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I’ve posted plenty of negative comments about the former half-term Alaska governor, and one-time Republican vice-presidential nominee Sarah Palin.<\/p>\n

Does she deserve the beating she’s getting over her son’s treatment of a family pet?<\/p>\n

I don’t believe so.<\/p>\n

http:\/\/www.politico.com\/story\/2015\/01\/sarah-palin-peta-criticism-113928.html?hp=l1_3<\/p>\n

People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals has criticized Palin because her son, Trig, is using the dog as a step-stool. Why, it’s just cruel, PETA says. Palin should teach her son how to treat animals. It’s irresponsible of her to allow young Trig to brutalize the family pet.<\/p>\n

\u201cIt\u2019s odd that anyone \u2014 let alone a mother \u2014 would find it appropriate to post such a thing, with no apparent sympathy for the dog in the photo,\u201d PETA President Ingrid Newkirk said in a statement to POLITICO.<\/p>\n

Come on.<\/p>\n

Trig has been diagnosed with Down syndrome. He’s a special needs child. What’s more — and perhaps this is most critical — he is a child. A boy.<\/p>\n

I posted some commentary on this blog how right-wingers should refrain from criticizing President Obama’s daughters. The kids are off limits.<\/p>\n

The same rule ought to apply to Trig Palin.<\/p>\n

When I first heard of this dust-up my thoughts turned immediately to President Lyndon Johnson’s (in)famous incident in which he lifted his beagles — Him and Her — off the ground by their ears. PETA would have raised a lot of hell back then as well. If memory serves, the pooches enjoyed long lives after LBJ hoisted them by their ears.<\/p>\n

Sarah Palin continues to be a prime target for criticism almost every time she opens her mouth. But on this issue? Leave her son alone.<\/p>\n

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