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Tuesday, September 2, 2008 12:00 AM

Hurricane Bristol hits Minnesota

Republicans try to brush off the tempest over Sarah Palin's pregnant daughter and turn that other storm in Louisiana into a political prop.
By Mike Madden

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  • Monday, September 1, 2008 08:02 PM

    Tiberius

    RFK did not begin his campaign for president by centering his image around his kids, the way that Palin has. Hillary Clinton, while running for president, or as first lady for that matter, didn't spend a lot of time discussing Chelsea or play on voters' emotional sympathy by surrounding herself with family issues. This isn't about Palin being a woman, this is about Palin deciding to appeal to voters by wanting them to relate to her as a mother. It sounds like she needs to quit playacting mommy and actively do the parenting job since she obviously has a couple of kids who really need her (and the father's) attention right now.

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