I don't think I've ever seen a professional parent, male or female, integrate parenting into her work world to the degree that Sarah Palin does now! Those little ones are in the office with mom, on her hip, in a sling. For that reason it's kind of ironic that she is the one targeted for such interrogation above others. Obviously, there are callings on all of our lives, and they do not all look the same. There are so many examples historically of godly people who have been called to serve totally apart from their families for a time, with the assurance that God will take good care of what is important to them while they are taking care of another matter that is important to him. I have no idea if this is the case for Sarah Palin, but I can't presume that I somehow know better what she is called to right now. What about this thought? Perhaps this ISN'T her time to move to Washington (and she will not if Obama wins, of course), but it IS her appointed time to be introduced to the national stage so that, when her time comes later, she is prepared and things are in place. Can we just trust that it's even possible that she is where she is right now for a reason, even if we're not sure it's right? Or should we make the presumptive call that her candidacy right now is wrong, chew her up and spit her out? There are people for whom many issues that are important are addressed better by McCain-Palin than Obama-Biden, and yet they are willing to, in effect, allow a vote go to Obama in this supremely tight race rather than vote for McCain-Palin because of things like this. If McCain is not ideal for you, fine. If you feel qualified to discern the will of God for and the call on Sarah Palin's life for her,well, ok. But, in this amazingly tight and important election, refusing to vote is saying that you'd rather have your team (and some of the issues that are very important to you) LOSE, than not have everything exactly your way. No matter what lofty things can be said about that choice, in effect it's self-first, not country first, God first, or however else someone might try to frame it. I guess that's a little outside the scope of the post, but it's a related point, and an important one.