Rich Eisen's Wife Complains About Sarah Palin Showing Off Her Infant At the Debates

By all accounts, Rich Eisen seems like a nice enough guy. He does a great job on NFL Network, as he did at ESPN, and never really ruffles any feathers. I guess the same can't be said about his wife and former ABC sportscaster Suzy Shuster, who writes a little for The Huffington Post.

Shuster decided on Friday that the Sarah Palin act had gone too far, only it wasn't the "I'm a good ol' fashioned mom" act that led Tina Fey to revive her Saturday Night Live career, no, the act Schuster takes offense to is the supposed "quit flaunting your five-month old baby Trig" act that only Shuster seems to take offense to. Trig, as you probably know, is Palin's youngest child, who was also diagnosed with Down Syndrome.

It actually came after the debate, when for seemingly the millionth time, Sarah Palin trotted out her piece de resistance, her favorite prop of this campaign season: her five and a half month old son Trig.

Why is this child up so late every time there is a camera op? Why isn't this baby sleeping in a crib or bassinet somewhere with a sleep sheep or some other sound apparatus lulling him into night-night? Is it just me or does it seem like she carts this poor child around like a living breathing example of how wonderful a mom she is? After all, she's more than adopted the "I'm just a mom, just like you moms out there, America" attitude.

This can't be for real, can it? Sure, the political debates amongst the country are pretty heated at this point but, no matter your take on the candidates, is it really necessary to be knocking Palin's parenting skills with her newborn baby, who happens to be stricken with a chromosomal disorder? Shuster and Eisen have an eight-week old child, so maybe seeing this bothered her in some unique way, but can anyone really agree with Shuster? Does anyone really think that Palin is out pimping her child for votes? Not even politicians are that dirty.

I guess we can all agree that the mainstream media isn't all that fond of Palin. Just yesterday, CNBC's Keith Olbermann, never a man to back down from the Republican party, used the most famous of Palin slip-ups as a one-liner when talking about Trent Edwards' recent concussion.

NBC's Keith Olbermann will likely generate a flurry of calls and e-mails for his comment while narrating highlights of a disoriented Edwards being carted off the field.

"I can see Russia from here" was the line Olbermann attributed to Edwards.

Obviously this was a play at humor, but Shuster just seems upset and looking for any and all ways to attack the vice presidential candidate. In this instance, these accusations were way over the line.

[AJ at Deadspin]