Posted on 09/09/2008 3:55:58 PM PDT by goldstategop
RUSH: Kurt in Pittsburgh, hello, sir. Nice to have you on the EIB Network, and how about the Steelers defense?
CALLER: How about those Steelers, huh?
RUSH: How about that?
CALLER: Hey, listen, Rush, long-time listener, first-time caller, one of those Bible, family, gun clingers from western Pennsylvania.
RUSH: Thank you.
CALLER: And I wanted to share a story with you. A week ago last Saturday we went to the Palin-McCain rally in Washington, Pennsylvania, was the day after he announced her, and we have a five-year-old daughter with Down syndrome, and we made a sign that said: "We Love Kids with Down Syndrome." So when they pulled in their bus the sign did catch their, McCain and Palin and the rest of their family, it caught their eye, we could tell, they gave us a thumbs-up from the bus, so we were all excited just by that -- RUSH: Wait, wait, wait. Who gave you the thumbs up, McCain and Palin?
CALLER: McCain, Palin, Cindy McCain, we could see them from the bus. We were in a position where we had eye contact with them --
RUSH: Oh, cool!
CALLER: My wife was holding our daughter.
RUSH: Very, very, very cool.
CALLER: It was really cool, Rush. I was like, "Wow, that's awesome," because I love Governor Palin and so I thought that's really neat. So then we moved around as the bus was getting ready to pull out, we kind of positioned ourselves so we could just wave them on and a Secret Service agent came up to us and said, "Hey, can you come with us?" I was like, "Do we have a choice?"
RUSH: (laughing) You shouldn't have worried. It's not the Clinton administration. CALLER: Right. So we accompanied them up the hill, we went right to the bus, where it was, and Governor Palin, Senator McCain, Cindy, Todd Palin, they're all standing there. We're in this inner circle with just us and them, and the Secret Service agent, and they came right up to us and thanked us for coming out, said they loved our sign, and Governor Palin immediately said, "May I hold your daughter?" and our daughter Chloe, who's five, went right to her, and I have some pictures I'd love to send you maybe when I'm done here, but Governor Palin was hugging Chloe, and then her little daughter brought their baby Trig who has Down syndrome from the bus, he was napping, and Chloe went right over and kissed him on the cheek, and my son Nolan who's nine, he thanked her.
RUSH: This is amazing.
CALLER: I will send you all the stuff, Senator McCain was talking to my son, and he thanked him for his service, and he asked my son if he wanted to see the bus, and we were hanging out and it was very surreal. I felt like we could have had a pizza and a beer with them, they were so warm.
RUSH: You know what? I want to put you on hold. I want Snerdley to give you our super-secret, known-only-to-three-people here, e-mail address.
CALLER: I will send you everything, Rush.
RUSH: And then could you send us these pictures? Would you mind if we put them on the website?
CALLER: I would be honored, and my main thing is they are warm, kind, genuine people, and they represent the best of this country.
RUSH: That's right. And when you send these pictures, make sure you identify them. I mean, we'll know Palin and McCain, of course. Identify yourselves.
CALLER: I will, I will identify everybody in the picture, Rush, and God bless you for being a beacon of hope and truth in this country.
RUSH: Oh, no, no. It's nothing, it's nothing. You're doing the Lord's work.
CALLER: Well, we're very blessed and I want people to know what a blessing it is to have a child with Down syndrome. These kids, they're angels.
RUSH: That's the thing. There's always good to be found in everything that happens. It may be a while before it reveals itself.
CALLER: Absolutely.
RUSH: Right, and when she hugged my daughter I said, here's the difference, this candidate embraces life and all it's limitless possibilities.
RUSH: All right.
CALLER: That's what she is.
RUSH: Terrific, okay, I gotta run here but I'm going to put you on hold.
CALLER: Thank you, Rush.
RUSH: Thank you, Kurt. I really appreciate it.
Yes,thanks. Very touching. I have six year old twins and when I see special children I am so thankful for my kids.
The look on Cindy’s face was beautiful to behold. She was so moved by the scene of the little girl hugging Sarah.
The look on Cindy’s face was beautiful to behold. She was so moved by the scene of the little girl hugging Sarah.
The father called into Sean’s show yesterday.
I am speechless.
The mom and dad and child overshadow Piper, I think, in that picture. She’s sure a cutie though - right from first sight.
Confession time. I certainly didn’t warm to Cindy McCain, at first that is. I thought she was a trophy wife. No more! She walks the walk. She’s done more good than the millions who simply talk a good game. That’s pure joy on her face when looking at Sarah holding that child. That can’t be faked or orchestrated like Obama’s candidacy. Mother Teresa is smiling up there.
**So we accompanied them up the hill, we went right to the bus, where it was, and Governor Palin, Senator McCain, Cindy, Todd Palin, they’re all standing there. We’re in this inner circle with just us and them, and the Secret Service agent, and they came right up to us and thanked us for coming out, said they loved our sign, and Governor Palin immediately said, “May I hold your daughter?” and our daughter Chloe, who’s five, went right to her, and I have some pictures I’d love to send you maybe when I’m done here, but Governor Palin was hugging Chloe, and then her little daughter brought their baby Trig who has Down syndrome from the bus, he was napping, and Chloe went right over and kissed him on the cheek, and my son Nolan who’s nine, he thanked her.**
This brings tears to my eyes.
PS. I am the grandmother of a Down Syndrome baby!
Hi deffie!
Good to ‘see’ you! Yes, this truly is wonderful. Let’s all keep the momentum going to the big day.
Do you have a yard sign yet? I’m so bummed. Eden Prairie is the closest place for me to get a McCain/Palin sign and they won’t have any until the 18th. :(
A beautiful family, the heart and soul of what makes America truly great.
And El Rushbo. I've been listening since Aug 1988, the first month he went national. Let's hope he works till the same age his dear grandpa did.
God bless McCain Palin
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I've met people from all classes who tend to dress up a bit much in order to diminish a sense of shyness....kind of like an outer shield. From what I have seen of Cindy, she fits this profile perfectly. God love her. She has no reason to be shy, but sometimes it's just there.
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Thanks for posting this! I had heard about it this afternoon but I was on a phone call and missed this part of Rush.
Cindy McCain has a special ed masters. Sarah has a specil baby. God bless both the McCain and Palin families, and a special blessing to this father who called in to Rush!
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The Palins have been good for McCain. They have brought out his humility and humanness.
I’ve got something in my eye...
My 41-year-old sister, Gloria, has Down’s Syndrome... it is really nice to finally be fashionable! :) Just kidding; it is hard work, but worth every minute of it.
This makes me even more hopeful for the country.
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