Palin's decision to give birth to a Down-syndrome child was a crime; she not only trapped a human soul in a life-long jail, but also drained valuable resources from the society. McCain's decision to nominate Palin shows that this old man can no longer distinguish black from while. Is God damning America?
Trig's Promise
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Posted By: Alamerica @ 09/06/2008 2:56:53 AM
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Posted By: Evax @ 09/08/2008 9:43:32 AM
It is rare to meet someone who has the guts to tell the truth against religious soliders. To give birth to a Down-syndrome child when the disease is diagnosed in advance is indeed a crime. Please disregard those human trash who do not understand what they are doing. Keep telling the truth; truth matters.
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/08/2008 4:51:08 PM
Sieg heil, Evax!
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:50:39 AM
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Posted By: silentreader @ 09/06/2008 12:52:23 PM
You are positively DISGUSTING!!! The birth of a child is never a crime and having a child with special needs brings an enlightenment and appreciation for the often overlooked, but truly special things in life that make life worth living. Perhaps you are looking for some type of Aryan Nation where everyone is born a certain way. Keep looking, cause this ain't it. I don't know or care who you support for President, you are an embarrassment for whomever it is you cast your vote for.
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 9:57:43 AM
Alamerica, what color is the sky on your home planet? I mean, seriously.....no rational, thinking being could be that ignorant.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 8:31:20 AM
What a pathetic excuse for a human you are. I'll bet you have a little square black mustache.....
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Posted By: proudmomofspecialneeds @ 09/06/2008 7:20:43 AM
Your comment disgusts me...How dare you say that the birth of a child is a crime! It is precisely your attitude that makes parents like us have to fight so hard to get for our children what you already have for your children - a fair shot at life....Children with disabilities are not a crime, they are a valuable asset to society....maybe you should crawl back under your rock!
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Posted By: proudmomofspecialneeds @ 09/06/2008 7:18:04 AM
I am disgusted by your comment. How dare you say it was a crime to give birth to a child with a disability! Your attitude is exactly why parents like us have to fight so hard to get exactly what your children get...a fair shot at life! Go climb back under your rock
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/06/2008 10:08:00 PM
So glad that Sarah is an advocate for special needs children; she cut 300K from Alaska's Special Education budget this past year.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 10:52:48 PM
Please check your facts before you post things like this. It didn't happen.
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/07/2008 12:38:50 AM
Not many people would know better than I would; both of my parents work for a school district in Wasilla, Alaska, and one is a special ed teacher. I've met Sarah and she spoke at my graduation. I liked her up until this past week but she's just ridiculous now. Get your heads out of the sand people.
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 2:43:53 AM
In what way is she "just ridiculous now" ?
Were you at all insulted when Obama called your town WASILLY last week on CNN on Monday on AC360?
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/07/2008 2:37:12 PM
Just because I'm against Palin in no way means I'm for Obama. Yes it was amusing when he called it "Wassily" but hardly insulting; I've heard many reports mispronounce it. As for why she's so ridiculous, Ketchikan bridge anyone? She's been behind that bridge and fought for it, and she TOOK earmarked money from Congress to help build it! Then the moment she's announced as VP pick, she immediately backs away from it. And as for that "thanks but no thanks on that bridge to nowhere", we STILL have the money in our coffers, she TOOK it. Just because she decided not to spend it doesn't mean she still didn't accept the funds. As for her bragging about selling the Governor's jet on ebay, do you honestly think she had a choice? We were so annoyed with Murkowski that anyone who kept the jet would have been burned at the stake. Instead she insists on reminding us that she did it for the people... no, she did it because she truly didn't have a choice. Another funny thing is to hear Hannity and other Republicans go on about how she's cut taxes.... exactly what taxes has she cut? We don't HAVE ANY STATE TAX. Ridiculous.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 3:59:13 PM
People keep bringing nothing but being mayor of a tiny town. She's Governor of the largest state in Amercia! And so they don't have a heavy populaton! At least she's governed!
