Governor Palin reads with her youngest daughter Piper and her youngest son Trig.
Governor Palin Honored for Defending People with Special Needs
Governor
Palin receives award on June 7, 2009 from Independent Group Home
Living, Inc. for defending people with Special Needs. Photo Courtesy:
NY Daily News.
Blog author Ron Devito was physically present at
the IGHL proceeding, though only one pool camera was in the room in
which Governor Palin spoke. Click link for
Complete Coverage of IGHL story,
including video transcript of Governor Palin's speech, which heavily
referenced Trig, a speech by talk show host Sean Hannity, and photos by
the blog author.
Governor Palin's interview with Sean Hannity regarding Obama's policies took place at the IGHL gala and
was documented here.
Commentary
Over
the past few days, Governor Palin's accomplishments centered on command
and foreign policy experience. While she is in Kosovo, this is a good
time to take a pause and reflect on her accomplishments at her home
front and how they affect us as a civilized society.
There are
still many people out there who regard Governor Palin's carrying of
Trig to term as being "immoral" and much of the hatred directed at her
ultimately has its root there. After all, fully 90% of mothers abort
upon learning their child will have Downs Syndrome. The additional care
required for someone with Downs is -- well -- inconvenient -- and there
is a bit of eugenics motivating the rallying call for pre-natal
euthanasia. "you don't bring
that into the world," the refrain goes." People who speak like this are no different from the Nazis (
National Socialists) who had a massive program to breed out imperfections in their attempt to form a "master race."
Governor
Palin reminds us through her actions that human life is precious and
sacred. We are at a point in our development that we should be
abandoning infanticide and breeding for some standard of perfection.
The ancient Greeks and Chinese would leave baby girls and those deemed
less than perfect on a hilltop to die. Those who regard Governor
Palin's decision as "immoral" are not too far removed from advocating
this practice.
We determine how civilized a society is by how it
treats its weak and vulnerable -- whether that be innocent children;
those with special needs, whether born that way or made that way
through accident or illness; and our elderly. In fact, the last 15
seconds of this video show Governor Palin saying exactly that:
Governor
Palin defends the innocent, weak and vulnerable in our society. Those
who regard that position as "immoral," and those who use baby Trig as
means of insulting or sullying her are the face of pure, unadulterated
evil and are advancing an agenda rooted in same.
A colleague of
this author's once had a product line which said, "Sarah Palin: Heart
of a Warrior. Soul of an Angel." As we've seen this past week -- those
words are 100% accurate.
References
Photo Gallery. (n.d.). State of Alaska, Governor. Retrieved June 26, 2009 from: http://www.gov.state.ak.us/photos.php?&start=8&total=8