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"Dragging it around on the stage." ("It" referring to Trig Palin)
Lex Communis ^ | 10/05/08 | Peter Sean Bradley

Posted on 10/05/2008 11:38:13 AM PDT by LA Woman3

I like Liz Trotta on Fox News. I think she generally has some fairly objective and insightful things to say about the media, so I usually delay heading off to Mass until she wraps her just-before-9 a.m. segment.

Liz definitely is not in the tank for Sarah Palin, and I was disturbed by her final observations about her view of Palin's perceived lack of depth by reporting that "some people" found it distasteful that Palin was bringing "that handicapped child and dragging it around the stage."

It???

Distasteful????

Sad, really, and you have to think that if it was a Democrat, we would be hearing paeans to how this move was designed to bring all of our citizens into the mainstream.

There is something about the babies of Republican women politicians.


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To: LA Woman3

Liz Trotta should apologize, or it should be fired from Fox.

Dehumanizing someone is the first step toward creating a climate of persecution and death. That is why an unborn baby is not a baby, but an “it” to these people as well.

“It” is just tissue.


21 posted on 10/05/2008 11:57:02 AM PDT by bitterdfwrepub
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To: indylindy
Those folks are tougher on Obama than we are.

I know...tough crowd! Quite entertaining though!
22 posted on 10/05/2008 11:57:05 AM PDT by LA Woman3 ("The gloves are off, the heels are on!" Sarah Palin)
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To: McGruff

Ping!


23 posted on 10/05/2008 11:57:44 AM PDT by LA Woman3 ("The gloves are off, the heels are on!" Sarah Palin)
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To: Bob
See the discussion at the Sunday News Show thread starting at #297 and specifically this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2097890/posts?page=306#306
24 posted on 10/05/2008 12:00:01 PM PDT by CedarDave (Hey, John -- "Country First" is getting yourself elected. Take the fight to Obama and the Democrats!)
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To: LA Woman3

Most of the anti Obama stuff I see is located right there! LOL


25 posted on 10/05/2008 12:00:43 PM PDT by dforest (Is there any good idea out there that Obama doesn't lay claim to anymore?)
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To: LA Woman3

Liz, you're ugly and you're fired.

26 posted on 10/05/2008 12:02:25 PM PDT by DogBarkTree (That sharp pain to the LibRat's groin is called the Palin Effect.)
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To: LA Woman3

What a sick, nasty, horrible thing for Liz to say.


27 posted on 10/05/2008 12:04:13 PM PDT by Allegra ( Go Sarah!)
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To: TurtleStink

Good!

[”Turtle Stink”?!?]....LOL


28 posted on 10/05/2008 12:04:42 PM PDT by Salamander (Blue Oyster Cult is the soundtrack to the Revolution.)
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To: LA Woman3

I saw this and was shocked at the coldness of this woman. I wonder if she, herself, is a mother? No real mother would ever say this about any child. I hope she is taken to task concerning her insensitive comments.


29 posted on 10/05/2008 12:10:12 PM PDT by Swede Girl
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To: LA Woman3

We saw it too and emailed Fox.
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We strongly object to Liz Trotta’s comment today, Sunday October 5, that people object to Governor Palin bringing “that handicapped child and dragging it around the stage” on campaign stops.

First of all, Trig is not “that handicapped child,” nor is he an “it.” He is a human being. Secondly, Governor Palin does not “drag” Trig around. We think it’s a wonderful example of grace that Governor Palin shares Trig with us. She sends a signal of hope and acceptance to all families with special needs children. In particular Trig’s presence on stage sends a positive message to siblings of special needs children who may feel embarrassed or different because they have a sister or brother who doesn’t look or act as other children. Furthermore, seeing Trig in public reminds us to teach our children compassion for others. That people with special needs are God’s gift to the world because they teach us patience, grace, and to love unconditionally.

