Posted on 02/17/2010 8:08:46 AM PST by Candor7
When Trig Paxston Van Palin was born, his parents announced, "Trig is beautiful and already adored by us. We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed."
At Team Sarah we believe that every child is indeed created with a purpose and little Trig Palin holds a special and very dear place in our heart.
For those in our society today who would stoop to the level of making fun of a toddler with special needs for cheap laughs and the almighty dollar, they have our pity. Anyone who resorts to comedy "material" of that magnitude is simply to be pitied, as they have forgone their own dignity in order to capture the sort of shock appeal that will pathetically sustain them with the small fraction of society that would find humor in such a thing.
Comedic hacks are nothing new to the entertainment industry. We can ignore them, we can change the channel, we can call them out when we think they've crossed the line.
For us, the bottom line is that Trig is off limits. Period.
Sincerely,
Team Sarah
teamsarahhq@gmail.com
What about calculus?
PING to Palin Notice.
Fractal You!
Where’s that grizzly picture?
I don’t believe in integration......
Thanks for the ping!!!!
It’s a shame. The more we push God out of every aspect of our lives, the more the undesirables take hold.
I have no problems making fun of Obama’s retarded son, but then again, Biden’s old enough to take it.
I fail to see where Trig is being made fun of in this clip. Is it in other parts of the episode? Someone, please clarify the problem for me.
In the clip, a DS girl is the object of affection for the older son, Chris. They go on a date. She is clear about wanting to be treated with respect ("Hold out my chair", "Don't be rude, ask me about myself") and is even a bit forward ("Now give me a shoulder rub")... there's NOTHING insulting to Sarah Palin or Trig Palin or those with Down's Syndrome in that clip at all. They merely make a connection between a person with DS and Sarah Palin... as would most Americans, since Trig is probably the only person they know with DS.
This is being far over-blown by the hyper-sensitive. In Sarah's case, she has a right to be... she has been under full media assault for about a year now. The rest of us should be more insightful on her behalf. Her advisors should have been more on top of this one.
Biden is a f’n idiot.
Now thats a horse of a differential equation.
Saul Alinsky’s RIDICULE rule is mean-spirited. We must call our EVERYone who uses it against the innocent.
And if we Conservatives use it against the Liberal-Alinsky-ites, we need to back it up with FACTS.
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Take your own daughter or son to a strip bar, don’t demand that you bring Palin’s kids or mine either.
I agree that he should be off limits to politics. However, it would help if they wouldn't put him on magazine covers and the like. I'm just saying.
Leno’s unfunny pokes at the Palin children last year cost him this viewer.
LOL!
This could be the absolute minimum.
Nice spin . However , the horse is out of the barn. The fallout is fun to watch. Maybe they should leave the kids out of their hate rants . The left has lost perspective .
Anyone who would make “fun” at any person with Downs Syndrome is also a coward.
I disagree. Why is it when Clinton is in office his daughter is respected and off limits (same with any democrat really). But if it’s a republican their kids are fair game.
The media either need to leave her kids alone or attack all politicians kids.
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