Palin's Down Syndrome Son target of Family Guy gag

Recent "State of the Nation" by Brandon Jones posts this week on Desk of Brian:
http://sites.google.com/site/thedeskofbrian/state-of-the-nation/palinsdownsyndromesontargetoffamilyguygag

 

"Family Guy" is in the business of satire, mocking everyone from the right, the left, politics and non-politics. Sarah Palin's son Trig, who has Down Syndrome, is the target of a recent episode.

 

In the episode, the main character, Chris, dates a mentally disabled girl. While never mentioning Palin by name, the girl drew a clear comparison to her son, Trig, when she told Chris, "My dad's an accountant, and my mom's the former governor of Alaska."(see the Huffington Post article here)

 

Palin posted on her Facebook page that it "felt like a kick in the gut" and Bristol Palin said the "All they (creators) proved is that they are heartless jerks."

 

Attacking Sarah Palin is obviously fair game, which South Park and others have done very well. Attacking the infant's genetic anomaly - crass, tasteless and below the belt, even for Family Guy.

 

 

 

Press Secretary Robert Gibbs lowers the bar further to mock Sarah Palin

Originally posted at The Desk of Brian, www.DeskofBrian.com

After Sarah Palin stumbled over her own by writing shallow talking points on her hand to survive a post Tea Party Q&A, our Press Secretary decided to lower the standards even further.

Instead of leaving the jokes to Jon Stewart and Jimmy Kimmel, Gibbs mocked Palin with a grocery list on his hand.

"Eggs, milk and bread," Gibbs read from the black ink stains on his palm, claiming he was going to “make pancakes” for his son Ethan.

"But I crossed out bread,” he added, pointing to the line that showed the word bread with a line through it.

 "Then I wrote down hope and change just in case I forgot them,” quipped Gibbs.

 The details (chronicled by Chattahbox) illustrates the divisive, juvenile behavior that politicians and their administration feel are appropriate.

So this is high brow politics of the Obama administration.

http://chattahbox.com/us/2010/02/09/gibbs-adopts-palins-hand-prompter-hope-and-change-grocery-list/