McCain's VP Pick Sarah Palin: a Governor, Wife and Mother, and a Champion for Life
"We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed." -Gov. Sarah Palin
Before Friday morning (probably similar to many Americans) I didn't know much about the Governor of Alaska; Sarah Palin.
However, as speculations about her possibly becoming GOP Presidential Candidate John McCain's selection for Vice Presidential nominee, her stats came flying in?and I was pleasantly surprised. By the time John McCain announced her name as his running-mate, I was cheering along with the rest of the crowd of 12,000 that filled the stands at the Nutter Center, in Ohio. (Photo: AP)
Here's a little more on what has impressed me about Gov. Sarah Palin?.
Sarah is strongly pro-life. She and her husband, Todd, (they were celebrating their 20th wedding anniversary on Friday) have five children. Todd is a commercial fisherman and production operator who also cares for the children during his wife's gubernatorial duties. Their oldest boy joined the US Army last year, on Sept. 11th, and is scheduled to deploy to Iraq in a couple weeks. Their youngest, a down-syndrome baby boy born this past spring, slept peacefully in his big sister's arms, as his mother was introduced as John McCain's running mate Friday morning.
In the eyes of those who find abortion acceptable, a woman and mother with such an intensive career outside the home might have "a reason"?upon finding out that she is pregnant with a down-syndrome baby?to end the pregnancy. (Recent statistics show that in the US, approximately 90% of Down Syndrome diagnoses end with the mother choosing abortion.) But, in an interview with the Anchorage Daily News, Sarah candidly stated, "We knew through early testing he would face special challenges, and we feel privileged that God would entrust us with this gift and allow us unspeakable joy as he entered our lives. We have faith that every baby is created for good purpose and has potential to make this world a better place. We are truly blessed."
She added in an AP report on the subject, "I'm looking at him [Trig] right now, and I see perfection. Yeah, he has an extra chromosome. I keep thinking, in our world, what is normal and what is perfect?"
And, in an interview with Newsmax, when asked about her stand on abortion, Gov. Palin replied, "I'm pro-life. I'll do all I can to see every baby is created with a future and potential. The legislature should do all it can to protect human life."
Wildly popular in Alaska, the state she governs, Sarah is also known for being an economic reformer who, according to McCain, "fought oil companies and party bosses and do-nothing bureaucrats, and anyone who puts their interests before the people they serve."
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