Dear Sarah: I am not a "mom," and I don't consider being one as qualification for being VP

[Berry Cool]

of these United States.

I am so sick of pundits telling me that nothing Sarah Palin does, or says, or doesn't read, or doesn't know about, matters JUST BECAUSE SHE'S AN EFFING MOM. And because she's a mom, she's going to be able to "connect with voters," and convince them that she understands their problems, and that she will work to solve them.

What do you need to do in order to be a mom? Let's review:

1. You need to be female.
2. You need to be fertile.
3. You need to spread your legs and...well, you get the idea.
4. You need to conceive.
5. You need to carry the kid until you give birth.
6. You need to give birth.

That's ALL. IT.

It's not easy, but it's not rocket science.

I fail to see how being a mom qualifies one for vice president of this country.

And I swear, it's not just because I haven't done it myself.

What good does it do to be able to "connect with voters" or convince them that you're "just like them" or that you "understand them" if you can't DO ANYTHING TO HELP THEM BECAUSE YOU ARE SO DAMN IGNORANT AND INCURIOUS?

Smiling and acting down-homey and "just plain folks," while inside you don't have a clue, is how we have spent the last eight years being governed. NO MORE!!!!

OK, I admit there are a lot of ways I can relate to Barack Obama and his story. But even if I couldn't, it wouldn't matter that much, because I honestly believe he has two brain cells to rub together, and I am far better off placing the country's fate in his hands than in the hands of an old man who yells at clouds and uses his time as a POW to excuse every stupid thing he does.

And much better off than I would be by putting its fate, should that old man die, in the hands of a "good ol' hockey mom."

Please tell me this is not what my country has come to.

[dsc]

1. I can't disagree with you more about the qualifications to be a mother

You listed the qualifications of giving birth not of being a mother. Raising the child is the hard work, not what you listed.

[treestar]

4. But not everyone does a great job of it

Some do a poor job of it. But those still get the title.

And it still isn't a qualification for any other job. Biden's a Dad, so they're equal, even if it did count for something.

[dsc]

7. I certainly don't disagree with the notion that being a mother doesn't make her qualified

it was just that I am tired of the genetic fetish we seem to have a society.

[Critters2]

5. Palin hasn't done the job well. She has one child who had to join

the military to avoid prison, a daughter with an unwanted pregnancy probably on her way to a shot gun wedding, a special needs child who should be getting more attention than he almost certainly is at this point.

Raising a child well is hard work. There's little evidence Palin has done that. She's pretty much just given birth. Her greatest accomplishment re: her kids, is that they haven't starved to death. Other than that, she's not exactly a gifted mother.

So, I agree with the OP. Palin had sex and gave birth. The cat under my porch has done that. Two litters this summer alone. And she seems like a good mother.

But she is NOT qualfied to be VP.

[jrockford]

9. Don't think the OP was referring to "raising a child" nt

[sandnsea]

2. I have 3 of my own, step-son, grandkids

and kids-in-law.

Being a mom clearly does not qualify anybody for the White House.

[Bryn]

3. It's like you're qualified to be a surgeon for operations

Just because you're Mom

You're qualified to fly a plane with passengers of elders, adults & children & babies plus crew just because you're Mom

You have to be qualified, experienced, intelligent to be a pilot, a doctor, President of USA, etc. whether or not you're Mom.

It's just so silly to say "I am qualified to be President of the United States of America because I am hockey mom, I am pitbill with lipstick....." My, My what a MORAN <-------spelled that way on purpose

[BuyingThyme]

6. I'd say that being a mom can be a very important qualification.

No different than being an MBA or a governor. It depends on the person.

But Sarah's a ditz.

[Chorophyll]

8. Your list of mom qualifications is kind of hateful...

...and insensitive and belittling and a putdown to parents of any and all genders...but that's beside the point. Sarah Palin's an idiot. Maybe there are some "moms" out there who relate to her. This "mom" doesn't.