Sarah Failin has a spot on her on NBC Nightly News tonight regarding Special Needs Kids

[Ilsa]

and how voters are identifying with her on that. I wonder if the reporter or Brian Williams will her about her record of ignoring the budget for Alaska's Special Needs kids in favor of sports complexes. I wonder if she knows what IDEA is yet, and what she could do about it or funding programs at the state level if we didn't spend all our money on killing Iraqi children.

As mother of a very special Special NEeds Child, I don't know if I'll be able to stomach it.

[CakeGrrl]

1. Time for another ad. Looks like Trig is the next sympathy ploy.

Team Obama knows how to set a tone that isn't too combative, but maybe it's time to rebut her claim before the 'special needs mother' angle gains traction.

[BrklynLiberal]

2. She certainly is not giving her special needs child the attention he needs.

She is such a shameless liar and panderer.
I think the worst thing I can wish for her is that she gets what she deserves.

[JuniperLea]

6. You beat me to it!

Yep, yep, and freaking yep!

[Barack_America]

3. No offense, but does she even know what it means to parent a special needs child yet?

Trig is only 6 months old and, though she likes to talk how "fragile" he is, she certainly doesn't treat him as such. She puts that child through things (i.e. travel and late night rallies) that I wouldn't even put a "normal" child through.

[Ilsa]

13. I wonder if Alaska's Early Childhood Intervention program has even

been contacter by her or the pediatrician. I wonder if they have an ECI program. MAybe no one at ECI is jumping through hoops to help them because she pretends it doesn't exist on the budget.

[HiFructosePronSyrup]

4. She'll be asking people to pray the special needs away.

Nobody's ever born with special needs.

[Ichingcarpenter]

10. With My Master's degree in Special Ed that was our first thing we did

Of course we would try to get the demons out using
our preacher from Africa first.

[jberryhill]

5. They need to be flown around the country and exposed to crowds of thousands

Yes, that's what special needs kids need.

[Ilsa]

14. young babies especially need to be exposed to people who may

snotty noses, conjunctivitis, colds, flu, etc. * NOT.*

[jberryhill]

17. Builds up their immunities, doncha know

In Wasilla, they usually roll 'em around in the mud flats around this time of year.

[RadicalTexan]

7. I'm a special needs citizen who needs education, jobs, and healthcare

NOW!

[mitchum]

8. Didn't her child/grandchild/whatever CHOOSE to be born that way?

[mitchum]

9. I imagine that mothers of Fetal Alcohol Syndrome kids think that she's great

[WinkyDink]

11. "And remember: ALWAYS allow your 6-year-old to carry your SN baby down the stairs."

[Ilsa]

15. She always leaves me wondering if she is really bonded to Trig. nt

[Ilsa]

12. I just watched it. She did nothing but pander. Didn't have one thing

constructive to say about how the govt can assist families with SNK. I bet she doesn't know how.

[PA Democrat]

16. Thanks for watching. I don't have the stomach for it.

Wouldn't you love to have written the questions for that interview? I think she probably has as much knowledge on the issues facing families raising children with special needs as she does on foreign policy.