Posted on 08/29/2008 8:29:23 AM PDT by unspun
"When we first heard, it was kind of confusing," Palin, 44, said. She called the revelation "very, very challenging" and said she initially felt sad.
But the family has worked through that. Palin said she and Todd feel blessed and chosen by God. With a big family including four older kids, grandparents, aunts and uncles, Palin said, they will have lots of support for what's ahead. In their eyes, she said, "he's absolutely perfect."
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In a letter she e-mailed to relatives and close friends Friday after giving birth, Palin wrote, "Many people will express sympathy, but you don't want or need that, because Trig will be a joy. You will have to trust me on this." She wrote it in the voice of and signed it as "Trig's Creator, Your Heavenly Father."
"Children are the most precious and promising ingredient in this mixed-up world you live in down there on Earth. Trig is no different, except he has one extra chromosome," Palin wrote.
As for people who think a baby like Trig shouldn't even be born, look around, the governor wrote. Who is perfect or even normal?
(Excerpt) Read more at adn.com ...
Jill Stanek's story of another Downs baby:
http://www.jillstanek.com/archives/2007/09/stanek_on_the_o.html
GREAT lady!!
GREAT choice!!!!!
I can't imagine life without my grandson.
McCain you did good. Thanks
Bravo, bravo! A college friend (from the ‘60s) is friendly with Sarah and her “First Dude” hubby Todd. Brilliant choice for VP - they may remind the lefties what America is about.
Her decision to carry on with her political career even with a 4 MONTH OLD new born with special needs is immoral IMHO. Once upon a time most conservatives bashed, and quite rightly, the idea of a woman letting someone else raise their kids so they “could have it all.”
I don’t think that the decision is immoral, just unwise.
The children will suffer.
Agreed. McCain and the Republican Party have chosen a cold hearted feminist.
The Beauty & the Beast has gravitas on the ticket.
I don't know who you are or what your axe to grind really is, but Mr. and Mrs. Palin aren't letting anyone else raise her children!
I don't know who you are or what your axe to grind really is, but Mr. and Mrs. Palin aren't letting anyone else raise their children!
Wow. To see the love beaming out like a lighthouse from that whole family, then to see such a disgraceful and ignorant remark on this site is bizarre.
So is casting the first stone.
I’m sorry. Never thought that pointing out that choosing crass political opportunity over raising an INFANT was indicative of having an “axe to grind.” But now that we’re on the topic how do YOU know who’s going to be raising Palin’s kids now? Am pretty confident it ain’t going to be the mommy which as was remarked before is immoral and pretty heartless.
The Palin's will raise all 5 of their children without any help from you or anybody else. Judging by what I've seen and coming from a family of 5 children where Dad died at 40 they've done a helluva job just like my Mom did and they will continue to do so.
1 Corinthians 6
1 Dare any of you, having a matter against another, go to law before the unjust, and not before the saints?
2 Do ye not know that the saints shall judge the world? and if the world shall be judged by you, are ye unworthy to judge the smallest matters?
3 Know ye not that we shall judge angels? how much more things that pertain to this life?
4 If then ye have judgments of things pertaining to this life, set them to judge who are least esteemed in the church.
Yes you are...
Let the silly questions marginalize the silly questioners. Trig was in the loving arms of his older sister, he is receiving the love of his family, which is mroe than one can say for an Obama way of dealing with the little guy ... the extra chromosome would warrant killing him in democrat calculus and that killing would be just fine with democrats if done in the womb or by leaving the baby born but unattended to die alone.
The questioner reveals more about themselves than Sarah Palin with such silly characterizations as you cited.
And a final note: Sarah Palin can do more to protect Trig and Trig's right to life by being a force of Christian values in political life than the questioner could comprehend. Immoral? Haha, the questioner doesn't comprehend the mixed morality of this nation which under democrat leadership encourages the killing of little guys like Trig before or after birth. Ignore fools and move on, nitzy. Kudos to you.
My father was a church pastor as well as having to take another job. My mother worked a job, often. And, she spent a very significant amount of time working for the church. I’m the youngest of a family of seven (born when my parents were 41). At one time, we were actually nine, including two foster children. We also had a grandmother — sometimes she helped take care of us; other times we took care of her.
Feel free to explain exactly how I suffered. Or, better yet, speak of what you know about.
God provides, where he has willing servants to heed.
What a stupid comment!
And once upon a time most people, and quite rightly, knew there were some things that were simply done of their d@mn business.
As if your comments themselves weren’t disgusting enough you had to go and try justifying such hate with passages from the bible. You are a sick one.
