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On Palin and My Public Apology

I need to publicly apologize to one member of the MyWorkButterfly.com community who wrote to tell me that she was deeply offended by my tribute to Michael Jackson and in honoring his legacy. If you feel similarly, then I truly apologize to you too. Was it weird that he had young boys sleep over? Hell yeah! Was it even more bizarre that they slept in his bed? Absolutely. But, we can not say, without a shadow of a doubt, that he was guilty of anything other than wanting to be loved. In fact, I feel sorry for him for having to administer the level of drugs he took in order to go about his daily life. His best friend was Bubbles the chimp for g-d sake, but it doesn't take away from the joy his music brought to the lives of so many. Opinions make the world go round. They do not make us lesser mothers... just moms with a voice, and that's a good thing.

One such mother who will no longer have a "voice" is Sarah Palin. Now that she has resigned we are down to six women governors around the country... out of fifty. Pathetic huh? I personally didn't care for her as a politician and as role model to moms although, it was still nice to see a woman in office. She didn't embarrass me as a woman as much as Clinton would have embarrassed me if I were a man. Unfortunately, Sarah stands out because she is a minority, while Clinton in fact blends. So, for all of you moms out their that are into politics, run for office... run like hell and make us proud!

I hope you are all enjoying your summer and that you and your family remain healthy.

Bradi
Co-Founder
MyWorkButterfly.com

Comment by Rolemommy on July 14, 2009 at 6:21pm: Thank you for this post! Can I feature it as a guest post on the home page and will link back to your site?

Comment by bradi nathan on July 14, 2009 at 6:53pm: Absolutely!

Comment by Rolemommy on July 15, 2009 at 7:18am: Just featured your essay as part of our Fave Five. Thanks!
http://www.rolemommy.com/blog/the-busy-moms-fave-five.php

Comment by Terry Starr on July 26, 2009 at 8:00pm: Thanks Beth for including us in your Fave Five!! I was glad we could addres the woman who wrote us that was totally off-put by what we had to say. But as Bradi aptly said, "opinions make the world go round... they don't make us bad mothers."