CNN’s John Roberts: Palin Might Neglect Her Disabled Infant?

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http://newsbusters.org/blogs/matthew-balan...disabled-infant

Yeah, how dare Palin not stay at home and stay away from winning an election....Libs are too predictable. Doesnt everyone have kids? Do they get neglected?

CNN’s John Roberts: Palin Might Neglect Her Disabled Infant?

By Matthew Balan (Bio | Archive)

August 29, 2008 - 13:41 ET

CNN’s John Roberts, after briefly alluding to the issue of Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin’s experience he called into question earlier on Friday’s "Newsroom" program, asked correspondent Dana Bash about how the Alaska governor’s newborn son with Down’s syndrome might be affected if she were elected: "There's also this issue that on April 18th, she gave birth to a baby with Down's Syndrome.... Children with Down's syndrome require an awful lot of attention. The role of Vice President, it seems to me, would take up an awful lot of her time, and it raises the issue of how much time will she have to dedicate to her newborn child?"

Bash deftly answered this question, which has the implication that Palin could neglect her infant son, and made a possible counter-argument the McCain camp would use, that a question like Roberts’ would be sexist: "That's a very good question, and I guess -- my guess is that, perhaps, the line inside the McCain campaign would be, if it were a man being picked who also had a baby, but -- you know, four months ago with Down's Syndrome, would you ask the same question?"

The CNN correspondent continued by briefly describing the Palin’s family situation and the thinking that may have gone into the situation for both McCain and Palin herself. She concluded by reporting on the Alaska governor’s appeal to social conservatives because she is "very staunchly anti-abortion," in Bash’s words.

The full transcript of the exchange between John Roberts and Dana Bash, which began 7 minutes into the 11 am Eastern hour of CNN’s "Newsroom" [audio available here]:

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What a stupid sexist comment. And it's Republicans who supposedly believe a woman's place is in the home?!?! Would he prefer she almost never leave the house, and when she did she should be in a burkha?

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You have to love the number of undecided voters libs are already alienating in their rush to poke holes in the Palin nomination.

They might want to think before speaking on this one. Or not, is fine with me too.