Blood in the Streets: Palin Ignites 'Mommy War'

Day Six of the media meltdown over Sarah Palin now brings us this absurd item from Reuters, how the warmongering John McCain has touched off a Mommy War with his selection of Sarah Palin as his Vice Presidential nominee.

I kid you not.

I almost expect to see video of angry housewives bludgeoning innocents with vacuums and mops.

In America, where teenage pregnancy is a political issue and working moms subject to moral debate, the choice of Sarah Palin as the Republican vice-presidential pick has ignited a Mommy War.

Questions about Palin's qualifications were raised almost as soon as presidential candidate John McCain shocked the political world by picking the relatively unknown Alaska governor to be his running mate last week.

The emergence of personal details has fueled the debate.

News that Palin, a conservative Christian, is running for the country's No. 2 office while parenting both an infant son with Down Syndrome and a 17-year-old pregnant daughter has sparked both condemnation and commendation.

Should a 44-year-old mother of five, including a newborn with special needs and a pregnant teenager, take on a job that will keep her away from her home for much of the next two months to eight years?

Yes, it's true. The liberal media is now concerned about the welfare of conservative Christians.

Buried deep in the story (OK, at the very end) is this:

Kansas Republican Jacqueline McMahon said Palin's children -- newborn or pregnant -- should not be an issue.

"If she is qualified to do the job ... (the rest) is totally none of our business," said McMahon, a 39-year-old mother of two and business owner. She added: "Barack Obama's mother ... had him when she was 18. I think it is a nonissue."

The birth of Democratic presidential nominee Barack Obama to a teenaged mother has received little attention, although Obama himself has raised it. Debate about his ability to balance work and parenthood of his two young daughters, aged 7 and 10, has barely been raised.

Why is that?

Frankly, it's none of our business. Nor should every minute detail of Palin's life be our business.