The Importance of Trig Being

Townhall.com ^ | September 10, 2008 | Michael Gerson

[dirtboy]

Contrast the attitude of Joseph Kennedy with that of Charles de Gaulle, who treated his daughter Anne, born with Down syndrome in 1928, with great affection. The image of this arrogant officer rocking Anne in his arms at night speaks across the years.

For once, I think highly of de Gaulle.

[kalee]

Thanks for posting this.

[DJ MacWoW]

The thing is that the Dems have not changed. They put up vile websites about Trig and expose their own “middle schooler” mentality.

[Kolokotronis]

“And now we have met Trig, who is just like the others, in every way that matters.”

No, he’s more because he will teach his family and his secular and faith communities, the kids he will go to school with, the people he will interact with as an adult that not everyone is smart, not everyone is capable and accomplished, not everyone is “beautiful”, not everyone can take care of him or herself and that’s all fine because the glory of God is made manifest in him and how we respond to him and the others around us like him. The Palins likely don’t know it yet, at least not fully appreciate it yet, but this little fellow is the greatest blessing God could give them.

As the father of a 25 year old son with Down Syndrome, I know.

[supremedoctrine]

Excellent piece!

[Kaslin]

Some evil lunatics in DU even put him up for sale on Ebay

[Tax-chick]

That story really made me smile. He couldn’t have been as full of himself as he seemed, if he had room in his heart for a child with Down’s Syndrome. It’s a reminder that people are often better than we give them credit for.

[Presbyterian Reporter]

So many of Palin’s attributes and life’s experiences expose the insensitivities of the Democrats.

For the party who claims to be for the little guy, Palin is showing through her actions that the Democrats are not for the little guy.

[Always A Marine]

This is properly called eugenic abortion -- the ending of "imperfect" lives to remove the social, economic and emotional costs of their existence. And this practice cannot be separated from the broader social treatment of the disabled. By eliminating less perfect humans, deformity and disability become more pronounced and less acceptable. Those who escape the net of screening are often viewed as mistakes or burdens. A tragic choice becomes a presumption -- "Didn't you get an amnio?" -- and then a prejudice. And this feeds a social Darwinism in which the stronger are regarded as better, the dependant are viewed as less valuable, and the weak must occasionally be culled.

Wow -- what a powerful article! None of this would be discussed so openly without the life of Trig Palin and the unconditional love of his parents.

[kanawa]

Charles de Gaulle and daughter Anne

[Always A Marine]

"So many of Palin’s attributes and life’s experiences expose the insensitivities of the Democrats."

Well said. What people see in Sarah Palin is far more powerful than what anyone could say. PCA greetings, friend...

[Tax-chick]

Wow! Next trip to the library, I’ll be looking for a good biography of DeGaulle.

[DJ MacWoW]

Yes, I saw that. And there was a web page yesterday called Retarded Baby that was vile. It’s been removed. The left’s attitude shows a horrible lack of maturity.

[230FMJ]

I always admired DeGaulle’s courage, but was put-off by what I saw a arrogance. This makes the arrogance insignificant.

[CitizenM]

Bless you and your son. I deeply understand the heartache(first) that you have experienced, and then the great pride and joy you learned to have in your child. My son is blind, (not from birth, but from age 15) but just the same his inability to see this world with his eyes has not erroded his ability to see it with his heart and mind. And he holds an M.S. degree and is very gainfully employed. I learned much about the capabilities people with any type of special needs do have.

The problem with those who abort these babies is that, much like Hitler's philosophy, they feel they must eliminate those which are not, in their manner of thinking, perfect.

Their judgment and acceptance of what constitutes a perfect person doesn't stop with the act of destroying their unborn children who are not up to their standards...it continues to cover anyone who does not meet their standards for perfection. Ala all the ways they are trying to paint Palin less than intelligent because she did not get what they consider a quality education, worked in journalism as a sports writer (compaired to Obama who was editor for the Harvard law review and did not even write one article for that?? Crazy!), was only a mayor of a small town and governor of the largest state, and is an admitted hockey mom who they feel should stay home with the kids, etc. They just can't stand that our gal does not have a degree from a snooty, upper-eschelon college where she would have rubbed elbows with those they consider worthy. Funny thing is, what if she did...what would they say against her then? And, funny thing is, she has achieved so much more than all her detractors (and many who went to Harvard or one of the big 10) who are still in their careers of journalism and never moved beyond to a position of administrative authority. Most of whom only have a B.A. anyway!

It is pathetic how the left negatively judges those who achieve if they don't hold the same values the left wants them to have.

[hunter112]

Trig is the real reason the feminazis hate Sarah Palin. These days, how many young people have grown up without even being exposed to a person with Down Syndrome? They're going to naturally start to wonder what happened to them, and the awful truth is that for the last thirty years, they were aborted out of existence. Then, it dawns on this generation that they were lucky not to have it, then comes the realization that perhaps a quarter of their cohorts aren't around because they were 'inconvenient' in some way.

Then, the rationale behind free and easy abortion unravels. The pro-abortion forces fear that happening more than anything else about the coming McCain-Palin administration.

[DJ MacWoW]

Thank you.

[thulldud]

I always admired DeGaulle’s courage, but was put-off by what I saw a arrogance. This makes the arrogance insignificant.

It helps explain his resolve to fight the Nazis (and Vichy) with all the odds against him.

[definitelynotaliberal]

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