is so talkative on a point that he makes absolutely, no sense. He is by no means would be a good executive. He would put you to sleep. He has no original thoughts. He is known to plaquerize. Plus, he has several kids, too. The man is known to make things up. What kinda of father is this man. He may have a kind soul, but he seems to lost his memory or cannot control himself. He is a bad father.

Nancy Pelosi is amoral politican to the core. She was against using contribution money to pay spouses who work for her. She has payed her husband 4 times more than someone who is not a family member. I wonder how she is setting an example of motherhood to her 5 kids. Then,the way she make her paritsan speeches that hateful. What if her daughters were watching TV. What kinda woman set such a bad example who is a leader of the house in congress.

Obama is great making speeches. Like he did at the convention. He had his two daughters on stage saying hi to dad on the screen. How can he put his two daughters in the spot light. Obama is a talker, not a doer. So, if he does win, he will not fulfill his so called tax cuts to the middle class. He will change govt to socialistic govt. His tax plan will increase the tax people who makes 250k or more and use that money to give to the poor. The poor people who makes up 45 % who do not pay income taxes will recieve a welfare check. This is an extra expense to already 1 trillion dollars we spent on bailing out wallstreet. All of his talked proposals will not come to reality. His health plan is a socialistic form as well. It is bad enough that ER is over-run by people who cannot pay. Obama will have us in line for years to even just to see a doctor. I pray that it will not happen. If so, we all will pay for it.

Voting against Bush’s tax cuts and letting them expire does in fact tax people from 45,000 and up HELLO. Minimum Wage increase does nothing for the poor. Reproductive choice should not mean I can kill my baby, but rather I have the choice to NOT get pregnant with FREE contraceptive. Yeah Palin doesn’t want equal pay-that’s idiotic and not true. Choosing to work makes any woman not choose her family first?? Obama isn’t ready to lead and he is the top of your ticket. Oprah is a sell out according to her own race, and so is Condie(who I completely love) they call her a house negro…..look what Barack did to Hillary and then didn’t choose her!! No need to say anything more……Obama is not for women period. Not even the democratic women.

Instead of repeating Drudge report talking points with basis in fact, how about researching McCain’s voting record on Woman’s and children’s issues. It’s abysmal.
I’ll help you out. Here’s a link:
http://www.votesmart.org/issue_rating_category.php?can_id=53270
Look at his rating on voting for Education, Family Issues, Health, and Women’s issues.
You can use this site to look at his voting record on every bill that has passed through the senate.
End the ignorance, educate yourselves.

At this stage of the game, whether Sarah Palin is good for working mothers is besides the point. I, and many other women, now realize that the ‘women’s movement’ does not have room at the table for us.
The behavior of women towards Sarah Palin reminds me of the office ladies’ room, with hisses of, “Do you believe her? She does this, this, and that. She can’t be a good mother. Jeez, her own daughter got pregnant. And what’s up with her having a baby in her 40′s? Doesn’t she know about birth control by now?”
Once again women have limited the scope of who is considered to be a ‘feminist’. How can we expect equality in the man’s world when we won’t even allow it in our own world?

And Obama would be good for working women? There isn’t a single thing in his voting record that suggests this. Other than his speeches I don’t see any direct action he’s taken to give him an edge here.

That’s right ladies if she is not exactly what you want her to be, then start bashing her. The suffragettes were met with the same anger and hatred that Hillary Clinton and Sarah Palin are receiving.
That’s right ladies just put Palin down, maybe you will get a nice pat on the head from the patriarchy.
- Female, ex-democrat voting without a doubt for McCain/Palin

Polls closing again Obama only up 4, but fact is he should be up by 15! You crazy Dems/Liberals better hope he has a 20 point lead on election day or you will be crying election night when it is announced John McCain wins! Don’t you think the American people see right through Obama as nothing but empty speaches. They know the real do nothing person, vote present, support killing living babies (after a failed abortion), saying middle class working people Cling to our Guns and Religion! Trust me when the pollsters call people are not telling them the truth, they will say they are voting for Obama but really will vote for McCain!

She need to let her daughter hanging out with her around the campaign trail during scholl season go to school first….

palin does have one advantage over Biden tonight. Joe can not see Russia from Delaware…

Any woman that criticizes another woman is a loser.
Now that I am no longer a Democrat as of this election. I see that democrats are the party of the whiner and aptly so party of the ASS.
Go Sarah. Most of the women on this blog are cellulite clad vestiges of their former selves and for them working mother means dropping off the kids before going to work at Wal-Mart.
They hated on Hillary Clinton, Brittney Spears, Angelina Jolie, Madonna or any other woman that is better looking than dry wall with a smock on.
And you wonder why you don’t get equal pay. Catty.

Mary- Great Post.

You’ve got to be kidding with this article! You get quotes from a “Chicago educator” (liberal Democrat) and a group founder with a hyphenated last name.
These are LIBERALS looking for a way to slam Palin. The only reason a group like this wants to attack Palin, is that while they want a woman in high office to “break the glass ceiling”, they ONLY want it if it’s a LIBERAL woman. This group has as much credibility as the hypocrites at N.O.W.

The Two Jakes: I am LAUGHING MY YOU KNOW WHAT OFF because of your silly and rather stupid remarks! Now that you are no longer a Democrat my ass! There you Republicans go again pretending that you are a former Democrat when you are actually a LIFE LONG REPUBLICAN! We can all see right through you and this line you give us is STRAIGHT OUT OF THE REPUBLICAN PLAY BOOK! How you all love to twist and turn the truth and to lie over and over again! You are right GO SARAH straight back to Alaska and she can take YOU back with her as you both belong on ice!

