"Not knowing in my own heart if I was going to be ready to embrace a child with special needs,"
Huh? So what was she going to do if she got to delivery and realized she still wasn't ready?
There are no absolutes. No right and wrong. Haven't you learned anything working for the Powers? There are only choices.
Jasmine ,'Power Play'
Natter 60: Gone In 60 Seconds
Off-topic discussion. Wanna talk about corsets, duct tape, or physics? This is the place. Detailed discussion of any current-season TV must be whitefonted.
Hil R. - Sep 04, 2008 1:28:45 pm PDT #7105 of 10003
Sometimes I think I might just move up to Vermont, open a bookstore or a vegan restaurant. Adam Schlesinger, z''l
brenda m - Sep 04, 2008 1:31:11 pm PDT #7106 of 10003
If you're going through hell/keep on going/don't slow down/keep your fear from showing/you might be gone/'fore the devil even knows you're there
Heh. The Repub base isn't the only thing Palin's energized - apparently Obama's raised more than $8 mil since the speech.
Lee - Sep 04, 2008 1:31:45 pm PDT #7107 of 10003
The feeling you get when your brain finally lets your heart get in its pants.
In different rage making news: [link]
OMGWTFRAGE.
As rage inducing as that is, a part of me is glad a Republican went that far, because I feel a lot of the GOP have been dancing around it with the elitist and "angry liberal" comments, but most are being careful to not quite cross the line.
bon bon - Sep 04, 2008 1:32:00 pm PDT #7108 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
I have absolutely no problem with someone who is opposed to abortion having doubts about being able to raise a child with special needs -- or basically being worried, in any case. Is she saying that she didn't talk about it because she thought she might give it up? Because it looks like she didn't talk about it because it was hard for her to talk about. She's older. She's governor of Alaska. She has a lot of kids. She doesn't have a choice in the matter, given her beliefs. It must have been a stressful time for her. I think she's a ridiculous choice for McCain to make, a sort of Harriet Miers level lack of seriousness, but I have no reason to believe she's a bad person just because her beliefs are different from mine.
Laura - Sep 04, 2008 1:33:26 pm PDT #7109 of 10003
Our wings are not tired.
Office: Messy area [link] Closeup [link] Someday they will be hung [link] We really are under serious construction at the moment, so a bit worse than usual.
Palin upsets me at a whole new level. Please let someone other than us see her objectively. Scary.
Barb - Sep 04, 2008 1:35:22 pm PDT #7110 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Bored, so here's my cubicle
We have matching chairs! (Not that you can see mine, but here's my workspace.)
P.M. Marc - Sep 04, 2008 1:36:45 pm PDT #7111 of 10003
So come, my friends, be not afraid/We are so lightly here/It is in love that we are made; In love we disappear
I have absolutely no problem with someone who is opposed to abortion having doubts about being able to raise a child with special needs -- or basically being worried, in any case. Is she saying that she didn't talk about it because she thought she might give it up? Because it looks like she didn't talk about it because it was hard for her to talk about.
Yeah, I tend to agree with this, even though my dislike of her is strong and pre-dates her pick by McCain.
Barb - Sep 04, 2008 1:37:49 pm PDT #7112 of 10003
“Not dead yet!”
Because it looks like she didn't talk about it because it was hard for her to talk about.
Yeah, well, it's hard to talk about a lot of things, but given that this was something that was going to ultimately affect the entire family, it just strikes me as odd that she basically let them discover the fact that Trig had Down's after the birth. From what I got of the interview, she never actually told them, straight out.
sarameg - Sep 04, 2008 1:39:36 pm PDT #7113 of 10003
I'm with bon.
And oh deerloward, I may be acquiring a third cat. I don't really think a third cat is a good idea, but it looks like Miss Louise may be moving into a senior facility in a month. And she's got this kitten she loves and is worried about what'll happen to him. So. I said I'd take him if he needs a home. Hasn't had his shots or anything (ack) so I think I'll be arranging for that in the next couple weeks. Shots and a fixing.
May be the dumbest idea ever, but if it doesn't work out here, I can find him a home.
bon bon - Sep 04, 2008 1:43:57 pm PDT #7114 of 10003
It's five thousand for kissing, ten thousand for snuggling... End of list.
Yeah, well, it's hard to talk about a lot of things, but given that this was something that was going to ultimately affect the entire family, it just strikes me as odd that she basically let them discover the fact that Trig had Down's after the birth. From what I got of the interview, she never actually told them, straight out.
This just doesn't bother me. I don't think it is a negative thing about her character that she found it hard to talk about with her non-adult kids until the day the baby was born (when she did tell them, from that excerpt). Hiding family matters from the kids is a grand old tradition.
Look, she's not a great candidate. But it makes our side look crazy to turn everything she says and does into an opportunity to view her in the worst light.