"To parents of special needs children, you will have a friend in the White House"

[Bucky]

Goddamn, but that lady's got a pair! This is the same governor who cut Alaska's special education by 62%!

Oh, and let me just say how much I love hearing Republican lobbyists like Rudy Giuliani and Fred Thompson brag about how Sarah Palin "took on the good ol' boy network" in Alaska! I'm tellin' ya, friends, never stand next to a fact when the Republicans are talking; you could easily get squished.

[Phoebe Loosinhouse]

1. The same way vets will have a friend except for McCain voting against everything on their behalf.

But hey, he's a vet too, so no hard feelings, right?

[Diane R]

2. She's a sociopath. Lies with conviction, knowing she slashed special needs funding 62%.

[Muttocracy]

3. giving a rec for that interesting fact - like Biden says, show me your budget

and I'll show you your priorities

[EmperorHasNoClothes]

4. That pissed me off more than anything else in her speech.

Fuck her and all of her lies. I can't wait to see that smug, satisfied look wiped off her face on November 4.

[Bucky]

5. more facts

She still claims she turned down the funding for the 'bridge to nowhere' when in reality she lobbied for it.

She ignored abortion because she knows her stance--antiabortion and anti-choice even in the case of rape and incest

She lied saying Obama would raise taxes. Obama pledged to cut taxes for 90% of Americans

She said Alaska has plenty of oil and natural gas when in fact it's reserves would not put a dent in either America's energy importation needs nor the current high price of petroleum.

She said Dems want to surrender in the war on terror when Obama is specifically promising to go after the Taliban and al-Qaeda in Afghanistan--the central front against the terrorists who attacked us and who the Bush administration and John McCain have all but ignored.

[ProgressiveEconomist]

6. Yeah, right. A friend who cut the Alaska Special Needs Ed budget by 62 PERCENT

See http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=389x3915534

That was just anothe rsmug Palin bald-faced lie .

[Kajsa]

7. I never believed her to begin with.

Then I found your thread and found this link

http://www.dailykos.com/story/2008/9/3/163229/8631

Sarah Palin Slashed Special Needs Education by 62%

For those of you who seem so enamored with Gov. Sarah Palin, it might be worth noting that she oversees the budget for the Department of Education and Early Development Special Schools in Alaska.
These funds provide supplementary educational services to students with severe disabling conditions and the Alaska Challenge Youth Academy. The resident school where the child would normally be placed does not have the resources to provide an adequate educational program. Without the supplementary services the child’s needs would not be met by the local school district in most cases.
The following programs are included within this component:
Special Education Service Agency (SESA)

The Annual budget for 2007, which preceded Gov. Palin was $8,265,300.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

The Annual budget for 2008, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

The Annual budget for 2009, enacted by Gov. Palin is $3,156,000.

http://www.gov.state.ak.us/...

This is a cut in special needs services to children in Alaska of 5,109,300 , or 62%.

So, as the Alaska State Budget description states, "Without the supplementary services the child’s needs would not be met by the local school district in most cases."

Did 62% of all of the special needs children in Alaska stop having needs once Gov. Palin took office?

Before we get so excited about Gov. Palin bring her "Reformer" agenda to Washington, perhaps we should get to know a little more about what exactly that means to our children, and the opportunities that she would "Reform".

Thanks, Bucky!

:hi:

[Psst_Im_Not_Here]

8. He yeah---a friend that will tell ya

"you're on your own!"