Barbara Walters' autobiography, "Audition," offers deeply personal stories about Walters' family life, her love life, and her close encounters with the world famous ... and infamous. The book comes out May 6. In this photo, Walters (center), is seen with her sister Jackie, her father Lou Walters, her then husband Lee Guber, and her mother Dena Walters, in the late 1960's. (Courtesy Barbara Walters)

Growing up, she found her insecurity was made all the worse by her older sister, Jackie, who was mentally disabled. In that less enlightened era, Jackie’s condition had a spillover effect on Barbara, stigmatizing both of them in the eyes of other kids.

“It was a lonely, isolated childhood,” Walters said.

The complicated feelings that churned long after her sister’s death in 1985 inspired “Audition.”

I guess one can put those lonely and isolated feelings aside when they are the person that is stigmatizing a mentally handicapped child of the opposite political persuasion!

Reader Cheryl watched a fresh Palin Derangement Syndrome outbreak on The View this morning: “Barbara Walters said on today’s View (October 6th) that Sarah Palin having her baby at the debate ‘bothered her.’ UN-REAL.”

And letters are rolling in about another case of Trig-related PDS yesterday on Fox News, of all places.

Michelle,

This morning I was watching Fox News Live, and they had guest Liz Trotta on dissecting Palin’s debate. At the very end of her comments she made this comment. “One other note:the image of dragging that handicapped infant around and having IT on stage has caused consternation in some quarters as to how tasteful this is” I was completely DISGUSTED with her comment! She claims she was just trying to show what others were saying, but to me it sure looked like she shared the opinion. Palin can’t win. If she doesn’t have her kids with her, she’s being a bad mother, and if she has them onstage she gets criticized too. But what really bothered me was calling that precious baby “IT”. Of course liberals would have just aborted IT:

Karen Goetz
Auburn Wa

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Michelle,

Good Morning! On Fox News this morning, Eric Shawn was interviewing Liz Trotta regarding Palin’s debate performance. He was thanking her for her thoughts, and she looked down (at notes?) and asked if she could add one more thing. She then made the following statement:

“the image of dragging that handicapped baby around, having it up on stage:that has caused consternation in some crowds:”

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• Barbara Walters “Bothered” That Gov. Palin’s Baby Trig Was At The Debate « Dianej’s Weblog
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• Badger Blogger » Blog Archive » Attacking and Dehumanizing Trig Palin

One Response to “I Guess She Forgot About Her Own Sister: “Barbara Walters said on today’s View (October 6th) that Sarah Palin having her baby at the debate ‘bothered her.’”

1. snowy egret
   October 6, 2008 - 11:09 PM on October 6th, 2008

   More from BABA WAWA dont you get tired of this poppycock?

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