I can’t help noticing that the announcement of McCain’s vice
presidential pick has conveniently upstaged all reports of Barack Obama’s
acceptance speech at the Democratic National Convention (which you can watch
here).
While I, too, am shocked and fascinated by the fact that
McCain’s running mate is an inexperienced, staunchly anti-choice woman whom only
he’s only met one time,
let’s not forget to keep our eyes on Obama and Biden.
Much of the reports on Palin have focused, on the one hand,
on her decision not to abort her child with down’s syndrome (if this makes her
a hero, our nation has set the bar abysmally low), and on questions about her
commitment to her five children, including an infant, on the other hand. So, if
we’re going to judge Palin’s parenting record, what do we know about Obama’s?
Click to watch a video of Obama interacting with his children....
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