A long-winded lawyer's plea...for your vote to REALLY matter.

[Hoosierbuck]

Hello Friends-

Election Day is less than two months away. We have heard a lot about policies, and broad policy statements are important, interesting and

good fodder for new bites. Let's not forget that underneath those policies are candidates-people. People have principles, and those people and

principles shape policies in addition to those that are announced and analyzed. Who you cast your vote for will reveal something about your

principles and values. When you vote for a candidate, their legacy becomes your legacy. What does your vote say about the legacy you want to

leave this country? What do you want this country to stand for when your children or theirs are coming of age? What is important for the long

term, not just next week?

There are certainly pros and cons for each candidate, but do those get presented accurately by the media, or do we have to seek them out?

I have an opinion, and if you ask I'll share it. I am passing this along because it will not be covered by the MSM. I think this vignette speaks to

principles and values that I believe are important. Use it how you will.

Seperation of church and state is for the government to adhere to. I am free to pray about my country, and I pray that my country votes wisely

and that the outcome serves man and God to the greatest good. Will you pray that with me?

Thanks for enduring my long winded plea.

Chris Fronk

Family with Down Syndrome Child Meets John McCain and Sarah Palin

September 9, 2008

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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, longtime 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 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 we 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 its 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.

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[wtnhunt]

Pics did not work Chris, but great story.

Palin seems like a real person(genuine) most can relate to. It really is not surprising to me that they welcomed the family, kind of had a feeling that was the direction the story was going as I was reading. Very cool. Bet there are probably plenty more stories like this out there and we will not hear them on the nightly news. It is really sad that the mainstream media is bashing Palin on things they are taking totally out of context and neglecting stories such as this.

[Hoosierbuck]

The pics work when I call it up. That is a bummer that they don't come up for you. The last picture, of Sarah Palin hugging this little girl, and the girl smiling big and really hugging back is so sweet. I heard, but can not provide a source, that 90% of Down's kids are aborted in the US today. How sad a statement that is on our society.

HB

[Gator]

I just heard a little bit about this earlier today.

And no, the pics don't work for me either

[wtnhunt]

Thanks for getting me the pics Chris. Went ahead and loaded them to my photobucket account. Everyone should be able to see them now, if not I can load them here at RT too.

Seperation of church and state is for the government to adhere to. I am free to pray about my country, and I pray that my country votes wisely

and that the outcome serves man and God to the greatest good. Will you pray that with me?

Absolutely. Prayers for our troops, their families, and the leadership of this country will continue as well!

[Texan_Til_I_Die]

That's a great story and a very revealing insight into the McCain and Palin family's view towards everyday Americans.

[stevebeilgard]

wow. real human beings at work. great post, great prayer message, and one of a huge number of reasons to vote for mccain/pali. or just palin.