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Opinion: Sarah Palin’s Special Olympics video message, pre-Obama slip

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As it happens, not long before President Barack Obama’s special Special Olympics gaffe on ‘The Tonight Show with Jay Leno’ and his jiffy-quick apology, Vice President Joe Biden traveled all the way out to Boise, Idaho, to lend a senior administration presence to the Special Olympics there.

These events are inspiring things to witness, as challenged individuals do the best they possibly can in a variety of athletic events and competitions and enthusiastically celebrate their achievements and participation with cheering family and friends.

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As it also happens, that same Special Olympics in Idaho had asked Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin to videotape a special greeting to participants as perhaps America’s most famous mother of a special needs child, Trig.

The governor’s video below has nothing to do with politics or bowling. But it does provide a brief window into a non-policy, non-political side of someone we may well see back in the national political arena in coming years.

-- Andrew Malcolm

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With a special Hat Tip to Jimmy Orr over at the Monitor’s refreshing Vote Blog.

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