What taxes did she cut.... the gas tax and property taxes. Where I'm from, both are considered tax cuts.
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/07/2008 5:39:27 PM
Great, she cut 8 cents off the highest gas prices in the nation. In Wasilla we were paying $4.45 at a time when the national average was $3.70, yet we have all the oil! And people in rural communities are paying up to $9.00 a gallon. Alaskans have watched our prices rise with the rest of the nation, yet remain stagnant while the lower 48 prices decrease.
I wouldn't be surprised if she stepped into the presidency within in 5 minutes of taking office! McCain is 72 with health problems, no VP has taken office with a greater chance of eventually taking the presidency. At least McCain is somewhat moderate, Sarah will have us learning about creationism and abstinence.
Glad to see it worked so great for Bristol.
You know if a democratic candidate had a 17 year old become pregnant that it would be quite the scandal, yet the republicans just turn it into family values, deck Levi out in suit and have him shaking hands with McCain.
I don't care who you are, it's hypocritical.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 6:47:05 PM
So you don't see a tax cut as a tax cut. Move here to Texas and say the same thing.
You wouldn't be surprised if she stepped into the presidency within (now it's 5 minutes) within taking office? Stop putting McCain in his grave... it simply isn't fact. And you still haven't addressed the fact that O has named a VP that's more experienced than he is.
I'm not worried about Palin's daughter... she and her future husband are not running for office.
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/07/2008 7:00:22 PM
Sorry, but the 8 cent tax cut doesn't hold a candle to the fact that we're getting ripped off to begin with. If anything it's just rubbing salt in the wound. You were the one who said McCain was going to kick the bucket after 10 minutes to begin with, I speculate 5 minutes myself. And can you blame Obama for naming a VP with more experience? That's all anyone talks about anyway is how he has no experience, the least he can do is back himself up. Never said I don't care who you are... don't know where you're getting that from. And I'm really not an Obama supporter, I don't even really like politics. But I know Sarah, and that's what this is about. Bristol may not be running for president but she is tangible proof that absitence-only programs are not the answer. Sarah used to be a good mayor and a good governor but since she's been named VP she's just fallen into the same political trap that most other politicians (Democratic and Republican alike) have fell victim to. That's why I posted, and that's why it's sad. End of story.
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/07/2008 7:19:00 PM
Oh I get it now about not caring who you are... that was supposed to be rhetorical. As in, no matter who you are, it's hypocritical. Jesus.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 8:42:23 PM
C'mon Jillie... getting ripped off with what? How so? And you don't like an 8 cent a gallon tax cut? I'll take it any day. What is it that you don't like about Palin so much?
And all I said about Obama's experience was that she would do what he's done and get a VP with more expericence that her.
BTW, you're the one who said you don't care who I am....
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Posted By: jillieloza @ 09/08/2008 2:49:03 AM
Ripped off with GAS prices when we have all the OIL. Have you actually read anything I've written?? An 8 cent cut is pathetic when we were paying $4.45 a gallon while the national average was $3.70. And what about the poor rural people who are paying up to $9.00 a gallon? 8 cents doesn't make a difference when they're gouging us to begin with. I'm sure you'd love an 8 cent discount considering Texas is paying over a dollar less than we are. How convenient.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/08/2008 10:35:51 AM
You're scoffing at saving 8 cents a gallon on gas.. but you failed to mention the property tax cut. You also say you're getting gouged for about 70 cents more for gas than everywhere else... but you also have zero sales and state income taxes. Not sure where else Alaska can cut any more taxes....
BTW, gas is currently averageing 3.55 here - about 90 cents less than you're paying. And while we have no state income tax, Texas has extremely high property taxes and sales taxes (8.25%). Both are amoung the highest in the nation. No matter how they go at it, states will get their pound of flesh.