Gov. Mark Sandford has an answer for you. He says she was carrying Trig around at the recent Governors' Conference.
Jane Fonda agrees with you.
Congratulations!
“...the idea of a woman letting someone else raise their kids...”
If you had been paying attention to many news stories this morning, you’d know that First Dude Todd is a Mr. Mom, and handles the family’s primary childcare. They don’t let “someone else” raise the kids.
Thank you. You other three...shame.
The Feminazi ideal come to fruition in the Republican Party.
I guess I can see how you might be happier with any man over any woman. For me, a conservative woman is always better than a liberal man. But that’s just me...
Conservative means traditional values.
McCain is not conservative and Palin is not conservative.
Sarah Palin has a good support network in her husband and older children who can help with the baby, just as the mother of a number of children usually does. She'll also have LOTS of help in the form of Secret Service agents, who will be more than happy, I'm sure, to help with Trig. And since she'll be the Veep, she won't be quite as busy as McCain will be. She'll do just fine, and will be an AWESOME spokeswoman for the pro-life movement in America.
.....and Osama bin Laden agrees with you.
What is your point?
(From the book “The First Partner” p. 259 - Hillary to a Secret Service Agent who was reluctant to carry her luggage because he wanted to keep his hands free in case of an incident.)
One [Secret Service] agent, who politely explained to Mrs. Clinton that his duties did not include toting suitcases from their airplane to their limo, was shocked when she replied, “If you want to remain on this detail,” get your f****** ass over here and grab those bags.”
Jimmy Carter will probably chastize Palin for “playing the Downs Syndrome” thing.
Will they? God will provide. People will help. And whatan example to have for a mom!
God did PROVIDE! He gave them a MOTHER.
What's the point?
You and Jane Fonda share the belief that people with traditional values are the same as Osama bin Laden.
In the interest of full disclosure, I have a child who was born with a disabling genetic condition and my wife made the decision to only work one day a week (the day I have off). That is what we found works best for us but I would never "bash" someone who found another way for themselves.
You are a sad little person who probably has so many skeletons in your own closet that you spend all of your time criticizing others to make yourself feel better. I would love to go over your life with a fine tooth comb and point out all of the decisions I disagreed with.
Have a nice day donna.
And how does this change, if at all, when the child is special-needs?
If a two-parent family where the father works at an office fulltime and the mother is with the children fulltime has a new baby with special needs, is it immoral if the father does not immediately quit his job so that both parents can stay home full time with the baby? Is that the only "moral" choice they can make?
If the answer is "no" then how is the Palin's decision any more or any less moral?
If you have any explanation for your "immoral" accusation, I'd like to hear.
(Please tell me you are not one of those people who would agree with the statement : "It is always immoral when a judge awards custody to the father instead of the mother.")
My bad, sorry unspun, thanks MHGinTN.
Why is this so? I can take an educated guess --- decades worth of "family movies" and "family TV shows" - especially those aimed at children - that portray fathers as wholly incompetent.
Have a nice day donna.
...I have met some cold-hearted, nasty women (see donna)
So, that "casting the first stone" business only applies to others?
Nope. You cast the first stone. Nitzy picked it up and threw it back at you.
Perhaps that makes you a victim? .... in your own eyes maybe.
Sorry.
Great minds.........
“PALIN ADMITS HER 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT”
I told you so.
If I had to choose between you as my mother and Sarah Palin, Mrs. Palin would win hands down.
You told us this girl was pregnant? (yawn)
BTW, there was a pregancy before marriage in my family, too -- in a pastor's family! GASP!
Feel free to expound upon how we and our families may acheive perfection in all our deeds, donna. Isn't it acheived with stones? Let me know; I've got a pretty good arm, so maybe it would even help me.
Its none of my business. If Governor Palin says she can handle it then let it go. The girl is getting married and I convey my best wishes to her and her groom.
Donna's new comment: “PALIN ADMITS HER 17-YEAR-OLD DAUGHTER IS PREGNANT”. I told you so.
ROTFL! This is rich. Palin's daughter's pregnancy is proof of Sarah being a "cold hearted feminist".
Lemme guess, Donna ..... you teach logic and reasoning at a taxpayer-supported college, right?
You forgot to mention that the Palin daughter's decision to have the baby instead of abort it is also further proof of "cold hearted feminism".
And her decision to marry the baby's father is also further proof of that.
Oops! Maybe I shouldn't have said "baby"? You're one of those people offended by that word, right? I should have said "fetus" or "overgrown zygote" or "clump of tissue"? Oh, please forgive me!
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