Reply #2: Yes she flew commercial [View All]

[proud2BlibKansan]

Here is some research I did and sent out in an email:

Okay once I stopped laughing about McCain's VP choice I started to do some research. It is more than obvious she wasn't vetted, which is just amazing. Here is a good definition of vetting: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vetting

First of all, she is a far right self-described "feminist". She is anti-choice, wants creationism taught in public schools, is a lifelong NRA member, doesn't believe the polar bears in Alaska are at risk, and wants to drill in ANWR. She is also a homeschooler, which puzzles me - how do you run a state and educate your kids at home at the same time?

Her political resume - she was PTA president, then ran for city council, then mayor of a town of 8000, then governor. She has been governor for about 18 months. Compare that to Biden, who has been in the US Senate for 39 years and served on and chaired the Senate Foreign Relations Committee since Palin was 5 years old.

Her husband and son are not Republicans. http://www.politico.com/news/stories/0808/12989.html That should upset more than a few GOP loyalists.

But the story that bugs me the most is the one surrounding her new baby's birth. He has down syndrome. Palin knew he was disabled before he was born. She didn't announce her pregnancy until she was 7 months along.

A month before her due date, she went to Texas for a governors conference and her water broke. She waited until the conference was over THE NEXT DAY to fly back to Alaska and have her baby.
http://www.ktuu.com/global/story.asp?s=8194634

Medical people, help me out here. When I was pregnant, my doctor told me not to travel during the last 6 weeks. I wanted to go to a family reunion in Springfield and my doctor said no way. And I had a normal pregnancy - I wasn't carrying a disabled child. A couple years ago, a woman I know who was 8 months pregnant had a death in her family and her doctor told her not only would he not let her fly to the funeral but the airlines wouldn't let her on a plane because she was within weeks of giving birth.

So I am very suspicious of the story of this disabled child's birth. But more importantly, what kind of a mother waits a day after her water breaks - when she knows she is carrying a disabled child - to get on a plane and fly 8 to 10 hours to a hospital to have her baby? And yes, babies with down syndrome do indeed often have complications at birth.

It just doesn't add up. And yes, I think it is fair to discuss this. What kind of a woman places her unborn baby at risk like this?