As a working mom with a child with Down syndrome, Sarah Palin makes me shriek

By Chuck Ansbacher

Thursday September 11, 2008

As a working mom with a child with Down syndrome, Sarah Palin makes me shriek:

“I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it I knew it! I KNEW John McCain couldn’t resist putting a baby with Down syndrome up there on the national stage — that opportunist!!”

I paced the kitchen with my husband at my heels, admonishing me to keep my voice down so I didn’t wake the kids. I gave him a dirty look and paused to take a breath. And then it happened. I said it.

“And what the fuck does this woman think she’s doing; does she have any idea what it takes to raise a kid with Down syndrome? She thinks she can be vice president and take care of that baby?”

This entire piece is very worth reading.