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 11:16:54 PM
jillieloza, get your facts straight. She did no such thing.
http://www.edweek.org/ew/articles/2008/04/30/35recaps.h27.html
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Posted By: smart girl @ 09/08/2008 12:54:13 AM
I live in Alaska. Do some research and you will find that not only did Palin reduce funding for special needs children, she also cut funds for pregnant teens and seniors.
Children with disabiities in Alaska are commonly on waiting lists for services for YEARS-that is a fact and has been in my 14-year residence here.. Sarah Palin is not a champion of the vulnerable and struggling-not children, not adults.
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Posted By: LisaP70 @ 09/06/2008 12:05:12 PM
What Ms. Palin needs to remember is that most parents of special needs children do not have the privileges of her income, health care benefits, and job flexibility. While I don't know Ms. Palin's family income, I suspect that she's doing quite well, has above average insurance coverage, and she doesn't have to worry about being fired for leaving work early for an emergency.
Before the Republicans accuse me of "throwing money" at every problem, the fact is that therapy costs money. Paying mileage with the price of gas these days costs a lot of money. I administer disability programs in my county for people with developmental disabilities. Kids coming into our programs face a waiting list of over a year. If you are an adult with special needs, then you will likely be waiting at least five years, more likely close to ten.
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:21:10 AM
Lisa, please show me even one community organization that Obama has created for disabled children!
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Posted By: LisaP70 @ 09/07/2008 8:15:40 PM
Hmmm, don't know where that request came from since I didn't even mention Obama in that post. For good measure, maybe you can show me one that John McCain has created...
What I am saying is that Ms. Palin is offending a lot of people with her flippant remarks about community organizers. Are the disabled not a community? If she wants to compare her experience, then fine, but to assert that community organizers have no "actual responsibilities" is not the way to go. Not only do these people have actual responsibilities, they often take them on for little or no pay.
My point is that as Ms. Palin becomes more involved in this community, she will interact with a lot of these people who have done a lot of hard work. Best not to alienate them all now.
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Posted By: trazer @ 09/07/2008 6:35:57 PM
The reason why we have had such broken promises here is that the Democratic led Congress, which are usually males, do not understand the needs of children. We finally have a candidate who will be a major voice for all children and adults who have disabilities. I think Sarah Palin is genuine and will be most willing to be an advocate. Something the Democrats do not have a position on in their campaign. That is the real story.
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Posted By: Just Us Plz! @ 09/07/2008 6:12:07 PM
Being for or against Abortion is not the issue folks, the ability to have a "choice" in the matter is.
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Posted By: abadzz @ 09/07/2008 5:17:01 PM
i am not sure she even has experience with down syndrome. she went back to work 3 days after he was born. what a mother.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 5:35:49 PM
Wow. and you're the authority. Thank you so much for your contribution.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 5:49:25 PM
And BTW... when my son was born with a lung infection and sent within an hour to a hopital a 110 miles away, we left the hospital the next day to be with him.
Never tell a mother, or father for that matter, what they are capable of or what they should or should not do.
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Posted By: abadzz @ 09/07/2008 5:15:51 PM
i am not sure she even has experience with a down syndrome child. she went back to work 3 days after he was born. what a mother.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 5:37:58 PM
And you only have to hit the post button.... once.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 5:32:40 PM
Obama supporters pound Palin for not being compasionte.. running for office with a special needs child. I believe they can handle it.
But what about Obama himself? This is a man who allows his own brother to live in a foreign country on twelve dollars a year. This isn't covered by the MSM, mainly because they haven't figured out a way to blame it on McCain, Palin, or President Bush.
How much "compassion" can Americans realistically expect from Obama?
