Uncle of Down Syndrome child tries to give Sarah Palin a pass for posting pictures of Trig standing on a dog. Completely fails for reasons that he may not fully understand.

So Steve Friess, a freelancer writer and uncle of a boy with Down Syndrome, posted the above picture, which I think we can all agree is adorable, along with an article over on the Time Magazine website.

In it he makes the case that the average person may not understand the relationship between a developmentally challenged child and their pet:  

Yes, I cringed, too, at the photos Palin proclaimed to be a terrific example of how we all should live in the year ahead. But then I saw a Facebook post from a close friend–an unimpeachable animal lover and inveterate political liberal—who is also raising a boy with Down syndrome. Along with one of the most adorable photos ever taken of a 7-year-old with his dog.

It should be noted that the boy is not using the dog as a stepping stool but rather cuddling with  him while they sleep. The dog in that picture is also weighs 82 pounds.

Jill does not.

Then the author opens his mouth wide to swallow the Palin mythology and that is when he allows himself to be manipulated by one of the biggest scams ever perpetrated on the public.

That Trig Palin chose to stand on Jill Hadassah–quite a name for a dog, indeed–was decried by many as animal abuse, particularly because his famous lightning rod of a huntress mother touted it with pride but no empathy for the dog. This is, unfortunately, how she’s become conditioned to react to any negative feedback, to become defensive and sharp-elbowed and treat it like any number of other liberal-versus-conservative skirmishes. 

For the sake of other parents of Down syndrome kids, though, she might consider another approach. Her mothering of Trig is, by far, the most admired, most humanizing part of her biography to many, the one thing even her fiercest critics respect. She may not feel she owes anyone any explanations, but she did anoint herself as an advocate for children with special needs at the 2008 Republican National Convention in her first major national speech. The role of advocates, first and foremost, is to educate people so they will understand and then support your cause. 

Those photos show an intrinsic trust between the child and his dog that implies so much about Trig’s relationship with Jill Hadassah. Sheryl worries it’s not a great habit to encourage, if only because Trig might try to stand on someone else’s, less amenable dog and get hurt in myriad ways. But surely Palin knows that, too.

No, no she doesn't know that.

But what she did know is that she could use her favorite prop to deflect criticism and come out looking like the victim here instead of the victimizer.

She used Trig to draw attention to herself, and then used him again to deflect the criticism back on the critics.  And this moron bought the whole act.

"Her mothering of Trig is, by far, the most admired, most humanizing part of her biography."

And therein lies the problem.

Of course as WE know Palin is not Trig's birth mother, she made up the entire elaborate birth story out of whole cloth, and, as our source recently reported, she spends only minimal time with him and does NOT provide for him the therapy that he so desperately needs.

You know people still ask me why I pursue the babygate story after all of these years, and the answer is because that is the key to finally taking Palin down. And due to my somewhat single minded obsession we are closer than ever.

I can tell you right now that if there were a big political scandal that was uncovered to explain why she resigned back in 2009, it  would dominate the news cycle for about one day and then simply drift away into the ether of public apathy.

However, as the Palin family brawl proved without any doubt, the thing that REALLY has teeth are the revelations about her parenting, and facts which undermine the mythology that she has created surrounding her family.

No Track is NOT a  combat veteran.

No Bristol is NOT a virginal victim of a hockey playing Wasilla man-beast.

No Sarah is not the female version of Ernest Hemingway trudging through the Arctic wilderness slaying dangerous animals with her trusty rifle.

And no Trig Palin is NOT proof of Sarah Palin's pro-life commitment and dedication to unconditional love.

As my source said, Palin uses ALL of her children as pawns, and this sap just got pwnd himself.