Family with Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain and Sarah Palin

[bijou]

...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 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.

 
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[Lauri]

i loved the part where the little five year old girl kissed Trig Palin on the cheek.. 

which is what's so special about Down Syndrome children; they are absolutely guileless and charming. Ive told this story a few times, but my older daughter had a DS friend in elementary school in Carollton, Texas by the name of Gift.

she was much bigger and older than my daughter or the other classmates, but she was impossible not to love. the other kids had to help corral her every day cause she wanted to hug everyone she met, and she would burst into song and fits of giggles.

the teacher must have had the patience of a saint, but the rest of the kids watched out for Gift and i was amazed the school had her in the mainstream classes. but she wanted to be there and was doing ok..

[formerlurker]

Tears.   

What a super nice story!

[formerlurker]

Bijou you are about to become famous cause I am posting/linking this on all my special needs boards.   

[bijou]

Bijou you are about to become famous cause I am posting/linking this on all my special needs boards.   

Thanks, I'm just the messenger though, but this story does deserve wide exposure.

[BEG]

Wow I love this story.  Sniffle

[DixieBelle]

Awww.....that's so sweet.

And I like the name "Gift". Her parents obviously knew what to name such a sweet child.