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Posted By: MrAce @ 09/06/2008 12:56:05 PM
The notion that McCain/Palin will be an advocate for disabled children or anyone in need of medical treatment is an obscene one. Anyone in need of extensive medical care, whether for a special needs child, for a senior, or an average citizen with a significant illness/injury; unless independently wealthy, will likely be doomed to destitution, bankruptcy, and little of no medical care. The vast medical care conglomerative will be ecstatic if McCain/Palin wins in November, and they will be pouring money into their campaign; because it will mean a strengthening of their status quo. If you want to guarantee no medical reform and more citizens without medical coverage; then vote McCain.
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 5:48:42 PM
Health insurance covers most children, and for the ones who do not have health insurance, medicaid covers the rest in every state.
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Posted By: LisaP70 @ 09/06/2008 10:21:39 PM
Since Medicaid reimbursement rates are so low, I can't find even dental providers for people with disabilities in my state. Let's not deny that this is a problem here...
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:17:36 AM
Exaclty and Obama want to give everyone health insurance just like the Medicaid system...more broken medicine that no one can access...just like my son with the Medicaid Waiver for Autism in IN. Been on the wait list since 2000 and never gotten one bit of help from that, tho I have filled out boxes of government forms and have been interviewed twice...in 8 years time NO SERVICE. And I am only one of thousands in IN waiting on this list! MORE GOVERNMENT PROGRAMS will NOT fix this.
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Posted By: LisaP70 @ 09/07/2008 9:54:55 AM
I surely understand your frustration at the extent of the waiting lists as I work with people with developmental disabilities. I have been that intake worker that completes the assessments and then has to tell families how long the waiting lists are. It is difficult to administrate even well-run programs when the funding is not there or is cut. We just received notice last month from our state that we're getting less funding from the feds for the Birth to Three program in 2009. That, along with a directive from our county stating that there is to be zero increase in spending for 2009, makes it especially difficult to maintain what we already have committed to for 2008.
Sometimes, government is the only option available. I work in a rural county and we don't have service providers knocking down our doors wanting to jump in and to serve our families. The idea of private competition sounds good in theory, but in reality, we've been told, "It's not profitable for us to operate here." If McCain/Palin have a plan to address this, I sure would like to see it.-
Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 4:44:03 PM
Give them some time.... I would certainly trust someone who has experience with a down syndrome child to create and enlarge programs to help special needs kids, as opposed to someone who supports Infanticide.
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Posted By: LisaP70 @ 09/07/2008 5:23:24 PM
Well, McCain has been in the Senate for some time now. It should be a lot easier to find his support of people with disabilities, if there is support to be found. How much time should I give him? Could you direct me to his accomplishments in this area?
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Posted By: barblze @ 09/06/2008 8:31:49 PM
Sarah Mukluk and McCain are republicans who will sat anything to get votes, but the history of the republicans for the past twelve years is they only help the rich ie., McCains $ 5,000,000 is middle class. McCain and republicans don't have a clue. So the disabled should not expect that promise to be kept. THINK! snf dtop buying the bull.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 4:02:30 PM
You're welcome to your unsubstantiated opinion.... and naaahhhhhhh, the dems would never say 'anything" just to get votes.
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Posted By: Laurabr @ 09/05/2008 10:36:25 PM
Just heard on CNN that Palin cut funding for special needs kids in her state by over 30%.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 12:14:28 AM
Laura, there's a couple of dozen posts here that show otherwise....
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Posted By: Aurexa @ 09/06/2008 11:38:13 AM
Enter Hey, I'm from Fairbanks Alaska, raising a 25 year old very autistic daughter....Pailin has been NO friend of special needs programs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Your Comment
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Posted By: dcwblackhorse @ 09/06/2008 12:49:03 PM
Pallisor's comments throughout this site would indicate no willingness to listen to people actually living under Palin's govenorship unless they agree with his/her own view.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 3:07:33 PM
I'm not the only one who has asked for credible information about the programs that have been cut. However, there have been links that have been posted here that say otherwise.
You had no problem with repetitive posts regardiing a half baked story from CNN though.....
