Sarah Palin Responds to Family Guy Attack on Her Baby Trig: "It Felt Like Another Kick in the Gut"
Posted by Jim Hoft on Tuesday, February 16, 2010, 4:08 PM
Sarah Palin slammed “Family Guy” today for attacking her son, Trig.
Sarah Palin responded to the attack this week on FOX’s Family Guy on her baby Trig Palin.
From her Facebook page:
People are asking me to comment on yesterday’s Fox show that felt like another kick in the gut. Bristol was one who asked what I thought of the show that mocked her baby brother, Trig (and/or others with special needs), in an episode yesterday. Instead of answering, I asked her what she thought. Here is her conscientious reply, which is a much more restrained and gracious statement than I want to make about an issue that begs the question, “when is enough, enough?”:
“When you’re the son or daughter of a public figure, you have to develop thick skin. My siblings and I all have that, but insults directed at our youngest brother hurt too much for us to remain silent. People with special needs face challenges that many of us will never confront, and yet they are some of the kindest and most loving people you’ll ever meet. Their lives are difficult enough as it is, so why would anyone want to make their lives more difficult by mocking them? As a culture, shouldn’t we be more compassionate to innocent people – especially those who are less fortunate? Shouldn’t we be willing to say that some things just are not funny? Are there any limits to what some people will do or say in regards to my little brother or others in the special needs community? If the writers of a particularly pathetic cartoon show thought they were being clever in mocking my brother and my family yesterday, they failed. All they proved is that they’re heartless jerks. – Bristol Palin”
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Jo commented:
When is the Family Guy show going to do an episode on Michelle Obama fisting her children as her Husban nationally supports this program?
GregInSeattle commented:
Turns out some of the Libs aren’t as loving and tolerant as advertised. Big surprise.
Major Kong commented:
Amen, Bristol. And I would bet everyone of these “writers” would consider themselves to be cutting edge progressives. Jerks is a much more succinct way of stating that, though. Class will always tell.
P. Aaron commented:
Family Guy sucks.
Sarge commented:
Sadly, heartless jerkery is meat and potatoes to the media industry, and blood and flesh to the adolescent subculture – - as I’m sure Bristol is all too aware, considering how recently she exited high school.
down with dems commented:
“There but for the grace of God go I.”
Mocking and picking on someone for something completely out of their control is unjustifiable and despicable.
If one single cell had made an error, that could be you.
Corporal Vere commented:
Do the writers of that crapola show think insulting poor, handicapped babies is entertaining?
Will they now write an episode making fun the proffitt muhammad, paroxysm be upon him?
Dave commented:
A pathetic, sick, and twisted attempt at humor – at the expense of a private citizen and defenseless child –
anybody got a link to the producers of the show where we might email to express our disgust with this??
Major Kong commented:
Sadly, nothing would make them happier than to know how disgusted we are with them. They are twisted.
Spec Tater commented:
what goes around comes around
Dell commented:
What a great time for that “show” to be cancelled!
Caroline Kennedy can’t speak a complete sentence without three “ummmms”, four “likes” and two “ahhhhs”, but you don’t see any programs mocking her.
And this is an INFANT!
I’m thinking they haven’t heard the last of this.
aquaviva commented:
Jim,
Clean up aisle #11 (4:31pm). Fast Eddie needs the ban hammer for his sick, pathetic, and crass comment.
Major Kong commented:
Ahhh, fast eddie, an agent provocateur. How pathetic your small insignificant life must be.
Dell commented:
I always wanted to be comment #11.
newton commented:
You go, Bristol! You were raised right.
TxTenther commented:
Maybe GWP should run a list of sponsor phone numbers so we can generate calls to those same sponsors. Just a thought.
czekmark commented:
‘Heartless jerks’, has to be liberals. You are a liberal, aren’t you fast eddie?
TxTenther commented:
Sarah Palin has done alot for the conservative movement, maybe we should return the favor and come to her defense.
aquaviva commented:
Don’t feed the troll. Ignore it and it will slither away.
Ellie Light commented:
Perhaps Family Guy will delight us all with the pleasures of burning puppy dogs asnd mocking the lame.
You can always tell how deep the Left’;s heart is.
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