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[judecorp]

Umm... how is it that Sarah Palin understands autism better than most?

Is it because her infant son has Down Syndrome?

WTF?

ETA: Googling mentions something about an autistic nephew?

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[colleenod.livejournal.com]

Um... it's nice if Palin understands what parents who have special needs children go through, to at least some extent.

But when I heard McCain talk about it, my first thought was, "Um, she isn't going to be first lady. She's going to be vice president." It just seemed kind of Nancy Reagan-just-say-no, Barbara-Bush-literacy, etc. One of those nice, social issue-ish things for a woman to take on. Let the men deal with the economy and foreign policy. Palin will care about the children. Gag.

I'm not saying that we don't need politicians to advocate for children with special needs, better funding for educational programs, more research, etc. I used to be an exceptional children's teacher. We totally do. But it kind of struck me as a lame selling point for national office.

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

But she IS campaigning for first lady, in my opinion. Where has Cindy been since Sarah came on the scene? Invisible.

[kieron.livejournal.com]

Because Cindy despises Sarah.

[dustyskinandall.livejournal.com]

ooooh, is that true??? Intrigue!

[kieron.livejournal.com]

Well....what I had read that was Cindy's opinion of Sarah Palin was carefully neutral and she outright disagreed with her on a key issue and said so- which means in the political world that she thinks she sucks.

:)