... from the political grind:
I’m all choked up today because one of my cousins went to a McCain/Palin rally the other day with her 4-year-old Down Syndrome daughter — let’s call her “A” — in tow. These photos are posted on an open DS forum, so I’m not doing anything untoward here. Plus, I’ve received multiple emails now from relatives about the rally, so I will describe the event, interspersed with quotes from relatives.
The rally was extremely crowded, long lines, etc., so my cousin put A up on her shoulders to see the goings on. At one point, they were approached by a McCain/Palin aide who asked if they’d like to meet Sarah Palin. Uhm, yes, please, they said, and were led behind a black stage curtain to wait. Little A was basically exhausted from all the excitement and laid her head in my cousin’s lap while they waited. As the rally was breaking up, John McCain made his way to their area. My cousin said he approached, greeted them, patted A’s head, but then, with the crush of people, was quickly swept away. Cousin was hoping to get a picture with him, but there he went, so they just focused on waiting for Sarah. Moments later, though, McCain made his way back through that sea of people to my cousin, my aunt, and little A.
Read the rest and enjoy the pics.
With props to The Anchoress who always seems to find a diamond in the rough.
I went and looked at the pictures. what a wonderful and blessed sight.
No "I'll have someone from my campaign" etc.
Just some straight forward human interaction with the people.
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