Posted on 06/11/2011 1:40:18 PM PDT by 2ndDivisionVet
In the days after her son Trig was born, Sarah Palin received an outpouring of support and well wishes, many from other parents of children with Down syndrome.
Most notable among these was Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers (R-Wash.), whose son Cole was born with Down syndrome.
"The hardest part is hearing the news and getting your arms around a new reality," she wrote in an intimate email. "However, you quickly develop new hopes and dreams for your son." McMorris Rodgers invited Palin to call her if she ever wanted to talk.
"I can testify to the 'unspeakable joy' of raising a child with designer genes," wrote Alyson Dunn of Texas. "That extra 21st chromosome is the love chromosome. ... We are all much more affectionate, loving, and just plain happy since Noah has come along."
"I won't tell you things won't sometimes be hard," wrote Jane Tilton of Arizona, "but I can tell you they will be worth it."
"She will find that it [Down syndrome] is a special gift, not necessarily a special need," wrote Angie Fraize, an Anchorage police officer whose uncle has Down syndrome. "Of all the disabilities that one can be born with, Down's syndrome is the BEST. My uncle Dan has not spent a single day sad or mad
Just a simple hug will make his day!"
(Excerpt) Read more at latimes.com ...
If you mean they aren’t going to publish the hate mail and threats she received, I am sure you’re right. They wouldn’t want to expose their most loyal followers as the pathetic swine they are.
hmmm....you’re on to something.
We really need to get our own working on this - getting the good stuff out there for everyone to see
In the interest of fairness I checked all the LA Times articles I could find on Sarah Palin’s emails for references to the death threats.
There was one very brief article (http://www.latimes.com/news/politics/la-pn-palin-emails-death-threats-20110610,0,6204181.story) and one small reference in another article. The article, though brief, was fairly straightforward and nowhere near as snarky as the tone of most of the rest of the articles on her emails which focused on putting the worst possible slant on her comments.
What a great family!
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