Comments on: Palin Cut Funds for Special Olympics

By: uh

uh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:43:28 +0000

Please show where the $211,509 that went to Paris, France for olive fruit fly research earmarked by Rep. Mike Thompson (D-CA) was related to autism research. All the scientists claim that Drosophila fruit flies, not the olive fruit flies (Bactrocera oleae) are assisting with autism research.

Guess Gov Palin knows a bit more than you about sciene.

By: SaneMan

SaneMan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:43:04 +0000

Without lies the Republican candidates would be silent.

By: Joseph Svabodhi

Joseph Svabodhi — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:38:21 +0000

If Palin wanted to help the special needs children she would be working for Easter Seals.

She appears to me as an ambitous opportunist.

The Republicans need to get a new face for their party or they are really going to marginalize themselves.

By: Steven Ertelt

Steven Ertelt — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:35:48 +0000

Actually, Palin's record is very strong on supporting special needs children.

During her speech Palin said, "as governor, I've succeeded in securing additional funding and assistance for students with special needs. By 2011, I will have tripled the funding available to these students."

That appears to be the case.

Overall funding for special needs students has increased every year since Sarah Palin entered office as governor. Palin increased the amount from $219 million in 2007 to a projected $276 million in 2009.

In March, Palin signed a bill that will nearly triple per-pupil funding over three years for special needs students with high-cost requirements.

The per-pupil funding grew in Alaska under Palin's administration from $26,900 in fiscal year 2008 to $73,840 devoted to fiscal year 2011.

Palin has also directed state funds to other special needs programs.This funding includes $500,000 for diagnostic services for autistic children and $250,000 for training in early autism intervention in her fiscal year 2009 budget.

In an April interview with Education Week the executive director of the Association of Alaska School Boards called the new funding a "historic event."

Carl Rose "praised the changes in funding for rural schools and students with special needs as a 'historic event,' and said the finance overhaul would bring more stability to district budgets," the publication reported.

By: bobdole

bobdole — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:30:33 +0000

From deleting funds for the special olympics to forcing rape victims to pay for their own rape kits at the hospital, if this is what compassionate Christian conseravtives are doing in government, then it is no wonder that I stopped going to church.

By: jean

jean — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:29:17 +0000

I think that if the american were able to reelest Bush a second time i beleive that palin will be good enough for them

By: skidog323

skidog323 — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:28:58 +0000

Sarah Plain Jane and John McClueless are very good at talking what a group of fringe people want to hear, but with little substance, and in this case little truth.

Wait until her special child gets older and wants to swim, run, or play basketball, and see if see cuts the money then. My guess is that she cut the money before she had her son, and now that the table has turned, things are different.

Wonder how she would feel if her daughter was raped by a relative and was going to die if she did not lose the fetus due to a medical complication. I wonder if she would then pick life over her daughter's life.

I wonder if her husband had early onset alzheimers, and she had no money for nursing care, if she would be so quick to veto stem cell research. Even strong conservatives like Orin Hatch support Stem Cell research.

Please support our special children!!!

By: dan

dan — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:28:12 +0000

Her constant pimping of her special needs kid makes me sick. You heard me….she's “pimping” that poor baby, who should be at home instead of on a campaign trail. That goes for the rest of her kids too.

By: notolipstickedpigs

notolipstickedpigs — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:24:01 +0000

I COULDN'T AGREE WITH YOU MORE!!!!!!!!

By: uh

uh — Thu, 30 Oct 2008 01:23:35 +0000

This is garbage. Palin vetoed a budget proposal. Why don't you take the time to actually look up the budget that passed and report that Palin increased Special Olympic funding from $250,000 in the 2007 budget to $275,000 in the 2008 budget. Since that is what happened.

or are facts to difficult for you process?