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Family With Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain And Sarah Palin (Ruush Awesome!!!)
Rush Limbaugh.com ^ | 9/09/2008 | Rush Limbaugh

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.


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Editorial; News/Current Events; US: Pennsylvania
KEYWORDS: aar; downsyndrome; mccainpalin; moralabsolutes; pa2008; pennsylvania; prolife; rushlimbaugh
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To: Pablo64

Sure you did.


41 posted on 09/09/2008 4:18:54 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: Pablo64

Sure you did.


42 posted on 09/09/2008 4:19:08 PM PDT by jwparkerjr
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To: goldstategop
Very, very cool story and LOVE these pictures as well. Yes, I am very proud of our ticket. That Nolan must have also had fun checking out the bus! How cool of John to offer, too.

Lovely story and so neat that this all happened on the day following her announcement right when the media was beginning their peak of evil or plummeting towards the worst nastiness. Just shows as the caller said God works it all out for the good :-). Great post thank you.

43 posted on 09/09/2008 4:19:08 PM PDT by GOP Poet
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To: JRandomFreeper
Is it just me, or is the screen all fuzzy?

Must be the screen, I noticed it too.

/j

44 posted on 09/09/2008 4:21:48 PM PDT by JMJJR (.................. lipstick)
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To: goldstategop

I’m sure McCain will at some point in the future will make me mad but not today and never with this.The difference between Obama and McCain on this issue and so so many more are night and day.I’ll be happy to pull the lever for McCain/Palin.


45 posted on 09/09/2008 4:23:08 PM PDT by MES401067
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To: goldstategop; RexBeach

Here’s your proof Rex.....


46 posted on 09/09/2008 4:24:55 PM PDT by Hot Tabasco (Wedgie Syndrome: The inability to recognize humor by individuals alwayls looking for an argument)
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To: goldstategop

I was listening to this segment - suddenly had a hard time seeing what I was nailing.


47 posted on 09/09/2008 4:26:32 PM PDT by an amused spectator (That would be... harsher punishment for parole violators, Stan.)
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To: mplsconservative
It is a conservative lovefest. You're absolutely right. I can't get over the self-absorption of women who say, "What did he think - that women are interchangeable and that those of us who would've voted Clinton are now going to vote Palin?" They don't get that he didn't pick her for their narcissist contingent, he picked her for us. I have no problem rallying behind this ticket. I cannot yet believe that McCain did the right thing by us and our Republic, but I'm thrilled.
48 posted on 09/09/2008 4:29:32 PM PDT by definitelynotaliberal
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To: SaxxonWoods

It brought tears to my old Republican eyes. Sarah p. and John McCain are proof that God does Bless America.


49 posted on 09/09/2008 4:30:58 PM PDT by Forward the Light Brigade (Into the Jaws of H*ll)
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To: JRandomFreeper

No, I swear I am about to have some tears also


50 posted on 09/09/2008 4:31:13 PM PDT by mel
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To: goldstategop

What a great Story. Thanks so much for bringing it to us.


51 posted on 09/09/2008 4:32:00 PM PDT by tuckrdout (~ 'Those who hammer their guns into plows, will plow for those who don't.' ~)
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To: Callahan
Cindy kind of wears her wealth and privilige on her sleave which is too bad, but she has a big heart.

I suspect it's because they haven't been rich all that long. Her dad started from nothing.

-ccm

52 posted on 09/09/2008 4:32:33 PM PDT by ccmay (Too much Law; not enough Order.)
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To: goldstategop

Look at Cindy’s hand over her heart. That is not faked.

Good people.


53 posted on 09/09/2008 4:33:12 PM PDT by Marie2 (Everything the left does has the effect and intent of destroying the traditional family.)
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To: Peanut Gallery

ping


54 posted on 09/09/2008 4:35:21 PM PDT by Professional Engineer (Caribou...It's what's for dinner.)
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To: goldstategop

dangit! Screen’s gone all fuzzy ... I’m a bit of a wuss, I guess ..


55 posted on 09/09/2008 4:35:35 PM PDT by sofaman (Moses dragged us through the desert for 40 years to the one place in the ME with no oil - Golda Meir)
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To: goldstategop
That pic looks like an old fashion family reunion.
/Hats off
56 posted on 09/09/2008 4:43:05 PM PDT by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: goldstategop

bttt


57 posted on 09/09/2008 4:46:24 PM PDT by feedback doctor (The first female president will be a Conservative Republican)
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To: Republican Wildcat
I heard that call also, I thought it was deja vu.
58 posted on 09/09/2008 4:47:06 PM PDT by MaxMax (I'll welcome death when God calls me. Until then, the fight is on)
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To: MaxMax

Notice how the natural light in the photos illuminates the faces. Heavenly light.


59 posted on 09/09/2008 4:53:35 PM PDT by steve86 (Acerbic by nature, not nurture™)
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To: goldstategop

Thanks for posting


60 posted on 09/09/2008 4:54:34 PM PDT by SoftballMominVA (I'm trying to think of a new screen name - any suggestions?)
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