Writer Kathleen Parker Under Fire for Suggesting Sarah Palin Exploiting Son Trig

Life News ^ | 2/15/10 | Stever Ertelt

[pissant]

Conservative opinion columnist Kathleen Parker, who does not take a pro-life position opposing legal abortions, is coming under fire. In a weekend column, Parker suggested pro-life former vice-presidential candidate Sarah Palin was exploiting her developmentally disabled son Trig.

Palin is a darling of the pro-life movement and was lauded for putting her pro-life views into practice when pregnant with Trig.

While ore than 90-95 percent of pregnancies involving physically disabled unborn children like him who are diagnosed with Down syndrome are eventually killed in abortions, Palin chose life for her baby.

Since then, she has become even more outspoken against abortion and has dedicated herself to supporting families and children who are disabled.

Parker points to Palin's comments in response to White House Chief of Staff Rahm Emanuel, who is pro-abortion, calling developmentally disabled children retarded. Palin involved Trig's name and Parker now claims that Palin has a problem separating herself from her child.

"Palin's defense of people with special needs is commendable. Her obvious love for -- and pride in -- her Down syndrome child, Trig, is touching. But each time she sallies forth as Mama Bear to America's special-needs citizenry, invoking Trig's name amid demands for her children's privacy, a bit of uneasiness slithers between text and subtext," Parker writes.

[andy58-in-nh]

Abortion long ago became the focus and sacrament of feminism because it denies both God and man in a single blow, and reveals the barren soullessness of Progressivism, of which feminist ideology is a sociological outgrowth.

There are no happy feminists: a profound self-loathing envelops them; to see it one need only gaze upon the faces of its adherents. One denies one's essential nature at a cruel price, both to one's self and often to others, upon whom emotional conflict, guilt, and self-inflicted wounds are projected in the form of blame.

[Doc Savage]

If this flea brained dipso is a Conservative I’ll eat my.........................................

[mcshot]

Darned if I don’t feel that way too.

[onyx]

We just need to keep her email addy to blast her, but never give her column any hits.

[EyeGuy]

Completely and beautifully said, albeit on a very sad topic.

[TChad]

Here is the Parker column in the Washington Post.

From that article:

...Perhaps the erstwhile governor still thinks in first-person plural, viewing Trig as part of herself. But he is also a separate individual deserving of privacy, if unable to say the words she needs to hear: "No more, Mama, please."

This is really offensive. Who the hell is Kathleen Parker to put words in Trig's mouth? I am tempted to track down the name of one of Parker's kids and put a few choice words into his mouth:

"Mommy, why don't you ever have time for me? Why do you always talk about Sarah Palin, don't you care about me? Why are you always so angry? What did I do wrong?"

If Kathleen was a good mother, she would pay more attention to (my nasty little fantasy of) what her child says.

[jla]

To 15 - Simply, though well put. Kudos to Mrs Palin for being a person of note that pregnant females can, and should, emulate.

[2ndDivisionVet]

The orchestrated attempt of the Democrat-controlled media to ridicule Governor Palin for her speech notes is a perfect example of just how far they have moved from being actual journalists. President Obama uses speech writers and a teleprompter for every utterance, still cannot pronounce corpsman correctly, and is given a pass by his adoring media. Governor Palin gives a fine speech from hand held notes, has some reminders written in her palm, and is smeared mercilessly. It makes one wonder what the Democrats are scared of. It makes one wonder what would have been revealed if the media had spent even a fraction of the time and resources vetting Obama that they have used attacking Sarah Palin.

It is amazing to me that our president cannot give a speech without two teleprompters and Sarah Palin gives a speech with only a few words written on her hand to remind her of the points she wants to cover, and she is considered less competent. Whether she is qualified to be president is another issue. The MSM has so vilified her that it is no wonder people really do not know about her or her qualifications. Is President Obama more qualified? Not from what I have seen so far. As for the mainstream or the independents, I can tell you that we do not feel that the MSM speaks for us.