Go ahead, take all the discounts. Grant, for the sake of argument, that Sarah Palin has little experience that qualifies her to be vice-president (or president) of the US. Grant, for the sake of argument, that her pregnant daughter hardly presents an ideal role model of a family. Even grant that her selection by John McCain was reckless. Go ahead, take all the discounts, whether they are true or not. What are you left with? A poignantly, spiritually beautiful model of the sanctity of life.
The Torah says, And you shall choose life! and Sarah Palin has chosen life. She has given birth to a baby with Down Syndrome, something that 90% of those who face this choice do not do. She has not urged her daughter to abort her baby also, a common practice. While the liberal mantra is that abortion should be safe, legal and rare, and while Jewish law does not ban all abortions, the bottom line of the liberal mantra is usually an abortion, and the bottom line of Jewish law is almost always the carrying of the baby to full term.
Sarah Palin walks the walk. People get it because its so obvious that, for her, the affirmation of life is a matter of actions, not of words.
Sarah Palin has shown us that the weakest among us deserve to be born, and that a society is judged by how it treats it weakest members.
Sarah Palin has shown us that children with Down Syndrome can love, can be loved and can be part of a normal family, worthy of the devotion of their parents. For Sarah Palin, choice is not a euphemism for destorying a fetus.
Whether she wins or loses, and whether she deserves to win or lose, is a political matter. That, we leave to the individual judgment of our readers. Culturally, Sarah Palin has made an invaluable contribution to our society, for which we salute her.
