Also to be noticed in the MSM's narrative on Sarah Palin's unfitness as a mother because of her career is the implied uselessness of husbands and fathers in general and Todd Palin in particular.

Unless I missed the article that said that Todd and the rest of Sarah Palin's family would remain in Alaska should Sarah become Vice President, I am forced to conclude that the Palins have probably discussed all of this and that Todd will probably be giving up his career(s) in Alaska to come to Washington with Sarah.

Which would free him up to take on a lot of the responsibilities of running the family while his wife helps run the country.

Normally, this situation is feminism at its most sublime (if men are to be kept alive at all).

And this man is not some Alan Alda type either, thin of wrist, fine of feature, and soft of hand. Todd Palin, merely standing silently beside the most politically powerful men that Washington had to offer would remind each and every one of them of their essential softness. And yet he is obviously willing to take on these duties.

But the whole situation is being discussed as if Todd Palin doesn't exist. Or if he does....well...a man just can't be expected to do such things nor are they even so equipped as to try.

Let me see if I can guess the next meme should the MSM happen to even notice a husband/father figure in the Palin household:

If the Republicans win, Todd Palin would become a minority single parent and as such cannot possibly hope to raise a family without government assistance and direction....which he won't get unless Barack Obama is elected.

Hey, Pinch? Can I have job?