My comparison was not year to year. It was what the legislature proposed and what Sarah Palin slashed.
If you want to make your own review of the budgets and make findings based on how you approached the budget, please do. But don't be so dishonest as to criticize me because you don't like the way I appropached the budgets. ------- On Sep 16, 9:52 pm, "Vox Itar" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 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... > > , > > "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!- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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. -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