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Posted By: christianleft @ 09/05/2008 9:31:48 PM
People get educated, see what alaskans say about Baracuda Sarah:
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/05/2008 9:52:55 PM
Give it up. She has over an 80% approval rating in Alaska.
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Posted By: swe123 @ 09/06/2008 10:00:26 AM
She HAD an 80% approval rating when she was first elected...in 18 months she's already fallen to 67% and continues to fall....again...PALLisor...if you're going to post, let's tell the truth
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Posted By: Aurexa @ 09/06/2008 11:43:56 AM
EnHey, from Fairbanks Alaska here.....the reason she had such a high approval rating is because she replaced Governor Frank Murkowski who was the worst governor in the history of the country!!! Her approval rating is going down the more we all find out about her.....I for one didn't know so much about her and her positions until she was picked for VPter Your Comment
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 1:51:31 PM
It's currently 82% approval.
Here's the poll for 9/4: http://community.adn.com/node/130566
Even if were lower, it would be light years ahead of Congress at a dismal 12 percent.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 12:23:40 PM
Here's the poll for 9/4: http://community.adn.com/node/130566
The only places I could find that said 67% were unsubstantiaded comments from left wing blogs like the huffpost.
C'mon swe, when you reinvent names and acuse people of being trolls for supporting their candidates, you revealing how desperate you are.
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Posted By: p_syko @ 09/06/2008 4:49:40 AM
what would you exect any gov. approval rating to be after they give the entire state a big fat check off of oil revenues????????
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 9:35:07 AM
Her approval rating was above 80 before that.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 9:47:07 AM
BTW, I wouldn't think so little of the people of Alaska if I were you. I'm sure there's exceptions, but I don't think citizens can be bought with a check. I've seen the interviews... They like her because she has fought corrupiton on both sides of the aisle as well as big oil.
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Posted By: retired @ 09/05/2008 10:46:45 PM
I hope Gov. Palin doesn't think she knows it all on having a special needs child. She hasn't had the years of frustration and search most parents of special children go through. Then when that child is an adult-the problems can really mount. Been there-
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Posted By: pinkpanther87413 @ 09/05/2008 11:11:04 PM
she just has sit down chats with her nannys!!
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 10:03:56 AM
Her husband takes care of Trig full-time. Get your facts straight....it might help your agenda.
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Posted By: Aurexa @ 09/06/2008 11:36:35 AM
Hey that' is not true at all!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Todd....(we call him our first dude)....works for BP on the Slope and also does commercial fishing....he has not been a stay at home dad....Enter Your Comment
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 12:13:06 PM
He has worked part time in a non management position. He is currently on leave and on the campaign trail with his wife. If she is elected to the Vice Presidency, it is highly unlikely that Mr. Palin will don his hard hat again...
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Posted By: swe123 @ 09/06/2008 10:31:17 AM
okay Mr. Hate everybody....can't let this pass again. He does not stay home! Pallin used that line of stay at home dad when she ran for Governor. However,, she is is quoted as saying " I spoke out of turn. I should have asked him first". He works in oil and in the summer is gone for a month at a time on fishing expeditions. Maybe if you got your facts right you wouldn't be hating everyone,
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 12:10:06 PM
Sorry, it's MS. ihateeverybodyincludingyou, thanks. BTW, don't you think that maybe things could have changed in their household after 2006, especially after the birth of Trig?
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 11:22:11 AM
More of your "facts". Please, show us where he is currently employed in the oil fields. Surely you have that information at hand, and not just because you say so.
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Posted By: Lucy54 @ 09/05/2008 3:25:54 PM
I wouldn't let Sarah Palin anywhere near my special needs child after she and Rudy attacked and made fun of community organizers and activists! It's community organizers and activists who have advocated and taken care of special needs children and adults for many, many years. She owes the volunteers at Special Olympics, among many other fine volunteer organizations and community based activists who work on behalf of special needs children, an enormous apology on behalf of the son she's using as a photo op. And if she had an ounce of compassion and care for her son she wouldn't allow him to be used as a photo op, long past his bedtime, and let him to be passed around like a football. Or should I say hockey puck?