Wasn’t this the woman who earlier this week said she and her husband were concerned about the 20,000 loss that they had had in the banking crisis this week. I think it was an IRA but am not sure.

No, Tow Jakes, it is YOU who are white trash! SO you know 30 others who say they tell everyone they will vote for Obama, but really intend to vote for John McCain? You know you sound more and more like a southern red neck who not only hates blacks, but everyone else that does not agree with you. Sadly, the one you hate the most is yourself. I hope you got your ticket out of the country because you will surely need it after November 4. Oh, and take along your other 30 red necks as well!

You know TWO JAKES, I have to wonder just WHY you and all your lovely friends have this urge to lie about who you intend to vote for? Are you ashamed of McCain or Palin? Of what possible motive could you have for saying you were voting for Obama when you have such a great war hero and all American that wraps himself in the flag at every opportunity? I should think you would be PROUD to stand up and tell everyone of your support! Why would you want to hid you respect for him? Please don’t tell me it is to throw off the Democrats because that is just to silly even for you. I seriously doubt if you or your red neck friends where ever polled or interviewed on local or nationwide television so therefore what you tell anyone is totally and completely irrelevant!!! Oh, BTW, red necks are found in every state even Conecticut! As Mayflower as one can get?Nooooooooo I am afraid not, but nice try. I’ll remember you November 4 when Obama beats McCain’s rare end! Now go right ahead with your sticks and stones as they only serve to show how chidish you are!!!!!!!

Wisdom First:
Fact is I dont have to lie, I am not voiting for Obama! Nothing to do with his skin color but rather his liberal views, and not being able to stand up like a man and take a stand on importan issues. Obama voted Present over 100 time so he did not have to take a stand on the issues. Obmama took a week to come out on this credit crisis and what did he come out with? The same ideas as McCain. The other day he got caught saying “McCain deserved NO CREDIT” thinking the bill was going to pass the house, but when it failed he was too busy pulling his pants up! The man has NO clue! And by the way, you liberal Dems are always the one bringing up the race issue, please tell me ONE republican who has made any racial comment! I can name several on your side of the fence 1) Jessie 2) Hastings 3) Rev. Wright (wrong) do you want me to keep going. Fact is even Jessie hates Obama, or did you forget he want to cut off his (testicals). Please stop thinking this comes down to race, the only people even mentioning this is your liberal Dems!

Not just talk and wishful thinking, Vote for McCain Palin. They have a plan and it is not just talk….Real Reform Issues….Reform our Trade market which will eventually keep more jobs here….Reform Taxes, Pro-Growth Tax Policy, Innovation Tax Policy, it is Simpler, Fair, Pro-Growth and Competitive…….Health Care Reforms: To Reduce The Rate Of Health Care Inflation, To Make Health Insurance Innovative, Portable And Affordable……Reform Energy for America, Transform Electricity, Expand Domestic Production Of Oil And Gas, Addressing Speculative Pricing Of Oil and Lord knows we need to close the doors to those speculators opinions to where they do not effect our prices at the pump. Also, Transform Transportation and Building Efficiency………Supporting Small Businesses, Lower Energy Costs to small businesses will help, also Controlling Health Care Cost for employees……. Taxes: John McCain’s plan is Simpler, Fair, Pro-Growth, And Competitive…….Opening New Markets…I only covered a few and can not give you the details on each of these mentioned, you must visit the web page. The plan is right there for you to see. You do not need to ask someone on the board who can do it, visit this page. http://www.johnmccain.com/Undecided/WhyMcCain.htm

According to the National Coalition Against Domestic Violence, Alaska’s rape rate is 2.5 times the national average.
Alaska also has the highest rate per capita of men murdering women. Ninety percent of Alaskans would vote to increase funding for victim service programs because according to the coalition, programs are in dire need of more funding in order to serve the sheer volume of victims. Seventy-five percent of Alaskans have been or know someone who has been the victim of sexual assault or domestic violence. Alaska’s domestic violence shelters, sexual assault services and programs for survivors have seen relatively small increase funding. In 2008, the state budget included an additional $300,000 in funding for victim service programs. According to Alaska’s Council on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault, in 2009, Governor Palin’s budget includes an increase in funds to help shelters offset the higher costs of fuel, utilities and insurance. But the extraordinary levels of violence against in the state of Alaska and the underlying causes still require a much greater level of state-level funding oversight. According to the Alliance for Reproductive Justice, who lobbied to address these issues in 2007, the Governor did not respond. The Alliance has this to say on their website “Governor Palin did not deliver and did not take a leadership role on any of these issues. In fact, this year, when there was a 7 billion dollar state surplus she did not step up to the plate for the women and children of Alaska…we were truly disappointed with her lack of action on this critical public health issue.” Most of Alaska’s funding for sexual assault and violence against women programs comes from the federal government. . Peggy Brown, executive director of the Alaska Network on Domestic Violence and Sexual Assault said “She’s really done a lot of work on oil and gas, but when it comes to violence against women and children…we haven’t been on her radar as a priority.” This is absolutely shocking. As mayor and governor why didn’t she try to influence laws to help protect these women and children? Why didn’t she increase her police force to try and protect these women and children? These issues were there before she became mayor and governor. However, as both a woman and mother one would think rape and domestic violence would be one of her major concerns. Alaska also has a high rate of incest. Many people don’t know that the day the news showed the welcome home Palin in Alaska that same day they had a Reject Palin Rally and over 1,000 people attended (mainly women). It was the largest attended rally the state of Alaska has ever had. This is fact not gossip. The first responsibility of a leader is to protect the people. Palin has failed to protect the women and children of alaska. Alaska’s population is about 650,000. If she can’t protect Alaska, how can she protect our country? She appears to be knowledgable in the area of energy. However, it takes more than that to run a country.