More Pandering From Palin on Autism and Developmentally Disabled Children

[Emit]

This is just a ploy, and I hope parents of Autistic, DD, etc. children can see through the charade. This is despicable, if you ask me, that she is using the fact that she has an Autistic nephew and a Down Syndrome son to pander.

Palin spoke in Reno yesterday, and gave this interview, failing to give any specifics on how a McCain/Palin ticket would deliver on these promises:

Palin advocates for children with autism, no plan specifics: Exclusive video attached

Posted: Oct 21, 2008 06:22 PM PDT

Updated: Oct 22, 2008 07:43 AM PDT

Alaska Governor and Republican vice presidential nominee Sarah Palin says autism is an issue "near and dear" to her heart and she can't wait to get to work helping more than 5,000 Nevada families affected by it. However, when pressed, she was unable to provide details on a plan to do that.

"We want to give every child a chance," Palin told News 4's Shelby Sheehan in an exclusive interview during a campaign stop in Reno on Tuesday.

Palin's running mate John McCain said in the third and final presidential debate, "We must find out the cause of autism and help those families dealing with autism." McCain also promised to freeze all unnecessary spending in the federal budget.

Palin says it's possible to do both.

"It is a smart thing for John McCain to say we will have a federal freeze on spending except for those things that are vital for government." she said.

"There are a lot of wasteful expenditures in the federal (government)," Palin said. "Let's get rid of those and put them into strengthening NIH (National Institutes of Health) and these other areas where we can help our kids with autism."

Palin did not name any specific expenditure she wanted to cut in favor of funding for autism research or services, nor did she name what specific programs she'd like to fund in order to help those families.

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http://www.krnv.com/global/story.asp?s=9216713

And a short while back, she spoke out against a Colorado ballot initiative designed to help the state's DD population:

DENVER - Republican Vice Presidential nominee Gov. Sarah Palin (R-Alaska) is speaking against a Colorado ballot initiative designed to help the state's developmentally disabled population by raising the sales tax.

Palin made the comments Monday in Colorado against Amendment 51 which seeks to raise the sales tax by one cent on every $10 spent in each of the next two years.

The money would go to help the roughly 12,000 kids and adults in Colorado who currently are on a wait list to receive state services such as home nursing care and job training. They suffer from autism, Down syndrome and mental retardation. Palin's son has Down syndrome and she has campaigned as an advocate for special needs families.

"There's got to be an alternative to raising taxes," Palin said, while answering a question submitted by former Colorado First Lady Frances Owens, who describes herself as a "fiscal conservative," a supporter of the McCain-Palin ticket and as one of the spokespeople in favor of Amendment 51. "It's a matter of prioritizing the dollars that are already there in government. What I did as governor in Alaska is prioritize for a great increase in funding for students with special needs up there and I think Colorado can do that also.

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http://www.9news.com/news/article.aspx?storyid=102301&catid=188

[fed_up_mother]

1. You know...I think she believes that autism and Down's syndrome are related.

sigh

[Emit]

2. kick

[lumberjack_jeff]

3. I don't blame her for talking the talk. I blame her voiciferously for not walking the walk. n/t