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Posted By: queenie @ 09/05/2008 4:23:54 PM
Lucy54 - I couldn't have said it better. I truthfully think she should go home and do what is needed for that baby!
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/05/2008 9:51:39 PM
So your place is at home in the kitchen with your baby. I believe most women today have moved past that 1950's way of thinking and won't agree with you.
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Posted By: shultis @ 09/06/2008 12:31:01 AM
Actually, it would appear that she has some issues at home, and some additional parenting might be of value there. I know as a dad of young children I left a good position with a company so I didn't have to travel as much and could help parent our young children. If I had a special needs child, I would do my best to stay away from any job, no matter how inviting, that would keep me away from my children while they were young. There's always time to be president, or whatever your thing is after they've grown up.
Children are a commitment, any as many of the parents in this thread have said, special needs children area special commitment, and for most are well worth the time and energy put into that commitment. I feel strongly that I would feel the same way of a male candidate who was leaving a 4 month old at home to canvass the country. Especially if he was promoting what a great and loving parent he was.-
Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 11:44:05 AM
You make valid points... however everyone has issues at home. People do what they have to do to handle them, and they have the right to take on as much as they deem appropriate for their situation.
Sarah and Todd Palin are no different.
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/05/2008 11:04:15 PM
Her husband is a stay at home dad and takes care of Trig. (The kid has a name, you know. Show him some respect and use it.) You *are* liberated enough to accept that a man can take care of a child just as well as a woman can, right?
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Posted By: First Dude in Training @ 09/05/2008 11:51:23 PM
Actually, Todd Palin makes close to 100K working in an oilfield for most of the year, then does salmon fishing for a couple months and snowmobiles. He's not a stay at home dad of any kind that I know.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 12:23:30 AM
Palin cannot work for an oil company during his wife's term as governer due to conflict of interest.
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Posted By: wildvisions @ 09/06/2008 1:09:08 AM
Not so, he continues to work for the oil companies in Alaska.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 11:35:54 AM
In 2007, Todd Palin, in order to avoid a conflict of interest, took a leavefrom his job as production supervisor with BP when his employer became involved in natural gas pipeline negotiations with his wife???s administration. Seven months later, because the family needed more income, Todd returned to BP, and again in order to avoid potential conflict of interest he accepted a non-management position as a production operator. He is also a commercial salmon fisherman at Bristol Bay on the Nushugak River. Financial statements filed in 2007 state that Palin earned $46,000 from his fishing business and $46,790 from BP.
Todd is currently on leave and is on the campaign trail with his wife. If she is elected to office, It's highly unlikely Todd will be back on the north slope wearing a hard hat.
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Posted By: wildvisions @ 09/06/2008 1:14:40 AM
Wrong, Todd Palin works on the North Slope for an oil company. Get your facts straight Pallisor.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 1:31:57 AM
He's not working... helllllooooooo!
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Posted By: swe123 @ 09/06/2008 10:22:28 AM
her husband is not a stay at home dad. Sarah used that line when she was running for governor but it never happened. She is quoted as saying " I spoke out of turn. I should have asked him first if he was planning on staying home". In fact, he is gone for as much as a month at a time in the summer on fishing expeditions.
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Posted By: SNIBBOL @ 09/06/2008 1:49:50 AM
The RNC is really responsible for continuing the Palin's disfunctional family. They should have strongly considered all of the drama going on in this family and left that mom with the family. And the mom, Palin, shnould not have accepted the position knowing she had a pregnant teenager and a Downs Syndrome child. She seems really "cold" and uncaring, and nothing will stop her from her political aspirations. For her, the family is SECOND and HER ASPIRATIONS ARE FIRST.
