Family Guy Takes on Trig Palin

Female Down's syndrome character mentions Palin-like mom
By Mary Papenfuss,  Newser Staff
Posted Feb 15, 2010 2:34 AM CST
Updated Feb 15, 2010 6:53 AM CST
Family Guy Takes on Trig Palin
Sarah Palin waves to supporters as she holds her son Trig Palin late last year.   (AP Photo/Ross D. Franklin)

Now that Family Guy has taken on Trig Palin, can a demand by his mom on Facebook that the program be yanked be far behind? The popular TV series waded into treacherous waters yesterday with an episode in which a bossy female character with Down's syndrome dating Chris Griffin mentions that her mom is the "former governor of Alaska." Since the program is on Fox TV Sarah Palin may simply consider the reference harmless "satire," as she did when Rush Limbaugh talked recently about "retards."
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