Oklahoma Gubernatorial Candidate Plays The Child-Rearing Card

Republican Oklahoma gubernatorial candidate  Rep. Mary Fallin claims she has a 6-0 advantage over Democratic candidate Lt. Gov. Jari Askins because of the six kids she’s raised.

Asked what distinguished her from Askins as a candidate, Fallin replied “I think my experience is one of the things that sets me apart as a candidate for governor. First of all, being a mother, having children, raising a family.”

Askins reacted to the charge that she is somehow less qualified to run the state because she is single with no children: