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.
Look at the joy on Chloe’s face! She knows love when she feels it.
That's what caught my attention ... this occurred over a week ago and the Palin-and-what's-his-name campaign didn't make news out of it ... they just did it.
Zachary is loved by all.
Best FRegards,
That's an awesome hat trick if he can manage to get on to all three of the top shows, and it's great that more people will get to hear the story because of that.
Dam! it is difficult to read this thread without shedding tears. No doubt one can see God’s shine around them. In that one picture where Chloe is being held by her father and Sarah is standing next to them. You can tell as if Chloe was turning and gravitating toward Sarah.
Society morals would have been far more worse without these little Angels. No doubt these Angels were sent to us on Earth to show us how to behave like humans.
Ok there was no Kleenex Warning...so I am going to hop along and get me a tissue. My monitor is getting fuzzy maybe because there is something in my eye.
Thanks for posting!
I heard this guy on Rush today and it’s great to see these wonderful pictures
The little girl’s brother apparently has developmental problems (he’s a Mets fan!).
This was great, thank you for the ping. As always you are right on top of things. I always appreciate your pings.
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This is something that the CULTure of death and the left do not understand and “ Get it “.... and no, that is not a typo
I think this is the same guy who called in to Glenn Beck’s show the day before. I know I heard him tell the story on the radio once before I heard in Rush’s show today.
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I also heard his story, and think that it may have been on Hannity’s or Levin’s show. I would love to know how people make it on to the phone lines so successfully. I am very happy that this father knows how to do it.
One other observation: The McCain team reads placards held by people in the crowd - a good thing!
I’m wondering if maybe the producers of these shows call each other if they have a wonderful story like this and maybe arrange for the caller to have a special number to dial in on. It’s either that or Divine intervention (some people try for years and never even get through once).
I’ve had another thought about the multiple phone calls. Perhaps the story was so compelling that the first host he got through to, shared contact info with other hosts, in order to spread the story. Definitely an Angel in the Whirlwind moment.
You and I had the same thought at the same time! What is going on???
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Wonderful photos! Thanks!
U do know that cindy suffered a stroke and is still recovering
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