On Tue, Sep 16, 2008 at 6:58 PM, PoliticalAmazon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> > Again Sarah Palin pimped her Down syndrome child, Trig Palin, while > campaigning, this time in Colorado: ""Ever since I took the chief > executive's job up North I pushed for more funding for students with > special needs," and cited her own family's experience with the issue." > > The problem: Sarah Palin slashed $275,000 from the Special Olympics > fund in Alaska. > > http://www.gov.state.ak.us/omb/09_omb/budget/bills/SB221_with_vetoes.pdf > (SB 221, Pg. 100) > > That's right. The message from Sarah Palin to her own son Trig, and > thousands of others like him, is this: "It must suck to be you and > have a dream." > > Her claim to being an advocate for education funding of special needs > children in Alaska is also a half-truth, at best. (http:// > > www.nytimes.com/2008/09/07/us/politics/07needs.html?_r=2&pagewanted=1&oref=slogin > , > "Parents of Special Needs Children Divided over Palin's Claims"). > Although she did sign a bill increasing funding, she "had no role > whatsoever" in its development, according to the Republican author of > the bill, Rep. Mike Hawker. > > Once again, we find Sarah Palin lying to the voters, claiming she's > nothing she's not. This campaign isn't an internet cybersex pick-up > chat-room, where you can make outrageous claims and then go consumate > the "relationship," with no one the wiser and no one being hurt by > your lies. > > This country is at great risk thanks to GOP voters in 2000 and 2004 > who gullibly believed the lies of a fraud and a stealer. If Sarah > Palin convinces through her lies enough of this same pool of gullible > GOP voters that she is what they need to be VP and likely president > once McCain dies. > > > > Check the 2007 Alaska Budget for the Special Olympics. It was 250,000. For 2008, the budget was 275,000. Even for the math-challenged liberals, it's easy to see she INCREASED funding for the Special Olympics. Next smear, please! --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ Thanks for being part of "PoliticalForum" at Google Groups. For options & help see http://groups.google.com/group/PoliticalForum * Visit our other community at http://www.PoliticalForum.com/ * It's active and moderated. Register and vote in our polls. * Read the latest breaking news, and more. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
