Why did McCain keep bringing up Autism

[domino]

Originally Posted by andreabeth

Good Lord, it is not necessary for someone to have the personal experience of caring for a child with autism around the clock in order to support the battle to understand and cure or prevent the disease.

By this argument, Sarah is no more understanding of the problems than the rest of us, so why bring her up at all when discussing it?

[dixiegirl7]

Originally Posted by Katiana

Didn't I read here on CD that Sarah cut funding for Special Olympics in Alaska? SO is a great program for "differently abled" kids. I know when times get tough priorities have to be made, but it'd be nice if kids' services, especially handicapped kids' services, weren't always the first ones on the chopping block.

This is another total fallacy. She actually raised funding by 10%.

ThinkProgress is wrong: Palin did not reduce funding to Special Olympics — Warren Throckmorton