I don’t condone the attacks on children of politicians. I really think it isn’t right, but that’s just me. I can see other people getting into it and even having some Photoshop fun.
But just as attacking the children is wrong, so is using them for political cover. How often did we see the Obama kids on the campaign trail with their daddy? Not much at all, yet Sarah Palin marched her kids out on every single stop.
Yes its wrong to attack the children, but its even worse to throw them into the viral political spotlight the help your own political future. As matter of fact it borders on child abuse. Just consider Palin’s speeches and how she would always drag Trig out on stage afterwards to try and say “hey look – I’m a mommy!” It didn’t matter what time of day or night it was. That kid has to have the most screwed up sleep schedule ever, and that was done to help his mommy’s political future.
So to the Palin supporters. If you want to bitch about the nastiness that does happen on the internet, then also focus your complaints to the enabler. In this case that enabler is Sarah Palin. She has used her children as a political shield, and that shield isn’t strong enough for the online world.
(And as a side thought, can you imagine a President Palin? “You can’t attack my country, I’m a mommy!”)