Doug Newman makes an interesting point about Sarah Palin, motherhood, and the Christian conservatives who are in love with her. If an unknown Palin had written to someone like James Dobson for advice, what do you think he would say if she wrote something like this:

“I have been a successful professional woman for the last 15 years. I earn $175,000 annually. Recently, I received an offer from a competitor that would more than double my income, but would also require almost constant travel. I have a four-month-old daughter with Downs Syndrome and a 17-year-old daughter who is four months pregnant. What should I do?”

There is no doubt that Dobson and Christian conservatives (and I am one of them) would say that motherhood is a higher calling than the offer from the competitor. The difference between me and the Christian conservatives who are in love with Palin (she soothes their consciences which have been destroyed by their support for McCain) is that I would recommend that Palin take motherhood over being the assistant warmonger in chief. They would make an exception.