I have a friend who has an Autistic son and he requires a lot of time, energy and speclalize care. His mom is given help by the government so that she can just endure on a daily basis. I am not against working moms, because most momsl have to work. But I do question why any mom would expose her special child to the media, force her pregnant teenage daughter to be photographed and discussed by news media throughout the world. This is so sad!!!! Sara Palin does not have her own family concern on her heart. Why should she care about any other special child or family. She is totally political. She is not the ticket I want in the Oval office. I need someone who can relate to the humanistic side of everyone. And who can, at least, try to get this economy back on the right track..
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Posted By: nobama2008 @ 09/05/2008 9:53:03 PM
would you tell Obama to go home if he had a special needs child?
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/05/2008 10:42:43 PM
That's a trick question, right? We all know he would have preferred to have the child aborted, and if it somehow survived, left to die in a supply closet alone and unloved......just like the Downs syndrome boy who inspired the Born Alive Act.
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Posted By: wildvisions @ 09/06/2008 1:07:32 AM
Well I'm assuming SoCal Mama that you live in California, because as far as Alaska goes you are clueless. Palin CUT funding for children with disabilities in Alaska. I know, I live here. Please get your facts straight -- something the Republican Party is continuing to struggle with.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 8:08:25 AM
Keep pedelaing your nonsense. The facts are otherwise. If you really lived there, you would know that.
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Posted By: Aurexa @ 09/06/2008 11:28:18 AM
I live in Alaska, I have a 25 year old very autistic daughter...she has cut programs up here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Programs were pretty good in the 1980s...but, she has done no favors and has paid no attention to special needs persons!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 10:26:30 AM
What programs and favors did Gov. Palin cut? Can you post a credible link to this information?
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Posted By: Aurexa @ 09/06/2008 11:31:43 AM
I do live in Alaska, Fairbanks.....have raised a very autistic daughter here, and Pailin is NO friend to special needs persons here!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! She has cut programs!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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Posted By: SoCal Mama @ 09/06/2008 1:27:16 AM
Yes, I do live in California. I've seen a lot of conflicting information out there in my quest to get the straight story on this; if you live in Alaska, I will trust your word on this. The point I was trying to make is that I don't think she is going to do anything meaningful for families struggling to do the best for their special needs kids.
By the way, I am a Democrat. I disagree with Sarah Palin on many issues, so many that I cannot imagine voting for ticket that includes her. However, I am trying to keep my my tone civil, and my criticisms based on facts I can verify.
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Posted By: abbeylouis @ 09/06/2008 4:28:06 AM
Whatever happened to family values that the Republican party supports. You would think they would believe in a mother taking care of her kids. And the evangelicals remember Adam was to sweat by the brow of the land and Eve was to bear in pain. God intended for mothers to care for their sons. Quit asking what Senator Obama would do. His values are right, his wife and the kids MOTHER take care of the kids. Not like Mccain who divorces his wife for stepford wife Cindy and now wishes he could be with another beauty queen.
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:44:37 AM
Obama supports INFANTICIDE and voted that way more than once. You need to get better acquainted with your candidate Obama's voting record before you go throwing stones at the McCains. Cindy actually travels the world helping children and adopted a child that had a cleft palate 17 years ago.
And abbylouis, what proof do you have that he wishes he could be with "another beauty queen"? NONE!-
Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/07/2008 10:18:37 AM
It amazes my how the left has hammered Palin for cutting the budget for special needs children (not true) and at the same time, support a candidate who supports Infanticide!
Where is the logic in that?
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Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 9:53:18 AM
abbeylouis, Michelle makes $300k a year, and you mean to imply she's a stay at home mom? I'd LOVE to find out what she does....maybe I could try it.
BTW, Sarah's husband is a full-time stay at home dad. If you think a man can't raise a child, you've just insulted my father, genius, and all the men who do a fabulous job today.
