Sam, I found the story on dailykos.com Palin’s 12 hr flight was about judgment, not … by prius04 Sun Aug 31, 2008 at 11:24:18 AM PDT There are internet rumors about who really birthed Palin’s 5th child a few months ago. This diary is not about that, and that story does not belong on DailyKos. And to all those who placed that story, please be careful with the use of first names. We are not Republicans here. But to me, the bigger issue is the so called official story. The official story is the one that speaks volumes about Palin’s poor judgment, and her putting politics before family. * prius04’s diary :: :: * Gov. Palin left Alaska to attend a conference in Texas. She did this while 7 or 8 months pregnant. Some sources say 7, some say 8. This matters, though only a little. She flew to Texas carrying a Down’s syndrome baby. 1) Down’s syndrome babies often have special needs in the delivery room. You don’t want to deliver such a child on an airplane if at all possible. 2) It was her 5th pregnancy. Later pregnancies often progress rapidly. 3) And she was 43 or 44. This adds another complication though it probably wouldn’t contradict a long flight if you were earlier in your gestation. I doubt very much that ANY Obstetrician would give permission for such a 12 hour flight. Even for a very fit mother flying first class. I suspect she did not get permission and flew anyway. In any case, this decision, even with MD approval, showed questionable judgment and questionable priorities. But it gets worse. Her water broke in Texas. This usually results in contractions starting very soon afterwards, though not always. Remember, she has a Down’s baby and it’s her 5th pregnancy and she’s 43. She absolutely should have gone to the nearest hospital. Any other choice would be risky for the baby, and for herself for that matter. Instead, she got on a plane for a 12 hour flight. That’s right; she got on a plane for a 12 hour flight. Any Obstetrician who approved such a trip would be guilty of malpractice. And she was 43 years old. Any Obstetrician in America would have had a long conversation about the complexity of the situation she was in so don’t anyone dare suggest that maybe Gov Palin didn’t know all this. But it gets worse. There is not a single airline in America that would allow a woman this far along, who was more than likely ready to go into labor at any minute on that plane. So they could not have known. But it still gets worse. When she landed, she did not go to the nearest hospital, the hospital better equipped to handle a special needs delivery. Instead, she was driven 45 minutes to a smaller hospital. Don’t get me wrong, I think it commendable that this woman was governor while pregnant and I have no problem with her attention to this office and I feel that the father and siblings can do just fine with the provision of care for all involved. But when you have a special needs pregnancy, you MUST be willing to compromise. The cover story is that she made this flight because of some loyalty to having the child born in Alaska. Does anyone buy this? I think the more logical answer was that she knew that going to a Texas hospital might mean being stuck in Texas for a few days or a few weeks and she decided to risk it. She decided to risk it for her own political needs. To recap, getting on that plane to Texas showed poor judgment. Getting on that plane back showed horrible judgment. Simply horrible. And isn’t the only job – really – that the VP has is to be prepared to be the President? And isn’t the cornerstone of the job good judgment? People: this all happened 5 months ago. Not back in her foolish youth. We are supposed to care about Jennifer Flowers over and over, but something like this from 5 months ago is off limits? What she did in Texas to fly back to Alaska showed horrible disregard for her baby. Just horrible priorities. Just horrible judgment. And Judgment is what this election is all about. Now that I’ve said my piece, I do hope this topic gets picked up by the national Enquirer or some such. Sadly though, I think these kinds of stories only get picked up by that kind of media when it’s about Democrats. Rest assured, if Michelle had made decisions ANYTHING like this, we would all be hearing about it 24/7/365.

Here’s an interesting link about her! Gossips are talking about her daughter being her grand daughter. What do you think http://www.dailykos.com/storyonly/2008/8/30/121350/137/486/580223

By the way, Ms. Bachrach, according to Ms. Manners, you can indeed get a ticket in Venice for being mal educato, so you might want to avoid Italy until you catch up on your high school science.

So one of the first things Mrs. Palin did as governor was get pregnant? Now her daughter is pregnant as well and a senior in high school. What happens to her education now? Is there no heat in the governors mansion?

I’m upset that a 17 year old is going to be married because she is pregnant. As a parent, I would suggest that if my daugher became pregnant as a teenager (and I would take some of the blame, because I talk to my kids ALl the time about these kinds of things) and she wished to have the baby, she should receive the support of her family. But a marriage at 17 is robbing two young people of their ability to marry for all the right reasons, to pursue an education as single people, and to marry if and only if they are at a point in life where marriage makes sense. I’m 51 and I remember the days when girls HAD to get married. Um, what year is this? I understand how these things happen, but I also believe it is the role of a good mother to talk to her daughter about making smart choices for her future and for the future of the child. If, at some point, the two young people find each other suitable for life partnership, and can make a mature decision about a future, then by all means they should marry. Babies shouldn’t lead to marriage, and they don’t make teenage sex okay. we know better. At least I hope we do.

Hello Angela Ruth and welcome to wow…… Obama spoke today about how families are off limits…..and they should be….didn’t keep this site from nailing the Edwards family to the barn door for weeks….I think we might have this discussion here without putting it into the political arena…….Should let them keep it private and we can keep speaking to each other about…”well this is what happened to me..” Two friends who almost died at the hands of backstreet abortionists in the late fifties and early sixties…….My miscarriage, my daughter’s abortion……. It’s such a tired old set of sins…..negligible if it’s “us”, and burn in hell if it’s it’s “them”……. You can’t legislate enlightenment…..now ain’t that a shame……

I think its disappointing that our main evaluation of Palin stems back to what she taught the kiddies in school about “creationism”. I mean honestly, is she going to be teaching the United States about religion, I certainly hope not! Although I will not vote for McCain just because he has now chosen a woman VP candidate, I think we should evaluate her on her past decisions in government and her political principles instead of her spiritual views.

Oodles…that’s not what to like about her ….especially on this site…. You want my definition of oodles?