Does Ms. Trotta think that Governor Palin is disqualified from being vice-president because she has small children? Perhaps Ms. Trotta is an elitist who assumes that everybody has the funds to hire a full-time nanny. Or worse, does Ms. Trotta think that mothers of special needs children ought to hide them away so that the world doesn’t have to suffer the discomfort of their existence?

We think Ms. Trotta’s remark was small-minded and tasteless. We will turn the channel if ever again we see her on Fox.


30 posted on 10/05/2008 12:10:48 PM PDT by Tidbit (Shoot low boys, they're riding Shetland Ponies.)
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To: TurtleStink
emailed fox. said i hated that remark. who was the little squirrel guy that was interviewing.

Any response from Fox??
31 posted on 10/05/2008 12:11:08 PM PDT by LA Woman3 ("The gloves are off, the heels are on!" Sarah Palin)
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To: CedarDave
See the discussion at the Sunday News Show thread starting at #297 and specifically this post:
http://www.freerepublic.com/focus/news/2097890/posts?page=306#306

Thanks for the link -- disturbing to say the very least.

32 posted on 10/05/2008 12:12:48 PM PDT by Bob
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To: stockpirate

Way to go..you helped save that baby..this is such a great forum...


33 posted on 10/05/2008 12:13:19 PM PDT by GregB (I am a Palin Republican!!!!!)
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To: LA Woman3

I’d rather be seeing touching holding hearing little Trig instead of this hormonally challenged shemale charlatan chatterer any time any place.


34 posted on 10/05/2008 12:13:58 PM PDT by eleni121 (EN TOUTO NIKA!! +)
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To: libbylu

well now I feel stupid cause i really liked his in your face reporting on the UN during the John Bolton days. but he really was channeling charles krauthammer there with Liz. they looked like two old crows pecking at a cat turd.


35 posted on 10/05/2008 12:18:06 PM PDT by TurtleStink
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To: Tidbit
From the Fox News website...

Liz Trotta is the former New York bureau chief of The Washington Times and is a contributor for FOX News Channel.

The author of Fighting for Air: In the Trenches with Television News, Trotta was the first woman to cover a war for broadcast news.

She began her career in journalism in 1965 working for the NBC affiliate in New York and won network recognition by taking on tough assignments including covering the Vietnam War and 1984 presidential candidate, George McGovern.

Trotta has worked for Hillman Periodicals; Inter-Catholic Press Agency; Long Island Press; Chicago Tribune; Newsday; NBC and CBS. In 1960-1961, she taught a once-per-week journalism class at Stern College of Yeshiva University.

The winner of three Emmy awards and two Overseas Press Club awards, Trotta is a graduate of Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism.

Link


No mention of a husband or kids....
36 posted on 10/05/2008 12:18:15 PM PDT by LA Woman3 ("The gloves are off, the heels are on!" Sarah Palin)
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To: LA Woman3

Gee I wonder if a new mother of a nonhandicapped child would get the same reception..esp if the mother was a LIBERAL.


37 posted on 10/05/2008 12:21:49 PM PDT by Lady GOP
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To: LA Woman3

Sometimes they let their masks slip, and you see what these talking heads really are. And it’s ugly. I hope America is paying attention.


38 posted on 10/05/2008 12:24:31 PM PDT by brytlea (Obama--Keep the change!)
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To: GregB

thx, I always tear up when I talk about it, but what’s a dad to do?


39 posted on 10/05/2008 12:38:42 PM PDT by stockpirate (United Socialist States of America- Vote Palin or the tree of liberty is about to be watered.)
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To: baseballmom
BBM,

My reaction was, shall we say more severe. I was actually doing work on the laptop with the TV in the background and I spun around to hear it. What a Vile women......

This will be all over talk radio tomorrow and people will be outraged....

40 posted on 10/05/2008 12:44:32 PM PDT by taildragger (The Answer is Fred Thompson, I do not care what the question is.....)
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