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 4:02:27 AM
Read about Jill Staneck and how she held a down's baby until it died after surviving a late term abortion.
google Jill Staneck.
Read her testimony about what happened above at Christ Hospital.
Learn about Obama's pro-Infanticide position on the Born Alive Infants Protection Act.
A person that supports infanticide will Never support funding for children with disablilities.
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Posted By: willow207 @ 09/05/2008 11:23:11 PM
BEWARE OF PALIN'S LIES AND MISREPRESENTATIONS:
# Palin recently said that the war in Iraq is "God's task." She's even admitted she hasn't thought about the war much???just last year she was quoted saying, "I've been so focused on state government, I haven't really focused much on the war in Iraq." 1, 2
# Palin has actively sought the support of the fringe Alaska Independence Party. Six months ago, Palin told members of the group???who advocate for a vote on secession from the union???to "keep up the good work" and "wished the party luck on what she called its 'inspiring convention.'" 3
# Palin wants to teach creationism in public schools. She hasn't made clear whether she thinks evolution is a fact.4
# Palin doesn't believe that humans contribute to global warming. Speaking about climate change, she said, "I'm not one though who would attribute it to being manmade." 5
# Palin has close ties to Big Oil. Her inauguration was even sponsored by BP. 6
# Palin is extremely anti-choice. She doesn't even support abortion in the case of rape or incest. 7
# Palin opposes comprehensive sex-ed in public schools. She's said she will only support abstinence-only approaches. 8
# As mayor, Palin tried to ban books from the library. Palin asked the library how she might go about banning books because some had inappropriate language in them???shocking the librarian, Mary Ellen Baker. According to Time, "news reports from the time show that Palin had threatened to fire Baker for not giving "full support" to the mayor." 9
# She DID support the Bridge to Nowhere (before she opposed it). Palin claimed that she said "thanks, but no thanks" to the infamous Bridge to Nowhere. But in 2006, Palin supported the project repeatedly, saying that Alaska should take advantage of earmarks "while our congressional delegation is in a strong position to assist."-
Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:54:07 AM
Beware of willow207 LIES!
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Posted By: write1 @ 09/06/2008 7:42:06 AM
This is the first time I've seen Trig from the front, and he makes me uncomfortable. I guess Sarah Palin is a braver man than me. Anyway she won't be elected so I won't have to look at Trig any more. And it shouldn't require having one of those special needs kids in your family to be an advocate.
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Posted By: loriw @ 09/07/2008 3:39:23 AM
NO it doesn't require you to "have one of those" as you so indelicately put it....but it sure does make one more serious and more committed to do something more than you who is "uncomfortable" and looks away and does absolutely NOTHING!
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Posted By: silentreader @ 09/06/2008 12:41:43 PM
so you don't have to look at Trig anymore, write1???? what the hell is wrong with you???? Trig is a beautiful child and you obviously have a mean heart and no soul. I do not support McCain/Palin in any way, shape or form, but your comment is disgusting and uncalled for. GROW UP!!!
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Posted By: Pordlaw @ 09/06/2008 5:50:08 PM
When I saw my Down Syndrome daughter for the first time I have to admit to being uncomfortable. I also admit to being sad, depressed, and felt hopeless. It took about 2 minutes of holding her, cuddling with her to realize she was just perfect and was the person she was meant to be. WRITE1, you need to speed some time with disabled children. You will change your mind quickly and regret the sick words you write.
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Posted By: Pallisor @ 09/06/2008 8:06:08 AM
You won't have to look at Trig anymore?
Surely you're making a joke here... or do you actually get uncomfortable when you see anyone that isn't perfect like yourself?
Good grief..... troll or otherwise, it's applalling to know there really are actual people like you out there...-
Posted By: ihateeveryoneincludingyou @ 09/06/2008 9:45:30 AM
write1, I think Trig is a beautiful little child. If your heart is so filled with ugliness that you can't see that, I pity you.
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