Comments Related To: Biden's comments on special needs kids called 'new low'

Taking care of a handicap child with special needs, and the prevention of having a handicap child are two different things. This research, or any research, that would help to prevent having a handicap child is worth it. I believe that all women and men do want the prevention of handicap children, but for some reason Palin is letting her religious beliefs get in her way. Religion is good, but don't let it hurt our children--born or unborn.

I personally don't see what's wrong with bringing up this issue.   The fact that Palin (or one of the Palin's) have a child with Down's Syndrome doesn't change the fact that Sarah Palin cut funding for families with disabled children in her term as governor.   McCain's campaign is trying schoolyard tactics to avoid facing the reality of Palin's past...nothing new there.

Dear B.Honest:

It seems you have been fooled by the rumor mill that exists on the internet (aka DailyKos) once again. Sarah Palin cutting funding for special needs children by 62%? Hardly my uninformed friend. The truth of the matter is that she actually TRIPPLED the funding for special needs children, from approx. $26,900 per student to $73,840, a 175% increase!! Someone seems to be at the end of their rope if they thought WE WOULDN'T ACTUALLY CHECK THEIR SOURCES.

Oh how the ways of the internet love to skew things. Cheers

Another FactCheck on Braskey:

$26,900 x 3 = $80,700   Hardly "TRIPPLED" (spelled "tripled", by the way).

Read up on your facts and double-check your math before you go high and mighty.

I also took the liberty of fact-checking your math (or sorry, the math you borrowed):

Those figures only show a 174% increase....and no, it doesn't round up.

Wow...Billy's gettin' interested in lively debate.   Good for you!

I actually have looked at the BUDGETS myself, (shame on me for listening to mainstream media), and fair enough, no drop, but the increases in budget you claim (FoxNews speaking points) are faulty too.   Go ahead and have a look for yourself.   It was a shift of a line item in the budget and all she did was carry over what had been previously allocated...

and by the way, I don't read this DailyKos  you mention.   I'm middle of the road, but I'll defend the Constitution and Americans of either party when it's called for.

For what it's worth, I have written publications that I got the information from and asked for accountability and better fact-checking, as we Americans should expect from our media.     

See Billy Boy, this is how intelligent human beings work through issues to get to the heart of the matter.   Thanks for pointing that one out...  Since you're so talented at research I'd like for you to rebuff this claim:

1) Sarah Palin contacted an Alaskan library and asked how one would go about banning books.   (Notice I'm not claiming that she did or tried, but anyone with half a brain can figure out what her intention was...  People that don't intend to ban books from the library don't call and ask how it's done.)  Please...  tell me she's the golden child and this is a lie.

If you think that this is an everyday American act of patriotism, see what other brilliant movements supported banning and burning books.  

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nazi_book_burnings

It's an act to silence debate, which is contrary to true education and arriving at the best informed answer.   Why would someone do that?