Mrs. Palin, you want me to sit here and explain how the Family Guy works?

Yeah, they probably shouldn't have gone there. But really, for as cruel this is to some, it's fairly tame by Family Guy standards:

Sarah Palin is lashing out at the portrayal of a character with Down syndrome on the Fox animated comedy "Family Guy."

In a Facebook posting headlined "Fox Hollywood — What a Disappointment," the 2008 Republican vice presidential nominee and current Fox News contributor said Sunday night's episode felt like "another kick in the gut." Palin's youngest son, Trig, has Down syndrome.

The episode features the character Chris falling for a girl with Down syndrome. On a date, he asks what her parents do.
She replies: "My dad's an accountant, and my mom is the former governor of Alaska."

Palin resigned as Alaska governor last summer.

Palin's oldest daughter, Bristol, also was quoted on her mother's Facebook page, calling the show's writers "heartless jerks."

 

You have to hand it to Rupert Murdoch. Offend people with Fox and give them FoxNews as a place to vent their frustration.

It's as if Taco Bell was also the leading producer of toilet paper.

 

Beautiful & apt metaphor.

 

Yeah, that was tremendous.

 

Doesn't she get that it was SATIRE -- so that makes it OK?

 

Technically it's a simile and not a metaphor, but still bang-on.

 

It already was.

 

A simile is a type of metaphor. Back atcha !

 

Palin should direct her phony outrage at the guy who signs her checks these days. Let's not hold our breath waiting for that one, though.

 

Know what offends me? How Palin parades her son in public as if he's a political handbag. That offends me; not some cartoon comedy show.

 

Thought the down syndrome aspect of the girl character was completely unnecessary. Chris' travails would have been the same no matter what the girl's condition. Though Stewie's song certainly had its moments.

Then they tried to pay it off with the Palin reference, and it just shone the spotlight even more on how the entire idea just fell flat.

 

Yes! Just imagining that hypothetical situation is getting me all riled up!