While Mom meets foreign leaders, Sarah Palin's family sees the NYC sights

(UPDATE: Added below.)

While Mom's at work meeting world leaders at the United Nations, as The Ticket reported earlier, and running for vice president and causing traffic jams with curious crowds jamming streets just to catch a glimpse of the world's most famous hockey mom, the Palin brood, minus the Army son in Iraq, did what most any other tourist family would do in the Big Apple — they saw the sights.

Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin met with Afghan President Hamid Karzai and Colombian President Alvaro Uribe and spent nearly 90 minutes with ex-President Henry Kissinger — oh, no, wait, he only said he wanted to be president.

Everywhere she went, the GOP's vice presidential candidate drew crowds with people pulling out cellphone and video cameras to capture the celebrity moment.

So, while all that commotion was going on midtown, the 44-year-old governor's husband, Todd, the fisherman/union oil field worker, took the kids all over Manhattan on Tuesday.

They saw the Statue of Liberty and got a family group photo taken there to prove it someday to 5-month-old Trig. They made the solemn pilgrimage to Ground Zero.

They went to Central Park, which is nice and all, though pretty puny by Alaska park standards. The children and Dad ate hot dogs and soft pretzels.

And then, the highlight for the youngest girl, Piper, was a visit to FAO Schwarz, where the 7-year-old got to try on some princess dresses.

Wednesday, Mom will be tied up again all day, meeting with four presidents, a prime minister and Bono. So who knows what the family's tourist itinerary will include? But if they get some tickets over at CBS to the taping of "The Late Show with David Letterman," they'll be able to see Sen. John McCain, the Republican presidential candidate who will have seen more of their mother during that day than they will have.

(UPDATE: Due to Sen. McCain's announced suspension of his campaign over the financial crisis, he canceled his wednesday appearance on Letterman. Just to show them, as a last-minute replacement, the show booked instead Keith Olbermann, a vocal, voluble and vociferous critic of the Arizona senator. Matea Gold has more details on the Show Tracker blog.)

— Andrew Malcolm

Photo credit: Associated Press

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Comments

[Concerned]

Just great. A little over one month left and "Mom's" getting "Foreign Policy 101" class while Dad's out buying the kids ice cream cones. How ludicrous can this get?

[mitchell in NY]

Oh, no, they are in the Big City, surrounded by cosmopolitans! How can small town Sarah and family stand it, especially after what Rudi G said at the Republican convention about "cosmopolitans."

I'm trying to keep my sense of humor about the Sarah Palin show. Tough as nails Sarah, whom they won't allow to talk to the press. And she just goes along with it. It's actually pathetic and sad for the country. This is a VP candidate who could easily become president.

Oh, well, back to some humor.

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"Palin, The Latest Revelation (with an audio link that will knock at least one of your socks off)"
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[Sylvia]

Why aren't these kids back home in school instead of charging taxpayers for their siteseeing excursions?

[treintje]

McCain’s worse nightmare : Within 2 weeks lots of women will look like Palin, same glasses, same shoes, same hair, same cloths, same gun, same passwords, same brains.

Let Palin work out the economy. She is running a whole household with 5 children so has a load of experience.

Also do not give her any codes for missiles, they will be default 0000.

And after 2 days crash course she will be able to handle foreign politics as these guys were all “so nice” and knows all their children’s names.

The world must know who Palin really is. 2 days of interviews with her will show the real Palin.

[rich]

So while mom palin is doing foriegn politics 101, and dad palin is doing the sights with the young ones in tow.. whats being done about these childrens schooling.. or dont they have schools in alaska?

[coolrepublica]

This headline is insulting. Why should I care where her kids were when she was meeting world leaders? Where were the headline about Obama's kids and what they were doing when Oboma went to get his foreign policy during his European vacation?

This is getting insulting and I don't quite know how to take it. I'm sure people at the LA Times think highly of themselves, but please don't think that highly of yourselves because there is no reason for it.

[CC]

What kind of dig is, "who will have seen more of their mother during that day then they will have?" What about Obama? How much time do you think he spends with his young daughters? Sarah Palin has had much more responsibility & experience than Obama.

[ron]

Jokes. lies, and bamboozlement. Circus?

[ophrah]

these commentators are so pathetic. are those the kind of people supporting obama who only think about him winning the presidency but does not really care about others. how can he help the americans wherein his own brother just live in the shanti in kenya rubbing elbows with the manguki. is that the only leader you can offer in the world. no wonder the iran president that america's end is coming. if so, i believe he is right.

[Jared]

Ummmmmm... who cares?

[Rick]

I guess being a "good mom" with a 5 month old newborn with physical challenges is having "some other person" raise and bond with your child.

[Selectively Moral]

Is the Republican baby daddy there too? We haven't seen much of him. Not that there is any shame in pre-marital sex for teenagers.

[Stu]

Wow, I am amazed at the sexism on the left of this country. Palin is a great woman, I admire he ability to raise her 5 children, including he littlest one. I have always tried to instill in my daughter that she can do, can be, anything she wants. Looking at this article and the posts here it is obvious to me that the left in this country thinks a women cannot be anything other than a mother unless there is a D by their name.
Shame on the left, Shame on you!

GO Palin, show the world what a mother can do!

[steve rodriguez]

The Dems hate Sarah and her kids more than Al Queda or Iran's Ahdmennijad!!!!! Go Sarah go!!!!

[steve rodriguez]

Hey lib media we need more fair balance reporting, please issue more stories about the Obama girls!