Sarah Palin appears to be the Vice Presidential nominee for the Party of Family Values, the Party of Family first, the Party of take care of your children.
This is an appalling choice, and she will withdraw within the week, I predict.
The reason is simple: This decision is a total contra-family values decision.
On April 18, 2008, Sarah Palin gave birth to a child with Down’s syndrome. This is for some a moment to affirm their family values credentials.
Here is a comment from a publication from a family physician about children with this condition:
The care of the infant or young child with Down syndrome can be complicated and may involve a myriad of immediate and long-term medical problems and psychosocial issues.
The quote is taken from “Primary Care of Infants and Young Children with Down Syndrome”, by REBECCA B. SAENZ, M.D., published in American Family Physician, 1999.
URL: http://www.aafp.org/afp/990115ap/381.html
Another quote:
The psychologic benefit derived from the bonding of mother and infant can be extremely important at a time when, because of the infant’s disability, the mother may be questioning her own adequacy.
It is clear that Sarah Palin has decided that her own naked ambition and lust for the power of the Vice President have led her to consign this child to the dustbin. What kind of family values are those?